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[Hot Chocolate Festival 2023] Honolulu Coffee and Fluffy Rain Cloud

Posted in Beverage, Cafe, Chocolate, Dessert, Downtown Vancouver, Drinks, Hot Chocolate Festival, Joyce, Restaurants, Sweets, Vancouver, tagged Chocolate Cake, cotton candy, Donut, Honolulu Coffee, hot chocolate, Hot Chocolate Festival, Vancouver Hot Chocolate Festival on January 18, 2023| Leave a Comment »

Another stop of my Hot Chocolate Festival quest this year is Honolulu Coffee. I had a media preview of their two creations at the downtown Nelson location.

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High Tea at Tsujiri Richmond: $35 is a steal!

Posted in Afternoon tea, Cafe, Dessert, International Brand, Japanese, Joyce, Restaurants, Richmond, Sushi, Sweets, Tea, Tea House, tagged Dango, High tea, Hojicha, Kabusecha, matcha, Recommendation, Shirodashi, sushi, Tsujiri, unagi on January 6, 2023| Leave a Comment »

High tea these days is so expensive! Most places are now charging at least $50 per person, and that’s considered “affordable.” I cringed when some afternoon tea menus are priced at $60 or more and that just feels like a lot of money to me. So when my friend CC told me about this $70 tea set at Tsujiri, I naturally assumed it’s $70 per person. But no, it’s $70 for two!! Can it be too good to be true?!

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[Recipe] Family Friendly Baked Mochi Balls 四色QQ麻糬波波食譜

Posted in Baked Goods, Cheese, Home Cooking, Joyce, Recipe, Snacks, Sweets, tagged 麻糬, 麻糬波波, Family-friendly, Mochi Balls, recipe on April 15, 2020| 5 Comments »

As we spend more time at home, Mama Lam is trying different recipes to keep ourselves entertained. We found this Korean style baked mochi ball recipe online and tested it out. The recipe is very easy to make and suitable to involve kids.

In a nutshell, the dry ingredients make up the flavours while the wet ingredients bind them together. We tried it with 4 flavour variations and made some adjustments based on our experience. The steps are the same regardless of the flavours.

Wet Ingredients (Mixture A)

12g Butter
1/2 Egg
35ml Warm Milk

Dry Ingredients (Mixture B)

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[Recipe] One Bite Nougat Puff – Chewy Confection with a Crunch 牛軋酥食譜

Posted in Home Cooking, Joyce, Parties, Recipe, Snacks, Sweets, tagged Candy, Confections, No Bake, Nougat, Nougat Puff, recipe, Sweet Treats on March 24, 2020| 6 Comments »

Last month, Mama Lam made some nougats. It’s good but it’s a bit boring, so she found a recipe to take it up a notch. It’s called Nougat Puff. It’s essentially nougat with the addition of crunchy crackers. We’ve made a few batches now and each time it has turned out well.