Sometimes you just gotta say, fudge it.Christmas is just approaching and you are tired to the bone, having worked your backside off the entire year and you just can’t wait to get out of office and get under the covers of those comforting annual leave. But there’s still a few more weeks to go and you practically have to drag ...
How would you like a cupcake with chunks of creamy white chocolate, studded with rub red pieces of cherries? What if you encountered a gooey dark chocolate and then a crunchy multilayered biscuit at the bottom of it all? Well, I’m going to tell you how to do it.And I call them Zellers bottom cupcakes!Have you encountered this biscuit in ...
Imagine a beautiful sunny day, cool breeze caressing your hair and you, in your prettiest yellow sundress, the sun warming your hair, sunlight illuminating your hair, wander down the charming cobblestoned streets of Tuscany.This is exactly what these cookies made me feel like.Afternoons are sunny and golden and I find it very hard to sit still. There’s just something about ...
So what really is the best thing about December for you?For me, it’s obviously the food and the festivities surrounding it. Or is it the other way round?Paan Paan has the exact same thing in mind it seems. And for the month of December, Paan Paan has unleashed upon us hopeless gluttons its exclusive Christmas goodies collection which are available ...
So what really is the best thing about December for you?For me, it’s obviously the food and the festivities surrounding it. Or is it the other way round?Paan Paan has the exact same thing in mind it seems. And for the month of December, Paan Paan has unleashed upon us hopeless gluttons its exclusive Christmas goodies collection which are available ...
Can you smell it? Can you feel it in the air?December is fast approaching and the air is already buzzing with electricity. There is a certain perfume in the air- a subtle smokiness reminiscent of good food, great company and happy times. December is hands down my favorite month of the year.Don’t you ever wish that it could be December ...
Sri Lanka is just your typical, ordinary island in the sun. We drink coconuts out of the tree and eat seafood right off the ocean, wear coconut leaves around our waist and dance to folk songs on the beach all day.NOT.While this tiny island may not be as exotic as it sounds, Sri Lanka does really have an abundance of ...
If you grew up in the 90’s in Sri Lanka, chances are that you are of the custard pudding generation.Back in the day, custard pudding and jelly was a delicacy. It was what our mothers made for us on Sundays and on any other day if we were good. It was what was served at dinner parties in fancy bowls, ...
Who doesn’t love a bit of rum and chocolate? This is adult business.Dark rum and dark chocolate- both as black as sin and feels as good as sin. And the combination – and I have tried this before – is just so divine that you will be lost within the throes of longing.I just happened to run into this wealth ...
For us Sri Lankans living in a tiny island surrounded by water, seafood is a staple as the air that we breathe.Glistening blue waters fringing the golden sands shaded by lush coconut palms from the golden sunshine all year round, Sri Lanka is the tropical paradise that many dream about. Just for a moment, imagine what it’s like living here ...
Here’s something for you to chew on.The easiest, butteriest caramels that you have ever eaten. No one has ever stopped at just one of these babies.Growing up, the highlight of my day was when my father came home from work. At 8pm I would wait near the door for the sound of the gate being unhinged to open the door ...
A soft, airy cake filled with jam, undecorated at the top and served at teatime – this is essentially what describes the Victoria sponge. It was Anna, the Duchess of Bedford, one of Queen Victoria’s Ladies-in-Waiting who is credited with introducing the concept of afternoon tea into the world. the trend caught on and soon, the queen herself, Queen Victoria ...
I think Sri Lanka is one of the best countries to be vegan in.It’s not even the mango season but mangoes are aplenty in supermarkets and we couldn’t be happier. not just that, our passion fruit vine is making more passion fruit than we could possibly consume (and I made these amazingly delicious passion fruit white chocolate cookies sometime ago), ...
Today I’m writing about a dish that changed my perception of cabbage. The Sri Lankan cabbage mallum, or gowa mallum as we Sri Lankans as we know it is a household staple whipped up in a hurry, but enough to satiate the most discerning of palates.Cabbage at the very outset seems like the most boring of vegetables on God’s earth. ...
A treat for the Dornish Lords & LadiesI can just imagine the lords and ladies of Dorne sitting around devouring Gulab Jamuns, syrup trickling down their chins, hands, elbows. And then they would proceed to lick the syrup off of one another…Okay, stop.Gulab Jamun is a traditional celebratory Indian sweet made out of milk solids that is offered during auspicious ...
If you are a Game of Thrones fan and you haven’t watched the Season Finale of Season 7 yet, chances are that you still hate Sansa Stark, Lady of the North.But if you, like me, has watched the Season 7 Finale (and doesn’t know what to do with your life until the next season comes), you will be loving every ...
Sometimes you miss the things that are right under your nose the most.I’ve been born and raised in Sri Lanka, exposed to the local culture, its cuisine, its traditions and curious ways that I often forget how very exotic it all is.Sri Lanka has a lot to offer and us being born and raised in paradise, it is easy to ...
Did you know that you can make butter at home?I didn’t! which is why this is all sounding all scienc-y – fancy to me. In any case, I am still much wowed by the fact that all you need to churn some homemade butter for yourself is some heavy cream and a large jar.Also some elbow grease. Mannnn! I have ...
This one’s for the boyos. And gals like me who like their pub snacks meaty.Have you ever wolfed down a plate of chicken wings while having a drink with a bunch of friends, almost crying because those wings are so good? Have you ever forgotten your drink while wolfing down the said chicken wings? I know I have.It is on ...
The Season Finale of The Game of Thrones Season 7 is just hours away. We are all about dragons, silver queens and fire these days.It’s interesting how all the major players in the story are now women. At the beginning of the story, the men ruled the plotline, exercising power, flexing their muscles and etc. But now, everything is reversed ...
