The Past...

I had a chat to my friend about Deep fried ice cream tonight and it took me back to when I was younger. Most Chinese / Vietnamese restaurants have this dish on their menu. It's a childhood memory along with the banana fritter or the lychee (from a can) and vanilla ice cream. It's the hot crunch from the outter layer to the cold hard center which heats and cools your mouth at the same time. It's all about the crumbing and the temperature of the ice cream to stop it from splattering and dissolving in the fryer. So, to get your taste buds salivating, I'm just posting a picture of my version of deep fried ice cream I created last year...(drool).

Deep fried vanilla bean ice cream, lemon curd filling and Lemon saffron sauce

And since we are on the topic of Asian desserts, I went to Passionflower, an asian dessert chain which had started in Sydney. They've opened a Melbourne store in the CBD on the corner of Russell and Bourke St. I like their originality selling desserts only. They have a range of ice cream flavours to choose from including the weird asian ones such as durian and taro..  So, yes..I'm still a typical Asian chick hanging out in Chinatown eating asian goods! (You're totally missing out if you haven't tried durian ice cream, chicken feet, baby duck embryo, preserved egg.. just to name a few) But Since I enjoyed myself tonight.. you guys can watch me eat!

Final fantasy: Black sesame ice cream, coconut ice cream, grass jelly and condensed milk.

Cookie me up: Cookies 'n' cream ice cream, Triple choc bikkie and chocolate fudge.

http://www.passionflower.com.au/

Gnight!! xx

Happy Valentines Day!!

Happy Valentine's Day to all you lovers out there! I hope you and your lover had a great time enjoying this silly special day! For the loved ones at CODA, all I had to offer was...

White chocolate fondant with rose meringue kisses, raspberry sorbet and rose persian fairy floss

The fondant is lightly coated with dessicated coconut, and oozes hot liquid from the centre. Yummo!!

Also, this weeks sweet BITE is...

Chocolate pot with Mint foam



Pandan Brulee Anyone?

Hi guys!! After a big week at home with family and great food, it's bigger at CODA!! This week's sweet special is...

Pandan creme brulee with fresh red grapes, nectarine, pear and kaffir lime syrup.

This creamy dessert is refreshing on the palate after the strong flavours coming from savoury dishes such as the duck curry.

And to provide a little tang on the tongue is a new souffle flavour...



Passion fruit Souffle with citrus salad and orange cardamom ice cream. Creme pat tuille to Garnish. 

CODA has small sweet BITES for dessert lovers who are too full to fit in a big portion of sugar at the end of their meal. So, we have put together a little something you can have with your coffee. Crisp Walnut Biscotti and Milk Chocolate Fudge is available at the moment.

Gnight Xx

Year of the Rabbit 2011

HAPPY ASIAN NEW YEAR TO ALL!!! I hope all you fellow yellow babies have received as many red pockets full of $$$ and have eaten until your stomachs have burst!!

This year has been no different to every other year in my family. There were eight families and each family brought a dish each. The older parents, aunties and uncles brought savoury dishes including goat hot pot, mum's vietnamese coleslaw (with abalone, prawns, pork and her new addition of the kaffir lime zest), vietnamese pork loaf, traditional egg soup, springrolls and roast duck. YUMMY!!!! I ate to my heart's (and stomach's) content!!

And then after accepting red pocket money from the adults, and my traditional lucky scratchie pocket, we were to have desserts!!!

My sister Susan Thai's Caramel Cake! (SO MOIST!! YUMMY!!)



My cousin Olivia made a big bowl of awesome strawberry jelly with lychees. I literally licked the huge bowl clean! My youngest aunty made a Vietnamese sweet dish called ''Che chuoi'' which is banana, sago, sweet potato and taro in coconut milk. Lucky last, we had some fruit. But not any fruit! Check it out.. and I've also posted up the previous years of my fruit platters too. ENJOY!!

2011 Year of the Rabbit or Cat



2010 Year of the Tiger



2009 Year of the OX



2008 Year of the Rat



2007 Year of the Pig

Fruit has never been served the same again in my family tradition until the full cycle of all 12 animals have been created. Have a great Asian New Year!! xx