Mont Blanc (sweet potato version)

Firstly, Happy holiday to myself!!!! \(^o^)/

I have exactly 14 days of holiday starting from last Thursday....

haiz...only 14 days.....

alright, i tell myself must fully utilize these valuable days.....

I kinda abandoned my dear oven for quite a long time....

so I decided to bake something beautiful and delicious and definitely SWEET... =]

Searching for recipe online and I found a French dessert, Mont Blanc

Instead of using chestnut, this recipe uses sweet potato....

I had all the ingredients needed at home....

oh yes! you are the chosen one....Mont Blanc (sweet potato version)

lots of work to do....

preheat the oven....bake the cake base....boil the sweet potato....make the sweet potato puree....whip some fresh cream....assembly cake + cream + sweet potato puree

voila....

It doesn't look like traditional Mont Blanc at all............. >"<

The sweet potato puree looks like mustard..... =/

I had hard time piping the puree and I couldn't pipe it perfectly straight....

I think it's because the puree is a bit dry. I should have mixed more cream into it.

Nothing I can do anymore, so better taste my first not-so-traditional Mont Blanc

first bite.....hmmmmm...............I smell egg......

the cake is soft and moist even though I forgot to brush some cake syrup on top of the cake before assembly....

I can taste sweet potato in it....the whipped cream is very light and it helps to combine all the flavor......

All I can said is "OMG........It's so delicious!!!!!!"

It definitely taste 10 times better than it looks, NO exaggeration.

I thought it might be subjected to personal taste bud....

BUT BUT BUT....all my family love it too. =D

I'm so flattered when my sis complains that I made so few and she wants to eat more....

hehe.....

hmm....what I shall make tomorrow.........

Field Trip to KLIA Air Traffic Control Tower

See this tower whenever I go to KLIA and I always wonder does it looks like what we see in TV up there...

As a committee member of UNMC IEM Student Chapter

I got a chance to get up there! =D

father of a friend of the club's president is the person in charge of KLIA DCA (Department of Civilian Aviation)

that's why we have this chance that most people wanna get... \(^O^)/

it's a whole new different view from top of the tower....

we can see the whole airport and everything around the tower...

we were told that even Genting Highland can be seen from the tower if the weather is good....

we have an air traffic controller to explain us the operation and procedure of clearing the landing and departure.... (but not this guy in the picture, he is busy)

it's so amazing that just by looking at the system, we can know which plane is about to land, which one is about to take off....every detail about a particular flight can be check from the system...

we look at the computer screen, check which plane is coming (it appears as a moving dot with its flight code) , and then slowly you will see the plane stated in the system is coming to land on the right runway.....

it's so fun to see the jet queuing on the runway waiting for it's turn to take off...

the jets look just like toy plane...so small and cute....

they have to line up because one runway only allows one jet at a time....

another interesting thing we were told is that they will usually let smaller jet to take off 1st if there are two jets wanna take off at the same time, to avoid "traffic jam". It's because big jet takes longer time to take off and the smaller one has to wait for around 3 minutes after the big jet take off...

it's an interesting & unforgettable field trip....

wish we could do more of this in next semester.... =]

oven-dried tomato

stress stress stress......

exam is coming very soon....

study everyday......

吊颈都要透下气 的...

my own way of de-stressing.... =)

cooking!!

this time I try to make oven-dried tomato....

just cut the tomato.....

sprinkle some salt on the tomato......

120 'C for about 2 hours.....

leave cool....

bottle and pour enough oil to cover....

tadaaaaaaaaaaa.................

I don't have olive oil in stock...

so I use normal peanut oil + a clove of garlic to give hint of flavor...

tomato done.....

stress released.....

back to study.... =)

Friday afternoon

today is Friday....

even though Ms.Black makes people hate FRIDAY...

I still love Friday.....

especially when I just done with my last project report on Thursday night.....

to be exact....it's Friday 5:15am.....

woke up in the afternoon......

found that the weather is so nice.......

the sky is so blue.....

the clouds are so fluffy.....

such a nice day..........

it's a waste if I don't enjoy this nice day after the stressful yesterday....

here am I.........

sitting in the little garden enjoying the peaceful moment.... =D

with a cup of Sabah pesticide-free black tea and 2 cute mini pao.....

wish everyday is a happy happy day....=)

The Pork Place

For all the pork lovers out there....

I present you all The Pork Place.....

