Category Archives: Drink

Buddha Hand Sugar Syrup And A Sweet Ever After

The Buddha hand fruit was only available in the supermarkets during the Chinese New Year festive season; two weeks after the festive celebrations, these fruits were all removed from the shelves. Curiosity got the better of me and I had … Read more

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Using Just Jujube To Make Red Date Tea (红枣茶)

Did you ever know that red dates are also known as jujube or ziziphus jujuba? It kind of reminds me of the gibberish phrase ‘zzi zzi pong‘ from a Korean drama that I watched recently, but that’s something else altogether.

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Loving My Coffee Again

I recently received a gift with utmost joy. It is the Nespresso U coffee machine – the latest Nespresso machine in town. 😛

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Refreshing Water Chestnut Drink To Curb The Summer Heat

The summer heat is just a convenient excuse to explain why I decided to concoct this drink. The truth is that I bought water chestnuts instead of chestnuts to make the rice dumplings in my previous recipe… So now I … Read more

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A Healthy Concoction Of Tropical Oat Blend Smoothie

I only recently realised that there’s a recipe imprinted on my can of Quaker Oats. This recipe is ‘specially created by Temasek Polytechnic’, perhaps a kind of assignment given to the hospitality students to test out their level of creativity. … Read more

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