Sweetie, today is your 5 T H B I R T H D A Y ! !
Here’s wishing you happiness and good health always…
Daddy & mummy LOVE you very, very much!!
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Showing posts with label Birthday. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
She Is 5
Here’s wishing you happiness and good health always…
Daddy & mummy LOVE you very, very much!!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
My First No Bake Cheesecake
2 weeks ago I made a chilled cheesecake for hubby’s birthday. It was also my first time baking him a birthday cake. Without much thought, Oreo chilled cheesecake came to my mind....I started to search for recipes online and also flipped through my collection of cookbooks. As I was searching online one day, I stumbled upon Doreen’s blog. Her Irresistible Oreo Cheese Cake caught my attention and I decided to use the recipe posted by her.
I bought all the necessary ingredients including a 20cm springform cake pan and started my project on Thursday night after Sharlene has gone to bed at around 9.45pm. The steps are really simple and I only modified slightly by reducing sugar to 70gm and adding 10ml of lemon juice. The whole thing was done in less than an hour. After that, I just left the cake in the fridge to chill overnight. The next day, we were all ready to celebrate hubby’s birthday. Initially, I wanted to give him a surprise but naughty Sharlene spoiled my plan….haha. She opened the fridge, saw the cake and announced to everyone that there is a cake in the fridge! Hubby was standing nearby so he heard what the little girl said.
I’m glad that my 1st attempt was a success. The cake turned out really good and tasted very nice. Everyone liked it and gave a thumbs-up for this cheesecake :) However, the appearance wasn’t up to the standard. It would look nicer if I had used an 18cm cake pan. I’m planning to make another type of cheesecake soon and hope it will turn out well.
I bought all the necessary ingredients including a 20cm springform cake pan and started my project on Thursday night after Sharlene has gone to bed at around 9.45pm. The steps are really simple and I only modified slightly by reducing sugar to 70gm and adding 10ml of lemon juice. The whole thing was done in less than an hour. After that, I just left the cake in the fridge to chill overnight. The next day, we were all ready to celebrate hubby’s birthday. Initially, I wanted to give him a surprise but naughty Sharlene spoiled my plan….haha. She opened the fridge, saw the cake and announced to everyone that there is a cake in the fridge! Hubby was standing nearby so he heard what the little girl said.
~ My 1st cheesecake ~
I’m glad that my 1st attempt was a success. The cake turned out really good and tasted very nice. Everyone liked it and gave a thumbs-up for this cheesecake :) However, the appearance wasn’t up to the standard. It would look nicer if I had used an 18cm cake pan. I’m planning to make another type of cheesecake soon and hope it will turn out well.
Friday, May 08, 2009
Pun Choy
I’ve heard so much from my sis-in-law about Pun Choy and how various types of ingredients are cooked individually before being neatly arranged or layered in a big metal bowl. At that time I was really eager to try out Pun Choy.
Finally I had a chance to savor this dish 2 months ago, during my nephew’s birthday party. You may be wondering why we’d Pun Choy for kids’ party? Well, my sis-in-law ordered this dish especially for her friends, as most of them have not seen or eaten this before. She has to place her order a few days earlier from a well-known restaurant at Sg. Buloh.
Here’s the pot of Pun Choy ordered by her. We had it brought home and kept warm on a portable stove.
This dish can serve between 10 to 12 people and if I’m not mistaken, the price was RM238 for this platter. I heard there is another more expensive platter, which has abalones, shark’s fin and scallops as the main ingredients. I was really amazed by the neat arrangement of the various ingredients. At first, I thought everything all mix up together….haha. As you can see, the top layer consists of poached chicken, roast duck, fish, prawns and vegetables. And the bottom layer consists of braised pork belly, braised trotter, shitake mushroom, abalone mushroom, beancurd sheets, etc. All these were put at the bottom so that they could absorb all the flavours from the ingredients placed on top. Really amazing, huh? So many types of dishes into 1 big tray. Overall, it was tasty (thumbs up) but too much meat already. We were all stuffed!!
Besides Pun Choy, here’s some of the food we’d on that day –
Stir-fry vegetables from the same restaurant and a bowl of mixed fruit salad (by me).
An assortment of pizzas from Dominos, steamed siew mai and fishballs.
Finally I had a chance to savor this dish 2 months ago, during my nephew’s birthday party. You may be wondering why we’d Pun Choy for kids’ party? Well, my sis-in-law ordered this dish especially for her friends, as most of them have not seen or eaten this before. She has to place her order a few days earlier from a well-known restaurant at Sg. Buloh.
Here’s the pot of Pun Choy ordered by her. We had it brought home and kept warm on a portable stove.
This dish can serve between 10 to 12 people and if I’m not mistaken, the price was RM238 for this platter. I heard there is another more expensive platter, which has abalones, shark’s fin and scallops as the main ingredients. I was really amazed by the neat arrangement of the various ingredients. At first, I thought everything all mix up together….haha. As you can see, the top layer consists of poached chicken, roast duck, fish, prawns and vegetables. And the bottom layer consists of braised pork belly, braised trotter, shitake mushroom, abalone mushroom, beancurd sheets, etc. All these were put at the bottom so that they could absorb all the flavours from the ingredients placed on top. Really amazing, huh? So many types of dishes into 1 big tray. Overall, it was tasty (thumbs up) but too much meat already. We were all stuffed!!
Besides Pun Choy, here’s some of the food we’d on that day –
Stir-fry vegetables from the same restaurant and a bowl of mixed fruit salad (by me).
An assortment of pizzas from Dominos, steamed siew mai and fishballs.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Today Is Sharlene’s 4th Birthday
HAPPY 4TH BIRTHDAY TO YOU, MY DEAREST SHARLENE
Time really flies and you are 4 years old today, Sharlene. On this day 4 years ago, daddy and mummy were very anxious whilst waiting for your arrival in the delivery room. You were delivered via induced labor at 1.30pm and that was the happiest moment in daddy and mummy’s life. Our precious ‘miracle’ baby was here at last! Mummy was terribly exhausted after using all my might to push you out from mummy’s womb. However, all the exhaustion and pain that mummy endured subsequent to the induction were soon vanished after the nurse brought you over to me and put you on my arms. Finally, I was able to cuddle and kiss my own baby, which I yearn for after 5 years of marriage. Tears filled my eyes the moment I saw you and no words could describe my feeling at that juncture.
Sharlene, daddy and mummy LOVE you from the bottom of our hearts. Now till forever! Daddy and mummy also wish you good health and happiness always.
Time really flies and you are 4 years old today, Sharlene. On this day 4 years ago, daddy and mummy were very anxious whilst waiting for your arrival in the delivery room. You were delivered via induced labor at 1.30pm and that was the happiest moment in daddy and mummy’s life. Our precious ‘miracle’ baby was here at last! Mummy was terribly exhausted after using all my might to push you out from mummy’s womb. However, all the exhaustion and pain that mummy endured subsequent to the induction were soon vanished after the nurse brought you over to me and put you on my arms. Finally, I was able to cuddle and kiss my own baby, which I yearn for after 5 years of marriage. Tears filled my eyes the moment I saw you and no words could describe my feeling at that juncture.
Sharlene, daddy and mummy LOVE you from the bottom of our hearts. Now till forever! Daddy and mummy also wish you good health and happiness always.
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