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The Line
2007-12-18 15:32:00
The Line is Shangrila Singapore’s premium hotel buffet restaurant wherein a great variety of food (ranging from Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Italian etc) is served. The seafood variety was exquisite although I wasn’t able to touch Indian food this time (my stomach still isn’t in good terms with curries). Though the pastas weren’t as great, but ...

Nutella
2007-12-08 10:02:00
This is my all around chocolate spread…and I’m guilty of hoarding this in dire need. This spread can be used in almost all desserts created. With the hazelnut flavor packed in this bottle, there’s an endless combination for dessert enthusiats. I often use it on plain old bread but I also love ...
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Haagen Daz
2007-11-17 16:21:00
I often wonder why other ice creams are so expensive compared to eating just ordinary ones available in supermarkets. I heard that Haagen Daz was one of the most expensive ones. I never got to taste it until last year (I’m such a late bloomer). I even binge ...

Halloween Brownies
2007-10-26 17:46:00
Halloween around the corner! Kids will come knocking on your door for some goodies this time of year. If you want your Halloween giveaways to be extra special, you can try making these spooky brownies by Betty Crockers’ for a quick treat. Recipe:
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Chocolate helps in fighting fatigue
2007-10-15 20:03:00
Here’s what I stumbled upon, a good news for chocolate lovers! A daily dose of specially-formulated dark chocolate may help cut chronic fatigue syndrome symptoms. Patients in a pilot study found they had less fatigue when eating dark chocolate with a high cocoa content than with white chocolate dyed brown. Researchers from Hull York Medical School said the ...
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Strawberry and truffles
2007-08-17 19:22:00
This is my favorite retreat. We’ve tried the dessert in Alameda, which is one of our favorite fine dining restaurant in Beijing. I tried this dessert twice and it never failed to satisfy me. The strawberries were perfect combination to be drowned in the exquisite taste of truffles. This was the time..I could ...
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Reminiscing desserts
2007-08-14 02:56:00
I miss pigging out for desserts! This time, I’m in another country so I need to budget my expenses. I’m missing dessert hopping back home where it is much cheaper! When we were in Cebu for a visit. Our friends brought us to a small dessert place where they ordered almost all the ...
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Chocolate Contrast Appeal
2007-08-05 20:20:00
Aesthetics has always interest me. Even if I would eat anything that would spark my cravings, a good presentation is always a plus for a unique dining experience. Maybe there’s a yin/yang in food presentation also. One of my “friends” gathering, we went to Cyma, which specializes ...
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Chocolate Souffle (Chocolate Lava)
2007-06-20 07:35:00
Heavenly chocolate dessert. One of my favorite dessert, but I only got to discover a few perfect pieces from different restaurants. It’s best served with ice cream on the side, like hazelnut flavor. Nothing beats a blast of chocolate fudge to make your day complete. You can try making your own: Ingredients: 5 ...
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Cupcake lovin?
2007-06-05 16:04:00
Who can resist these cupcakes?? My friend B has the passion for food and she took shots of the lovable cupcakes by Sonja. The pastel color matches the little shop they have in Serendra, Fort. Though the cupcakes are extremely good to take home, the prices are a bit steep.

Keebler’s Soft batch (cookies and milk combination)
2007-05-29 09:02:00
This soft cookies is one of my favorites. Microwave this and the chunks of chocolates slightly melts, top that with milk on the side. You have the perfect cookie milk combination.
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Waffles
2007-05-24 05:19:00
Best Waffles Ever (5 servings) * 1 and 3/4 cups flour * 2 teaspoons baking powder * 1 Tablespoon sugar * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 3 beaten egg yolks * 1 and 3/4 cups milk ...

