white onde-onde and other yummy eats

tried making onde-onde today... (for you non-singaporeans: it's a local singapore dessert, kind of a sweet rice ball rolled in coconut) turned out quite yummy except for the fact that i botched up making the fresh pandan extract and didn't have enough. so, ended up with just plain white onde-onde. why is pandan so yummy? without it, there's something missing. somehow the familiar green color is a much better version, but oh well... i learn and improvise.

there was a taiwanese food/culture festival on the waterfront this weekend. we went to join in the fun, even though it was a dreary drizzly day. the food lineup was pretty decent, Toronto seems to grab any excuse to set up stalls for street food. so there was malaysian, caribbean and indian food booths, in addition to the taiwanese ones touting their wares. we even ate murtabak!!! they had a real indian guy there flipping the pratas and everything... totally satisfied my craving for home food for the next month or so, hahaha.

here's the freaks-of-nature we created: albino onde-onde... (yes, they're edible!)