Birthday Wishlist 2009~

Right.. I nearly forgot to list my birthday wish list of 2009.. :P

Fret not, here you go... and you still have 15 days to go get it for me... ^_^

I still did not get my big size pooh bear from last year... :(

Like I said, I want a big size huggable Pooh bear please.. and not out of shape looking Pooh bear also.. Imma afraid I'll get nightmare hugging an out-of-shape bear -____-

A new toy: Fujiflim Instax Mini 7 Instant Camera...

nah, change my mind, I want Fujiflim Instax Mini 25 instead.. similar, but slimmer and better ;)

Either you get it fot me or im gettin it once my bank resumes to have some cash inside T__T

PUPPY!!!

now what breed is this? Shiztsu? Maltese? I think its a Maltese.. Oh well, either this 2 breeds of dog are my fav.. dont mind the color.. but preferbly female... :)

or if you have other breeds to spare me, here is my -i-dont-mind-list:
Beagel
Terrier
Miniature Schnauzer
English Cocker Spaniel
Golden Retriever
Poddle
Bulldog (- oh yeah..)

Fyi, I may not be a pro at dog stuff, but I know how to feed, bathe, groom, train and definately play with them.. Ask Coco!! She loves me!

otherwise... I would love to own a drawf bunny! short ears.. mini.. cuteness ^_^


So.. I've made my list short this year.. I think I've got/ I'll get myself the rest..

Anyway.. with only an average of 3 readers a day(2 of them happen to stumble to my blog via google search, normally coca-cola and look out point ampang), who's readin? (and getting me what I want?)

Happy MoonCake Festival!!

:D

I played with candles and lanterns...

by myself.. :P

Even light up those halloween lanterns I bought last year, which has been hanging in the garden for the whole year! :D

I accidently burnt daddy's pvc pipe that he uses for cleaning the home's water filter system.. T_T

long story.. dont want tell you..

watching the un-full moon alone in the porch.. yea la.. I made my own "festival" earlier cos I gotta fly to Seoul on the actual date.. -____-

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I also made mooncakes!!! :D

Snowskin mooncake to be exact.. cos its easier to make :P

So here's the ingredients:

220gm of cooked gluticious rice flour (kor fun)

mine was bought pre cooked from the bakery specialist shop..

60gms unsalted butter or shortening...

cooled syrup,

pre boiled with 350ml water, 2 pcs of pandan leaves, and 190gms of sugar..

colorings!

fillings

I bought mine Tiramisu.. you can choose your own fillings, red bean, lotus paste.. durian.. emm.. yumm...

So, put the flour into the blender, and put in chunks of butter:

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pour in syrup, which I've mixed with a little colorings...

Blend...

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till it becomes a sticky dough..

spread some kor flour onto the board..

so that the mixed dough will not stick onto the board...

moulds

available in bakery supplies shops

rolling pin.. flour it a little too. so the dough wont stick on when you roll. ^_^

divide dough to a 80grm size. Round up the dough and flatten it using a rolling pin or a flat surface clean bottle..

cut up the fillings into 70grms

and put it liddis. ..

Wrap up the dough...

and roll it up liddis....

roll...

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flour up the mould too.. spread some flour in it and pat it out again..

put in the rolled up dough and press it firm.

taadah!!!

We have a Mooncake! :D

Now to make the smaller one,

dough 30grm, fillings 25grms... (approximately/depends on your mould)

Roll it up like the big one..

and press it firm into the floured mould..

maciam ini..

taadah!!

another mini mooncake!! :D


Serving suggestions:

in a mini serving plate....

or heck... just serve like that..

last piece..

dont forget to press it firm.. so the patterns are printed onto the cake... but not too hard or else the fillings will come out..

oh lala~

ok i know mine wasnt as perfect as those cormercial ones.. but hey! they are professional chefs!!

im just an amateur... :(

but im not giving up.. if im still "hot" by the time im back this trip.. imma gonna perfect my skills.. ;)

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the part where I HATE most after making something, or baking or cooking is..

