I made this for lunch just now….
Mmmm.... Cheese Tteokbokki!
Doesn’t look like it has cheese cause I put it in the pot before taking it out. Never tasted cheese tteokbokki before so I have no idea how one would taste like. Mine had that cheesy taste but no cheese in sight. I had a hard boiled egg too. Din’t have fish cakes but it felt fine to me.
Overall result, better than my last try although the rice cake was a little too much on the chewy side. 🙂
It’s not relating to DJ Sammy’s Heaven song, but it relates more to….
Just Heavenly’s Tiramisu
Death by Chocolate
The cakes from “Just Heavenly” are awesome!
I prefer the Tiramisu more though. The Death by chocolate was like being hit with a chocolate bomb! Too overwhelming!
The Tiramisu was well balanced. Creamy, crunchy almonds and that coffee taste. Nicely balanced.
Prices aren’t cheap though. 6″ cakes is RM64? Well worth it though.
Date: 16th July
Venue: Ben’s Pavilion
Event: To all the July babies! Huzzah!
Duck Confit Pasta @ Ben’s
Verdict: Food was goooood. I liked the sun dried tomatoes gives it that added KICK!
For those that run outta words to say
Mine was cops and robbers! ❤ running around. Hated falling though. =(
Happy Birthday! : D
Headed over to Overtime Pavilion for a “nightcap”
On the HOUSE!
Super sweet stuff…
The Pavilion’s Overtime was a little dull. It was quite empty on a Saturday night after 10, should be at least half full maybe? Maybe cause it’s considered newly opened. Another downside, the music wasn’t up to it. They were playing chinese emo songs *Actually a trio was singing them*. Bummer.
After that headed to some random “club”, *Actually I don’t even think it’s considered a club in my books, the crowd was…. it’s like there wasn’t a crowd. The tequila was not bad though. =)* and ber-syok sendiri.
I knew some who maybe over-syok-ed a bit. :p
Conclusion: Satisfying! When’s August’s celebration?
Well today is Mother’s Day so “Happy Mother’s Day” to all the mother’s out there! Though frankly, everyday should be mother’s day. We should appreciate them everyday no?
Since it’s sort of a celebration to generate more revenue for retail outlets, restaurants and what-not’s. We gave our mum a little treat.
Godiva Chocolatier
Yes! Godiva Chocolatier! *my mouth salivates at the mere mention of that word*
I wonder what decadent chocolate experience awaits me. What surprises will be offered and how it will be such an unforgettable experience it will be remembered for eons to come! *Man… I’m really inflating things here…*
So there we were, waiting at the “cafe” outside pavilion. The place was “packed”, table for 4’s were all taken up, so we waited anxiously/patiently for a table to leave.
AHA! That table just paid, the lovely waitress sits us down after clearing the table.
So we sit and wait. Wait. Wait. Wait and…. wait some more.
“Where’s the menu?”
Asked the kind waiter to clean the table for us and get us some menus. The menu arrived swiftly into our hands without us realising it.
Flipped through it and picked what we wanted, drinks & cakes. We’re ready for a chocolate adventure!
We wait patiently. The cakes arrive shortly.
Cakes
Mmm…. Cake #1 – shaped like a dome (name eludes me)
Not bad….
Cake #2 – Tiramisu
Hmmm… I still prefer Italiannies’ and again the mere mention of Italiannies’ tiramisu makes me wanna salivate again.
Cake #3 – Dark chocolate…. uh….. (again the name eludes me)
very rich in chocolate but urm…..
Conclusion: There just seems to be something lacking in the cakes, it’s nice yes but it just doesn’t blow you away. It doesn’t make one salivate at the mere mention of it. It’s well… forgettable. No impact? If it were on American Idol it wouldn’t even past the first screening.
Next up… the drinks.
Drinks
I ordered the Dark Chocolate Raspberry, my brother the Dark Chocolate Decadence, both cold, my dad and mum ordered Hazelnut hot chocolate and Milk hot chocolate respectively.
The milk chocolate came in a pot, it could have been shared by 2 people. It was quite a bit. It was a little sweet too…. *more to Guylian’s hot chocolate sweetness, as compared in Hot Chocolate Hunt*
Anyway to make things super short and make this read so much more shorter. The drinks were alright. Nothing great. Nothing bad. It was fine. It was just fine. Which is normal. No “WOW”! No “Oomph’! No “Man! What was that!?” It was just… “hmmm…”
Room for improvement?
Another thing which I found lacking was the lack of plain water. I understand that a business can earn more money by selling mineral water instead of just serving normal plain water, which we Malaysians will definitely order and not order anything else. but…. *a big BUT there* BUT, as a chocolate “cafe” wouldn’t it make sense to serve plain water since the customer would naturally want to enjoy the individual taste of each chocolate piece.
