A humble afternoon on the first day of March 2026. Let’s eat some scones and get lazy. These scones do not have to be perfect, just edible. Sweet. Buttery. Nice.
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家常便饭 – 丝瓜蛋花汤 (Egg & Luffa Soup)
This soup, although commonly served in Chinese households, is very unique in its texture and technique. Firstly, it uses a very unique vegetable called luffa (or loofah), which looks like a huge cucumber, or a green coloured radish, but is very soft when sliced into. When cooked, it becomes very soft and sweet. It is also a nice substitute for bitter gourd in stir-fried dishes if you are not a fan of the bitter vegetable.
Yam Pastry（芋头酥）
I am so proud of myself for being able to successfully make and bake this traditional Chinese yam pastry. I’ve always been very curious about how it’s done – all the kneading, rolling out as well as all the preparations and care put into making it to create the beautiful lines alternating between white and purple and to get that perfect crisp. Now that I know how it’s done, now that I’ve done it myself, I do actually appreciate this pastry a lot more when I bite into it. It’s not too difficult to do, but it does take time and effort to do it right and neatly.
Medieval Fig & Raisin Cream For Toppings
Rape. Take half fyges and half raisouns; pike hem and waishe hem in water. Skalde hem in wyne, bray hem in a morter, and drawe hem thurgh a straynour. Cast hem in a pot and therwith powdur of peper and oother good powdours; alay it up with flour of rys, and colour it with saundres. Salt it; seeth it & messe it forth.
(CI. IV. 85.)
Posted in Dessert, Dips & Sauces, English, Food & Recipes, Spices
Tagged Fig, Raisin, Red wine, Topping
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Chilled Sago Coconut Milk For Dessert
This recipe of chilled sago coconut milk is a combination of two recipes from my blog, ‘Mango Sago & Pomelo Dessert‘ and ‘Pearl Sago Pudding Is My Yummy Virgin Dessert‘. The dessert is actually not too sweet, so very nice to munch into with its chewy texture and chilled temperature – makes for a really good dessert to have on a hot sunny day too!