Archive for the “dessert” category
Vancouver’s 1st Cupcake Challenge – Recap
by Jan on June 29, 2010
I’ve been waiting for over a month to attend Vancouver’s 1st Cupcake Challenge since I first heard about it from @followmefoodie. I was excited to see what kind of cupcakes would be at the competition so last Sunday (June 20), (…)
Berry Good Cakes & La Casa Ice Cream
by Jan on June 16, 2010
Our friend Daniel came up to visit us from San Diego. I know that he’s got a sweet tooth due to all the ice cream stories I heard from him (most of them about the ice cream melting due to (…)
Chinese Dessert Place in Vancouver
by Jan on June 3, 2010
For those that live or have been to HK, you’d know there are dessert places called “tong sui dim” 糖水店 (literally translated as “sweet soup store”). There are a lot of dessert places in Vancouver that serves a variety of (…)
Chocolate (Espresso) Brownies [Recipe]
by Jan on April 18, 2008
So last night, after about two months away from the oven, I’ve decided to get my lazy butt back into the kitchen to whip up some goodies for the brownie monster (aka, WuWu). While I was preparing the brownies, I (…)
Poached pear for Valentine’s Day
by Jan on February 20, 2008
Alright so for Valentine’s Day I made lasagna (see Lasagna Battle) which I’ve practiced before. It turned out pretty nicely with ground turkey instead of ground beef. For dessert, I attempted to make vanilla poached pears (picture above).
