花花宇宙 fa'ntasy

I have a dream!!!

2011-09-05T00:05:00.000-07:00

小叶最近买了一本书叫”even moron with a dream“。又勾起我的旅游梦，再去翻翻半年前买的那本旅游书 ”行地平线“，真的好想旅行啊！！！
想去的地方：
1。印度：好想起但不敢去，因为我真的受不了印度食物。有一次小叶在我不留意时把印度食物放在我口里，我哇的一声立刻把他吐了出来，随后还吐了几口还沾的食物味道的口水。还有印度人身上的味道我也好怕好想吐。我并没有种族歧视，但就是接受不了那味道。

2。尼泊尔：能够登上世界高峰我相信那时人生中最骄傲的事迹吧！

3。纽西兰

4。香格里拉

5。内蒙古

现在觉得最想去的应该是内蒙古吧，明年就想去感受天苍苍野茫茫，风吹草地见牛羊的景观。希望愿望实现。

爱的鼓励

2011-06-14T06:46:00.000-07:00

好久没有人为了鼓励我冲凉，而在我冲凉的十至十五分钟内跑下楼去做一杯现榨的果汁，然后站在厕所外，摆着帅气的姿势在冲凉房外等我。

超想念那种无聊的鼓励

不如归去

2011-06-13T06:48:00.000-07:00

转眼来了巴生半年，还是很不喜欢这里，抛开乱和脏不说，这里的治安真让人吃不消，连大刺刺的我走到哪里都会提心吊胆。

房间里放了两把风扇，还是每天热得汗流浃背。在这里我们三餐都在外头解决，好怀念以前下厨的日子。

小叶的工作总是让我抱怨连连，而我现在的医院也有许多额外的工作。

有时候我会感觉我们在这里还是混不下去了，还真的想收拾包袱回乡下算了。

我要去纽西兰！！！

2010-12-01T21:18:00.000-08:00

Airasia 终于要推出我最期待的纽西兰了。。。

天哪，好便宜啊。。。

自从小叶换了工作，因为年假有限的关系，我们的旅游梦也大大的受打击。

所有的飞机票促销我都尽量不去看，但这是我梦寐以求的纽西兰啊。

为什么，为什么要那么早推出？

为什么，为什么我早早就定了明年韩国和泰国的机票？

再等一年，在等一年我一定要拿两个星期长假飞纽西兰。

小叶你最好给我好好的干，不然我牺牲那么大你还一无所成，这像话吗？？？

中秋快乐！！！

2010-09-22T06:05:00.000-07:00

这个中秋因为有个很得空的量地官在家，所以我们开开心心过节喽。。。

小叶本来说要请些朋友来家里pot luck, 但我却当心小叶的米粉和我的烤鸡上不了大场面而不了了之，原来他的炒米粉很有水准哦，我的烤鸡当然也不赖。。

饮料方面，我们选择了小时候过节不能少的罐头龙眼水，却用了个九不答八的杯来装。

而甜品，当然是小叶最拿手的milk custard 和最普通但被我们排得美美的apple pear and orange fusion, 哈哈

Yummy yummy!!! 看来下次我有勇气邀朋友来过节咯！

祝大家中秋节快乐！！！

变成一只狗

2010-08-15T01:57:00.000-07:00

背弃了帮我剪了四年头发的发型师，去另一间店电了个头发，以为可以电个韩国版的年轻头，怎知道老板娘把我变成一只狗。。。还是一只很阿莲的狗。。。

天哪，怎么这世界上的发型师都不听指示的。。。

天哪，我以后要怎么见人啊？？？？

船员

2010-08-12T02:39:00.000-07:00

那天，店里来了个中国船员，穿得很邋蹋，顶着一头比野草还要乱的头发。

当时整间店只有我会说华文，于是便由我来招待他。

船员买了很多安美露后，开始要我介绍护肤产品说是要买来送人。我给他介绍了个中国游客爱买的牌子，但从许多系列里他却找不到要买的。当我问他所需要的功效，他就很理所当然的说 “这些我都不懂”。于是我给他介绍的个蛮红的产品，也蛮贵的。介绍没两分钟，他就说要买了，但他必须先去找他的朋友，因为他身上不够马币。

过了一会而，船员回来说他找不到他的朋友，所以不买了。

又过了好久，船员又跑回来了，说是要买我介绍的护肤产品，但汇币所关了，而他又找不到朋友，所以一直哀求我们让他付美金，但我们的店里是不收美金的。看他诚意拳拳，也发现那是他要买给爱人的手信时，在经理的许可下，我便和他交换了马币。

买了产品后他又和我谈了很旧，看他年纪轻轻，原来孩子也蛮大了，临走前还问我哪里可以买到最贵最顶级的化妆品。

我在想，如果我是他的爱人，我应该开心吗？丈夫去世界各个角落都不忘给我买最好的，但他却不知道我需要的是什么。

出状况

2010-07-26T07:28:00.000-07:00

今天车子有点问题，好不容易把它驾回家。回到家车子好像又ok了。

小叶离家出走爬神山去了。。。叫我一个女人去车厂不被砍才奇怪，而且我去车厂会很怕别人用可怜的眼光看我。

原来家里有个男人真的还蛮重要的。。。虽然那天临走前他也检查了我的车子 (证明他功夫不到家 lol)。看来我更需要的是一个会修车的男人，不然就给我多一辆车，再不然给我多多钱也行 :D

Hair Removal Products

2010-06-28T03:11:00.000-07:00

After half a year working in G Pharmacy, most of the enthusiasm and excitement of learning medical facts was over. It soon tranforms into a ground to spend my time while earning extra income. However, the extra income is mostly channel back into G's pocket for the fun of trying it's various product. Thus i want to write a series of review on products that i had tried or some star products (products that constantly receive good feedback from customer).

Philips Electrical Epilator HP6400

Body hair is one of the girls biggest enemy. Like all girls, I too yearn for a pair of shinny and sexy leg ;)

Like the traditonal epilator, the electrical epilator remove the hair from it's root. If u think I would scream for pain during the whole epilating process with tears constantly run down from my lacrimal sac, then you are wrong. The epilator actually does not cause pain due to it's speed, except for the first epilating session. I would say the first session was an unpleasant experience with tingling sensation and reddest of the skin (red dot all over my leg) throughout the evening which subsided on next morning. Since that, there is no more pain and reddening as the skin get used to the epilating process.

