Wake Up and Smell the Cake

Season's here! Well it's been here for quite some time just that I haven't bought any. Today I bought two boxes, and I finished one (250g) in about 10 minutes. I could eat more actually, but I'm saving the other pack for tomorrow. Eating Korean strawberries always reminds me of my pregnancy with Junior. Same time last year, I was gorging down these sweeties almost everyday! Totally love them! Easy to eat, sweet and full of goodness. These are particularly sweet! I was thinking of making some cake or dessert with strawberries, but seems like these sweeties won't even make it to weekend for my weekly bakes. Heh.

It's one of those shitified days that makes you want to lock yourself away from everyone because everyone around you is being negative. Except Junior. Junior can sit with me in my locked up room. Oh and the locked up room should have lots of baking supplies and goodies and an oven and a mixer. But for an immediate cure, I need a good comforting lunch. Oooh yeah I've decided. I'm gonna stuff myself with Swensen's. Haven't had that for some time already. Good ol' mega burger hurhur. And some ice cream too if I'm feeling like a glutton. YUMYUM CAN'T WAIT FOR LUNCH.

Jackfruit with hazelnut chocolate, you say? Yes why not! For nutella is the best frosting in the world for lazy bummers like me! Goes awesomely well with butter cakes. Besides, I hate the buttery feel from buttercream. Have yet to try a frosting I like.

My stomach has been on a food fest lately that I refuse to weigh myself. Haha. Over the weekend, I baked two cakes. Butter cake at my mum's and banana cake at our own home. Even though I didn't eat much of the butter cake, I happily wiped clean the leftover batter from the mixing bowl with sheer glee and greed. It has been ages since I've eaten cake batter! I had to avoid raw eggs during pregnancy. Then on Tuesday Husband and I went to Al Majlis for dinner date. I was surprised by the ambiance! Very cosy and perfect for dates. I had sheesha kofta or something like that, and it is delicious! The previous time we were there for an office thingy, the kebab was cooked too long and it was almost burnt. This time round the lamb balls were done beautifully, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside! Yums! I wanna go there again! The yesterday lunch was Arnold's Chicken. Sungguh perangai budak gemuk (fat girl attitude?!). Hahaha. I wonder what's for lunch today :

Made pengat pisang today! Was all prepared, with sago no less! And of course, leftover bananas. My first time attempting this, as usual when my mother does it, I wouldn't pay attention to the method or recipe haha. Anyway when I asked my mum, there wasn't a clear recipe either, all is by estimation. So here's my version! Makes 1 potful. Ingredients 4-6 ripe bananas 150ml coconut milk 2 cups water 1 pandan leaf 1 1/2 inches' block of gula melaka Sugar to taste, if necessary Heat water with coconut milk until well mixed. Tie the pandan leaf into a knot and put in the pot. Chop the gula melaka into smaller pieces so that it'll dissolve easily in the mix. Dissolve the gula melaka. Slice the bananas (not too thin or else they'll break) and put them into the mixture. Add already boiled and washed sago in! That's it! :) Chopped gula melaka! Not that easy to chop :s   End product! Couldn't be bothered to take a proper photo cos I was more w

So it was major fatty food alert for the birthday/Good Friday weekend.Yes I know! Backdated post! It started off with Cream Cheese Brownies, for birthday boy's birthday cake! :) I searched for a fool-proof recipe and I found one at Betty Crocker's website using their instant brownie mix, and made a few adjustments. Filling 8 oz cream cheese, softened (recipe only used 4oz but I thought that's too little!) 1 egg 3 tablespoons sugar 1/4 teaspoon vanilla Brownies 1 box (1 lb 2.4 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme Premium brownie mix Water, vegetable oil and egg called for on brownie mix box Sprinkle-happy semisweet chocolate chipsand white chocolate chips :) Heat oven to 170ºC. In small bowl, beat filling ingredients until smooth. Set aside. Make brownie batter as directed on box. Spread 3/4 of brownie batter in a 9 by 9 inch pan. Spoon filling by tablespoonfuls evenly onto brownie batter. Spoon remaining brownie batter over filling. Cut through mixtur

