Foodelicious!

I made these in preparation of the many heavy feasting I will be having during Chinese New Year... what else is there to do for a Chinese who dont gamble or drink or gossip?? Hehehe..

The truth is, the weather is extremely hot nowadays and this make me very sleepy and easily irritated. This makes me "appetite less" to eat anything.. this makes me no mood to do anything but zzz.. hibernate...

So, this is what I made... pickled lotus roots.. very easy and yummy and addictive! The best thing about this pickle is that when you open up the bottle, it smells like lychee.. yumms!

The above is 1 Corithians Chapter 13.. God's word as to what love is all about and I say AMEN! We sometimes get lost and confused by the definition of love, perhaps we stray and get distracted by the worldly ways.. perhaps we are so enveloped with ourselves and lost the essence of love.. perhaps we just dont know how to love.

So, today, I have nothing to show about L O V E except the words above.. GOD's word and everyday I will try my level best to love the way GOD wants me to...

Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Remember that the greatest thing anyone of us can do is to LOVE..

Hehehehe.. I came up with this when my client gave me less than 1 day to come up with something for her little boy's kindie party..... little pirates! these are french vanilla flavored cuppies at RM2.50 each with a minimum order of 50 cuppies.

Look what I did with all the fruit jams I made recently. Hehehehe...

I made some shortcrust pastry cups and filled them with jam. The 3 stripes top is filled with pineapple jam, the cross top has a generous dollop of citrus madness jam and the hexza top is filled with kumquat jam.

The verdict is...very very good! The shortcrust pastry is very crispy and light and most definitely go very well with all the different jams..

Look what the Tiger brought me..... hehehehe!! All my pineapple tarts are ready for delivery.. Finally!! Thank GOD for my aunt and cousin who did all the jam rolling and last minute running around for me. Yup, there were quite a few last minute orders and I ran out of essential stuff.. Hehehehhee... CNY is not my forte la. So, a big big thank you to my Keeeeem and Lengyi!!

Anyway, a big thank you to all my supportive clients. May the year of Tiger bring lots of luck, prosperity and good health to all. GONG XI FA CAI!!

This is Kueh Bangkit. It is made from tapioca flour, santan and of course sugar. This is one of the most traditional cookies for CNY and also my favorite!(Yes, I seem to have a lot.. I mean A LOT of favorite... sigh.. hence, the size!)

The process to make superb Kueh Bangkit is tedious and plenty..hence, the price of RM28 per container of melt in the mouth, full of flavor with just enough sweetness kueh bangkit.. Yes, it must have enough santan and sweetness to make this cookie delicious... if not, it will be like eating tapioca flour.. a mouth full of dust!

The shorter bottle is filled with peanut candy. Heh! Heh! Heh! also my favorite. The trick with peanut candy is peanuts must be really fresh and selected to remove the "dodgy" looking ones. After that, you gotta roast them in a wok.. frying them constantly in a fire that is neither too big or small. Too big fire it will hangus these mighty nuts and you will have to throw them away and start all over again. Too small fire will result in soft peanuts.. like lemau/lau fung..something to do with not enough heat to convert the starch in these mighty peanuts into pre-carbon stage. (this is science la)

After frying, you gotta remove skin of the peanuts, that's the fun part! Heh! Heh! Heh! once that is done, you will look like a walking confetti with bits of peanut skin stuck all over you!! Awesome or what? Of course, the next step is about how quick your hands work.. melt the sugar, cook it till it is caramel but dont burn it, pour the hot molten caramel onto the peanuts and flatten and cut.. all done before the caramel hardens. This, I must say is an ART! And you gotta pay for eating art.. RM28 for 550gm of arty peanut candy!

It is a busy time for me now... all the baking and cleaning is making my head spin! Wooo hooo.. In this picture, you see the ever famous pineapple tarts and new funky cheesey cheeky biscuits.

Pineapple tarts.. my favorite CNY snack.. the pineapple mustnt be too mushy or soft or blended.. it must have some bite in the jam. As for the taste.. I definitely am no big fan of sweet and nothing else but sweet tasting jam. There must be a balance of sweetness and pineapple tanginess. And the pastry, oh.. pastry is everything in jam tart.. it must be light and melt in the mouth without that heavy coating on the tongue feeling. Combine them together, you will get great pineapple tarts....so, try and imagine the work needed to make awesome tarts and that's why I charge a bomb for it.. RM24 for a box of 24 tarts..


The cheesey cheeky biscuit is what I made for fun.. I wanted something different.. something savory and this biscuit simply fit the bill. If tart pastry is light and melt in the mouth, this biscuit is crunchy and crispy. Hehehe.. opposite attracts? And the best part is this biscuit is so full of cheesey flavour.. Yummms!!

Nothing spectacular.. Just Mango! Cheesecake.. with lots of mango bits added into the luxuriously creamy creamcheese filling. Of course, I gotta be funky and decorate the cake with mango curls. Hehehehe..

This was sold for RM85