• World Mental Health Day

    Mental illness is something we don’t discuss where I come from. It is something other people have, it is not an African illness. One isn’t allowed to feel sad or down talk less of displaying mental illness. “What do you have to be sad about when you have more than most people in the country?”… Continue Reading

  • Random Recipe No. 43

    I am taking part in Belleau Kitchen random recipe challenge. I think its a great idea and i plan to take part every month. Below are the rules set by Dominic of Belleau Kitchen: 1. take all your cook books off the shelf and shuffle them ( a friendly giant will help) 2. close your… Continue Reading

  • The Last Year at a Glance

    Since I last posted, my blog became severely infected with spam, virus and bugs. I spent a long time trying to fix it and eventually gave up. I never gave up cooking though. Since I last posted, I won third place in the Knorr Taste Quest. I was surprisingly called back after I had left… Continue Reading

  • Knorr Taste Quest – Episodes 6-10 Recap

    Episode 6 – The Cooking Class   I really appreciated this episode. I have a feeling it was Dr Roberts that insisted we took this class. I imagined Dr Roberts having nightmares about the way we hold our knives and butchered our meat. LOL! It was a great learning day. Chef Fregs was a good… Continue Reading

  • Knorr Taste Quest – Episodes 1-5 Recap

    I hope you have all been watching the Knorr Taste Quest (KTQ). It’s been mad fun I tell you. I am having such a good time. I am learning loads, pushing myself really hard and I get to share this experience with some amazing people, real foodies. I am having an awesome time I tell you.… Continue Reading

  • L’Epicerie – my very own Waitrose!

    I really should be ashamed of myself. First of all I haven’t updated this blog in such a long time. I do have valid reasons though but lets not go into them, secondly I only just discovered L’Epicerie! I had heard so much about it and always wanted to visit but for some reason I never went.… Continue Reading

  • Knorr Taste Quest

    Have you heard of the new reality show that is sponsored by Unilever Nigeria? The Knorr Taste Quest? Well your very own Sasa auditioned and got selected for it! YIPEEE!!! The show is a quest to find Nigeria’s ultimate chef. The contestants would be subjected to various tasks to test their culinary skills in the hope of winning amazing prizes which include a… Continue Reading

  • A Dress for Kofo

    I have finally found a place in Lagos. Phew! It’s been a real eye opener! I can now finally bring Kofo home. Yesterday as I was placing a few things in the kitchen I marked the spot Kofo would sit looking pretty. To look her best I am going to get Meera to make something… Continue Reading

  • Casa D’Lydia, Lagos

    It’s frustrating for me not having all my kitchen utensils and tool around. this means that I have to eat out a lot. The day I had dinner at Casa D’Lydia was one of those days I didn’t mind so much I wasn’t able to cook. Lo’ suggested we go to Casa D’Lydia for dinner… Continue Reading

  • Red Velvet Cake

    I love baking cakes especially with Kofo but my only issue is the presentation. I can guarantee that my cake will taste nice but I cannot guarantee that it will look very pretty. With layered cakes I find that as I butter the layers, the cake tends to lean to one side. And when it… Continue Reading