For the best eficacy, u have to hold the epilator 90 degree to ur skin & it is best done when ur skin is oilless (after bath). After epilating, my leg is not totally hairless (on close examination) but the result was quite satisfying to raw eye. However, i found that regrowth of hair is faster than expected. The actual duration? Unknown, as i never mark the date, haha.

The downsides, u cannot use it while waiting bus at bus stop as the gadget needs an electric socket (not battery operated) to operate. U also cannot use it while chatting with ur bf as there is annoying sound emitted from it. But the sound is ok to me, it is just like the sound of electrical mixer.

Body Natur Hair Removal Series

The star product that constantly receive good feedback from customers and the staffs. The hair regrowth rate is said to be most satisfying, 2 months, according to most of them.

However, i had not try any chemical hair removal since uni time as I do not have the gut to allow my skin to drink the chemical cocktail at regular basis. Most of them are claimed to be mild but bear in mind that they are as potent as to break the bond between the hair molecules.

I also bake fruit pastry cake :)

2010-06-26T09:28:00.000-07:00

I notice something similar in every food blog that i have been following recently. A must have 'fruit pastry cake'. Not to be left out, i also bake my own version of this cake, coupled with a little 'modification' of the recipe..... to stand out from the others sold out there. Initial plan for the decoration was peach, green apple, cherry and grapes. Talk about variety here. Funny..cuz we never use local fruits to bake cakes, rite? But the green apple was given up at last due to the constraint of space.

Well..to cut the story short..(to know the process, just surf any other food blogs) After just mere 15 minutes, minus the time for the butter to melt, I had my own masterpiece ready. Not really up to expectation but satisfaction level was pretty high. Partly due to the speedy process. 15 minutes is just all it takes... faster than a drive to a bakery. haha..

The cake during 'summer' time -steaming hot fresh from oven...

and when the 'winter' comes...it takes a little skill not to cover the peach with icing sugar. Done.

U won't believe the baked grapes actually tasted very nice, although they do not look apealing. Imagine how the grape juices oozing out to the edges (the dark part on the edge as shown at the picture above) that make them taste awesome. Almost all bloggers gave very good comments on this cake, saying it is easy to make and tasted very nice. For me, overall I would give a 2 thumbs up...out of 5. The only downside, or I can say a major one, was the 'tallness'. My version of this cake is just too short. Could it be my 'gene' that had been pass down to my cake?

Nevertheless, mum and dad said they enjoy this pastry on their tea time. What a supportive (or hungry?) parents.

For recipe, click here

How To Bake Egg Tart

2010-06-22T22:26:00.000-07:00

This is Jenny's turn to ask for recipe after trying my egg tart. Igniting her baking desire is another great achievement to me :P

I would said this is probably not the best egg tart recipe but it is the simplest i can find.

Egg Tart Recipe (Yield 12 egg tarts)

For the crust

200g Flour

50g Icing sugar/ powdered sugar

120g Butter - 120g

1 Egg, whisked

Method

Mix flour with icing sugar.
Cut cold butter into cubes and add it in the flour mixture using folk. Press the butter with folk until the mixture yield bread crumb like structure.
Add in egg into the mixture and knead into dough.
Store the dough in fridge for 2 hours.

For the custard

1/4 cup of hot water

40g sugar

1/2 cup evaporated milk

2 egg, whisked

Method

Dissolve sugar in hot water.
Add in evaporated milk and egg and mix well.
Sift egg mixture to get rid of the bubbles, remove the unsifted part.

To combine:

Cut the dough into 12 equivalent portions.
Put dough in your tart mould, press the dough with your thumbs, starting from bottom then up to the sides. Trim away any excess dough.
Carefully pour the egg mixture inside the dough.
Bake at preheated oven 160c for 20 minutes.

Joanne's Creation

2010-06-05T21:41:00.000-07:00

I am so happy Joanne finally did it. Everyone likes the muffins and it is nice to heard that the kids enjoy the fun baking session with her :p

How To Bake Orange Chiffon Cake

2010-06-03T17:29:00.000-07:00

I was given a task by my sister to write a detail yet simplified recipe of orange chiffon cake on this abandoned blog after her failed attempt last week.

1. Grate 1 teaspoon of orange skin.

2. Squeeze orange juice.

3. Add 1 and 2 to make up orange juice mixture.

4. Bring 5 eggs to room temperature. Separate the egg whites from egg yolks. U have to make sure all the container and ur hand are free from oil and water when u handle the eggs. Place the egg whites into the mixing bowl of ur electric mixer and egg yolks to another mixing bowl.

5. Weight 150g of self-raising floor, then sieve it. Weight also 75g of fine sugar to be added into egg yolk mixture and another 75g of fine sugar to be added into egg white mixture.

6. Beat the egg yolks, add in fine sugar and beat until the mixture turn pale using manual whisk (as shown at picture below). Add in 5 tablespoon of oil (i use corn oil) and orange mixture and whisk for a while. Then sieve in the self-raising flour and whisk in one direction until smooth and well combine.

7. With electric mixer, beat the egg whites with 1/2 teaspoon of cream of tartar until frothy and foamy with high speed. Then add in the sugar in 2 batches and continue beat using medium speed and then low speed until peak. The peak form when the peak of the whites form straight line and do not drop. If u are not confidence, u can try to turn ur mixing bowl, if ur egg whites do not flow then it is the peak stage. The whole process usually takes me about 7 minutes.

8. Pour egg yolks mixture into egg whites in 3 addition. Each time gently fold the mixture from upside down with a spatula until just blended. Beware not to overmix the mixture as this will break the air hold in bubble of egg whites.

9. Pour the mixture in a dry and oil-free cake pan and bake in preheated oven at 150c for 35 minutes (u have to pre-heat the oven at 150c for 15 minutes before baking the cake). All oven have difference characteristics, therefore the baking temperature and duration is only for reference. U have to monitor the cake while baking but do not open the oven door during the baking process. Sometimes the cake raise too high (always happen to me as my oven is small) until it is really near to the heating element. To avoid the top from getting burned, u can put one sheet of aluminium foil on top of the cake if the situation ever happen. Beware not to open the oven door too long if u want to do this.

