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cooking, restaurant reviews, all about eating in Zurich Switzerland and France

guacamole recipe

How to make guacamole

Posted by Thien Lan on July 17, 2015July 30, 2015 in Recipes, Uncategorized

Holy guacamole!   My sister and brother in law just visited from Arizona and advised a tasty quick and easy guacamole recipe. It will take me as much time to type it than to make it. Here’s the recipe for…

Luzern Switzerland with children

Top picks: Luzern with 4 children under 7

Posted by Thien Lan on July 16, 2015July 16, 2015 in Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Outdoors, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Switzerland

My friends Bev is still in town with her hubby and two boys. With my husband coming back for the week-end, we organised a get away to beautiful Luzern, one hour drive from Zürich. This is the very place to…

something crazy about Switzerland

Something honestly crazy about Switzerland

Posted by Thien Lan on July 1, 2015 in Food, Luxury, Near Dubendorf, Switzerland, Zurich

My Aussie (well Singaporean but we met in Australia) bestie Bev is in town, visiting us with her husband and two kids. I took her shopping to Glattszentrum in the morning to refill on our Nespresso Capsules. After a beautiful…

cheap tasty food in Zurich

The secret to cheap and tasty food: do it yourself

Posted by Thien Lan on June 18, 2015 in Asian Food, Food, Health, Kids friendly, Near Dubendorf, Oerlikon, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Switzerland, Zurich

This week I discovered another way to delicious food for less. Different to the Groupon deals I tried last time, this time is: help yourself! Yan Sushi und Wok: all you can eat Asian Buffet! How good can all you can eat…

Asian restaurants in Paris

Top 4 Asian restaurants in Paris

Posted by Thien Lan on June 11, 2015July 2, 2015 in Asian Food, Food, France, Hotel, Luxury

Here are my top picks, all very different in terms of prices, experiences and taste. Bottom line is, good value is very important when you rate Asian restaurant so the cheapest will always have an advantage, especially for my parents’…

Groupon Lunch deal

My take on Groupon Deals in Zürich

Posted by Thien Lan on June 4, 2015 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Restaurant Review, Zurich

As you know, Zürich has become the most expensive city in the world. As such, especially since we didn’t have stable income here, we started looking for good value deals and tried Groupon Schweiz deals four times, once for hairdresser…

Waldmannsburg Dubendorf Restaurant Review

10th Anniversary lunch at Waldmannsburg Panoramic Restaurant, Dübendorf

Posted by Thien Lan on May 21, 2015May 20, 2015 in Food, Kids friendly, Luxury, Near Dubendorf, Outdoors, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Switzerland, Zurich

My husband is now working overseas and he came back home on Thursday 7th May as it was our 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY! We decided to celebrate the next day over lunch while the kids are at school so we could…

moving to Norway

We’re moving to Norway!

Posted by Thien Lan on May 14, 2015July 18, 2015 in Asian Food, Career, Food, Parenting

We moved back to Zürich from Sydney last summer to be closer to our families. After 6 months, it wasn’t in Zürich that my husband found a cool job, but in Oslo, trading big pay checks for lifestyle… Here are the common questions that…

Dubai holidays with children

Dubai holidays with children: top 5 picks

Posted by Thien Lan on April 28, 2015November 13, 2017 in Food, Holidays, Hotel, Kids friendly, Luxury, Parenting, Staff pick

Why visit Dubai? This year’s spring holidays I wanted a place with heat and sun. I was first considering south of Europe like Malta buy was advised it was still too cold for a swim. Several friends recommended Dubai so I gave…

easy healthy dessert recipe

Easy healthy stylish yummy dessert

Posted by Thien Lan on April 23, 2015April 15, 2015 in France, French food, Kids friendly, Recipes, Swiss food, Switzerland

I didn’t even thought my kids would love it but they did, so this is a definite winner: Verrine cremeuse et croustillante à la pomme i.e. Creamy crunchy apple dessert. It takes 2 minutes, it looks good, it has a…

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