Ratatouille

rat-a-too-ee , Felix from Hong Kong called it 五星级大鼠 ! Ben and I are going to watch it coming weekend..Here is the preview

Disappointed, Angry and Sick

I felt so disappointed when she said," I felt disturbed...." It is because she doesn't trust me

I am also very angry with this "boy".... It is because you spoilt my reputation

Extremely fed up with myself... It is because I have no way to defend myself as I have got no witness

And I am sick today...

Cinnamon Raising Buns

Step 1:
You will need
· 2 tsp dry yeast
· 120 ml warm milk
· 1 egg
· 15 g butter, room temperature
· a pinch of salt
· 45 g sugar
· 240 g flour
· 70 g currants
· a pinch of cinnamon
· a pinch of allspice

Step 2:
Begin the dough
Into the mixer add the milk, yeast, butter, egg, sugar, flour, cinnamon, allspice, salt and the currants. Mix it together but only until it is just combines. Sprinkle a little flour onto the dough. Remove the bowl from the mixer.
Step 3:
Continue the dough
Dust the work surface with flour. Remove the dough from the mixer bowl. If it seems to be too sticky then add a little more flour. Knead it with your hands until it has an elastic consistency. Shape it into a ball, place it in a bowl, cover it with a towel and let it rise until it doubles in size.
Step 4:
Make into buns
After the dough has risen, remove the cloth from the bowl and sprinkle over a little flour. Punch the air out of the dough with your knuckles. Remove it from the bowl. Place it onto the surface and shape it into a log. Cut it into six pieces. Take one piece and shape it into a ball, by first folding the dough inwards then rolling it with the palm of your hand. Roll all the 5 remaining pieces into balls. Place them onto the pre-lined baking tray. Cover them once more with the towel. Let them rise again for about 30 minutes.
Step 5:
Preheat the oven
While you are waiting for the dough to rise, set the oven to 170ºC (325ºF/ or gas mark 3).
Step 6:
Wash and bake
Once your buns have doubled in size, uncover them. Brush the buns all over with the egg wash. Then using your knife, cut a deep cross into the centre of each bun. The deeper the cut, the more pronounced the cross will be when baked. Place them in the oven and let them bake for about 15 minutes, then remove.
Step 7:
Cool and serve
Let them cool for a few minutes and serve them hot or cold. But be warned, served warm with lashings of butter you could be up until midnight making more!

Cinnamon Rolls

Before...

Finally!!! Yummy!!

Fantastic recipe with steps from

VideoJug: How To Make Cinnamon Rolls

Step 1:
Ingredient:
225gm flour
4gm of dry yeast
35gm melted butter
105mls milk
35gm sugar
1 egg
pinch of salt

Filling:
Some cinnamon powder
100gm brown sugar
40gm butter

Step 2:
Begin the dough
Start by adding the flour, the yeast, the sugar, the salt, the eggs, the milk, and the butter into the mixer. Mix the ingredients on low for 5 minutes until it becomes shiny in appearance. Add about 2 Tbsp more of flour to the bowl and turn off mixer. Now scrape the dough from the hook.
Step 3:
Knead and let the dough rise
Put a little flour inside the bowl and also sprinkle some on your work table. Now knead the dough briefly. Add a little more flour to the bowl and sprinkle a little onto the dough. Return the dough to the bowl. Cover it and let it rise for about 1 hour or until it has doubled its size.
Step 4:
Make the filling
While the dough is rising you can place into a bowl the brown sugar, the cinnamon, and the butter and mix with a spoon until combined. Now set it aside.
Step 5:
Preheat oven to 185°C
You can now set the oven to 185 degrees Celsius.
Step 6:
Roll the dough
Punch the air out of the dough. Sprinkle the work space with flour and place the dough on it. Sprinkle the dough with some flour. Now roll out the dough to a 1/2 cm thickness, making sure there is enough flour to prevent it from sticking to the table.
Step 7:
Shape the rolls
You can now spread the filling on the dough. Carefully roll the dough into a log and cut it into slices of about 3 cm in thickness. Place them on the lined baking tray, leaving enough space for the rolls to rise. Allow them to rise for 15-20 minutes.
Step 8:
Wash and bake
Take your egg wash and using your brush, paint each roll individually. Put the tray into the oven and let them bake for 12-15 minutes.
Step 9:
Cool and serve
Remove the tray from the oven and let the rolls cool a bit. Your Cinnamon Rolls are now ready to serve. They can be eaten cold but they taste especially good warm. Try them both ways!

Exercise

I have started exercising lately.

After what had happened few days back, there are a lot of "anger" & "pressure"& "hatred" in me. Well, I am not those who will scream loud or go to the pastor, I run and run and run and make myself tired and sweaty. Hope this can help me in shedding some weight and fat.