10. Ur cake is done if the skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean.

11. Remove the cake from the oven and invert the cake immediately. U can use whatever to support the centre of the chiffon pan, i usually use a cup. Let the cake to cool completely before removing it from cake pan.

Chocolate Muffin

2009-09-25T00:06:00.000-07:00

This blog entry is specially dedicated to my recipe illiterate sister in singapore, joelyn, who attempts to impress her little princess (or husband?) by serving her some fresh from oven muffins for her tea time. I can't be more agree that homemake baking goodies do make people feel loved and warm.

After browsing through many muffin recipes, i decided she should try this recipe, a very easy recipe with some basic ingredients. The reliability of this recipe can also be assured as i make it a few times before and it is indeed my first muffin recipe too :)

Joelyn get confused with the basic ingredients and the steps of making a muffin, so here the photo plus some explaination.

Butter

Margarine, commonly used for spreading on bread can also be used but butter yield softer texture and superior in fragrance. In contrast, margarine yield a healthier cake as they contain less animal fat compare to butter.

Self raising flour It can be substituted by adding baking powder to all-purpose flour (the ratio is about 250mg all purpose flour to 1 tablespoon/15g baking powder ).

Cocoa powder

Fresh Milk
Any brand, be it the pasteurised type or UHT fresh milk (but not the formula milk of your little princess, haha). I usually use Dutch Lady Full Cream Fresh Milk.

Sugar
Usually fine sugar is used for baking purpose as it can dissolve and mix better with other ingredients.

Eggs
Usually grade A egg is used, but so far the size of egg do not appear a problem to me. But it need to be brought to room temperature before beating.

Recipe for Chocolate Muffin
Butter 50g
Sugar 40g
Self raising flour 60g
Cocoa powder 10g
Fresh Milk 25ml
Egg 1
Chocolate Rice (about 1 tablespoon, optional)
Chocolate Chips (Optional)

Preparation
Soften the butter in room temperature
Sieve together the self raising flour and cocoa powder. Set aside.
Pre-heat the oven at the baking temperature for 15mins before baking.

Beat butter and sugar, until the sugar dissolve and butter turn pale yellow (can be whisk with folk or chopstick)
Add half of the egg into butter mixture, beat and then add another half and beat again (with folk or chopstick).
Add half of the sifted flour into 2 and mix till well combine (with spatula)
Add in fresh milk then the remaining flour and mix till everything well incorporated (with spatula)
Add in chocolate rice and slighty mix (with spatula).
Pour the battle into paper cup to 80% full then top with some chocolate chips.
Bake at 150c for 20-25 minutes or until the skewer inserted into the centre of the muffin comes out clean (nothing stick to the skewer means the muffin are done, if don't have skewer u can use satay stick or tooth pick).

Mini French Cake (Oilless)

2009-09-08T05:22:00.000-07:00

This cake is really an easy and quick to make cake, even the most daunting part - washing was made easy with this oilless recipe. Everything, include washing can be settled within 15minutes while you are pre-heating the oven. If you are as efficient as me, you may still have the time to sit back and relax before sending the batter into the oven :)

The beautiful part of the cake

The ingredients in this cake are also so easily available (don't call your kitchen a kitchen if you can't find them in your kitchen).
There are no chemicals (baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, vanilla essense etc)involved, so a healthy cake from a pharmacist perspective.
This oilless formula can fit the bill of those with hypercholestrolemia (but not those with diabetes, haha).
The batter was easy and quick to be prepared.
Save money on dishwashing liquid (no dishwashing liquid is required, all you have to do is just rinse all the utensils as no oil is used).
Everything was snapped up within matter of minutes, so you know how good it tastes :0)

Recipe for mini french cake

Sieve the mixture of 30g all purpose flour and 15g corn flour.
Whisk 2 egg yolks with 20g sugar until the sugar dissolved.
With electric mixer, whisk 2 egg whites with 20g of sugar until peak.
Fold in the egg white mixture to egg yolk mixture in 3 addition, mix well after each addition.
Add flour mixture into the batter and fold gently until well incorporated.
Pour in muffin cup, cover top with desiccated coconut (optional).
Bake at 180c for 20 minutes.

Orange Chiffon Cake

2009-09-06T18:33:00.001-07:00

I like orange and I like cake, but i don't fancy orange cake. However, i baked this for my mum as she always ask for orange chiffon cake.

The resulting cake was very satisfying, soft, moist and aromatic. It will be perfect if not for the identity crisis that it faces, haha. If I were to bake this again, I will add some orange cordial (sunquick) to enhance it's orange coloration and thus the appearance of this cake.

Orange chiffon for a friend

Orange chiffon cake recipe:

Grate 1 tsp of range rind and sqeeze 5 tbsp of orange juice to make up orange mixture.
Add 5 egg yolks, 150g self-raising floor, 75g sugar, 5 tbsp corn oil and orange mixture in a bowl. Whisk in one direction until smooth and well combined.
Whisk 5 egg whites and 1/2tsp cream of tartar until frothy, than add in 75g sugar in 2 batches and continue whisk until a peak.
Pour yolks mixture into egg whites mixture in 3 batches, after each addition, stir the mixture in one direction until well combined.
Pour in chiffon cake mold and bake at 150c for 35 minutes.
Remove from oven, invert and leave to cool completely before removing from cake tin.

Fasting Month - Ondeh Ondeh

2009-08-22T00:00:00.001-07:00

I remember the first time i did this was in a Kemahiran Hidup class and I was only a form 2 student that time. As a little girl who seldom step into the kitchen (the only culinary skill i had was no other than cooking instant noodle), I was so impressed with this easy made yet wonderfully delicious kuih especially when the gula melaka ooze from the bite.

I always wanted to make the ondeh-ondeh again and today i want to put it into an action, for the first day of the fasting month, eventhough fasting month have nothing to do with me :)

I get the recipe from Terri as i am not gifted with super memory especially after so many years. However, the amount of gula melaka i put into each glutinous rice ball is too little to impress me again. However, the recipe have nothing wrong as I didn't measure the amount of gula melaka. I think i will going to make this again, especially with the leftover glutinous rice flour and gula melaka :)

Dinner again

2009-08-20T21:56:00.000-07:00

Salted vegetable & taufu soupStir fried cauliflower with mixed vegetables

sweet and sour clams. Imagine two of us finish half a kilo of this high cholesterol species.

