http://lacuisinedemaman.com Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:27:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cold, wind, rain. It may be nearly Spring, but Edinburgh is still rather bleak this time of year. It's no wonder I've been craving chocolate cake for a few days. I follow a loose, self-imposed doctrine that means I rarely eat cakes that haven't been home baked, preferably by me. Other ... http://lacuisinedemaman.com/2008/03/19/quatre-quarts-en-un-quart-dheure/ Leith. What a strange place. Rows of dull, bland, deluxe-luxury-exclusive penthouse apartments. Rotund, shrieking children giving their dishevelled mothers a hard time. Chinese supermarkets and polish "sausage cafés". Toothless cronies, drunken neds, and a smattering of smart restaurants, pubs, and delis. The green of the Links, the smell of the ... http://lacuisinedemaman.com/2008/03/16/roseleaf-pub-review-all-day-breakfasts-and-ginger-juice/ I can't find much to recommend the Bali Café on Sisowath Quay. It is expensive by local standards, with little ambiance, and the service is laconic at best. But it does have the most fascinating night show in town. Armies of lizards, curling around the balustrades, jumping across gaps to catch ... http://lacuisinedemaman.com/2008/03/09/bali-cafe/ When A. and I planned a trip to Singapore and Cambodia last December, we started putting together a long list of places to visit. Food courts, hawker centres, restaurants... It pays to do a bit of research when you're travelling with a vegetarian. I read ieatishootipost from beginning to end, ... http://lacuisinedemaman.com/2008/03/09/culture-shock/ I was told to keep quiet, somebody would do the talking for me. Here, finally, was a fine display of common sense. My Cambodian vocabulary is dire at best, permitting mostly discussions about lunch, dogs, and water, so when it comes to getting a new nationality in a country known ... http://lacuisinedemaman.com/2008/03/09/nationalite/ Maman's kitchen is warm and clean and busy. Here we sit and talk and laugh. We pick at leftovers in the fridge. We argue over nothing and everything, or mutely wash the dishes and let our thoughts wander softly. Maman's kitchen is welcoming and out of bounds, cheerful and empty, spicy and ... http://lacuisinedemaman.com/2008/03/09/test/