The Hobbit Food Art part 02

 

The Hobbit Food Art part 01

Love to play with food art lately :D
Especially The Hobbit theme hehehehe

Hope I can find more idea for the rest of the team  ^^

Thrandy and Thorin Sweeghetti

Let me indulge you with Thrandy and Thorin Sweet Spaghetti

Thrandy Sweeghetti are made from cream cheese to represent his gorgeous platinum long hair. Topped with sassy Vanilla ice cream then sprinkled with almonds and strawberry.  

Thorin Sweeghetti are made from dark chocolate, as dark as his majestic hair. Topped with Hershey’s ice cream coz everybody should give him lots and lots and lots of kisses to throw away his sorrow.

inspired from dudefoods and theidearoom

 

Fili and Kili Sweeghetti

Still in The Hobbit mood...

Proudly present Fili and Kili Sweet Spaghetti

Fili Sweeghetti are made from golden caramel, as gold as his beautiful blonde hair. Topped with Double-Dutch ice cream which contain some of the delicious toppings; brownies, cashew, and chocolate chunks that represent his amazing skill to hide many of his weapons under his clothes.

Kili Sweeghetti are made from heavenly chocolate-hazelnut spread, more known as nutella because his adorable smile will definitely bring anybody to cloud 9. Topped with Cookies&Cream ice cream which contain bits of oreo to represent his playfulness.

inspired from dudefoods and theidearoom

ENJOY!

Also, I made these gif until 2.30AM. It's fun to learn something new although I got a massive headache from the lack of sleep when I went to work on the next day.





 

Original gif from claracivry 

Hop Hop Hop

Happy Easter!!!



This cute roll cake was inspired from a very talented decororu creator, Junko.

Every year, I went to Singapore with my mom to deal with some stuff. This year we went separately. She was going with her angklung buddies. Let me explained something... In 2003 my dad got stroke and joined some stroke club to get some treatment. It was like school for people who got stroke and he went there almost everyday. They have angklung lesson every Wednesday. When my dad passed away in 2008, my mom still go to the the angklung lesson, to get socialize and gives courage or sometimes share her stories about how deal with stroke people.

So, my mom and her angklung buddies were going to Singapore on 19-21 April 2012. I was planning to accompany my mom but decided not to at the last minute. My other reason to go to Singapore was to watch Wicked but when I looked at their itinerary, it's impossible to separate myself if I was joining the group. So I went there with my lovely editor, Mrs Vanda-san.

At first I was only kidding when I asked her if she wanted to watch Wicked with me. Strangely enough she agreed and I let her decided the date since she was very busy. We agreed on 7-9 April 2012. We only got a week to booked everything. First the hotel, we got a very great deal at Hotel Fragrance Bugis, then the Wicked tickets show, and we got problem booking the plane tickets. Something about security code so we had to go to the Jet Star office to buy the tickets, it was 6 April 2012 we can bought from another airlines but theirs were the cheapest hehehe

First day at Singapore, we were greet by my friend, the sleepy stewardess, Elin hehehe she took us to have lunch at her fave dim sum place, Victor's Kitchen at Sunshine Plaza then showed us new home&lifestyle shop, King&King Wong at NEX after that visit the Henderson wave bridge before went to Marina Bay Sands.



Back to the hotel, my flat shoes finally reached it's limit hahahaha the sole broke maybe it's already broke since the beginning but I just noticed it at the Henderson wave bridge and hope it could survive until we got back to the hotel and it did, fiuuuhhhh, I can save myself from the embarrassment of walking bare feet ;p

Second day, we had breakfast at Ya Kun Kaya Toast at Bugis Junction basement foodcourt, went to Spotlight shop at Plaza Singapura to buy circle loom knitting for my mom and visited Mrs Vanda-san's relative at Mount Elizabeth Hospital then went to King&King Wong at NEX again to buy some cute glass jars before heading to Vivo City. Had dinner at the Food Republic and I met with my other friend NiQ and enjoying Fruit Paradise pies while Mrs Vanda-san enjoy the Song of The Sea show at Sentosa. She had a very very poor sense of direction, so I had to show her the way to Sentosa from Vivo City early that evening before she went there by herself that night. Luckily she managed not to get lost yaaaaay =))

