NOT a food blog
Cilantro opened its doors last week after being closed for over a year due to renovations at MiCasa. Naturally, I was expecting to be wowed by the “transformation”. Instead, the familiar cream coloured upholstery with circular seating greeted me. To put it succinctly, it was like visiting an old friend. Bathed in warm tones thanks […]
House special udon with egg The name Sanuki Udon is steeped in history. In fact, rumour has it that udon originated in the Sanuki province (Kagawa prefecture in Japan). Of course, there are other udons that rank up there with Sanuki’s – Akita’s Inaniwa Udon (what I like to call udon-on-a-diet due to its flatter […]
Once upon a time, there lived a young female mitten crab named Sally. She was a tiny little crustacean, less than 10 centimetres wide, and had pincers covered with dense patches of hair. Thankfully, Brazilians were not the vogue for females like Sally, and she reveled in her hirsuteness. She laughed and […]
Food, for me, is a means to an end and not an end in itself.
Food, for me, represents the love of family, the fellowship of friends, and the community and communality it brings.