Our slient food desires!

Shin Kushiya

2008-04-13T14:41:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone!

A few weeks back, I went to Suntec, and ate at this place:

Shin Kushiya

I only took pictures of the desserts, so here you go!

That's the Tofu Cheesecake they served there.

It's really smooth and soft! =DD

And I can't rememebr what this is called.

It's some jelly like stuff. Tastes like Green tea =)))

I like this!!!

It's Green Tea icecream with something like a MuaChii we get at those Pasa Malam. The MuaChii thingy is warm, and it contrasts well with the cold icecream!! ^^

♥,

Crystal!

Takoyaki Event

2008-03-15T16:32:00.006+08:00

I intend to post it here to tell u guys that Takoyaki making is fun! Anyway apparently, everyone was squeezing together fighting for a place to make this takoballs.

As you can see, below, the mould is the Takoyaki pan - make of cast iron and the below is the heat source.

The holes for each tako ball is filled with the batter, the ingredients are placed inside. This time we use hotdog, cheese, sotong(squid) and crabmeat=)

And then after the sides are slight cooked or so called harden, u start to flip it and add more batter to the tako balls which is only half complete and oso to make it look rounder.

And then u turn and turn and turn and be patient with it. U get something nice, round and shiny like the one below ! (above make by participants, below one make by us=D)

And whe it get fully cooked, it will browned and look something like that ~

And TADA~! with mayo, sauce and bonito flakes, delicious takoyakis are born~~!!!

Anyone who wants to try can wait until the first week of Actual sch reopening and go to JCG bazaar probably at design floyer at 4 for $2=D

Or you can buy ur own tako pan and tools to make ur own tako balls. I will probably post the recipe for the batter some time=D

Updated by LiHui

Donuts became Chocolate mini buns

2008-03-13T21:12:00.006+08:00

Step-by-Step Modified Recipe for chocolate mini buns

(By: Jaime, discussed tgt wif Crystal & Cheryl)

Ingredients

5cups flour1

2/3 cup warm milk

1 cup fine sugar

Icing sugar (for dipping)

1/2 tbsp instant yeast

Butter (for greasing and for coating)

2 eggs

2tsp vanilla essence

Pinch of Salt

Directions

1) whisk egg, milk and vanilla essence together

2) In a seperate bowl, whisk flour, sugar, yeast together and add some salt.

3) Slowly stir milk mixture into dry ingredients until dough forms

4) Flour a counter top and knead the dough (add more flour as needed a tbsp at a time) until slightly sticky and elastic ball of dough forms
5) Place in a buttered bowl, cover with towel and allow it to rise for abt 1hr until it has doubled in bulk
6) Punch down and roll out on floured surface until 1/2 inch thick. Cut into desired equal pieces and make a round ball out of it. Push the chocolate into the donut and roll into a round ball again.

7) Place them on greased cookie sheet, cover with towel and allow it to rise for another hr.

8) Preheat oven to 375. Melt addition butter to coat the balls. Dip into icing sugar and put to bake for 6mins.

@ Emperor's Soup!

2008-03-05T00:10:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone! Crystal updating again!

ok, I had this CNY dinner at Joo Chiat, and the food there was really good! So do head on over to Emperor's Soup to have a taste of those good food below!

Yu Sheng!

Shark's Fin!

(It's really a FIN!)

Oyster with Abalone and Fai Cai!

Asparagus with Scallop!

Steamed Fish!

Roasted Chicken with Crackers!

Roasted Meat + Rice!

Lobster!!!!

The food looks good, right? =DD

Well, that's the end of my update! Enjoy your holidays everyone!

Valentine's FCS Buffet!

2008-02-16T23:00:00.002+08:00

Hi everyone!
Once again, this is Crystal updating regarding the Buffet J2 prepared on Valentine's Day 2008!

It's basically a 6 course meal. Each dish was prepared by each group. (3 people in one group!)

We have our Appetiser, a canape!
Made with baked bread, sauce and stir-fried prawns!

Next, we have Salad, which was Potato Salad!
Cubed potatoes with Bacon, sour cream and garnished with chopped parsley!

Soup is next!
Tomato Soup, Garnished with sour cream and chopped coriander and Basil leaves?
Served Champage Glasses!

For meat, we served Chicken Thigh!
Steam-baked Chicken Thigh seasoned and served with cucumber and mangoes!

