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Posted by Sam Han on March 11, 2017 · Leave a Comment
Question: Who lives by these rules? 1. Never quit. 2. Be yourself. 3. Don’t put too much flour in your brownies. My father was invited to visit her a few times after that. Once, he had heard that she was recovering from a serious car accident, and he stopped by to drop off a package … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Confections, Cuisine, Desserts, Eggs, Recipe Reviews, Recipes, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, Stories, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized, Western · Tagged with baking, brownie recipe, brownies, cakes, Desserts, Katharine Hepburn's Brownies Recipe, Pattiserie, recipe, Samantha Han, The Bonding Tool Blog
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Posted by Sam Han on January 20, 2015 · 2 Comments
Retro seemed to be “in” theme especially for cafes in Singapore during the last few years. They could have been around all along but up till now, their presence have never been felt so strongly. Dong Po Colonial cafe is one the places to go for a nostalgic experience of Singapore in the ’50s and … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Best of Singapore Foods, Beverages, Breakfast, Desserts, Food Reviews, Jams, Photography Outing, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, Street Food, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized · Tagged with 56 Kandahar Street, asian cakes, breakfast, cafe, cakes, Dong Po Colonial Cafe, Kampong Glam, Nolstalgia, Photography Outing, Singapore, Tea, The Bonding Tool Blog, traditional confectioneries, 東坡茶室
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Posted by Sam Han on October 18, 2014 · 3 Comments
Coffee culture is growing in Singapore and little cafes are sprouting up everywhere. Where they were once confined in Orchard Road, they are now available anywhere there’s human traffic. The dense and dry Red Velvet here failed to impress me but their Rainbow Cake was definitely better than the more expensive (S$12) and vibrant-looking cake … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Desserts, Food Reviews, High Tea & Dessert Places, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, The Bonding Tool Blog, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bakery & Pattiserie, Benny, cakes, Desserts, Eateries at Bukit Merah, Rainbow Cake, Rainbow Cakes, Red Velvet Cake, Ricky, The Bakery Chef, Yama
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Posted by Sam Han on July 19, 2014 · 8 Comments
Right after lunch at a restaurant in Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market, we took the train into town to meet Ryan’s cousin. The venue? 파리바게트. Say what? Paris Baguette! Paris Baguette is Korean? I had always thought Paris Baguette to be European. Who would have guessed based on the name alone? Paris Croissant is a South … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Seoul, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, South Korea, The Bonding Tool Blog, Travels, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bakery, cakes, 파리바게트, Korea, Paris Baguette, Paris Baguette Cafe, Paris Baguette 파리바게트 in Korea, Paris Croissant, pastries, sandwiches, Seoul, The Bonding Tool, travels
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Posted by Sam Han on June 26, 2014 · 7 Comments
Our trip to Korea in May was for the purpose of taking pre-wedding photos of Ryan and Valerie but that didn’t stop us from exploring Seoul with whatever time we had on hand. In fact, we lived the days as if Armageddon was around the corner. The few days passed very quickly. It was, in … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Desserts, High Tea & Dessert Places, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Seoul, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, South Korea, The Bonding Tool Blog, Travels, Uncategorized · Tagged with Artisan Bakery, cakes, coffee, Dongho-ro Jung-gu Seoul, high tea, Hotel Shilla, 서울신라호텔, Korea, Macarons, Ryan & Valerie, Seoul, The Bonding Tool, The Shilla Seoul, travels
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Posted by Sam Han on March 4, 2014 · 6 Comments
Mark asked, “Are you ready to eat the curry now or do you want to have coffee first?” “Erhm… Coffee and cakes?” I said timidly as I do not know if Mark’s diet would allow such indulgences. “Great! I know just the place.” “Wait, I have to dapau the chicken!” I walked over from Restoran … Continue reading →
Filed under Bakery & Pattiserie, Beverages, Desserts, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Travels, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bakery & Pattiserie, cakes, coffee, Desserts, Green Tea Tiramisu, Jalan Sutera, Johor Bahru, Latte, malaysia, Red Velvet Cream Cheese
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Posted by Sam Han on February 26, 2014 · 18 Comments
It irks me to the core whenever people try to compare Japanese cheesecakes to American cheesecakes. It’s like comparing apples to oranges just because they are labeled as fruits. Japanese cheesecakes are NOT American and they aren’t trying to improve/modify on the latter’s recipe. Japanese cheesecakes are Japanese cheesecakes, period. The characteristics of a Japanese … Continue reading →
Filed under Desserts, Eggs, Food Court, Hawker Centre & Kopitiam Stall, Food Reviews, Recipes, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bakery, cakes, Cakes and Pastries, Desserts, Japanese Cheese Cake, Japanese Cheesecakes, Uncle Tetsu Cheese Cake, 徹思叔叔起司蛋糕
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Posted by Sam Han on February 25, 2014 · 10 Comments
Bread, staple nutrition in many different cultures across the globe, is one of the world’s oldest food. “There are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.” ― Mahatma Gandhi Post WWII, modern agricultural technology has greatly improved food production. The introduction of infinite combinations … Continue reading →
Filed under Breakfast, Food Reviews, High Tea & Dessert Places, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Snacks & Miscellaneous Foods, Uncategorized · Tagged with Bakery, Bread Talk, Breadtalk, cakes, 麵包物語, 麵包新語, pastries, sandwiches, Snacks
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Posted by Sam Han on January 29, 2014 · 6 Comments
As far as I am concern, a provision shop is an old school pa-ma kind of small scale family-run grocery shop in our heartlanders’ neighbourhood. There was a time my mom would send me to pick up canned foods and sundries on cashless transactions and our debts were recorded in a little “555” booklet which … Continue reading →
Filed under Beef, Desserts, Lunch, Restaurants & Food Reviews, Uncategorized · Tagged with cafe, cakes, Everton Park, Nicoise Salad, Polish Perogi, Reuben Sandwich, Salad Bar, Sandwich Shop, Singapore, soup, The Provision Shop
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Posted by Sam Han on September 15, 2013 · 6 Comments
Before the break of dawn, I made myself a cup of coffee and got way ahead ready for a bake class at 10am. It’s been 15 years or more since I attended any culinary lessons and I was pretty excited after reading Chef Jackie’s profile. Having chanced upon the magical world of fondant cakes, Jackie … Continue reading →
Filed under Desserts, Eggs, High Tea & Dessert Places, Jams, Stories, Uncategorized · Tagged with Baking Classes, Baking Lessons, Baking Rabbit, Cake Decoration Classes, cakes, Chef Jackie Tay, Chef Jackie Zoe Tay, Cooking School, Food Photography, Party Foods, Picnic, PME, Pound Cakes, Rose Jam, Rose Ombre Mini Cakes, Shermay Lee Cooking School, Sugar Figurines, Wilton Courses