THREAD EMBROIDERY

A few weeks ago I went to a bookshop in Bangi and found a few good books on tread embroidery. I bought 3 different books and I was so happy with my purchase. To actually make use of those books (asyik beli buku menjahit, buku sulam je...tapi tak menjahit pun...so kali ni kena buat something...) I set out to sew pillow cases for my friend's new born baby with thread embroidery on it. As of yesterday, I managed to complete the embroidery but not the pillow case.... not yet...
I'm quite satisfied with the result since this was my first thread embroidery project....

GOOD BYE!

Friday 21, 2008 I received a phone call at around 12.40p.m. It was from a relative back home. My uncle has passed away. It was so sudden since he did not complain of being sick what so ever. Only on that fateful morning he told his son that he had chest pain and they rushed to the hospital.
Al-Fatihah to his soul and may he rest in peace. May Allah bless and forgive him and place him in His jannah together with the anbiya' and soliheen. Amin.

CHEDDAR CHEESE CAKE

Dalam usaha nak menghabiskan cheddar cheese (lebihan biskut raya) sebelum ianya rosak saya try cari resepi kek yang guna cheese ni. Saya terus cari kat resepidiana. Jumpa lah resepi kek ni. Dgn semangat yg berkobar2 pagi2 lagi dah masuk dapur. Dan inilah hasilnya:



Untuk kek ni saya dah modify skit resepinya. Saya kurang kandungan gula kepada 200gm sahaja dan saya gunakan susu cair, bukannya susu segar.
Rasanya memang sedap (sekalipun ianya bukan resepi 5 bintang) cuma berminyak sangat. Mungkin sebab saya sapu mentega kat loyang tu instead of letak kertas minyak. So next time, kena ingat untuk lapik loyang dgn kertas minyak supaya kek kurang berminyak.
Masa kunyah tu memang best especially kalau terkunyah cheddar cheese tu. Hmmm..yummy..
Untuk sesiapa yang nak cuba buat kek ni, dipersilakan..sekiranya anda peminat cheese saya rasa anda tak kan kecewa. Oh, ya! Saya juga dah lebihkan sukatan cheese kepada 150g/180g. Tu semua gara-gara nak habiskan cheese sebelum dia rosak. Nanti membazir pulak.
Saya perturunkan resepinya di sini:

CHEDDAR CHEESE CAKE
Sumber: Chef Alex Goh

Bahan-Bahannya:-
250 g mentega
230 g gula halus (saya kurangkan jadi 200gm je)
4 biji telur gred A (berat kurang lebih 60g setiap biji)
80 g parutan keju cheddar (Smile put more and buat tabur kat atas kek juga) (saya masuk lebih keju & potong dadu. utk tabur atas kek, saya parut halus)
280 g tepung gandum*
1 camca teh baking powder*(*disatukan dan diayak)
100 ml susu segar (saya masukkan susu cair)
1 camca teh esen vanilla

Cara membuatnya:-
1. Panaskan oven pada suhu 175C, lenser tin berukuran (8 x 8 x 3) inci dengan mentega, alas dasar tin dengan kertas minyak, lenser juga permukaan kertas minyak dgn mentega. Ketepikan.
2. Putar mentega dengan gula hingga putih. Masukkan telur satu persatu sambil terus memukul hingga kembang dan gula hancur. Pada speed sederhana, masukkan tepung berselang seli dengan susu segar hingga habis. Gaul rata.
3. Masukkan keju dan esen vanilla dan putar hingga semua sebati. Tuang ke dalam tin dan bakar 40 - 45 minit. Sejukkan 10 minit sebelum dikeluarkan dari tin. Sejukkan kek sepenuhnya atas jaringan sebelum dihidang...

*Selamat Mencuba!

JAKARTA, DAY 1

Last June, we went to Jakarta. We took the first flight out of LCCT to Soekarno Hatta International Airport. From there, we took the airport taxi to Alila Hotel at Jl. Pecenongan, Central Jakarta. It is about 25km away from the airport. However, the taxi ride to the hotel took about 45 minutes due to...you know....

The room was not yet ready when we arrived. So, we just left our luggage there and headed to Tanah Abang, one of the shopping complexes in Jakarta. It seems like your trip to Jakarta is not complete without visiting one of these and buying something as souvenirs for family and frens back home. We did not buy many things since we were going to Bandung, the shopping heaven for some people. It was raining when we left the place to go to other places.

We also visited Monas, the National Monument, Presidential Palace (did not go inside of course) and some other places in the vicinity of Alila.

We had Nasi Kabuli at Tanah Abang for lunch and nasi padang and jus alpukat at Sari Bundo for dinner. We also went to Carrefour for mineral water and some snacks. It was within a walking distance from the hotel. On our way back we took a taxi and asked the driver to bring us for a sightseeing around Jakarta. The night outing was a pleasant one without the traffic jam.