I went to this place long long long time ago.......last year... ;p

this post is in the draft for so long....

time to let it out for the benefit of all the pork eaters.... =D

what so special about the pork there??

u can guess....they have their own farm.....pig live and eat and grow healthily.....

no hormone injection.....safe to consume....and it's TASTY....

we were sitting outside...so the lighting was quite bad...

food in the pictures doesn't look good.....

let's start the dinner with pork knuckle.......RM40 (half knuckle)

the skin is crispy......the meat doesn't dry out during the frying process......

and the most important thing is............it doesn't stink.....

I mean it doesn't have the smell of pig, which I think it is a good thing....

NEXT........let's move up a little bit to the belly......

House Specialty-Teriyaki belly (RM29)

see the shiny rolled belly on the top right of the picture?

there are layers of lean and fat.....

I must mention about the FAT part........

it literally melted in my mouth...........this dish is awesome!

BUT....my sister doesn't like it...... =/

because she doesn't like any fat part in any kind of meat.....

so if you are a fat-hater.....you could cross this out of your order....

go to the front part of pig-->SHOULDER

the Special Cut Shoulder Loin Steak (RM45)

***LIMITED POTION AVAILABLE***

it might look normal and simple.....

But this is the best pork steak I ever have........

it is very tender......the moment I chew it.....I know it's from a good good pig.... ;p

it is still juicy.........didn't dry out at all.....

let's have some minced meat......

sausage platter (RM40)

There are only 2 flavour available.....

it's quite normal to me.....prefer the Euro Deli's sausage here.....

love McD? love burger?

they do serve burger as well.... non-halal for sure... ;)

Bacon & Cheese Burger......(RM19)

the pork patty is JUICY....

with a big piece of cheese melted on top..... yum yum......

it's like home made patty....much much much better than any fast food burger....

don't know where it is?

Address: Lot 31, IOI Boulevard, Jalan Kenari 5, Bandar Puchong Jaya

the shop is quite small.....I think it can occupy around 30 people....

reservation might needed for weekends....

Tel: 03-80769608

happy RAINy SUNday

Sunday.....

a day off for all the people.....

put work aside.....enjoy the day....

so....we planned to cycle in Taman Cahaya......

we as in me and my BFFs.....

ah lai was the driver.....

start picking all of us at 7am....

the sky was quite dark and cloudy when I leave my house....

it started raining around 8am...

"it's ok......maybe it's not raining at Taman Cahaya..." I was thinking...

I was wrong...........

I think the whole Selangor was raining that day.....

the rain never stop.......the cycling plan had to be cancelled...

we went to eat Klang famous "Bak Kut Teh" and then played "lami"at kam's house..... hehe....

so relaxing....playing "lami" and drinking coffee in the nice cold weather...

3pm....time to go home.....and it's still raining.....

spent the afternoon cleaning my room.....

threw all the unwanted old stuffs away......

feel so proud of myself when looking at the clean and tidy room.... =]

later night.....

primary school 6M-er gathering....at Pitstop, Serdang....

I think at least half of the class attended....

by the way, there were 51 students in the class....

before going to the gathering, I thought we would have nothing much to chat about and it would be a boring event....I was thinking to leave early.....

but....I stayed until 12am......

we chat about our life recently...about everything happened in Standard 6.....

it really brought back lots of memories.....so much laughter during the gathering.....

it's really a GREAT success....I think.... =)

the rain.......yes.....it's not yet stop....

it's still drizzling when I reached home that night......

what a perfect weather for sleeping....

good night..... =]

ZO||

1.5 hours to go...

to the end of 2010....

same feeling every year..... why time passes so fast de....

looking back.....

2010 was a bad year for the world.....

extreme climate......disasters every where.....

~life is like a box of chocolate~

my 2o1o is the bittersweet chocolate in the box....

got a someone who make me feel beautiful.....

however he is not by my side....

got to learn my favourite language--French....

got into an accident and knock my precious nose....

gone through operation to fix my nose....

had wonderful celebration for my 21st birthday...

my dear doggie is resting in peace.....

past had already passed....

no point holding it for the new beginning.....

although can't really let the sorrow go...

at least make the last day of the year a happy ending....

home alone.....celebrating the new year eve.....

with books and notes....

and also.....

a glass of sweet sweet Chocolate milkshake.... =D

CHEERS!!!!

for a sweet ending.......

for a new beginning......

~HAPPY NEW YEAR~