Tea, coffee, spices & everything nice

Random thoughts, Savouries, Sweets, Tea, coffee, spices & everything nice

Kilo Kitchen in Bali

It’s hard to miss this magnificent tree with its gorgeous network of trunk and roots as well as branches which seemingly protect the entire Kilo Kitchen Restaurant from the elements. The restaurant’s architecture was clearly designed and built around this stunning specimen. Once inside, the ambiance is a heady mix of concrete textures, a sea […]

Tea, coffee, spices & everything nice

La Maison de Roellinger – the almost magical French boutique of fine spices

Both sides of our family are passionate cooks, covering cuisines from Singaporean/Southeast Asian, to French, Italian, German and even Algerian! Don’t even get us started on the fusion dishes that we’ve experimented on our family and friends Since we cook so often, we like to “pamper” ourselves by visiting La Maison de Roellinger to stock […]

Savouries, Tea, coffee, spices & everything nice

Calanquet olive mill – fine olive oils and products from the Côte d’Azur !

Last summer, we were travelling and visiting family in the south of France, and had to stop by this well-known olive mill in the region. Le Moulin du Calanquet’s (the mill of Calanquet) name came from the provençal word Calan (rock), a shelter from the wind and rain. Thought that this was a lovely name […]