A Self-proclaimed Foodaholic

Posted by: Swee | September 10, 2008

Oh well

I’m most likely not blogging for a long period of time.

Till then, have a good day and enjoy blog-hopping

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Posted in Baked Desserts

Posted by: Swee | August 30, 2008

Hello again

Hello everyone,

this post is to tell everyone that I’m still around and not too busy catching butterflies yet. There’ll be a post about mooncakes coming up in the next couple of days. Please wait just a while more..

Some random pics

Toys! hahaha Cakes for display only. they;re really small and dainty..

*why is my pic so smalll… Uh after not logging on for 4 months, I gotta get use to wordpress again .alot has changed since. not just wordpress but everything else. Oh well We’ll keep that for later.

Oh yummy Sex and the City themed cupcakes.

cupcakes for wedding. the bouquet and ribbon looks a lil bit too oversized but somehow in some way it looks fine to me.

why lah all cupcakes. boring already.. ok wait just wait …..

i’m not disowning my blog. just recuperating for a bit

till then

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Posted in Misc

Posted by: Swee | April 3, 2008

I’m happy with the variety of mushrooms nowadays as compared to 2 years ago, where shiitake and enoki conquers all. Now, there are lotsa Japanese / Korean mushrooms (Bunoshimeji, shimeji, Eryngii) and even Portobello and fresh button mushroom. Now that makes me a happy person cause I’m a mushroom fan.

(Photo from hereandtherejapan.blogspot.com) - because I didnt take any “before” photos; too eager to cook

Fair enough, I happened to buy some tiny asparagus from the market at a cheap price because its their last packet and I’m their usual customer. It was a huge bunch. Immediately I was thinking of some asparagus tart or some quiche. But oh well I dont think my family take “tart” as starters or a meal. Being Chinese, we like to have a few dishes on the table (meat, vege, tofu etc) and savour them with rice (uh, staple stuff)

So what happened was I blanched the asparagus in salted water. Set aside.
Heat wok with oil and sesame oil. Stir in mushrooms. Add in oyster sauce and a tiny amount of soy sauce.
Add in the asparagus, a little bit of water. Stir stir stir. Done!

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Posted in Vegetarian

Posted by: Swee | March 31, 2008

Dragonfuit sorbet?

No, I did not make or attempted to make it. I just happened to be invited to a *free* event/workshop by Pastry Pro some couple of weeks back. Chef Christoph Riedel was in town representing Dreidoppel from Germany to show us some new products, flavourings and inventions from Dreidoppel / Pastarom.

Chef Christoph showcased some interesting desserts and sorbets.