Have I ever mentioned I will do housework like mad lady when I got stressed up? Now, I choose to bake..

Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Ingredient for the cupcakes:
225 gm unsalted butter, softened
225 gm caster sugar
225gm self-raising flour
4 eggs
115 gm crunchy peanut butter

For icing:
60 gm crunchy peanut butter
50 gm unsalted butter, softened
2 tsp vanilla essense
115 gm icing sugar, sieved
2 tbsp milk

Instruction:
-Preheat the oven to 175 deg celsius
-Place 18 paper cases
-Combine butter, sugar, flour and eggs in a large bowl and beat with whisk until smooth for 2-3 min
-Stir in peanut butter until well combined
-Spoon batter into cases
-Bake for 20 min
-Cool them on rack

-Combined peanut butter, butter and vamilla in a medium bowl
-Whisk until light and fluffy
-Add icing sugar along with milk, beat until well combined
-Swirl the icing onto the cooled cupcakes

*Lazy me use cocoa as topping..*hehe*

Camera Shy

We have no idea why Smoochie is such a shy boy when come to photo taking, he will try all way to hide his face. See the "big head photo", he stays still as Ben was rising his voice.

Now U See, Now U Don't

Highly Recommended : Maggie Friends International @ no. 93, Club St
Stylist : Ms Akiko
Style : Long Bob
Total Damage : $49.50

Hong Kong, 050807 - 090807

Hong Kong Day 1

0400 - Wake Up
0445 - Reach Changi Airport
0645 - Flight to HKG

1035 - Reach HKG Airport. Bought a pair of Single Journey Ticket Set (from Airport - Kowloon Station) HKD140. Cheaper this way! Usual price is HKD180 for two pax

1302 - Check-In Park Hotel, then left to Central MTR



1400 - At Central MTR, Exit D2 to Wellington St

1410 - Reach Yung Kee 镛记. Had their famous 金牌烧鹅,菜远生鱼片,梅子排骨.Total Damage HKD338.80

Address : 32-40 Wellington Street, Central, Hong Kong 1530

Finished lunch. To Causeway Bay by street tram HKD4. Shopped around Sugar St, SOGO, World Trade Centre


Had dessert at 许留山, 芒果西米撈 for HKD25

Followed by 義順牛奶公司, ordered 雙皮奶 HKD20

Then went to Jardine Bazaar, nothing much to see or buy, a bit smelly too. But Time Square is not bad to shop,

there are many food outlets at Time Square

1900 - Dine In at Cafe De Coral 大家樂, ordered 牛肉飯 with Drink, HKD30/set.
Here we met a pair of cute couple ! Felix & 清華

They taught us to take bus 22A from Causeway Bay to 灣仔码头 Wan Chai Ferry Pier

2000 - Ferry ride (HKD4.40) to Star Ferry Pier. Strolled along Avenue of Star and New World City. Then took a cab back to Park Hotel, HKD15

2145 - Supper at Relax for a While 上海 Restaurant. Went to Cameron St and Granville Rd for shopping. I saw an actor at this local restaurant too.

0000 - Back to Hotel

Hong Kong Day 2

0830 - Wake Up
0930 - Leave Hotel to Jordon MTR
1059 - Found Australia Milk Company, had our breakie and walk along Shanghai St, Temple St.

1138 - Reached Wong Tai Sin, prayed and bought some vegetarian buns.

1300 - Went to Kwun Tong, didn't spend much time here, there is a APM shopping mall. If anyone tells you anything about the factory outlet, drop the idea as we went to the complex(14 floors in total) IT SUCKS.


1345 - We are at Choi Hung MTR, took a minibus to Saigon, do look out for a green minibus no 10. The journey is about 1 hour.

1525 - Dine at a local seafood restaurant, we didn't know which restaurant is good so we chose the one that had got more customers. Total damage : HKD378 for 2 persons. 4 seafood dishes and a vegetable. Chuan Kee Restaurant

1650 - Left Saigon to Choi Hung MTR

1730 - Reach Tsim Tsa Shui and we rested at Hotel till dinner time
1930 - We walked along Nathan Road and we actually walked for very long, from TST MRT - Jordon MTR - Yau Ma Tei MTR - Mongkok MTR so we actually covered all shopping areas and I ended up with swollen feet

2150 - Dinner at 极之好. We had their famous fried noodles 出前一丁with fried chicken! YUMMY and cheap! Portion is enough for 2

0000 - Back to Hotel

Hong Kong Day 3

Cute Shop Selling Bra !

Hong Kong Day 4

Sharing something we found cute in HK












Hong Kong Day 5