FABULOUS weekend! :) Saturday morning's class was fun! Especially love the part where they gave us dolls to play practise holding babies in breastfeeding position wahahaha. Other Half thinks I'm too rough with the doll. Hehe. Went for a short getaway to JB. Stayed at Thistle for the second time because the first time was totally awesome, but this time round the service sucks. We were made to wait for like an hour before we could get our room because it wasn't ready. What the heck!! It's not like we asked for early check-in! I think they were shorthanded, but knowing that it's a public holiday, and the number of bookings they have, shouldn't they get more people to come and work?! Disaster at the reception I tell you. So many people were waiting. Anyway. That aside, it was a good getaway. Laze around doing nothing haha. Other Half wanted a seafood dinner and so we went to Senibong. I haven't even heard of that place in my life yet it's so popular! L

Dear God, Please protect these wonderful, kind souls who so often give free food to me and little one :) There's always food to eat! May they never be short of rezeki, may they be blessed by You always, and have the very best of happiness, health and contentment in their lives. Amin!

Some belated food fotos. Lasagna dinner last Monday I think? Haha. Had more time to cook than usual but Other Half wanted lasagna. Nothing great about it except that it's the prettiest lasagna we've made! And a point to note, include chili sauce in the tomato paste! Hehe. Too much tomato and cheese is kinda jelak. Used pizza cheese mix for this, and leftover mozarella + cheddar mix. The three layer lasagna And this is the oats prawns. Deep frying prawns is totally NOT recommended. Oil splatter EVERYWHERE !!! I had to mop the floor after that! It's more violent than frying fish omg!! Didn't even have time to put the lid to prevent all that splatter! Recipe was okay, except that I should have not been clever-clever and added sugar. Fried oats is already sweet by itself. Made the condensed milk cake without a weighing machine! Used some conversion table from the internet, and guestimates using my measuring cup and spoons. Tasted so very rich! Could reduce the conde

I am in the mood to make: popiah roti boyan but I don't have the recipe bergedil chocolate chip cookies butter cake cheesecake Making these are more therapeutic than eating. Right now no comfort food comes to mind. Grilled chicken and yummy fat fries at Charco's, naahh. Swensens meals or ice cream? Maybe, but not that interested either. Other normal comfort food like soto ayam, thosai, cheesy stuff, nope. Okay maybe bathura. But only slightly. I find this abnormal. Haha.

Was just given an early morning lecture by Makcik on eating properly. She just had her check up and now is regretting her bad dietary habits. Though I think I fare better in my food choices, I have to keep in mind too not to eat too much junk food and also fast food. Fast food is a bit tricky cos it's so easy to get and it's tasty too. Haha. Okay okay I shall TRY to curb eating fast food. Good reminder from makcik, and luckily today I didn't come in with McD's breakfast HAHAHAHA. Bought Gardenia's raisin loaf instead. Waahhhh healthy ah!! Now the next thing to do is to keep those chocolates on my table away from sight!

My stomach is getting a lot of attention from me. Haha. Easily bloated, hunger pangs, hungry very often, but when presented with food, sometimes I can be so full I can't eat so much, or I'm so hungry I can eat like a bear. And I still want my Korean strawberries! Found some at Cold Storage Bugis yesterday, and they look big and unsweet. I want the ones I had from NTUC Toa Payoh! Haha :p Am quite conscious of the food I'm eating these days, to make sure I get enough nutrients. Yesterday I was worrying if I have enough protein and iron cos I don't think I'm eating enough meat. While I was busy calculating how much iron I'm consuming, I realised I am eating multi-vitamins! Turns out, those yucky pills have already met my daily iron requirement! Haha! So what's left is calcium and Omega-3, but then again I've read that too much fish isn't good too because of the high mercury content in most fish. Bummer. And I've found a food that covers BOTH calci

Something I should try out, apple pie:   HAHAHAHAHHAHAHA  

Salmon teriyaki bento set! Yumyum :) Not my foto, took it off the internet to make salmon look interesting. Haha Am looking at ways to cook salmon! Salmon has good fats i.e. omega-3 which is good for development. And we need it a lot! :) Am not particularly fond of salmon, it tastes like mackerel or tuna. Same family of fish I guess. But with the right spices, it should taste good. For a fast fix, I had salmon teriyaki ramen for lunch. I could eat more of it! Rather small serving.. Or maybe it's cos I was wayyy too hungry. For future reference: Salmon can be found in Ramen Ten, Swensen's, Japanese stalls at Banquet and Fork & Spoon. Maybe I should have salmon for lunch everyday hurhurhur. I wonder if The Husband is willing to accompany me for lunch ;)

