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style="font-size:85%;"&gt;home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;about me&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4d3d26;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;Hi! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;Thank you for dropping by &lt;em&gt;patisserie dessert couture.&lt;/em&gt; An&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt; entirely self-taught baker who has never attended any baking classes nor workshops, I've been interested in baking since i was about 17. Despite the fact that I didn't own an oven then, I would collect cookbooks and enjoy browsing my little collection from time to time. When i began baking about 6 years back, it was a real turning point for me.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Baking has taught me much, such as learning to be patient, meticulous, precise and above all, creative. Armed with a little determination and whole lot of passion, I began to challenge myself with more difficult and challenging bakes, such as french macarons and gateaux. I also learned how inferior ingredients can affect even the simplest cake, therefore my promise is that i only use quality ingredients such as Valrhona chocolate &amp;amp; Madagascar Bourbon vanilla extract or real vanilla beans in my bakes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;div align="justify"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;You may also like to visit my blog @ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://bossacafez.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;http://bossacafez.blogspot.com/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;, a separate online journal which records write-ups and recipes of some of the delectable desserts, cakes, cookies &amp;amp; main courses which have been tried and tested in my kitchen, as well as restaurant &amp;amp; cafe reviews. Enjoy your stay!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4736530693_1bf1fa116d_t.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4953555843710972080-1971536107682333798?l=dessertcouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/1971536107682333798'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/1971536107682333798'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/06/about-me.html' title='About Me'/><author><name>bossacafez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewFdkPKKQwk/Tmsmk7kKoEI/AAAAAAAAAPo/iSuzuzZTGsg/s220/6020995270_ce36b9d967.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4094/4736530693_1bf1fa116d_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953555843710972080.post-6183060084941320839</id><published>2007-04-18T09:31:00.183+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-09T08:41:51.863+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Macarons</title><content type='html'>&lt;a name="top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/menu.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;cake menu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;span style="color:#4d3d26;"&gt;macarons&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4d3d26;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4736501818_be07bf3036.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;cafe &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;espresso coffee&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;cassis&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;blackcurrant ganache&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;caramel fleur de sel &lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2136/2211858037_ce297ef5fc_m.jpg" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;salted butter caramel&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;citron&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;lemon curd coconut&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;choc noir&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dark chocolate &amp;amp; cocoa nibs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); line-height: 16px;   font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;forêt-noire&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:arial;"&gt;black forest&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;mogador&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;passionfruit milk chocolate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;noisette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;hazelnut praline&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;orangette&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;orange dark chocolate&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;pistache&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;pistachio and cream&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;rose&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style=" ;font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;sesame noir&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;black sesame&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;vanille&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:arial;"&gt;tahitian and madagascar vanillas&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;Notes &amp;amp; Other Info :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/u&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;* the standard size of each macaron measures approx. 1.5in/3.8cm (D). for pictures, pls &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;refer to my flickr page &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bossacafez/sets/72157600035983607/detail/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;* min. order is 40 pcs (2 flavors). specifying the no. of pcs per flavor is not allowed. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;* pls place your order at least 3 days in advance or more (for wedding/corporate orders).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;* self collection at sembawang only.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;* prices, flavors &amp;amp; packaging may change without prior notice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/macarons.html#top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"&gt;Return to top&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4953555843710972080-6183060084941320839?l=dessertcouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/6183060084941320839'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/6183060084941320839'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/macarons.html' title='Macarons'/><author><name>bossacafez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewFdkPKKQwk/Tmsmk7kKoEI/AAAAAAAAAPo/iSuzuzZTGsg/s220/6020995270_ce36b9d967.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4736501818_be07bf3036_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953555843710972080.post-6861582141011286280</id><published>2007-04-18T06:08:00.125+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-21T02:19:20.760+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gateaux &amp; Entremets</title><content type='html'>&lt;a name="top"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a name="top"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &amp;gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/menu.