Baking/ Cooking Marathon.

So basically this post will be about what I did during the second week of my holidays. :P
P/S: This is a late update because I spilled water on my keyboard... And I need to change a new one. orz.


29th June 2011: Udon
:/ It was a big failure, I used wheat flour, salt and water, according to some recipe that I found from the internet. Well, I guess we do need kan-sui or alkaline salt for noodle.
Recipe: How to make Udon Noodles.... - -|||

Pour salt water into the sifted flour :] Then mix it until a dough is formed. Knead it.

Leave the dough for few hours. (I left it for about 2 ~ 3 hours) Then flatten it.

Time to cut it! 

Well, as you can see... I'm not really good in cutting things, so the shape is not the same, and it's too thick.. What's next? Cook the noodles!

30th June 2011: Dinner rolls + Green Onion Pancakes (Chinese style)
The dinner rolls were okay... Surprisingly my mom liked them :D But sadly I didn't really enjoy them because one of my wisdom tooth was growing. It wasn't that painful, but when I chew on something I feel really wierd. Okay, enough of my wisdom tooth! For the green onion pancakes, I made a plain one, specially for my eldest brother (he doesn't like green onions). He commented, it tasted like roti canai. LOL.
Recipe:  Green Onion Pancake! :D

Flour, yeast,salt, sugar and butter :D

Add egg and milk. :3

Mix, knead, and let it proof!

Half an hour later :D

Shape it :3 and let it proof for another 10 minutes. Then bake it :3

The texture :O

My friend, I Lin said, looks like Tau Sar Piah. So Shiny. *laughs* 

The dough and the Green Onion :D

A bit burnt ;O

Plain one and the texture :P

1st of July 2011: Green Onion Pancakes (Korean Style) + Mocktail: Sunrise or Sunset? 
Since I still have some leftovers of the green onions, I decided to make more pancakes! :3 Korean style pancakes, or you can call it Pajeon :D It tasted quite good (I LOVE FLOUR :D), was quite satisfied with the end product :D As for the mocktail, I was trying out some new recipe because I'm the bartender for my next service class :D...
Recipe: Korean Scalion/ Green Onion Pancake! :D

Flour + egg + water + green onions + salt and pepper :D

Plain ones!

So oily :O

Om nom nom nom nom! :D

Sunrise or Sunset in Purple coca-cola glass. :)

In a highball glass. This drink consists of mango, pineapple and orange juice, topped with 7up and Ribena. The red layer supposed to be at the base but since I bought the ready-to-serve form of Ribena I decided to mix it with sprite to make it float better :D (The red layer is still too little :| )

Mini version! :D

2nd July 2011: Raisin Butter Cake
This is my second attempt on the same recipe :D My mom was complaining that the raisins were too little, so this time I added more :D
Recipe: Raisin Butter Cake! :D

Butter + sugar!

Mix it (sugar not yet dissolve)

Add in the eggs one by one and mix till creamy :D

:3

Fold in the flour mixture (flour + salt + baking powder)...

Put in the raisins (premixed with flour)

Transfer contents to a baking pan and bakeee! :D

A bit burnt...? Hmmmmm....

Chocolate cake? :O

:P raisins.

3rd July 2011: BREAD! :D
Tried baking bread again since I still have some bread flour... I didn't take many photos because I thought that this thing will fail badly (The dough was super sticky no matter how much flour I added in) I added in extra 
few tablespoons of flour hence the bread was a bit... uhm... starchy? :/ The smells good though, LOL.

The texture :)

A bit burnt, but still acceptable (for me) :X

Mini loaf!

The crust!

Burnt.... Not acceptable.. - -||||

That's all! :D
BYE!


XOXO
With lots of ♥

Passed

The title says it all. Passed my driving test. 
Phew.


Will be baking tomorrow. :3


XOXO

Driving Test!

It's tomorrow! Tomorrow! TOMORROW!
I'm in the 3rd session, which should be afternoon (I think). 
Hopefully I won't be too nervous tomorrow, and hopefully I can pass the test.. XD


:3

XOXO
With Lots of ♥

Driving Lesson x2

Yes, x2. I went out at 1.30 p.m. yesterday and reached home at 5.30 p.m.. My mom requested for extra class for me on the second day, which is today. 7.30 a.m. onward until.... 10.30 a.m.? 
Super tired :/


XOXO
With Lots of ♥

Terrible! Horrible!! VEGETABLE!!!

