Melapiskan lapisan

thought of posting up some pictures of my baking project last weekend to ease up sakit perut yang tengah melanda ini...so here goes :

that was my very first time baking a layered cake. i was always intimidated by the large amount of egg yolks used to bake a kek lapis but this recipe calls for only 6 eggs...and it uses up whole eggs, so no wastage at all. and i thought, hey why not try out this recipe .... after all, using up 6 eggs is still acceptable if kek lapis tu tak menjadi, though i really2 hope the cake menjadi ... (amin...) and thank god... menjadi pun kek lapis tu ... okay la kan ... for a first timer ... heheh~

pwincess buat 1 adunan but bake into 2 small square pans so that I can experiment which filling tastes better ... prune or hawflakes ... and ...(drumrolls...) i like hawflakes better though the prune one tiada kurang sedapnya. "tepuk dada, tanya selera".

Thanks to Hanieliza for the recipe.

KEK LAPIS SARAWAK
Bahan A [Dipukul kembang dan ringan]
250 gm susu pekat
250 gm butter --- i use golden churn

Bahan B
6 biji telur SEJUK gred A [kalau gred B..gunakan 7 biji]
1 cawan gula halus --- i use gula castor
2 cawan tepung Naik Sendiri --- i use all purpose flour + 1 tsp baking powder
1 s/k Vanilla 1 s/k ovallate

Bahan C Kurma/asam flake/prune/kismis/coklat chips

Cara
1. Pukul gula dan telur satu persatu sehingga kembang dan gebus /ringan..
2. Masukkan bahan A, ovallate dan esen vanilla. Kacau rata.
3. Masukkan tepung sedikit demi sedikit sehingga habis.
4. Panaskan oven api atas [suhu 170'C]
5. Masukkan 2 sudu besar adunan dalam loyang yg telah dilapikkan kertas minyak.
6. Bakar sehingga masak [10 minit]
7. Lapiskan dengan apa2 pilihan bahan C.
8. Ulangkan step sehingga adunan habis.

Iftar - Jom Cari Makan, Kota Damansara

Today is the fourth day of Ramadhan, and alhamdulillah, dipanjangkan umur dapat kita puasa sampai arini. Prince and I made a sudden plan for iftar today ... we planned to attack Jom Cari Makan (JCM) at Kota Damansara since pwincess had the craves for halal dim sum after Asar prayer just now. So we made a reservation hastily and was informed that JCM also offer buka puasa buffet at RM33. 00. So, layan laa...apa lagi....nyum!nyum!

tak dapat snap from centre bcoz too many cars around

palatable spread

THE dim sum....yummylicious

more scrumptious food

dessert section .. mainly traditional malay kuih and fruits .. tak sempat merasa...perut too full!

some of the vege dishes that we took .. pwincess sangat suke itu mah poh tauhu ... adoi kena cari resipi ni..

the dim sum served for buffet ramadhan .. agak limited, there are more choices if ala carte

ahh. cendol. but pwincess found the santan ketul-ketul itu undesirable ...kekeke .. maka tak habis makan.

Ada banyak lagi food ... nasi ayam ... mee udang ... steamed norwegian fish ... udang sweet sour .... bla bla bla ... tapi nak buat camaner, perut dah kenyang bangat ... rasa mcm nak pecah perut. wakekeke. JCM ni sedap tau food dia, even kalau ala carte. I usually order Kueyteow Cantonese and Dim Sum ... they serve tasty chinese muslim food...

orait. mari kita niat puasa untuk esok pula .... :)

Ramadhan 1432H

Lisan kadang-kadang tidak dijaga
Janji kadang-kadang terabai
Hati kadang-kadang berprasangka
Sikap kadang-kadang menyakitkan

Hidup ini menjadi indah jika masih ada kemaafan....
Selamat menyambut Ramadhan Al Mubarak

Pesta Floria 2010

A belated entry post, as always ... but better late than never ;-p

The Flower & Garden Festival 2010 was actually held in Putrajaya on July 10-18, 2010. There were a lot of flowers and plants arranged to form beautiful landscape but I guess the main attraction was the 1 Malaysia flowers arrangement. Everyone wanted to be photographed beside the beautifully assembled 1 Malaysia flowers. When we went there, it was scorching hot and we were practically drenched with sweat ... heheh ... but all in all, Pesta Floria was a great event although the flowers and plants displayed were significantly less as compared to the same event held in KL previously.

Please enjoy the pictures!

