Category: Eating

  • Sunday raclette

    Thanks to our Double-Barrelled-Race Swiss-Vietnamese friend, we had raclette last night and stank up the house full of grilled bacon ham and cheese. Mac the Dog went berserk as well. It is all the more amazing we had friends over for dinner because the inevitable has finally happened – we took delivery of Kai’s plastic…

  • The fight to finish holiday leftovers

    We’ve had all manner of turkey and ham sandwiches in the last couple of weeks, and I’m proud to announce that we’ve finished the tasty stock we made from the huge turkey carcass. Trying to clear our fridge by eating the stuff that’s in it before they expire is no mean feat, given that Naomi’s…

  • Christmas Chocolate Giveaway

    OK, not exactly chocolate, but Willie Harcourt-Cooze’s Willie’s Chocolate Factory Cookbook. Five of them, in fact. And to qualify for a chance at getting one of these books absolutely gratis, all you have to do is leave a comment (remember to put your email in the email box so I can contact you – don’t…

  • A really bad restaurant

    I seldom find a restaurant or food vendor that riles me up so much that I want to blog and say bad things about them. But it looks like we found one last night – it’s called ‘Grill-Out‘, and it’s on the 7th floor of the confusingly laid-out Orchard Central. But before I proceed with…

  • Kai’s menu

    This is Kai determined not to open his mouth to eat any more carrots. In over a month of eating solids, he’s developed a preference for green stuff and for pumpkin. His favourite food is mashed peas, followed by mashed avocado. He really really really dislikes papaya, which is the only thing that’s made him…