Eidul Fitr 1432H

Selamat Hari Raya to all Muslims!

This year, as always, I baked some cookies and a few types of cakes for Eid and for the first time, I didn't buy any kerepek for raya! This time, I limit myself to 3 types of cookies, but I quadrupled/quintupled the dough for each recipe for my in laws, my parents and siblings. The cookies are Snow Almond, Suji Brunei and Mazola. As for the cakes, I baked steamed fruit cake, green tea swiss roll and trio marble cake. I also made some buah rotan. And I am one proud baker to announce that all the cakes and a few containers of cookies were gone by the morning of second hari raya :)

lebaran treats

the sweet treats

snow almond - the first one to habis .. worth making this one, it's everyone's fave

buah rotan - my in laws kata sedap!! berbaloi penat gentel bile dgr org kata sedap .. kekeke

Oh ya. When we went visiting neighbours and relatives' houses, many complimented that I have lose some weight .... what a good surprise to hear that as I wasn't dieting or what ... and besides that, I discovered that a few of my parents' friends thought that mon was my parents' son and I am the menantu ... he he!! where did that come from??

Imran's 4th Birthday Bash + Iftar

Last Saturday we all gathered at my eldest brother's house for iftar cum birthday party for his eldest son, Imran. He has been begging his parents to have his birthday party at home this time (when i was a small child, i would love to have my birthday party other than at home, how different we are, eh?) ... well, i guess to Imran, celebrating at home is more fun and livelier.

We thought it would be a simple family affair, but it turned out to be meriah, maybe because all the invitees turned up. I brought green tea (matcha) swiss roll for dessert, but they were all gone even before the main dish are eaten!

After our solat berjemaah, we ate and ate till there is nothing else left to eat ... and then, it's time for cake cutting ceremony.... yeayyyy! (oopss...terlebih sudaaah)

The boy requested for a ball cake. And we thought his parents would order a semi sphere ball-shaped cake, but it turned out to be a padang bola cake. nonetheless, Imran squealed in delight ... padang bola pun padang bola lah ... lagi ramai dapat ngappp :) it was a red velvet cake

Imran couldn't care less about the cake, but all he cares about are the football players and the tiang gol. lawak betul lahh mamat sorang ni

as busy as a bee - taking in charge of his miniature football players

Then it was time to tear off the birthday present wrappers ... Imran has a self appointed assistant...his ever helpful dearest cousin, Ain :)

he got so obsessed with transformers this year, that he received 2 transformers presents from his aunts and uncles ;p

last year was ultraman, previous year was lorries. wonder what's going to be next?

that is a transformers colouring and sticker book,
as you can see, the book is a hit among the girls

adik yang belum obses dengan transformers melayan whiteboard sengsorang

goodies from the goodies bag

Bumbu Desa with mommy

This is a verrrrry belated entry post. but hey, cerita ni tak basi wooo. nak bagi review about this eatery at Mid Valley, called Bumbu Desa.

I was shopping with mommy dearest on that day ... shop till you drop la katakan, kan ... sampai sedor-sedor...eh eh ... dah way past lunch hour. jom makan. mama ajak try bumbu desa.

we scouted around and we saw a variety of main course dishes, side dishes and fried food arranged at an 'island' and we thought ada sistem buffet. later we found out that no, they don't practise buffet style, and you actually can choose type of rice and add on the main dishes/side dishes and you pay for what you had taken. by the way, they also have a few food packages. we decided to try out the package, i chose the one with ayam cabai ijo, while mama chose ... rendang daging if i'm not mistaken. hehe.

the food island

my choice for the day. As you can see from the picture above, the package includes steamed rice wrapped in banana leaves, sayur asem, green chillies chicken and 2 types of deep fried beancurds. I actually thought the darker fried beancurds was overcooked but they were not overcooked and my oh my, i love the taste ... nyums~

Mama's dish was somewhat similar to mine, just that she got bergedil jagung and rendang daging. the rendang was also tasty.

we get to choose either cucumber drink or grass jelly drink. both were nice .. but i love my cucumber drink~

this is the decoration by the window side. looked like batik perkalongan?

Overall, to me the food has a lot of variety and based on what I had tasted, they were delicious though the place does seem a bit high end and the price is a teeny weeny pricey. but, if you are looking for authentic Sundanese cuisine, Bumbu Desa might be the right place to go :)

Utterly Butterly

pejam celik, pejam celik, dah 16 ari kan kita puasa ... alhamdulillah! lagi 14 days to go~

so caner persiapan raya eh ... esok nuzul al-quran ... some states bercuti ... except kl. can u believe that? haish... anti climax tul lah, kan. esok ni mesti congested area kl bcoz orang-orang selangor g sopping-sopping kat kl ... hehe, peace orang selangor :p

kuih raya lak per citer ... ? baru-baru ni kan kecoh dengan issue butter tak halal tu. adoi lah. issue tu ... sangat la berlarutan. asalnye dari johor. pastu kejap haram. kejap halal. konpius lah dek non. pastu lelama konpem halal. then .... baru-baru ni timbul balik issue butter golden churn nih. kali ni, negeri sarawak konpem mengharamkan butter golden churn tapi jakim tak pulak mengharamkan. dahla encik mon kat bintulu masa tu ... hajat di hati nak belikan kek lapis india & cadbury untuk pwincess .... dah berkali-kali interrogate penjual tu :

"anda pasti butter ni bukan butter golden churn?" (cheh macam soklan kuiz lak, kan?)

peniaga tu bermati-matian kata bukan,bukan, nahi, nahi ... dia tak guna butter churn .... haaaa kalau tipu, dosa tau .... biler dah puas ati dengan jawapan dia, encik mon pun beli ler.. ohhh sedap nye kek lapis india and lapis cadbury ... nyumsyyy~

sedih tau ... bile akhirnye jakim confirms golden churn tak halal. aduh remuk redam hati ini. mana taknye, ada 3 tin dalam pantry tu haaa. pwincess jarang guna butter tu, tapi baca review mana-mana mesti kata butter ni the best ... harum, creamy, sedap. perghhh ... ade sorang kenalan keluarkan statement macam ni, "tak sangka ya, sedap rupanya lemak babi nih .... "

nway, pwincess selalu kalau bake, guna butter macam kat bawah ni :


fes time jumpa masa awal tahun lepas. masa tu macam sukar untuk dipercayai lah ... bcoz it says premium pure butter ... bukan jenis yang buttercup, butterlite tu tau ... tu bukan butter .... somemore, this brand is imported from ireland, and ada cop halal dari islamic assoc .... and the best part is, it's only rm3.69! mana ada imported premium pure butter harga mcm tu ... !! oh hooo ... aper lagik, pwincess pun borong satu trolley ... serious tak tipu. stok bertahan sampai setahun setengah ... ni nak dekat habis la ni .... tapi bile nak re-stock ... oh sedihnye hati ... harga dia dah naik! dah jadi rm7 ++ kalau tak silap. good things never last, so they say....