Kirbie's Cravings

Coconut Butter Cookies

Crunchy coconut butter cookies that are like Danish butter cookies with a coconut twist. They’re easy to make and store well making them great for holidays and gifting. I love butter cookies, especially those Danish butter...

Matcha chiffon cake

I’ve been wanting to try making a matcha flavored chiffon cake for a while now since I love green tea flavored desserts, but only got around to it this past week. I saw a...

Purple Yam (Ube) Chiffon Cake

Ube is a purple yam that is very commonly used in Filipino desserts. It has a vibrant purple color, like purple sweet potato, which gives this purple yam chiffon cake its beautiful color. I...

Mice cookies

When I saw these mice cookies on Serious Eats, I knew I had to try making them. Cookies that look like cute little mice! How perfect is that? The recipe comes from Martha Stewart. ...

Tomi Seafood Buffet

In the last year or so, asian buffets have lost their luster. While new ones continue pop up, they are usually old ones under new management. Even a brand new buffet seems to have...

Soft Sugar Cookies

If you’ve been looking for a soft sugar cookie recipe you should give this recipe a try. The sugar cookies are soft and chewy and great for decorating. Plus, they are easy to make....

Cucina Urbana revisit

Cucina Urbana 505 Laurel St, San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 239-2222 https://www.cucinaurbana.com After a wonderful dinner at Cucina Urbana about a month ago, BF and I couldn’t wait to go back. Luckily, we were...

Silkie Chicken Tea Eggs

Have you ever heard of silkie chickens? You can look at this article to see what they look like. Silkie chickens have very puffy feathers and get their name because their feathers feel like...

Matcha mochi cake

Over Thanksgiving, I had baked some pumpkin mochi cake for BF’s parents. BF’s mom really liked it and so for Christmas, I decided to bake her some green tea mochi cake. I thought of...

Taiwan Trip 2010

No I’m not in Taiwan nor did I recently go visit. I wish I was/did. If you’ve been a regular reader of my blog for over a year, you may recall that last year...

Mini rum cakes

I have a friend who makes awesome rum cakes. In fact, she plans on opening a small business to sell rum cakes. Her recipe is a secret, pase down from her grandma so obviously...

Happy Holidays!

I hope everyone has a safe and wonderful holiday season! Happy Holidays!