Third and last day, we went to Bugis Junction to had breakfast at Toast Box. Checked out and put our luggage at the hotel reception and walked around the hotel to kill some time before we could check in our luggage at the airport. I just knew that our hotel was near the Bras Basah Complex so we went there. And I always know there's some craft shop that I was willing to visit every time I went to Singapore but never had the change and finally... finally I was there. Oh my, I was sooooo excited!!! I wish I can buy so many things but my luggage couldn't fit anything anymore and I was afraid of overweight since the hotel didn't have a scale aaaarrrrgghhhh...!!!

We also visited Popular and Basheer book shop and once again I had to maintain myself huhuhu those books... So tempting... Not to forget so many cheap second hand books around the complex... Must... Control... Myself... Uuurggghh...

Next time, next time I shall let myself shop till drop hahahaha

Later that night, after we back at Jakarta, Mrs Vanda-san forgot to claim the cufflinks that she bought at Bugis Junction for her husband hahahaha I asked NiQ if he's willing to get it for us since he was planning to go to Jakarta that weekend and the department store was near his place. I sent him map of where we bought it, roughly sketch of how it looked like, and the photo of the receipt. Luckily the department store's staff believe him and Mrs Vanda-san got her cufflinks the next Monday. As a token of appreciation, Mrs Vanda-san cooked some of her signature dish and gave it to me so I could pass it on to NiQ.

2 weeks later, it's mom's turn to enjoy Singapore, glad to hear that she also had fun. But then mom thought there's a little problem with our stuff and asked me to check if there any cheap flight to Singapore ASAP. It was April 1st 2012 and I found cheapest plane ticket on 3rd, 4th, 10th, and 11th April 2012. Mom picked the 3rd April and we just flew back to Singapore that instant hahahaha

It was sooooo funny because me and my mom always joke about going to Singapore only for 1 day like all jetsetter and we actually did it.

We went straight to Orchard road to have lunch at ION then deal with our stuff. After that, enjoying our time at Kinokuniya Takashimaya. I wished to find Harry Potter "bible" hahahaha and luckily I did hihihihi so happy and so heavy =))

There, my mom found Decororu book (I think that's what I heard when the shopkeeper told me) but it was in Japanese and there's some in Chinese. I asked if they have the same book in English but none. They told me to try and check her website for further information.

Since I didn't have the confidence in reading Japanese and my mom's Chinese also limited, I decided maybe later I could check the website. So I bought only the Harry Potter. When I wanted to pay, there's trouble with our credit card. I had to borrow my mom's money since I didn't bring enough.

Mom told me to check the card at the nearest bank, which was 1 km from Takashimaya. Since it was far, I let mom rest at Takashimaya food court at the basement. There was a Spring Hokkaido Festival. So much Japanese foooooooooods...! I always love Japanese food festival!!!














sooo soft... sooo cheesy... sooo yummy...

After a quick strolling, found my mom a chair to seat and order her some drinks, I went to the bank. Apparently I need passport to proceed which I cleverly enough to left inside my other bag with my mom *facepalm* I also left my cellphone there haizzz...

I went back to Takashimaya then let myself cool down by strolling around the festival once again. I saw some stall that sell Seafood Bento Box, I was begging the chef to sell me the bento box without the rice, I told him I was willing to pay the full price since I couldn't eat too much rice but he wouldn't do it hix I wanted to try the uni (sea urchin) and king crab's leg huhuhu I ended up buying the king crab's leg at the other stall, 1 pair for 10 SGD.

Gain some power and went back to the bank, this time with my mom, we walked as fast as we can because it already 3.30 PM, we afraid the bank will closed soon. We were right on time fiuuuhhhh...

