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Pumpkin Pancake (南瓜饼)

Pumpkin pancake is one of my favourite dessert. It can be easily made and stored to be eaten at a later time. While pumpkin is more available in the Autumn, if you are able to buy in year round, you can make this anytime. It has natural sweetness so you don’t need to add a lot of sugar to it. It’s also a great snack…

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Easy Foolproof Japanese Milk Bread

In my teen years I refuse to eat anything that was made of white flour. Everything had to be whole wheat. As I got older, I stopped caring about eating everything whole wheat. I started to crave white bread. While I still buy whole grains loafs, once in a while I crave for a soft and sweet bread. A milk bread definitely hits the spot….

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Homemade Red Bean Paste (using a rice cooker)

I had been on vacation in UK the last two weeks. It was a much needed break. Now that I’m back, I want to start off with an easy recipe that is a staple for many East Asian desserts. I like making Asian desserts because it’s less sweet for me and it doesn’t feel overly rich when I eat it. This recipe utilizes red beans…

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Vietnamese Baguettes

I always loved baking and that amplified during the pandemic. One of the first recipe I made for this blog was baguettes, specifically Vietnamese baguettes. Before I attempted to make the baguettes, I needed to do a bit of research. While most bread requires flour, water, salt, yeast and sugar there are specific methods of working the dough and baking that makes each bread different….

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