Care to have a candy apple ?
2007-05-07 07:45:00
CARAMEL COATED APPLES 20 small apples 20 apple sticks or bamboo skewers 4 cups sugar 2 cups brown sugar 2 cups water 3 tsp whole cloves Line 2 large baking sheets with waxed paper or heavily buttered foil. Remove stems from ...
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Women & Chocolate
2007-05-02 10:07:00
Sinful is how women has always described chocolate. But despite so, do you know that 99% of all women love chocolate and that they may actually prefer chocolate more to than to sex? What exactly about chocolate is it so wonderful? Well, in fact it is not just the women who love it but almost everybody ...
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Royce chocolate potato chips
2007-04-28 05:57:00
My friend, who went back here for a vacation, brought us goodies from Singapore. I was impress by the uniqueness. Can’t imagine potato chips coated with chocolate, but now…tada..Royce’s has one! A junk food addict like me prefer this but my other friends don’t think it’s a good match.
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Easy Oreo Truffles
2007-04-26 18:54:00
Prep: 30 min. Total: 1 hour 30 min. 1 pkg. (1 lb. 2 oz.) Oreo Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, divided 1 pkg. (8 oz.) Philadelphia Cream Cheese, softened 2 pkg. (8 oz.) Baker’s Semi-Sweet Baking Chocolate, melted Crush 9 of the cookies to fine crumbs in food processor; reserve for later use. (Cookies can also be finely ...
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My Le Palais sugar-high experience
2007-04-12 18:34:00
This is my favorite sugar-high experience. It was an euphoric moment for my taste buds so to speak. We tried almost 6 kinds of delictable masterpiece. My heart almost stopped when I took a bite of the Le Pala is special… Other special little ones are a must try Was disappointed when Le palais closed ...
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My favorite Mrs. Field?s cookie flavor
2007-04-03 11:24:00
Soft…chewy…cookies I never liked to many nuts in my cookies, but I LOVE macademia nuts!!! Can’t get enough of it! Mrs. Field ’s white chewy macademia nut is the BEST! But unfortunately, It’s expensive…so…control! and I need to lose weight too!
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3 steps oreo cheesecake
2007-03-19 15:21:00
try this! 3-Step OREO Cheese cake 2 pkg. (8 oz. each) Cream Cheese, softened 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 tsp. vanilla 2 eggs 6 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies, coarsely chopped (about 3/4 cup), divided 1 OREO Pie Crust (6 oz.) Preheat oven to 325°F. Beat cream cheese, sugar and vanilla with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs; mix just until blended. Stir in ...
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Crepes
2007-03-18 17:54:00
According to wikipedia, crepes “are a type of very thin cooked pancake usually made from wheat flour. ” I love crepes…and I remember it vividly on a platter served with vanilla ice cream and mangoes! Can you resist a wonderful creation…originally from France…hmm…bon appetit! I love crepes in cafe breton..look at this yummy treat! Here’s a recipe ...
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TGIF?s brownie dessert
2007-03-02 18:54:00
tried this one in Beijing…was looking for the name in the net “BROWNIE OBSESSION A warm brownie covered in Ghirardelli® chocolate-fudge sauce, vanilla ice cream, caramel sauce and pecans. ” hmm, no vanilla ice cream but everything else is there, so i guess that’s the name! mouthwatering isn’t it???
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Brownie y pronto (microwave recipe)
2007-02-25 18:42:00
I discovered a new easy to do recipe by one of my friends..this moist, fudgy recipe is an easy retreat! go on! try it! 1/2 cup butter 1 1/3 cup brown sugar (packed) or 1 cup white sugar 2 eggs 1/3 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup all purpose flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 1/4 tsp coffee extract Melt the butter ...
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Truffles
2006-12-14 00:16:00
It’s been a while since my last chocolate dessert hopping….I miss it! I think we’ll be doing that next week..whoohoo! I remember the little truffle I ate during one buffet meal I pigged out. I’m never a truffle girl but I like this one. It was tiny but understandably exquisite. Since I sort ...
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Chocolate Butterscotch Christmas Fudge
2006-12-10 02:46:00
1 c Sugar 15 oz Sweetened condensed milk 1/2 c Water 6 oz chocolate chips 6 oz Butterscotch chips 1/4 c Butter or regular margarine 1 tsp Vanilla 1 c Chopped walnuts Combine sugar, milk, water, chocolate and butterscotch chips in 3 quart heavy saucepan. Cook over medium heat,stirring constantly, to soft ball stage (234F). Remove from heat. combine butter and vanilla in mixing ...
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Alameda?s dessert madness
2006-11-29 15:07:00
We ate in Alameda, a posh brazilian restaurant here in Beijing which was awarded best restaurant by That’s Beijing Magazine, last week. The sit down lunch set was sumptous. After munching down every inch of the appetizer and pork fillet main course, we were able to order some ...
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Chocolate Has Antithrombotic Effects Similar to Aspirin
2006-11-20 15:39:00
November 17, 2006 (Chicago) ? Subjects enrolled in the Genetic Study of Aspirin Responsiveness (GeneSTAR) inadvertently helped Johns Hopkins University researchers measure chocolate’s inhibition of platelet function and show that eating chocolate slows clotting time. The findings may explain how chocolate and cocoa-containing foods exert a cardioprotective effect. Subjects in the GeneSTAR study were instructed to ...
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