Leaving For Japan

Hokkaido!

i'm leaving on a midnight flight today, will be back in 8 days time. Following that it'll be prom night then my vietnam ocip trip.

yes, 4-15th Dec is Vietnam time.

oh and i finally bought my prom dress.
i splurged on it. total madness!

updates when i'm back!

drooling for hokkaido icecreammmmmm...

Makes Makes Makes

once again,
*elaine's Bakes N Makes.

Special: DAD's BIRTHDAY CAKE.




Raspberry Mousse Chocolate Fudge Cake.
(approx 3.5-4kg) *more in dad's birthday entry.

Bentos.

#3: Sunshine Hokkaido.




yakisoba, flower omelette, teriyaki scallops, sushi rice, kani sticks, quail egg, choc almond cookie

#4: Sandwich Savy




(two-tier lunchbox for sis! =D)

disney pooh & dale Ham N Cheese sandwich, bunny duo-colour tuna mayo sandwich, bearie duo-colour peanut butter nutella sandwich, cheesy fish fingers. watermelon cup, mayo dip

#5: Something Fishy


poor dad's one had to be squeezed due to space constraint


fishy omelette-wrapped tomato fried rice, strawberry tail, sesame seasoned spinach, hoki fish nuggets, pucca mini fish biscuits, tartar sauce dip.

Bakes.


Frosted Mini Blueberry Muffins


Chocolate Eclairs
choux puff fingers filled with vanilla cream & chocolate ganache-glazed



Disney Butter Cookies




Pandan Kaya Custard Cake
specially for grandma! (:


Sausage Prata Breakfast Rolls


Honey Pineapple Prata Parcels (vegetarian substitute for mum)

Post-Deepavali Indian Dinner.
haha!

indian food is also tedious! began from scratch and it took quite some time to complete. results satisfied (: (:


100%-Handmade Naan


Ovenbaked Tandoori Chicken, Mint Mayo, Naan Bread.


Snapper Fish & Sweet Potato Red Curry w Turmeric Yellow Rice.

Au Petit Salut

my birthday dinner with him.
finally, finally.

In line with my current french fetish (after-effect of aspiring to enrol into Le Cordon Bleu), we did French this year.

Au Petit Salut @ Harding Road
somewhere ulu-ated in the vicinity of dempsey.

indoors were full, al fresco was our only choice.
Set Dinner Menu, $98++ per pax.


compliementary bread: baguette, typically french


clam & saffron starter

a buttery froth in a cup with invigorating yet untellable flavours, i could not trace it sources until i asked the waiter.

Amuse Bouche

1st Entrée.


Salade de homard.
Steamed ‘’minute” Boston lobster salad of raw crunchy vegetables and mixed greensaged Cabernet Sauvignon vinegar and olive oil dressing

the waiter cared to emphasized that the lobster's netted and killed upon order. fills us with slight guilt that we had decided the poor lobster's fate. but BUT, it was certainly fresh.

2nd Entrée


HIS.
Foie gras de canard poêlé au vinaigre de Xeres
Pan-seared duck foie gras served with baby spinachred onions and Xeres vinegar

i took a tiny portion. whoa, now i finally understand the controversies of this deemed "wonder". goose liver is such a you-either-love-or-hate-it drama.. its a complete melt-in-the-mouthly piece of FAT. pleasure or guilt, you decide!


MINE.
Coquilles St Jacques aux endives caramelisées à l’orange
Seared large scallops with caramelized Belgium endives in orange juice

tender and succulence paired with a heavy citrus base.



Mains.


HIS.
Filet de boeuf sauce moutarde et herbes fraîches
Pan-seared beef tenderloin (150gm) served with mashed potato,mustard and fresh herb sauce


MINE.
Filet de daurade Royale de l’Atlantique au four
Oven baked Atlantic Royal sea bream served with roasted eggplant and zucchini, pumpkin coulis.

to be honest, this was way too under-dramatized for me. i saw no sensational sparks in the underseasoned fish.



Then there was the funny part.

while dan was in the gents, the waiter approached to extract some feedback from me (the heavy photo-snapper who's obviously invovled in blogging haha).

waiter: so mam, how was the food tonight? was it good?

elaine: hmmm, i guess it was okay.

waiter: *chuckles, in disbelief. oh you mean it was just okay, just average, and not good?

elaine: *rethinks about the courses. yupp its just alright. we had some minor issues with the main courses.

waiter: *laughs. alright sure, i'll feedback to the kitchen about that. let me clear your table for desserts.

elaine: haha thanks.

LOL. i could be really frank and state my real opinions of each of the dish but i thought i had better not offend their reputation. i'm no connoiseur or chef as yet but i do know my stuffs about food, heh.

Dessert.


Soufflé au Grand Marnier
Orange and Grand Marnier soufflé with chocolate truffle

lovely. souffles are love and this one is alcoholically enhanced plus a decadent ruffle center to woooh about (: thumbs up.


i look absolutely.ghostly.here

French cuisine is undoubtedly rich and learned, but i still do prefer the simplicity of italian flavours. thanks so much dear for the chance to experience!

A Levels?

jiayou my friends.
its just the last few weeks after 2 years of torture.
you have my mental support haha =D

all the best!
date you all after the exams (:

Around the Eighteenth

all the pre & post birthday meetups and gatherings (:

ogggeee 22 quad.
missing grace for dinner ):

we waited...



and waited... for faris to arrive...



till we were all so bored and famished.

ahhh, i can't do dou ji yan without placing my finger infront!
cass is damn pro.

Secret Recipe @ Vivovcity



seated, and still NOT here yet! haha.

open-the-presents time!


"are you sure i look like percy pigs?!!"



Kushigin Lunch w bestie xinya.

the place for superb yakitori!



+ crepes n cream desserts!
+ housebunny. nice nice nice.


Seafood Galore w the TK-Saints.
little miss seow & little miss khaw.


ms seow & the huge platter. gosh a whole seabass!



Dessert Madness w KT

within one night (after dinner)...


my yummiliciously-sinful NYDC sundae (:


MUDPIE.


gelatissimo double scoop cups.

*sugar rush K.O.
i think we're madness.

The Pastamania-ns.

Seoul Garden @ Bugis Junction


the rumoured 'couple' mag & biondi *ahem.


us girls.


huijin jiayun maggie elaine


kiasuism, haha!


mr. seth (aka guang yi)- LATE.
note: he's not malay, he's not mixed. he's pure CHINESE!


LOL.

maggie's really our hilarious joker who's constantly creating stuffs for us to laugh about. we love her- for her naturally blur and straightforward personality. i swear we had sooo much fun chatting eating n laughing away the entire night... till seoul garden closed. we were almost chased out.


one ugly group photo.
*referring to myself.

ohyas,
its so coincidental that most of us are october-ians.
maggie: 1
elaine: 15
jiayun: 16
guangyi: 19
happy birthday to maggie, jiayun & seth!



Studying w Jessica.
the usual airport T2 again.


mr ronald is no stranger to us.


omg how sinnful is this?
a cheesy brownie treat from jess, thankyouu!

Sakae Buffet w Huiching.



eating is such a great pleasure of life (:

i.love.my.friends.foolstop.