or pehaps i never did have it..
or pehaps i never did have it..
Baby I Miss You So Much!
“Jingle bell, jingle bell, jingle all the way”
Yeah! X’mas is here.. My favorite winter festival though there is no snow in Singapore.
I always had this lil wish that I can spend Christmas in a country with snow, a small house, a cosy fire place, my good old friends, food, wine and of course PRESENTS .. haha .. shall make it come true one day..
Without fail, we are having a potluck party this year at my place. No game ideas for gift exchange yet though Carole suggested using last year’s game .. shall think about it.. 🙂
Food List as below (TBC)
Appetizer:
Mixed Fruit & Prawn Salad — Jessie
Smoked Salmon & Asparagus Roll — (TBC)
Hot Items:
Spaghetti “Bolognaise” (Chicken) — Jessie
Roasted Chicken with Cranberry Sauce — Joyce
Honey/BBQ Ribs — Joyce
Whipped Potato — Stephenie
Chicken Shepherd Pie — Carole
Half Shell Oyster — (TBC)
Dessert:
Christmas Log Cake — Stephenie
Fruit Platter
Drinks:
Cocktails (if anyone knows how to mix.. “bartender” in dubai)
Red Wine
Cordial Drink
Shall update the list again..
cheers…
My parents were in Malaysia this week and they happened to find some of our old photos. The excited Dad immediately scanned and sent over to us.
Sis Jean commented that Grace looked just like me when I was four.. hubby.. what do you think?
Among the other photos were my siblings taking a group photo at ECP and some individual photos. One of them caught my eye because my beloved grandparents were in them.
Somehow looking at these photos made me want to go back to the past.. If only time machine stories are for real…
Dad and Mum had always wanted to bring lil Kyson to the IMM Playground and we finally did it today!
Never know IMM has such a wonderful playground for kids, both WET and DRY.
I applaud IMM for its innovative WET playground. I like the design of the playground. Safe yet creative and most importantly attractive to the kids and even adults like me.. 🙂 too bad I couldn’t join in the fun yet.
Took some quick snaps of my lil boy and the doting granddad…
our car of course.. and yes.. our poor car desperately need a wax or polish! It has those white paint drops on the bonnet due to some HDB block paintings and I am just afraid it might eat into the car paint if I leave there for too long.
For the past few days, I had been sourcing up and down for a wax/polish service. Here’s what I’ve got.
1. AMK Autopoint – SONAX for $380.00 (1 time full polish and 3 times maintenance) : Tempting but considered EX for people who don’t usually maintain cars.
2. Bishan J8 HDB Carpark – Waxing & Grooming Package to be used within a year : Not possible at all. Who will wax car every twice a week? Definitely not me.
3. Toa Payoh Esso Lorong 1 – Wash, Wax, Interior Vaccum and Cleaning, Tyre Shine for just S$28.00!
Well well.. it’s obvious which option I choose.. of cos the cheap deal. Although it may not last as long but the result satisfies me completely. 🙂
It’s chocolate baking day today! 🙂
ok..I have to confess that i’m not a chocolate person, yet wanting to make a chocolate cake. So I have no idea how a chocolate cake should taste like. but coincidentally, my dear carole wanted to make one today. So i grabbed a few chocolate cake recipes from Happy Home Baking and off we went to phoon huat. Here’s the end result.
Frankly we thought it will turn out quite badly as there were some small hiccups and debates during the process. 😉 But it came out really yummy! High five to Carole! 🙂
Carole’s bf likes the taste.. well since he is a chocolate person, we should trust his comments. The tasting notes were.. “the texture is moist and melts in the mouth with crunchy bananas which made the overall tasting light and not too creamy. however the amount of almond powder is rather overwhelming and needs to be adjusted”. anyway, the empty plates tell all….
Really enjoyed today’s session with Carole. It’s always fun to bake with a friend, especially we can exchange cake ideas on the spot. Shall look forward for more sessions like today. And I’m so glad there’s a blog like Happy Home Baking. It certainly brings out the baking inspiration out of me. 🙂
Ingredients: (15cm Round)
75g dark chocolate, broken up
40g golden caster sugar (I used light brown sugar)
80g unsalted butter, diced
1 tablespoon runny honey
2 large eggs, separated
100g ground almonds (almond powder)
40ml milk (I used low fat fresh milk)
chocolate ganache:
75g dark chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup heavy cream
chocolate whipping cream for layering (Optional)
30g dark chocolate, chopped
75ml non-dairy whipping cream
2 bananas chopped in big chunks
Method:
Recipe source: http://happyhomebaking.blogspot.com/2008/05/chocolate-gateau.html