After that, mom wanted to go to Bugis Junction so we did. We accidentally found a small shop at the corner of Bugis Junction food court that sell Japanese snacks on our way to have a break at Toast Box. I noticed a small triangle package of wasabi pistachio Ivy gave me a while ago. I love them, I don't like wasabi too much but I though those are unique.


wasabi, chilli, original, and seaweed


I also found some dried cuttlefish with sesame seed, one of funny snacks WaiWai gave me from her trip to Japan

Then, I showed my mom the Bras Basah Complex, she was fascinating by 1 needle set at The Art Friend, too bad it's a sharp object, we couldn't bring with us since we only brought cabin luggage. Next time, hopefully next time we had the change hehehe

At Bugis Junction, I bought Subway sandwich for our dinner. From there we went to Changi by MRT, I forgot it was the peak hour. A little crowded but we managed to get there just in time. While waiting for the plane, we ate the Subway sandwich, mom loved it. And since there was a 30 minutes delay, she asked me if there's any Subway counter in Changi and told me to buy 2 more to bring it back to Jakarta hahahaha

Ah ya, since I carried the Harry Potter book all the way, my arms got cramp hahahaha

Back in Jakarta, I checked Junko's website, she put some recipes and I used Google Translate to help me understanding those ingredients and directions, it said Heart-shaped Strawberry Cake Roll. I decided to try those on 6th April 2012. First attempt, failed. I think I was afraid that the dough will get burn so I used small fire. After 40 minutes of baking, it still not set and I accidently torned the cake because it still sticked to the wax paper.

Second attempt, failed, again. I forgot to put the flour hahahaha

Third time's a charm, and it did, although it's not as good as I was hoping for but I though it's okay :D



From 9 AM till 6 PM, I didn't know why I was so driven to make this roll cake hahahaha I had to clean every utensils every time I need to try new attempt, talking about determination hahahaha

There was some leftover egg yolks and whipping cream and still I didn't know why I pushed myself to make Frozen Parfait. I went to nearest supermarket to buy strawberries and still keep myself busy late night that day. Recipe from What's For Lunch, Honey? and I modified a bit.

Worm Blood and Eyeballs

It's Halloween's Spaghetti Meatballs, Jell-O Blood Worm Eyeballs ;p

FloLady with Pink&Blue and Totoro Puff

So much had happened for one month.
Let see...
First, I won the Suddenly Ghost Master Competition 2011

\(^o^)/ ~yaaaaaaaaaay!!!

So they allowed me to pick one of their t-shirt design, FloLady, I choose you!!! Fufufu here's me, try to make the photo looked mysterious but still pretty and flowery like the FloLady ;p


muach muach muach thank you suddenly :*

Later on, Munchees had our first 2 tiers wedding cake order.

\(^o^)/ ~yaaaaaaaaaay again!!!

Luckily the bride and groom let us designed what's best for them. They only ask for pink and blue as the theme color.


lovely soft colors

We actually finished a lot faster than our schedule but something happen at night. The fondant at the bottom cake started to crack and puff a little bit. My friend wanted to reassemble the cake but I was too tired, it's 11 PM, we already worked for almost 16 hours. I asked her to wait. If things got worst tomorrow morning, then we should reassemble the cake.

Well, it was. The upper cake also started to crack and puff. While I was driving as fast as I can to her house (we lived nearly 20 km apart), she repaired the upper cake. So when I arrived, I tried to rearrange the little flowers, put a lot more little flowers at the bottom cake as fast as I can. We didn't know what to do with the bottom cake, the only way was prayed for the best hahaha

We arrived too early at the wedding venue. The AC still off, no sign of the the bride and groom, we had to wait inside the car for 1 hour and the fondant started to melt, oh noooooooooooooo!!! We tried our best to prevent the fondant from too much melting but it will only worked for temporary.

We still worried when we presented the wedding cake to the bride and groom. But since they're going to start the wedding ceremony soon, me and my friend could only hope that the cake could last until the cutting scene. We had to leave to somewhere else since we're not invited hehehe

Luckily, the cake survived...
When we came back to collect the cake stands, the bride was really pleased. She and everybody loved the lovely decoration and the cake tasted delicious, everybody seem want a piece. The only thing she felt sorry was not ordering more cupcakes :)

Fiuuuuh... That's a relieved hahaha

It's been 2 weeks after the wedding cake misery. I was so very busy, work here and there, this and that, but suddenly I found this cute Totoro Cream Puff when I was surfing the web. I WANT TO MAKE THAAAAAAT!!! And I did! Hahaha the hell with work, I need a break.

