Molasses Pancake

Molasses is a type of organic sugar! I am using this molasses sugar to replace the white sugar because I want my family to eat healthily. Oh ya, of course it's more expensive but it's ok, my hubby is paying! LOL~~

I am still using the old recipe 

Want to eat healthy, change it to molasses sugar now!

Molasses Pancake

Recipe source from : Fluffy Pancake

Halloween Ghost

Cute right? LOL!! I really want to thank Tomomi Maruo (obento4kids) for the video! She is really good in shaping and creative. I always follow her video.

Love the hat so much! I have no confidence in shaping the body but finally I got something. I really can do it. Yeah! Halloween is around the corner and my boy asked me when are we celebrating it? Huh~~ celebrate? We are not going to celebrate it because this is not our festival! OMG~So to fulfill his wish I tried to make this Halloween Ghost for him.

Halloween Ghostbusters

Recipe source from : Tomomi Maruo (obento4kids)

Her Youtube video : Ghost rice ball

What you need:-

-120g rice (I did not measure)

-Cheese

-Seaweed

-Ketchup

-Toothpick

-Long pasta

Method:-

(see the video attached)

I was struggling with the body but finally I can slightly get the shape and I am very satisfied.

Happy Holloween!

The Coffee Bean Cafe

Ashamed to say that I've never been to Coffee Bean before and this was my first time visiting. I want something to fill up our little tummies before we head to my son's school. The school had organized a Mooncake Festival celebration. This visit was on the month of August but until now only I updated it. Sorry~

Since I've never visited this cafe before so why not try it out. 

The environment is cozy and comfortable. The air cond is very cold! My hubby sure love the cooling air cond~LOL! Unfortunately, he is not with me at that time~

Wow...so many desserts!

They also have ala-carte menu. That's great! Since I am looking for food.

Their menu

Grilled whole leg chicken chop. Thought ordered one to share with my son because the school had provided dinner but end up the boy ate all~ I rate 8/10

Since the boy is with me and I do not want him to drink any caffeine so I ordered Hazelnut  drink...Mmmmmm~delicious. I rate 8/10

He is enjoying more than me~

Happy coffee~ing!

Pork Satay

Opsss~Did I mentioned Pork Satay?? Hahahaha... Okay, my version of pork satay is without peanut sauce!  ≧◡≦ Sounds weird right? But I tell you, you must try it out. It's soooo delicious! 

Last two weeks, I get my mum to buy me pork shoulder/pork neck when she go wet market because of my place here I can hardly get fresh pork. The cost here is very pricey also. She do not know what to call it in Chinese so I get her to tell the butcher that you want to make satay. Okay, she came back and told me this pack of pork call 'zhu zhang' in Cantonese. 

I do not know whether 'zhu zhang' is the part that I am looking for or not but anyway I will still use it. Well, first time using this part of the pig in my cooking and it's very tender and juicy. I am very happy with the 'zhu zhang' that my mum bought me...(>‿◠)✌

Let me share my recipe here~

Pork Satay

Recipe source from : Fiona Low

What you need:-

-Pork shoulder (Zhu zhang york)

Marination:-

(A) Blend

-lemon grass 

-garlic

-red onion

(B)

-ginger juice

-soy sauce

-molasses sugar

-black pepper

-Chinese five spice

-Sesame oil

-corn flour

- Bamboo skewer (soak in the water for about 10-15 mins) to prevent burning

Method:-

1) Cut the pork into cube size (remove the fat)

2) Marinate the pork with (A) and (B) overnight (I marinated it one week~hahahaha)

3) Skew the pork using the skewer

4) Lay them in the oven and grill at 170c for 20 mins

5) In 10 mins, apply honey on the pork and grill for another 5 mins, turn them around and apply honey again on another side, bake another 5 mins at 200c 

My version of pork satay is Chinese style because I do not use any herbs like coriander and turmeric powder. But you can eat my pork satay without any sauce because they are very juicy! 

Beautifully grilled!

