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Introducing…

In last 3-4 months there have been many activities afoot at Vila Tempest. We are still based in Shanghai but have relocated to a smaller location. This has meant we’ve had to downsize Life in… 

Technical Difficulties

Apologies to one and all. Due to Technical Difficulties our site went offline in August, but we only became cognisant of that fact just the other day and have been busy working behind the scenes… 

The PieMan is Back!

Aussie pie connoisseurs rejoice! The PieMan is back! and you can find him in residence in Shanghai. This summer we will be exploring a whole new world of pie fillings, to bring to you the… 

That Infamous Black Substance in KFC Original Recipe

One of the more intriguing contentions within the KFC O.R. test & research community as championed at The Colonel’s Kitchen Forum (last posts 2015), its mirror (currently having Server problems) in the UK, Lumpy’s Larder (now defunct), and more recently at Reddit & the KFC11 Forum is… 

Australia’s Iconic Dim Sim : A Marathon Quest

Any search of the Internet for “Dim Sims” – an Australian Classic; will pull up no end of recipe suggestions, and lamentations from Expat Australian’s wanting to recreate a little taste of home. That being… 

Chiko Roll Revisited

In recent days, I’ve been redoing my recipe collection, and I’ve come to the realisation, that I have three types of recipe books: a) printed books, b) hand written notes,  notebooks and a kitchen diarie,…