THE MESS AND THE WASHING T____T

Tomato - Week 1

Its Cherry Tomato... all the way from Korea!! lol! :D

Stew Siham

Was groceries shopping with mummy last weekend and passed my a bunch of siham (what is siham in english? shell? what shell?) feeling hungry.. i managed to paster mummy to buy some, while i offered to cook... ;)

I remembered during college days, the groceries shop downstairs of my flat, uncle used to sell lots of siham.. very cheap also.. like RM1 a big big packet..

Then we will just boil it with lemongrass (to remove the smell) and eat with chilli-soy sauce mixture..

-finger lickin' good-

Then one day, Nina, from sarawak, came over to visit and offer to cook her mum's dish.. stewed siham.. It was sooooo delicious I got the recipe from her. I kept it in my "special" recipe book and decided today is the day to try it. :D

Ingredients:

1 Big onions, sliced. 2 cloves of garlic, chopped. and 2 Small onions, chopped.

A stick of lemongrass, chopped into a few smaller pieces. 1 chilly, cut and cleaned (i remove te seed as well cos I dint want it to be too hot) . 1 ginger/yellow ginger(kunyit), cut into strips. 5 tbsp of Oyster sauce (more if not tasty enough), 5 tbsp of Dark Soy sauce, oil, sugar, salt, a shake of pepper, ajinomoto(msg, or optional if u opt for no msg food) water(depending in the amount of siham you're cooking), and of course, Siham

Make sure washed the siham off its dirt first.. soak for a while in water and use a brush to brush away those soil. Especially the "folding" part of the shells...

I have limited pictures.. cos I was busy cooking.. and nobody help me to snap pictures... :(

I snapped the pre-cook pot.. and thats my "recipe" book on top of the wok :P

~So, heat up some oil, and fry garlic, chilly, lemongrass, ginger, small onions until a little brown.
~Add in Siham and put in water, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce, sugar, salt, pepper.
~Cover the put and let it boil.
~Put in Big Onions
~Serve!

See! so simple.. and delicious.

try it!!! :D

Look Out Point Ampang

Remember 2 Hari Rayas ago I went to a look out point which I hd no idea which part in KL cos I dosed off during the journey? Well, boyfriend brought me there again a FEW months ago..

Well, compared to 2 years ago.. look out point definately have changed.. From 2 restaurants available, now there were atleast 5 cafes opened. The middle east cuisine wasnt there anymore (i think) and we have to pay RM2 for parking down the hill and an additional RM3 for parking higher up, which was for the jockey's fee..

So, environment had totally changed.. totally not going there again.. :(

Anyway.. pictures.. we planned to watch sunset there and dinner. but the sky was so hazy... hmm..

boyfriend feeling dissapointed... lol

me....

we decided to sit in Gasoline.. since I've been to their main cafe in Pandan Indah and it wasnt bad...

food I ordered..

Fried Calamari and Ice blended coffee with coffee jelly..

-yuk-

dont order..

their calamari wasnt fried well enough.. and their coffee sucks.. >.<

but order ady.. must eat lor..

Boyfriend kept taking my picture..

Its like the whole process of me eating a piece of calamari

opps the squid came out..

ergh.. chewy...

tulan ady.. cos boyfriend kept snapping..

so, he snapped his ownself pulak... -___-

this kitty kept looking at me munching my squid..

sunset...

see, so hazy...

milking her own kitty..

ah.. lights are up..

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we decided to go other place for dinner...

and boyfriend brought me to a steamboat restaurant in Jalan Peel ( outlets near carefour)

the special thing about this steamboat is.. the "soup" are porridge. Pumpkin porridge to be exact.

see...

yummeh...

this is their special meatball.. there's minced meat inside..

not a easy job lor.. how they do it ar?

very chewy.. :P

the blogs end with me pic enjoying tasty steamboat.. :)