A letter for Yaya

Dear Yaya,

I hope this is your email address as I want to say a big hello from me and Mrs McCall. We have a new Prep B this year and they are very small. I still see all of last years preps and they are growing up very quickly.

What are you doing in Malaysia? Please tell us about school and your new friends. We would also love to see some photos.

It was great seeing your Mum last year when she visited.

We miss you lots and think about you often.

From Miss Underwood xoxox

my Sistah roast chicken recipe

This is one authentic recipe. ahahahh Authentic ke?? Well I got this recipe from my sistah. I have tried this numerous time. I never thought roasting a chicken would be easy. Takde sukat-sukat la, semua main agak-agak aje.

I used to bake one whole chicken, but since I am only preparing a meal for two, a quarter of chicken would be enough. Oh I did mention about the name of this part of chicken right, hindleg, or chicken maryland. I marinated the chicken with oyster sauce, garlic, honey and black pepper. Then, leave it for at least 30 minutes. Before baking, I place some cubes of butter on top of the chicken.



And for the side dishes, we had garlic breads, and potato salad with vegeroni.

And like the famous pantun....

"Gendang gendut tali kecapi
Kenyang perut suka hati"

Switch off....for just 1 hour...

Do it ... Vote for Earth !.... the Mother has suffer a lot .....

Today, please turn off your lights, beginning 8.30pm your local time

Do it....for just 1 hour

What is Earth Hour?

Earth Hour site.

@ the Luncheon

Venue: Orleigh Park, West End

(the same park where the QUT luncheon was held about 2 weeks ago)

Time : 9 am till 1pm

We arrived at around 11am. There were some contests held by the organiser, I copied this from the flyer.

1. Untuk keluarga (ayah, ibu dan anak) – straw tower (straw disediakan)
2. Untuk kaum lelaki – longest apple peeling competiton (apple disediakan tetapi pisau disediakan oleh perserta sendiri)
3. Untuk kaum perempuan – char kueytiaw tersedap (disediakan dirumah masing-masing)
4. Untuk berpasangan (tidak boleh suami isteri) – creative potato print making (kentang dan warna akan disediakan tetapi pisau disediakan peserta sendiri)
5. Untuk kanak-kanak – creative play doh contest (tanah liat akan disediakan)







But we came to eat and mingle around...ahahahha...Here are some pictures taken during the makan-makan thing :D

And..more pictures in our fotopages

The cupcakes..... kejap aje dah abis. I recieved many praises (TQ, TQ, TQ, it is my pleasure), though I kept saying to some people who wanted to know how I made the cupcakes, that the frosting is too sweet, but they did not bother about that thing. Alhamdullillah ....

Cupcakes based on Mak's simple cake

For the makan-makan thing. I decided to make some cupcakes, based on Mak's simple cake recipe, with buttercream frosting. This is my first time in making the frosting, and also first time in using and playing with the piping bag (my latest toy :D). For ages I have wanted to experiment this frosting activity, most of the encouragement came from reading 'online chefs' websites that I visit regularly. And also from Iza's blog. I even asked her for the frosting recipe. To Iza, thank you very much for making my dream come true ...ahahahhaha... I saw your effort and talent, and that pushed me in doing this. But doing something like yours, that remarkable birthday cupcakes for your husband, would need more dedication laaa..... it would take me years to achieve that...maybe not at all..ahahahhahhaha (apa yang aku merepek nie)

After asar, around 5pm I start preparing the cake mixture. Finish baking and frosting at around 9pm. And here are the results



I prepared double amount of the mixture because I thought for one mixture, I will get about 40 mini cupcakes. It turned out, I have ran out of the mini cupcake casing (100 in one pack) before I finished all the mixture. So I put the left over mixture in a loaf pan, and baked it.



The frosting, manis sangat la to me. And it was not the consistency that I want. I was looking for finer textual, and shinier. This one, I can still feel the sugary textual when i rub it between two fingers. And it harden once settled. Iza....what went wrong?

Nevertheless, am so happy with the result. No wonder people can get hook baking and icing the cupcakes ya.... wink wink