This 2017 song by Malaysian singer, Michael Wong (光良), is now used as the opening theme song for the new 10-episode Chinese BL web series Love Trap (冰糖陷阱), also titled as Capture Lover in some streaming apps. Let’s hope the web series does not end up like the 2016 Chinese BL drama Addicted (上癮) which was banned! So far the drama looks like being made on a very low budget, but enough said, the opening and closing theme songs are good though, so here they are…
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July 1, 2020
【Slow TV】Taiwanese Jiggly Sponge Cake 台灣古早味蛋糕
In the past couple of years, something called Jiggly Cake has been making the rounds on social media. Actually it is not something new, someone has just come up with a catchy English name for the traditional sponge cake from Taiwan which in Chinese is 古早味蛋糕, meaning traditional flavoured cake. It is also known as Pillow Cake (枕頭蛋糕) because it is soft and fluffy! Now you might think that was it, but it has a history linking back to Japan and Portugal, because this cake is also known as Taiwanese Castella Cake.
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Corner Café 