On their golden anniversary he said there was nothing he wouldnt do for his wife and there was nothing she wouldn't do for him.
When I was young I
had a sweet tooth, but as I have gotten older, I prefer savory food more. I haven't
heard about this cute confection before until DH brought these
back from Japan. Tokyo Banana [東京ばな奈] is a soft sponge cake, filled with banana custard
cream. The sweetness of this custard cream suits me just fine. This confection is
a perfect gift for family, friends and suitable for elderly too (I think :>).
6 Potatoes (regular size)
Seasoning:
1 tsp butter
Salt as desired/ needed
Pepper as desired/ needed
Chopped of fried onions as desired/ needed
Chopped celery as desired/ needed
Chopped nutmeg as desired/ needed
1 Egg (split the yolk from the white)
* white egg is used to help ingredients stick together in the frying pan
How To Cook:
- Cut potatoes into small chunks and boil until soft.
- Pour boiled potatoes into a mixing bowl and mix manually until all chunks are mashed. (It should only take about 1 minute to mash to a creamy texture, as they turned out really soft after boiling)
- Add seasonings starting from butter, salt, pepper, fried onions, celery, nutmeg and finally yolk. (image #1)
- Mix manually until well-blended and creamy texture. (image #2), let cool for about 1 minutes.
- Form up in patties manually as seen on image#3.
- Warm up olive oil in a frying pan, dip the patties into the white eggs before frying. Fry for about 2 minutes until the patties turn brown.
- Sprinkle corns over patties if you like. (image #4), served hot.
- Cut potatoes into small chunks and boil until soft.
- Pour boiled potatoes into a mixing bowl and mix manually until all chunks are mashed. (It should only take about 1 minute to mash to a creamy texture, as they turned out really soft after boiling)
- Add seasonings starting from butter, salt, pepper, fried onions, celery, nutmeg and finally yolk. (image #1)
- Mix manually until well-blended and creamy texture. (image #2), let cool for about 1 minutes.
- Form up in patties manually as seen on image#3.
- Warm up olive oil in a frying pan, dip the patties into the white eggs before frying. Fry for about 2 minutes until the patties turn brown.
- Sprinkle corns over patties if you like. (image #4), served hot.
Kevin Wicks | 2 May 2011
The
wedding service at Westminster Abbey and the following reception at
Buckingham Palace were, by all accounts, stately affairs determined by
ages-old protocol. But William and Kate
had a chance to let their hair down at Friday night's dinner dance,
which featured a select 300 of the couple's family and friends. And, if
there's any truth to the reports today, the event was a proper knees-up,
complete with copious amounts of mickey-taking.
And Prince Harry, ever the trickster, stole the show with his best man speech. According to The Sun,
Harry did far more than raise a champagne flute to the newlyweds. He
seized the opportunity to take potshots at William's thinning pate,
declaring his older brother "the Balding Baron" and re-christening the
royal couple "the Duke and Duchess of Hairlosshire." Did we mention that
Harry allegedly did all of this while wearing a fez? (Perhaps he's a Doctor Who fan?) According to The Daily Mail, after Harry finished his speech, he threw off his stylish headgear and stage-dived into a cheering crowd.
The
evening's menu was said to include "a crayfish, crab, salmon starter
and a main of Sandringham lamb with veg from the estate, followed by a
mix of small puddings." As the night went on, partygoers reportedly
downed charmingly named Crack Baby cocktails, "a heady concoction of
vodka, passion fruit, Chambord raspberry liqueur, and champagne designed
by royal favorite bar Boujis." Bet those weren't among your royal
wedding party apéritifs.
As for William and Kate, they were serenaded by singer Ellie Goulding, who sang her version of Elton John's "Your Song" for the couple's first dance. The newlyweds later reportedly "brought the house down" with their own take on the Travolta/Newton Johnclassic, "You're the One That I Want." Further proof that the royals are just like us: even they can't resist a good, cheesy Grease duet.
All in all, sounds like the kind of soirée even a dyed-in-the-wood anti-monarchist like Johnny Marr would have been proud to attend.
In other royal wedding related news:
• Might Prince William be separated from his new bride just four months after their wedding? The Sun
is reporting that William, an RAF search-and-rescue pilot, will take
off for the Falkland Islands for a ten-week stint starting in September.
"The posting is essential for William as he will be promoted from
co-pilot to pilot, putting him in charge of his aircraft," the tabloid
says. Wives are not allowed to join their husbands on such missions.
Some sources believe William is even trying to earn flying time for a
combat role in Afghanistan, which is unlikely given his proximity to the
throne. The Falklands, which are located in the South Atlantic, were
the site of a 1982 military conflict between Argentina and the UK, who
both claimed rights to the territory.
• The so-absurd-it's-amazing Philip Treacy hat that Princess Beatrice wore to the wedding has made her a viral star. As The Daily Mail notes, "A Facebook site entitled Princess Beatrice’s Ridiculous Royal Wedding Hat had attracted 123,675 people with one person asking whether she was a new Doctor Who villain."