Hope you like my version of my pork satay (>‿◠)✌

Pandan Bread

Halloween is around the corner. So I decided to make something special related to this festive season. Spaceship alien inspired by Toy Story! LOL!! cute right~~

I was not so confident on how it will look like after baking but at least I tried. For me, it really doesn't look like it but I'm still satisfied~hahaha

Pandan Bread

Recipe source from : May Lynn (recipe changed a bit)

What you need:-
-2 cups bread flour (I used Japanese bread flour)
-1 cup warm milk (I used half cup fresh milk and half cup pandan juice)
-2 tbsp butter
-1/4 cup sugar (I used molasses sugar)
-1/2 tsp instant yeast
-1/3 tsp salt

Method:-
1) Dump all the ingredients inside the TM bowl
2) Knead for 3 mins
3) Remove it from TM bowl and roll the dough into a greased bowl. Cover it with clip wrap or air tight tupperware, keep it in the fridge (overnight)
4) The next day, take out the dough and thaw at least 20 mins then release the air then shape it into desired pattern and rest another 1 hrs (I rest the dough in the fridge for 4 hours)
5) Bake for 20 mins at 150c

This was the outcome before decoration.

I'm using melted dark and white chocolate for the eyes and mouth.

I made some bread roll to made burger too! Pandan Pork Burger hehehe~

Kindly view my patties burger recipe here if you like : Patty burger

I am very surprised that my 9 years old boy can finished this set of breakfast! 

Kindly view my bacon rose shaping here if you like : Bacon roses

Bacon Roses

I came to know about this bacon in rose shape online. I found it very cute and pretty, so I want to try it out too. Nevertheless, the outcome is really beautiful!

I served it with my homemade pandan pork burger.

Bacon Rose

Recipe/Idea source from : Studio Knit

What you need:

-Bacon strip

-toothpicks

-brown sugar

-muffin tray

Method:-

1) Roll the bacon up and secure it with a toothpick

2) Lay them in the muffin tray and dust some brown sugar on them

3) Bake at 170c for 20 mins

Before and after 

Isn't it pretty? Serve with mustard and chili sauce, a perfect combination!

Hope you like the bacon roses!

Japanese/Chinese Gyoza

I managed to get this Gyoza skin in Max Value one day, so I decided to make this Japanese Gyoza. It's something like Chinese Dumpling but I read online they were saying that this Gyoza is originally from Chinese fried dumplings but it's very popular in Japanese cooking.

Whether it is Chinese Gyoza or Japanese Gyoza~as long as it tastes nice, it will do, right? It's not hard to make Gyoza yourself if you can get Gyoza skin from the store. Because I'm using it also LOL!!...

I always have some marinated minced pork in the freezer. It will make my cooking more easy. Okay, let me share this delicious fried dumplings recipe.

Japanese Gyoza

Recipe source from : Fiona Low

What you need:-
-Gyoza skin-wrapper (pre-made)
-minced pork
-carrot (diced)
-spring onion (diced)
-water chestnut (diced)
-prawn (chopped) - optional

Seasoning:-
-homemade chicken powder
-homemade garlic powder/minced garlic
-sesame oil
-white pepper
-a dash of corn flour

Method:-
1) Mix everything together and best marinate overnight
2) Scoop the pork filling onto the centre and wrap it.
3) In a frying pan, add in some olive oil and lay the Gyoza in the pan, pan fry until the bottom slightly brown
4) Add in some hot water and cover it. Let it simmer until the water dry up
5) Dish up and serve with Japanese sweet soy sauce or ginger soy sauce with a dash of vinegar.

The Gyoza skin (wrapper)

After mixed up!

After wrapped! Sorry that I do not have my own video to show you because I work alone but you can Youtube : Gyoza wrapping

Make sure you don't burn the Gyoza skin ya~~

 

We love to eat it with Japanese sweet soy sauce. I made this for our breakfast today, 10 pcs in total, the boy can eat 6 pcs in one go until I stop him. Why I stopped him?? LOL~As I said is for our breakfast and I only have 10 pcs? ( ˘︹˘ )

Well, hope you all like the my Gyoza recipe and enjoy it. Remember to cook more, if not you will end up like...(>‿◠)✌