Sweets for Treats!: February 2008

Friday, 29 February 2008

Sato - North Adelaide.

It's a Friday night and of course we dental students are not gonna be locked up at home studying. Hahaha.. so a bunch of us headed down to Sato on Melbourne Street in North Adelaide. The food was delicious (and healthy!).. I will definitely bring Eisen there when he is back in Adelaide! We ordered 3 banquets between the 4 of us and each banquet comes with tea/coffee, appetizer, gyoza, chicken yakitori, rice, miso soup, the main course and dessert. I reckon it's very worth it for the quality of the food you get. :) Rating: 4/5

Green tea and pretty tea pot.

Appetizer - some lemon chicken thingy, mussell and brocolli.

Edamame Beans.

Gyoza.

Chicken yakitori.

Main course #1 - Sashimi

Main Course #2 - Sukiyaki Beef.

Main course #3 - some pork in ginger and spring onion thingy.

Dessert - Vanilla ice cream with fruits and red bean.

Tuesday, 26 February 2008

Royce Champagne Chocolates.

I get this EVERYTHING SINGLE TIME WITHOUT FAIL when I am back in Singapore. I can go without char kway teow, hokkien mee, nasi lemak but I cannot, I repeat, CANNOT miss Royce Champagne Chocolates. The dark chocolates are really good too. :) For those of you who have not tried Royce Chocolates.. Oh My GOoooSh. You are missing out big time!

Pack of 20 for $13.60.

You can get them at Suntec City (next to Carrefour) or Takashimaya Basement.

Saturday, 23 February 2008

Pineapple Rolls!

I stayed over at May and Giny's place on Thursday as we had a day off on Friday! So we made these from scratch. This recipe is definitely a keeper! The pastry melts in your mouth and the filling is moist and not too sweet. :)

Friends.. come collect them from me quick.. before they all disappear.. haha!

Pineapple Rolls/Tarts

for the pastry:
250g unsalted butter, at room temperature
375g all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 egg yolks
50g icing sugar
30g corn flour
1 egg yolk, for egg wash

for the pineapple filling
2 large cans of crushed pineapple, drained and 1 whole ripe pineapple - grated and drained
1/4 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoon cornstarch
1 cinnamon stick
Handful of cloves

Using medium heat, cook the drained crushed and grated pineapple and sugar until most liquid has evaporated, add spices halfway and keep stirring until the mixture turns golden. Taste, and add more sugar when needed. Lastly, add cornstarch to thicken the mixture.

Cool to room temperature before using (preferably leave overnight in the fridge).

For the pastry:
Sieve all purpose flour, corn flour, salt and icing sugar into a medium bowl. Beat butter in a mixer until it turns light in color and fluffy.Add in egg yolks until well combined. Slowly add the flour mixture and knead until just combined into a dough.

To assemble:
Roll pineapple filling into small individual rounds. Turn dough out and roll into small rounds.Flatten the rounds and use it to cover the prepared filling.

Brush the unbaked rolls with egg wash.

Bake in a preheated oven at 350F/180ºC for 12 minutes or till lightly brown.

Chicken Soup.

A wholesome treat of chicken breasts, chinese mushrooms, white fungus, red dates, lingoberries and fishballs. Place all ingredients together with some salt and pepper into a slow cooker for 5-6 hours for a wonderful and healthy dinner!

Thursday, 21 February 2008

Salmon again!

Since I will be pretty caught up with girly activities (i.e shopping, baking, exercising) over the next 2 days.. haha.. I decided to post 3 entries in a row to keep you all entertained first! :P Enjoy the pictures~

This time with a simple side of boiled vegetables.

Stir-fry fish & vegetables in spicy bean paste.

Dumplings - 2 ways.

Pan fried dumplints with vegies, fishballs and carrots.

Dumplings with fish, vegies, chinese mushrooms and carrots in a yummy chicken broth.

Monday, 18 February 2008

A look at the past...

Below are a series of food pictures I took before I started this food blog. I am drooling just looking at them! Because I am embarking on a "Eat Healthy" diet this year.. and with Eisen not around, I doubt I will be cooking these anytime soon. :(

You will be able to find pics of:

Chicken Soup

Sweet n Sour Fish

Strawberry Baileys Cheesecake

Big Breakfast

A meal prepared by Eisen

Oyaku Don

Miso Soup

Japanese Curry

Home made Pizza

Request for recipes welcomed! :) Just leave a comment or drop me an email.

Chicken Soup & Sweet n Sour Fish.

Strawberry Baileys Cheesecake

Big Breakfast (for Eisen of course!)

Baked beans, bacon, hash brown, scrambled eggs, mushrooms and toast!

Prepared by Eisen.

Chargrilled lemon herb fish and prawns with lamb cutlets.

Oyaku Don, Miso soup and Jap Curry.

Home made Pizza

Oven baked portuguese salmon with side vegies.

I absolutely LOooooOOvvee salmon with crispy skin. All you need to do is marinate the salmon with some portuguese spices (as seen from previous post) and here's the secret, rub about a teaspoon of olive oil on the skin and bake the salmon fillet with the skin side up (180 degree oven for 15-20mins). The result is a beautifully cooked moist fish with an addictive crispy skin! The vegies are just some chinese bak choy, garlic shoots, carrots and fishballs cooked with some salt and pepper. A very healthy and delicious meal which takes less than 20 minutes!

Sunday, 17 February 2008

Cranberry Almond Raisin Oatmeal Cornflake Cookies.

Wow.. these cookies are a mouthful to say, aren't they? Hahaha.. Well.. I am a lazy girl so I got all the cranberries, almonds, raisins, oatmeal and cornflakes in a single box! Here's the magic box:

I really just made this recipe up in my head and it turned out quite good! However, if you do prefer cookies that are more moist, add a whole egg and increase the butter to 125g. I like my cookies crunchy! So here's how you make Crunch Cranberry Almond Raisin Oatmeal Cornflake cookies! Hahaha.. I love the name of this cookie! :P Hehe.. my entire house smells delicious after a weekend of baking!