2008 Xmas Coming Soon 圣诞节快到了

一年一次的圣诞节将要来临了。多家超市、商场、西餐厅发现，不少场所已经提前为圣诞节装点。每年都有不同的装饰主题营造出浓重的圣诞节气氛。祝大家圣诞节快乐! Wish All Merry Christmas!





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Ginger biscuits bought from Les Toasts Bakery.

Les Toasts Bakery 的姜汁饼干。

Stir-fried Noodles & Sea Coconut desert 炒米粉和海底椰糖水

For those wanting to make a simple fried meehoon or meehoon goreng at home, just follow your heart. Look for some ingredients in your refrigerator and put them all together, in whatever sequence you wish and voila! your meal is done. Meehoon goreng Chinese style is always done with dark soy sauce and it is given more colour with the egg added at the last minute and scrambled and a good measure of spring onions added for bite. For my fried meehoon, I use light soy sauce without dark soy sauce. I prefer it has a little more sauce to provide a certain degree of wetness. and the addition of carrots, cabbage and other vegetables to make the meal tastier and more colourful.

For the desert, I make Sea Coconut desert with Lo Han Guo fruit extract. Lo Han Guo is a herbal tea. Sea Coconut and Loh Han Guo herbal drink helps in curing cough but it is soothing to the throat and makes a great dessert(thong sui). I bought the fresh sea coconuts from morning market. It is sold in a large packet. You can either use fresh or canned ones, I got mine fresh. At first, peel the skin of the sea coconut and cut it into small pieces. Add 2 cube 4 in 1 Lo Han Guo soup pack in half pot of water into the slow cooker. When it boiled, pour in the sea coconut and let it boil for a few hours. When the sea coconut is soft. The soup ready to be served. It even taste better if you served it cold. I no need to add any honey sugar because 4 in 1 Lo Han Guo already contain sugar.

My Simple Thin Pancake 简易甜薄饼

During the weekend for tea-time, I will make some snack desert at home..such as plain simple thin pancake. I didn't put any alkaline water or milk to my batter since I don't have it. I like my pancake crispy so I cook it over medium heat and I don't even need to cover the pan when I cook it.
通常假日空闲或下午茶，我都会在家做些糕点填肚子。有如简单不用馅料的煎薄饼。我没有加特别的用料。这种糕点最好是用慢火煎出香脆的薄饼。不需要盖锅。



Mix well batter (white castor sugar, a bit brown sugar, self-raising flour and 1 egg)
用料混合搅拌（白砂糖，少许赤糖，自发面粉和一粒鸡蛋）。




Heat up a pan and very lightly grease it with a bit of oil. Clean off any access oil with a paper towel. Pour a ladle full of batter into the pan and swirl the pan is full cover with batter.
把锅加热，给锅周围涂上少许油，用吸油纸抹掉多余的油。用柄舀混合料入锅中，拿起锅浇旋转一圈。

Cook until the centre of the pancake is cooked and the edges brown. Remove from the pan and roll the pancake up then serve. 慢慢煎，使面糊外皮香脆 。离锅，趁热把薄煎饼卷起来，便可享用了。This looks so crispy and light! 看，轻而香脆的薄煎饼！






This pancake can be taken while they are warm and cold. 这种薄煎饼可以趁热吃或待凉后才吃。

Steamed Yam Cake & Steamed Pumpkin Cake 芋头糕和南瓜糕

The Moon Festival or Mid-Autumn Festival is just around the corner. The Festival is held once a year. This year I only make two type of healthy Steamed Yam cake and Steamed Pumpkin Cake, both can be pan fried. I will celebrate the Mid Autumn festival with my parents this year.

一年一度的中秋佳节再一次来临。趁中秋还没到，我自己动手制作两种不同口味的营养糕点“芋头糕”和“南瓜糕”。这种糕点可以蒸来吃或过后切片拿去煎了更有不同的滋味。今年的中秋节，我可以陪家人一起过节了。

wish everybody，
Happy Lantern festival !!

祝大家：
中秋节快乐!

苹果蛋糕 Apple Cake

之前我做了焦糖苹果蛋糕，表层上的焦糖苹果是有点软软湿湿，比较甜。国庆日前，用了另一种方子做了苹果蛋糕。上面表层散了些肉桂粉增贴了香味，红苹果片爽脆。蛋糕内包含了微酸的青苹果（刨丝）和浓郁的奶油香， 好吃！下一次会再做苹果蛋糕。没想到第一次做就成功！开心！

My Caramel Apple Cake 我的焦糖苹果蛋糕

今天试做了焦糖苹果蛋糕~酸酸甜甜的味道，奶油味也很浓，真的好香。我打算明天拿去跟同事分享我第一次做的焦糖苹果蛋糕。之前上网参照食谱所写的来操作，再加上稍微修改。效果还蛮满意。如果不用电动搅拌器，徒手打奶油肯定是很累的喔~奶油打發比鸡蛋打发要更費力些，所以建议最好还是用电动搅拌器比较方便。我的电动搅拌器因为不在身边，只好徒手打發过奶油。做好的焦糖苹果蛋糕，代凉后用保鮮膜包好，放冰箱冷藏，明天一早丁热就可品尝了。焦糖不能用太大火煮，万一不留神焦糖很快焦黑了。还好，第一次就过关。好开心！下一次我会撒些肉桂粉，口感应该也略為不同。

焦糖部份：　白砂糖1/2杯、清水1/4杯、大红苹果1粒（切片泡入盐水防止颜色变黑）。
蛋糕部分：放軟的奶油(Anchor Pure New Zealand 牌子)100g，砂糖50g，自发面粉90g（或低筋面粉90g+泡打粉半小匙），蛋2粒（打散成蛋汁），牛奶 20ml（忘了加）。
















做法：
1.煮焦糖：糖和水放入锅里，最小火加热，同时不停搅拌至糖融化，然后中小火继续煮，这时不要再搅拌，煮至颜色呈黄褐色即可，直接倒入模子。　
2.糖煮好后迅速倒入烤模里，摇晃使底部完全覆盖一层焦糖，待凝结后把苹果排入烤模里备用。　　
3.奶油放置到室温，分数次加入砂糖打发。然后把鸡蛋汁一点一点的拌入奶油打均，最后倒入牛奶搅拌均匀。　
4.将面糊倒入烤模里抚平，烤箱預熱165度 烤約40~45分钟，视个人烤箱而定，出炉即反转取出蛋糕，放架上晾凉。




好香的焦糖苹果味！至於味道，要待白老鼠回報才知道！哈！

My Red Flower Chili Crabs 我的辣椒红花蟹

昨天去了迷你超市，原本只是想买些配料放在家里，想煮的时候可以用到。就在那时，一整桶盛满红、蓝海蟹伴着碎冰块，看似很新鲜，吸引了我的视线。结果就选了两只红花蟹(RM5.20)。问了管理员怎样分辨雌或雄蟹。她都不清楚。就只好选较大只点。买了之后心情特别好开心。一路回家都在想要怎样烹饪。想到嫂嫂和妈妈都爱把海蟹煮成辣椒红花蟹，就来个辣椒红花蟹吧。这道菜采用了调料：酱油，盐，糖，酒，葱，蒜米，干辣椒，姜，香茅，辣椒酱，番茄酱，一碗水，一粒鸡蛋，和少许香芹。































香喷喷的辣椒红花蟹出炉了。