Sadly during our stay on the Gold Coast on our holiday, the only partly sunny day we had was spent at Tropical Fruit World. Why is that sad? It’s not that it was a terrible experience or anything but we left feeling like we were trapped on a crappy tourist ride at Disneyland and it [...]
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Trapped at Tropical Fruit World
Posted in Australia, Drinks, Fruit, Tours, Travel, Tropical Fruit, tagged Babaco, Big Avocado, Black Sapote, Tropical Fruit World on September 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Eating Along Steve Irwin Way
Posted in Australia, Drinks, Fruit, Holidays, Travel, Tropical Fruit, tagged australia zoo, glasshouse mountains highway, lychee, noosa, pineapple crush, steve irwin way, sunshine coast on January 22, 2010 | 5 Comments »
A few years ago, we were on our way to Noosa, on the Sunshine Coast, and decided to take the scenic highway to get there. Back then it was called the “Glasshouse Mountains Highway” but they have since renamed it “Steve Irwin Way” since his death which is pretty apt since his Australia Zoo [...]
My Foolproof Banana Bread
Posted in American, Bananas, Cakes, Chocolate, Fruit, Nuts, Pastry, Quick Breads, tagged banana bread, frozen bananas, sunset magazine, walnut meal on April 7, 2009 | 8 Comments »
We went to a once a month market that sold clothes and other knick-knacks this past weekend and at the back were the food sellers (majority selling baked goods) and this young man had a stall piled with very attractive-looking, rustic and authentic items such as croissants, pannetone and banana bread. But much to our [...]
Citrus Cheers Winter’s Gloom
Posted in Citrus Fruit, Fruit, Preserving, tagged grapefruit, lemons, mandarin, marmalade, meyer lemons, oranges, preserves, seville oranges, tangerines on August 10, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It is probably no surprise that I don’t love winter, given that I grew up in a place famous for its sunsets and beaches. Frankly, I am too lazy to dress for winter, prefering summer dresses and sandals to boots and sweaters. I also love summer stone fruits (peaches, apricots, nectarines) and berries, and can’t eat [...]
