Cuisine & Culture the Chinese Family Way
Having a good chopping board is just like having a great helping hand in the kitchen! With its large and solid surface for chopping, slicing or dicing, and also attractive enough to double up as a beautiful serving board! Thanks to Oliver’s Kitchen for sending this large bamboo chopping board and garlic press for me to review.
These days we understand that there’s much more to being healthy than how much we weigh and to help us to get on track and more detailed health statistics, the eufy BodySense Smart Scale is the way to go. I know that smart scales with Bluetooth are not a new thing in the market, but what I love about this scale is how affordable it is and how smart it looks!
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!
Kitchen improvements are always extremely fun. I think part of the reason for this is that you actually feel the benefits of the home improvements when you renovate your kitchen. You’re in there every day, usually cooking and doing stuff. So, if you can make your experience better, it’ll only make you happier.
Sadly, most kitchen renovations are costly and involve loads of work. However, you can certainly improve your kitchen while sticking to a budget. Here are a few ideas that will make a big difference to your home:
Now that you have an eye-catching bar set up in your abode, you will need bar stools to accompany the area. Selecting the best bar stools for your home is not exactly as easy as a walk in the park. It´s because there are various factors to consider and some of these factors are style, looks, comfort, and convenience etc. While some prefer stationary bar stools, there are others that love swiveling around in their bar stools. There isn’t a dearth of bar stools available for purchase on the market. However, the ones worth purchasing are very few and far between. Luckily, you need not lose your sleep over deciding the ideal bar stool for your home as we have listed 4 tips to help you make your decision. Have a look below! For more information on bar stools, you can visit the site, danetti.com.
As shopping online is the norm for many people nowadays, if you are shopping for your home, you want a site which leaves you spoilt for choices. Recently, I came across Harbour Living who have a range of accessories, furniture, lighting and storage solutions for your bathroom, bedroom, dining room, kitchen and living space, to help accentuate your personality in your home.
Their influence comes from all over the world, where colours, cultures and designs combine to create inspirational collections. Whether you are looking for complementing traditional settings or new décors, each of our products are carefully crafted to ensure high quality and will accentuate the look and create the feel you desire.
I recently discovered these soft coloured and playfully designed Amelie Household Collection from Harbour Living which will add a vintage touch and Parisian charm. This range will definitely bring fun and nostalgia to your kitchen and table.
This sweet collection was inspired by the Paris of by-gone days. With the pastel shades of pink, blue and green mingle, it creates a homely aesthetic and delicate design ideal for bringing some retro charm to your kitchen.
There are many skin diseases that are attributable to direct contact with harsh chemical substance. To avoid exposing yourself to these harmful substance, YOU Naturally Powerful have a brand new range of home cleaning products which are naturally powered using 100% plant based products. From the kitchen, bathroom, windows to an all-purpose cleaner, that is everything to cover the whole house.
There are many times that I find using a ziplock bag to store food is not ideal because they tear easily in the freezer (especially those bought from cheap stores and of poor quality) or they don’t keep the food fresh at all. So having seen the FoodSaver demonstration at the Home Show, it made me wonder if I really needed one for my family.
After giving it much thought, the answer is yes. It’s helpful in a number of ways – it helps keep food fresh for a very long time, it can also be a space saver for your fridge or freezer, it means you cook only the portion that you need and you can also boil the bag in low temperature.
Bosch have just made cleaning so much easier and convenient by vacuuming on the go without having to find a power point. The Athlet is Bosch’s first range of cordless upright vacuum cleaners. Currently, they have two model which are the 18V BCH61840GB in black colour and 25.5V BCH625KTGB in white colour.
I have received the 18V BCH61840GB to try it out. My first impression of the vacuum cleaner is that it looks very stylish and of course cordless! How many times have you found that your vacuum cleaner cord gets caught under a door, tangled up or is simply not long enough?
Inside the box, it comes with four items which is the handle, the body, the suction head and a charger with instructions. It took me under a minute to fix the whole vacuum cleaner together. Easy peasy.
Last week, I was invited to attend the first-ever Genuine Thermos Brand Coffee Masterclass. Taking inspiration from the huge success of the ‘Overnight Coffee Challenge’ that took American coffee lovers by storm, I was invited to experience the remarkable heat retention capabilities of Genuine Thermos Brand Stainless King™ Vacuum Insulated Beverage Flasks.
They have partnered with the renowned Prufrock coffee house (in London) to allow for one-on-one engagement with the expert baristas to provide a truly immersive environment for an in-depth introduction to the perfect home brewed coffee and share some insider tips on how to buy better coffee – from decoding coffee bag label information to understanding just how important the quality of the beans really is. Besides that we also learnt how to froth the milk and make espresso! I have no clue in coffee tasting despite drinking a fair bit of coffee! It was a very interesting class from smelling to swirling to sipping the coffee with a loud noise (like eating a bowl of noodles). I am a sweet tooth and normally add a lot of sugar and milk into my coffee. Having to sip it as a black coffee almost killed my tongue! The aroma was great but too bitter to taste after tasting 10 different types of coffee. But it helped me to appreciate the different brands of coffee and where they are from play an important part too!
Searching for a stylish, contemporary edge for kitchen storage? These OXO Good Grips SteeL POP containers are what you need! They are exclusive to John Lewis! So if you like it, click the link to buy it directly from them. There are seven versatile sizes (0.9L, 1.4L square, 1.4L rectangle, 2L, 2.3L, 2.4L and 3.8L) containers available. Prices start from £14 for the 0.9L.
I have not seen Mr C get so excited before as I was handing him the torch! He is like a school boy in a sweet shop! He couldn’t wait to test out the VARTA indestructible torch the moment it landed in his hands! He swiftly put in two AA batteries (included) and turned it on. The 1 watt LED light is very strong and bright. He was very impressed with the robust, nice looking torch. The on/off button can that found on the end of the torch and is easy to press. The head and rear cover of the Indestructible range is made of a resilient rubber to absorb the strongest shocks, while a high-grade aircraft aluminium-titanium alloy gives an extra-tough housing which is also resistant to sprayed water. It is robust enough to withstand a drop of up to nine metres – the height of a three storey building or two double decker buses.
If you have been following my series of Chinese New Year blog posts, you may have seen that I mentioned Spring cleaning. We have to clean the house before the New Year to wash away the bad luck and welcome good fortune into our home. There is one traditional that I still believe in which is we are not suppose to sweep/mop/clean the floor during Chinese New Year day as it will sweep away all the good fortune. So if you happen to drop/smash something, remember to say 歲歲平安 (Suì suì píng ān) immediately, which means “everlasting peace year after year”.
I am excited to work with Gone Crabbing as their range of gifts are very unique and cute too. It is rare to find high-end holiday souvenir shops. The usual souvenir shops tend to have the same stuff, like rock, key rings, postcards, cheap t-shirts etc. Gone Crabbing is totally different! Their clothing design is funky, bright colourful and very unique. They also have crisp cotton tea towels & oven mitts, mugs & coasters, pencils, erasers, badges, fridge magnets and a fun range of cards.
I love Colin the Crab. He is such an adorable orange crab. This is both Mr K and Ms C wearing the red hoodie top – You’re gonna need a bigger bucket!
