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Rice :love We love to mix white, brown, and purple (sticky) rice - the amount of purple rice will determine the final color, delicious and fun. Steve, have you ever try the glass noodle (Vermicelli, either made with Mung bean or sweet potato starch)? We love it, too. One of the advantages is...

You are most welcome to be my guest! :D

No, I just miss the garlic greens a lot, so I will grow some in the greenhouse for their greens.

Thanks duck! I just keep taking photos - among a lot of photos, there must be some better ones. 😋 Let's all have a wonderful 2025 🫶

Thank you, I also missed you 😘

Thanks Bay, it's a lesson learned from hands-on. Numbers can so easily become traps—any kind of numbers can morph into those creepy creatures that confine us and pull us off our path. The more we fixate on them, the more likely we are to turn to stone. 🫣 So, I will say it's generally great to...

Thanks, FIL is already an angel now. He decided to leave for another chapter at the end of last August - He got up in one midnight, prayed for something like minutes, and left us. We felt relieved for him, as he also suffered from multiple health issues. His legacy stays with us for our coming...

The micro-greens are growing vigorously after removing them under the growing light. I did appreciate the environment I created during last growing seasons. In the coming weekend, I guess we can harvest the first batch of microgreens. I like this new system, too - after the roots can reach...

Second coffee! This winter is the first time I always sleep until very late, don't know, suddenly, I don't want to get up early and do a lot of chores. Like today, I prepared DH's lunch and after he left for work, I went back to zzzZZZ until 9am, feel so good. 🤭 As the cafe is off till...

Let me share some lovely food here first, I became a much better baker after6 month intensive training 🤭 A special brunch for good friends last Saturday

My dear neighbors, I am back and everything went well. Let me share the little jungle besides my desk first. 🤭 Two days ago, I just re-organized things and wished to give it some winter vibe, BUT, why not? It's a warmer and brighter spot. Anyway, now I have indoor plants, micro-greens...

My dears, I am back and will open a 2025 thread about things happened in the past few months. Love you all. :love

Cappuccino ready, it's a chilly morning here. Are you ready for the Halloween?

Some recent food I made for the cafe: Pumpkin cheese cake Without cookie crust, difficult to handle, but people who don't like cookie crust love them. Strawberry cheese cake, with cookie crust I am surprised that fresh strawberries are again available at the end of Oct! They are from...

It's a wise choice to get three days off, and I feel much better with more sufficient rest. After moving in this property for 6 years, we finally hired a company to cut our hedge. It just simply went wild, and DH has no way to properly cut a hedge which is already close to 6 meters. 🤭 Right...

From October, I took Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday as off-days for the cafe, so finally, I have much more time to go back and dive into the garden. As the summer this year is pretty rainy, most of the plants grow wonderfully. Several dahlias are pretty domesticated and need very low...

Back to the garden, and start cleaning and trimming

Polygonia c-album on autumn raspberry

My dear friends, happy international coffee day! My very first homemade pumpkin spice latte, just used the juice from a small Hokkaido pumpkin, sugar, and all spice to make the homemade pumpkin spice syrup. Then, I added some coffee beans into heavy cream to infuse the coffee aroma. Not as...