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Amiel
Oct 23, 20202 min read
Banana Pudding
If you know and love the Magnolia Bakery as much as I do, you must have tried its famous banana pudding. This recipe is my take on the...
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Amiel
Oct 16, 20203 min read
Pork Dumplings & Shrimp Dumplings
Dumpling is good all year round. I remembered my mom making them for Chinese New Year. I remembered eating dumplings at my elementary...
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Amiel
Oct 9, 20204 min read
Lamb Biryani
When I was in the Middle East, biryani was my favorite. Every time when I had to leave for a couple days, I just could not wait to go...
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Amiel
Oct 5, 20202 min read
Fairytale Cottage: Arlington Row
Just like the photo below, these cottages are really low and people actually still live in them (We saw a couple working in the...
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Amiel
Oct 2, 20202 min read
Homemade Chicken Meatballs & Soy Milk Hotpot 豆乳鍋
Hotpot is a very diverse dish. It is wildly consumed in Asia and each country has its own twists and flares to make a pot of food, with...
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Amiel
Sep 28, 20203 min read
Roman Bath
Bath, UK So, the town is called Bath, as in "bath." There's nothing more to it. Just a city for bath. No, it's actually full of history...
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Amiel
Sep 25, 20203 min read
Osso Buco with creamy Polenta
Osso Buco is a Milanese classic, it mean "hole in the bone" and the best thing about bones is bone marrow. It's basically meat butter....
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Amiel
Sep 21, 20202 min read
Windsor Castle
Windsor Castle is one of the castles in Britain that the Royale family actually still loves in. It is about half an hour outside of...
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Amiel
Sep 18, 20201 min read
Cashew Chicken
Ingredient ½ cup Cashew 2 pieces Chicken Thigh, diced about ½ inch ½ Zucchini, diced about ½ inch ¼ large Onion, diced about ½ inch 2...
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Amiel
Sep 14, 20202 min read
Seafood in Borough Market
There's more than just seafood in Borough Market but that was all we ate. Well, we probably tried other things too, I just don't...
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Amiel
Sep 11, 20203 min read
Sichuan Beef and Wonton Soup
Wontons and dumplings are my freezer stables. They are easy to make and you can make ahead of time, stick them in the freezer, take them...
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Amiel
Sep 7, 20202 min read
Mini Roadtrip in England
My sister and I went on a road trip in England with a rental car that we picked up in London and dropped off in Cambridge. Surprisingly,...
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Amiel
Sep 4, 20202 min read
Lamb Vindaloo
I went through a vindaloo phase a few years back. For almost 2 months, I would cook a pot of vindaloo every weekend and eat for a week...
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Amiel
Aug 31, 20202 min read
At the Top of The Shard
Opened in 2013, The Shard has been a landmark for its jagged top and the tallest skyscraper in UK. Honestly, I did not know the top is an...
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Amiel
Aug 28, 20204 min read
JP Braised Pork vs. TW Braised Pork
角煮 (Kakuni) and 滷肉飯 (LuRouFan) both are braised pork when you say it in English. That sounds quite boring considering they are different...
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Amiel
Aug 24, 20203 min read
London Tube
London, UK. London always has a special place in my heart. Not because of the accent or all those name brands. It was the first city that...
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Amiel
Aug 21, 20201 min read
Pistachio Chicken Curry
This has to be the most unique curry I have ever made, in terms of colour. Surprisingly simple to make, delicious, and unique to look at....
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Amiel
Aug 17, 20205 min read
Types of Hostels
For some people, the first impression of hostel is parties, cheap beds, and kidnapping (thanks to series of horror films). As much as I...
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Amiel
Aug 14, 20203 min read
Hyderabadi-style Chicken & Potatoes with Vegan Naan
Vegan Naan Ingredient 2 cups AP flour + extra for kneading 1 tsp Activiate Yeast 1 tsp Cane Sugar 1 tsp Salt ¾ cup Warm Water ¾ tsp...
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Amiel
Aug 10, 20202 min read
what NOT to do: JP Hot Springs edition
Ryokan is popular in hot springs towns. Most Ryokan have in-house hot springs 温泉, either private in room and/or a public bath house for...
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The Strings by InterContinental, Shinagawa
The Strings is only 3-min walk away from the Shinawaga Station, but it took us a while to get to because the station is big. Huge, in...
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UBUYA Hot Springs うぶや温泉旅館
The ryokan we stayed at was UBUYA. Find out how to book Ryokan in Japan here. From Kawaguchiko station to Ubuya is about 15min taxi ride....
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