010203040506

So here it is once in my lifetime to experience the time and date in numeral to form a string of numbers - 010203040506! In case you're not aware what it is... its actually 1 hour 2 minutes and 3 seconds in the morning on 4th May 2006... got it? Hahaha some of my friends are not aware of this but over here in Malaysia, it got hyped in the media.

Anyway, nothing significant to me but I chose to post this moment in my blog here just to mark the special time and date since hubby chose to go TT (teh tarik or directly translated as pulled tea ie supper session) with MY friend who lives nearby kekeke. I will sms my friend, a guy, to give him a hug and kiss on this special moment :p hahaha

Cheers to 010203040506!!!!

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Review: Marmalade Cafe

Gosh the thunderstorm was so heavy in Kuala Lumpur earlier that traffic almost came to a standstill!!! To avoid being caught in the bad crawl and flood, we went Liang Xin for a pampering session. So now I'm kinda in a relaxed mode, time to dig out some old stuff. This is one of my backlog post... had meant to post it long time ago but never got to heh but nevermind better late than never.

Might be a bit stale since Marmalade Cafe (formerly known as Gecko Cafe but had since changed hands) have been receiving loads of reviews and comments everywhere else. So I'm gonna do a quickie.

Hubby and I shared a mushroom and turkey ham quiche. Oh my I can still remember how wonderful it tasted. The quiche is so thick and creamy but yet not overly rich. Loved the loads of mushroom in it.




We also ordered the must-have - Carrot Cake which is laden with so much ingredients that I can't make out what's in the cake other than carrot!!! I think there are some apricots and various nuts. It's thickly spread with cream cheese frosting dotted with pumpkin seeds. Wished I could get the recipe of this moist and aromatic cake. Anyone have the recipe? Otherwise I gotta improvised on my own version of carrot cake.




The cafe have many more items in their menu, so do drop by to check them all out. Boo_licious had a post on this place sometime back over in Masak-masak. Do check it out.

Marmalade Cafe
LG-1A, Shoplex at Mont Kiara
No. 2, Jalan Kiara Mont Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel No: 03 - 6201 1743

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IMBB#25: Give Us This Day Yesterday's Bread

I've deliberately missed Sugar High Friday last week hosted by Lick The Spoon because it called for the use of liquer. Practically the whole household was on medication, hence there is no point in making anything using liquer since non of us could savour the end result. There were lots of interesting goodies posted for this event, go have a look here at the roundup.

So, I'm not gonna miss this month's Is My Blog Burning (IMBB). This installment is hosted by Derrick of An Obsession With Food (Wine) with the theme - good uses for stale bread.

This is something I've found in an old copy of Flavours magazine (Nov 1999 to be exact). This is a recipe filed under the title Recipe Time Forgot. Apparently a Benedict Wu found among the things his mother left behind was an old recipe book which he remembered as her cooking bible which she cooked his favourite childhood food, some of them long forgotten. He had shared some of the recipes in the magazine and this Caramel Bread Pudding is one of them.

Caramel Bread Pudding

100g stale bread with crust left on (I've used stale raisin bread)
6 tablespoons condensed milk
600ml hot water
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt

Caramel:
100g sugar
1 tbsp water
1 tsp lemon juice

Prepare caramel by cooking sugar, water and lemon juice on low fire until mixture turns a pale caramel colour. Do not stir and do not burn or caramel will be bitter.

Coat steaming bowls with caramel by tilting mould in all directions until caramel no longer flows.

Break up bread into large pieces. Put in a large bowl and pour hot water over it. Allow bread to soak.

Combine egge, vanilla, salt and condensed milk. Pour this over bread and mix. Rest for a minute then pour into prepared mould. Steam covered for an hour. Serve warm or better still cold.

Since I was using raisin bread, I find that they're not that absorbent, hence I reduced my hot water to 500ml. Even by doing so, I find there is too much liquid hence I've added more bread to soak them up. I've also used 3 eggs instead since it's pretty hard to get large sized eggs in my area.

Moist and laced with caramel, this steamed bread pudding is a lot less fattening than the usual baked bread and butter pudding. You can serve it with a dollop of cream or evaporated milk.

Hubby who loves caramel pudding find this tasted almost like caramel pudding except this one has bread in it and he's not a big fan of bread! I've tried both warm and cold version but I prefered the warm one personally as it is softer and moist, but most importantly it's not very sweet. The one pictured is actually a hot one which explained why there is no caramel liquid pooled around the pudding, so let it cool down more before serving. You may just heat it up using the microwave oven before serving.