Okay... Well, guess what? I did a... super horrible job just now for my on-the-road practice...
My instructor was shocked with my performance today because I did quite well when we met up last Sunday..
Well... I wouldn't want to share what happened... LOL.
Probably I'm just too sleepy or something... Gotta practice more on this coming Thursday.


Moral of the story: SLEEP EARLIER if you know that you are having driving class the next morning. :)


That's all for now... BYE!


XOXO
With Lots of ♥

Blueberry muffins

Picture says it all :) I baked today! :D

Over flow, oppppps! :P

Well, actually the taste was not up to my expectation. Since I still have some blueberries with me, I will try out another recipe again this week. :P
Stay tune for more photos. BYE!


XOXO
With Lots of ♥

Brand New Start

Well, this is the sixth month since I started my Diploma course at Taylor's Lakeside University. How was it? My answer will always be the same.. Stressful yet enjoyable :)...


Term 1 was fine, but in Term 2, the timetable is really hectic and verrrrry different from Term 1... Classes are usually from 8 a.m. ~ 6 p.m. If you are talking about practical classes like kitchen and restaurant classes, they are usually from 8 a.m. ~ 2 p.m. You are asking, are we serving breakfast? No :) We are serving lunch at 12 noon. We need to do mise-en-place (pre-preparation) to set up the restaurant, worst still, there are chances of us ending the class after 3 p.m. because sometimes the guests just feel too comfortable in the restaurant and do not feel like living :P So this actually slows down our restaurant closing. Imagine you need to be in heels for that six or seven hours, and you are not allowed to be seated until your guests leave, painful huh? But oh well, I still enjoy restaurant classes :) Will be starting my internship soon anyway, need to train myself to stand more :D As for kitchen classes, well, like I said, it is from 8 a.m. ~ 2 p.m. but this usually ends earlier, at 1.30 p.m. because according to the rules stated, the last order in the restaurant is at... 1 p.m. or 1.30 p.m.? Oh well, I can't remember... anchovy brain.. Quote Ei Von, a.k.a. my kitchen partner :P Good to have her as my kitchen partner. We do argue (not the very big one, just small arguments!) sometimes, but I still think that I can work best with her :D We know what each another is capable of, so from there, we can work together better... For example.. We need to cut pumpkin, I have more strength than her, so I will cut the pumpkin into quarter-sized chunks, and we both work together to cut them into smaller pieces and peel off the skin :P But obviously she is better than me so when she have done her part she will help me! :D As for Rooms Division which includes Housekeeping and Front Office classes it usually takes about 3 hours per class we learn about how to make a bed (Housekeeping) and how to communicate with the guest in a correct manner (via telephone, or face-to-face). Well, I am sure I will learn more in Term 3 ;)


Moving on to Theory classes, well, my current favourite subject is... Tadaaa, COMG Thinking Skills! Taught by Mr. Adrian... A subject that inspires you to think more (conclusion of the subject in one sentence). Enhances critical and creative thinking...! Well it is fun... For Thinking Skills Black Box Challenge (It is a MUST for every batch, so enjoy!) we have a comb this year.. 

Yes, a FREAKING comb! So... what happened to the comb? Will talk about that in another post maybe, long story :) Well, we also have classes on Malaysian Studies, and no, classes will never be boring if you have a good lecturer like mine :P Miss Sophie! She is super nice and funny :D ♥ her! Believe it or not, we still have classes on Principles of Accounting, well we are learning the basics la :) I heard that it is a must for most of the courses... Business Mathematics I.. :/ similar to additional mathematics (certain chapters) and will continue in next term..? Food Science & Sanitation I... Divided into two parts, Nutrition and Hygiene, for the Nutrition part you have to study to know what are the functions of vitamins and minerals and some other things :P Hygiene is more on common sense (according to Miss Nancy) but still need to study okay? Got all the wierd wierd bacteria names to memorize la.. :-*


Well I guess that's all for now. BYE!


XOXO
With Lots of ♥

Moist Chocolate Cupcakes

18th Birthday Celebration -  Simple as that :)


What's better than spending some time, doing something you love to do on your birthday? :)
I baked some moist chocolate cup cakes today, and celebrated my birthday with those cakes :D
Here are some photos :)


Before..

and after :D

With icing/frosting

The texture

Celebrating my birthday ;)

Happy birthday Kong Pui Yin ;)


Last but not least, I would like to wish my twin, Satya Dinesh, HAPPY 18th BIRTHDAY! :D

with lots of ♥

Pui Yin

New Year Resolution:
1. Never ever ever ever (x10000000) overspend. 
2. Be more independent. 
3. Be more courageous. 
4. Be more sociable.
5. Know myself better.




Pui Yin