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It has been a few months since I last wrote a post (cos I was so lazy) but I would like to share this recipe on my favourite soup because the weather is so hot these days! I think we all need something cooling to reduce “heatiness”. Watercress soup has always been one of my …
According to tradition, the groom-to-be is supposed to present wedding cakes to the bride-to-be’s family for them to give out the cakes together with the wedding invite. I was looking for the traditional 8/9/10 slices of cakes in a box and I wanted something tasty yet not too expensive. The following are some of the …
At the 提亲 session where both Sunshine’s father and aunts met my parents and my grandmother, my mother had requested for si dian jin 四点金 to be given instead of dragon-phoenix bangles 龙凤镯 (Hokkien’s tradition). This was because I saw myself having higher chances of wearing the former than the latter after my wedding. Sunshine’s …
While I sourced for my guo da li (GDL) stuffs from a few places (instead of buying a bridal package from wedding shops) because of the cheaper price, Sunshine wanted convenience. Hence, he asked his aunt who recommended The Chinese Wedding Shop (TCWS). My cousin also recommended this shop for his wedding a few months earlier and …
Recipe with Pictures Makes about 60 cornflakes cookies Ingredient list: 100g salted, soften butter (I bought the wrong one. Please use unsalted.) 70g of caster sugar 1 egg (~55g with shell) 150g plain flour (To try about 175g of flour the next time so that the cookies are not that soft and “wet” during the …
I started surfing the web to read about and source for bridal stuffs for my 过大利 guo da li or betrothal ceremony long long time ago before the actual ceremony. After researching online and asking around, here is the list of items I got: 回礼 Returning of Gifts Tea set (free from WhiteLink when I …