My luv's b'dae celebration

Opps I did it again. Long time din post some new post.. Was simply tired after a day's work too. (Well can say is excuse =p)

Think this post is about back dated 2 weeks more??

Anyway have been practising some cake recipe before I bake a actual b'dae cake for my luv.. In another words means test 'market' to see if he like the taste.. =)

Initally chose a lemon yoghurt butter cake recipe cuz I can add in some decoration but I change my mind to chocolate lemon yoghurt cake since both is same recipe.

The process of making lemon yoghurt butter cake..

Left: 1st attempt, right: 2nd attempt. 

Baking of Strawberry Muffins

Last week I bake strawberry muffin. Give some to my fren meizhen,my luv and his family and my colleagues too.  Meizhen say nt bad whereas my colleagues says is better than the chocolate muffin which I bake last time. I think this is because butter plays as it not only give the muffin a nice smell and it also add moisture to the muffin again.  

The strawberry batter~ 

I am so gald that I managed to capture the right timing of heat when baking it.. As most of them did not burnt.. A great pat on my shoulder.. Keep it up for myself!!!

Maybe next time round shall try out blue berry muffin and try chocolate chip muffin with butter in it.. hehe^^

The recipe can be found here.

Habitat Coffee

Went to this cafe a week ago to celebrate one of my fren's b'dae.. I was there early than the rest so I relax and took some picture there..

Part of their deco on each table.. 

Yellow Submarine

Yeah finally gt to eat this with my luv a couple of weeks ago.. Plus is so near my house.. ^^ We order Set 2(oregano) & set 5 (Chic submarine).. The sandwich was cut into half so we both can try each other set.. I find the bread for the set 5  was more frangant and sweeter. Well their concept is really so alike to subway.

I like the cheese fries. To my surprise the cheese was pipping hot when I bite into the fries.. At first I thought it may be the same like kfc cheese fries and my luv like it too. Cuz the cheese smell wasn't too strong so is still acceptable to him. ((;

The staff also recommend us their signature brownie:Choco Bomber. I like the chocolately taste. Slurp!!

Here is the price breakdown list:

Set 2(oregano) : $ 9.90

Set 5 (Chic submarine) : $9.50

Choco Bomber : $2.80

Total amount : $22.00

Hmm.. The price abit too costly though the food not bad and was innovative enough.. 

Their address : Blk 177 Toa Payoh Central #01-110, Toa Payoh, Singapore 310177

Their facebook : https://www.facebook.com/YellowSubmarinesCheesesteaks

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Baking again

This time round I tried baked some chocolate chip and I am so gald that it turns out so well. hehe^^ Is so fun  baking. I find that baking is much more easier than baking chiffon cake. As chiffon cake need to separate egg yolk and egg white. Egg white need to be more stiff enough than can combine with the egg yolk batter. Whike muffin just combine dry and wet ingredients will do. But the less I oso do enjoying making chiffon cake.. Next up I will trying to bake strawberry muffin too.. 

 For the recipe, can refer to my recipe blog here..

S.E.A Aquarium & Maritime Musuem - 23.5.13

Had been planning tis trip to S.E.A Aquarium with my dearie fren some time ago and have been so looking forward. Hehe^^

 

 

 So many fishes =D

My recent bakings

Recently I quite in baking mood again(partially is because my cake flour is expiring soon =p) after so many couples of months after trying out on a coffee chiffon cake which till date I still did not suceed in the end. Look through many post in one of my favourite blog(Cuisine Paradise's blog) which I follow very frequently. Feel very tempt to try out the chocolate chiffon cake. I am so gald I did it and is still a success even though the color is not the kinda color which I expect it will turn out.

 I simple love the chocolate taste in it! So yummy!

And yeap, I use happy call pan to bake it. 

Next up, I try baking some orange vanilla loaf cake which is in cupcakes verison last week. 

Oh mine after I finish baking, the orange smell so nice and stong that it stay long in kitchen. Since I did not have those electric oven, I use my house oven toaster to bake and that explain why my cup cakes part of them are burnt but taste is nice and fragant. I will try baking again. 