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;cake menu&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &amp;gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="color:#4d3d26;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;four secs &amp;amp; tartlets&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:arial;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;matcha madeleines&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;orange chocolate madeleines&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;pistachio financiers&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;*&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;almond raspberry financiers&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"   style="font-family:arial;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4953555843710972080-6861582141011286280?l=dessertcouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/6861582141011286280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/6861582141011286280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/cakes.html' title='Gateaux &amp; Entremets'/><author><name>bossacafez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewFdkPKKQwk/Tmsmk7kKoEI/AAAAAAAAAPo/iSuzuzZTGsg/s220/6020995270_ce36b9d967.jpg'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953555843710972080.post-5068144165956871717</id><published>2007-04-14T02:31:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2008-10-02T03:15:17.693+08:00</updated><title type='text'>FAQs</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/"&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;home&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;"&gt; &gt; &lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;FAQs&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4d3d26;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a name="top"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Frequently Asked Questions&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/faqs.html#1"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;On General Enquiries&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/faqs.html#3"&gt;&lt;u&gt;On Storing &amp;amp; Enjoying Your Bakes/Macarons&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;a name="1"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;u&gt;On&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt; General Enquiries&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;How do I order?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pls drop me an email at &lt;img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2066105207_9ff70e0f99_m.jpg" /&gt;, stating your order info &amp;amp; contact no. Details will be confirmed via email and you can expect a reply within 24 hours.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there any minimum order?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no min. order amount but there will be a min. order per item eg. 1 box macarons or 1 dozen cupcakes etc.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How many days in advance should I place my order?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Lead-time is normally 3 days for small orders and 7 days for large. &lt;/span&gt;Kindly note that the dates available will be allotted on a first come first served basis and can only be secured upon order confirmation + payment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you provide delivery?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Please self-collect at Sembawang area since I do not have my own transport. If you're driving, collection point is at the main road/bus stop of Blk 416, Admiralty Drive (Canberra Rd). Pls see &lt;a title="" href="http://www.streetdirectory.com/singapore.cgi?x=26412.8528&amp;amp;y=48167.0758&amp;amp;star=1&amp;amp;level=6&amp;amp;sizex=430&amp;amp;sizey=555" rel="lightbox"&gt;map&lt;/a&gt; for details. Otherwise, pls meet-up at Sembawang MRT station. However, if you really require delivery, it can be arranged at the cost of a round-trip taxi fare.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;How do I pay?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Full payment will have to be made via internet banking or ATM's funds transfer facility upon order confirmation. Cash on delivery is not available at this time. If you're using 3rd party funds transfer eg. UOB to DBS/POSB, pls ensure early transfer as it takes 2-3 working days for the transaction to be processed. I will only bake upon receiving payment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Do you ship internationally?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;No, within Singapore only. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/faqs.html#top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Return to top&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;a name="3"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;On Storing &amp;amp; Enjoying Your Bakes/Macarons&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;1) Chill cakes in fridge and thaw them at least 30-45 mins prior to consumption. This applies to cupcakes as well. They're best chilled in the box or in an airtight container to prevent drying out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;2) To obtain perfect slices, use a clean hot knife to slice the cake and wipe blade clean in between each cut. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;3) Macarons are best enjoyed chilled, right out from the fridge and are best consumed within 7 days of purchase. Consume mousse cakes within 2 days&lt;br /&gt;and for baked cheesecakes, 3 days.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;a name="3"&gt;&lt;p align="left"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/faqs.html#top"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Return to top&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:85%;color:#4e3e27;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;last updated : 30 nov 07&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4953555843710972080-5068144165956871717?l=dessertcouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/5068144165956871717'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/5068144165956871717'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/faqs.html' title='FAQs'/><author><name>bossacafez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewFdkPKKQwk/Tmsmk7kKoEI/AAAAAAAAAPo/iSuzuzZTGsg/s220/6020995270_ce36b9d967.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2409/2066105207_9ff70e0f99_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953555843710972080.post-5652971829536418537</id><published>2007-04-14T02:24:00.060+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T21:20:57.566+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Main Menu</title><content type='html'>&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/macarons.html"&gt;&lt;img class="gradualfader" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4736501818_be07bf3036.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/cakes.html"&gt;&lt;img class="gradualfader" src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4074/4735864425_c2c25563f3.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;center&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4953555843710972080-5652971829536418537?l=dessertcouture.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/5652971829536418537'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4953555843710972080/posts/default/5652971829536418537'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://dessertcouture.blogspot.com/2007/04/menu.html' title='Main Menu'/><author><name>bossacafez</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='31' height='21' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ewFdkPKKQwk/Tmsmk7kKoEI/AAAAAAAAAPo/iSuzuzZTGsg/s220/6020995270_ce36b9d967.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4136/4736501818_be07bf3036_t.jpg' height='72' width='72'/></entry></feed>