• Pippa Middleton's
scene-stealing, body-hugging white gown attracted much attention on
Friday, as did her flirtatious behavior with Prince Harry. But Kate's sister and Maid of Honor is taken. According to South Africa's Independent paper, she is dating a broker named Alex Loudon. "The couple have stayed silent about the future of their relationship for fear of detracting attention from William and Kate."
I
usually have quaker oats for my routine breakfast, which is a low
calorie that could fill me up till lunch time. But not for today, as
when I opened up my fridge this am, I found two bars of magnum ice
cream, I quickly craved one as I seen from Magnum Cafe. A Magnum ice
cream poured with cheese, chocolate and Roti Marie Regal crumbs.
Ingredients:
Spinach
1 or 2
salted egg, separate the yolk from the white
2
minced garlic
Chicken
stock
Seasoning:
Sugar
as needed
Corn flour
as needed
Water
as desired
How To
Cook:
-
Steam salted egg yolk over medium heat for 15 minutes with a wok, set aside.
-
Sautee garlic until aromatic, then the spinach. Stir fry for a while, set
aside. Add some water if necessary.
- In
another small pan, pour in the chicken stock and boil for a minute. Add
seasoning and cook moderately. Quickly stir in salted egg whites, when it turns
opaque in color, remove from heat, pour over the spinach.
- Cut
salted egg yolk into small pieces and sprinkle over spinach.
-
Served hot.
Ingredients:
- 1 block of silken tofu,
sliced equally in smaller pieces
- 2 tomatoes, finely chopped
- 2 spring onions, finely
chopped
- 2 or 3 spoonful of chilly
sauce or tomato sauce
- Garlic, salt, pepper, sugar,
soy sauce
- 3 or 4 red chilly
How To Cook:
- Fry smaller pieces tofu until
golden, set a side.
- Heat the wok with oil, sauté
garlic, tomatoes and red chilly.
- Add chilly sauce or tomato
sauce, stir for a while.
- Add also half glass of water,
salt, pepper, and sugar as needed, lastly dash in the spring onions. Bring it
to a boil.
- Served hot.
This is the easiest part. I always have this ore-sauce on the weekend, when I ran out of cabe rawit. :) I simply used finely chopped tomatoes, garlic, onions. Dip them all into tomato or chilly sauce, then sprinkle with oregano.
Base on the true story written
by Novalyn Price in her book about her passionate relationship with Bob
Howard. Very heartbreaking and compelling love story.
Yesterday, we were roaming the neighborhood at Pluit Village for a place to eat dinner and came across Ajisen Ramen. I come here once every few months with DH. We love it. The host always find us table quickly and we really enjoy the food. This is not supposed to be a fancy restaurant, they serve basic, well-made ramen and sushi. We ordered Tong Yam ramen, a Krakatau roll, a karaage, and a pan-fried dumplings.
However, when we had the wasabi, we found the
wasabi served was quite fake/ imitation. Usually it has more a kick, very much
like the “hotness” hits the back of the throat and clears your sinuses. This
one was plain. Nothing.
Note that eating wasabi together with sushi
is a good habit as the spiciness of the wasabi may kill bacteria/ parasites
that still hide in the raw fish.
I am thinking maybe the real wasabi is simply
to expensive, that’s why they have some mixture inside. Hence my question, does
the fake wasabi which we get served have similar health benefits as the real wasabi?
Before I get married, my family
used to have a Christian middle-aged helper, who was very thrifty. She loved to
collect items uncontrollably without being able to throw anything away. Sometimes she tried to “recycle, reuse
and reduce” all those unnecessary items which was good, but in other times it
created unsanitary, dangerous and unhealthy living environment.
One day on Cheng Beng (Qing Ming/
清明節) also known
as Tomb-Sweeping Festival, a festival or an opportunity for celebrants to
remember and honor their ancestors at grave sites where young and old will pray
before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks,
joss paper accessories, and/ or libations to the ancestors.
But for those who do not go to
the grave sites, some families will remain or gather at home as a group to burn
paper shoes, clothing and joss paper accessories for their ancestors, as our
neighbor did at the front side of their house (garage).
And when our helper noticed that,
she abruptly ran outside and yelled out, ”Auntie, why on earth you burn all
those shoes? They still remain in a very good condition. Why you burn them? If
you don't want them, you can give it to me, I would love to keep them.”
All the families (neighborhood)
literally just burst out laughing (very loudly), even my mom unable to hold back
her mirth, and left out our helper standing alone in greatly perplexed. Later
on our neighbor tried to explain to her - what they burnt was a paper shoes for
the ancestors, not a real shoes. She was so embarrassed and ran away back home.
Since that day, Cheng Beng for my
family had never be the same again. For us, those funny moments remained in our
memory. :)
As the Buddha quoting the words
of ancient proclaims, ”Those who do good receive good and those who do evil
receive evil, man reaps according as he sown.”
I am the owner of my deeds
[k.a.m.m.a.s.a.k.a], heir to my deeds [kammadaya], born of my deeds
[kammayoni], related to my deeds [kammabandhu], and abide supported by my deeds
[kammapatisarana].
