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A ‘Satay’ating Experience

A ‘Satay’ating Experience

The one thing which entices most people who love food is when food is cooked fresh in front of them....
Bamboozled in Phuket

Bamboozled in Phuket

Why do people take a vacation? It’s a getaway; it’s a break from the routine and above all just to...
Fasting Fury

Fasting Fury

Today is Shivratri and the fact that I come to love this day, is because of the impromptu holiday from...
Squid Pro Quo

Squid Pro Quo

It is funny how I actually started having meat, coming from a vegetarian background and to an extent a strict...
A view through red tinted glasses

A view through red tinted glasses

This incident happened many months ago when I was out with a couple of friends for a “wandering” or as...
The Seven Series: Anger

The Seven Series: Anger

The fifth in the series of sin’s which when unleashed the wrath is far reaching and destructive, Anger It comes...
The Sage Syndrome

The Sage Syndrome

I have recently been observing certain traits of people from a relationship point of view. Parents to children, husbands to...
Land of Lentils

Land of Lentils

I wrote this post ages ago and it was for a friends travel website when she was just starting off....
Of Ethnic Proportions

Of Ethnic Proportions

I love food trends. More so, I love studying them. While my parallel career on writing allows me to be...
Humming a New Tune

Humming a New Tune

I learnt a new food related phrase it’s called “Ethnic Cuisine” In the United States there has been a revolution...
A feather in my cap

A feather in my cap

There’s a fine line, there is always a fine line. I always wondered what the big hoopla was about the...
Dinner with Friends

Dinner with Friends

If someone asks me how I got about to cook, it was purely for the love of entertaining. I look...
Layered Dependency

Layered Dependency

I have been born with a golden spoon in my mouth. In lay man words ‘spoilt’. I have all the...
A Singapore Kitchen

A Singapore Kitchen

Kitchens come in all forms and sizes, there are restaurant ones, home ones, studio ones and catering ones. I have...
The Basis of Veganism

The Basis of Veganism

Being a cook and a food writer, my usual approach to food is very open-minded. This also extends to the...
Surf’n Through

Surf’n Through

Cooking for me is a boon and a bane. For me to cook there is a a simple rule to...
Girls at the Grill

Girls at the Grill

If there is one other thing which attracts me on this planet – it’s a barbecue grill. Pure joy, filling...
Let’s Relax

Let’s Relax

I am a bad flyer. Period. As much as my work takes me places and I practically live out of...
Unrelated Similarities

Unrelated Similarities

It was a calm and quiet evening, the rustic bench I was seated upon creaked slightly as I shuffled through...
Holy Guacamole

Holy Guacamole

I was skimming through some old photographs on my phone, around 10000 of them, all thanks to the cloud network...