Eat Out

Collection of dishes we had this year...

Somewhere in Kedah. Highly recommended!

Nasi Goreng Udang. Look at the size! RM12

Sushi King. First visit for me & the kids.

Soba, tempura & fish/rice set.

Nice!

Lutfi doing his own thing....

Jasmin actually likes sushi...

Near hubby's work place, Bukit Jalil.
Unfortunately, no pics of the dishes.

Nasi Ganja at Vanggey, Ipoh.

The 'ganja' substance, some sort like sambal.
How the dish got its name.

Wedding cake 2

I reordered a wedding cake from Lovelycakes for my auntie in June. Previously I ordered for my brother's wedding in Sept (post here). Why I reordered is because I'm satisfied with her work, her cakes are tasty and she is easy to deal with.

This time I ordered a simple design with fresh flowers. I like!!! I just chose and referred to one of her previous designs. This design is usually done on fondant finishing but I requested her to do it with fresh cream (I wanted every bit of the cake to be edible, no one eats fondant!).

2 tier sponge cake with red flowers. So romantic!

Really really like the blooming red roses.

In her previous design, the pearl was silver. I requested gold to
represent my auntie who is in her 50s (gold=50 years, right?)

The base (on loan) to make the cake looks taller.





My lovely aunt with her nieces.



My aunt and her husband.
Semoga bahagia hingga ke
akhir hayat.

Update on interior decor

As of today. Actually, not that much... Haha!

Taken from dining table angle.

From the drawer with lights on.

The venetian mirror paired with the flower arrangement.

The 4 hydrangeas bought at Metrojaya sale @ RM5 each.

3 stalks of lily bought at SSF @ RM20 each

And daun 'lidah buaya' for RM1 each.

New addition is only the flowers. 

 

From the TV angle.

From the sofa angle.

Flowers and Pots

I bought 2 small pots for RM5 (reject items) in Ipoh on our way back from Perlis to Bangi. Also hanged purple flower for RM10. I personally think it was a bargain. Other things I surveyed:

• small water features_starts from RM250
• 'tempayan'_starts from RM120

I was spoilt for choice. All were pretty!

This was 1 size up from the size that I bought.

The 1 size down. RM5 for 2 pots!

This actually looks so sweet real life.
No cost for the flowers, it was given.

 

I chose dark purple

Ahhh...So sweet...

Feeling inspired

I was on leave on Friday, 11 October to prepare for birthday celebration at Kasyif's school but it was postponed to the end of the month. Didn't want to cancel the leave, I planned to run long due errands: review Jasmin's personal development file at school, submit relevant documents for Kasyif's Standard 1 registration, get a foot reflexology at Econsave and Mayfair treatment (which I had to cancel because I just got my period). Got side tracked: Ariani and went to the bank and find out about mortgage refinancing for hubby.

3 of 5 tudungs bought at Ariani. Heh...

I planned to make homemade snacks for our journey to Perlis for Hari Raya Haji break. I shopped for the groceries at Econsave after I had my foot massaged such as fruits, beef patties for burgers, air kotak and jajan. I love to prepare food or clothes for a journey but now that I'm working, my helper is the one who does it now.

I made the Marie Biscuit Chocolate Cake aka Kek Batik to try out my colleague's recipe. I like her version because the sweetness is just nice. I also made 'Subway' style sandwich with crabstick mix as the filling.


The no-bake-cake done to be chilled in the fridge.

 

Cut into bite sized cubes

Apart from crabstick, I also use the beef patty cut lengthways as filling.

2 type of fillings: crabstick & beef patty.

 

Done. Ready to cut and go

 

Chicken pie & frozen puff pastry

 

Made this when my husband went to PD for a workshop for 3 days early October. It was on a Sunday so I was trying to entertain the kids when their father was away.

 

Bought the frozen puff pastry from Yummie Bakery about RM12. I've been wanting to try and use the frozen pastry as it would make life easier whenever I want to bake a pie. I do have a good recipe for pie crust but I just want to give this a try.

 

The frozen pastry

 

Frying the chicken and celery.

Later add carrots, potatoes, cream or milk and season to taste.

I think this is a medium size cupcake casing used to line the pie

I fully utilized the pastry i.e. I rolled any remnants without leaving anything to waste. The kids helped out with the filling and trimmings. I learnt that you can't really reuse or roll the pastry again because the pastry will shrink when baked. Thus the pastry is to be used as is.

Jasmin is sealing the pie using a fork.

3 bigger size pies decorated by me.



The pies already out of the oven.



It browned but the base was not really crisp and looked like undercooked.

The lattice deco once baked.

Looks yummy!

Will need to improve on the filling and to add mushroom in the recipe. The downside of the frozen pastry is I find it salty. Hope I will not give up to master the dish!

 

Le Pliage & me

Love Le Pliage...

Le Pliage Cuir in blue