Save the date: Spring Fair with WPCA 2018
Since I moved to Cape Town and discovered the Western Province Chinese Association‘s Spring Food Fair, I like to attend and stuff my face with Chinese treats and spend some time catching up with familiar faces in the East Asian community … Read More
Open Book Festival at The Fugard #obf2018
After receiving an invitation to be a panelist for Open Book Festival from the organisers (Mervyn and Frankie), I must say I had to reread the mail a few times just to make sure I wasn’t seeing things. Soon, my author … Read More
#ItMustBeThePhilly – Matcha and Vanilla Rolls
Had a lovely Sunday baking with Philadelphia Cream Cheese. The Philly team got in touch asking if I’d be interested in collaborating on a recipe and seeing as it is my favourite brand of cream cheese, how can a food blogger … Read More
Speaker: INTENTION at CreativeMornings CT
Last month, I was invited to be a guest speaker at CreativeMornings hosted at Friends of Design in town on the 27th of July 2018. Creative Mornings is a global platform of breakfast lecture series for the creative community, and you … Read More
Just Add Rice book launch at The Book Lounge
Now that my book launch is over, I can do the grossly soppy ‘thank you’s. Here’s a post on the process, including all those that contributed to the creation of my new cookbook Just Add Rice – stories and recipes … Read More
A fun giveaway #justaddrice
I’m doing the giveaway thing! WIN a copy of my cookbook Just Add Rice published by Quivertree Publications. Step 1: Find a feature on Just Add Rice – stories and recipes by a Taiwanese South African in any of the … Read More
Watch this space for my recipe book ‘Just Add Rice’
Wow… my book is ready to go to print. Look how amazing the cover looks, I can’t express my gratitude and joy in words so here are some emojis. Thank you to Craig Fraser and Libby Doyle (owners of Quivertree … Read More
Where to buy Zongzi in Cape Town
My parents are both pretty badass cooks and are now selling Tainan-style zongzi (粽子) in Cape Town. Read up about the history of this rice cake on one of my previous posts here. This post also teaches you how to … Read More
Chinese New Year with the WPCA in Cape Town
Cape Town has a wonderful community called the Western Province Chinese Association and they are based at the Chinese School and Community Centre at Liesbeek Parkway in Observatory. I’ve been to some of their events before, including festival celebrations to … Read More
Feature: Lunar New Year for Woolworths Taste Magazine
In October 2017, I did a presentation on the harms of Cultural Appropriation with Studio H at New Media Publishing. I met Taste magazine’s features editor Michelle Coburn who asked to have a quick chat with me after my talk. She … Read More