Afternoon Tea

Afternoon Tea

I was in the supermarket last weekend and wanted to grab some mini-pancake for my breakfast when i was this caviar on the shelve. There are two types, orange and black, and i have no idea which one to buy. I thought i can spread on my pancake with the orange one so i got that. 


In the morning, i bring out whatever in my fridge that can be spread on the pancake and toast bread. And here i start my creativity to display my work. After spreading everything on the pancake and bread, i sit back and enjoy my creation. Different pieces taste differently. There are a few mistake i made, which is too much caviar and salmon spread that make the piece too salty. Other than this, the rest is ok. Is better to put small pieces of cucumber as it give a crunchy bite.


Ingredient used :
Cherry tomatoes
Cucumber
Caviar
Smoked salmon
Cream cheese
Kiri Kiri cube cheese
Garlic spread


Based used:
Mini-pancake
Toast bread

Types of milk in France

The first time when i buy milk from the supermarket, OMG i don't know what's the difference and i just grab one and go. When i reached home, then i started to google it to find out.

Easy if you cannot remember the French word, just memorise the color as all the milk are mostly bottled in these three color irregularless of brand. So just choose your favourite brand or in-house brand. Usually i buy Auchan in-house brand.

Lait = Milk
Blue color = demi-écrémé = Low Fat Milk
Red color = entier = Whole Milk
Green color = écrémé = Fat Free or Skim Milk

Cream cheese in France

Can you imagine i spend months before i got the right cream cheese. I have been researching through the Internet trying to find cream cheese in France. Then i realise French don't eat cream cheese. And the difficult part is you can't do direct translation from English to French for cream cheese, cos you will never find it on the cheese shelves.

After researching, i found three brands which carry cream cheese, Philadelphia (US brand), Kiri (French brand) and St Moret (French). Even when i manage to find the brand and try to get it at the supermarket, i still failed. Each brand has its line of cheese products on the shelves and with different French label. I was so confused after browsing 20mins on the cheese with my hubby face turning from red to black, and i give up.

I returned home and try to google it to find the image of the correct cream cheese from Philadelphia and Kiri. While searching, i found out that St Moret cream cheese taste more salty and not so recommended for baking.

Next morning, i returned to the supermarket and got the Philadelphia and Kiri cream cheese. For Philadelphia, it is labelled as à tartiner and pack in a plastic container while Kiri is labelled as à la crème de lait and is wrapped into individual cubes in a box.

Usually most people use Philadelphia's cream cheese for baking. I was really lucky to got this in France as Philadelphia just launched them in France market last year. France has different types of cheese here, so Philadelphia actually aiming to create new concept to use it as cooking cheese for the market here.

While getting the Kiri cream cheese off the rack in Intermache yesterday, i saw this snack from Kiri. I remember reading from its website, saying that Kiri targeted audiences are actually kids, so they have this biscuits stick with cream cheese snack. I was so tempted and decided to give it a try. Thumbs up!. I love this, and its going to be in my favourite snack list.

Finding Chinese Ingredient in France Bordeaux

I did not shipped much Chinese food ingredients with me when i came France, and this is the worst nightmare i have. So how to i survived.

EurAsie is my survivor. I not very sure if this supermarket is owned by a Thai or Vietnamese but they do sell all kind of Chinese ingredient that we used back in Singapore. They have familiar brands like Yeo's, Prima Taste, Panda Brand Oyster Sauce, etc. They also have wide varieties of products, ranging from canned food, flour, beans, Thai rice to fresh pandan leaves. I can find most of the ingredients i need for cooking our Singapore style Chinese food here. But one thing for sure is the price is double when converting back to SGD.

I will visit this place about once a month to stock up all the necessary ingredient. If i go there, is a "Confirmed with Chop" sure got things to buy. That's why i try not to go too often otherwise i am sure to exceed my grocery budget again. I think on average i will usually spend around 80-100 Euro there, this is excluded other grocery i need to purchase from Carrefour. That's the reason why this place is my hubby No. 1 most hated place. Not only i will spend alot but also i will shop for very long, going through every shelves browsing what i don't have at home. Hahaha.

Website
http://www.eurasie-bordeaux.com/

Address10 Avenue de Tourville 33300 BORDEAUX


Opening hoursMonday to Friday: 9am to 730pm
Saturday: 920am to 730pm