November 2007

Thanksgiving 2007

November 29, 2007

It was truly a food fest over the Thanksgiving holidays. I think I gain a few pounds just over those few days! Help!! How do I lose weight fast??? Anyway, for Thanksgiving day, we went to a potluck. I made Yong Tau Foo but was in such a hurry that I forgot to take photos. [...]

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Bento #7 – Leftovers make great bentos too!

November 26, 2007

Thanks to everyone for all your nice comments about my cake. *blush* I will do a detail post on the cake and the recipes soon. Right now, I am still trying to recover from Thanksgiving hols. Too much food & shopping!! So for now, just a bento that I did sometime ago. Char Siu Bao (No, I didn’t make [...]

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Princess Doll Cake

November 20, 2007

The party’s over and my little one is now 3 years old. She is growing up too fast! *sniff sniff* Anyway, back to the party, I know you all are waiting to see the cake, right? hehe… TADA……. What do you think? Front View: Back View: I almost forgot to take a photo of the [...]

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1st attempt at Sugar Paste

November 16, 2007

Wow, I guess the cake was too easy to guess huh? Yep, I will be trying to make a princess cake. My little girl is into her “I’m a princess” stage now, so I decided to indulge her and make a princess cake. Hopefully it will turn out nice. Many people have asked whether I [...]

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Time to buy a new mixer!

November 16, 2007

I love to bake. If only I don’t have to worry about gaining weight, I will probably bake a lot more. I have baked a lot of things including cakes, cookies, pies and many more. Usually I like to try new recipes but there are some recipes that I call my standby recipes. Those are [...]

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Guess what kind of cake I’ll be making?

November 13, 2007

Sorry for the lack of update lately. The last few weeks has been a little crazy and so will the next few weeks. I haven’t been cooking much lately. We have been eating out so much that I think I should start doing restaurant food review!! Even if we eat at home, it’s usually sandwiches [...]

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Toddler Bento #6

November 11, 2007

Bento #6: Turkey & Cheese Croissant (Croissant is from Costco. I’ve never gotten around to making my own croissant. It’s a lot of work. Maybe someday I will when I find the time!!), grape tomato stick, and homemade Chocolate Chip Cookie

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Shopping for a dishwasher

November 8, 2007

What do you do when you need to buy a big ticket item like a dishwasher? Do you go check them out at the store or shop online? According to consumer research, up to 75% of big-ticket product buyers will do their product research online, but 90% of them will make their final purchases offline [...]

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Nasi Lemak Again!

November 6, 2007

One can never have too much nasi lemak, right? I think this is one dish that I can never grow tired of because you can always play around with the sides. You could have it with chicken, rendang, fish or just plain rice with sambal. What is your favorite Nasi Lemak combination? If you are [...]

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Cheese Garlic Biscuits

November 3, 2007

When I was in college, I used to love going to Red Lobster. FYI, Red Lobster is a US chain of seafood restaurants. However, my reason for going there is not for the seafood but it’s for their cheese garlic biscuits. They were so good!! After college, I did not go to Red Lobster much [...]