Photo explosion. To make up for the long absence.

Ok, remember the post about my sis's birthday, well this is part of the continuation. The later pictures are some of my baking mania. So, please do sit back, relax and oh, do remember to tie a napkin around your neck, pictures may cause excessive salivation. XD


After Chrissie's birthday dinner in Brotzeit, we walked around Mid Valley in search of the perfect dessert. After the heavy meat fest, something sweet to cleanse our palate was the perfect ending for the happy celebration. We had wanted to try Chili's famous Molten Chocolate cake but fate seem to toy with us. Or with me to be exact, because up until now, I have not tried it.

So we decided to try something different, we went to JENG JENG JENG...

ALEXIS!!!

We ordered renowned Tiramisu and Banofee pie. Correct me if I'm mistaken but I think Banofee is actually banana, and toffee. =)

Banofee pie!

The famous tiramisu with straberry sauce.
(The birthday gal thought it was chili sauce.)


Little cubes of sugar which I find so absolutely fascinating. =0
In a way, it made me feel very sophisticated, like in those Audrey Hepburn movies, you know, a cup of tea with 2 cubes of sugar please.

I could not resist, I had to eat one.

Not the whole thing though, just chewed at the sides. =)

3 jungle girls, easily fascinated.

My bored youngest sister and I.

Just because I look thin here. Teehee.

Same.

And now presenting, Baking Mania!!!

CONTESTANT NO.1

CONTESTANT NO.2

I really outdid myself that day. I baked 2 chocolate cakes and made apple crumble.
One of the cake was for Pip's birthday. =)

Mum asked me to do something with her many-months-old apples lying at the bottom of the refrigerator.


What better option than to make apple crumble? Simple and delicious.

Almond center chocolate coated chocolate cake. (Just to make it sound fancy.)

Nice looking glaze ain't it? =D

Enjoy!

Might make pear crumble next as there are lots of pears in the fridge now.

Check it out yo!

The grand young lady in Brotzeit.

PORK FEAST! BEWARE!!!


This is a long overdue post, a post about my third sister's birthday! She turned 18 on the 1st of October! =)

As usual, she has the most cakes on her birthday. I baked a chocolate cake and dad decided that we would celebrate her birthday there and then. Though it was meant to be a joke, we did sing a birthday song for her.

It was Trixie's idea to surprise her with a dinner in Brotzeit. Brotzeit, a German beer bar and restaurant located in Mid Valley serves a very wide range of you guessed it, PORK!

Ranging from the pork knuckle, sausages so stuffed and large it made you full just by looking at them.
The first bite into the succulent and thick sausage had me overcome with emotion as I was swept away by a wave of juiciness and aromatic garlic flavor of the garlic sausage, the tender meat that fell of the bone of the rib, bacon slices with layers of fat and meat at equal ratio, thick and juicy, the big chunks of meat from the pork knuckle with 2 side dishes of saurkraut and potato salad.

Let's just say, I couldn't look at another pork dish for a week. =D

Before the food arrived, we were served some good authentic German beer, but, as I am more of a wine/liquor drinker, I found the 4 different types of beer the same. I did notice the different taste but all left me feeling slightly ill as I do not like the taste of beer.

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Devil's chocolate cake and a celebration.

My church has been standing strong for 30 years now. We had a celebration lunch in Min Kok. Food was ok, but the company was nice. We had an 8 course lunch.

Some fish served in thai style sauce.

Rice steamed in lotus leaf.

The four seasons. I think.

Made a two layer chocolate cake. Complete with a chocolate coating. Chris helped me a lot. Don't think I could have managed without her.

If you asked me, this taste exactly like American Chocolate cake. Surprisingly, I used some cheap baking chocolate as the coating. The cocoa powder used is Hershey. Super duper expensive. But it is delicious! Yummeh!






Sorry for the bad quality. Left the huge and expensive camera back in KL.

My mum found my necklace and rings. Ahahhaaha. Thought it was gone forever. =)

More updates, I hope.

A long needed post.

Sorry for the long hiatus, AGAIN.

There is an addition to the family in Taylor's lakeside campus. Ducks and lots and lots of geese.


The art of using anything or anyone in this case as a canvas. Model in this picture is Jamine Joesph who was kind enough to allow me to put my work on her hand.


Looking at her bone structure, she has tiny hands. I mean bones. My wrists looks like a man's next to hers.

Went all the way to KLCC to do my assignment, at the same time, tried the macaroons from Harrods. I've got to say, the chocolate ones are the best, thick and chocolaty. I've tried quite a few macaroons from all over but so far, Harrod's chocolate macaroons are the best.

By the way, did I mention that my oven is fixed? =D

More baking to come soon. Might either attempt to make macaroons again or just stick to making cinnamon buns. It's been quite a while since I've baked something substantial.

As usual, I need to brush up on my grammar and spelling and sentence structure.

I will be back. =)