Chocolate Pancake

2009-08-18T23:09:00.000-07:00

This is a new creation as i am running out of fresh milk. The same pancake recipe is being used but this time fresh milk is being substituted with chocolate milk and an additional 5g of chocolate powder is added into the batter.

H1N1

2009-08-16T22:22:00.000-07:00

The goverment change their decision again (like they always do), now they said give Tamiflu to all risky group with H1N1 symptoms. All doctor can prescribe it, after consult with specialist. In clinic without specialist, the doctor claim they consult with specialist with phone call. No one knows if they really do so.

Is this a good way to control the pandemic? Should Malaysia take more drastic measures to contain the flu (like Mexico) or spend more and more money on giving treatment for all suspected case? What else can we do if the viruses gain resistance to Tamiflu (which suppose to be the last resort of H1n1)?

Sadly, there is one decision never been changed by the goverment -to have a big scale national day celebration end of this month.

Bread Roll

2009-08-15T18:26:00.001-07:00

Always wake up early even on weekend, thanks to my imsonia :(
This is the breakfast on saturday morning. Bread roll with hotdog and egg.

coupled with a cup of chocolate milk. A healthy breadfast?

Recipe of bread roll

Fried hot dog, egg (or whatever u want such as ham, bacon. U can also stuff the bread with cheese but u don't need to fry it before hand :)
Prepare flour mixture: 1 tablespoon floor mix with 1/2 tablespoon water.
Prepare egg mixture: 1 egg mix with pinch of salt, pepper and dried parsley.
Press the bread with rolling pin.
Place the hotdog and egg on 1 end of the bread and roll it. Seal the end with flour mixture.
Dip the bread roll into egg mixture until well coated.
Fry until golden brown and serve.

Funny Dinner

2009-08-14T00:55:00.000-07:00

It's indeed a weird dinner combinationsMixed fruit salad as appetizerMain course being pasta served with garlic bread and fun friesand also the funnist combination in 2009- chrysanthemum tea as dessert Weird but satisfying dinner

Dad's birthday cake

2009-08-10T23:53:00.000-07:00

It is very much a not well planned cake. The result is not so satisfying. Spend a lot of time doin chocholate curls, chocolate cards but all didn't turn well. Haha, too pity my dad having such an ugly cake for his 65th birthday, but he still so happy to have the simple birthday celebration :)

Meiji Amino Collagen Powder

2009-06-30T06:31:00.000-07:00

My skin texture are very bad all these while. Freckles, wrinkles and telengiectasia (enlargement of blood vessel on my face, or spider vein) which re-appear after 2 months of laser (I want my money back!!!) make me very unhappy :(

I decided to try something different. Heard of collagen and it's effectiveness from many friends, so i decided to give it a try.

After much comparisons, i finally bought this

The reasons I buy Meiji Amino Collagen Powder:

1. It have 5000mg of collagen which is our body everyday's need. As compare to Fancl Collagen, capsule form which contains 1500mg in it's daily dosing (6 capsules) and Kinohimitsu J'pan Beauty Drink 2500mg.

2. It is top seller for 3 consecutive years in Japan, as compare to Lotte Collagen, eventhough the later have same amount of active ingredient and is cheaper, but the reputation is not as good as Meiji.

3. The price of 1 month consumption is cheaper than CollagenMAX. CollagenMax is advertised to be taken once every 3 days, in which 1 bottle of it contain 9000mg. My quiry is whether the same amount of collagen will be absorbed everyday (3000mg/day)? Or 9000mg will be absorbed on the day of consumption and no more collagen in our body for the rest of 2 days? And not to mention the reputation and the experience in collagen making (CollagenMax is quite new if not mistaken).

4. Meiji is a very well known and established company with wide variety of products. It also have a share in pharmaceutical and healthcare market (it is a important point to a pharmacist like me,haha). It is now one of the largest producer of antibiotic in the world (see, i have professional knowledge ler). So, I have more confidence in terms of its quality and safety.

Mango Yoghurt Ice-cream

2009-05-20T04:46:00.000-07:00

I really don't know how to take a nice ice-cream photo, in fact I never take good photo due to my poor photo taking technique and my lousy camera ;p

Without ice-cream scooper, my ice-ceam ball is not really a ball. I can't take my time as it get melt. No wonder professional photographer use potato to replace ice-cream when it come to photo taking. I guess i won't have better skill than professional photographer, so i gave up :p. I just use the highest speed to take the photo as well as putting the ice-cream in my mouth.

The ice-cream is so yummy and refreshing. It is wonderful to be taken at these hot days. I will say this is a wholesome ice-cream because it contains yoghurt (which is healthy), with a little bit of sugar (compare to the amount of sugar use in baking), and it use non-daily cream (non-daily cream is healthy right? At least it is healthier than daily cream), and forget about the egg yolks, haha.

Mango Yoghurt Ice-Cream Recipe (adapted from The Kitchen 70's)

Ingredients

A: 300g Mango Yoghurt, 3 egg yolks, 40g sugar

B: 200g non-daily cream

Method

1. Cook ingredients A over double boiler until thick, bring away from heat and leave to cool.

2. Whisk the cream to stiff. Add in mixture A.

3. Store the mixture in freezer and beat every hour for 5 to 6 times.

4. Freeze overnight before serve.

Chocolate Banana Muffin

2009-05-17T06:23:00.001-07:00

I found a lot of new recipes recently. This is the first one i wanted to try because i am looking for temptation from the chocolate-banana combination.
I had to put on halt all the preparing work when i suddenly found something worth remembering. A twins egg, the first one in my baking journey, I nearly scream out of excitement ;p So, of course everything needed to be put aside for a photo session.

The muffin rise higher than expected eventhough the recipe do not call for baking powder. Chocolate Banana Muffin Recipe (adapted from 孟老师的100道小蛋糕)
Banana 70g，Sweetened condensed milk30g, butter 65g，Icing sugar50g，egg yolk 1, cake flour 90g，Chocolate powder 10g，Baking soda 1/8tsp，
1）Crush banana, add in condensed milk
2）Add icing sugar into soften butter and mix.
3）Fold the egg yolk into mixture 2 and mix well.
4）Add 1 into mixture and continue mix
5）Sieve all the powder and stir in the mixture
6）Pour the mixture into muffin cup up to 70% full.
7）180c bake for 25-30min

Sardin Puff on Freaky Friday..

