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Many Reason I can put to describe why having this blog....., but honestly is because I like to share what I know from the experience I had.

It is easy for anybody to click and search the recipes or pictures you wish to see and try.

Get in touch with me by email if you have any question about the recipe feature here or let me know if I might be able to help to look or find out any recipe you have in mind.

Normally I challenge myself with any recipes before I put it here. It is good for me to do that so I can say if the recipe is easy or difficult to do and to prove that the food is YUMMY to my standard.

Basically if I can do it so CAN you.

I also write very strong opinion regarding places or some restaurant and foods they serve in term of quality and value for money. This, you will find it different with your own opinion.

The comments about foods or places or restaurants is not for everyone to agree, but it is to help to open your mind to try and challenge yourself and be willing to be your own food critics.

Give yourself a go taste some food then see if you have some opinion then try recipes, restaurant, bars, cafe's etc decide for yourself which one is your favourite.

Hope you like it.

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

CREAMY SWISS ROLL


At first really daunting when I first look at the picture. I got the impression that this kind of recipe is not easy to make or will give me a little bit more than just problem, but i carried on trying and hope for the best. " VOILA " I did it. yes I now learn more after making this and watching cooking programme and try it is worth it. Hmmm...... I do sound like an advert for hair shampoo... anyway if I can do it and turn out to be better than expected why not you try this too. surely you can.


Ingredients :

- 60 gr / 2 oz Selfraising flour
- 30 gr / 1 oz Plain flour
- 3 eggs
- 125 gr / 4 oz Caster sugar + 2 tablespoons extra caster sugar
- 160 gr / 5 1/2 oz jam
- 125 ml / 4 fl oz Whipped cream


How to make :

- Pre heat the oven to hot 210*C ( or 415*F )
- Grease a rectangular swiss roll cake tin ( around 12 x 10 inch / 30 x 25 cm )
- Line the base with paper and leave it to hang over the sides, this will help you to lift out the cake easily
- Sift the flour 3 x on to greaseproof paper
- Beat the egg for 5 mins until thick and frothy also pale looking, add sugar beating constantly until all sugar dissolved. The mixture should be glossy and pale.
- Fold in flour using metal spoon quickly and lightly.
- Spread mixture evenly onto the tin bake for 12 mins or until golden and springy to the touch.
- Turn the cake onto a dry clean T towel. Covered with greaseproof paper which has been sprinkle with caster sugar, leave for 1 minute then roll and leave it to cool.
- Unroll the cake, spread with jam and whipped cream and re - roll, trim the corner to smooth and serve with fresh strawberry or strawberry puree if you like.






Friday, 18 November 2011

VALUE MEALS




Those pictures are just for ilustration purpose.


My mission to find a good restaurant or cafe which serve set value meals is still going. Everywhere I go and live I have tried many The purpose for this is to see if the price charged by the restaurant or cafe is actually match the taste, texture and whole presentation.

Most important thing I need from this mission are hygiene, cleanliness and the friendliness of the waitresses. Timing can be my exception when I know I came in a busy hours but only to some extent.

Some of Restaurant or Cafe's I wrote is base on the day. It might not reflect the whole opinion of people. Some of us will have different taste and acceptance and pictures I use in that particular writing is for image purpose only. I only use real handmade cooking creations pictures for recipes I put in this blog which I have tried to prove and made sure the recipes actually worth to try.

You might find my critics about restaurant or cafe I wrote useful for your own reference, perhaps just to bear in mind that the ultimate result will be all down to your own opinion.

Experiments and experience the foods with open eyes and open mind can be a little bit challenging, why not!!!. It is not the end of the world. I definitely found it useful when cooking for my own family. I can mix and match and put other recipes for different kind of meat products or vegetables. Daring I would say and hey!!! voila it works and I am glad I did it.

By trying all those foods I became more and more critical, not just towards those I have mentioned above but also getting reasonable service.
This made me think with all the good food should compare to good service too. It just does not go well when I enjoy the food but getting bad service.
All of it have to go together and make it a perfect visit and even you think the price is not reasonable you will start justifying the whole package.







Wednesday, 9 November 2011

CARLLUCCIO'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT - TRAFFORD CTR - MANCHESTER - UK

Resto ini letaknya di trafford centre di Orient dekat pintu keluar. Ada jual stock barang barang kering nya seperti pasta, jamur kering dan lain lain untuk keperluan makanan itali deh. Kebanyakan jadi pegel nyebut satu satu.

Makanan choicenya nggak banyak. Simple tapi bergizi dan enak serta yg biasanya populer sama orang.
Saya seneng dengan resto ini karena suasananya terbuka jadi bisa menikmati sinar matahari yang masuk dari luar.

Setting tempat duduknya enak dan banyak untuk yang cuma mau ngopi aja ataupun kalo dtg sendirian. Ada juga setting yang untuk group dan utk family.

Saya pesen cappucino milano yg katanya smooth dan lebih enak dari yang satu lagi lupa namanya. Emang enak kok. utk suka kopi tapi nggak suka yg strong. sayangnya dengan ukuran yang saya bayar cangkirnya unyiiiiiil banget jadi minumnya cepet juga, kalo ada waktu tersisa sih mau pesen lagi deh. berhubung terburu buru yah apa adanya aja deh.

Terus saya coba Calamari, waduh enaaaak deh. nggak special tapi batternya itu lebih uenak dari resto lainnya, garing dan memuaskan. nggak rugi juga dgn harga segitu. yang pentinhg udah ngerasain yah dan nggak mengecewakan. enak kalo nggak mau lama lama disitu. chefnya masakanya juga termasuk cepet jadi nggak bakal lama nunggu. itu karena saya nggak dtg pas lagi rame kali yah.

pokoknya enak deh. saya nggak tau orang lain tapi ini pendapat saya aja sih.

This restaurant is super for a quick meal. Fast service ( I might come in a very good timing ) and good portion of food ( well good enough for someone not too hungry ) and good taste. If you think about price value I will suggest go to frankie and benny's to get better price.

I was surprised by the portion of coffee they serve. It was such a shock to see my coffee milano came in a very small cup. I first thought they must be joking but I was wrong, that was mine and they explain it is tradition to serve in the cup like that. dooooooo.

Ok not sure but I drink it anyway and it was lovely. Not too strong but its strong enough for me. After trying to reduce my coffee intake it seem pretty good for my liking. shame only small cup.

Calamari was to my perfection. The batter really good, I can eat it without any sauce but lemon. It was lovely and honestly made my mouth water.
We all have different taste for each person this is definitely the one I prefer the most. The only thing they could improve is the size. seems like they are using very small squids or perhaps this is their way of trade mark. anyway.

Service was not too bad, it is not supposedly michelin star restaurant but hey I like going to this place and perhap try other food next time