April 9, 2007 at 8:52 am (Blogroll, Chocolates, Food Photography, Lifestyle, Living, Stock Photos, The Empire Hotel)
Chocolate lovers in Brunei and around the world, listen up! If you have not yet heard about or discovered these delightful Empire Chocolates, get over to the hotel lobby and check out the assortment of exquisitely packaged gift boxes. I picked up the 49-piece box and the 11.5″x 11.5″ makes a great collectible long after the chocolates are gone.
April 8, 2007 at 12:38 am (Blogroll, Chinese Food, Cooking, Crabs, Dinner, Food Photography, Living)
Tonight, we had our second Teppanyaki dinner this year at home with a guest (the first one was Valentine’s dinner). Our guest brought crabs from the fresh market and we had them cooked in black pepper seasoning, and shoved right into the freezer. Here’s a portrait of a couple of great claws after they’re cold enough to dig in~eating them cold the first time was quite an experience in Singapore many years ago and since then, I have only eaten crabs this way!
April 7, 2007 at 8:16 pm (Blogroll, Cooking, Food Photography, Indonesian Food, Living, Satay, Stock Photos)
It’s about time I featured some of our local delicacies and all time favourites and pictured here is Satay. Satay is a shish kebab style dish that is said to have originated from Indonesia (apparently food historians aren’t sure of this either) and made from cubes of beef, chicken or lamb and eaten with peanut relish or sauce. Once in a bluemoon, we would have satay take-out which is usually on a Friday~it’s the day my kids have swimming lessons at our local club and there’s a satay seller right next to the pool. It takes a lot of discipline to fight off temptation if you’re swimming to keep fit coz the breeze quickly covers the entire pool area with satay aroma!
April 4, 2007 at 11:56 pm (Blogroll, Cooking, Dinner, Food Photography, Stock Photos)
Potatoes are such versatile vegetables. They have a high nutritional value, high in fibre and are fat-free and a good substitute for rice, pasta or bread. Having recently bought a fantastic book called POTATO I now have a 12″x 9″ illustrated reference with 150 recipe ideas. I improvised one idea and threw in baby carrots in the pot of boiling water. Typically, we would peel the skins off as we do so with nearly everything we cook but this time I kept the skins and they were tasty. I then stir-fried the potatoes and carrots with garlic, red onion and black pepper to finish it off. Sprinkled parsley flakes and dinner is served.
