The Summer Palace
The KunMing lake was all frozen. The main gate to enter the Summer Place Roads outside leading to the main gate. Related posts:Trip to the Great Wall
Trip to the Great Wall
We were absent from our blog for the last 10 days as we went on our honey moon trip to China. It was a very wonderful trip with lots of interesting stories to tell. China, for so long, has been mentioned with many world's largest or longest or greatest heritages. This was the first time we traveled to China and also the first time we traveled with a tourist agency as we were so busy with the preparations of our wedding and unable to prepare for a free and easy trip, as we often did before. No related posts.
Mulled pears with ginger and brandy
This has been my very very new experience: pears cooked in red wine and flavored with spices. Though I don't drink much and very often, but I like wine. I feel excited whenever I try a glass of wine and it tastes good. I've never read much about wine and I criticize the quality of wine based solely on my taste and liking. But I do hope when conditions allow, I will learn more about wine and wish to experience the varieties of wine more deeply and widely. Normally I don't like eating pears, maybe because the taste is not to ...
Lemon risotto with saffron
I first heard of saffron when I watched TV shows on cooking competitions, seeing great chefs using saffron as special spice in their dish. I was so curious about these tiny red threads and I searched for more information about them. Then I decided to buy a box of saffron threads. It was rather expensive for a small box of around 50g, but each time only a small number of threads are used, so I think it is quite reasonable and that I will not finish a box like this too soon. Related posts:Risotto with asparagus and pistachio Lemon & parmesan ...
Lemon bars
It's been quite a time I haven't cooked or baked anything to update this blog. I was too busy preparing my wedding and I just cooked simple dishes for meals. In Vietnam, it is a tradition that the wife follows the husband when she gets married to him and the new couples stay in the same roof with the husband's parents. This is usually a must if the husband is the oldest child as he does the responsibility of looking after the parents when they get older. Nowadays, unlike in the past, each family has only one or two children, and ...