Breakfast for Champions, Chinese New Year edition: Homemade bak kwa (barbecued pork) sandwiched between sourdough shokupan bread
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A One-Banana Banana Bread
Fret not, you’re not seeing double. I’ll explain in a bit. On Easter Sunday, after waking just before noon, AB and I decided to prepare a full English breakfast for brunch. Whenever I think of an English breakfast, I’m always reminded of the feast that we once had at Bistrotheque (23–27 Wadeson St.) in East London. My poached egg and bread served…
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Egg salad with pickled celery
Trying to find a supermarket that is open after 8pm in Brussels is near mission impossible. Yesterday, I walked for over an hour looking for dark/brown bread at the ‘late’ hour of 9.30pm. I walked from home to Parvis de St. Gilles, Châtelain, Place Flagey and St. Boniface, with a few detours in between to…
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Bonne année!
Happy New Year! Champagne is usually drank at New Year’s Eve, as well as weddings and birthdays. Or in the case of the late Lily Bollinger, as quoted in the Daily Mail in 1961: ” I drink it when I’m happy and when I’m sad. Sometimes I drink it when I’m alone. When I have…
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No-knead whole wheat bread
Today, I made a loaf of wholewheat raisin+pecan bread. No kneading involved, just many hours required for the dough to rise (more than 18 hours). I really wanted to like it. But the inside of the bread was a tad dense for my liking and I found the crust to be too tough. That I…
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