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Baking: Mrs SK Ng’s Butter Cake
This has to be the best butter cake recipe I’ve tried. Seriously, it’s the best. The Mrs SK Ng butter cake is the holy grail of butter cake recipes out there. I’d be butterfingers if I let it slide without serving up a piece here. On another note, too many Kitkats I’ve had of late. … Continue reading Baking: Mrs SK Ng’s Butter Cake
Writing: A Last Day
I was inspired by my own semi ‘last’ day at work (for a while at least) and RUOK Day, both of which were this month. I tried to put into words a few feelings I have had at times, at odd moments, and for no reason at all; I think they’re universal. We’re all human—and … Continue reading Writing: A Last Day
Baking: No-bake Rum ’n’ Raisin Choc Coconut Slice
Chocolate, coconut, rum, raisins, chocolate digestives, can’t be all that bad? Can they? There’s wheat and fruit in there. They count for something, surely. After a few of these rum ’n’ raisin slices, with coffee as one does, I was ready to curl up in front of the heater and doze off. Here’s the recipe: … Continue reading Baking: No-bake Rum ’n’ Raisin Choc Coconut Slice
Writing: In the Detail
This writing short is of an encounter with a charity representative on the Friday after work. It got me thinking and it got me Googling. It was an unusual, if not strange, encounter so I thought I’d write something. I hope the guy I spoke to was genuine. I do believe he was. On the … Continue reading Writing: In the Detail
Beef Appreciation & Beef Pies: Marty’s Gourmet, Willetton and Jean Pierre Sancho, St Georges Terrace
The beef pie I had from Marty’s Gourmet was one of the best pies I’ve had this year. On second thoughts given most pies I’ve had have been the reheated frozen kind, a voice, of my subconscious in some American accent I’ve dreamt up, yells out: ‘that’s no yardstick!’ This pie was certainly better than … Continue reading Beef Appreciation & Beef Pies: Marty’s Gourmet, Willetton and Jean Pierre Sancho, St Georges Terrace