As for Starch, we have Rossti!

Last, but never least, our Dessert, Mango Fool!
Mango with yoghurt and whipping cream, garnished with strawberries!

And that's all folks!! =DD

Happy Chinese New year! =DD

Gong Xin Fa Cai!

PoD Practical 8!

2008-02-02T17:30:00.000+08:00

Hello everyone!

This is Crystal updating for today! (:

Here are the PoD platings!!!

Kebabs by Aloy's Group!

[Edit]

Sorry! this one is by Jaime!!!

Mushroom and Crabmeat in cucumber cups by Jaime!

Fruit tart by Yours truly! (:

Fruit Tart by Edmund's Group!

Kebabs by Jolene!

Mushroom and Crabmeat by Jolene!

More Kebabs! i think this is by Yong Wei's Group?

Fruit tart by Cheryl's group!

Hmm... but what ever happened to the fruit tart? hehe!

Pasta! I think this is by Shahidah's group? (:

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Anywho, that's for the PoD platings!

I'll prolly be talking about cupcakes that next time I post.

Meantime, keep checking out this flog! ;)

XOXO,

Crystal!

Food Magazines

2008-01-23T18:34:00.000+08:00

Hi people since Jaime say our blog is too cold so i am here to share one wonderful magazine in bought jus few days ago. It cost $9.95. 1 issue for 2 mths. Even though it is expensive but it also has alot of great information in it.
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There is food platings, beautiful ones almost at every page of the book.
Then each issue they will tell u more about different types of food ingredients and how to handle them. This mth is on meat and mushrooms.

And of course wine, how to drink, taste wine and wat types of wine in different countries.

And of course recipes. Alot ranging from desserts, to asian, to western, thailand, vietnam, indian and these recipes are Chef recipes.

Since this book is about Gourmet, of course different Chefs wll be shown, interview and introduce in this magazine.

So if u are feeling that u have nothing to buy, u are bored and there is nthg to watch in tv or computer games are boring.....Go to Times Bookshop or any other Major bookstore like Kinokuniya etc and flip through these magazines or even buy them for future use. Probably u can find magazines which are better then what i have share here =)

Updated by: Li Hui ^_^

Nice platings for practical 7

2008-01-14T22:23:00.000+08:00

Btw, the fruit cake i mentioned on last blog was did by yongwei, edmund & Joachim group. Sorry abt tat.

These are the best 4 i feel for practical 7 =)
N so conincidental, all are banana crepes desssert. hahaha.
Update more soon. Comments are welcome.

Updated by: Triangle- Jaime

POD Practical 6 (2 wonderful platings)

2008-01-12T20:46:00.000+08:00

2 wonderful platings (done by huixin, cheryl and shasha) =D
1- Fruit cake
2- Rolled vegetable with hotdog instead of roast duck as stated

For improvement:
Heard from the POD lecturer, plating 2 is out of proportion as the rolls are so much taller than the decoration.
Overall:
i gave A for these platings. wad u guys tink? hehe.

Updated by: Triangle- Jaime

Recipe try-out 1: Mango Fool

2008-01-10T08:05:00.000+08:00

Modified Recipe try-out 1: Mango Fool (France)

Ingredients:
80g plain yogurt
1 ripe mango (~200g)
160g heavy whipping cream
2tbsp/30g sugar
2tsp/10g vanilla extract

Method:
1) Line a sieve with 2 layers of paper towel and place over a bowl.
2) Pour yogurt into the paper towel lined sieve then set aside to drain for 30 minutes.
3) Peel and cube mango then place half of it in container of an electric blender while another half set aside for later use.
4) Whirl until puréed then add sugar to sweeten.
5) In a bowl beat cream with sugar, vanilla until stiff peaks form. Half of it set aside for later use.
6) Gently fold in drained yogurt and the cubed and puréed mango until combined.
7) Spoon mango cube first into dessert glasses and followed by the combined mixture.
8) Topping up with whipped cream and sprinkle each serving with diced mango.
Serve chilled.
(Serve ~8 servings)

[Lihui, cld u send mi de final pic (i dun hv it) thanks.]

Updated by: Triangle- Jaime

New food blog

2008-01-05T02:43:00.000+08:00

This is a food blog. Still under construction. We'll update it weekly. (:

- Crystal