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While waiting for Pooh to knock off, I found an interesting pastry book at Raffles City’s MPH. It has step-by-step pictures with tips about making all types of pastry – sweet or savoury. For S$27.02 with 10% off for Passion card members, this is value-for-money.Today, I was craving a good quiche for lunch.The book has ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on December 7, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Have you ever felt cheated after buying some sales items? I have. Bought this book “Baking Code” for S$15 at John Little’s Expo Sale last month. Guess what? It is sold ch …
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on December 6, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Baked Madeleines again! Simply have to try with my new silicon madeleine mould! Got it at S$22.20 after 30% discount at Creative Hands, Harbourfront Centre.This time I tried coffee ones by substituting matcha powder with coffee and cocoa powder in this recipe.My notes are in bracket Matcha Madeleines – Yields 12 (But, I ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on December 6, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
I don’t have a Madeleine tin and do not want to eat so many Madeleines. My family members aren’t supporters of baked stuff as they think it’s heaty and fattening.So, I used a kueh balu tin to try this Chocolate Madeleine Recipe. It’s surprisingly light with a slight crisp on the edges. Best of all, ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 29, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
I’ve always wanted to try making otaks (baked spicy fish paste in banana leaves) myself.Its list of ingredients looked daunting enough for me to try though! After years of procrastination (also lack of time), I’ve finally did it! This is the otak I made today. Doesn’t look as orange-red as it is supposed to ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 28, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Do you know that once a yeast packaging is opened, you need to refrigerate the rest? Otherwise, the yeast is considered useless. I didn’t know until yesterday. My sweet dough didn’t rise at all. Wasted so much ingredients and I threw away 3/4 bottle of Bake King yeast! It was okay when I used ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 24, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Making Macarons is tougher than I’ve thought! I tried making these Sesame Macarons with red bean ganche.Couldn’t get the shape right. sob sob… Taste wise is super sweet and a little sticky. Well… what do u expect from a macaron?Posted in Singapore
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 19, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Radish cake is very simple to do. Really. For someone who only started to cook or bake daily in the last one month. Internet is your best resource to do research on the “best” recipe to try This recipe fills a 9″ springform round baking pan.Step 1: Fry 50g dried shrimp till crispy and ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 19, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
It’s a boring rainy afternoon surfing for recipes to try till I saw Florence’s recipe – 65ºC Chocolate Wassant.What’s that? It’s a simple method called 65°C w …
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 18, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Tired day… Made pizza, bread, pineapple fried rice and tom yum seafood soup!Posted in Food Tagged: Cooking
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 11, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
It was 16 years ago that I had eaten a delicious cheesecake in Downtown Vancouver. However, I forgot the cafe name.Today, I tried to reproduce it using the recipe from Wikibooks.The cheesecake is currently in the cooling stage. Not sure if it’s the right recipe though Here’s the cake!Immediately out from the oven!After 30min… ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 10, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
I baked Orange Chiffon Cake again! This time, rum was added instead of vanilla, baked at 170ºC for 55 minutes and I patiently waited an hour for the cake to cool before removing it from th …
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 9, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
This is simple to bake. Asked my dad and sister-in-law to try as they are coffee-drinkers. Both commented that the coffee taste wasn’t strong enough. Hmmm… I may need to add more espresso (it was decaffeinated cos I don’t drink coffee) in future. Overall, I thought this cake is nice and not too heavy like ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on November 7, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
On my way to lunch with belyl this afternoon, I was surprised to see a former HDB CIO (whom I was grateful to 9 years ago for agreeing to my transfer to MND) standing alongside with us waiting to cross a road.He has become now CIO of Starhub.Probably, his work demands and age, he looked ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on July 2, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Yesterday afternoon, I was invited to attend a retail seminar in Mandarin for the HDB shop retailers. Part of my current job scope is to draft articles for Houseword.The tagline for the in …
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on July 2, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Today is my third time sending out resignation letter this year.How eventful for someone who had stayed in the same job for the last 9 years.This current job can’t fit me and I can’t fit myself to the job.Decided it’s time to do something new before I become too old.I got back my watch today ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on June 26, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
I deleted my account at MyHomeTown.sg, a project which I’ve fought hard and build to what it was. Of course, my friends at MyHomeTown.sg helped much.It was a hard decision.My ex-boss told me: “Why work so hard for this thing?”Perhaps, I should have heeded the advice.Now, it’s somebody’s else baby. I can no longer associate ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on June 25, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
My parents are back from Spain! Yay!As expected, my mum felt that the Loewe truffle ostrich bag was too expensive and got me a Loewe Camel Canvas bag in black instead. Good thing! cos that Loewe truffle ostrich calle hobo bag costs nearly S$9,000! hahaha…Guess how much this bag cost in Spain? On a ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on June 18, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
When you see Chinooks flying… with a National flag, u know National Day’s coming!Spotted it about 6.30pm yesterday.Who has NDP tickets for me? Posted in Sightings, Singapore, Singapore Flag
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on June 18, 2009 at hya*cinthus™
Do you like peanut candy? I love them!They used to be wrapped individually in papers long ago.Now, they are in individual plastic wrappers to ensure freshness. Anyone who has eaten peanut candy which has come into prolonged contact with air would know how hard can peanut candy become!This is how I like my peanut candy ...
hyacinthus Posted by hyacinthus User Menu on June 17, 2009 at hya*cinthus™

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