My mum’s mango pudding recipe

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March 7, 2012
my mum's mango pudding

Mango pudding is one of my favourite childhood desserts. My parents would take us out for dim sum with their friends every Sunday and there was one restaurant we went to which made the most amazing mango pudding. Every time I think back to those Sundays, I remember eagerly waiting for the lazy susan...
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Gearing up for the 2012 Eat Drink Perth festival!

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February 29, 2012
Eat Drink Perth

I recall this time last year being a super busy time of the year and the only Eat Drink Perth event I managed to fit in during the festival was the Twilight Markets. This year though as one of six official Eat Drink Perth food bloggers, I’ve said to burger boy I need to...
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The start of our Crust journey

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February 25, 2012
Crust Mount Lawley

Wow, what a full on couple of months it has been. I honestly had no idea what to expect…I knew having our own business was going to be hard work but gee did the first week test me! burger boy being a realist was however prepared and knew what was coming so it wasn’t...
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Buzzing with Kazaar – Nespresso’s super strong limited edition coffee blend!

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January 18, 2012
Nespresso kazaar coffee

I received Nespresso’s strongest blend, Kazaar (intensity level 12 – the usual range has a max intensity of 10) to test out in my new dragon ritual cups this week. If you’ve read my Year of the Dragon Coffee Machine post, you would have gathered I’m a low to mid strength coffee drinker (my favourite Nespresso pods are the cosi...
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Enjoying Nespresso’s Year of the Dragon Coffee Machine – way too much!

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January 6, 2012
Nespresso Year of the Dragon Coffee Machine

For those of you who have read my Nespresso Perth Boutique launch event post, you’ll know that my first experience of Nespresso was whilst shopping with burger boy’s nanna so anything Nespresso always reminds me of her. So when Nespresso offered to loan me their limited edition year of the dragon coffee machine to...
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Surprising burger boy with a birthday dinner at Nobu

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January 2, 2012
Happy birthday burger boy!

burger boy & I have had some amazing Japanese both here in Perth, over east and in Japan so when we heard Nobu was coming to Perth we were pretty excited. So I thought what better birthday surprise than a dinner at Nobu  I tried a bit of a decoy by driving the long way to Burswood…for a...
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Christmas with the family – 12 hours of eating!

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January 1, 2012
Pull Pork Sandwich

I love Christmas for all the joys it brings…quality time with the family, amazing food all day long and I get super excited both watching and opening presents. This year we started with lunch at burger boy’s Italian family’s place…burger boy’s bro mugsy brought home a couple of cartons of Gypsy Pear Cider (soon to hit...
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The sauces were a stand out at Shiro Izakaya

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January 1, 2012
75g Wagyu Beef at Shiro

I had received an email from Daniel, one of the owners of Shiro Izakaya inviting us to go try out their new Japanese restaurant in November via Urbanspoon but hadn’t seen the message until the Christmas break. So earlier this week we went for an early dinner after work to see what Shiro had...
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foodie cravings turns 1

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December 28, 2011
foodie cravings food blog turns 1!

It was this time last year on the drive down to burger boy’s family beach house in Mandurah that foodie cravings was created and burger boy got his name. It wasn’t until burger boy’s family and friends named our honeymoon photobook the cookbook that I realised how much we really love our food. We...
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