Mom's Latest Makings'

Mom has been baking recipes, trying out new flavors lately. Since I've started working, there were many cake moments which I failed to document. Below is a cake made by mom, ordered by my colleague for her daughter's birthday. It's a Doraemon themed chocolate cake.

Super Chocolaty!

Joe & Nancy's Birthday

Joe's Birthday falls on the 8th of November while Nancy's Birthday falls on the 5th in the same month. Joe had a mini birthday party at Delifrance, Leisure Mall on his bday. A few of his friends came and they had a great time even though time was short.

He was dressed in a tuxedo and shipped to Leisure Mall at 10am. LOL!



My mom made the birthday cupcakes as a gift to him.. there were 40 mini cupcakes in total and each one has its very own sugar craft. Some were decorated with Ben10 edible sheet and some had icing on top. Inside? Almond sugee which is my favourite now.




Below is Joe with his multiple girlfriends... thorn among the roses: L to R: Kimberly, Tanushri and Keshmeta.



Back home... after the party, it's open presents time. He got a set of badminton rackets, a Lego box-set, a portable microscopic tool, 3 stationery sets, an Origami book, a box-set of Making Magic, a make your own Rolling Ball Marble Machine, etc.

Then in the evening, we went for dinner with my inlaws to celebrate both Joe and Nancy's birthday at Crystal Jade, The Gardens Mall. Food is always good here, no doubt. Only the service and utensils are a bit on the down side.

Nancy, the birthday girl savoring the moment

Presenting the glorious food...

Peking Duck...yummy seeing it makes me wanna have some now. Do you?

Spicy tofu with minced meat

Fish Slices

Spicy Eggplant

Sweet & Sour Pork ordered by Joe

Desserts for the sweet tooth... hmm desserts aren't that yummylicious!

Nancy and me fooling around... POKE~ POKE~



Cecilia + Cam-whore = CHORE... haha



Huff & Puff section....

Nancy is checking if it's lit!

I.... wish.... for.... 1)..... 2)..... .3)..... 4).....

Oooo.. another family picture to keep!


We asked a restaurant patron to snap this picture for us.. he used my N95 handphone camera. Just after I heard the CLICK, I heard 'JAPPED'... he dropped my phone! The cover came off, the battery flew out and though my phone is working fine, it looks as if it survived a hurricane.

-Poor phoney! I'm going so change your torn tux.. I'll get you a new suit soon... Just hang on! Right now, some 3M tapes will do.. :p

Ed's 22nd Birthday

My brother turned 22 last week with a homemade cake by MOM. Ed's birthday was on the 3rd of October which was the same day as 'Lantern Festival'. As you can already see, YES it's the 'apple' icon on his cake. He's the 'apple' of our eyes and he has eyes only on 'apple' products. He's got the multi-functioning iPhone, iPod and a MacBook.

Now this is awkward... he's just trying out his luck on the knife



Presenting Edmund, my brother who loves his daily life in pajamas...









After the singing, the cake cutting, the cake eating.. we were magnetized by the loud sounds of fireworks working out the quiet evening.

Every year, my neighborhood lights up with lanterns during the 'Lantern Festival'. Since this year everyone was busy with their DOs', we brought the kids out for a walk around the neighborhood and end up at Auntie Theresa and Chai Ko's house.

They gave the kids each a lit and ladled paper 'tanglung'...



After saying thank you, we were off to walk the neighborhood again... it was a quiet 'Lantern Festival' this year but nevertheless it was a sugary sweet one!

Mummy's Almond Sugee Cakes

SUGEE CAKE is a distinctly Eurasian dish in Malaysia and Singapore. It is also known as the 'typical Eurasian wedding cake'. Sugee/soogee/suji/sooji is in fact semolina which is made from durum wheat (psst~ what Italian pasta is made of).

Mom have been baking almond sugee cakes for past couple of weeks as she is mastering the art of baking a perfect one including rolling and decorating the cake top with fondant and gum paste. SUGAR!

Blue Cake with white piping... Mom made this for a friend from church. This was her first almond sugee cake attempt.

This was the latest one she made.. just yesterday for a 50 year old birthday boy, NATHAN. The shape is of a Top Hat.

All of mom's cakes were very delicious. Got most of the verdict from well-eaters. I, too couldn't take my fingers off her almond sugee cake. One slice is never enough.. CALORIES counting!!!

Stay tune for more colorful cakes to come!!!

Grandpa's 73rd Birthday

Last Saturday, we celebrated my grandfather's 73rd birthday at Uncle Yan's house in Bangsar. It's so near BV.. OMG!!! If I reside there, BV will definitely be full of my shoe-prints. Mom made the birthday cake+cupcakes and she also cooked a few dishes, granny cooked, Josephine cooked and I made Konnyaku jellies.

Mom made the cupcakes days earlier and the fondant/gum paste the day before. I helped her out on bits and chunks. We were very satisfied with the cupcakes. They look too cute to munch on..


Uncle Yan is a professional photographer so most of the clearer pictures were taken by him with his big butt Canon and ultra bright lights. I stole his space and lights which made my pictures pretty clear too using my N95 (used to belong to Hub).





And here is Uncle Yan and Josephine's girl-girl, "PIPI"

Pipi is aging gorgeously.



Photogenic some more...

FOODZ by My Mommy

Marmite Meat.. I put it as Meat but it actually starts with "P"



Curry Chicken without Coconut Milk which you'll never get 'jelak' for more



Sambal Prawns with Pineapple

FOODZ by Granny

Lamb Chop



Mushroom with Vegetarian Chicken



Stir-fry Cabbage with carrots and dried bean curd strips

FOODZ by Josephine

Freshly fried Spring Roll.. this is the best spring roll I've eaten..



There's one more dish that Josephine created but I didn't snap a picture of it. The dish was the 'Delicious Sweet Spare Ribs'



GRANDPA'S BIRTHDAY CAKE

I know it's a little blur... below is the pro-snapped

and... the cake zoomed in...

The Proud Mama to the Birthday Cake



The assistant cum sweet tooth



Let's get to the Cake Blowing part.

Grandpa and Granny but I call them 'GRAMS' together for short


Whoa Granny can't wait to blow the candles!
"Po, your 'ngau-yat' is in December!"



Make a Wish but seems like Granny wants to 'main tepuk-tepuk tangan'!


and.. the BBK.. Big Birthday Kiss

People who Ate, Drank and be Merry!

So not ready for a shot yet


That's more like it hehe!


Dad craved for some loving as well


Edmund


Elaine with her butterflies again..


Javier


Judith


Joe


Javier hooked onto Ed's iPhone


Uncle Yan, the host, the photographer, the singer, belting out his hits
(I SO want his karaoke machine)

After the hearty meal and some persuasion to sing my famous 'The Moon Represents My Heart' (thanks to granny anyway), we left and bring the kids around. We thought of stopping by for drinks in Bangsar area or maybe get by a drive-thru but then changed our mind and went back to Cheras instead. We've always wanted to dine at the Old Town Kopitiam by the road along Taman Midah but it was always so effin' packed. To our delight, it was empty as in half-full... got DBKL-lah!

Kids got to order what they want for the night...

French Fries.. when was the last time we had these?


Joe ordered a Revive Float


Judith a Root-Beer Float


Javier got himself only a cup of Ice Lemon Tea because he doesn't know how to read the menu yet, hence the not-so-fancy drink


Whereas, Hub and ME dug into the Ice-Cream in Toast.. it's delicious and it's freaking good. Even the kids love them (RM4.50 for double isn't that bad).


Make sure you go try a plate today!!!