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Slightly Peckish: Pâtisserie Deux Amis (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Oct 23, 2012

Hello all, it's been a while, hasn't it? It's been a hectic year and my food mojo has done a runner. However, I've come to realise that it's the little things, the comforting things, that make you appreciate what you have....

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Slightly Peckish: The Restaurant of Love Regained by Ito Ogawa (A Book Review)

Sakura Gooneratne on Jul 03, 2012

Books featuring descriptions of food often leave me drooling. In fact, what you read about in books are often more mouthwatering than the real thing. I still remember dreaming about the 'ices' which the Famous Five used to scoff down in the...

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Slightly Peckish: Ministry of Crab (CMB)

Sakura Gooneratne on May 29, 2012

Crab. Now who doesn't have a thing for crab? Sri Lanka is a tiny island hanging off the tip of southeast India where there is an abundance of juicy seafood. People probably eat more fish than meat. And yet, it's...

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Slightly Peckish: Khanom Thai - Thai Sweets (BKK)

Sakura Gooneratne on May 01, 2012

I know it's been almost two months since I visited Bangkok, but I didn't want to deprive y'all of the wonder that is Thai sweets and desserts. So here's a quick run down of the sugary delights we sampled in Bangkok. Us folk...

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Slightly Peckish: Som Tum Salad (BKK)

Sakura Gooneratne on Mar 20, 2012

One of my favourite Thai dishes is som tum, the spicy green papaya salad so prevalent in Northern Thai or Isaan cuisine. I used to love it as a kid, and I love it even more as an adult although sometimes my...

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Slightly Peckish: Thai Suki at Coca (BKK)

Sakura Gooneratne on Mar 06, 2012

One of the main things I look forward to whenever I visit Thailand is to be able to eat Thai steamboat or Thai suki (hot pot) at Coca, a restaurant which has been going strong for the last 50 years and is now a...

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Slightly Peckish: Bah Mee Nahm (BKK)

Sakura Gooneratne on Feb 21, 2012

Umamimart is celebrating 5 years this month with a celebration of noodles and how delightful that I get to talk to you all about one of my favourites: bah mee nahm (Thai noodle soup). When I lived in Bangkok, Thailand, from the...

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Slightly Peckish: Tsuru Ramen (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Dec 06, 2011

Aaaah, one of the things I really miss in London is a good bowl of ramen. Now that we've got a brilliant udon-ya for keeps, the next big thing will hopefully be ramen. Unlike in the States, we only have a...

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Slightly Peckish: Singapore Char Kway Teow from Cha Cha Moon (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Nov 08, 2011

One of my favourite foods is South East Asian cuisine. I confess I wasn't much of a fan of noodles when I was a child living in Bangkok (I know, what was I thinking?), preferring fried rice over anything else. That's...

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Slightly Peckish: Yildiz Bakery, My Local Turkish Takeaway (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Oct 11, 2011

Although I haven't been fortunate enough to visit the country, Turkey has always held a fascination for me. It's long and complex history, the bridge between East and West, the mixing of cultures, languages and religion not to mention the souks and...

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Slightly Peckish: Oktoberfest 2011 (München)

Sakura Gooneratne on Sep 27, 2011

This summer has been a whirl of social engagements, what with friends visiting, me visiting friends and everyone congregating in London. And to crown it all, my friends and I decided to go to Oktoberfest in Munich. Lucky for us, two...

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Slightly Peckish: Castle Howard in Yorkshire (UK)

Sakura Gooneratne on Sep 13, 2011

Yorkshire, two and half hours by train up north from London, is where one of my dear friends lives with her family. Although her family are originally from India, she's a proper Yorkshire lass, born and raised there before coming down...

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Slightly Peckish: Afternoon Tea at Bea's of Bloomsbury (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Aug 23, 2011

Summer this year is a total washout in wet, gray and windy London, so we decided to cheer ourselves up by going    and scoffing some afternoon tea. All lady-like and dainty, of course. Not really. We prepared ourselves by skipping...

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Slightly Peckish: Thai Food at The Churchill Arms Pub (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Aug 09, 2011

One of the surprising things about London is that you can get very good, cheap Thai food in pubs. My friends and I call them Thai pubs, but they're just normal pubs serving Thai food cooked by Thai chefs instead of...

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Slightly Peckish: Totally Tiramisu

Sakura Gooneratne on Jul 26, 2011

When I was but a spring chicken who had just graduated from university, I went on a backpacking trip to Italy with one of my friends. It was hot, we were young and Italy was a marvelous cacaphony of ancient ruins, art...

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Slightly Peckish: Sanuki Udon at Koya (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Jul 12, 2011

We've been very lucky. Since last summer, we've had a bona fide udon-ya (shop) right here in London. Serving sanuki udon (a type of udon from the Kagawa region of Japan) that is prepared in-house, Koya boasts chefs that...

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Slightly Peckish: Hainanese Chicken Rice

Sakura Gooneratne on Jun 28, 2011

My sister is married to a wonderful man, whose mother also happens to be an exceptional cook. As a Malaysian diplomat's wife, the prime minister preferred her cooking to going out to...

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Slightly Peckish: Indian Bites at Masala Zone (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on Jun 14, 2011

One of the best things about living in a multicultural and cosmopolitan city like London is that if you fancy something to eat, you can be sure to find it (...except for proper ramen, that is). Compared to twenty years ago...

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Slightly Peckish: Paris in the Footsteps of Hemingway, Serge + Jane

Sakura Gooneratne on May 24, 2011

My family and I went on a flying visit to Paris again to rendez-vous with my dad (since he managed not to get his UK visa in time--visa people suck). Last year I gave him a copy of Ernest Hemingway's memoir...

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Slightly Peckish: Lanka: Japanese Cake Shop + Tea Salon (LDN)

Sakura Gooneratne on May 11, 2011

As you may all know, I'm half-Japanese and half-Sri Lankan, so anything to do with either country sparks an immediate interest. So when I began hearing rumours about a new Japanese cake shop and tea salon springing up in...

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