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Pastries: Cupcake Love From Cupcake Lab

20/10/2012

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My colleague and I were out on one of our lunch (mis)adventures when we came across this cupcake place at The Podium. Usually a sucker for trying out new munchies, we set off to buy every flavor available in the store.

One of the things that surprised me was the very classy packaging - from the foil cupcake liners to the paper bag. I thought it's a present on its own.

Their serving comes in regular and bite-sized pieces.  I wasn't able to take photos of the bite-sized ones because we pretty much attacked in when we got back from lunch.

Can't wait to bring some home to A!

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Dining Out: SunDate At Espressamante Illy

14/10/2012

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(image from Espressamente Illy Philippines)
A and I haven't been to Rockwell in a while, so we decided to visit and spend some chill time together. We usually go to The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, but I remember that he hasn't tried Espressamente Illy yet.

One of the things that I like about Espressamente Illy is that is has seats along the bridgeway. With their outdoor furniture to sink into and the mall skylight to bask in, we wouldn't mind hanging out for a while.

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Home Cooking: Sauteéd Okra and Bacon Omelette

13/10/2012

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Yep, that's today's breakfast. The plating took longer than the cooking. I just added mayonnaise on the egg before cooking it. As for the okra, here's the recipe:

8 pcs okra, sliced (cut off the tips)
6 slices of bacon, diced
1 1/2T garlic, minced (if you love garlic as much as my husband does, you can add more)

Start with a hot pan, render the fat from the bacon. I opted not to wait for the bacon to crisp, so I added in the okra and garlic to cook along with it. That's that.

As for the assembly, using a round cookie cutter, cut out discs from the scrambled egg. The number of discs would depend on the size of the scrambled egg and cookie cutter.

Sandwich the bacon in between discs. Using the round cookie cutter again, hold it above the topmost layer of the egg disc. May not be a good idea to rest the cookie cutter on the egg as the weight of the cookie cutter might cause the egg disc tower to collapse. Just hold the cookie cutter with your left hand and start filling it with okra until the diameter of the cutter has been filled with the okra. Or if you want to do a little cheat to make the okra stick on the egg, spread some mayo on the egg. Pat the okra on the egg and gently lift the cookie cutter.

I decided to drizzle some balsamic vinegar on it more for presentation, it apparently still tasted well with the rest of the dish.

All that effort of assembling it took A a matter of seconds to destroy and a few minutes to eat (with rice). I took that as a complement.
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Home Cooking: Kikiam

6/10/2012

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(image from Pepper.ph)
When I was a kid, my mom would take me with her to Queen's Supermarket in Cubao to do groceries. The only thing that I could remember if feeling giddy everytime I would go to the frozen foods section to get a pack of kikiam. Apparently, one of those kiddie items that I haven't shaken out of my system.

I was never a fan of the fishball stall version of kikiam. I don't know why it never occurred to me to look for a recipe.  I only considered making one today because opportunity presented itself to me through one of my favorite online recipe source Pepper.ph with their Kikiam recipe.

It's also a good thing that I have dried beancurd skin (taope) sitting in the fridge. I was able to buy taope over at Market Market. It's for a different kitchen experiement, but at least I found another recipe that I could use it on.

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Pastries: Bouquet Cakes

5/10/2012

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I don't know what is it about flowers that I'm not one of those who likes to receive them as presents. I find it tedious for something that will eventually be thrown away - trying to go home with this bulky thing in your hands, finding for a container to place it in at home, attempt to keep it fresh for a longer time, watch it wither, throw it in the bin. Well, I don't go through the whole process when I receive flowers. I go to church and offer it to the altar. That's where all my bouquet went.

With my mom and sister's birthdays coming up (just one day apart from each other), I thought of bringing cake. Of course, it won't be an ordinary cake. At the same time, my creative juices were being lazy in trying to come up with a cake design that would merge those two. So, I figured just make one design - a flower bouquet cake. And with The Bunny Baker on my side, this is going to be awesome...again!

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