Friday, April 10, 2009

Surprise



I'm really suprised today when i visited FOODbuzz, as my cashew nut slices picture was being feature under daily special today. Elated! ;P

Thanks FOODbuzz team!

Oh yes, btw, for this recipe, please refer to my bon appetite blog.






Thursday, April 9, 2009

Who is more stress?


WHO IS MORE STRESS?
YOU OR THE FISH?

Monday, April 6, 2009

Join my blogging train...

Today i managed to embark another friend to join my blogging train wagon. So i would have another blog to visit and that is DDneo's blog. She's just started her blog today and for a start, you can find so many different style of cooking crabs -OO.....yummy. Although there's no picture to the crab recipe yet, but trust me, visit often and you may just find surprises for she's will be embarking on preparing these crabs delicacies and would probably snap the photograph to share real soon. For another thing, as her hobbies is golfing and diving, so you may also expect pictures of the underwater world. So stay tune at DDneo's blog.

Sunday, April 5, 2009

New update

STsn had asked me, how often do i update my blog, frankly, i never observed. I update whenever i feel like it or whenever i have something to show. I'm such a lazy bum. lolz. I guessed i needs alot of motivation to update my blog daily. Obviously, i can't make a living out of it. And that's probably the reason why i don't have any advertisement bar in my blog. Well, i should say, even if i do, not many visit my blog and i would probably died before i could even see the cheque reaching me. Lolz. Anyway, if one day, should i decide to put up the advertisement bar, please don't forget to click whenever you visit. And btw, if you do visit any other blog with advertisement bar, please CLICK CLICK CLICK as many time as possible. It's a good deed. lolz.




Make this last week. Ayam pongteh - a nonya dish. Although the picture don't look appetizing, but i could assure you that this dish is pretty tasty.


And i have been crazy over this indian bread call CHAPATTI. OO........ yummy.


You just need to pan fried it, no oil is needed for the frying. After which, you can eat it with whatever fillings you like. Or even dip it in curry. The texture is crispy yet not oily at all. I have make this as a snack a couple of time already. My filling is ham, dice tomato and cheddar cheese melt. Oops! sorry no picture because i was too busy dugging into it while it is still hot from the wok. Haha.....


This is my winning from an instant lucky dip when i bought some health supplement from GNC. Yes, yes this item is from OSIM. I don't know how is GNC related to OSIM. But i was given this coupon to the instant dip in OSIM. According to the sales representative, this weigher cost $99.
Not a bad win afterall.


I make this this morning for brunch. Heehee..... yes, brunch because we are heading somewhere else in the early afternoon.

Do you like this view?


Or you prefer this?

Or this?

Haha.... i like them all. Therefore a collage is done.

As i never like frozen peas, i have replaced the frozen peas normally use in fried rice with red and green pepper and carrots which is a healthier choice.

My attempt to do the egg crepe is not very successful. I know the egg is not well beaten and i have make it too thick. I guessed, i still needs lots of practices. Anyway, just to share the trick:

To make this egg wrapped fried rice, you need:

Ingredients: (good for 2 crepe)

3 eggs
Pinch of pepper
Pinch of salt

Utensils:

a shallow bowl
a non-stick frying pan (circumference must double the circumference of bowl)


Method:
Beat egg well with salt and pepper
Heat up frying pan
Pour well beaten egg into pan, twist and turn pan so that egg is spread thinly and evenly round pan.
When egg crepe is set, slide it on the shallow bowl
Put pre-fried rice into it, wrapped up
Overturn onto a plate, slit open the crepe and serve.

Oh, for my version of fried rice, please refer to my recipe cabinet - bon appetite

Saturday, March 28, 2009

Recent activities

Have not been updating my blog. Well, i have nothing to show off unlike luxuryhaven who have won so many awards and have so many readers. Lolz.

Anyway, just a little update on my recent activities.

I've make this little tote bag out of left over yarn from many years back.

Isn't this cute?

A close up

The base


Well, at least i have make something useful. I carry this tote bag to the supermarket whereby i put a pack of tissue paper, my house keys, my handphone and my wallet.





Make this glutinous rice and mould it into a heart shape just for presentation purpose only. Haha, anything heart shape would looks lovely, isn't it?


On the same day, i also make this yam (taro) cake.

Cut up. Look at the generous ingredients that i have added - dried shrimp, pork and mushroom.
I have top it with crispy fried shallot too. As i have forgotten to get the spring onion and chillies, so there's no garnishing. However, it still taste wonderful without the garnishing although i must admit that there's a lack of color which is my greatest mistake when come to food presentations.
Talking about food presentations, i have make this peanut dainties too. The recipe is available in my bon appetite blog. Well, as i reviewed my recipe folder slide show, i noticed that many of my food pictures are very badly done back then. As i was a lousy photographer armed with a lousy camera back then, (i'm still a lousy photographer now even though i have just bought a new camera not too long ago), many of the food pictures were badly done which is such a disservice to the many wonderful recipe shared. As i blog along, i have gained some experience on food presentations, i very much wanted to revamp the pictures which was badly taken back then. Well, today i make the 1st move by revamping my peanut dainties which melts in the mouth.


Comparatively, these pictures looks so much better than my last pictures done a couple of years back.













Mmmm......... i'm still very much into this rainbow thing. It's a pity that i missed this beautiful rainbow a couple of weeks back. I abstracted these 2 pictures from other blog and present it here for my own safe keeping. These pictures were so well taken and it's will be such a waste not to share it. Hopefully, when the next miracle like this happened, i will be able to take such professional photos too.......


Saturday, March 21, 2009

RAINBOW CONNECTION

What am i doing? Painting? Playing tic tac toe? Of course not. This is actually the preparation for making the Nonya Kueh Lapis - my nephew's favourite. I have done this many times but was not able to get an even multi-layer each time i make this. Till i recently saw this food recommendation on Nonya food that give me this idea of getting a proportionate same thickness layer. Of course, my sifu also gives me a tips - she said to weigh the total mixture, after that divide it into 9 portion as the Chinese name of this Nonya cake is called JIU CHEN GAO literally 9 layer cake.







Isn't this beautiful?




A close up



Doesn't this look like a rainbow?




After making this kueh, i still have some balance coconut milk. I didn't want to waste it as coconut milk can't keep long, even when leave inside the fridge. As such, i came out with my version of Steam Rainbow Marble Cake.




Athough this is a simple cake, but it taste heavenly especially when it is just fresh from the steamer.

Thursday, March 19, 2009

I know my friend is a shopaholic because

I know of this friend of mine who is a real shopaholic because by visiting her blog luxuryhaven, you would be wondering where the hell did she get so much information on SALES.


Another clue is that when i found this cute icon from cool buddy
and dedicate specially to her, haha.., she gladly accepted it and used it as her profile picture in her blog.


There's once when she went oversea, she saw this really cute hello kitty luggage bag, she bought it without any hesitation. Knowing that she's such a hello kitty craze, it isn't surprise that she got it but then guess what? She didn't want to come back with an empty luggage bag, therefore, again, she went on a shopping spree just to fill this newly bought hello kitty luggage.


Well, i'm writing this post because i want to win the preview screening ticket to the cinema show "CONFESSIONS OF A SHOPAHOLIC" so that i could compare which is more shopaholic, my friend or Isla Fisher? Otherwise i will have to wait a couple of days more before i could "Catch Confessions of a Shopaholic on 26 March!"