| Saturday, October 29, 2005 |
Let me show you something different from the typical 'tau sar pheah' you normally buy from Penang. This is different! As much as i love the original 'tau sar pheah', i think the new-face pandan flavour 'tau sar pheah' is very nice. Even better than the original one.
According to my mama, there are also other flavours like cappucino, chocolate and bla bla but i haven try them yet coz my mama didnt buy back from Penang. So if you happen to go Penang, please get me a box of the Pandan flavour 'tau sar pheah' also coz i finished mine at home already! *so sad* |
In case you do not understand what 'Siew Lai Lai' means, let me give you a simple lesson here. 'Siew Lai Lai' in cantonese means a rich man's wife; it means marrying a rich man and live in a big house with maids serving you and your daily activities would be shopping and dining in nice restaurant, travelling around the world and playing 'Mahjong' with fellow 'Siew Lai Lai', do hair in saloons. Sounds happy right but this is not fairytale so wake up! hahhaa.. Anyway, back to the point. Alright, this entry is about a shop named 'Siew Lai Lai' in Bukit Tinggi. What a funny name right? Yup...and wonder what they got over there? They have a variety of food. Well, how should i properly regard them *mmm mmm*? You know, those lil lil food like egg tarts, 'siew pao', 'lou poh peng' n the list goes on. Anyway, i only tried the 'lou poh peng' --> means Wife Cake! hahhaa... the infamous Wife Cake you heard over the media and i think most probably originated from HongKong? Have you watch the Hongkong TVB drama series...about this guy who suddenly became retard but loves his wife sooo dearly and he created this 'Wife Cake'? and yes, this is the cake!
Overall, both the 'cakes' are nice. Really! Its not too sweet and the size is just nice for you to have another piece. Probably, you should try oso....Heard that the egg tarts are good, according to Ms Sweesan...right?
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| Friday, October 28, 2005 |
2nd cupcake attempt.. i ran out of chocolates.. and merely 200g of cream cheese.. so... i made.. carrot cupcakes instead.. :P
here's the recipe.. 3 Cups peeled grated carrots, ends removed (1 lb.) 2 Cups all purpose flour 1 tsp. cinnamon 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 4 large eggs 2 Cups granulated white sugar 3/4 Cup vegetable oil 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 1 Cup chopped nuts or raisins (optional) Frosting: 1/3 Cup cream cheese 1/4 Cup butter (1/2 stick) 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract 2 Cups powdered sugar i reduced the amount of sugar to 50% ...
Preheat oven to 325°. Line muffin tins with paper cupcake cups. Peel carrots, chop off ends, and grate finely, which is easiest using a food processor. Sift flour, cinnamon, salt, baking soda and baking powder together, set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat eggs until well blended. Add sugar, oil, carrots, and pure vanilla extract, mix well at medium speed. Add flour mixture and nuts or raisins (if desired). Blend on low speed until just mixed, spoon into cupcake cups, about 3/4 full. Place the pans in the preheated oven, bake for 12 minutes. Switch the pans so the pan from the lower rack is now on the upper rack, and bake for 12 more minutes. Check for doneness–cupcakes should be browned and springy to the touch. Let cool completely before frosting. To prepare frosting: let cream cheese and butter come to room temperature. Blend thoroughly with pure vanilla extract, then beat in the powdered sugar at low speed. Add food coloring if desired; it gives the frosting a nice spreading consistency. If you don’t use food coloring, add a drizzle of milk to make the frosting spread more easily if desired. Yield: 24 cupcakes. i made 28
ok.. i didnt add any nuts or raisins cause i couldnt find any.. so i just left it with grated carrots.. i ddint add much sugar so it wasnt that SWEET.. this time the cake rise.. and yeah.. the texture's quite dense.. but the creamcheese frosting probably went alil bit.. wet.. maybe i dint add enough icing sugar.. yeah... this cupcakes cute..!! ahhaha ciao peeps xoxo |
at Manhattan Fish Market! we went to the one in sunway pyramid it was my first time dining out in MFM anyway.. haha it's a family seafood restaurant offering casual western and continental ocean cuisine.. so.. we order some stuffs tho... they had a new dish... called Popcorn shrimps.  well this popcorn shrimp is really alot !! and the sauce was nice.. em.. it's nice.. but er.. the shrimps cut into small small pieces.. then we ordered Garlic Butter Mussels as appetizer  this was reccomended by ling.. cause she ate before and she said it was nice.. yeah.. quite good.. the sauce was buttery and nice... but the bread.. yucks... it's hard... and if the dish was a lil hotter.. it'd be great.. i've eaten the mussel clams in Osaka (japanese restaurant) and that's nicer.. my opinion lah.. then i ordered the Manhattan Favourites Grilled Norwegian King Salmon  with chips.. yeah.. hahaha... should have ordered the rice cause after i ordered chips.. ling said the rice is nice.. but anyway.. nvm.. the salmon's nice.. the sauce not bad too .. tasted a lil bit like the garlic butter mussels sauce.. but the amout of sauce wasn't enough.. (yeah .. for a person that can eat 2 bowls of dahl along maggi goreng. i think the sauce they gave me wasn't enough... ) then ling ordered.. super-sinful Sweet Alabama Smoothie  that's chocolate vanilla and peanut butter smoothie... *gosh* !!!!! and .. OI !!! LING !!!! why la the pic ... got ..... censored leh .!!!!! but this drink .. has more peanut butter taste.. anyway... i still have yet to try alot of dishes in Manhattan Fish Market so.. i'll still go again.. ahah |
| Wednesday, October 26, 2005 |
i made my dogs wheat cheese garlic biscuits remember i said about the funny mould i found ?? aha.. surely in use
cheers |
is the title tempting u ?? haha.. so.. my class got canceled today.. and i had to wait like alot more hours till my next class starts .. so i decided to just .. go back... went for lunch with miss yeemei and then bought some ingredients.. and went back
so.. yeah.. i wanted to make a green tea cheesecake
so i thought.. why not live it up with some filling.. red bean maybe
i found these really cute measuring cups while i was looking for moulds in my kitchen..
i found alot more stuffs.. that i didnt know existed in the kithen.. like... halloween pumpkin mould... pig mould.. gingerman mould... and there's 2 of these... 1 in transparent.. 1 in yellow... ok.. so i think i'll post the recipe up tomorrow if u guys wan...
it doesnt have the cake texture ... ah.. i dont know how to explain it ... ok so.. after that .. i cut the cake in the middle ... and put in some redbean creamcheese mixture ... and then just leave it in the frige .. then... yeah... the redbean filling ddint quite stay solid.. it was a bit soft ... maybe because the cake was heavy.. the filling kinda like .. flow out...
i need testers..... right.. yeemei ? mel? ling? come my house.. ahahha |
since yeemei posted her first omelette... and seems quite yummy too i might as well post up mine as well.. ahahaha actually i kinda make her cook omelette... ahahha evil..
anyway..
i sliced up some sausages, button mushrooms (my fave fave fave) and ham.. and some cheddar cheese.. i cook them first just to make sure they're cook .. ahaha i'm thinking of doing the omelette like tamago.. but with fillings ... so i added milk n sugar n a lil salt in the eggs..
em.. the eggs wasnt folded like the tamago.. because i used only 2 eggs ... for me alone.. and there were quite alot of fillings.. but yeah... u can't go wrong with eggs... omelette topped with a lil mayo n thousand island... tada... yummy breakfast to start the day .. and then yesterday...
i made this ..
sinful huh ?? |
