This matcha ice cream is a super easy ice cream. We adapted a recipe from our high school classmates’ blog Sugar Chai Honey Bunch by flavouring it with deliciously vibrant matcha. No ice cream maker is necessary for this – just beat together the three ingredients until thick and then freeze the mixture in a large container. The […]
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New York City Eats: Momofuku Milk Bar
Even though there is a Momofuku Milk Bar in Toronto, I’ve never actually been. So while I was in New York two weeks ago, I thought, let’s try it! I had the signature cereal milk soft serve ice cream, and paid an extra $0.75 for the cornflake crunch topping, which I fully recommend. The soft serve […]
Tofu Dengaku – Grilled Miso Tofu
Tofu Dengaku is a tasty meatless dish where steaks of firm “cotton” tofu are topped with a flavoured miso paste and then grilled. Two teaspoons of sesame oil can be used in place of the tahini, but I find the oil makes the miso topping a bit too runny. The miso mixture a bit salty, but remember that […]
Udon Noodle Soup
Our new family tradition of going to a nice restaurant for our birthdays started when I would ask to go to the only Japanese restaurant in Riyadh, the Tokyo restaurant. The restaurant had large private rooms (restaurants were divided into sections for men and for families/women), so we could often dine with other families from […]
New York City Eats: City Bakery
I first read about City Bakery way back in 2006/2007, when I discovered the world of food blogs. Opened in 1990 and located just off Union Square, City Bakery is a split-level establishment that is part cafe, part cafeteria, part bakery. They even have a mini, dimly lit ‘chocolate room’ that houses various chocolate bars for […]