Travel Tips

from Lil Portugal in Ossington St, Toronto - cafe venezia with the strong black cafe and bite size egg tarts ala belem - yums

Pasteis de Belem since 1837
for me since i first visited Lourenco Marques in the late 40s
Scala, Continental and Tivoli were the favoured cafes

anybody have the recipe from Belem ?

Cape Brandy Pudding Lekkah !

* 5 ml (1 tsp) bicarbonate of soda
* 250 g dates, stoned and finely chopped
* 250 ml boiling water
* 125 g(1/2cup) butter
* 500 ml (2 cups) sugar
* 2 eggs, beaten
* 500 ml (2 cups) cake flour
* 5 ml (1 tsp) baking powder
* 2 ml (½ tsp) salt
* 250 ml (1 cup) finely chopped walnuts or
* pecan nuts
* 15 ml (3 tsp) butter or margarine
* 150 ml water
* 125 ml brandy
* 5 ml (1 tsp) vanilla essence
* 1 ml (¼ tsp) salt

1. Add bicarbonate of soda to 125 g dates and pour boiling water over. Mix well and leave to cool.
2. Cream 125 g butter and 250 ml (1 cup) sugar and beat in eggs. Mix well.
3. Sift flour, baking powder and 2 ml (½ tsp) salt over creamed mixture and fold in.
4. Add remaining dates and nuts, mixing well.
5. Stir in date mixture. Mix thoroughly, then turn batter into a large baking dish and bake at 180 degrees Celsius until done, about 40 minutes.
6. Heat remaining butter, sugar, and water for 5 minutes.
7. Remove from stove and stir in brandy, vanilla essence and salt.
8. Pour over pudding as soon as it is done. Serve hot or cold with whipped cream. May also be served topped with Amarula cream liqueuer. Or serve with Almond Ice Cream and Strawberries, as shown in the photo.

tested and slightly varied depending on moods,
always yummy and decadent ;-)))

here is obe i get in my mailbox,
they are all tempting, few are original
other than the personal flair of passion and gut feel.

Nicholas Zhou has a varied list from all regions of China

%L[http://funkymunky.co.za/sidedishes.html] for side dishes that go well with the wors and nyama braai or biltong too

Staple food for Africa
best cooked is a 3 legged cast iron pot
and there must be a bit of burnt crust for the smokey flavours

enjoying a 6 course meal last month,
Maison Soup
Seafood medley with mango,
Pepper Prawns
Steamed Bass
Guhy Choy with dired Shrimps
Dow Foo Fah [ tofu almond dessert ]

at C$11 pp XAM YU

Breakfast in East Asia
and the Asian Diaspora

Once freely available, now very much overexploited by the many Asian gourmets worldwide - resulting in possible extiction in many production areas.
Club Chinois
aka Perlemoen in South Africa;
Japanese Dried Abalone are the BEST,
Chile also produces a fine product;
SADLY, Modern Man - especially the Chinese
ARE RESPONSIBLE for dwindling stocks worldwide

known elsewhere as BBQ.
always an excuse to overindulge,
the smokey flavours of the charring meat
cape red wines or a lion or castle beer
good company outdoors under the stars
that's life
;-)))
for recipes from Pete's funky monkey