banana jam
Bananas are a staple in our weekly fruit bag. This week I’ve allowed them to fully ripen in anticipation of making banana jam. Normally bananas or jams are not something I get excited about but I have...
View Articlelime curd
This week a generous friend gave us bags full of limes from her garden. They are extremely juicy, tart, yellow limes that have ripen in the Sydney winter sun and collected when fallen off the tree....
View Articleorange and lime marmalade
Citrus season is in full swing. This week in our fruit and veg box, there are numerous oranges the size of a grapefruit. They are very sweet, super juicy and perfectly ripe. To use up some of these...
View Articleburmese food at feel myanmar restaurant
“If you want Burmese food then I’ll take you to Feel Myanmar restaurant,” Myint Han, my cousin say to us. We squeeze into a taxi and head north passing Bogyoke Market towards the Embassy District. Feel...
View Articlelunch at burman kitchen in granville
It’s always wonderfully exciting to find a new Burmese restaurant. I first went to Burman Kitchen, located in Granville, for lunch on a Saturday. It was a good sign to see the restaurant lively with a...
View Articlepenang-style stir-fried noodles | char kway teow
The autumnal weather in Sydney makes me long for the endless humid days of Asia. Flicking through the photographs we took in Malaysia last year, Christopher and I reminisce about all the fabulous food...
View Articlepickled tea leaf salad
Today’s afternoon tea is rather special; it’s pickled tea leaf salad (laphet thote). Finding pickled tea leaf is not always easy. In my cookbook, I mentioned laphet can usually be purchased from a...
View Articlepeanut tofu
We first discovered tofu made from peanuts in Okinawa, Japan. It is know as Jimami Tofu and our first taste of it was served as a mid-afternoon snack; Peanut tofu with a scoop of vanilla ice cream,...
View Articlerakhine moti soup
When we were last out in Blacktown, NSW to eat Danbauk at Sun’s Burmese Kitchen, we noticed the Asian Hub Groceries next door were selling Burmese ingredients. Shelves stacked with jars of laphet...
View Articleshan noodle salad
Loving the convenience of packet noodles bought from Asian Hub Groceries in Blacktown, I’m trying Shan noodle salad from Shan Min Thar. I have made Shan noodle soup many times, trying to recreate the...
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