musings of a traveller and food lover

Shalimar

Soup, Snow & Nürnberger Lebkuchen

Greece like the rest of Europe is experiencing snow storms and plunging temperature. Athens is eerie quite today but it did not stop me going out. Athenians are not so used to this kind of ...

Fudge Cupcakes

Yesterday, I was looking forward for a quite night. Just when I finished at the gym, my cell has a text : “Remember you promised to meet up today!” I totally have forgotten about ...

Risotto with Calamari

Got some squids and I wanted to do the Chinese Salt & Chili Squid.. deep fried full of flavour with chili dip! Then the other one said “please no fry up today!”

Apple Cake ~ Kanada õunakook

Just before Christmas Baby Rambutan baked an APPLE CAKE. I knew its a matter of time I will test that recipe. Well I have lots of old apples. No one will touch them so I have to ...

UK’s Fave Dish ~ Fish & Chips

Ah am missing England. Sunday drives in the country side, pub meals, Sunday roasts… Yorkshire pudding, sticky pudding and drive to the seaside for Fish & Chips. Yes I do miss Fish and ...

Coconut Macaroons

I have been wanting to do this for a long time but I had to wait when I needed the egg yolks. After making thosescrumptious flans I had a lot of egg whites.

Fishy Cravings… Oven Grilled Mackarel

My weekly “menu” always include fish. Always! I went to the fishmonger hoping I can find SALMON. Been craving of the way our friend in Stockholm, Sweden prepared it. She topped ...

Market Scene: Pumpkin Man

I was at the market few days ago and saw some pumpkins. What intrigued me was a Greek lady asked me what would I do with my pumpkin.

Leche Flan

Sensuous… luscious.. seductive… heavenly this is how I describe these leche flans I made. For years of eating this calorific classic dessert, I finally attempted to do it.