Lunch by my Ah-Lao: Bak Kwa Fried Rice

Its a Super hot afternoon today and no one feel like leaving the house. We have a pack of Bak Kwa (BBQ Pork) in our fridge since CNY and my hubby suggested Bak Kwa fried rice for lunch. I always have cooked white rice in my fridge (to feed my dogs)... so I asked him to do the "frying" since he came out with the idea ;-)

Not bad looking rite??? ;-)

close-up... not bad hor??? with lots of 料:D

Ingredients

(A)

2 eggs (beaten, fried and cut into stripes)

2 slices Bak Kwa (cut into stripes)

(B)

2 bowls overnight Cooked white rice from the fridge

10 medium size prawns (shelled and cut into half, fry till red & curled up)

7 artificial crab sticks (diced)

some brocolli flower (for the color)

(C)

3tbsp chicken stock (ready-made, swonsen brand)

1tsp salt

1 garlic, chopped finely

1tbsp cooking oil (we use corn oil)

Method

Heat up wok, fry the garlic till fragrant, add in Bak Kwa, fry for a while, add in rice then everything from ingredients(B). Add in chicken stock and salt and continue frying for a while more... Dish on a large plate and garnish with fried egg stripes. Done!!

By the way, he really did only the "frying" part. The rest of the work r done by his "maria" ME :D

CornFlakes Cookies for CNY

Ingredients

1 pack biscuit mix from Bakewell

250g Fairprice Brand Butter

1 bowl of crushed Kellogs Brand conflakes, crushed.

Method

Preheat oven @ 180°c

Using electric mixer, mix the biscuit mix and butter till dough form

Using hand, anyhow pinch the cookie dough into small balls & coat them with crushed cornflakes

Place them on baking-paper-lined baking tray and flatten them slightly using your fingers.
Bake @ 180°c for 15mins

Cool on baking tray for at least 5mins before transferring them to cooking rack

Keep in air-tight container when cookies are completely cooled.

Sad response from B-I-Y regarding the lousy cake workshop

Of coz, my disappointment with the lousy Topsy Turvy demo class was followed by a complaint-email from me to Cheryl, the boss of B-I-Y..... And sadly, her response to me was an email pasted below :( haiz :( what else can I say??? LL lor :P (oops! sorry for that word :PP)

RE: Disappointed with Class :(
From: Cheryl Chee View
To: Sherynn

Hi Sherynn,
Thank you for your feedback. There was a mix of experience level in the class which may have affected a little, how the class was conducted. I have contacted 2 other students in this class to understand their opinions, and the general feedback regarding the instructor and the class has been positive, but of course, there is always space for improvement.
I appreciate the time you have taken to bring this to my attention and I will continue to look into this matter to see how we can further improve this demonstration class.


Cheryl Chee
Bake It Yourself
182 Bukit Timah Road, Singapore 229853
Tel: +65 6-100-BAKE
www.B-I-Y.com
Store Hours: 11am - 7pm Mondays - Saturdays, closed on Sundays and Public Holidays

Lousy Cake Workshop @ B-I-Y :(

I attended a lousy cake workshop today at B-I-Y :( I signed up for a Topsy Turvy Cake Demonstration class but the instructor was showing us only how to put fondant on 2 cakes then, stack them up to form a tier-cake... I was not satisfied with the demo so I questioned the instructor about how I thought a "Topsy Turvy" cake should look like... then she started slicing the tier-cake here and there and at the end of the class, this is how HER version of "Topsy Turvy" cake looked like!!!! Haiz... wat a waste of time :( B-I-Y standard drop until like this arh!!! Really DISSAPPOINTED!!

OMG... that's the Instructor's version of "Topsy Turvy" cake!! :( so messy!!

I further question her about what I expected to learn from this class... and I even drew her some picture of the shape of cake I tot it should be... then she started flipping the cake here and there and... oh well... like tat oso can teach arh!!! **faintz**
anyway, that class was really total wastage of my time... I think I can get better demonstration from those youtube clips anytime :D luckily I got some nice catch from the retail shop... :D

shimmer dust aka make-up for mybakez....

