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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…

Chateau d'Adomenil Relais et Chateaux

Chateau d’Adomenil****, Relais et Chateaux and 1* restaurant

Posted by Thien Lan on April 16, 2015December 10, 2015 in Food, France, French food, Hotel, Luxury, Michelin star restaurants, Restaurant Review

How much can you celebrate your husband’s birthday? Never enough! After an indulgent lunch at the Grand Dolder Hotel Restaurant in Zurich, we decided to take advantage from our trip to my mother in law in Nancy, east of France,…

Rolli's steakhouse Zurich

Rolli’s Steakhouse review, Oerlikon Zurich

Posted by Thien Lan on April 9, 2015April 9, 2015 in Food, Oerlikon, Restaurant Review, Steakhouse, Zurich

My husband got a good deal for a hygienist treatment on Groupon. It was in Oerlikon so we decided to have lunch there beforehand and picked Rolli’s steakhouse based on the good ratings on Google. The decor is typical of…

Lamb on hotstone at Kibiz

Kibiz Restaurant in Dietlikon

Posted by Thien Lan on January 29, 2015January 29, 2015 in Food, Near Dubendorf, Restaurant Review, Swiss food, Zurich

This restaurant review is for the locals. I’m sure you’ve been shopping in Dietlikon at the big Coop supermarket (which is our absolute favourite because of their French lay-out and scan system), Ikea, H&M, Jumbo or Toys R Us. Maybe you’ve even been…

table with a view at Clouds Bistro Zurich

Clouds, bistro with a view in Zurich

Posted by Thien Lan on January 22, 2015April 30, 2015 in Food, Luxury, Restaurant Review, Zurich

Date lunches are back! We originally planned to use our Groupon deal at Chez Brigitte but when we rang to book we had a voicemail message suggesting they were closed and their website is down too… So, plan B. One…

Green tea at Kang In

Kang In, Cambodian Restaurant in Dubendorf

Posted by Thien Lan on January 15, 2015January 15, 2015 in Asian Food, Food, Near Dubendorf, Restaurant Review, Zurich

I’m always on the look out for Asian restaurants near me so I went to try Kang-In in Dubendorf. Very hard to find: they don’t have a big sign post at the top of the building. I drive by almost…

Oberiberg ski resort near Zurich perfect for kids

Oberiberg, a very child friendly ski resort near Zurich

Posted by Thien Lan on January 8, 2015January 15, 2015 in Fashion and Beauty, Food, Kids friendly, Outdoors, Parenting, Restaurant Review, Zurich

On Sunday the snow had melted overnight but the sun was out. We thought sunshine would provide the best first ski experience for the kids. We are new in town, we didn’t really know where to go, so we looked…

Aupres du Clocher Pommard

Aupres du clocher, restaurant in Pommard, Burgundy France

Posted by Thien Lan on January 1, 2015June 4, 2015 in Food, France, Restaurant Review

During that week end in Burgundy where we were piling up the Michelin stars, we went wine tasting. Just to be clear, Manu and my friends enjoyed the wine tasting, whilst I volunteered to be on babysitter duty (so I…

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Sunny breakfast at @holypaulette at Cros de Cagnes Sunny breakfast at @holypaulette at Cros de Cagnes @villedecagnessurmer 
They had Jack Johnson on, and it made us remember our brunches at Sydney's eastern suburbs and North Shore beaches.

#nofilter

#memory #chill #breakfast #brunch #sun #mediterranean #beach #cotedazur #frenchriviera #cotedazurfrance
Cros de Cagnes on a Saturday morning in March! Rhe Cros de Cagnes on a Saturday morning in March! Rhe bkue sky and shop feels like Greece. 

Got breakfast at @holypaulette with a great vibe and people and home cooked products, including the carrot almond and vanilla jam!

This cute place is less than 20 min drive from home, by the sea where we dropped my dad's ashes 3 years ago. 💞

#restaurant #breakfast #alpesmaritimes #cagnessurmer #we_are_06 #bluesky #local #weekend #weekendvibes #saturday
Things that make the boys say: "it's cool to have Things that make the boys say: "it's cool to have an Asian mum..." 🤣

#bobun #Asian #food #asianfood #vietnamesefood #vietnamesecuisine #eat
A teaser for Daft Punk Get Lucky live cover by @so A teaser for Daft Punk Get Lucky live cover by @south_attitude 

Wait till the end to see all the details of our costume. Shout out to Fred our ski guy sliding on the keyboard!

Link to full Video in bio.

Concert du Carnaval organisé par l'école de musique de @ville_roquefort_les_pins 

#daftpunk #getlucky #rockpop #livemusic #liveconcert #costumes #dressup #carnaval #drummergirl #drummerofinstagram #robotdance #drums #livecover #daftpunkcover #France #southoffrance #roquefortlespins
Found a lovely "salon de thé" with delicious glut Found a lovely "salon de thé" with delicious gluten free cakes, tea, Virginie mojiot and à very cute atmosphere in the historical center of Mouans Sartoux.

@nenfaitespasunehistoire 

#cake #glutenfree #cocktail #virginmojito #tea #cotedazurfrance #southoffrance #outdoor #terrasse
Concert du Carnaval 2023. #rockband #onstage #cos Concert du Carnaval 2023.

#rockband #onstage #costume #fun #musiciens #musicians
We now have nailed the ending of our cover! Ready We now have nailed the ending of our cover!
Ready for Saturday's  concert :)

Now we need to sort out costumes!

#get lucky #daftpunk @daftpunk @pharrell
Lovely Danish restaurant with a view on St Paul de Lovely Danish restaurant with a view on St Paul de Vence hilltop village!

#Danish #restaurant #smokedtrout #gravlax #herren #stpauldevence #view #gardens #panorama
Daft Punk | Get Lucky cover by @south_attitude Re Daft Punk | Get Lucky  cover by @south_attitude Rehearsal 

#typicalwednesday #wednesdayrehearsal #getlucky #daftpunk #pharellwilliams #drummer #drummergirl #drumming #drumcam #keyboard
What do you do with spare egg white? 🥚🍳🤔 What do you do with spare egg white? 🥚🍳🤔

We love eating spaghetti carbonara and often throw in 2 egg yolks. How not to waste the white?

Coconut Macaroons (Congolais Coco) are the easiest and quickest as they only need 3 ingredients:

1️⃣ 2 egg white
2️⃣ 90 g sugar (you use vanilla sugar in the mix)
3️⃣ 100 g grated coconut 🥥 

Preheat your oven at 180°C

Whisk the egg, firmly or not, based on how lazy you are, mix it with the other two ingredients, and make small pyramids on your baking tray.

Bake for 11 min and voilà! 😋 perfect for afternoon tea.

#recipe #eggwhite #biscuits #coconut #delicacy #frenchpastry #easy #quick
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