Ho Chi Minh City - Shopaholics' Trip 23-25 July: Day 3

last day kitaorang kat HCM dedicated khas untuk sapa-sapa yang rasa tak cukup shopping .... atau nak tukar apa-apa yang patut ditukar .... free and easy lah katanya.

pwincess menapak ke Ben Than Market. depan otel aje tapi last day baru nak jengah. biasalah kata orang ... so near yet so far cenggitu ;p



Dalam market ni ada macam-macam tapi arga mahal sket. fresh flowers melambak-lambak ... ada jugak buah-buah fresh ... ciku dia mak aih. besar gile! orang-orang vietnam pun dah pandai cakap melayu ... kaka kaka murah murah ... ciku...besar....(mcm tau-tau aje aku tgh tgk ciku dia yang giant tu..hehe). ada kedai jual kopi .. pilih la nak mana. 3 in 1 ke atau nak 2 in 1 ... kalau nak lagi authentic, beli yang timbang kati. kalau above 500gm dapat penapis free kalau tak silap.





Petang tu kitaorang pun checkout otel dan straight to airport. duty free kat airport pun bleh tahan gak murah ... rata-rata tgh sale sumenye.





So, sekian lah cite pasal HCM shopaholics' trip....

Ho Chi Minh City - Shopaholics' Trip 23-25 July: Day 2

Meh sambung citer pasal second day di Ho Chi Minh City (HCM).

Kim Huong Hotel bagi free breakfast sepanjang our stay there. ada beberapa pilihan makanan disediakan, tapi yang halal cuma porridge with salted egg, hard/half boiled egg, cheese, strawberry jam and butter, eaten together with bread.roti dia nampak je besar tapi sebenarnya dalam tu hollow. air pula either hot/ice vietnamese coffee or tea.


lepas dah kenyang perut, kitaorang pegi ke china market. tempatnye agak jauh dari hotel, dalam 20-25 minit gak la nak sampai. kat sini ada mcm2 jenis kain ... ade kain lycra yang orang-orang mesia dah start jual tu ... ada kain untuk buat seluar keje orang laki .... ada cotton melambak-lambak .... chiffon .... silk....mcm2 aaa. kat sini pun ada some shops yang jual in bulk barang-barang plastik tu .... mmg murah-murah. tapi kena hati-hati sket kat sini, bcoz ada penjual yang aggressive, main cengkam-cengkam wrist kita ... kain pun hati-hati lah sket dgn kualiti yang dijual. biasa la tu kan...








lepas dah perabih duit kat china market, kitaorang nak buat lawatan ilmiah sket .... so kitaorang g war remnant museum. entrance fee dalam 15,000 VND. kat museum ni diaorang letak kesan-kesan perang vietnam and masa ni lah nak tgk betapa kejamnya orang us tu ... kalau tgk gamba kat internet, kat museum ni patutnye ada babies with birth defects caused by chemical poisoning (agent orange/dioxin) during the vietnam war, diawet dan diletakkan dlm botol ... tapi kitaorang tak nampak pulak. cuma ada gamba baby awet tu lah. mmg kesian sgt la tgk gamba2 orang vietnam mase perang-perang tu.





if you plan to visit the museum, be aware of the opening and closing time of the museum. unlike other museums in other parts of the world, this war remnant museum closes its doors for lunch for 1.5 hours. it was a good thing that we came earlier, sempat la habiskan sight seeing in the museum. since museum pun dah tutup pintu, we proceed to kedai shamsudin untuk mendapatkan energy (read as: isi perut) untuk agenda seterusnya ..... iaitu shopping, shopping and shopping lagi! hi hi hi.. food served di kedai shamsudin is cheaper and tastier as compared to VN halal that we went the day before.



we then proceed to russian market. we were told that suff sold here are much cheaper than Ben Than market so some of us had a long list of what to buy here. mula-mula pakcik cabbie tu nak drop kitaorang dekat-dekat area saigon square tu .. adoi la. aunty-aunty sume dah sebut no, no...russian market ... u know? ra-shi-an market? pakcik cabbie la dok ning trong..ning trong...betul betul mcm ayam angsa bercakap. pastu pwincess pun sebut ... rhu-si-ya market ... ooo baru lah paham. pakcik cabbie pun bawaklah kitaorang g situ. tapi russian market ni tak macam russian market dulu2. yang ni mcm modern dan byk jual baju je.



petang tu, some of us wanted to shop around dekat area our hotel and kak nor and I hailed a cab to go to hard rock cafe to buy some merchandise items that our friends had kirim.

nyampah-nyampah kat keganasan orang2 US, tetap jugak singgah hard rock cafe...apadaaa~

kat Vietnam asyik hujaaaaan ajer .. pagi petang siang malam hujan. and while in the cab, something caught my attention. So I quickly took out my faithful ixus and snapped a picture of a man with his kids on a motorcycle, tapi raincoat dia dibuka butang dan his kids suma diselubung oleh raincoat tu. I think this can only be seen in Vietnam ... hi hi hi....

