Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
It is almost that time of the year! Christmas is fast approaching! This year, we have so many exciting new and existing products to showcase to our readers! I hope this Christmas gift guide will give you some inspiration to start shopping for your loved ones!
These items are not very extravagant but they are just different enough that your loved ones will know you put some thought into it. Now let me surprise you with what we have here today!
We always love to hosting games nights and it was at least a year ago since we last spent quality time with our dear friends! Some of you might know that we went into rented accommodation then moved to our new home about five months ago. We are pretty much settled in now and getting into a nice, regular routine. This is the start of week 5 and Mr K is getting into his secondary school routine and Ms C is preparing for her SATS. It was a tough two years since we decided to pack up and move to a different county for better schools.
If you are looking quick and healthier ways to cook your food, then steaming food is one of the best cooking methods of all. It helps to retain the nutritional value of food by conserving the fibre, colour, texture and flavour of vegetables. It also helps in preserving the water-soluble B & C vitamins, potassium, phosphorus and zinc.
Do remember that steaming is not just only for vegetables and fish! There are plenty of ways to cook a meal using steam! You can also steam a cake/cupcake, dim sum, chicken and many more! Do check out my recipes: steam rose bun, niao gao, rice cake, seabass, sponge cake.
This Christmas, I would like to introduce you to this ultimate gift for car enthusiasts and budding petrol heads! You get to build cool working engines featuring real engine roars with the authentic Haynes Build Your Own Engine sets. The models are the ultimate gifts for dads and petrol heads – ideal for the man who has it all.
Do you love coming home at the end of a hard day’s work to freshly vacuumed carpet/floor? Thanks to this stylish and affordable eufy RoboVac 11, it has made my ultimate dreams come true!
eufy is not new to the robot vacuum cleaner market. In fact, they launched their model in 2016. During these two years, this great looking and affordable robot vacuum cleaner has received plenty of great reviews and we are delighted to be reviewing it! I always wanted a robot vacuum cleaner after I saw my sister had one and love the idea of having the robot vacuum cleaner clean around the house when you are busy doing other things!
Love music but hate wires? Mr C has been testing the SoundPEATS Q16 Wireless Earphones for over a week. These are the active/sports earphones which complements the range that includes the Q29 that we tested a few months ago.
FFX is one of the UK’s largest independent suppliers of high quality tools, fixings & building supplies, based in Folkestone, Kent. FFX sells everything that you need to do any DIY, no matter if it is big or small. They sell all sorts of hand tools, fixings and fasteners, general construction consumables, and gardening equipment to roofing materials.
Shopping in store sometimes can be such a pain if they run out of stock for what you were after. People are increasingly doing more shopping online and choose to get it delivered to their doorstep. It is definitely useful for us as it saves us from transporting the big and bulky items like a fan, especially as we have limited car boot space.
Mio MiVue Drive 55 LM is a unique all-in-one solution offering high end car navigation, with an integrated Extreme HD premium dash cam! As I’m sure many of you know, dash cams are ever increasing in popularity with many people using them to record whilst on the roads. Some users requires also use car navigation. Now with this Mio MiVue Drive 55 LM, you can do it all with just one gadget for your car journey.
Love music but hate wires? Recently, Mr C has been testing out these SoundPEATS Bluetooth Headset Wireless Earphones for a week. He is loving the freedom of wireless coupled with excellent quality sound.
Nixplay is the ultimate digital picture frame that brings families closer together. You can share your photos instantly from your smartphone or iPad to your frame, and/or your family and friends as well. This is all done by using their simple app to send the photos and the frame receives the photos over WiFi. It does not require an SD card.
This Panasonic Slow Juicer allows you to have both fresh juice and frozen treats! I love the dual functionality. It comes with a food pusher, lid, squeezing screw, filter, rotating brush, juicing bowl, frozen attachment, motor housing, juice container, pulp container, cleaning brush and instructions. Assembling all the parts together is straightforward. There are arrows marked on the parts to show you which directions to insert it in. However, the squeezing screw is not easy to remove from the unit and I have to wiggle it slightly to loosen it.
Mr Frosty, the classic crunchy ice maker is back with a fresh new look in spring. It is the much loved original slushy maker from back in the 80s.
With the launch of this revamped nostalgic toy, kids of all ages and adults will love making delicious frozen treats! This much improved friendly snowman ensures making yummy frozen treats is even easier. It comes with everything you need to create your own crunchy ice, fruity ice shapes and ice lollies!
Just a week to go and it is going to be Mother’s Day! Have you thought of what to treat your mother on this special day? Will you go to the effort of getting them something or do you prefer to treat her to some lovely flowers or a meal?
If you are running out of ideas, I have a few gift ideas under my sleeves that I would like to show you today!
