Ah… that magic ingredient of salted caramel. It has taken over the world by storm in the last few years. But interestingly, it was invented back in 1977. What can go wrong with salted caramel? Rice cakes perhaps? We shall see. The rice cakes are crunchy and being rice, quite bland. On top, there’s a …
Most smoothie, no matter how exotic the ingredients are, tend to have a very simple base. Like apple, pear or orange juice. This one has an apple base. But the flavours come from strawberries and bananas. It’s an odd combination, but at the same time, not very exotic. Strawberry and banana are very basic flavours …
As a kid, I never got to drink much chocolate milk. It was considered too heaty and drinking anything more than a very tiny amount would make one’s body heaty. Being heaty has dire consequences, and potentially making your body look like the person below. After years of training on heaty-ness, drinking chocolate milk is …
Olive is normally soaked in brine (salted water). Olive is not a vegetable but is a fruit. Then how come we don’t soak apples in brine? Or make oil out of apples? Some ideas for the enterprising entrepreneur out there. Meanwhile, for me, eating olives is good enough. And these Italian olives from Sicily by …
When we talk about blackcurrant, the one thing that comes to mind is Ribena. There’s a little known blackcurrant drink called Vimto, which students from the the University of Manchester would know of. Then there are these occasional blackcurrant products, like this M&S Blackcurrant Sundae. The word “sundae” is really confusing because there is no …
Shaken, not stirred. Popped, not fried. What’s the difference. Popped chips are made without oil, so in theory, it is healthier. Unless of course, you don’t think oil is unhealthy. But will that make it healthy or just not un-healthy? Irrespective of whether these popped chips are unhealthy or healthy, I am not going to …
Apparently, Percy Pig has been around for many years. It’s something I know since today. There are two types of biscuits in the pack. A pink one and a yellow one. It’s basically a crunchy gingerbread-like biscuit with some parts covered with fondant. The pink ones are supposed to be raspberry and the yellows ones …
Christmas is here. Christmas food is here. Christmas shopping is here. In 2020, Christmas will be different, just like any other events in 2020. Thanks to Covid-19. The shortbread is quite standard shortbread. Buttery. And these ones are not too sweet, which is good. But what’s more amazing is that they are quite small. Which …
I love biscuits that are round. A circle is a shape. Circles are round. A circle is a shape that doesn’t have any corners or angles. A cylinder is basically a prism made out of many 2D circles. I recently learned that from my teacher. Now I am very smart. Now I have to choose …
