Hot Soup, Cold Drinks

The weather has been really hot recently, and then these couple of days, it started raining and then drizzling a lot.

On days when the weather is uncomfortable, I think food can really help brighten up the day!

I love a bowl of hot soup on a rainy day. The Husband made my favourite golden fish soup recently. Even though that was just a couple of weeks ago, I was craving it again today.

But icy cold drinks taste great to me on all kinds of days in Singapore, whether hot or wet. Today, I made an iced pu'er tea with fresh lime juice. It was really yummy too... and it's healthy too unlike most iced drinks out there.

Today is a good start to a long weekend - I'm off work until Tuesday. It's a nice break because I have been feeling tired and frustrated at work recently.

A Noisy Quiet Holiday

Today is Singapore's 46th birthday and hence a public holiday.

My family had plans for the day - we wanted to have a pot luck party at my mum's place and she'd make my favourite popiah (fresh spring roll).

Sadly, my mum had a bad fall in her bathroom on Sunday night and is now hospitalised and kept under observations. Thankfully, she seems to be improving - she definitely looks a lot better today compared to yesterday and should be discharged tomorrow.

So we ended up staying at home for most parts of today.. to rest and have a quiet day.

But our neighbours are having the big party we originally wanted to have. The party started this afternoon and there are yelling and crying children next door since this afternoon. It's pretty amazing to me how children can make that much noise. :)

Still, The Husband and I managed to have a good rest today and I found time to cook this baked balsamic chicken for dinner tonight.

Happy Cookies from Cookies Quartet

Cookies are happy food to me.

And Cookies Quartet is one of my favourite places in the world for delicious, delicate cookies. Cookies Quartet is based in Hong Kong and is located at Kowloon City.

They sell a variety of flavours - my favourites are Hazelnut Pepper Cookies, Devil Chocolate Cookies and Blueberry Cookies.

They are also very famous for their palmiers. Palmiers, also called "Butterfly puffs" in Cantonese are made from puff pastry, similar to the dough used for croissant, but without the yeast. These are buttery, super light and crispy. The sugar/ honey layer on top of the palmier is sweet yet not too sweet. These are pretty dangerous snacks because it is really hard to stop eating them once you start.

Get a box of the cookies or palmiers the next time you travel to Hong Kong!

 

Cookies Quartet

Add: G/F, 9A Lion Rock Road, Kowloon City
Tel: +852-2382 2817