Saturday, January 19, 2013

Sambal Chicken and Chilli Crab (19 Jan 2013)


Very nice kitchen at Prima Taste. It has LCD screens to show and capture every cooking step.


Product showcase


Preparing the ingredients


Stir fry the boneless chicken meat a little


Add in the pre-mix sambal paste


Stir


Sambal Chicken done!

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The crabs


Insert the knife through the back to kill the crab


Cut of the strings, be careful of the pincers.


Clean the crab, remove the unwanted organs and ready for the wok.


Stir fry the crab a little


Drain off excess oil


Back to wok, add in chilli paste, water, starch and beaten eggs. Bring to boil.


Chilli crab done!


Yum!


A simple feast!

More pictures: Sambal Chicken and Chilli Crab (19 Jan 2013)

Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Phoon Huat workshop with Florence (15 Jan 2013)

Chocolate marble pound cake


Eggs


Butter, sugar, glycerine, vanilla paste


Slowly adding in the eggs bit by bit


Different layers of mixture


Ready for the oven!


Baking!


Chocolate marble pound cake done!

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Fruits & nuts Biscotti


Preparing the fruits and nuts


Mixture done


Shaped into log shape and sent into the oven


Cut the log into slices, send them back to bake till golden colour


Fruits & nuts Biscotti done!



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Marshmallow




Boiling sugar + glucose


Adding the boiling sugar to the whipped up egg white


Pipe onto cooked corn flour before allowing it to set in the freezer


Dust with corn flour and cut with scissors.

More pictures: Phoon Huat workshop with Florence (15 Jan 2013)

Saturday, January 05, 2013

Hantu! (5 Jan 2013)


MV The Ark at RSYC


Gear up


Setting off


Alongside Pulau Hantu Kechil jetty


Going down


Sea feather


Looks like white rose

Seahorse


Starfish


Jellyfish


Stingray


GPS Log

More pictures: Hantu! (5 Jan 2013)

Monday, December 31, 2012

Concluding 2012

2012 has been a good year.

- Open Water at Dayang, Malaysia (20 - 22 Apr 12)
- Advanced Open Water at Tioman (10-12 Aug 12)
- Sports Climbing level 1
- Sports Climbing level 2 (27 & 28 Oct 2012)
- Abseiling level 2 (23 Sep 2012)
- Competent Crew Course (5-9 Dec 2012)
- Renewed First Aid, CPR and AED certification
- Signed up for dance classes
- Signed up for cooking and baking classes
- Tried out archery

Monday, December 24, 2012

Prata making (24 Dec 2012)


Preparing


Mix well egg, oil, condensed milk and water.


Mix well, allow the dough to rest before kneading


Knead till nice smooth surface


Make into a ball


Oil each dough, allow the dough to rest before flipping


Flatten the dough before flipping


Egg prata


Pan fry


Done

More pictures: Prata making (24 Dec 2012)