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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Melbourne: La Porchetta

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Whenever we’re in Melbourne, there’s one place my brother and I always hit for pizza and pasta. If you’ve ever been to La Porchetta’s, you’ll know it for its great value-for-money and down-to-earth Italian fare. When I was studying here, we used to go there almost every Friday weekend after church cell group (strangely enough […]

For Really Good Tiramisu: Cafe Puccini, San Francisco

Monday, November 26th, 2007

Esther and I were incredibly hungry by the time we got from San Francisco Airport to our accommodations at Hotel Boheme, so we decided to eat nearby the hotel. Our friendly hotel receptionist directed us to Cafe Puccini, which was located just across the street from our hotel.  Esther had compiled a list of eating places from […]

Review: Ricciotti Italian Deli & Pastry

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

I have certain expectations when it comes to modern Italian-Australian cuisine, especially having lived in Melbourne, Australia for almost five years. I even lived for two years just a few streets away from Melbourne’s famous Lygon Street, the city’s Italian food mecca. We’ve been to Ricciotti at The Riverwalk before, and it’s a pretty fair representation of the laid-back […]