Thank goodness for the internet!
Found a fabulous web that shared the recipe and tutorial in no time, Anna The Red. Went straight to the kitchen and so lucky that I have all the ingredients. Time to bake!!! *BIG GRIN*

It was late (around 10 PM) but I didn't care. There's no rules when or where you want to bake a cake, right? Riiiiight??? Hehehe I failed at my first attempt. Maybe because I'm too excited and not read the tutorial carefully or maybe because too exhausted from stir the dough hahaha anyhow... I tried again the next morning and I saw many Totoro.


totoro totoro *humming the totoro song*


puff! puff! puff!


totoro puffs! so happy when they puffed! \(^0^)/

Thank you Anna The Red!!!

Who-ooo

I just fell in loveeeeee with these little cuties. Some souvenirs that I bought for my friends from my trip to south of China. Aaaaargh I wish I bought more of them, they're just adorable ^^



I'm not ready to let them all go huhuhu



I got some left over whipped cream and dark choco so I made some chocolate mousse, a very very thick chocolate mousse, heaveeen...

Time to improvise!!!

A friend of mine told me about this amazing food blog, I drooled just by looking the pictures and eager to cook something, anything! It's been a while since I crashed the kitchen, I missed the chopping, the sizzling sound, the house filled with great smell of my own cooking, and of course the eating part hehehe

I jumped from 1 pictures to another and suddenly I stopped at this recipe. The ingredients remind me of my simple thai salad dressing; vinegar, olive oil, cilantro, chili, and sugar. While chimichurri has more ingredients like parsley, garlic, cumin and red wine vinegar.
Chimichurri...
Chimichurri...
Chimichurri...
The name is so cute and funny and I decided to mix this chimichurri with my thai salad dressing. Tossed away the cumin and red wine vinegar :D

I was guessing it will taste delicious with seafood; clams, fish, or maybe shrimp. At the market, I saw mint leaves. Then it hit me. Couscous!!! Couscous with grilled shrimp. Drizzle them with the mixed dressing and it will be fabulous! Please don't be surprise with my fusion cooking hihihi I love to mix and hopefully it can be a match ;p

This is how to make the couscous:
1 cup of couscous
1 cup of hot water (or chicken stock)
1-2 tbsp of olive oil
1/4 cup of diced red bell pepper
1/4 cup of diced yellow bell pepper
1/4 cup of raisin (soaked them in a bowl of 1 lemon juice)
1-2 tbsp of chopped mint leaves
1 tsp of salt

1. Heat some water in a sauce pan and then put heat proof bowl on top of it. In the heat proof bowl, add the couscous then pour over the hot water and olive oil.
2. Stir until it become fluffy.
3. Add all the other ingredients to the couscous and mix well.
4. You can always add water, lemon juice, or olive oil if you think the couscous not fluffy enough :D


And this is how to make the mixed dressing (can I called it thaimichurri?)
1/2 cup vinegar
2 tbsp olive oil
3-4 tbsp sugar
1 cup parsley
1/2 cup cilantro
3 garlic cloves
2 chilly

1. Bring the olive oil, vinegar and sugar to boil. Let it cool.
2. Put the rest of the ingredients to blender.
3. Mixed all.

And for the shrimp and fish, give a little bit of garlic powder and salt before pan fried or grilled them. Served with a little drop of lemon juice on top of them.


To my surprise, the sweet smell from minty couscous and the salty seafood tasted great with sweet and sour dressing. It's a match!!!
*happy octopus dance* ~(^o^)~
Even my mum couldn't wait until lunch time to eat them.

Early Holidays

On 19th Dec, my bestest friend tied the knot after 8 years built relationship with her boyfriend. Yaaay, finally!!! Me and other 5 girls got the honor to be the bridesmaids. The wedding was held on one of the beautiful island in Indonesia, Bali. There's only mean 1 thing... EARLY HOLIDAYS!!!

