Thursday, January 26, 2012

Gubahan Hantaran + Kek Hantaran

These hantarans were made by my close fren, Lyana. Aren't they sparkly and gorgeous? Macam menangkap perhatian sungguh. Bling!Bling! gitu.

And that cake is made by yours truly. It is a homemade moist steamed fruit cake, weighed around 1++kg, made with sincere love and steamed approximately 4 hours.

The picture was captured using a phone camera, you bet that the picture didn't do justice to the real thing.

Well. If any of you kind readers would like to know more of my friend's gubahan hantaran service or order my baking goods for any occasion, do leave a comment! No worries.....comments in the blog are checked daily, tho' blog entry seems scarce at times. he he!

Saturday, January 21, 2012

Mentarang @ Kuala Selangor

hari ni nak cite pasal trip ke kuala selangor yang kitaorang g mase new years day aritu. ad-hoc trip ... tak plan pun. kisahnya, pagi tu lepas mandi, pwincess tetibe tringat nak share info yang dibaca kat suratkhabar sehari sebelum tu ngan encik mon. artikel tu pasal mentarang, katanya sekarang ni musim mentarang, jadi mentarang ni bersepah-sepah dijual so harga dia pun dah turun.

oh ye. tau tak amende mentarang tu?

mentarang tu sefamili dengan kepah/kupang dan seangkatan dengannya. kitaorang kenal mentarang ni pun mase menghadiri jemputan kawen sepupu encik mon kat kuala selangor. mase on the way tu, kat sepanjang jalan nampak gerai-gerai yang digantung banner yang ditulis MENTARANG DIJUAL DI SINI. uih....apakah? haaa ... tu sebab orang kata, tak kenal maka tak chenta. kitaorang pun beli mentah and balik rumah, cuci bersih-bersih, masuk oven dan bakar. simple je tapi sedap!

so, back to my original story.

encik mon dengar je pwincess cite-cite pasal mentarang, tetibe jek dia kata, "Jom g carik mentarang, nak?" (korang kena imagine ade bulb lampu kat tepi kepala dia, pastu ade bunyi tingggg...) mamat ni siyes betul nak drive jejauh carik mentarang pagi tu. tapi takdela jauh sangat, dengan adanye highway LATAR. eh promote lah pulak kan. so dipendekkan cite, kitaorang jupe la mentarang kat tepi jalan tapi tak banyak macam mase fes time kitaorang lalu situ dulu ... rupenye suratkhabar utusan tu salah info ler ... sekarang bukan musim mentarang. harga pun mahal gak la. sekilo rm7 saiz kecik. pakcik tu kata musim mentarang dalam bulan april-may cenggitu. bleh la dapat dalam rm4-5. mintak pakcik tu bakar and kitaorang makan terus kat situ. settle dalam perut. heee~

Monday, January 16, 2012

Look what I discovered today!!!

One of my favourite pastime is browsing stuffs at supermarkets, especially those that carry premium or imported products. even if i go holidaying at overseas, visiting local supermarkets would be one of the must-do activities in my itinerary. i find it very entertaining and intriguing yet educating at the same time. i could spend hours wandering the supermarket aisle, you bet!

and look what i discovered at our local supermarket today - !!

apparently they are called ornamental gourd~
unique, isn't it?

Monday, January 9, 2012

Great Escape to Johor Bahru


The other day, pwincess pegi outstation ke selatan tanahair atas urusan keje. Lepas dah selesai urusan keje, ape lagik .... mode merayau laaa ... kalau ikut plan, kitaorang dibawak pergi makan nasi lemak untuk dinner tapi kedai tutup laa pulak ... so detour ke Senibong untuk makan seafood. sini memang kire seafood heaven la gamaknye pasal mcm2 jenis seafood ada, just pilih and suh masak apa. kat sini takde lak nak snap gambo, pasal dah lapaq sangat. dari tempat makan ni, boleh nmpk Singapore. dekat je ...

Keesokan hari pulak, banyakla pit stop yang dilakukan b4 balik KL. First pit stop ialah Apollo Food Industries. haha, tak boleh blah. pwincess kurang didedahkan sangat dengan barangan Apollo ni ... tapi tukang bawak ni beriya-iya suh masuk and tengok gak barang-barang Apollo ni ... katanye, rugi kalau tak beli pape .... uhmmm, oklaaa .... bile masuk kedai dia ... fuh, produk memang banyak ... tatau nak beli apa, last2 amek kek dan roka.

