Month: December 2015

The Melbourne Road Trip

Melbourne, the coffee capital of Australia. I lived here for a year and fell in love with the cafe culture (click here for my 10 favourite cafes in Melbourne). Besides the hustle and bustle of the city, Melbourne is easily accessible to one of the World’s famous scenic coastal drive – the Great Ocean Road and untouched nature parks – The Grampians, Wilsons Promontory. I’ve complied all my road trip itineraries that I’ve done in the past into a six days road trip and hope that you’ll enjoy it as much as I did! Day 1 Melbourne – Geelong – Lorne – Apollo Bay (Total distance ~ 204km) Geelong Depart Melbourne for Geelong (~75km). Geelong, Victoria’s second largest city and the gateway to the start of the Great Ocean Road. For those who are not interested in Museums, there is nothing much to see and do there except taking a walk along the water front or discovering hippie cafes along Pakington Street. You can stop by Three Little Figs for a good brunch before hitting the …

Almond cornflake cookies

Chinese New Year is fast approaching so I’m busy testing out new cookie recipes. I was trying to replicate the cornflake cookies from Bengawan Solo but it wasn’t successful at all. Instead, I came up with my own almond cornflake cookies which is now my new favourite thing to bake! Nutrition per cookie (one batch makes 75 cookies) Ingredients 100g plain flour 100g wholemeal flour 120g unsalted butter 80g brown sugar 1 large egg 60ml maple syrup 120g cornflakes 80g almond flakes 1 tsp vanilla essence 1 tsp bicarbonate soda Directions Preparation time: 15 min Baking time: 15min or when the cookie turns brown Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy Sieve in the flour and bicarbonate soda and mix it until it form a cookie dough In a saucepan, slowly heat the maple syrup with almond flakes. Ensure that all the almond flakes are coated with syrup Pour the syrup mixture over the cornflakes and mix it together Add the cornflake mix together with the cookie dough Place the dough into the fridge. I …