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I cook and cook and cook...

I felt like eating something nice last weekend so I decided to put some of my cooking skills to work (cehhh…. hehe).

I’m not a good cook like my mom but I just love cooking (orang kata, "can do lah!"). Some of my cooking turned out fine…. Some were just, hmm… ok la, safe enough for my family to consume. So what did I have in mind last Sunday?

I was thinking of maybe.. homemade nasi lemak with sambal ikan bilis…. yummylicious! But I was never good in making sambal tumis…. Sometimes too hot or too masam (extra asam jawa la tu!), or too plain….(tak kick! Like my mom’s). What about nasi ayam….. aaahh, too leceh la…. with the soup, the salad, then the cili, then the soy sauce mix, then chicken…. Only preparing for the nasi is easy, the rest are too time-consuming.

After spending more than an hour thinking (my nasi ayam would be ready by then if I started cooking right away.. hehe), so I settled for the less hassle recipe. I made black pepper-ginger-chicken and fixed some salad. Boy, that was easy and quick. Eh…wait! Didn’t I say I want to eat something nice? Hmm..maybe not something nice lah, something easy which can be cooked in a dash! So I made my chicken, decorated my salad serving with loads of colorful veggies and cooked nasi minyak (aiyyaak……the menu is so out of place lah! How can you eat black pepper-ginger-chicken with nasi minyak???) But that was the ‘nice’ part…just the nasi. And my mom added on with her all-time-favorite, ikan kembung goreng sambal… ouucchhh!!! Very der marvelous! The menu was so cha-cha-marba, but what the heck…. I ate and ate and ate.



Wow weeee.... the salad looked so tempting eh.... so colorful!








My mom's sambal ikan kembung





Suddenly I remember that I had two orders of cake from my customers…. Halamakkk, my tummy was so full, my eyelids were suddenly heavy ….and I dragged myself back to the kitchen and started baking. I baked and baked and baked…. And voila!!!! These were the results…. Let me present you ..... my chocolate cake and white chocolate cake (decorated with Superman photo icing).









I just love baking..... don't you?

Comments

eyna said…
Hi Zura..

Alahaiii... Tiap kali baca your blog je, sure lapar. Next time, ajaklah I datang makan skali.. hahaha....
NAH said…
Hi Ina,

hehehe...tu la, I just can't stop talking about food lah! It's in me already.
Anyway, kalau nak makan, rajin2 la dtg rumah kita!
Anonymous said…
hi there

u ambik crse ke buat buat kek ni ..
i just wonder...heheeh
NAH said…
hi anonymous,

course? takde la sampai course. kelas pondok je for cake decorations, recipes bnyk yg turun temurun.
Leilanie said…
I look forward to eating your carrot cake, again. sedapppppp.

How many days can it tahan?
(Kalau I order and take it to Kuching, OK, tak? - for CNY).
NAH said…
Hi Lanie,
Oh, carrot cake is very sensitive one, sebab ada cheese topping can. But if you put in fridge & take out before u fly, should be ok.

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