Halva works brilliantly in ice-cream.

Fresh egg pasta is traditionally served in the north of Italy with butter, cream and rich meat sauces, whereas dried pasta is more at home with the tomato- and olive oil-based ones of the south.

Black glutinous rice works in both savoury and sweet dishes. It's a popular pudding rice in south-east Asia, where you'll often come across it cooked with water, coconut milk and a pandan leaf.

My indulgences are Skittles and rum raisin ice cream.

I like Kahlua and ice cream as a dessert.

The only emperor is the emperor of ice cream.