July 2012

Greek Pizza

Greek Pizza

Greek pizza can be referred to any of the two food items, First is a pizza using Greek ingredients and the other one refers to the pizza crust which is distinguished by its oily nature and baked in pan, for this post it will be referring to the Greek toppings...

Zarzuela

Zarzuela

Zarzuela is a type of fish and seafood stew that originated in Spain, a very rich dish made out of mixed seafood such as mussels, scallops, lobster, prawns, clams, fish, squid and / or crabs cooked in a good stock coloured with saffron. I am not sure what’s so magical...

Som Tam

Som Tam

Som tam is a Thai dish made out of young papaya, long beans, tomatoes, roasted nuts and dried shrimps in a sweet sour and salty dressing made out of chillies lime and fish sauce. Som tam is a Thai dish made out of young papaya, long beans, tomatoes, roasted nuts...

Cake Pops

Cake Pops

Cake pops is a type of cake where it is served in a lollipop form. It is usually made out of cake crumbs mixed with icing or chocolate formed to make shapes like spheres and cubes, a final coating of chocolate or icing is then applied together with some decorative...

Pavlova 2

Pavlova

Pavlova is a type of meringue dessert topped with cream along with different fruits such as kiwifruit, passionfruit and strawberries. The base looks like a normal meringue but the similarity stops there as pavlovas are defined by it’s crispy shell and soft and moist marshmallow-like centre. Pavlova is a type...

Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake

One of my favourite creations this Ferrero Rocher Cheesecake is made out of Oreo crust, cheesecake filling infused with crushed Ferrero Rocher and topped with melted Nutella and chocolate shavings I had posted a photo of this one on Facebook several months ago and promised for the recipe, well here...

Beef and Bean Sprouts in Sweet and Hot Sauce

Beef and Bean Sprouts in Sweet and Hot Sauce

In where I work we usually have a shared lunch once a month and everyone brings a specialty from their home country (we are so multicultural). The last time we had a similar event there was this one dish that was brought by our Indonesian colleague which really stood out....