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here's my favourite past time! EATING!!! NOM NOM NOM!!!



Club Sandwich from Han's Cafe. Cheap and filling!




A Chicken and Lime Quiche with a Mango Lassi. i love quiches. they're so yummy. they're prolly the best thing man has ever invented. And youghurt..




Fillet Mignon! this is to DIE FOR!!!

Pork Chop! not a fan, this belongs to a friend of mine..

Pumpkin Soup for the 'I-Feel-Fat Days'.

a Belgian Waffle topped up with Mango and Pineapple jam from St Dalfour's all served on a pretty Noritake plate! the plate's limited edition, mind you!

Apple Crumble!! i love crumble but this was too sweet for me! ><



Spinach tortelinni! not my fave too..

Strawberry Flan and a Choco Tart from Hanis cafe! both of them are really good! the chocolate has the perfect balance of bitterness and sweetness!!

Chunky Raspberry conserve on super thick bread! the bread was as thick as two fingers put together!

Scone time! That's my wallet peeking at the right..

Salad and another Mango Lassi!

a Banana cake! i love banana cakes. they're so nostalgic of my childhood..

a ribeye done Medium rare! this was freaking awesome!!

A Ceasar Salad, Vitamin water and a Citrus Cheesecake youghurt for lunch! the youghurt was fucking awesome! it tasted exactly like cheesecake! -_-

Marmalade Pantry's Club Sandwich.. to die for..

Ham and Cheese Salad from the National Library. Okay this is really funny. i actually wanted a Ham and Cheese Sandwich.. here's the exchange between me an the wait staff.

Me : Hi, I'll have the Ham and Cheese Sandwich please, with some Earl Greay Tea, cold.

Waitress : Okay.

Me : Is the sandwich and open top one?

Waitress : Yes. Do you want the bread toasted?

Me : Yes please. And the menu said it comes with a salad?

Waitress : Yes.

Me : Thank you!

And off the waitress goes. So when the meal arrived i was shock. i thought, okay this is the side salad? its HUMONGOUS! then the bread and butter came. and my friend was like,"AH! i geddit now! you have to assemble the sandwich yourself!" and i was like say what? -_-" hahahaha but the salad was really good and really value for money. the cafe was really quiet too, which i so love!

Home Made Brunch Plate for me and hubby! it consists of toast, masala eggs done MY way, chicken cutlets and an entire can of baked beans sploshed with a generous amount of ketchup. i wanted to serve it with a side of baby spinach greens, but the maid forgot to go get some the day before. oh well, hubby said it was really good too anyway! Hooray for me!! ^^

Chicken Cutlet set from a restaurant.. this was really bang for your buck because for like S$15 you get a soup, a main, a dessert and coffee.

Chocolate Melts from McDonalds'.. its diabetic i tell you. the choco syrup thingy is like soooo sweet eeeeuuurrggghh!!!

doncha love food too!! well i have another album for afternoon tea actually.. i think i'll post it next week if you're really lucky! hahahaha.. i'll be tied up with work stuff for next week.. sowwiee!!

anyway thank you so much for stopping by and let's have tea together soon okay? toodles!

ps. kenny said all those food pictures i uploaded is making him hungry! hahahaha!

Drop Scones

Dead easy recipe for Drop Scones...

This recipe is from Rachel Allen.

Whisk 170g of self raising flour, a pinch of salt, 50g of sugar and 2 eggs together. Add milk little by little until the batter attained a thick dropping consistency. Drop 3 tablespoons of it at a time onto a greased warm pan. Cook one side until bubbles form at the sides and flip over. Wait and cook till the centre feels springy to touch.

BlackForest Pudding from Assembly

good morning singapore!! its a balmy morning with very little wind, and a 60% chance that it'll rain by 12pm this afternoon. don't let that hinder your plans for the day! its gonna be a warm 33 degrees celsius / humidity level 85% during the day. so dress appropriately!

hello hello! in such a lovely mood today! yesterday evening was a blast. it was some quality alone time together without any outside interventions. no TV, no loud music, no nosey parents. just ken, me and the bottle of chilled chablis on the balcony, overlooking the Town. how blissful!

okay enough about me, today (since i'm in a good mood) i'll share with you another recipe! this is dead easy and all it needs is ASSEMBLY! minimal cooking, NO BAKING!