For example, the customer orders a cake, a truffle and a hot chocolate drink.
The truffle arrives first. The customer happily eats the truffle, he/she enjoys it’s rich taste that melts in his/her mouth leaving the customer wonderfully happy. Then the cake comes…. but the customer’s mouth is still filled with the taste of the truffle. The customer begins to fluster and his/her mind starts working overtime “Oh no! the cake is here. I need water. Where is it? How am I going to enjoy the taste of that deliciously looking cake that is just beckoning me to poke it with that shining fork over by it’s side? Oh my this is killing me… darn you truffle! how can you leave such a wonderful aftertaste in my mouth? Oh no! How can I give justice to the cake when I can’t differentiate the taste of the 2 wonderfully incredible things?”
So the customer picks up the fork and just digs into the cake. He/she can’t differentiate it from the truffle. It oddly tastes the same. What a waste. One could have been rich in dark chocolate made from the most wonderful cocoa beans with a hint of mint and another could have been made with the richest chocolate ganache and the customer wouldn’t even realise it.
Same goes to the drink that the customer ordered. No water, he/she can’t “wash off” the taste in the mouth and fully taste the flavour, the aroma and the effort put into that drink. That is just a huge waste.
Maybe that’s why the experience at Godiva Chocolatier wasn’t awesome/good/I would come again. It was just. So-So. We could have ordered plain water but IF the “cafe” really wanted us to enjoy the food, it would make sense for them to provide us with it instead of us demanding for it.
They could have always given us normal filtered water. No harm in that. That is why… Theobroma is better. hehehe
Anyway, that’s just my thoughts. Maybe someone else has some other opinion. Please do share. I might just visit them again if I change my mind.
Cheerios for now!
I think everyone has heard of a get rich scheme or fast cash scheme or quick rich scheme, not those multi-level sales and stuff… these ones are all those “scams” that people get conned into. Now this Quick Fat Scheme however is not a scam. It’s so real, it’s as real as the palm of your hand. *Agreed. Odd example. Now move on.* Once you’re in the land which is “Truly Asia” you’re considered to have enrolled into the scheme. Voluntarily or involuntarily. Food stalls, restaurants, eateries, cafes, kuih stalls, pisang goreng stall and the rojak stall have delicacies waiting for to be eaten.
It’s hard to control oneself with such colourful and tempting delicacies. Even the market shows an abundance of fruits. Just too colourful to bear. Anyway, I have been in this scheme for erm…. 2 weeks and boy does my waistline not look good. *Hey! Did that needle on the weighing scale just moved to the right a little?* Let’s see, what has caused the damage for these 2 very short weeks.
Satay: Check
Dim Sum: Check
Cendol: Check *3 days in a row… gasp!*
Kerepok Lekor: Check
Pisang Goreng: Check
arious other little fried stuff: Check
Muruku: Check
Every other junk that one can possibly name: Highly likely to be checked *a little exaggerating over here*
The only way to get out of this Quick Fat Scheme is to well… Exercise! But the freaking heat is so bloody hot and the weather is so darn humid, no one in their right mind would want to exercise in such circumstances without exercising in an air conditioned place. Plus, the bloody weather makes you feel so darn lazy, you wouldn’t want to do anything except sit still under the fan and live the life of a sloth.
Another way is to eat moderately, hahaha, much easier. So the key to getting outta this Quick Fat Scheme is to eat moderately. Makes so much sense. No more cendol please. But the heat is unbearable. Ok maybe just one more… and another… and another…. and…. “PRIANG!” the weighing scale is broken.
bibimbap has compelled me to….
I have no idea why I like bibimbap so much. Probabaly it’s because I always wondered what was that mixed up red rice, which looks horrible but looks really delicious, that the actors/actresses in the korean serials were eating.
I have no idea either whether it was bibimbap or something else… but forget about the past, what is important now is that I LOVE bibimbap! LOL so I was compelled to…
well… make it myself.. ehehehe… hehe… cause i haven’t eaten it for a long time and everytime I enter the korean restaurant there is always some obstacle between me and my bibimbap. 😦
Actually an important event led me to want to make my own bibimbap. One fine day, while I was busy “networking” with an old friend, she suddenly gave me a link to a website which teaches one how to cook korean food. *actually i forgot the reason why she gave the link to me, but nvm.. doesn’t matter* I saw the bibimbap recipe and thought.. hmmm sounds easy… so a week or so later I was making it for myself… ehehehhe 😀
ok.. enough of my long winded stories which doesn’t seem to flow well. Here are some pictures instead…
Let's line up bibimbaps!
Give it a good mix and
Let's dig in!
