Cabbage Cake

Got more orders from colleagues for Cabbage Cake this week. More but not sufficient, as one cake needs at least 3 persons to share (1/3 of the cake each), and there are altogether 4 of them. An auntie decided to take two loaves, so that leaves an extra one loaf. Thank God, I managed to get someone who wants it in the end.

I actually baked this cake twice this week. The first batch was baked on my 2nd sleepless night, i.e. last Tuesday as a gift for my boss who was visiting from Kuching. I got him to bring back two loaves, one for himself and another for a colleague in the Kuching office (i hope he had passed it to her!) while the third came as a treat to my colleagues here in KK. The second one was baked last night to be sold to three beautiful women. I was supposed to bake the third together with the second, but I discovered I ran out of pineapples, and they were just enough to bake one cake, so decided to postpone the other order to next Monday.

Here are some poses of the 1st batch Cabbage Cake:

The greenish purple thingy is the red cabbage. This cake is topped with cream cheese which enhances the soury-sweety orginal taste of the cake.

Decorated with some croquant

I packed each of the equally divided loaves in individual plastic containers.

One cake can be shared by 3 people, which i sell at Rm15 for loaf.

Like its name, Top TEN

Enough of tarts and cakes for the time being, let me now share about one of my favourite kopitiams in KK. This shop is none other than No. 10 in Lintas. Coincidentally, it is Mr Manager’s favourite noodle place as well, as he claimed the stall in the shop serves the best ‘shui jiao mian’ in town, which I also agree. Not only that, the stall in the shop is also famous for fish head noodles (yu tou mi fen) and other fish associate soup based or gan lao noodles.

M's favourite Shui Jiao Gan Lao Mian

Big Shui Jiao

Of course as usual, my favourites are not the noodles. It is their scrumptious buns that attract me. When i was working in my previous job, dad and mom would bring me there for tea (yum char) almost every late afternoon after work. We would hang around, chit chat, and enjoy the buns.

When it is first opened, the shop used to be very famous for its atypical bo lou bao. Why I call it ‘not typical’ is traced back to its top crust, which unlike others, does not fall off after every bite. The buns are normally served fresh and hot from the oven. I guess this is because the demand is often there; people buy them once they are out from the kitchen. Sometimes i wonder why this bun is termed as bo lou when it has no pineapple in it at all. Even the filling is butter milk. Yum..A great indulgement to those who fancy rich buttery taste.

Bo lou bao used to be my old time favourite but has now come to past. I used to brag about this superlicious bun to my Peninsular and overseas friends. Whenever they come, i would bring them there, and they would ta pao a box back home. I talked so much about this old time favourite of mine that whenever they see or eat a bo lou bao, they would remember me and then later on tell me about it.

Today, my cup of tea has switched to the shop's 2nd best (some people claimed it is the first), the baked char sao bao. Although it is not as good as the one in Lido, i believe this bun has been a hit to the outsiders as well. Particularly to those who are meat eater and who despise buns with sweet fillings such as tao sa, butter milk etc.

I think the price has been marked up from RM1.30 previously to Rm1.40 today.
The inside: Big chunks of 'char sao'

The shop is also famous for its other buns. My auntie claimed that the lao po bing there is very nice, and some people even remarked that the dumplings there are the best! Different people has different view on this, but for me, i would prefer the char sao bao.

Sandra's B'day Cake

Hehe, i'm so excited, although i didn't sleep the whole night again for the second time this week (Mr Manager is not going to be happy to hear this!). I managed to upload all the pictures that i had specially taken to pose on my blog, and will therefore publish as many posts as i can today. Before this post was my tartlets of love, of which half of them were made together with this birthday cake, most for Sandra and extras for family and friends. As i have described earlier on, the below cake is Nutella Chocolate Hazelnut Cheesecake, covered with cream cheese and chocolate nutella (Ferrero's chocolate spread) and decorated with blue, purple, yellow and white flowers and Cadbury Chocolate Hazelnuts (very last minute deco).

I hope she likes the cake, although I had initially promised her a different cake altogether and despite that this cake is perhaps twice more fattening packed with extra extra calories. I felt a bit guilty after she told me that one of her resolutions made on her birthday was to lose weight and reshape, because it seemed like I have caused her to stumble and fail this attempt on her first day of resolution! Really bad of me, added more chocolates somemore…. :-P

More Tartlets of Love

Here they are, these are my revised version of tartlets of love. Specially made for people whom I love, adore and respect. The first one is for Sandra, on her 24th birthday. Wanted to do Blessed 24th Birthday Sandra initially, but there wasn’t any container which could fit 25 tartlets representing the 25 alphabets, so decided to cut short to Happy 24 San.

My 30 completed shortcrust pastries, just before they entered the oven.

Hope the alphabets on the tartlets are clear and God bless u my friend!

And the second one is dedicated to none other than my dear Mr Manager…like the first, they are combination of six different flavours, which are blueberry almond, kiwi cheese, chocolate hazelnut cheese, chocolate almond, coconut and apple cheese.