Go Holiday!

PLACEMAT SET

Ribbon embroidery atau sulam riben merupakan salah satu seni jahitan yang saya minat. Kalau kat Indonesia dikenali sebagai sulam pita. Masa kat JACC di Jakarta baru-baru ni, nampak le blouse yang disulam riben ni. Tak ingat pulak harganya tapi kalau tak silap saya cukup murah kalau nak banding dgn hasilnya yang cukup cantik. Tambahan pula dijahit dgn tangan yang ambil masa 4 hari utk siap satu baju (ikut kata penjualnya lah). Sulamannya penuh dibahagian dpn baju dari atas sampai bawah. Tudung-tudung pun banyak yg disulam riben ni, atau sulam benang. Kalau sulam manik tu tak usah cakaplah.....bertimbun-timbun.....kat Jalan Tar tu banyak...macam-macam ada...yg simple..yg sarat dgn manik...huh..semua ada..tinggal pilih yg mana berkenan je...

Saya pernah gak le belajar sulaman riben ni. Tak de lah susah pun..cuma yg menjadi masalah besarnya ialah.....guess what?.....kreativity dan kesenian.... kalau kreatif dan berseni tu...hah..macam2 boleh jadi...sulaman pun nampak hidup je...tak de lah keras je (macam kat atas tu).

Ni antara hasil jahitan sulam riben yang saya pernah buat. Yang ini set placemet. 6 pelapik pinggan dan satu runner. Oleh kerana seninya kurang (semangat je ada), itu je yang mampu dibuat. Mcm lurus bendul je hasil especially kat pelapik tu. Set ni dah selamat dihadiahkan kepada seorang kenalan. Harap beliau gembira menerimanya ;-)

KOTA SINGA

My first visit to Singapore was in 2006. We went there during its shopping carnival. So, the shopping complexes at the orchard road were busy and crowded with shoppers who were there to get what they needed and wanted at a cheaper price.

Kami cuci mata je lah tengok barang2 yang ada tu. Kalau nak kira memang murah tp tak de niat nak shopping pun masa tu. Kiranya singgah je lah di Singapore tu sbb dah sampai JB.

Kami sembahyang zohor dan lunch di Arab street. Nasi berianinya tersohor lah kat situ dan sememangnya sedap. Kedainya bertentangan dgn Masjid Sultan yg ada kat situ.

We went to esplanade and thought of going to the merlion park and took pictures of the merlion statue there but at that time it was closed for cleaning of the statue or something. I was not sure.
Anyway, we had a good time in Singapore riding the doubledecker bus pusing keliling kota....

SUSHI AGAIN

I was not very satisfied when I first tried my hand at making sushi. So 2 days ago I tried to make another sushi. This time I used carrot, cucumber, crabstick, 'telur ikan' for the filling. Semuanya (kecuali telur ikan) di gaul dgn mayonis. Lepas tu susun di atas nasi. Sebelum tu sapu dulu telur ikan atas nasi tu. Kemudian baru lah letak isi tengahnya. Kali ni memang nampak lawa dan menarik skit. Rasanya pun ada improvement lah.

MARBLE CHOCOLATE CHEESE CAKE

A few days ago, I tried to bake marble chocolate cheese cake. Truly, the cake was delicious even though I found that it was a bit oily. So, if I were to bake the cake next time, I will cut down the amount of butter used. I also must remember to use smaller baking container since the one that I used today was quite big so much so that the top layer of the chocolate mixture was not enough to cover the cheese mixture (2nd layer). Anyway, since the cake was for my own consumption, that was not a problem. Yang penting rasanya sedap. Hmmmm...yummy...

Saya perturunkan di sini resepinya:

Bahan A:

180gm mentega
20gm serbuk koko ]
1 sudu teh baking powder ] di ayak bersama
120gm tepung naik sendiri ]
170gm gula castor
3 biji telur

1. Pukul butter dan gula hingga kembang. Masukkan telur sebiji demi sebiji, kacau sebati.
2. Masukkan campuran tepung + baking powder + serbuk koko. Gaul rata dan bahagi kepada dua bahagian.

Bahan B:

250gm cream cheese
60 gm gula castor
1 biji telur
1 sudu teh esen vanilla

1. Pukul cream cheese sampai kembang.
2. Campurkan gula, telur dan esen vanilla. Pukul lagi sampai kembang dan rata.

Cara-cara membuatnya:

1. Tuang satu bahagian A ke dalam loyang. Ratakan.
2. Tuang adunan cream cheese di atasnya dan ratakan.
3. Tuang sebahagian lagi bahan A dan ratakan.
4. Bakar pada suhu 165 C selama 50min - 60 min ikut oven masing-masing.
5. Seeloknya dibiarkan sejuk dulu sebelum dipotong.

* Using my convection oven, saya bakar lebih kurang dalam 40 min je.

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