WALA! *bowl was a little small so it was a little hard to mix, doesn’t matter though, still delicious to my tastebuds*
Turns out that bibimbap was really pretty simple to make, so let’s give a toast to more bibimbaps to come. *kling-kling-kling* Oh I feel the important part of the bibimbap is the gochujang sauce, so without good gochujang, there can’t be good bibimbap? Thank you lovely gochujang sauce.
Ok… maybe not a feast, but I was stuffed! *Probabaly because of the dessert… hmmm…*
1. Grilled Haloumi *Surprisingly awesome! Can’t wait to buy some and grill them myself*
2. Grilled Baby Octopus *Never have I eaten so many whole baby octopus… not bad….*
3. Some dip which taste like sour cream *Incredibly hooked on it… should have taken more….*
4. Chicken & Lamb Souvlaki *Chicken was better than the Lamb… pretty normal I would say…*
5. Rice pudding *Oo-La-La.. didn’t know rice pudding was that nice! Interesting, I shall make some for myself*
6. Torta *Very mouth watering. tried google-ing it but to no avail… 😦 It’s basically sponge fingers dipped in coffee liquer, topped with custard and some sort of cream mousse like things on top of the custard and bits and pieces of chocolate sprinkled on top. Yum!*
No pictures this time round… U just have to live with my descriptions… hyuk hyuk hyuk!
Grilled Baby Octopus, which greek name I forgot.
![[L-R] Grilled Haloumi, Souvlaki, sour cream like dip, lemon wedge, Deep Fried Calamari and more Grilled Baby Octopus](https://robbstar.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/img_5633.jpg?w=698 "Platter")
(L-R: Grilled Haloumi, Souvlaki, sour cream like dip, lemon wedge, Deep Fried Calamari and more Grilled Baby Octopus)
P.S. I want more Grilled Haloumi! Chanting:” Grilled Haloumi. Grilled Haloumi. Grilled Haloumi.”
the brain goes into motion…
I think lately I’ve been living a life of a recluse… maybe it’s not a lately thing… maybe it doesn’t happen just like that. I think it happens gradually, like prefering to stay at home than going out one day… and end up being a recluse after a couple of months or so… hmm…
Or maybe I choose to live like that… just hanging around with myself, enjoying my own company… *oh before I continue further.. this should be a rather mixed up entry, without structure of such, but normally after I give out such warnings, a structure appears… odd odd mind* So did I choose to be reclusive or did it gradually happened without me realising it? Maybe cause being socially engaging can be quite exhausting sometimes.
Like what can one say in certain social situations, are there words for everything? *maybe this entry is about my social ineptness or my lacking of confidence… everytime.* Hmmmm…. I kind of forgot what I wanted to say… oh well I’ll just continue babbling about….
Maybe because of my social ineptness and my lack of confidence in engaging in “intelligent conversations” that make me a recluse? hmmm…. *I think I should start engaging the world again.. ehehehe… hehe.. he <— see even my virtual laugh seems fake… ehehhehe*
Enough about my reclusive state. How has everyone been? Christmas is coming! There’s a tree in Brisbane City.. pretty big with Santa and his reindeers in front of it… apart from that the city looks fairly normal…
the window display at Myer’s looks great though… not great in pictures unfortunately.
Christmas Tree in Brisbane City
Ooo ooo there is this really cute mail box there too!
Letter to Santa?
Hehehehe…. Maybe it’s the holidays that always makes the mind wander cause there really isn’t really anything important to do? maybe I should think more.. ahahahha I think I should get new hobbies… wonder what’ll be suitable for me… hmmm
Oh yes.. I was watching “The Bucket List” just now and I was tempted to write my own “bucket list” but I didn’t I wonder why? hmmm… maybe I should maybe I shouldn’t cause then again it’s like some sort of resolution that people never keep like “I will not add alcohol into the food punch this year.. if I do I won’t drink it, but U do both of that…”. So if I make that list it’ll be like just another meaningless list that people create and don’t follow… it would be a different story other wise if I try to fulfill that bucket list… then again I’m not really dying yet… hopefully not! Generally people aren’t afraid of death until they are at death’s door. I guess we are never ready to let go… hmmm…
Oh there was this topic that was raised in the show… something about a survey that asked people if that wanted to know at what age they would die and 96% said no. I was thinking I would say yes… but then again after I know how long more I will live, what difference does it make? Will I make better decisions? will I be a better person? Will I make a bucket list and try to fulfill everything there is in that list?
Ah! on a different note.. I got a job… for a week or so now… it’s not a full time thing, just a casual waitressing job.. but I need to get another or else I might end up sleeping on the sidewalk while “holidaying”… But there’s so MUCH competition! Oh well… hopefully I’ll get more hours from this one… 10 hours plus a week ain’t enough…
Ah well.. time to sleep and wake up to another day of short movie marathons and well…. short movie marathons?