Hello! :) I am hungry. HAHA. There was a talk by CPIB earlier today, and I didn't know they have a financial investigation unit! Awesome! I am considering... *hehehe*. Yesterday I tried awesome cheese fries and sipped a bit of Mee Bandung from Spize. Sedap!! I think I shall try the Mee Bandung one day. Not that common to find it at hawker centres.  I am sooo not gonna like Sunday. Cos The Husband is flying off to KL for a conference :( If only I didn't sign up for the five day course!!! Urgh. Should've signed up for the November one and leave my December free. Practically everyone's clearing leave and going on holiday, I wanna go on holiday too! Though actually a colleague said I have had enough holidays to last me a couple of years. HAHA. Okay lah fine. But a short getaway??? Pleaaase?? Heehee. Renovation's going on pretty well! Today we're gonna drop by and see the tiles that have been laid. It's pretty fast actually! Which means we need to buy our s

Tried Ikea Tampines' halal meatballs last Saturday. My friend said it's delicious, so we went and gave it a go. Tried the kid's meal (we were just taking a light meal at that time) of meatballs and baked potato and chicken wings. It's not too bad. Much better than those fake bouncy balls they sell in packets, but not fully meaty. Would've preferred a more meaty meatball, less fats. Could've done with more sauce, though. But the interesting bit was mixing jam with the sauce! Haha! Had a twist of sweetness to it! The chicken wings were so-so. It's amazing how Ikea can get soooo many people to eat at their cafeteria. The food looks so-so. Easy to make, too. Most of the non-halal section are boiled items, put together without much sauce. It's not like it's super cheap. Maybe after walking the whole showroom, they get hungry. Haha.

My love for potatoes and french fries has grown. This is bad! French fries isn't at all good for the health. So much preservatives and oil. But oh so heavenly! Especially those spiced wedges, crisscut fries, or thick shoestrings. Omg! Salivating. Had a dose of fries just now! Teeheehee. And now I'm sleepy -_-" Omg! Popeyes at AMK and Toa Payoh are halal!! So convenient! Yay!

Today is a day gone slightly off. Too hungry too often. Maybe it's an after effect of refusing to eat anything at midnight yesterday. Well I thought I could just sleep it off since I had dinner like four hours prior to that. But turns out, I had mild gastric in the morning and it became worse in the morning even though I ate. Gastric got much worse after lunch :( Pants too tight. I feel fat. Doesn't help with the gastric either. I desperately need to shop. A hungry woman is an angry woman. Especially if she was made to wait. Thankfully I got my soto ayam! Fever still not subsiding :( Maybe I should go to the doctor after all. But my family doctor isn't on duty today. Am terribly bored at work.  Long weekend ahead, don't sem like there's anything interesting. Maybe I'll go my mum's house to bake or something. Haha. Smell of cookies or cake does wonders! :)

@11am: Hungry!!! I wanna eat Tom Yam Ramen or Tom Yam Banmien for lunch!! *growls* Ramen Ten should do food delivery service. Bleah. Was really looking for a non-fast food delivery, and there's nothing much. Am so disappointed. Ramen Ten offers delivery for large orders only. Also, I've even made a feedback request to Hei Sushi to have a delivery service hurhur. Old Chang Kee has delivery services but not in the mood for that at the moment. Haha. @ noon: I've succumbed to my hunger and is snacking on a low fat Raisin Oatmeal snack bar. I'm so terribly hungry I can't take it!!! Lunch at 1pm is waaayyyy to late.

Finally after so long, I'm reunited with my all time favourite cereal - Post Waffle Crisp! My father can't stand the strong caramel smell. Haha. But I love it especially when it mixes and sweetens the milk! Dropped by 7-11 to get milk before work. Decided to try Meiji Strawberry Milk. Kinda thick. It was on offer - but if it's from 7-11 I doubt the offer's worth it but hey I didn't have any other choice - at $2, and the kind cashier gave me a free gift! Kept in a yellow spherical capsule, inside holds two handphone accessories of the Little Men and Little Miss series! I got Mr Nosey and Little Miss Shy. I think I'll go with Little Miss Shy. Hurhur. [photos will be inserted later since I don't have my camera with me] FIL's friend came back from Amsterdam bringing back for us this pack of Gouda's Gilde Original Karamell Gefullte Wafflen . Looks delicious! Saw on the ingredients, Bourbon vanilla. And I thought, damn! Isn't Bourbon a type of