GPS coordinate apollo food industries : 1.50323N,103.743E


kek ni ade banyak perisa, some of them siap ade tester lagik. tapi takde tester utk semua laa .. kang bankrup lak Apollo ni, pwincess tak tau eehhhh .... so amek kek tu, ingat kalau tak sedap sangat, leh buat trifle ... but the cakes turned out to be very yummy, especially bahagian checkered kat atas dan bawah kek tu. kerak kerak gitu ... nyum nyum

Bile sampai KL kan, bitau la encik mon, pwincess singgah Apollo. dan-dan tu dia tanye, beli tak roka? dalam hati pwincess kata, wah? roka pun dia tau? hot stuff jugak rupenye roka ni ...


Next pit stop was Otak-otak Kempas. jalan nak gi sini agak tricky, susup sasap susup sasap, dah sampai! GPS coordinate otak-otak kempas 1.519N,103.723E. Kat sini ade jual otak-otak dalam daun tu (belum bakar), samosa daging/ayam, karipap dan samosa otak-otak. Kat bahagian belakang ada satu bilik pemprosesan di mana staff semua tgh bertungkus lumus proses produk otak-otak kempas. lawatan ilmiah gitu ha.

pwincess beli popia otak-otak. sepeket ada 30 biji, rm8. dulu lagi murah, sepeket besar giler, harga dalam rm6.50 aje. pastu tetiap tahun naik arga ... perghh. sape kata jual otak-otak takleh kayo?!!

by the way, encik mon suke sangat makan popia otak-otak tu. sian pulak tengok, pwincess beli 3 peket je aritu ... satu bagi MIL, satu bagi mommy dearest and satu lagi kitaorang nye. lenkali leh borong byk-byk dah tau rasa dia cedap.

Next .... our most anticipating pit stop ... jeng jeng jeng ... Johor Premium Outlet!!! driver kitaorang sampai sesat-sesat nak pi sini tau ... sebenarnye senang je nak gi sini. so kalau korang nak g sini, korang naik Plus highway, amek exit second link and soon after exit tu, you should see signboards Johor Premium Outlets ... so ikut je lah ye.


oohhhh excited gilos mase memula sampai JPO. layout ape semua lebih kurang macam kat states (years ago). tengok signboard kedai-kedai macam bes .... tapi idoklah semua brand ada di sini ye. macam gucci, LV bagai tu takde kat JPO ni. antara yang ada ialah coach, armani exchange, levis, calvin klein, esprit, adidas, nike ... marc jacobs ade tak ek ... mmm dah lupa lak ... tapi lebih kurang cenggitu lah kedai-kedai yang ada. mesti korang akan tanye, best tak? jawapanku tidak lain dan tidak bukan ... mestilah tak sebest yang kat states sana nun. mana taknye beb. arga barang-barang macam lebih kurang arga kat butik ... kalau ade murah pun, ade la dalam berapa percent atau puluhan hengget saje ... jadi JPO ni tak le ikut konsep outlet store 100% .... agak sadis. seb baik haku tak bayar tol mahal-mahal semata-mata utk datang ke sini sajork muahahha. tapi, yang pwincess rasa sangat berbaloi ialah beli training shoes kat nike. remember my blog entry on my birthday present in 2011? kasut tu arga dia rm600 .... nak tau dia jual brapa kat sini??? sila scroll ke bawah :








murah by rm300!!! cheeeettttt!!! but then again, mase encik mon belikan untuk pwincess, this model just came out ... so it's not a total surprise tengok harga dah turun by rm300 setahun selepas itu.

pastu aritu pwincess teruja dengan this one pair of mary jane nike shoes :


nak beli ke tak ... nak beli ke tak .... sadly, last-last pwincess decided not to buy :(

itulah kesah kat JPO.

Next and our last pit stop kat Johor was ayer itam. ade orang ngidam nak makan nenas madu. bukan pwincess hokey .... mak yong mana bleh makan nenas ... tapi aritu memang menggugat keimanan betul la tengok itu nenas-nenas madu ... murah-murah je ... huhuhu ..... lenkali ahhh. so itulah my great escape ke johor darul takzim. now back to reality tanpa rela.

ughhhh esok keje!!!


till then.

Monday, January 2, 2012

A new year, a new beginning

Friends are like BOOBS.

Some are BIG.
Some are small.
Some are real.
Some are fake.

nicely said, isn't it?

Happy 2012 y'all!
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