HOMEMADE WAFFLES 25 March 2009 in FOOD, My recipes, Uncategorized

Decided to make some waffles from scratch, on a sunny Saturday morning. Nothing like a sweet American breakfast sometimes 🙂 We actually haven’t made waffles before, usually just stick to pancakes and fry-ups of bacon/sausage/eggs/etc. I’m VERY particular about my waffles – I don’t...

‘QUAN JU DE’ ROAST DUCK RESTAURANT 24 March 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant (???) 786 Huai Hai Road Shanghai, China ????- I’d heard good reviews on Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant, and so dragged Chris there one night. To my utter surprise he said “Hey, I’ve been to Quan Ju De before!” Turns out...

IIIT! CAFE 23 March 2009 in Food reviews - Shanghai, Uncategorized

IIIT! Cafe The Summit Clubhouse 99 Wulumuqi Zhong Road, No 4 Shanghai, China ???– I heard word that the oddly named IIIT! Cafe served up a great panini. It’s a tucked away cafe inside an expat housing complex, and is so catered for the...

SOUTH BEAUTY 20 March 2009 in FOOD, Food reviews, Uncategorized

South Beauty (???) 881 Yan An Road Jing An Shanghai, China ????- Located in an old mansion, South Beauty offers elegant and ultra chic Sichuan dining in a myrid of sleek rooms as well as a gorgeous outdoor terrace. It makes for a memorable...

SETTLING IN… 18 March 2009 in Ferrets, FOOD, Uncategorized

Breakast with Chris before work… at UBC Cafe in our apartment compound. We went to Ikea over the weekend for household stuff. Their restaurant was HUGE and crazy packed! I still can’t get used to the sheer number of people here.. Their famous meatballs...