Made this Wonton Soup following Elizabeth Chong's recipe from her book Tiny Delight. The wontons have lots of goodies in them, from prawn, minced pork, mushrooms, bamboo shoots to water chestnut. Love the crunch!

I made this laksa using Prima mix. Pretty authentic!

It's Anjalika's birthday! We thought we'd try something extravagant. The food was so good I kept forgetting to take pictures.

My drink, Strawberry Tea. Refreshing, just appropriate for summer days.  In the background you can see the leftover of salt and pepper squid, and empty container of some dumplings.

Peking duck.  I've had better....  Instead of crispy duck skin, you get a thick slice of meat.  Quite disappointing actually, although it is still tasty.

Despite the blurry picture, this is actually one of their best desserts. We had the usual egg custard tarts and mango puddings and also these delicious chocolate dumplings. Crispy glutinous rice dumplings (soft and stretchy) with warm melted chocolate filling that just oozes out as you bit, coated with sesame seeds, drizzled with more chocolate sauce. BTW, there are three pieces per serve.

Oriental Tea House

378 Little Collins St

Melbourne

(03) 9600 4230

Also on Chapel St, South Yarra

Compressed rice cakes (lontong) in vegetable "curry" soup (sayur lodeh), with chicken and a boiled egg. ($8.00 per serve)

Didn't feel like eating much today. So I opted for this little snack.

Not sure how authentic this is, but to me it looks more like Vietnamese rice paper rolls with Nigiri sushi-style prawn. ($5.50 for three rolls)

I have never had tapas before. So with a little bit of hesitance I agreed to try this little cafe on the first floor of 600 Bourke Street, Melbourne. There are two choices available on the buffet table - 4 tapas with salad ($13) or 3 tapas with salad ($10).

Here is what I had:

For an inaugural post, what is more appropriate than a celebratory meal?

Who'd believe this is a meal for four skinny women?

My lovely (and generous) new friend Clara brought this beautiful salmon salad for our first lunch in to celebrate year of the Tiger. Thanks, Clara! The salad had generous amount of raw salmon, with lots of shredded carrot and cucumber topped with toasted sesame seeds and chopped roasted peanuts. Yummy!

To make your own, try this recipe or this for vegetarian version.