Casalinga Cafe

A new cafe I enjoy going, coffee is nice and good service.

2015 birthdays

February my birthday, Thai food

June daughter's birthday, Japanese food

September husband's birthday, Chinese food

a simple lunch

simple yet contented

new ice cream maker

my first homemade ice cream - whiskey, raisin and walnut

used 4 egg yolks for the ice cream, remain egg whites went into the sauce for lasagne

my first homemade sorbet - watermelon

sprouting alfafa

Day 1

Day 4

acar

Homemade acar (pickled vegetable)

Haikara Style Cafe & Bakery

I always wanted to come to this little cafe

everytime I pass by.

 Two weeks ago there was a Popular Book Fair at Subang Avenue,

since the cafe is just in the building next to it, I decided to pay it a visit.

The cakes are freshly made every morning by the Japanese owner.

Website of Haikara Cafe & Bakery.

Great Bread Recipe

Great bread recipe given by a Japanese friend.



I take out some bread flour and put in more wholemeal flour.
Extra nuts, and seeds, and milk for us!!



homemade apple pie

freshly baked apple pie

cooking applesauce

today's dinner

Wholemeal bread with olive oil and oregano,

crunchy crust!!

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Served with

canned sardine+shrimp+crab meat+tomato+pickled cucumber,

and mushroom soup.

a new machine for my birthday

I've got myself a new toy for my 41st birthday!!.

Bought the machine yesterday, baked these buns today!!

buns

Fresh from my oven 10 minutes ago,

warm, soft and fluffy.

shephard pie

My version of shephard pie:

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dice whatever veggie I have and fry them with onion and minced meat,

flavour with thyme, worcestershire sauce and salt,

scoop into a baking dish,

top with mashed potato (steamed potato + milk + Djon mustard),

bake in oven 180C for 45 minutes.

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take out the dish,

top with another layer of cheese (mozzarella + cheddar + parmesan),

bake for another 10 minutes.

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鍋貼 guo tie (wor tip)

鍋貼 ("guo tie" or "wor tip" in Cantonese) for dinner,

served with vineger (for myself) and soya sauce (for hubby and daughter);

and green tea.

Basically a guo tie is a half fried half steamed dumpling.

today's lunch

Today's lunch is homemade mini burger....... and coffee.
Pork patties.
Main ingrediants are minced pork and chopped onion, shredded carrot,
egg, cumin, black pepper, salt and a bit of flour.
Cottage Herbs buns bought from Jaya Grocer Bakery.
Fresh vege from my fridge,
tomato, cucumber and onion.

Kuih Dadar Manis

Every time when eating at the library cafe,

XP always has a piece of Kuih Dadar Manis (also called Kuih Ketaya).

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I remembered I made this kuih once during my school days,

so I digged out my old school book and found the recipe. It's basically shredded coconut wrapped in thin pancakes

just replace coconut milk with dairy milk,

add some flavouring (juice squeezed from crushed pandan leaves)

and a drop of green colouring.

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For the filling -

shredded coconut with sugar

and Gula Melaka (I replaced this with brown sugar).

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Here are the steps on how to wrap the kuih.

(shown by XP)

butter cookies

Cookies !!!!!