2009-05-15T07:27:00.001-07:00

Yahoo.. after a tiring, mind-testing, super extra exhausting week...I finally manage to survive till today..Friday night. Fuuh...I came back straight from work ...dozed for few hours. Before I realised it, the ntv7 newscaster finished her last sentences, to give way to another boring and idiotic "celebrity karaoke". Yap was sitting beside me, looking extremely in starvation. Haha. Who on earth will cook on Friday nite? (besides those mothers out there, i salute u)

Yap suggest an extrordinary idea...simple, 'good looking', fast and furious meal that can be prepared even quicker than the time I used to finish off this paragraph. A special edition of unhealthy ah-fa dinner
The ingredients?Open your fridge and get whatever leftovers that can be found. But the most important is puff pastry. Stuff it with sardin,(or tuna, or sambal ikan bilis or whatever leftover...) fold it into half, press the side with folk then baked at 190c for 15 minutes.
Eventhough looked small but the portion are indeed really filling de neh. A satisfied dinner again :p. (Do note that the eggs are the leftover after the yolk was used to make brownies yesterday, and the cucumber + lettuces were bought 2 weeks ago)

The hotdogs are optional. Just in case...there are big eater in your house..(like I do)
Sometimes life should have a little bit different ...With a little bit of this... a little bit of that..you can create your own fast food....(and you pay Rm 12++ for this set in any given western restaurant)

Happy Mother's Day

2009-05-12T06:08:00.001-07:00

A cake for mum- wish u a happy mother's day

I feel very bad when i unmould the sponge cake, the height of cake is out of my expectation (it is as short as me). While I was very sad looking at my bake, I burned the almond flakes (as dark as charcoal). The mother's day cake turned out to be very colorful (as like it is for small kids) because the colored chocolate rice is the only thing i could use to substitute the charcoal.Yap gave the idea to use orange, papaya and banana in decorating the cake. I laugh out on his stupid suggestion. I don't think I can get a presentable cake with these fruits. However, I decided at the last minute to use the orange because I ran out of idea (don't want to open a can of peach fruit just for 3 slices), and I think it works well isn't it? I have to admit creativity always start from a stupid idea :p

I use separate egg method for this sponge cake. The original recipe call for 3 eggs but i increased it to 4. The resulting cake was still too short for a 8 inch pan, so i think next time i'll use 6 eggs.

Sponge Cake Recipe (adapted from韋太烹饪教室)

Ingredients

4 eggs, sugar, 80g, flour 80g, corn oil 40g

Methods

1. Whisk egg whites till fluffy, add sugar in 2 batches and continue to whisk until stiff.

2. Add in egg yolks into egg whites mixture, mix with spatula.

3. Sift in flour and mix with spatula until even.

3. Add in corn oil and gently fold in gently until well blended.

4. 180c bake for 25 minutes.

Meal in Boxes

2009-05-08T06:09:00.000-07:00

Today Yap work night shift and I work half day. With less than an hour and all my heart, i prepared this dinner for him. White rice with fried egg, sambal prawn and cabbage with chinese sausage. A dinner meal set would not be complete without a drink. The limited resources figure my way out to made the honey lime juice as the drink of the day.

I think next time I should buy a proper lunch box to give my food a better presentation. But i doubt if there is any lunch box that can fit the amount of food that Yap consume in a meal, haha.

Sausage Bun

2009-05-06T21:21:00.000-07:00

Today is Pahang's public holiday but i still have to wake up early to run the Methadone Clinic. Luckily it's only open for a few hours. I was so hungry while serving the drug addicts and couldn't pay full attention. The first thing while i reach home was rush into my kitchen to prepare this simple but satisfying breakfast. Hmm.. yummy yummy...

At first i wanted to prepare 3 buns, one for me and 2 for Yap, but he said he wanted 3 buns. Haha, don't be surprise, he is really a big eater.

Home Alone

2009-05-01T22:12:00.000-07:00

This is a long weekend and I choose to be home alone. I wake up very late, having all sorts of unhealthy food (maggi, Mc Donald drive-thru) to fill the stomach. My daily activities include reading newspaper, surfing net, watching tv. When i tired, I take a nap (it is actually not a nap but a daytime sleep due to the long duration, haha), wherever i want because the whole house is mine now, wahahaha.

Quite a long time i didn't have the moment like this, shut my mouth for the whole day (except answer to call) without having to worry if i offend anyone, do all sorts of activities without having to use my brain, eat whatever i like without having to consider other's preferance, mess up the house and clean it only if i have the mood to do so, lie on the sofa and pose any 'unelegant' posture without having anyone to eye on me... and i find out, sometimes it is really quite enjoying to be alone :)

終於

2009-05-01T07:13:00.000-07:00

終於可以松一口氣。勞動節萬歲。

嚇了一跳

2009-04-20T07:09:00.000-07:00

拿了老哥的驗血報告 ﹐ 還真的是嚇了一跳 ﹐ 這麼年輕的一個人 ﹐ 尿酸和膽固醇指數怎麼會那麼高。叫大姐轉告哥一些應注意的事項 ﹐ 哥竟說這些事辦齊了他也不用活了。哥啊哥 ﹐ 是時候要好好照顧自己了﹐ 不然真的病倒了可憐的還是你自己。

Cheese Sticks

2009-04-19T06:19:00.000-07:00

I made these cheese sticks few weeks ago to finish the cheese left in the fridge. Some said a baking good is the reflection of the amount of love used by the baker during the baking process, I believe this is very true, my product turn ugly and the taste also not so nice because i am not in the full mood of baking.

無奈

2009-04-05T06:56:00.000-07:00

有些事情不是任何人的錯 ﹐ 一直在擔心它會發生 ﹐ 卻做不了什麼 ﹐因為它始終還是會發生。

A simple breakfast at beach

2009-03-18T18:41:00.000-07:00

Bread stuffed with seafood mayo, tomato and cucumber slices, enveloped with fried egg. Some are stuffed with banana slices, haha, incredible idea.

