About Daniel&Esther

daniel & esther

Daniel works in the consumer electronics industry but hopes to one day own a cafe. Like most Hainanese men, he can whip up a storm in the kitchen and is constantly invited to other people's house parties... to cook for them.

Esther works for a major airline by day, and bakes incessantly by night. Trained as a chemical engineer, she puts that knowledge to good use - by reading package labels to see if it's good for you.

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Chocolate

Sweet Delights in San Francisco

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

Chocolates form part of my daily diet, so it was imperative that we found some good chocolate on our 8 days’ honeymoon - something Daniel is well aware of (fear the cranky wife!). While some may feel American chocolate just can’t compete with its European counterparts, we found some pretty good ones that can put up a decent fight.
See’s Candies
Although its […]

Special Tim Tams!

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

My dear cousin Richie, his wife Hsien and young son Eu-en visited us recently from Melbourne, Australia and brought us a special chocolate treat - Tim Tams! And not just the regular Tim Tams - but the special Love Potions edition of (from top) Chocolate Mud, Sticky Vanilla Toffee and Double Chocolate & Raspberry.
These weren’t […]

A Chocolate Proposal

Friday, June 29th, 2007

A few months back, I proposed to Esther with this box of chocolates from Canele Patisserie Chocolaterie at Robertson Walk. I got the pastry chef to write, in melted white chocolate, “Will You Marry Me?” on assorted truffles, and also placed the custom-made engagement ring in the box.
She said yes! (otherwise this blog won’t exist. ^^)