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Founded in 2011, Marou is a French-Vietnamese bean-to-bar maker of fine chocolate. Co-founders Vincent Mourou and Samuel Maruta are French expats in Ho Chi Minh City who left former lives in advertising and banking respectively to pursue their curiousity for good chocolate. Like other bean-to-bar outfits around the world,... -
As an avid recipe and cookbook collector, I was intrigued when Frog Michaels approached me at the school café with her hot-off-the-press cookbook, A Helping Hand: Delicious Recipes in English & Tagalog. I had briefly met Frog at an event so when I read the name on the cover, I...
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I’m sure you’ve experienced this. There seems to be one at every table. When dining with a foodie, you can expect that as soon as anything is put on... -
Note: Unfortunately Alexiares & Ani have closed and are no longer online when I last checked in 2019. If you have any new skincare recommendations, please let me know!... -
What are your favourite dishes over the Chinese New Year? For me, Chinese New Year is a chance to reminisce about my childhood. Back then, I recall lots of... -
For me, Christmas is always about romance, fairy tales, beautiful smells and a whole lot of love. This year I am loving the T2 Tea Christmas 2018 range of...