Weird Combination

I've seen yoghurts in many many different flavours: mango, tropical fruits, strawberry, raspberry, whatever-kind-of-berry, orange, aloe vera and so on.

But CAPPUCCINO?

Interesting.

Somehow cappuccino's flavour matched quite well with the yoghurt, although I dislike the addition of Nata de Coco in there. But then again, i always dislike Nata de Coco XD

Yvonne..

Black Forest Delight

As the package had suggested, it does have the power to make you surrender for more, well that's what I did. Black Forest Delight is similar to the normal original Tim Tam, except for the additional cranberry cream squeezing in between. But that's all it needs to rock =D

♥

Yvonne..

Tasty Salt

Please tell me how can salt be tasty.

Apparently, the advertiser had been working too hard. We don't need adjectives in the ingredients list, but thank you very much for lighting up my day xD

Yvonne..

The New Hotcake

I won't say that this curry puff's the best curry puff in the world, but of all the ones that I've got my hands on before, this should be one of the Top 5.

First of all it's double the size of a normal curry puff, and then there's the half-piece of hard boiled egg right in the middle of the spicy dhal-sort-of curry.

It might not be a good combination to some people, but I certainly like it :D

To state the facts, the tray of about 50 puffs will disappear within about 2 hours the moment these are served for sale to the hungry college students.

And if you're late...well, you're just gonna have to wait for another day XD

Yvonne..

Gasoline

Hang out with Kim and Agnes today at Times Square. Shopped majorly. I bought a pair of shoes and a handbag O.O Seriously I think I need to consider the option of working part-time. Anyway for lunch we went to Gasoline.

Gasoline - A comic-themed restaurant.

Chocolate Mint Ice Blended
Agnes loveeesss this. The ice's a bit too coarse though.

Black Pepper Butter Chicken Chop
The sauce's quite good actually, but kinda salty.
Mushroom soup tasteless :(

The chicken was quite nice though, soft and well-done.
Not too bad.

Cheese Butter Seafood Rice
Quite okay to me... but not really worth it, Agnes said.

The atmosphere at Gasoline's actually quite pleasant, the service wasn't that bad as well. But the food were not really up to par, probably because it was lunch peak hour when we entered the restaurant so everything's cooked up in a hurry.

Later on we stepped into Krispy Kreme to hang out/rest there. I don't know why last time when it was newly opened there's Hershey's Milk Chocolate and Hershey's Cookies and Cream flavour but now they're no longer on the display racks. So we got the original glazed instead. Still the best. ^o^

Pink Guava Juice.

Miss you guys loads. xoxo

Yvonne..

M-U-F-F-I-N-S

This time it's muffins!! Or to be exact, Choc Chip Chocolate Muffins with Walnuts and Banana! Lol I know the name's very long.

A success!!! Crisp on the outside, moist on the inside!! But yeah I admit it's a little bit too moist inside but I discovered that after a few days letting the muffins in the fridge they actually taste better O.O It's like the chocolate intensified and the muffin turned into a dense chocolate cake which is utterly utterly heavenly when you eat it with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.

The mixture. I know it looked a bit messy. xP

My kitchen smelled like chocolate that time...

I like the cracks on the muffins :)

The inside.
The darker parts represent melted dark chocolate chips.

I got the original recipe from here but I modified it as well by adding bananas and walnuts. The bananas were not that obvious though, cuz there wasn't enough bananas :(

Hmm what's next to bake~~? Any suggestions?

Thought of making some candied walnuts next time... Hmm...

Yvonne..

Meatballs & Winter Warmers

Went out with college mates today, and it felt like this outing was some food-hunting mission. We ate three meals within about six hours. No joke. Well, not that I mind anyway XD, in fact I enjoyed a lot XDXD. From finally tasting the well-known Ikea's Swedish meatballs with cream sauce and Lingonberry jam, discovering Winter Warmers, to getting a bite of the popular and "famous" Ikea's curry puffs and hotdog.

We reached the place at about 10 to 11 in the morning and started off with a bang erm sorry I mean the meatballs. Yeah. Did I mention that PLin's parking skill made all of us almost speechless? I had my eyes closed while she went into the parking lot head-on so fiercely without even slowing down because she nearly nearly neaaarrrly scratch the car beside us. :D

Anyway, back to the meatballs. With cream sauce and Lingonberry jam. Gosh I love the cream sauce.

Actually I think I love the cream sauce
more than the meatballs O.O seriously.

A close up of the meatballs, look at how
creamy and luscious the sauce looked. I know :D
Oh and notice the Lingonberry jam too =D

We shopped for a bit after the brunch. Then I discovered Daiso, a Japanese supermarket where everything is priced at 5 bucks each. It was like my kind of shopping heaven!! Why haven't I discover this before??? OMG I couldn't believe that. I have no idea why Daiso never open up a store in the city, it's really beyond me. What a waste of business opportunity. Sighs oh well.

Again as usual we mulled over where to have lunch after several hours of trolling around the malls (note: malls: plural), then finally all of us poured into a little sweet modest looking English tea and coffee house named Winter Warmers. Mind you I was quite tired by that time.

The interior's quite small but very chic.

Their signature teacups cabinet.

