X'mas Cake 2015

Merry Christmas 2015 to all my family, colleagues, friends & fans of Life @ Home that had being with me for the whole of 2015. There is lots of gains & lots thru out the year but it is still a fruitful year for me. Being back to working society for a year & learn lots of baking & cooking skills even there is still lots of failure but it is a learning process so never give up..... More to come in Year of 2016.....

I had being curious with X'mas Log Cake & wondering how it was being made for the past few years. This year I build my courage to a level which I dare to start tried making one from a recipe shared on Food & Travel Magazine but it failed on me at the initial stage of baking a proper swiss roll. I was lucky to have a friend who I only know for about 2 years plus who bake very well. She taught me via WhatsApp on how to reform a X'mas Log Cake from a disaster swiss roll.

Recipe attached as below:

Ingredients

800gm  Crispy Rice Puff Brown

800gm  Toasted Peanuts

200gm  Toasted White Sesame Seeds

Syrup

1000ml Water

800gm  Castor Sugar

10ml     Cooking Oil

Preparation and Cooking Instructions

1. Mix the rice puff with peanut and set aside.
2. Pour all the ingredients for the syrup into a wok and let it boil until the sugar is completely dissolved. Keep stirring and cook till thick. To test whether the syrup is ready, drop a few drops into water and if it forms into small balls and not dissolve, it means the syrup is ready.
3. Pour the cooked syrup into rice puff mixture and stir till completely combined.
4. Pour the mixture into a rectangular wooden tray (5ft by 5 ft) and press down firmly. Leave to cool till semi-warm.
5. Cut into pieces when still warm and then leave it to cool.
6. Store in air-tight containers.
7. Enjoy!!!

Authentic Ampang Yong Tau Foo in Kuala Lumpur (KL)

24 Nov 2014, Monday

Authentic Ampang Yong Tau Foo

We saw about 5/6 food stalls only. We went around to take a look & got attracted by the Ampang Yau Tau Foo Stall. We decided to have it as dinner since the rain is just over, location was pretty cooling then. 

Map of the Location

After we order & enjoying our food, people start coming in to the location & within 15mins, the seatings in-front of the stall is all filled up with everyone eating Yau Tau Foo. It gives me a sudden thought: "I should be at the right place as so many locals are having it". 

We saw about 5/6 food stalls only. We went around to take a look & got attracted by the Ampang Yau Tau Foo Stall. We decided to have it as dinner since the rain is just over, location was pretty cooling then.

Our Order of Ingredients

After we order & enjoying our food, people start coming in to the location & within 15mins, the seatings in-front of the stall is all filled up with everyone eating Yau Tau Foo. It gives me a sudden thought: "I should be at the right place as so many locals are having it". 

To my surprise, I love this Yong Tau Foo. It is not too salty. The sauce served as very great soup with rice. The filling are so full. It was indeed a satisfying meal to compensate my 1 hour plus of walking. 

Then I decided to take photo of the stall & owner as a memory recall for future trip if there is a chance.

The street stall & the boss

Also took another photo in the view of where am I seated. We can see Berjaya Times Square.

View on my right @ my seat