Honey Cake

2009-03-12T06:04:00.000-07:00

This honey cake is long time in my to-do list, but i always found other more exciting baking than this honey cake when i am looking to bake something. This time actually i am planning for a pandan chiffon cake but found out i had only 4 eggs left (the recipe ask for 5 eggs). I flipped through my recipe book and decided to give this honey cake a try.
The making of honey cake is quite same with chiffon cake. The resulting cake was very nice and soft. Luckily i don't miss this recipe :)

The cake was decorated using the new toy i bought from singapore

Coffee Swirl Man Tau

2009-03-11T06:06:00.000-07:00

Many friends know that I am not a coffee drinker but I think they wouldn't believe I fall into a sleepless night with just a pinch of coffee powder (in making this man tau). Think next time i really have to think twice before I do anything related to coffee :(

2009-03-04T05:49:00.000-08:00

Teriyaki Chicken

2009-03-02T04:53:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday to me

2009-02-27T08:02:00.001-08:00

Eventhough everyone laughed at me when i said i wana bake a cake for my own birthday, i still insist to do it myself as I really couldn't wait for other special occasion to make a cake with cream. Thinking of having a easy cake as my 'virgin cake', I made a black forest cake.

A simple chocolate sponge cake

Get things ready like a professional - revolving cake stand and spatula (such a cute cake stand right?)

The final product. As expected, the cake was not so good looking. The most daunting part must be the shaping of the cake with whipping cream. The piping of decorative swirls was also not easy and i ended up getting ugly and unevenly spaced swirls on the cake. Equally exhausting was the shaving of the chocolate to get beautiful chocolate curls which supposed to be the main decorating ingredient in a black forest cake. I tried so hard and finally i gave up. I could't find any reason but blame the old and blunt vegetable peeler.

Yap said the outer presentation of the cake is better than those sell in Indian bakery shop. Indian? Why? Isn't it ironic?

Kiwi Yoghurt Muffin

2009-02-20T19:30:00.001-08:00

Raisin and chocolate chips scones

2009-02-20T19:30:00.000-08:00

This is a saturday morning and i was craving for breakfast after coming back from methadone clinic. I was in the mood of having some home make breakfast despite being scolded by one of the drug addict. I am sure people like me (who have high EQ, haha) shouln't have the mood spoilt by those unreasonable people.

I decided to bake scone as i miss my baking for so long and need to bake something that is fast and easy. You might think t i had bake this before from what i said. No no, you are wrong, this is my first time but i have confidence to have my breakfast served in half an hour time.

Like what Sze Min said, the preparing is fast, i added in an additional ingredient - chocolate chips to make the scones a little bit differrent from what she did, haha. To hasten the process, i didnt' even measure the amount of milk or beat the egg. When the batter is ready, i realised i haven't prepare the baking paper and also forgot to reserve some egg for glazing. I know you all are going to say that this is the result of being over confidence. Ok, next time I will be more careful. At last i decided to glaze the pre-bake scones with milk since i had milk on hand.

Finally , I still get my breakfast served in half an hour time but the outlook of end products were not so satisfying. I expected a lousy breakfast but the taste of the scones was surprisingly nice and fragrance. It is really weird that i taste banana in the scones, haha. Think next time i am going to bake a banana scones and feel the difference. Besides the scones, i was also having the home planted starfruit bought from the malay uncle in my clinic.

Pancake

2009-02-20T07:58:00.000-08:00

I am suppose to blog this before CNY because this pancake was done with the leftovers egg whites from the CNY cookies. Actually i can't find any pancake recipe with egg whites but i just tried my luck as pancake was the only thing in my mind at that moment.

I was expecting a fairer pancake but surprisingly, the colour turn out to be as brown as the normal pancake.

This recipe is really easy, try it out. You can either use whole egg or make a healthier version of pancake with purely egg white.

Some dishes

2009-02-20T07:01:00.000-08:00

Italian pasta

Traditional hakka boh-chiang

Bitter gourd soup

cheesy pita

sweet and sour chicken

...i am sure you will be so bored seeing the same plate again and again. Hmm... may have to buy more plates, haha

Miracle dessert

2009-01-18T05:00:00.000-08:00

Yap got this recipe from his great-grandmother, she called it Miracle Dessert, and after 50 years, SK II launched its product -Miracle Water, with the name inspired from the dessert.

The dessert has got a weird combination of ingredients that I can never think of - liquorice (gan cao) and orange.

To be sure, it won't be called miracle for nothing, it is tested very useful to moisturize the lung, arrest cough and soothing the throat. I had tried this a few times and it works.

Unlike most of the bitter chinese herbs, it has a heavenly sweet taste. In fact, I am so enjoy drinking this.

No recipe will be posted here. Consideration to sell the recipe could be made for those interested, with reasonable price, haha.

Pumpkin Dessert

2009-01-18T03:26:00.000-08:00

Here is another way to use up the pumpkins Pumpkin dessert, good to serve hot or cold
1. Cut pumpkins into cubes
2. Add the red dates, dried longans and rock sugar into a bowl of water.
3. Bring to boil for about 15 minutes.
4. Add pumpkin cubes and cook until soft.
5. Ready to serve.

Almond Flakes

2009-01-17T01:50:00.001-08:00

Actual batch

Trial batch

I had no plan to bake almond flakes for this chinese new year. But the idea came when i was searching for recipe to use up the 'by-product' left behind from the pineapple tart - the egg whites.

The making of the batter was really fast, it only took me about 15 minutes including preparing of the ingredients. While the most time consuming part was the baking. I could only bake 6 small pieces at a time due to the size of my baking pan. However, the whole process only took about 1 hour.

The trial batch was quite bad-looking, they were too thick with some of the parts burned while others remain pale. However, they taste really nice, so crispy and aromatic. I even range this higher than pineapple tart because it is full of almond (i just can't resist any nutty food).

But i am so sad when it comes to my actual batch. It has more pleasant out-look but the taste is not good. They are not so crispy. Perhaps it was due to the low temperature that i used. Pls, anyone, can you offer yourself to finish my product?

Chinese New Year Cookies (Trial)

2009-01-15T04:06:00.001-08:00

pineapple filling

pineapple tart (tangerine shape)
almond cookies

cornflakes cookies

Pineapple Tart

2009-01-14T05:05:00.000-08:00

Pineapple tart is always the dessert i wanted to make since i started on my baking journey in September last year. Many bloggers have told me that making pineapple tart is not easy, especially if u wana make ur own pineapple jam. It takes a lots of efforts and tones of sweats and time. Not to mention the extra-complicated techniques in moulding the 'pineapple' shape of ur tart. But still, i decided to give it a try before i give up.

