It may be September, and the end of Summer and the start of Autumn is here. But the weather is still quite warm here in Athens, and it is still salad season for me! I recently bought some Green Tea Soba Noodles and I love these noodles! It is also the time for Almyra –…
Category: Cooks
Limoncello Spritzer
It was a hot weekend. A very, very, hot weekend. Hot days require cooling, refreshing drinks. And this spritzer is one of them. I brought back a bottle of Limoncello last year when I went on a holiday to Italy. And I still have a lot of Limoncello left, not knowing what to do with it…
Dakos (Cretan Rusk Salad)
This is a dish that took me quite some time to get used to. I found that the barley rusks usually causes my mouth more harm than good (they are crunchy, and that is to put it mildly!) – that is until I attempted to make it myself at home. And I have to tell…
Kimchi Fried Rice
I love kimchi. I have never had it as fried rice though. I have Rae (a Malaysian girl I know from Tumblr) to thank for this. She talked about it quite a few times and curiosity got the better of me. I went to Dong Fang with George today and bought Kimchi. (And queue the…
Cherry and Rose Cake
My recent trip to the UK, I had purchased a lot of special ingredients that I have always wanted to use when I cook or bake. One such purchase was a small container of dried rose petals from Waitrose. I wanted to bake. I wanted to make a cake. So, I made one. I wanted…
Flour Tortilla
Unable to find tortillas to go with my Chickpea & Butternut Squash Curry Roast, I decided to attempt to make my own. I remember having these beautiful freshly made tortillas over at Jennifer’s place in Paiania once, and I thought, lets attempt this! And wow I know it’s a bit time-consuming than popping over to…
Chickpea & Butternut Squash Curry Roast
It isn’t not too hard to cook Butternut Squash. It’s a very hardy pumpkin-like fruit. So be careful when you are slicing it into 2 – I nearly lost my fingers trying to earlier. But it cooks wonderful – I have made it into a wonderful feta-based risotto once based on a recipe I got…
Vermicelli Chicken Salad
Summer in Greece is hot. Summer in Greece makes it suitable for yummy salads as a whole meal in itself. I was feeling peckish, craving for vermicelli bihun noodle soups that I loved to eat back in Malaysia. I had one ‘bihun’ packet left in my store cupboard, and some leftover roasted chicken in the…
Peach Clafoutis
The landlady gave me some wild peaches the other day. They grow in her garden in her village in the Peloponnese. They are quite small in size, and not those big round kinds you find in the supermarket. They are quite tasty, and since I had quite a few (I ate half in a space…
‘Fried Green Bananas’ Fries
Don’t you just love the movie ‘Fried Green Tomatoes’? Now that is a recipe for another day, but today, I found downstairs in the local supermarket a huge bunch of very very green bananas. I wanted to buy ripe ones but they only had these. I am reminded of the ubiquitous Malaysian kids favourite go-to…
Quinoa ‘High Protein’ Salad
I love quinoa. I first tried it when I read about in the Guardian about 10 years ago when I was living in the UK. Its been a staple in my cupboard, although I do use it sparingly and when I want to treat myself. It’s rather expensive here in Greece but prices vary from…
Peach & Lavender Agua Fresca
It was Raya a few days ago. I spent the day talking to my big extended family over in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I also spent the time making this cool refreshing drink. It was a very hot day, but I was prepared – since a lot of the phone calls were made early in the…
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