Sweet Boxes with inserts for individual cuppies :D Cupcake wraps.... ssooooooo Princess!! :D

Breakfast on 正月初八

Brought too much food to the gambling session and we ended up bringing back 4 mini orange cheesecake pie back home for the next day's breakfast :DDun those mini pandan chiffon cake look familiar?? yes... they r from my dear baking-pal, LF aka fatmumbaking ;-)
the pandan chiffon tasted really yummy!!! its so soft.... it melts in your mouth man!! ;-)

my mini cheesecake also not bad lah :P but still feel that it will taste better on its own, without the oranges as the taste of the canned-oranges had kind of over-rided the taste of my chessecake :(

大吉大利Mandarin Orange CheeseCake Pie

大吉大利CheeseCake Pie

I made this batch of Mandarin Orange CheeseCake Pie for hubby's gambling session @ his ex-colleague's place this afternoon. They r done on ready-made graham biscuit Pie Base, bought @ Cold Storage. Wonder did I peel, de-skin, de-fiber and de-seed the mandarin oranges? No lah :D I use canned mandarin oranges!! Made my life much easier ;-)

I like these mini CheeseCake Pie... do they look like flower petals??? ;-)

inside the cheesecake ;-)

Hearts and Stars Cookies

Had so much of the Strawberry and Vanilla cookie dough left from the Lollipop Cookiez... so I made them into these cookies ;-) The Strawberry flavour kind of over-rided the Vanilla... my cookie jar smelled so sweet when I open the cover :D suddenly I feel like a cookie monster =P

Lollipop Cookiez

Inspired by Heather... but mine definitely look so lousy :( thanks to the super hot weather here in Singapore... my cookie dough was melting its way while I'm doing this... I was like open, close, open, closing the fridge doors every other minute.... How i wish my kitchen is air-conditioned!!! ;-)

Anyway, I had fun and the kids love them a lot too ;-) Thanks Heather!!

Happy Chinese New Year & Valentine's Day

Gong Xi Gong Xi! Wishing everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! 虎年大旺！:D

Heart Shape PineApple Tarts too.... Happy Valentine's Day!!

huuuu... it took me a long time to align those tiny hearts on the PineApple Fillings =P

And all these cookies were made by ME for guest visiting my house this CNY ;-)

My Living room with a little CNY Mood ;-)

恭喜发财，新年快乐！

I've got an award!!

DG had nominated me for the Happy 101 Award. This is the 2nd award for myBakez :D ~feel so happy wor~ :D Thank you DG!! ;-)

• Having the picture of the award posted onto your blog, one should
• Share the 10 things in life that make you happy with your readers
• Pass on the award to 10 other bloggers who brighten up your day
• Share the links to the 10 bloggers', as mentioned above, on your blog
• Get the 10 bloggers informed about the award
• Ask the 10 award recipients to relink their blogs to yours.

10 things that make me happy:-

1. A nice shower
2. A good sleep with my dogs next to me :P
3. My gals finishing up their meals
4. Creating and decorating Nice Bakes
5. Took nice pix of myBakez
6. Reading nice comments on myBakez
7. Going to Bangkok
8. Shopping in Bangkok
9. Looking at myself on the weighing scale of lesser than 50kg :D
10. When ppl says I dun look like my age ;-)

10 blogs that I would like to pass on:-
:( erm... i have not come out with the list yet... will do so soon :P

I've got a New Apron :D

Hubby bought me this Pink Harrods apron from T2 b4 his flight on Tuesday... so happy;-)

Had this on my wish list for many months but Harrods shop @ Takashimaya always say No Stock! :( I Almost bought this from the Harrods online shop but not very willing to pay for the shipment from UK.... Heng arh!! I still got it now! hmmm... i didn't know that there is a Harrods shop @ Changi Airpot :D

afternoon tea with a slice of Harrods cake anyone??

oooooooooo... I miss London...........