Wine Tasting

I am sad to say that my taste buds are faulty, although it was working a couple of months ago. There is this wine Redwood Creek, Pinot Noir 2009, it was good when it is open and it is great after a few days. I hate t say it but that is a great bottle of wine under $10. I am so very surprise.

I am use to tasting wines that are $40 and up. Very use to those rich, maximum taste that wine should have. This one just breaks me. :-( I cannot believe it. $9 bucks for a Redwood Creek Pinot... what a deal.

That is my contribution for today! Learning experience... sometimes, you cannot tell a good wine by the price.

Adele's Scandinavian Spice Cake

I just found her through one of those inspirational spam mails that my girlfriend loves to share.
Her name is Adele Enersen.

There is a page she produced about her baby's dreams. I felt that is so ingenious and creative.

Check this out, click here:

And Adele also introduced the Scandinavian Spice Cake that I am trying to make during Christmas.
Here is what she is saying:

Scandinavian food is usually mild and spiceless, but not this cake. The aroma of this cake is intoxicating. This traditional spice cake is great treat with the coffee and it's so easy to make. You need only one bowl to mix.

Here is the recipe, click here.

Easy Pasta Galore

Here again is our very own Terence Wong, Singapore's Home Chef sharing with us his ideas and recipes.

First off, fresh clams, asparagus, cherry tomatoes & onions on angel hair pasta topped with Romano cheese. oohh... Estacy!

Next, we have scallops & salmon in a tomato based sauce with mushrooms & onions on top of green spaghetti, plus a side salad. -- To Die for... yeah!

Then we have good old ground beef & veg on spiral pasta topped with grated Parmesan. -- OMG! Yummy!

Next up is chicken spaghetti with asparagus and a sun-dried tomato and pine nuts sauce. -- Whamm and he got me... this is really good!

The next pic is of baby lobster on the half shell with seafood sauce and grated cheese on top of spirals. -- Another super creations... ahhh..

Finally, 2 versions of fish with pasta; one is a fillet of white fish topped with spring onions and side servings of tri-colour twirls, tomatoes, asparagus & grilled mushrooms with cheese; the other is cod with button mushroom slices & pine nuts with twirls, broccoli & cherry tomatoes.-- Now we will not be starving again... incredible!

Thank you Terence for this incredible dishes. Definitely to die for and try! I think for people who want to lose the weight, Terence's recipes is the way to go. Remember it is not the quantity but the quality that makes life worth living and not to mentioned guilt free. If anyone wants to know the method and secrets of these wonderful dishes, email me at shamikostore@gmail.com.