The Patissier's Chronicle

This author is really not into TV sitcoms. He much prefers TV series. The last sitcom he watched was probably Season 1 of "Veep". That was eons ago. And only for the one pilot episode. But he chanced upon a caption in The Straits Times about this new comedy show “Ted Lasso”. And since most of the TV series that he's been following are currently stalled by Covid-19, he decided to take a chance on “Ted Lasso”. And what a mistake this turned out to be. Not that the sitcom about an American small-time football coach hired to coach a premier league soccer team in England, despite having no experience coaching soccer, is bad. On the contrary, it was actually so entertaining and addictive (much like our Meringue) that this author stayed up the whole night to finish all 10 episodes of Season 1!  Jason Sudeikis (SNL, Horrible Bosses) was an absolute gem as Ted Lasso, the newly minted soccer coach of AFC Richmond, a fictional EPL team. Comedy genius aside, it was his character’s ...

  No, The Patissier have not started selling pies. We used to feature unique (to us anyway) pastry shops that we came across during our travels on our Facebook page. Covid-19 has put paid to those travels for now. But in support of local F&B, we like to write about some of the interesting/delicious food from local food establishments and home bakers that we have come across. Hopefully, this will generate some interests from our blog readers to try them out as well. First off, pies. Ma Baker is a whole-of-family home bake started by an ex-schoolmate. The venture is only a couple of months old but have received rave reviews from customers who had tasted their pies. We decided to order some over the weekend for our staff, as well as to bring home to the family. There are quite a few selections when comes to flavours. All comes with quaint names. You can opt for “This little piggy went to the pie” (pork), “Mary HAD a little lamb” (mutton) and “Chicken not so little” (chicken). ...