BlackForest Pudding from Assembly (what Ken made yesterday!!)

Ingredients
Chocolate pound cakes, sliced (its best you use the Chocolate Pound Cakes from Sara Lee)
400ml whipping cream, whipped up with a machine
some Baileys Irish Cream
some dark chocolate sauce
digestive biscuits, crushed in a plastic bag
chocolate shavings

For the Fruits Dressing
2 large handfuls of fresh raspberries
2 large handfuls of black currants
2 large handfuls of blue berries
2 large handfuls of SEEDED fresh cherries
a tin of cherries in syrup, drained
a heapful of demererra sugar
a shot of brandy
a shot of orange Cointreau

The Minimal Cooking Part

in a heavy bottom pot, throw in a handful of berries from each item listed above (hence the need for TWO LARGE HANDFULS) and the tinned cherries. over low heat, mush the berries till its all gooey but still very lumpy. Ensure the mixture does not start to bubble. add in the demererra sugar and liquors and mix well. Remove from heat and add the rest of the berries. don't mush them. you still want them nice and whole.

The Assembly

in a large glass bowl, place the slices of chocolate pound cake, enough to cover the bottom. press firmly, ensuring the pound cake covers every nook and cranny of the bowl. drizzle the Bailey's Irish Cream all over the pound cake. Pour the chocolate sauce, covering the pound cake. dribble over the fruity berry mix before layering the whipped cream. ensure the berry mix is fully cooled before you put the whipped cream!!

sprinkle the digestive biscuits over the cream for some good ol' texture. repeat the layering till the pudding reaches the top of the bowl. the topmost layer should be the whipped cream. sprinkle the digestive biscuits over the whip cream, as stated, but for this last layer, ribbon in some of the excess berry mix. throw in some chocolate shavings for good measure!

allow the pudding to sit in the fridge for a good 5 hours before serving!

To serve, bring the entire bowl to the table and just scoop it out and serve it! that easy!!

Tadah! your ticket to ultimate indulgence!! yummy yumm! have fun trying and do keep me updated at the final outcome! tell me if its yummy, or bland, or just too cloyingly sweet! all feedback is better than no feedback!

have fun trying and toodles!

kai

La Recipe for Moi Bread and Butter Pudding!

actually i don't use much measurements because i got it through trial and error. its actually really easy.

What you'll need:
Bread (slightly stale is the best. wholemeal works just fine!)
Butter (lots of it!)

2 eggs
1 pod real vanilla, seeds scrapped out
100 ml cream
400 ml milk
5 tsp castor sugar

a handful of raisins
three peach halves in syrup, diced

method!
cut the bread into triangles and butter both sides. butter the baking dish as well. arrange the slices in the baking dish, along with the raisins and peaches.

in a jug, mix the eggs, vanilla seeds, cream, milk and sugar together. beat till slightly frothy and pour it all over the bread and fruits in the baking dish. allow it to absorb a little (say three minutes?) and randomly put small chunks of butter on the bread and fruit pieces sticking out from the liquid mixture.

Bake in the oven at 240 degrees celsius for 30 minutes or till golden brown and the bread edges look yummily crisp! don worry! the batter will rise dramatically! but it'll sink back to normal level in time.

best served hot with ice cream or vanilla custard sauce!!

Bread and Butter Pudding Party!!

haha its not a party but it actually turned into an impromptu one! hehe. hen baby wanted some more of the bread and butter pudding i made the other day. so i baked one more for him! this time with peach halves and raisins sans the custard vanilla sauce..

some pictures for you to drool on!!

La close up! the bread turned out slightly soggy looking because it was from the fridge. if it were straight out from the oven, the corners sticking out will be uber yum yums! crispy and buttery!! i suggest he reheat it before consumption!

special bonus fruits for my kenny baby!

looks yummy right!! oh goodness i'm already hungry for more pudding already! haha! gonna make another batch on thursday because mommy's friend have been asking for the pudding. and i'll make a batch for nicole too!

haha! yummy yums! hope i didn't spoil your diet plan!!