A birthday picnic and a spring onion lightbulb moment

The sun, the kids, the rope and a big fat clown. Can you spot the clown?

Yesterday, we were invited by one of The Husband’s friends to celebrate their son’s 6th picnic birthday treat at the Dubai Creek Park to partake in a feast of Filipino food treats and a two-layer Ben 10 themed birthday cake, to frolic on the grass and be silly with the kids, and to be blown away by magic tricks of a big fat clown. This is one of the things so beautifully ironic about this desert city. There are public parks with ponds and rolling greenery found in almost every community. And birthday picnics at the park are one of my favorite Dubai activities. Do you know why?

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Tortang Talong: Eggplants roasting on an open fire…

Literally roasting aye?

As I was planning our wee household’s menu, I thought tortang talong (eggplant omelette) was a brilliant idea. It was easy, healthy, cheap and, of course, yummeh.  Today, I proved that cooking tortang talong isn’t as easy as it seems to be…

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