Now come the 'excellent' time for me to bake pineapple tart - chinese new year, -the time in a year when we can indulge ourselves with those sinfully sweet and fattening food. I decided to start everything from scratch as many have commented that those commercial pineapple jams available are either too sweet or too dry.

Cutting pineapple is a real challenge for me, not to mention the difficulties in picking correct pineapple for the tarts. I had seen Charles cut the fruit for so long and end up with little flesh (Charles, sorry for sharing ur bitter experience, haha...). But my dogged determination on baking pineapple tart tells me to face the challenge. And after i cut the food, i know that cutting pineapple is not that difficult (sorry, time to show off). The cooking is not that difficult also (again...). The whole process from cutting pineapple to yielding the jam take 1 hour plus, quite a reasonable time. Perhaps it is due to the amount of pineapple (I only use 1 as this is only a trial)

Pizza

2009-01-04T04:39:00.001-08:00

Pizza time everyone? Yeah, i finally baked this type of thin-crust pizza instead of deep pan pizza that normally i used to bake. Thin crust pizza was originated from Italy while deep pan pizza was evolved from thin crust pizza by Americans. Call it second generation pizza? Whatever it is, pizza has been a symbol of westernisation. With the rapid growth of Pizza Hut chains and its rilvary such as Domino pizza, eating pizza has fast becoming one of our cultures.

Although thin crust pizza has not gain much popularity as compare to deep pan pizza, it does have its own unique taste that never fail to make ur mouth watery. I decided to search for the recipe from Italy (through net and translated of course, haha) and with some modifications, I finally produce my own version of pizza. With two type of toppings, 'thousand islands' and 'egg paradise', they could really match up those commercial pizza, if not better ...haha

I like the crust very much and the baking time are shorter than my previous pizza. I am sure I will bake it again and again in future.

The recipe is from Happy Home Baking (italian version.. hehe)

Pumpkin Bread

2008-12-31T20:04:00.000-08:00

I am not sure whether this is a pumpkin season but my kitchen is overloaded with pumpkins given by friends and neighbours. As none of my family member fancy steamed pumpkins ( which is the only thing my mum will do with pumpkins), so I am thinking of other ways to finish the fruit (or vegetable ??).

I remember i came across a recipe from Happy Home Baking of baking pumpkin bread using freshly cooked pumpkin puree. Using the same recipe, I am going to bake my very own pumpkin bread.

While I was eagerly preparing the ingredients for the bread, I realised i didnt have honey with me. Well, I think it is ok to omit it as only 1 tsp is needed (I halfed the recipe), haha, a lousy excuse resulted from my refusal to drag myself out to get it as it was raining. Instead, I added some sugar and milk powder as substitution of honey for it's contribution to the bread's sweetness and moisture.

The crust of the bread was a bit hard, I think i overbaked it as this is the first time I bake my bread at 190c (usually I use 170c). It was also too salty for my liking. The good things is, u can never smell or taste pumpkin from the bread. The only clues is from the beautifully arranged pumpkin seeds on the top of bread, so even Yap (who really don't like pumpkin) also had no problem of having it.

X'mas @ S'pore

2008-12-29T05:20:00.000-08:00

Hi, finally I'm back from my x'mas holiday. A fun but tiring trip. A white x'mas? Nah..not for this year, but a sunny and 'sweet' xmas. (as the theme for this year). It took me 2 hours to plan for the 5 days schedules...catering from shopping, sightseeing, walking.. and walking and walking. :P Well who doesn't know that xmas in S'pore is all about shopping and walking? Took a lot of photos this time eventhough I had been to s'pore countless times before.(thanks to my partner that seemed enjoyed nothing but taking photos..never understand guys)

First and foremost...a must-go place for x'mas in s'pore - Orchard. People say u never been to Spore if u never been to Orchard. Nevertheless, not a favourite place for me but a bit exceptional this year. As the saying goes "the sun will set in Marina Bay and the countdown shall begins in Orchard" ... We reached 6 hour earlier to Orchard (where the 24th Dec countdown was held, as usual), there were already, say, ten million people gathering in this road!! Not to mention the overcrowded restaurants and super-packed shopping megamall. This year's theme was sweet x'mas, therefore, the whole street was filled with candies. (but nothing is free)

Xmas tree is a must for this celebration. I had spotted a few ....

The x'mas tree in Vivo City was awarded (by me) as the king of x'mas tree. I sure looked tiny in photos with this gigantic tree as background. Built from millions of small colourful bulbs soaring up to the sky. Can u spot me in the photos?

The "Most romantic x'mas tree" award goes to Clark Quay's X'mas tree due to its whitish and pinkish lighting. Although not as huge as the earlier in Vivo City, the tree does have its own charm. An eye-catching tree.

The suntec city's one was full with silver balls and reddish decoration (not sure whether they were flowers or simply ribbons). Warning.. u need to queue up to take photos with this tree...haha.

x'mas tree on the way to Raffles City shopping mall. Such an out-dated x'mas tree. Built from ordinary xmas tree decorated with ordinary light bulb with one ordinary couple taking photos with it. :p

Had enough of x'mas tree? Well final one. Not a 'real' tree afterall but it simply caught every passerby' attention.This won the "Most creative x'mas tree" award. It was located near to Lau Pa Sat. Built from man-shaped steel, it withstand the rain and sun. Ever wonder will they tear it down after xmas?

So... that's all for all the award winning xmas tree in Spore... do u have anything to share? post your home xmas tree to me.. and i rate it...haha

Hotdog bun 熱狗包

2008-12-22T02:46:00.000-08:00

Dong zhi 冬至

2008-12-22T01:08:00.000-08:00

This is the 1st yr my nieces dominate the tang yuan making process. I only play my part when it comes to the boiling the tang yuan.

This is the proof how seriously they are shaping their tang yuan. This year, we only had those pre-mixed tang yuan eaten with ground peanut and gula melaka.

