Banana tend to ripen pretty fast in the summer and I don’t like my bananas brown. I often use the brown bananas for smoothies or use them for baking. My favourite recipe would have to be banana bread from the cookbook Company’s Coming. Start the recipe by preheating the oven to 350 degrees. In a…
Review: Juniper Kitchen and Bar
Juniper Kitchen and Bar is located in Chinatown, Vancouver. It is easy to get to by transit which is a bonus since they serve delicious cocktails. From the outside, Juniper Bar is modern and chic and is definitely a great place to grab drinks and snacks after a long day at work. From the inside, you…
Coffee Kombucha Experiment: Part #2 Taste test
It has been two weeks now since I started my first batch of coffee Kombucha. How does it look like? Just like Kombucha. How does it smell? Like Kombucha with a hint of coffee. How does it taste? Uh that’s hard to explain. I was quite surprised to find that after two weeks of brewing…
Decorating Jello with Fruit
Jello doesn’t have to be an understated dessert. You can make your Jello the life of the party by decorating it with fruit. I came up with this idea because my friend who loves Jello would always make Jello “cakes”. For her birthday, we decided to make her a Jello Birthday Cake. To decorate the…
Review: Nuba
Nuba is a great Lebanese restaurant which has some of my favorite dishes of all time. It is a wonderful place for some light tasty food and delicious coffee. It is also a really easy place to book because you can find it on the open table app so you don’t even need to call…
Coffee Kombucha Experiment: Part #1
Pinterest is my go to place for recipe ideas and inspiration. There are so many interesting finds. My current find is Coffee Kombucha. Yes this sounds bizarre but also intriguing. The crazier the recipe, the more likely I would try it. I am also interested in finding more Kombucha recipes and this one sounded easy…
Eggs in a Basket
This is a quick and elegant way to start the morning. All you need is some bread and eggs. Begin by creating your “nest”. Do this by either taking a circular cookie cutter or a inverted drinking glass. You want to make sure the circle has enough crust to keep its shape. The next step…
Review: Vancouver’s Hot Chocolate Festival
Every year Vancouver has a hot chocolate festival where many restaurants showcase their own take on the delicious chocolatey drink. This year I decided I wanted to check out some of these places to get some ideas on my own hot chocolate creation. My first stop was Bella Gelateria (Coal Harbour). This place won a…
Easy Microwave Cooking: Chee Cheong Fun, Steamed Rice Noodles
One of my favorite chinese dishes is steamed shrimp chee cheong fun, but I only get it when I go to dim sum. The noodles are silky and there are always a variety of yummy fillings. Some fillings you can find at dim sum restaurants are mushrooms, beef and Chinese doughnuts. But I am sure…
Korean Bulgogi
Easy meals get boring when you do the same things over and over again. I usually tend to fall in the same routine when I don’t have a lot of time to cook. This makes food taste bland and boring. I decided to spice things up and make some bulbogi, a Korean marinated beef dish….
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