tiger prawns, chips & kaleslaw

When I'm on holidays, and we visit historical sites, I tend to imagine what life was like when the city we're in was hustling, bustling and lively. Melbourne, for example, has beautiful buildings which spell heritage and stories from centuries ago. During our holiday there this summer, I would imagine Victorians in their prime - …

polenta fish n chips with tartare sauce

Being jet lagged was a classic. Waking up at 2am and sleeping from lunch time til the stars shine. It took a good week to readjust to the climate Down Under after visiting the two Holy Mosques in Saudi for my first pilgrimage ever 🙂 I had some preconceptions of what the place will be …

☆ my 2013 resolution | recipe roundup from my blogroll ☆

Since it's year's end and blog posts are trending around the topic, I thought I'd join the party and post: a warm welcome to all my new subscribers - I hope to dish up delicacies that'll tickle your taste buds this coming year; a tribute to my blogging friends... a roundup of some of the …

pan fried salmon steaks

With uni back in full swing, there's been little time to cook - so I'll be sharing a few recipes I managed to cook up during the summer 🙂 I love salmon - it's one of my go-to choices when nothing on a menu tickles my fancy, or when I feel the need for something …

chilli sweet potato fries

If you're after a party in your mouth, then this is the recipe you're after. It's packed with flavour, fried nutrition (:P), and loaded with texture to kick-start the best flavourful experience you'll ever have. I'll make an outright confession here: these aren't as healthy as Rufus' baked sweet potato fries, but they're fries, so I'll fry …

spiral curry puffs

I wonder if anyone is finding today a particularly weird day. Because it's the 29th of Feb. I thought I'll put up a recipe for the occasion. A while back I tried a recipe for 2-toned spiral curry puffs I saw on Tes at Home's blog. Although my 2 tones didn't turn out as 2 tones, there …

cauliflower stew

I'm always in a battle when it comes to cauliflower. Cauliflower always gives me this nice set of straightforward arguments as to why I should not hate it. And I'm always replying with illogical responses like "but you make people burp - like ew!" I don't know what makes me love this dish so much now, …

zesty za’tar potatoes

I came home from uni a couple of weeks ago, and found a plate of gorgeous looking potatoes sitting there waiting for me! 😀 I asked who'd made them, and how, but I was answered with a question. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to guess everything in this recipe card, but that didn't matter, because I …

homemade jam-filled doughnuts

Now that the semester is slowly coming to end, my classes have started to drop, and scramble time for exam study is shining bright. In the hours that I once spent sitting in lectures, I've decided to trash study and prep for my great Eid morning tea/lunch, and a Saturday iftar dinner party. All this …

homemade sweet chilli sauce & spring rolls

Today was a day of "if only"-s. If only .. If only.. If only.. Fried ones on the left, baked ones one the right 🙂 Today was also the day that I made an official decision that Asian cooking is that area which I sometimes struggle with. And that it takes a LONG time. Like 2 …