HOMEMADE SWEET AND SOUR SAUCE

The mere mention of sweet and sour sauce would bring to mind Chinese food. Although a combination of sweetness and tang features in Chinese cuisine, it is not as we know it. Traditional dishes uses vinegar as the usual souring agent and brown sugar bricks that are similar to palm sugar in taste. 

MELONADE

HSBC's advert with a pretty little girl behind a lemonade stand is so charming. Talk about pushy Moms (why are we always the bad guys?), but it is her Dad who makes her lemonade. It is so sweet that she is so business savvy. It is so sweet that she is multi-lingual at a very young age, such a good foundation for a future business mogul. It is fascinating that though the street is an ordinary residential area, it is the on the tour bus route. It is so clever that none of the neighbours have noticed the business opportunity except this cute little girl.

TROPICAL FRUIT COCKTAIL

Being in the tropics, the weather is usually hot in the Philippines. There are only two seasons: wet and dry and the divide between them is blurred. It is predominantly hot, sometimes very very hot, then wet when typhoons and monsoon rains come.

So how do we know when it's summer? It is summer when school finishes. It is summer when there is a town fiesta every week. It is summer when all our favourite fruits are in season. It is summer when there are a lot of insects wanting to feast on the fruits.

FRESH RICE PAPER SPRING ROLLS

The British summer is so short. It is always gone before you even know that it's there. When the sun shines everyone scampers out of their houses and goes outdoors.