Thank you Derrick for hosting this edition.

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Chocolate Chip Cookies

So far I've never came across anyone who doesn't like Chocolate Chip Cookies unless you tell me you're one of the unique ones heh. I was stock taking my larder and found a bag of Hershey's chocolate chips and different bags of nuts inside. Oh my... I've gotten these to make the cookies for Chinese New Year but never got round to do it. Hence the sudden enthusiast to bake some chocolate chip cookies. It's not my first time baking them but it's my first using Donna Hay's recipe found in page 16 of Modern Classic Book 2.

I've made up the cookie dough without adding any chocolate chips and separated them into a few bowls to make a few variations of Chocolate Chip Cookies. I've omitted the dessicated coconut and it turned out fine. I've also varied the cookies sizes, from as large as my palm to bite size pieces. Feel free to experiment.

This is the Hazelnut Chocolate Chip Cookies. Oooo... I simple love this because of the hazelnuts. Do use a generous amount of the chips and nuts, just play by your ear on how much to add hahaha... the more the merrier!



The next batch of dough, I've added in chips and walnut!!! Simply irresistable!



This, I've added in the chips and plenty of chopped almonds. Imagine... every bite filled with chocolates and almonds... YUMZZZ!



In another batch of dough, I've added in some cocoa powder, loads of chopped almonds and of course more chips. The cocoa powder lend a remarkable bitter chocolate taste to the cookies and it made the almonds stand out! They looked so pretty, don't they?



Due to my over generousity in the usage of chocolate chips, I ran outta them for my last batch of dough. I can't run out to get extra as BoiBoi was taking his afternoon nap and hubby was not around either. After much rummaging my larder and fridge, I suddenly got creative. Since I've used Snickers bar to make cookies before, why not use Toblerone (I've used the one in beige box which is the milk chocolate one)??? I broke up pieces of them and add them into the dough together with some chopped almonds. The result... fantabulous! The cookies were slightly chewy due to the nougat and honey content in the Toblerone. So technically this is not chocolate chip cookies but let's' just name it Toblerone Cookies hahaha... not very creative huh?



So, those were my variation of chocolate chip cookies. Are you inspired to bake some too?? Or would you rather run off to Famous Amos to grab some to satisfy your cravings??? hehehehe... (sorry if you've wet your keyboard with your own drool :p)

I'm not gonna post the recipe here due to copyright issues but you can find it here. Happy baking!

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Review: Seng Kee's Siew Yoke Meen

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Featuring another signature noodles available at Seng Kee Chinatown Restaurant other than the famous claypot loh shue fun - Siew Yoke Meen (Roast Pork Noodles). The noodles are actually the sang meen used for wantan noodles. All they did was dry mix the noodles ala wantan noodles style before ladle crispy fried roast pork with garlic over it. I liked it, what about you?

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Goodies From Mix FM Roadrunners

Guess whom we bumped into yesterday's afternoon.... yea... the Mix FM Ford Escape Roadrunners!!!! We saw the Escape as we walked back to our car parked at Bangsar Village. Hubby and I always heard about them but we have never caught them insight so hubby decided to hang around and chatted with the guys for a while before the programme started.

Cold Excel and packet drinks we handed out for everyone. Very thoughtful as it was so hot yesterday. Loads of stuff were given away, some of them needed effort though by answer questions fielded by Dhan, Ericho and Hisham.



By the way..... Hisham aka Big Sham is quite a looker hehehe AND I found out he's Plasma Man!!!! Ahahahaha... check him out... I have to agree with Shaz that he's HOT! Watdaya think???



Hubby and I got quite some goodies. LG goodies bag which have pen, mouse pad, fan, cutesy glass; Gardenia bread; Coffee Bean vouchers; Marie Claire magazine; chewing gum; note pad; pocket calendar; Biore men's facial wash and a very beautiful and large Tan Boon Ming's brolly!!!! Woohoo fantastic. Thank you Mix.FM!!!



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Boo_licious' Banana Cake Recipe

I've tried out boo_licious' banana cake recipe and it turned out beautifully but I think I did not put in enough banana. Next time gonna add more... but nevertheless the cake still tasted fantabulous. Thanks boo_licious for sharing the recipe.

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