Cupcake Decorating Class

Last Sunday I had a super creative day, I did Cupcake Decorating Class with 2 friends & the teacher was my BFF Handi Mulyana from Handi's Cakes. I thought he was joking when he said the he needs 4 hours for the cupcake decorating class & yes it did take us approximately 4 hours to decorate cupcakes.

It was a big day for 3 of us since none of us got any decorating experience. We are still amazed that we did decorate the cupcakes with proportions of 20% messy ones & 80% OK looking. I never knew that cupcake decorating is quite time consuming. If anyone charge $6-8 for a prettily decorated cupcake, I understand the reasons behind the figure right now.

The blue cupcakes & the family theme

The pinkie cupcakes + girls + baby

The greenie cupcakes with teddy bear, butterfly & love heart decorations

Zucchini Flower Fritter Dinner

I went a little crazy last week when I went to the Northside Produce Market, I bought brocolli, cauliflower, oyster mushroom, avocado, zucchini fritters and other goodies. I really have to cook tonight otherwise everything will be spoiled in a few days.

Here you go...this is my dinner tonight, zucchini fritters plus all the goodies from the market.

Zucchini Fritters from Northside Produce Market

Zucchini Fritters with mashed avocado and lime juice, stir fry brocolli, cauliflower and oyster mushroom plus Chilli Jam from Pastabilities

Cafe XXII Pyrmont Again

A friend came from Singapore & we visited Cafe XXII Pyrmont for lunch, yayyy I can have my fettucini meatballs again.

Pumpkin, ricotta and roasted almond bruschetta, very yummy, I feel inspired and I might give it a go @ home one day

Wagyu Steak sandwich for R who just had his detox program

This is the only Missoni that is pocket friendly ... sparkling water Missoni Pellegrino

Fettucini Meatballs with pecorino cheese for me, very generous meatballs today, normally they serve 5 pieces of meatballs

Grilled Ocean Trout with cous cous salad for my friend I who is going for 10km run next week, a healthy choice compared to my fettucini meatballs

Baby Shower

Sunday 21/11/10 - To celebrate Priska's 7th month of  pregnancy we organised Indonesian (Javanese tradition) style baby shower, aka siraman. Consists of a set of rituals and followed by having traditional dishes for the dinner.

We can't wait to have the Indonesian Yellow Rice (Nasi Kuning). I was drooling since 5pm ish, purposely had small lunch for this event. My lovely friend Ike cooked & decorated the yellow rice. I seriously don't know how she cooked all of this as she had catering for 500 people the day before. Her Indonesian yellow rice is the best & her hard work is paid off, everyone was very pleased with the dishes.

Indonesian yellow rice (Nasi Kuning) - clockwise - Indonesian salad, Chilli egg (Telor Balado), Chilli prawn (Sambal Udang), Chicken in brown sauce (Ayam Rujak), Chilli Chicken liver and tempe (Sambal Goreng Ati Tempe), Fried tempe (Tempe Goreng), Fried Tofu ( (Tahu Goreng)

Too cute to eat, Cupcakes by Cupcakeholics & Baby Shower Cake by my friend Handi Mulyana

 

Nappy Cake by moi, thanks to youtube tutorial, non edible though

Ju-Rin

I am running out of ideas to take my best friend Handi out for his birthday. I realised he has never been to Ju-Rin in Crows Nest. He is happy with the idea as it is a little suburbia and easy for him to find parking. Booking done, we picked the 8pm seating, we were quite lucky to get a table as I did last minute booking (3 days prior to the dinner).

We also ordered the Beef tongue miso udon but I forgot to take photos. The soup is really tasty & the beef tongue is really tender, a definite must have when you visit  Ju-Rin.

Ju-Rin today's special

Torched Salmon with avocado sauce, the sauce is really refreshing & it complements the perfectly grilled salmon

Zucchini flower tempura stuffed with prawn paste, crunchy and tasty prawn paste stuffing

Wagyu beef karubi, very tender and juicy wagyu

Dessert Menu

Sakura Mochi, cherry blossomed flavour mochi with red bean filling, if you like low level of sweetness dessert, this mochi is your best friend :o)

Tempura green tea ice cream red bean, the portion is quite generous, it can be shared for 2-3 people. I marked the tempura ice cream 5/10, presentation yes... the quality of the vanilla ice cream & the tempura batter not so great