Mine - Chocolate-Mint Coffee
One of the few times I drank coffee. Or shall I put it correctly
I was duped into ordering this cuz I only focused on
the words "chocolate-mint" when I was placing
my order. Then only I discovered that it's actually hot coffee. =.=
But not bad actually. The coffee tasted quite nice for a change.
And yes we marveled at the prettiness of the cup for quite a while XD

SMay - Green Tea Ice Blended.

PLin & Steph - Rose Ice Blended
Looked a bit like orange ice blended to me though XD

PLin & Steph - Macaroni Cheese Bake
I couldn't forget the smell of the thick melted cheese...yum.

Liana - Mango Chicken Rice
Very tangy and very mangoed -
the chicken, the sauce, and the mango.
Love the sweetness of it ;)

SMay - Veggie and Egg Waffle
Seriously I think this is the first time I saw a savoury waffle.
Very creative and tasty!! The egg added a nice flavour to the waffle :)

Mine - Deep Fried Garlic Chicken
I love the garlic sauce. And the cold potato salad.
But the pasta garden salad's a bit weird-tasting, there's
something about the dressing they used... very floral-like.

I forgot to take pictures of the curry puffs and the hotdog. The curry puffs were not exactly the kind I like cuz the pastry's too thick especially at the sides of the puff. I prefer thin pastry when it comes to curry puffs =X The hotdog however was a delight. We can put as many chili sauce, mustard, relish and chopped onions on it. I love the relish. That was why I didn't take a picture of it, too busy gobbling it down XDXD

Gahhhh I wanna go out with you guys again!!!!!!! :D

Yvonne..

C-U-P-C-A-K-E-S

I BAKED AGAIN.

And this time it's not those pre-mixed stuff anymore. I really BAKED. As in, beat the sugar and butter and fold in the mixture into the flour and all those. You get the picture anyway. YES, I DID IT!!! :D After about, oh-I-don't-know, 3 years after my parents bought the oven, finally someone actually used the oven to bake some cakes. Teehee!

Um, it's vanilla choc chip cupcakes with white chocolate frosting. Well, it was supposed to be chocolate fudge frosting but mom bought the wrong kind of chocolate =.= But seriously the chocolate wrapper was really misleading, I thought it's milk chocolate too until I opened the package =.=

Anyway stop reading my crap and LOOK AT MY FRESHLY BAKED CUPCAKES!!!!!!!!! OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG! Lol.

Baking~ baking~ the vanilla scent in the air~

I know this arrangement looked so gay but whatever.

Pretty? Pretty??

I would've bought some colourings to add to the frosting
had I known that it's white but not milk chocolate xD

:D

Last one~~

Alright, show's over XD. But to tell the truth the cupcakes were not really that good. The frosting's a bit tasteless and it's worse when paired with the vanilla cupcakes as both were equally tasteless. Luckily there was some choc chips in the cupcakes so at least they're not too dull.

Oh I got the recipe from Joy of Baking.com and as for the chocolate frosting the recipe's from here. I've modified the recipe a little bit to make room for the chocolate chips and the white chocolate. But REMEMBERRRRR to get milk or dark chocolate for your frosting. The good quality ones. Don't get crappy-branded white chocolate like me, ruined the frosting. Hehe.

Kyaaa I'm still so happy :D

Yvonne..

Better Than Fast Food

Sausage+egg+Korean instant noodle=Quick and simple yum.

Yeah...had this for lunch... best to go with a movie and peach iced tea... =D

Anyway, I found out that Miley Cyrus's gonna be starring in one of Nicholas Sparks movie. The Last Song or something like that. Omg... horror... lol, kidding. I have nothing against her but I can easily name a few who can't stand her xD

But do try the sausage egg noodles when you have the ingredients, it's very similar to one of the menu items served in regular Hong Kong diners ;)

Yvonne..

San Francisco!!! =D

Had dinner at Pizza San Francisco!!

:D

Orange Punch
I totally love this combination of orange, milk and soda.
I don't know milk can be mixed in this way
and won't cause stomachache xD

Mushroom Bruschetta
If you ever get the chance to stop by this restaurant,
this is a must-order. So creamy and so mushroomy it's heavenly.

Santa Barbara Chicken
VERY fulfilling. Chicken meat stuffed with shrimp. Yum.
Love the black pepper sauce. Not thick but nice.

San Francisco Pizza
Half calzone, half pizza. Chicken salami's the main attraction.

But I think the little pieces of baby tomatoes's a very
considerate touch. I love baby tomatoes =)

I still want some more Mushroom Bruschetta =(

Yvonne..

Fresh Prawn Wonton

Love it.

Better than any other wontons in the world.
Fresh prawn wonton...clear soup...mm...

A medium sized fresh prawn is wrapped into each wonton.

Their curry noodle's pretty damn good too!
I almost forgot the last time I ate such a perfect lovely curry noodle.

It's a roadside stall which has been there for years. A lot of loyal supporters, including me and my dad.

Yvonne..

I BAKED

I BAKED BROWNIES.

And yes that was my first time baking.

OMG right, I know.

I don't know if my brownie turned out to be normal or what, since I've never really eaten an "original" brownie before. But mine's sort of like, crusty on the top, then increasingly moist until the bottom. It was a bit too sweet, too much sugar I supposed =S

It's a good snack though. =)

Yvonne..