Discovery of Hong Kong
Quatre-Quarts The pound cake is a very traditional French cake from the region of Brittany. The same quantity of the 4 ingredients is used for this recipe. This cake was part of my childhood whenever my brothers, sister and I were getting back home after...
Starting to complete my first challenge for this year (hey, remember I spoke about it here), I enrolled friends to hike with us along the well-known Hong Kong Trail. Divided into 8 stages, this trail is 50 km long through country parks on Hong Kong Island....
If you are living in HK for a while, you might have realized that many local stores offer promotional “Stamp collection” offer. One of them looks like this (Welcome shops). So the principle is very simple. Every time you purchase things for a certain...
Boule de pain a la francaise Always wonder where to buy a good French bread in Hong Kong? After tasting almost all of them, I have always been disappointed so I decided it was time to do it myself… OMG!!!… This was my breakfast this morning with the Mango...
Tarte aux myrtilles Inspired by the Larousse Cuisine It is the blueberries season in Hong Kong. Every time I passed through the fruit stall I was telling myself I should buy some and bake something as there are too many of them! So here you go with a...
Confiture de mangue a la vanille The souvenir of my mother doing jams when I was a kid... It was a serious moment and kids were not allowed in the kitchen especially during the sterilization of the jars. Our teachers at primary school were all having...
Here is a new category for all my friends asking me recipes, colleagues at the office or anyone who feel like a chef today. Also, because one of my HK friends has moved to New-Zealand recently and started her own blog (here), I had to save her from a...
Still havent turn the big 30 yet... but I am wondering if I am not getting old since I am in Hong Kong... or could this stressful city be the reason I am becoming so fragile? After a blocked lower back the first year, followed by a broken foot the second...
Why do HK people wear surgical masks when sick? This is a question I have been asking myself since I came to Hong Kong. A month ago, I received my Time Out magazine at home and the topic discussed inside was the SARS. (Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome)....