If I were to write a log on what I do everyday..
Wow! looks like it’s been awhile since I last blogged. I have no idea what has happened from the last time I blogged so I’ll just start talking gibberish… nyahahha
Hmmm.. come to think of it, I don’t really have that much stuff to talk about. Oo Ooo…
I’ve booked my air tickets for the holidays, all I need now is to find money to pay for em.. lol some planning huh? Oh and I baked a bunch of muffins 2 days back.. not bad but the apple taste of the muffin wasn’t around to whet my taste buds.. 😦
What should I bake next? I can only bake muffins since that’s the only mould I have.. lol oh or cupcakes.. hehehe
Oh yeah finals is really near and I’m too lazy to study… *Oddly enough I might just begin reading after I finish this entry* Hmmm.. maybe I lost my mood to blog anymore… sigh…
Oh yeah yesterday I was at the market and we finally tried the food at the market. We tried the Hungarian Lepeny, it’s spinach, cheese, mushrooms and bacon placed in dough and then heated up like a quesadilla, not bad… There’s a choice of spinach and cheese and an additional $1 for either mushrooms or bacon… we took the whole works!
The other one was the Kurtos Kalacs, also hungarian, it’s like a roll except there’s a hole in the middle. The outside is either coated with mixed nuts or cinnamon sugar.. I took the mixed nuts one… Not bad either… wanted to try the french crepe but.. we were really late yesterday so they were sold out already… Bummer!
Oh well better start getting ready for lunch.. cheerios peeps! probably will be back here in November.. hehehe
CYes! Today I’ll be blogging about a chocolate buffet that I luckily enjoyed. Brisbane or rather a hotel in Brisbane has this annual chocolate buffet aptly named “31 Days of Chocolate”. *Yeah, it only lasts for a month* Go ahead and google it, the first search that comes out should be what ur finding for. Oh it’s advertisement’s illustrations is strictly for illustrative purposes only but it’s still GOOD!
Hmmm… let’s see… how do I start… maybe with some pictures.. Oh I went with a friend that is snappy happy *like in trigger happy.. oh she likes to takes pictures.. like tonnes…………… and tonnes……….. and well more tonnes and more of that and well more and more and more of that.. well U get the gist*
Thankfully we went in the afternoon, cause they were fully booked for the night slots.. boohoohoooooo.. so there were less people.. Ah.. I better stop typin and insert some pictures instead… hehehe Let the “salivating” begin.
My first plate... Yum!
Clockwise from top left is… *drumroll please..* Strawberry Chocolate Tarts *exceptional*, Profiteroles *hmmm… cream puff with chocolate on the top* and Chocolate Macadamia Pudding with Chocolate sauce *Not bad…*.
My second plate... Yummiest!
Clockwise from top: Strawberry Romanoff Cups *Hehehehehehehe….. I can only smile*, Italian Tiramisu Slice *why it’s a slice I have no idea… very jelat… uh*, Violet Crumble Cheesecake *Delectable*, Vittoria Opera Slice *Not bad..* and Mandarin Tarts *One of me faves*
I Scream for Ice Cream!
I can’t possibly name them cause they had no names! gasp! poor ice cream… erm.. one is minty another is macadamia ish? and another has a tinge of spice in it.. topped off with more chocolate sauce and chocolate sweets… ehehehhe *What a sweet tooth*
Time for some cake, anyone?
Left to right: Malt Teaser and Queensland Mud
Another serving of cakes.
Chocolate Obscenity and Banana and Caramel
I didn’t get to finish all the cakes cause it was too much for me… My stomach just couldn’t stomach that much chocolate… oh… oh.. I can still feel it’s fullness… It was quite Jelat.. I mean how much chocolate can one eat. Though frankly almost all of thier items are really wonderful creations but I just couldn’t finish everything. It would be nice if I was given a slice of anyone of the cakes on a very hungry summer day… Ah.. bliss with some ice cool drink maybe… hehehe
Oh yeah the icing on the Banana & Caramel cake reminds me of my mum’s carrot cake’s icing… hmmm…
Oh as a typical Malaysian, we went somewhat early and were pratically almost the last to leave. The other customers practically came for 45 mins an hour maybe and left… hmm… they were more like tasting instead of eating… Oh and when they first enter, they generally sit down and chit chat for awhile before heading for the buffet spread. Malaysians can practically walk straight to the spread without even being seated.. hmmm…
Ah well.. that’s about it.. I hope U guys salivated.. hehehhe cheerios!
Destiny... I'm coming! 