Blog Feed: Jenni Oh

Chinese New Year 2009

Published on 2009-02-09 15:38:00

It was fortunate that the height of the Chinese New Year celebrations were not spoiled by the onslaught of snow that hit London later that same night. The air was bitterly cold and it began to snow in sporadic sessions here and there, but it was not > read more

Snow Day

Published on 2009-02-04 16:36:00

Last Monday, most of Britain was covered in what has been touted as the heaviest snowfall in 20 years. Most of the London public transport ground to a halt, as it's already fragile transport system couldn't cope with what they claimed were "adverse > read more

Keen For Quinoa

Published on 2009-01-31 07:28:00

You might be interested to know that I've been storing up fats this winter, hoping to insulate myself from the icy climes that my Australian disposition is unaccustomed to. And with the storing up of fats comes, well, not surprisingly enough- an unwe > read more

Rhodes Bakery

Published on 2009-01-20 18:59:00

A not so recent excursion out to Greenwich– and I say excursion because the Jubilee line was closed and it took us two interchanges and a bus ride to get there– brought us, through sheer providence to a corner bakery that you could almost pass by > read more

Lifting The Fog

Published on 2009-01-20 07:20:00

Happy New Year!Where did all the time go? Months spent outside the blogosphere must equate to years. While others have kept up their posting at such a prodigious rate, I on the other hand feel like I need to reacquaint myself with the blog. It seems > read more

Green With Envy

Published on 2008-10-08 08:17:00

image courtesy of SMH Good Food MonthIf you're in Sydney for the month of October then you have no excuse to miss the myriad of events for Good Food Month. As for me, all I can do is watch and grit my teeth in covetous annoyance that I am not in the > read more

Gail's Garden Party, Hampstead

Published on 2008-10-06 08:24:00

The invitation's a little smudged but you get the gist. Just follow the smell of baking bread.Can a garden party without an actual garden, in fact be called a garden party? Well, I'm not sure if the small patch of grass along the laneway where the Ga > read more

Southbank Food Festival: Slow Food London

Published on 2008-09-30 10:07:00

It seems that I have fortuitously stumbled upon a glut of food festivals here in London of late, and I'm not complaining. I'm welcoming any opportunity to eat well and see London at the same time, and it appears to me that the food culture here is as > read more

Thames Festival, Spetember 2008

Published on 2008-09-15 08:55:00

The Thames Festival held on the South Bank was on last weekend and was a bevy of market fare, food stalls and entertainment. And to top it all off the weather was incredibly genial and sunshine surprisingly forthcoming that day despite some clouds ov > read more

Hungry in London

Published on 2008-09-12 07:40:00

Sounds like a title for a personal ad, but yes I am in fact hungry in this big old town. I've been in London for almost a month now and haven't a clue where to go for good food. I must admit that I have been trying to eat on the cheap lately, and che > read more