J loves M always!! :-)

Last but least, the rest are for my beloved family, friends and colleagues whom I sincerely (from the depths of my heart) want to express my gratitude, love and care to, and really hope that these tartlets would warm your hearts so that through them, you may also feel the love of God touching you again.

More than 50 tartlets of LOVE for everyone.....

Ms Forgetful forgets the photos again

I woke up late today, not too late, but late enough to get ready for work. Woke up when I heard my dad starting his car engine at 7.10am, and then I realized it is a working day today. Hehe, that’s why they said, when you lose a night sleep you need 7 days to replenish. Although I slept in the noon and as early as 9 sth last night, I still feel very restless and tired today. Not to mention the look of my scary face now.

I forgot to upload the photos due to my sleepiness yesterday, will try to do so tonight. I have so many pictures to show; there are some which I took in mine and Mr Manager’s fave kopitiam. And the pictures of the kids in PK last Saturday also, I’m gonna miss the little princesses, and princes. Especially little Cherry who likes to kiss me and then stops to ask if I have showered! And little Stephanie who always comes around to say Wo Ai Ni, and presents her cutest smile :-), not forgetting also little Stancia who likes to jump onto my lap in the middle of the lesson to marvel at my watch. Little Lucas hasn’t been coming for the past weeks; this little boy may look very ‘guai’ and quiet, but mind you, don’t judge from the look because he can be very ‘hyper’ and crazy once he’s used to you. Naughty or good, hyper or quiet, i love all of you very much!

Just a while ago, an auntie was distributing some S'wak layered cakes in the office to everyone, and i got two slices! I felt really ashamed with my own kek lapis after looking at these famous ones. Not only are they equally layered, the colours are just right to attract, and they look very moist and tempting too.....Hmm, i've got lots to improve!

Steamed Prune Lapis - RM25

Blessed Birthday, My Dear Friend

Today is my dear friend, Sandra’s 24th birthday. Time really flies, I still remember when we were still kids, I barely knew her at all although we were in the same class from the same primary school. We grew closer and became good friends during our secondary years, from the start of the first year to the final year and until today. When I look back again, I can clearly see how God has blessed me with this friend, my playmate and youth-hood buddy who had throughout the 11 years, encouraged me in both good and bad times, who shared my secrets in silent, who helped in times of trouble, who rebuked me with love when I’m not doing the right thing and who accepted me as who I really am. And we even almost have the same height! You see, I’m a very snobbish girl…I don’t know how to communicate with people around and I don’t know how to tolerate with other people because I’m a princess at home. I’m the type who want things her own way, and who thinks her own opinions are much better than others. I seldom look at others and sometimes I hurt them without realising and unintentionally. I’m not the kind who knows how to express my love or concern. Cool is the word. Like ice. Arrogant is second. Well, that’s me. Sandra on the other hand is a girl with great patience, charming innocence and who always has a heart-warming smile on her face wherever she goes. She’s one who considers more for others than herself, who would contribute her best to help and who has immense humility.

Because of my behaviour, we had a big fight when we were in our final secondary year. It started with a small argument, and because the both of us were so afraid to lose out to the other party, we graduated from the school without talking to each other. Thank God we managed to reconcile during the pre-Uni years, and maintain our friendship until today.

Yup, that’s my friend. Today God reminded me again of how blessed I am. Sandra will be one of them whom I’ll never forget regardless of where I am in this world. :-)

To mark this occasion, I baked her some goodies early this morning; Nutella Hazelnut Chocolate Cheesecake as the birthday cake, and some tarts which were more than enough to share with others. Coz the cake was kinda last minute (it took three hours to bake in the oven), I had to decorate it in the easiest and fastest mode, just before I ran up to get ready for work. Therefore the cake wasn’t as good as I had initially planned. I covered it with cream cheese and chocolate, with some colourful flowers on top and Cadbury hazelnut balls at the bottom (Wanted to use Ferrero Rocher but couldn’t find them in small boxes in Giant, Servay, Lintas nor Tong Hing).

I promised to bake her an avocado cheesecake initially, however unfortunately, avocado is not in season at present, and I couldn’t find it anywhere..so Mr Manager suggested that I do this cake instead, as he claimed that it is one of my nicest.

I will pose some photos tomorrow!

Last but not least, i want to wish my dear old friend, a Blessed 24th Birthday, and may God continue to bless you abundantly that you may prosper in everything you do. May God' favour be upon you that you may find favour with men and women, and may the fruits of the Holy Spirit prevail in your life that you may be a light that shines for God.

1.3 Million House

Let me present to you the RM 1.3 million house. I found these pics in my folder as I was clearing up my files; took them a long time ago (think last year) during a site visit with one of my colleagues who was handling the monitoring program for the construction. These houses which look like little chalets are located somewhere near the Nexus Karambunai Resort fronting the sea, so you can guess why it is worth RM 1.3 million. My colleague told me that all of them have been sold out already, mostly by rich foreigners who come and go every once or twice in a year for holiday. Maintenance and cleaning is carried out by the developers so the owners only need to pay the annual fee and so forth.

Couldn't give any descriptions for the pics, coz i couldn't remember anymore. Conclusion: it is a holiday villa, affordable by RICH people only.