Twins happily present their products after paying so much effort. The tang yuan are displayed using their creativity

Asked how they get to know the tang yuan shaping technique, they said they learn from Ah Wang. I was wonder whether Ah Wang is their new little friend but later they notify me that it's the Ah Wang on hong kong series 阿旺新傳。 See, kids do learn things from tv, so keep an eye on tv show they are watching.

As usual, my mum prepares popiah using the way she used to cook this for decades. ;P. Yummy. I have eaten this food since... say, when I start eating solid food. After so many years..this is still my favorite festive food.

Now, it's my turn to give. I have did something unrelated to dong zhi. Dala... a pandan chiffon cake which my mum asked for almost every week. This time i used different recipe as the last pandan chiffon cake was not so satisfying. This recipe by Baking Mum using larger amount of coconut milk compare to the previous one. With the superb mixture of coconut milk and fresh pandan extract, the cake turned out to have very irresistable fragrance. The cake also quite moist and fluffy. Unfortunately, i underbake it, but to my surprise, none of my family member realise and complain about it :)

Its a joyful dong zhi

Trio Wholemeal Loaf

2008-12-16T02:19:00.000-08:00

It all started with an idea of doing something healthy for breakfast, lunch and dinner..And what more healthier than a wholemeal, less sugar, 'oil'less and not to mention low calories but high in protein bread (I never even care actually). It took a little bit of sweat, a little bit of time and a little bit of patience...and 'ting..!!!' my 'masterpiece' was ready. It wasn't that hard actually, in fact, the hardest part is giving the right name to it. Any suggestion? An wholemeal loaf with walnut, raisin and chocolate chips. So I decided to just give 'trio wholemeal loaf' a try.

So far, this is the loaf i like the most as i like the chewy and nutty texture of the loaf. Basically u get all the mouth tastes combined in one chew. I always feel like eating some tidbits when having the bread. The raisin and chocolate chips add some sweetness to the loaf and that is what make the whole bread unique. Final result, the wholemeal loaf less 'dull' than what you normally get from commercial wholemeal loaf.

This recipe use up to 1:1 ratio of bread flour to wholemeal flour. (Don't ask me why because I never understand what the chemical reactions that happen inside.) The proportion of wholemeal may be too high to some people as this mean the resulting loaf will be harder than normal loaf but i really like the texture.

Finally, what I really proud of is that I can keep this bread more than 24 hour... haha, before it turn hard..I mean real hard. In fact, my 'masterpiece' never survive till the third day...with all end up in my stomach...

Hong Kong Egg Tarts 港式蛋撻

2008-12-15T02:45:00.000-08:00

This was my 3rd attempts on making egg tarts. For the first two times, i simply employed the muffin method for my crust where i creamed the butter and sugar till fluffy, then added in egg and flour to form a dough. I'm quite ok with this kind of crust but it's not my mum's cup of tea so she called for a more pastry-like crust.

Egg tarts in my first attempt

Therefore, this time i was using the standard method for the crust where the butter was mixed into the flour-sugar mixture with folks until the mixture resembles course crumbs with pea sizes of butter. Then the egg was mixed in bit by bit to form a dough.

As for the filling, fresh milk was used this time as I ran out of evaporated milk. Subsequently i increased the amount of sugar because fresh milk is less sweet than evaporated milk.

This was the result

The tarts were not well shaped as they were baked in muffin pan. The resulting crust was really a pastry-like crust and the filling was also surprisingly nice. However, there were comments that the filling tasted a bit bitter but i didn't really feel it. This might be due to the sugar which was not completely melted as the water i used was not really hot enough. I think making more egg tarts can make me figure out a solution for this.

Outing 郊游

2008-12-14T04:53:00.000-08:00

This is a hot and shinny day. A perfect day for outing. We are having a 'picnic' day without food
such a windy day, even kids can play kite very well

babies turtle crawling on the beach

Japanese Black Pearl Cake 日本黑珍珠蛋糕

2008-12-14T01:23:00.000-08:00

I was still hesitating whether to make tis cake tis morning while i was mopping the floor.Get this recipe from aunty yochana, however, it seems like all the followers fail to make this cake, and even aunty yochana herself make tis cake without egg yolks. will it be sucessful?or should i juz play safe and make a cheedar cheese cake?After much consideration, i'm still decided to be adventurous, be it sucess or fail cuz tis is a golden opportunity for me to make such a chocolate rich cake as yap and twins all around, otherwise, it is very hard for me to find 'victim' to finish tis cake as none of my family members are choco-lover, includes me.

I used 6 egg yolks and 6 egg white regardless of the weight from the recipe cuz i didn't want to waste my ingredient. The cake was grow too high and nearly touch the heating element, so i covered the top with aluminium foil. The baking temperature was change to 160c to suit my small oven. The cake was well baked at 30 mins.

The result was so satisfying. I tot the outcome will be a brownies-like cake, something moist and dense. But the cake turned out so soft, light and fluffy, but still very moist, have a very chololatey taste as described. The cake's colour was very dark as the name implies. Yap rate it as 10/10. Twins like it too. Yeah, what a success! Think it will be a cake for all choco-lover.

花 花 宇 宙 fa'ntasy

I have a dream!!!

爱的鼓励

不如归去

我要去纽西兰！！！

中秋快乐！！！

变成一只狗

船员

出状况

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Home Alone

終 於

嚇 了 一 跳

Cheese Sticks

無 奈

A simple breakfast at beach

Honey Cake

Coffee Swirl Man Tau

Teriyaki Chicken

Happy birthday to me

Kiwi Yoghurt Muffin

Raisin and chocolate chips scones

Pancake

Some dishes

Miracle dessert

Pumpkin Dessert

Almond Flakes

Chinese New Year Cookies (Trial)

Pineapple Tart

Pizza

Pumpkin Bread

X'mas @ S'pore

Hotdog bun 熱 狗 包

Dong zhi 冬 至

Trio Wholemeal Loaf

Hong Kong Egg Tarts 港 式 蛋 撻

Outing 郊游

Japanese Black Pearl Cake 日 本 黑 珍 珠 蛋 糕

花花宇宙 fa'ntasy

終於

嚇了一跳

無奈

Hotdog bun 熱狗包

Dong zhi 冬至

Hong Kong Egg Tarts 港式蛋撻

Japanese Black Pearl Cake 日本黑珍珠蛋糕