Thursday, April 30, 2009

At Cake Connection Jaya One

30 April ,took replacement off & enrolled myself for cupcake deco.
at Cake Connection. TQ Cuma for being my "chauffeur"


The class was a good fun & lucky everyone is a beginner
like me...he.. he.. nervous jugaklah at the begining



A result of 2 1/2 hours teaching from
Nancy (a very good sifu)


Worth la bayar RM85! Lots of tips from Nancy. Anyway my
hasiltangan not so badlah ha...

3 budak lapar...


Malik & makanan rujinya..

Happy coz dapat keluar, bonus tuh, tiba2 papa balik &
tertinggal barang kat office, back to KLCC yeh! dapat ikut


Muka monyok sebab lapar, lama tunggu KFC..



Sunday, April 26, 2009

Tak Jadi Laa.....


I am a loyal customer to Mayfair rasanye dah dekat 3 tahun dgn Mayfair (tapi tak dapat2 pun jadi macam model nih...he..he..). Tak de problem dengan Mayfair, good service & people yg tak tahan..emm paymentnye la! So, hari ni, cadangnya nak pergi cari saloon utk gunting rambut, used to go to APT before tapi rasa macam odd pulak coz selalunya I am the only one with tudung kat dalam tu. So, pagi ni, ronda2 la kat Putra Perd*n* konon nak cari Saloon Melayu. something catched my eye, wah cantiknya tempat tu..namanya Bea*t* fr*m .....Bangga jugak la tengok saloon Melayu cantik & agak class macam tu . rupanya hari ni first opening dia. Wah bagus nih, I pun masuk le survey service, dia ada hair treatment, spa, facial, body slimming & macam2 lagi. So a very nice lady yg jugak the owner of the saloon approached me. Saje gatal2 I pun isi form. Lepas tu dia kata nak check kesihatan sikit, Oklah dia ambil BP & heart rate & start explaning. BP low, HR tinggi & dia kata heart rate tinggi satu sebabnya adalah kurang darah (hemoglobin low lah tu!).
Oklah teori tu, lepas tu dia kata kurang hemoglobin kalau tak dirawat boleh menyebabkan anemia, talessemia & leukaemia. I dah tak happy dah time tuh. & heart rate mest di"stabilkan" balik & salah satu caranya adalah " FIR" treatment yg ada kat situ..GOSH. Lucky you're talking to a health professional! itulah kesiannya bumiputra. Sebelum bukak saloon at least belajar lah sikit2 basic on health & medical term supaya taklah buat "false" claim ke atau benda2 yang tak beretika.It never happen to me 3 years dengan Mayfair. Masa sessi sli*mi* tu the beautician explain tentang makanan seimbang, lifestyle modification yang sangat relevant. Even dia komen you ni tak kurang2 berat badan sebab "mulut jahat" (betul la tuh!). Dia suggest I ambik green tea untuk org2 yang "mulut jahat" nih. She claimed that green tea boleh membantu drp segi to satisfy our taste bud. sounds logickan..Nampak gayanya tak jadilah nak beralih angin ke tempat lain walaupun niatnya nak membantu bumip......

Cupcake for neighbour



I have a nice Chinese family as a neighbour. Mr Tang & his family are very friendly & they're closer to my youngest one Iman than me he..hee... Iman & Mr Tang bump into each other everyday before going to work & si kenit tu dgn tak malu will great him & asked " hi uncle ada gula tak? ada coklat tak?" & without failed everyday he will get either sweets or chocolates from him. So sebab rasa malunyee.. yesterday I baked a chocolate cupcake & shared some with the neighbour..I have tried a few recipes before, tapi balik2 rasanya ni jugak yang paling sedap..

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Pulut Jagung


Last week was my first time masak pulut jagung sorang2. Masa mak ada dulu kalau masak dia tukang check kat sebelah. So, the night before, lepas berbalas SMS dgn Kak Semah, jadik jugaklah pulut jagung , malangnya sikit sangat sampai Caca tak cukup makan. So, yesterday, bapak datang bawak 1kg pulut (biasala bapak kalau beli barang..) & 6 tongkol jagung. Maknanya apa..? yours truly got to cook pulut jagung at 6.30am this morning dikala Bah & Ely best lagi golek2 dalam selimut. Bukan apa..papa punya flight pagi tu sebab kena buat breakfast awal. Out of curiousity, orang lain ada ke breakfast pulut jagung selain orang Bota yg memang terkenal dgn kuat melantak nih?

Anyway ,mengikut SMS kekanda tuh caranya..pulut (jangan rendam) + santan +jagung, cara sukat taruk tangan atas pulut jangan sampai hapus & masak api slow.

As for today, Bibik masak rendang daging, ikan bilis sambal tumis & terubuk masin utk makan dgn pulut,yummy .

First Ramble...

Assalammualaikum,



The idea of starting this blog came after my beloved mum passed away in Feb 2009. Everyone that knows arwah, should have known the fact she was great in the kitchen & I would say that she was a "professional cook". You just named it, right from ikan pekasam to scrumptious chicken chop,lempok doyan to a beautiful sugar paste cake,all arwah mak got no problem with.

Unfortunately none of her daughters (as what my hubby used to comment) really achieved up to her standard.Tapi nasib baik jugaklah we've got bits & pcs of her skills (kalau tak semua pun).

Bapak is still lucky kalau nak makan lauk2 sedap sikit suruh Bah & Cuma masak (he's staying with them), rase nak makan laksa kena pegi rumah Yong, nak makan pulut jagung kena angkut pulut & jagung to Puchong (he..he..) lastly kalau nak yg sofistikated sikit macam rendang lambuk ke, got to wait sampai balik kampung , Kak Semah masak! Kalau arwah mak ada semua order je & ready to be served..

When she's no longer with us, we really feel the lost.. As a mom & wife I feel that one should know to cook everything to feed your loves one, macam arwah mak. Hence, I will try to better my skill by following the recipes (esp yg arwah mak simpan) & share the outcomes with you all .

As the address of this blog suggest, most posting will be about foods & bits of other things.

Wassalam