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Eating out is expensive. Baked goods are not always affordable, especially if you have a family.

Can't wait to see what you have baked and cooked while living here. To get us started:

pseudo applestrudel, sugar cookies

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My daughter's 1st birthday cake!

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That's fantastic, Pather!
Your little girl is very lucky indeed. :D

Here are a few savoury dishes I've made here:

Curry pouches, Berlin potato soup, Chinese roast pork (siu yoke), lacy pancake (roti jala)

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those curry pouches look lovely! And just seeing the word roti has made me want a roti chanai. Not likely to find one anywhere nearby though! lol :)

little baby monkey breads
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos...4_366411_n.jpg

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Just for you, AthenaCarey:
(You can make your own roti canai using this recipe:
http://www.recipezaar.com/Roti-Canai...-Recipe-270723 )

roti canai, roti pisang (banana filled), cinnamon rolls

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ARGUS! Either you'll give me that siu yoke recipe or I'll have to force it out of you! :D

Please?

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You can get said roti at any lankan restaurant. I even dared to buy some frozen ones last for the first time and they went very well with my prawn curry.

As for the standard curry sauce that goes with roti canai, no you won't get that other than at a singaporean/malaysian place; but prawn or fish curry sauce is pretty good too.

P.S. The (South Indian) type of roti you mention and pictured above is also called paratha in many parts of India (roti in Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia).

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Google is really your friend. :D This person's blog came up:
http://happyhomemaker88.wordpress.co...e-or-siao-bak/

It looked pretty authentic, so I did what she said and it turned out fine 'cept my kitchen smelled incredible for a few hours.:eek:

Now you owe me some 'char siew' (sweet barbequed pork) when you next make some, OK?

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Sweeeeeeeeeet! Now I'll have to hunt down some of those ingredients and the appropriate chilli to go with it (was thinking of the Chiu Chow chilli oil). Yum yum yum.

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summerain, argus, when you two are finished sorting out recipes, pls organise a potluck & invite me :D

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Shameless. :p Whats your contribution then huh, huh, huh?

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isn't it obvious?

One more happy stomach and free constructive feedback ;)

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Right, I was thinking of something much more tangible.
Note to self: must be more positive.

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A great thread! My avatar shows my latest creations. Fancy cupcakes right now, but either cakes or cookies, whatever's in season.

This is my son's favourite:

http://www.back-art.ch/blog/wp-conte...rio-kuchen.jpg

This is my favourite right now - and delicious it was too:

http://www.back-art.ch/blog/wp-conte...tag-kuchen.jpg

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These are some of my latest
Squash, feta and sage pasta finished with toasted pine nuts and fried sage
Hairy Bikers - Apple tart:msngrin:

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I am feeling hungry :(

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Awwwww....all these pics are making my mouth open...saliva.... drooling...slurp..slurp!!! They all look super yummy!!

Can you all PLEASE also include in a link or recipe?
Pretty pleeeeeasseeee!!

Roti canai? Yumm...Char Siu? Double YUMMM!
How / where?? :D :D

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Apricot Tarte Tatin
Pizza
Osso Bucco
Oven Dried Toms
Risotto Milanese

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Steak Tzatziki
Seared Zucchini

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Wow, these are impressive to say the least. Is is possible to order cakes off you directly? Do you have a website? Do you teach cake decorating...?? You have a student if you do...

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I second Gwendy's post in reference to Crumb's cakes... absolutely gorgeous! Especially the second one - I would never be able to cut into it and find out how delicious it is, I'd just sit in front of it admiring its beauty. ;)

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wow. i'm really impressed, not just by the cooking, but some of the food photography! ;)

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My wife loves lamb so I made this for our 2nd wedding anniversary. We enjoyed it! Here's the recipe:http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Roast-L...ry/Detail.aspx

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Thanks for the compliments! Sorry, I only make them for family and friends - it's a time issue :o

Yes - click on my signature. Then there's the blog (www.back-art.ch/blog) with some recipes and techniques, but it's mostly in German - ask me if you want a translation of any particular recipe.

Project in planning stage.... (but I won't be teaching myself)

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Dark, sensuous chocolate cake, with mascarpone/cream and blackberry jam filling - I'm sure you'd be tempted... (I can always make another one ;))

Here's the link to that recipe (in German); I'll put a translation on the blog if requested.

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The roti canai recipe link is given near the beginning of the thread, Rona.

A Malaysian acquaintance here taught me how to make 'char siu' (Chinese-style sweet barbequed pork):

Marinate overnight a chunk of pork belly or 'some other cut' in salt, soy sauce, sugar, 5-spice powder and a bit of Chinese wine (optional). Then roast in a 185 degrees C oven for 20-30 minutes or BBQ over glowing coals, basting the marinade over it once or twice in between.

Other stuff I've made (if you want a recipe, just ask):
mashed banana fritters (panfried kuih kodok), olive bread, cantucci (biscotti), chicken curry puffs

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Argus I am going to kidnap you!!

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Why ah? My poor other half won't pay any ransom.

:o

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you should do a food blog or something with recipes (if you've not already??) then it means i wouldn't have to kidnap you ;)

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I love cooking but even I don't take pictures of the food I make. :confused:

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Awww, c'mon. Don't be such a wet blanket. There's no fire.

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Here's another recipe for "char siu" and I've tried it out and it's yummy even without all the ingredients. The recipe says secret ingredient being maltose (sugar from malt?) Check it out: http://rasamalaysia.com/bbq-pork-recipe-char-siu/

The above blog is really good for other Chinese/Malaysian/Asian recipes too.

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This cake looks so fantastic.

Would you share the recipe?

Thanks.

:)

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A big thanks to all who joined in the game and posted the food they made in CH.

Here are caramel cupcakes, cream puff, pancake with Johannisbeeren, lavash crackers with herb leaves.

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Thanks, Argus/WorldTraveller.

I have no idea how to 'thank' that I see so many do under the next line of the post -can't find the link/click or whatever it's called.

Just looking at food makes me happy **grins like an idiot** even if I can't taste it or try it yet (due to lack of ingredients at the moment).

Keep them coming!!! :D:D:D:D:D

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Judging from the cooking expertise here, I think one of you happens to by my classmate back in 1993, in Singapore hmmmm;). Then in that case, if you read this, can you please invite me over for dinner. ;);)

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An interesting idea I saw the other day, for individual little home made breads ..... baked in small clay flower pots (new ones obviously, not them kakky old ones in the garden shed..hahaha)...... and set beside each dinner plate .....

I gonna try that - baked in the wood Kacheloffen - then I photo them for here ... maybe.... if my bread behaves itself.....

I`m SO impressed with you guys baking and cooking!!!!!

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What fantastic pics - Argus, your cakes are amazing, I like the look of your cinammon buns and the banana ones, they look sooooooo good:msntongue:

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It's imposible to apreciate its taste in the photo, but it was superb. It's my firt swiss style Kürbis suppe. In the paste I used to bake the pumpkin and then to grind it with a bit of cream (It tastes very good too), but today I've tried to prepare it with potatoes, onions and mago in a pot with vegetables stock and then add the cream and some spcies (I found the recipe on the Internet) and a ginger cookie. Simply delicious:

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My pics are not nearly so elegant and I am rather a sloppy baker. However, I have made a fig almond frangipanne and a fig clafoutis with quark.