Continuing my Melbourne saga: Day 4 The next morning, my brother and my niece leave early to collect the hired car. Today we are visiting some nice beaches. We are visiting Phillip Island. Our first stop is the chocolate factory which is one of the first attractions when one enters Phillip Island. We go down …
Garlic Honey Mushroom I have been looking for ways to do some wonders with mushrooms. I put it in stews, stir-fries, soups, sandwiches, pizza, etc. I tried this for dinner tonight and it is a bit interesting! It is sweet and sticky – not the norm for
This is my first trip to Australia. After a hectic trip to Myanmar and Brunei, I am at the last leg of my whirlwind holiday. I fly to Melbourne on Air Asia with my 2 sisters and my brother and his wife. My niece lives in Melbourne and hence my choice of city to visit …
Red Cooked Pork Belly (Hong Shao Rou) ( Ang Sio Bak) This is a very simple recipe. Pork belly is normally used. I am using very lean pork belly compared to the normal one, which contains a lot of fat. I remove the skin and the fat attached to the skin, leaving only the fat …
My trip to Brunei is a short trip. The flight takes around an hour. My sister and I fly Air Asia . Upon reaching the airport, our host, the same one as in Myanmar, meet us in the airport. We then go to her home to settle a bit and we leave to go to …
Sichuan Style Vegetarian Beans also known as ‘No Strings Attached Beans’ This is an easy and healthy alternative to the original Sichuan dish in which the beans or aubergine is deep-fried before cooking with the rest of the ingredients. I boiled the beans instead of frying in oil. So you can consume this without guilt! …
We had a birthday celebration recently. The girls decided to have lunch in John’s House in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. It is Leicestershire’s only Michelin Starred restaurant. John’s House offers exquisite ‘home grown’ food using produce grown on the farm and sourced from the local area . The chef, John Duffin has returned to the family farm in Mountsorrel, after many years …
Published Oct 6, 2017 Mid-Autumn Festival & Mooncake This Mid-Autumn Festival I decide to invite my friends for a dinner, just an excuse to celebrate friendship. There were ladies from the Community House, our carers group and carers choir and some new friends, too. For the dinner we had vegetarian fried noodles, gado-gado, which is …
Upon arrival at Yangon, we go back and did the necessary washing of our clothes and sort some things out. We then go to down town Yangon on foot and head to Bogyoke Market. This is a very big market that I should visit according to my friend. On the way, we pass by the Monument …
For the 2nd day at Inle, we decide to go around the lake area to visit more tourist attractions. The first stop is the Hot Spring. Khaung Daing Hot Springs is a relatively new resort built for foreigners. The driver parked the car in front of the complex and opposite is a temple. While the …
Along the journey I doze on and off . Once we reach the Inle Zone, the border guards board the bus and all foreigners have to pay USD10 as ‘entrance fee’. This is similar to Bagan. We all pay up and get a ticket as proof. Soon we reach the bus station. It is still dark …
Since I am in temple fatigue, I ask the driver to take me to somewhere where there are not temples. “This is an impossible request as Burma is about temples”, says the driver. “We visited 4 temples yesterday, and we will see more temple today,” he says. But I insist that I want to do …
Here is the peanut cream recipe that I served in my Vegetarian Dinner. It is very simple and you can make it in 10 minutes. It is a long forgotten recipe over here in the UK. We do not normally find this in restaurants. Peanut cream Quick Info: Serves: 4 at …
Well, I am now on the bus to Bagan. The bus is a long distance bus. The passengers are given a bottle of water and a pack of snacks for the journey. There is even smelling salt should one fell nauseous. This bus is a direct bus and does not stop for refreshment breaks. The …
I am trying to shed some weight lately. I bought some nice papayas and have the ingredients ready in the fridge so I came up with this. It is very simple, refreshing and delicious. You can call it lunch or salad. Low Calorie Papaya and Crab Stick Lunch Quick Info: Serves: …
