Happee Monkee

Kladdkaka is a well-loved chocolate, gooey cake in Sweden. This cake is so low effort and high satisfaction guaranteed, it’s mad. It’s almost as easy as the eggless, butterless chocolate cake recipe. Mr. G asked if I could look for a recipe that had chocolate and rum in it and that’s how I found Johanna [...]

It’s Swedish midsummer and everywhere in the city, there are strawberry stands. It’s the cutest thing, it’s almost like a lemonade stand. A small table with punnets and punnets of juicy jordgubbar or strawberries. We’ve been recommend to try the local strawberries (versus imported sorts) because at this time of the year it is at [...]

We’ve been very fortunate to have good weather wherever we travel. We were in Helsinki, Finland about two weeks back and although it was cool, there was plenty of sunshine. One of the many things I appreciate about traveling is seeing the local produce. I love, love, loveeee going to markets and studying ingredients I [...]

I’ve recently adopted a strange breakfast eating habit. I would get up, grumpily make myself a cup of tea, grunt at G., (on a good morning, I can manage a lopsided smile) and dunk a Digestives or Hobnob into my cuppa. I find myself adopting different eating routines in different countries. I don’t normally have [...]

Happy April Folks! I hope this month will be a happier month for everyone. I’d falsely believed that spring was here until a local guide told me that it’s going to be a long winter this year. Aw boo! Here I was ready to celebrate. No matter, I’ve got some goodies to chase the winter [...]

I get Chinese food withdrawals when I don’t get enough of it. Of course it doesn’t help to read food blogs, I just get hungrier. I know this has nothing to do with lemons or yogurt, poppy seed or cake. But I really need to get it out of my system. Actually, it is kind [...]

I was smiling the whole time while photographing this cake. The sunlight in the background, the cute and colourful bravado behind those words made me happy. And with every happy thought and emotions I felt, I dedicated it to Japan. Lately, my heart wrenches every time I see the news. My friends are suffering and [...]

You know, sometimes there are downsides to being on the road all the time. Noted that this may sound like a complain but I’m going to say, I’m just making a teensy observation. The apartment in Tokyo had a tiny griller, so I never bothered to bake anything in that. We made do with what [...]

It really feels good to be home. I’ve been out of action for more than six months and I had to wipe the dust of my Kitchen Aid. Did you miss me? I know my food testers did.  I have been keeping very quiet about a project I was involved with last year. And now [...]

I’ve been in Japan for four weeks now. Time sure flies. Sigh, yes, I do wonder where it all went. I was walking in Roppongi several weeks ago and I was intrigued by a large cooking school smacked in the middle of a shopping/ business complex. It didn’t look like it was for professionals but [...]