Milk Toffee and Tea – A Taste from Scotland and Sri Lanka
The Many Names for Scottish Tablet Scottish Tablet is known around the world by many different names, all have slightly different ingredients and consistencies. I was brought up to call it toffee (Swiss milk toffee to be exact) in parts of Canada it’s Sucre a la Creme, Russian Toffee in, well, Russia and Milk Toffee or Kiri Aluwa in Sri Lanka. In fact, the word toffee was originally used to describe ANY sweet made from boiled sugar. Since then the terms fudge, tablet, toffee and caramel have evolved to classify such sweets into differing categories. I am always curious about these...
Read MoreAfternoon Tea or High Tea in Dubai? – Who cares what you call it, it’s all about the challenge
High Tea! Two words from my days of working in the hospitality industry in Scotland that were sure to gain groans of dismay and a feeling of dread amongst the staff – High Tea! Coach loads of tourists of the over 65 variety descending en-masse to a feast of sausage, egg and chips or pie, beans and chips followed by cakes, sticky buns and scones. All washed down with gallons of tea at the random time of around 5pm. Then they’d all clear off as fast as they arrived leaving us to breathe a huge sigh of relief before performing a swift turnaround in order to return the restaurant to...
Read MoreHow to Make Fudge – a Free Demo at the De Dietrich Cuisine Academy
Want to Know More About Toffee Princess? Toffee/fudge/tablet making is NOT easy! So saying, I must have made thousands of trays over the years so it can’t be that difficult, can it? Would you like to see how I make it? In collaboration with the De Dietrich Cuisine Academy, we are bringing you for the first time ever, a free toffee making demo where I will show you how I make my toffee and tell you all you want to know about Toffee Princess, except of course for the exact recipe – I have to keep some things secret! De Dietrich Cuisine Academy Located within the Dubai Ladies Club,...
Read MoreEncouraging Entrepreneurship from a Young Age
Back in January, I was invited to talk to the year 6 students at Jumeirah English Speaking School (JESS) about Toffee Princess. They were about to embark upon their Entrepreneurship Challenge and I was asked to tell them a little about how I promote and market my product and how I make it all worthwhile. The students then split into several groups and over the course of a few weeks had to dream up their own business idea, market it and finally sell it within the school. I was invited to return to the school this week to their market day to see for myself the outcome. I arrived to find a very...
Read MoreOBE Organic – Beef from Happy Cows
Does eating organic beef really make a difference to your diet? A couple of weeks ago, I was lucky enough to be introduced to the lovely people from OBE Organic who hail from Australia’s Channel Country. They were here to promote their organic beef and to find out who buys it and why. Having made some recent lifestyle changes, I have become more concerned with my health and what I am putting into my stomach. I could never become a vegetarian but I am an animal lover and would definitely prefer that the meat that I choose to eat comes from animals that have been treated well during their...
Read More1762 Deli
Today we visited 1762 Deli at Downtown Jebel Ali to celebrate Janet of House of Colour‘s birthday. This is the second time we have converged there for such an occasion, the last time being back in October when we celebrated my 40th. The deli is owned by the lovely husband and wife team, Manar and Suzi who also own Appetite, a thriving outside catering business and their ethos is simple, “It’s all about the food!”. Their delicious food and warm, friendly welcome is obviously a recipe for success as a steady stream of customers continued to pour in from the many nearby...
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