A story about bakery

Yesterday, I had the chance to work alongside the Head Baker at Pennyhill Park Hotel in Bagshot, sitting just outside of south-west London. The 5-star Hotel offers individually designed rooms, luxury spa, stunning 365 acre golf course and exciting cookery school. The bakery is hidden away, under the main and pastry kitchens, with four large deck ovens, various machinery and it...

Like everywhere in Hong Kong, you will notice clusters of food stalls and grocery markets on pretty much every corner and road. In Tai Po Food Centre, they have a mall dedicated to this tradition, where each level represents a different street: meat/fish, grocery, clothes/fashion and food market. Convenient, safe and easy to find everything...

High upon Victoria Peak not only lies the breathtaking view over Hong Kong, but also many delicious restaurants, immersive museums and exciting tourist shops. Located inside a tall spiralling shopping mall, the pop-up museum gave visitors an engaging and colourful chance to take funny photos and be silly. Most of the designs were drawn to replicate...

Androuet is a specialty cheese shop selling various cheese and wine from all over the World. Established in 1909, Paris, they offer the chance to purchase and taste over 100 varieties of cheese in their shop/restaurant in Old Spitalfields Market – a cheese-lover’s heaven! Upon entering, you are hit with the pungent aroma of strong fermented cheese,...

It was an incredible opportunity to stagier at the prestigious Fat Duck restaurant. Entering a highly- respected and qualified 3-star Michelin restaurant was definitely nervous but exciting experience. My week was split into halves – the first few days were in the preparation kitchen, creating the individual components for the desserts and the last few...

Today, I finally ate at Le Pain Quotidien! (Yes, for first time – don’t judge /(・_・;)\ )… Generally, I’ve only noticed small stalls or small bakery shops just for take-away use, so this was my first dining experience. Quick background check, so Le Pain Quotidien translates to ‘The Daily Bread’ dating back to Brussels in 1990 by Alain...

WOW! What a huge surprise, my friend sent me TWO FULL packages of snacks and all the way from the other side of the World – Japan!! Yeeeeesss!! 😛 I seriously love snacks… So much so, that I class snacking as my favourite hobby. True story ＼| ￣ヘ￣|／ The packaging is like, shouting in my face to...

Visiting Eat Tokyo, the cute and cosy Japanese restaurant in Soho, just after New Year’s day meant that inevitably it will be busy – but this was not the case. Staff welcomed customers with a fresh smile accompanied with an appreciation gift, a branded Eat Tokyo towel neatly folded in a comically drawn box. The...

Tsujiri is a small matcha café located in the centre of London Soho. They offer soft serve, sundaes and various drinks with Matcha, Vanilla and occasionally Hojicha (roasted tea) flavours. Inside gives a fresh and spacious feel with high seating arrangements, clean wooden tables and bright lighting. You’re welcomed by the warm smile of staff and a...

～(゜・_・)゜～.。o○☆ – Happy New Year 2017!! – ☆○o。.～゜(・_・゜)～ What better way to start a brand new day/ year than a perfect bake! No soggy bottoms and a soft-gentle wobble-y centre – haha! (≧ロ≦) I love making lemon tarts because seeing that wobble is THE MOST rewarding feeling ever, the small joys of a pastry chef. Usually, a traditional...