Interested to try out the two cakes yourself too? Check out the link below:-

Chocolate Chiffon Cake : http://ellenaguan.blogspot.sg/2012/03/chiffon-cakes-using-happy-call-double.html

Orange Vanilla Cup Cakes : http://ellenaguan.blogspot.sg/2012/05/orange-vanilla-loaf-cake.html

Hmm.  think next up either I want to try bake chocolate chip cupcakes or chocolate loaf cake..

My passion about cooking

Many people commented that I am such a great cook. Even my workplace cleaning anutie says that my bf is damn lucky to have me cook for him. Hehe..

Well, what they did not know is that I did not develop my passion for cooking since young. In fact in primary school days, I wasn't keen in cooking stuffs even though I got play those cookery toys set. =p It was only until when I reached puberty stage and was schooling in secondary school, that is when my passion in cooking slowly develop. I love eating instant noodles. I will often cook them on frequent basis and most of the time is like for breakfast or something. I will just stand in front of the stove and taste one mouthful of soup  and another mouthful of noodles. I dun noe how cum I can develop such a weird habit. Ahaha~

My b'dae celebration Part 3 - At Wimbly Lu Chocolate

Alrite 2nd stop of my actual b'dae celebration, at Wimbly Lu Chocolate. Just as the cafe menioned, it was famous for their chocolates. But I never tried.. =P

The most eye catching of the cafe will be this vintage car. Uhoo~

This is their menu on every desk..

Unique decorations~

Wow, don't you find the above sentense so interesting on creative??

My b'dae celebration Part 2 - At Chillax Massage Cafe

Apply leave on my actual b'dae~ All set and ready for the two surprised places my luv is bringing me to... ^^ So in this post I will talk about the 1st stop which is Chillax massage cafe.

My outfit of the day~

At chillax massage cafe~

They sell some cakes and other pastry but we never try them.

Their menu~

Mine chilli crab pasta and my luv arabiki pasta

My b'dae celebration Part 1 - At Bliss House (Clarke Quay Central)

The gals wanted to celebrate my b'dae so I suggested this place as few daes ago I saw my other fren share abt tis place on fb. Look so dreamy and is veri similar to Fullhouse which I went before.

Me with the gals

Fren gatherings & my make up secret

OMG!!! I haven been reali updating my blog for 1 mth. Reali feel so tired after wrk recently and plus I was busy keeping up my exercise routine so end up no time and no mood to blog. 

Anyway~ That is not the point. 

I will be sharing how I matches my make up with my dress. 

 Hehehe meet up with Iris again.. 

Outfit of the dae~

These are the make up stuff I used... From left to right, top to bottom: Dolly wink fake eye lashes no. 11, sillky gal black brown eye liner, sillkygal concealer no. 2, etude house nymph aura volumer(no 2), etude house bb magic cream, etude house shinistar lip balm no. 3, Majolica Majorca eye shadow,Majolica Majorca Lash  expander mascara & lastly dollywink brown eyebrow mascara.

Belated 6 yrs anni celebration at Lenas at Nex

Went to nex outlet to celebrate belated anni w my luv. In case you don't know, lenas is under Ministry of Food. After much consideration upon looking at the menu, we decided to chose a hotpot set which also consist the soup of the day, rice & soup of the day.

3rd DIY nails art

Have been wanting to do a vintage nails after I saw Bubzbeauty video on her vintage nail tutorial. I feel is kinda lovely and femaine. So decided to try it last week.

Here is are the colors I chosen for my vintage nails: -

Silky gal nail polish: light pink and darker pink, the face shop blue & green color and white nail dot pen.

You will also need:

some toothpick and cotton buds

Paradise Inn

A few weeks ago, I went with Puay San to have dinner at Paradise Inn b4 we making our way to this yr Ang    Bao River.

We order pork belly bun, coffee flavour pork ribs, mini wok tofu with pork floss, stir fry pork with vegetables and some dessert.