Ho Chi Minh City - Shopaholics' Trip 23-25 July

pwincess baru balik dari trip shopaholics kayangan heights 23-25 July aritu. ni memang trip shopaholics tegar ... all ladies' affair ... para suami pulak ... ada yang tinggal kat rumah, ada jugak takmo kalah ... g buat jakarta trip sesama depa. he he he ... boley tahan rock uncle-uncle ni.

so nway. MH750 berlepas dari Kuala Lumpur dengan tiada delay and whatsoever .... dan tiba di Ho Chi Minh City (HCM) after 1 jam 55 minit of flying. waktu di HCM lambat satu jam dari mesia. transportation suma dah diuruskan by our tour leader, aunty sabariah ... dia sangat efficient, memang takde nak tercongok2 la kitaorang tunggu cab, etc.

kat HCM kitaorang stayed at Kim Huong Hotel, it is exactly opposite Ben Than Market ... senang aar nak borong-borong pastu anta terus ke bilik otel. haa ..... strategi kena ada, beb. otel ni bersih, and harga bilik ikutlah korang nak camane. nak besar, bayar mahal sket ... nak bilik biasa-biasa untuk just tido, 28usd pun bleh dapat. bilik yang besar dapat view tepi tingkap, kerusi santai-santai plus complimentary drinks and a flask of hot water. facilities wise, memang ok, because toiletries, towel, hair dryer, flat screen tv sume disediakan.



after checked in, we wasted no time and zoomed off to Hong Anh Boutique not far from our hotel. nak jadi cite, tup-tup lah mase tu ujan turun. takpa .... masing-masing tak patah semangat and beli lah payung dari pakcik kedai depan otel. tokey pun apa lagi, letak aa arga payung sebatang 7-8 usd....masyuk woo....

dah sume orang ada payung, kitaorang pun teruskan perjalanan pergi ke Hong Anh tuh ... haa ... tengoklah aunty-aunty ni memborong kaw-kaw ....






yang lawaknya....ape tau? kat luar butik tu ada sorang yang jual air kelapa kendong. dok asyik pujuk kita bli kelapa dia .... dia ngikut je kitaorang although kitaorang dah jalan jauh dah dari butik first tuh. dia bukak-bukak arga mahal la untuk sebiji air kelapa tu ... last-last turun, turun dan turun harga . tapi sorang pun tak termakan pujukan pakcik ni. finally aunty sabar pun bagilah duit tapi tak amek kelapa dia, just cakap stop following us lah ... then dia pun tak ikut. tapi petang tu, lepas we dah keluar masuk keluar masuk kedai-kedai and nak masuk balik otel ... treng treng treng .... pakcik kelapa dah tercongok depan pintu lobby tengah tunggu kitaorang. haha ... sengih je dia. mana dia tau tah kitaorang menetap situ. dia siap tanye, "air kepala?"

kuang kuang kuang~

oh ya, we had a late lunch pasal masing-masing kenyang makan nasi lemak/murtabak ayam dalam flight tu. so, dalam kul 4 cenggitu, kitaorang pun menapak ke VN Halal. kedai makan ni mahal sket tapi sedap and yang penting halal. pwincess ordered claypot seafood noodle vietnam style and vietnamese coffee tarik. sedap gile. serious tak tipu.





lepas tu, balik otel, bersiap-siap pula untuk agenda malam tu. dalam lebih kurang kul 8 lebih, hajah basiroh pun dah calling-calling and tunggu kitaorang kat lobby otel. hajah ni ... jual segala mala jenis tudung, kain and telekung. femes tau dia ... tanye aa mana-mana orang mesia, mesti depa tau. dengar gossip kata, hajah ni berurusan dgn orang mesia smpi dpt bina rumah kat vietnam berharga rm1 juta ... fuh...

lepas shopping-shopping kat rumah hajah basiroh ... kitaorang balik otel. and for some ppl yang still ada energy to shop, depa teruskan cuci-cuci mata kat pasar malam depan otel.

pwincess tak rajin snap gambo masa kat HCM kali ni bcoz firstly, prince tak ikut. bile cameraman takde, maka takde la camera best nak snap2 gambo-gambo cun. secondly pasal pwincess dapat penyakit orang pompuan dapat tetiap bulan tu ... so sgtlah takde mood. sakit sana, sakit sini. so, layan je lah pape gamba yang ade ni...





nanti pwincess sambung blog about our second day there~