Category Archives: Dessert
White peach and honey parfait
The Korean countryside, where I live, is nothing like Australia. Firstly, as in all of South Korea, there are seasons. Desolate winter, fecund summer as opposed to the lush year-round greenness that I’m used to. Secondly, I live surrounded by rice paddies, fruit trees and vegetable gardens planted on any and all available patches of [...]
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A challenge – sugarcane granita, jelly, cream.
When I arrived in Hanoi last year I was beaten. Exhausted by some recent hard travelling and more broken than I realised from the unpleasantness that came before. Life was clouded with uncertainty and nothing felt new. Everything was a challenge. As much fun as you can have visiting a city it is a totally [...]
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Peaches poached in Prosecco
Tomatoes, coriander, tortillas, a return to the com binh dan-style school lunch. Raging out at the injustice of work, teetering on the edge of saying too much of what I feel. Alone, but only marginally lonely. Tied to my computer (it was a very happy reunion). That is what my week looked like. Friday afternoon [...]
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Mango, Pomelo, Sago.
“You can always come back, but you can’t come back all the way”. Bob Dylan, Mississippi. Well, I came back. Back to a Hanoi that I was only too happy to leave 2 months ago. Much changed here in my absence, this city is speeding towards something like modernity, but my opinion of it remains [...]
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Mangosteen yoghurt pannacotta
Mangosteen
The queen of fruit, delicate, fragrant and likably sweet. This tropical treat is often paired with durian, but is delicious on its own or transformed into a light summer dessert.
Recipes: Mangosteen yoghurt pannacotta
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