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GIRLS' CATCHING UPS.... I've been very busy for the past 2 weeks. Busy planning and preparing for my 1st ever reunion with ex-LLB IIUM or girls' get together as my husband prefer to call it. Now after 2 days of resting, no cooking no baking, no blogging also, i'm now ready to indulge myself in this intoxicating hobby called baking hehe... today i plan to fulfill my daughter's classmate's dream of having my baked cheesecake by herself. no more mengicak from my daughter eisya which i think not sufficient for her. She's actually my 1st customer! hehe... Eisya as sales exec...hmm should I start my new profession? Don't think so... cook/bake and write suit me more. *JAS NITA WIWI JEEJA* MARNIZA After I came back from my reunion, my head keep provoking me to write about my memories back in college. Actually the idea of writing it came from marniza. I think her brain storage system is better than me.  Wiwi's also. I know this project won't be easy.

It hits me last night that our malay movie just cannot go (bunyi kelate sikit).. I watched a so called horror movie Rasuk hoping that it's as good as or rather as seram as Ju On or at least as Khurafat but to my total disappointment it was like watching  homemade youtube video. Paling menyampah ada doktor asik ketawa terbahak2 sepanjang masa said it's good to release tension... Turns out that the doctor was sexual maniac... He raped his patient in his clinic. That was so unnecessary and mencacatkan lagi cerita yg dah terlampau cacat tu. Sorryla tuan director..Next time don't make malay horror movie if you are not equipped with the correct info from the correct person. But the day was not ended with sour note... I make a cake supposedly better that anything in this world...they name it as better than sex cake...I call it BTS cake..(but sorry to say that my --- is so much better than this cake hahaha). Found it on momwhothink.com. This is how it looks like.. Top view Cro

Unbelievable! never thought that i could produce a cheesecake on my own...after so many years depending on secret recipe, finally the tie is severed..hip hip hooray!!! the funny thing is that i never search cheesecake recipes on the internet...never. what i had in mind was that this superlicious cake is impossible (for me)...hmm it turns out to be the easiest cake to make, no hard and fast rule, not beat-until-fluffy kind of thing except for the cream cheese that has to be beaten until soft and creamy. Now to my beloved sisters who constantly encourage me (by testing my products so excitedly)  here's the recipe and the how-tos:- Yeayy!! my first cheese cake. Baked Cheesecake  Ok ok the ingredients and methods are:- Prepare baking tin. line with aluminium foil 200g digestive biscuits (crushed and mix with 2 tbsp sugar) 113g butter melted and pour into the biscuits, mix well  Pour into the pan and flatten it. This is the base of the cake. Bake for 10 min 180degree  For the fil

I love fruit, any kinds of fruit..local or imported fruits. Durian season together with rambutan, mangosteen, langsat, cempedak was my favourite time. It brings a lot of fond memories. I remember waiting for the durian to fall from the tree..bagai menunggu bulan jatuh ke riba (like waiting for the moon to fall on my lap).. Me and my sister did all sort of activities like singing dancing playing batu seremban, tutup botol (bottle cap) .. though we have to watch out for the strayed wild boar.. Lucky not one passed by.. After few hours of waiting we heard a not so loud "Bhupp" the sound of something falling to the ground. We rushed to the place where we thought the sound comes from and WAH! There we found a small durian covered with dried leaves and what a joy it brings to us..  hmm...hope my children have the chance to experience this pure excitement.. Ha! speaking about fruits, I've made an easy fruit tart for my sister's engagement day. Very simple yet so fresh a

All of us are still in Raya mood. But on 16.9.2011 I made a red velvet cake for baby Aisyah's 1st birthday and also Pineapple Upside down cake... we call it "pesta kek" haha.. Tribute to Mak Teh...  For Aisyah manja mama!!! Superbaby! Actually the writer prefer not to be included in the pix.. 4 layer tu..Fuhh! Masterchef challenge nih.. This is my hideous looking pineapple cake but taste super marvelous you! We had nasi dagang (my first try) that day which make my mom super duper kenyang and make her super active cleaning my kitchen..Thank you my supermak! muahhh... And we also had a very entertaining evening with Wu Xia, our hero donnie yen a.k.a Ip Man.. superb.. Last but not least, I realize for a thousand time that the time spent with family makes us closer together..for better or for worse... Fuhh! so serious la our ip man here.. and takeshi.. we know that you're handsome..so chill everyone!!

This is my kitchenaid.. love how it makes my cream cheese topping gebu like pipi ecah.. Ha! tu dia "in action" lagi.. the tombol kat depan tu, for many accessories like ice cream maker, pasta maker,  so on and so forth... one day sure i'll get the ice cream maker one... wah 3x sure meletop..hehe This is the pix of my mixer busy beating butter and sugar for my first pineapple tart.. I'll show you how my tart looks like..till then tada!! MY FIRST PINEAPPLE TART this is my homemade pineapple jam shaped into a cocoon like shape   Not beautifully crafted tart but i think okla tu kan?

Alhamdulillah... finally i got my dream stand mixer.. Now no excuse maa. every other weekend must at least produce 1 beautifully baked cake with perfect frosting or choc mousse or cupcake or so on and so forth..fuh what a plan! And for info, I bought it not because i want it but i NEED it ok.. when my old hand mixer started making funny noise then i knew that its time... yeayyy!! This  is how it looks like but the colour a bit different. I'll take the real one when it comes out from the box ok..hehe..