Before the D-Day, there was sooo much things to do. Bought and made flower headbands for the bridesmaids, went find white stockings and ehem corset, planned the journey, booked hotel and driver, finished all the jobs, packing etc etc suddenly it's already time to depart. Waw waw waw waw waw I was sooo excited, couldn't manage to get some sleep hahahaha

Thursday, December 17 2009
Our flight departed at 0635AM from Jakarta and arrived in Bali around 0930AM local time. First stop, fitting the dress. My dress was a little too big, so it need some adjustment. After that, straight to Ibu Oka restaurant at Ubud to enjoy the most delicious suckling pig in the whole world (according to Anthony Bourdain) hahaha


Yummmm... Mission accomplished, next destination, Bali Bird Park. I wasn't a big fans of birds, coz they poo almost anytime anywhere hahaha but the park was really nice and clean and they got many exotic birds, so colorful :)

Watched those birds fly got us hungry again hahaha actually we just need to go to 1 last place before went back to our hotel which almost took 2 hours by cars. The place called Naughty Nuri. It served Baby Back Ribs. And it was goooood... Oh so goooooood... Very sweet and tender and juicy, SUPERB!!!


Later that night, I had to do the fitting once again. This time, the dress fitted hahahaha

Friday, December 18 2009
Since tomorrow we'll be very busy, the early plan was to go to Dreamland beach and relax. But the driver suggest us to do the water sports since December 20th was Sunday, the place would be very crowded. I didn't like that plan, water sports must be exhausting. We need to be fresh on the wedding day. Plus, I didn't want to look too tanned!!! Hahahaha but, we did it anyway.

We went parasailing, tubing, and diving. It was amazing!!! I love diving and feeding the fishes, tropical fishes, they're so cute. But I couldn't find Nemo :(

After did all that, we were sooo tired but still pushed ourself to go to Dreamland even only for 1 hours hahaha coz after Dreamland, we need to go to Uluwatu, watched Kecak dance and enjoying sunset.

Kecak is the most unique Bali dances. No music or instruments to go with the dance therefore there are 70 men giving their best voices and fill the open stage throughout the performance.


The beautiful sunset...


After that, we went back to the city and had dinner at Ibu Chandra, another suckling pig restaurant but to me, Ibu Oka still the best d(^o^)b

Saturday, December 19 2009
Woke up at 4AM and couldn't move my neck, what the...?!?! Guess that's the water sports' effect hahahaha we're like robotic bridesmaids and best man hahahaha but all of us manage to put a big smile on our faces.



Congratulations on your wedding my dear WaiWai and Xuria!!! :')
Wishing you a wonderful beginning and love to last a lifetime! \(^o^)/


Sunday, December 20 2009
No after party yesterday but there's a brunch for today :D
All bridesmaids and best men and closest friends shared stories of yesterday event. And of course, the famous line from the happy couple, " YOU'RE NEXT!" hahahaha

Later, me and my friends went shopping for souvenirs at Kampung Bali and Krisna. And then went to have some snack, Sate Penyu (Turtle Satay). Of course it's not the real turtle, it was just a simple pork on sticks. Look good, smell good, taste goooood...


Then, we went to Discovery Mall to enjoy the sunset. The Mall located by the beach. People can took pictures, played some kite or just sit and relax there.



For dinner we went to Bubba Gump Restaurant. It was inspired from the movie, Forrest Gump. The exterior was amazing, not to mention the interior.


The foods was okay, not so bad, not that good. A little bit expensive though. But I love the dessert, Cookies Sundaes.




Monday, December 21 2009
Last day in Bali ooh how time flies...
Let's enjoy the beach for the last time...
Let's eat the fabulous meals one more time...
And shopping shopping shopping till you drop ;p

It was a BLAST! :)

BBQ minestrone soup

What a loooooong week (-_______-¡)
Had to finish 5 errr.. 6, I don't know, maybe 7 illustration non stop.
This is only mean 1 thing...
KA-CHING!!!
Money!!!
Hahahaha







Remember the red bean? It finally end up in what so called minestrone :D
I'm not sure what to call this soup... Combination of BBQ red bean, meatballs, carrots, onion, and a little bit of tomato sauce.