Pork Belly with some buns: surprisely I tot this dish will taste veri oily and I think the restuarant handle this dish veri well.  I dun find this dish too oily and is veri appetizing.

Coffee flavoured pork ribs: Among all the dishes we ordered: I prefer this dish the most. Probably b'cuz  coffee is one of my favourite beverage tat y I like this dish lots. For those who hate eating pork ribs with bones, rest assured that you will definately like this dish alot. While chewing on it, I do  not have any difficulies as I can't find any bones with it and is very meaty. Meat lovers will sure luv tis tis dish.

DIY nails again~

Remember my last post which I mentioned abt my ribbon DIY nail art? So here it is.

Here's what you need:

1. Few scotch tapes
2. White, silver and black nail pen
3. White colour nail polish

A) Firstly, I cut the scotch tapes into thin pieces and lay them out as shown in the above picture.

B) I place the scotch tape over my finger just like the above.

C) I apply the white color/ back colour nail polish on alternate nails. (Note: this will be part which will be the same color as your ribbon color)

D) Next, I remove the scotch tape and apply the other colors onto the painted portion of my nails.

E) Next by using a nail pen, I draw a ribbon which is different color from the bottom color of my nails.

F) Lastly in the centre of the ribbon, I use the silver color nail pen to draw a circle.

Is easy isn't? By the way I got this idea from the below video by bubzbeauty.

Chinese New Year 2013 happenings

(Beware: long post=P)

Before CNY~

This year I can say I got abit of luck. Hehe I won the below from my company lucky draw. Reali tks to my company's supplier who send us a hamper.

My boss also bot us the yu yan sheng's lucky drawvoucher but I think we dun reali have the chance to win the ipad mini cuz so many people are taking part in the lucky draw voucher. He also bot some more can of abalone and pan cai for the following day lucky draw. 

New Taiwan Stall at Tampines

Thank godness my bf is staying at tampines and his mum told him that his hse nearby got this newly open taiwan stall: Liu He Taiwan Night Market Snacks. I was so keen in trying it as I am a lover for taiwan snacks and food!! =p

We had this mee sua but is not those traddtional oyster mee sua. Is chicken mee sua. Heard from my bf tat tis stall change most of the recipe to more singapore style. This bowl of mee sua was indeed more towards singaporean taste as it was spicy enough. The chicken quite well done.

Lao Ban Dou Hua

For those who like to eat soya beancurd, you sure have heard of the above. It has a stall at the old airport rd hawker centre. The first time I try, I immediately luv the smooth texture of the soya beancurd. I feel as though I am in heaven. LOL. But if you are late to reach the hawker centre especially at night, you wun't be able to get even just one as they are really hot sellers over there. But fret not, they have open a small stall just near to the tampines mrt, even late at night around 9pm, you still would be able to get one as they don't close early. I really envy those who stay at tampines.

Some weeks ago, I went to tampines again and was surprised that they have sell another flavour which is the almond flavour( as shown in the photo with the red colour cover). Almond flavour taste so nice and smell fragant. Slurp=p  I think i more prefer almond flavour. Hehe~

1st blog post for Year 2013

Aha after some time, this shall be my first post for this year =p

A summary of last yr...

Good tings:-

I was so excited to being invited by HDB to book a unit of my future hse and signed the lease of agreement. I have nv tot there is so much to take note about. Although this flat location is not the one which me n my luv was targeting at initially, but I am so gald we are goin to have a little space of our own. (=

Career wise seems like things are getting beta per year, more improvement in my wrk and compliment from colleague and boss. Get very seldom nag by boss and know how to handle things in mature and professional way.

Bad things:-

Had been like sort of roller coaster mood during certain months. I just realised certain people aren't worth your time on them. You have been nice to them, being there for them but yet what they give you is invisible hurt. But I am gald that once I get myself out of the hard time, over time I have been tougher than ever. No longer the gal who is so weak and veri easily bully with. This shws that no one can easily take advantage of me.

I believe this year will be beta year den last year!! ^~