Blueberry Cookies from Cookies Quartet

Cookies Quartet is a shop that specialises in handmade cookies. It is based in Hong Kong and is located at Kowloon City.

I love their cookies and most of the flavours in their assorted mix box are good. Their "Devil Chocolate Cookies", "Almond Butter Crisps" and "Hazelnut Pepper Cookies" are the most popular flavours and usually the first to finish in the assorted box.

The Husband also like their Palmiers.

I like their Blueberry Cookies a lot. These crisp cookies come with a tinge of lemon taste in the background and very chewy dried blueberries. You have to buy these separately as they do not come in the basic Cookies Quartet assorted box. I find these quite hard to stop eating and usually eat 4 - 5 each time. (Actually, I don't usually like cookies that very much so I can't quite understand why these appeal so much to me..)

I was reading an old post of mine on Cookies Quartet when I suddenly had cravings for these blueberry cookies. I posted my cravings for these cookies on Facebook and a few days later... guess what? Dear, sweet Ting messaged me to let me know that she has a packet of these for me! All the way from Hong Kong! CH was in Hong Kong and his friend knew how to get these... and so they got a packet for me.

Wow! It was such a lovely surprise to receive this yummy gift! I was really touched by this gesture. Thank you again, Ting and CH!

I like the gold paper clip used to seal the packaging..

Cookies Quartet

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

Lake Thun

[Dated post about trip to Switzerland in May]

Interlaken is a town located between Lake Brienz and Lake Thun. We did not really have the intention to visit either lakes as part of our travel. But due to strong winds, we weren't able to visit Jungfrajoch on the first day we were at Interlaken, so we decided to visit Lake Thun and the old town of Thun.

The lake was a beautiful one and I thought actually that the boat cruise we took was almost as nice as the one at popular Lake Lucerne.

The views of the mountains were fabulous that day, as it was a sunny, albeit windy day. We visited a church on the top of a little hill and took many great pictures of the lake and the surrounding mountains.

Ice-blended Kiwi

The kiwi fruit is a rich source of Vitamin C, which is something I'm trying to have more of.

I don't usually like the green type of kiwifruit - the golden ones are great and always sweet but with the green ones, sometimes you end up with very tart ones that are just too puckering sour for me.

So using them in juices are great - I sometimes blend them plain with some simple syrup and ice.. and sometimes with a bottle of Yakult.

Kiwis are full of Vitamin C, low in calories, high in anti-oxidants and is a very good source of folic acid. They are also good for digestion because they contain an enzyme called actinidin, which helps to digest proteins. This makes kiwis a form of natural laxative, very helpful for the sluggish preganancy digestive system that causes constipation.

For some reason (and I think it's because of actinidin), some people advise against pregnant ladies having kiwis.