I love reading "how-tos" because it gives me ideas and better knowledge of the subject that interest me... For example just now i read about "what makes a face beautiful"..No need to go further into that topic because you can read from yahoo webpage. Now back to the title of this post.. I find that cooking can make us healthier because before we cook, we have to think what dishes to cook for that day... is it balanced healthy and nutritious...if it is new recipes, then more thought put into it... So we exercise our brain everyday.. wow! Just remember that our brain cell or neurotransmitter will die everyday if it's dormant. Check if what we are doing are only routines.. Routines are automatic.. It does not utilize our neurotransmitter.. Don't let our brain die in vain.. Let's do some serious thinking ya! Hah let's think what to cook for buka puasa today.. hmm.. tick tock tick tock.. gotcha! I'm thinking of my mom's special fried chicken...

Hello everyone! Today is my youngest baby birthday. Time flies so fast huh. Now she's 5 and getting smarter prettier and cheekier :-). As usual, I got my brain raking for an idea to prepare interesting dish for our dinner tonight. So i decided to make my signature dish which is sweet & sour kerapu, stir fry mix vege and chocolate fondue for dessert. This choc fondue is my kids favorite. It's very simple..(pejam mata pun boleh..hehe) I managed to take pic of my fondue.. maybe it's not that attractive and inviting but i tell you...(hmm i couldn't post the pix here right now..maybe later) Ingredients 200g chocolate bar 60g butter 2 eggs 1/3 cup brown sugar 2 tbsp flour Method 1. Use small pan and melt the choc bar over simmering water 2. Put butter, sugar, eggs and flour in food processor and blend thoroughly 3. Pour the cooled choc into the mixture and mix until smooth 4. Put the mixture into 4 ramekins 5. Bake for 15 mins in 180 degrees  oven. The r

Our second day in Langkawi was full of shopping activities. We started off with Dataran Lang where everybody was so eager to take some pictures with the biggest eagle in the world.. then to the Legend Park but before that tried roaming the jetty point shopping mall... bought some souvenirs at the shop called Naple. An interesting shop where you can find handmade crafts like handbags, jute shopping bag, musical instrument like gamelan, guitar, flute, small drum or rebana and lots of deco stuff... Eric Leong suka la ni... And guess what! I bought takraw ball for shamin and gamelan for eisya so that she can play and shauqi and tatila will dance to the music... Kuda Kepang dance suits the sound of the gamelan. After that we proceed to Gamat Nusantara where all of us I think bought some gamat products as the tagline says (Gamat Nusantara..Jangan Pulang Tanpanya).You can test the boiling gamat oil. It was hot but it won't burn your skin (it's true). And I bought Bedak Sejuk just b

Salam to all.... Our first day in Langkawi - we had a very adventurous and exciting (tiring and exhausting) day in Langkawi. I wanted to strictly follow the itinerary as prepared by me but "Kita hanya merancang, Allah yang menentukan".. First, we planned to take a dip at  Tanjung Rhu beach but the beach was quite unsafe and unpredictable. My mom said it looks like a wok. The current and wave could pull us further into the sea. Scary kan. So we agreed to just snap a few pictures as memento and my kids as usual played with the white sand and Eisya collected few seashells for her art project.. Then we proceed to the jetty nearby the beach for the mangrove tour. Basically it's a tour by boat through  the mangrove forest, bat cave, crocodile cave and eagle feeding. We finished it off by having our lunch at the Thai seafood floating restaurant. Marvelous food because the seafood are the freshest. Shamin get to see his favourite pet "Baby". A baby stingray which

Salam and happy new day to all my friends... Have you all heard of a breakfast known as "Healthy Breakfast". I prepare it every morning for me and my husband before we go for work. I just popped in 1 green apple, 4 tbsp fresh plain yogurt, 200ml low fat milk or fresh milk, 2 scoop berry protein powder, 1/2 packet of low fat positrim drink mix, 2 tbsp fortified beverage lemon lime, a multivitamin and a few other vitamins into my blender and walla!. Super easy, delicious and nutritious. Ha! Ramadhan is approaching. This drink is perfect for sahur meal. Just take this and you'll be energetic throughout the fasting day. Happy trying!

Salam to all readers... I start salivating when I mention this dish. Gulai Tempoyak Pucuk Ubi Racik.. my favourite forever and ever...though my other half won't even try it (even if i threaten to jump..hehe). I learned how to cook this special dish since i was 8 or 9 I think and I finally cooked it myself (because my mom was not at home...working) when I was 12 years old. And it turned out pretty well. We had it with hot rice and fried fresh water fis h (ikan sungai which i don't know its real name which my father got it from fishing at the river just behind our house. But quite sadly, there are fewer fish in that river nowadays. Hmm.. environmental issue comes in... better discuss it in a different platform la kan... So to all of my brothers and sisters, I invite you to share your memorable and enjoyable cooking experience so that we can look at it with warm heart and feelings and we can exchange good recipes and useful tips to enhance our cooking skill and experience. Wassala