The eat street of Victoria Park continues to grow ever more delicious. Vic Park locals Catherine and chef hubby Roland Tan realised a long-held dream in November last year when they opened Harvest Espresso on Albany Highway. The cafe offers cheerful service with an all-day menu, 5 Senses coffee and fresh pastries baked daily. It’s […]
Last month, we had a family afternoon tea at my folks’ home to celebrate my sister Juji and my dad’s birthdays (my brother’s birthday is also in September, but his official celebration was at the recent 62nd birthday party). Everyone brought something along for afternoon tea, and it was quite a feast! Jac and I […]
A chicken pie from Brumby’s bakery. Mmm, it smelled great. Chunks of chicken, with peas and corn kernels in a nicely seasoned white sauce. The pastry was crisp. I really enjoyed eating my pastry crescent moon. An iced cinnamon bun, also from Brumby’s. A little too strong on the cinnamon, I thought, but yummy all […]
Sushi feastJuji and Jay came over for lunch a few weekends ago . They’d told us of their hankering for sushi, so Jac got us a feast of takeaway sushi. The jars and bottles you can see on the left are Kikkoman soy sauce, an extra bottle of sushi soy sauce, and a jar of […]
This is something I’ll definitely miss from my old job – birthday afternoon teas from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie with my now ex-team mates. A cup of tea, something sweet and decadent, chatting and laughing, and forgetting about the stresses of work for just a little while. This was workmate R’s birthday celebration. We’d se…
I’m not sure who brought it up first, but during breakfast my sister Juji, her boyfriend Jay, Jac and I talked about a French bakery nearby on Mends Street. After our salty and savoury cooked breakfasts, we were quite keen to have something sweet – the four of us made a sweets stop at that […]
It was my boss’ birthday last Thursday and there was much feasting to be done. A chocolate mud cake, topped with sheets of chocolate and adorned with lightly roasted flaked almonds. And of course, a selection of gorgeous mini cakes, pastries and tarts from Chez Jean-Claude Patisserie. This time we were particularly interested to see [……
My workmate RR recently bought selection of goodies from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie for afternoon tea to celebrate his birthday. I sneaked in ahead of time to take photos, of course. I lifted the lid from the box, and wow! Even after half a dozen or so morning/afternoon teas featuring Jean Claude fare, I still […]
We had a team meeting on Friday afternoon last week, and as a treat for the troops and to say welcome to new person J, my boss purchased a selection of pastries and tartlettes from Chez Jean Claude Patisserie. I’ve featured these before, but I never get tired of gazing at these gorgeous little pastries […]
One of the best things about working in an office is the occasional indulgent morning tea. The birthday morning tea, the “welcome!” morning tea, the farewell morning tea. How about this? A glistening berry-crowned cheesecake, almost too beautiful to cut. Juicy shiny berries fighting gravity, piled on top of soft smooth cheesecake sittin…