New Thangka added

A beautiful Thangka made of leather and bronze pieces. It's about 200 years old and has been sitting in storage at the owner's home for too long :)

So M's helped clean it up, loaned a part of our wall to W T so the Thangka can be admired the way it should :)

One Pot Wonder

A 1 pot dinner for Sunday that costs less than $20 (and enough for 2 meals!) See the crab shell on the top? (oops, forgot to turn it over... hahhaa!)

中秋晚餐

中秋佳节吃点特别的。。。也不是什么特别的，就只是平时甚少弄的焗猪扒饭。

Snowskin Mooncake - Part 2

Ambitious me had wanted to make some cocoa snowskin mooncakes. Running short of lotus paste, I decided to shelf that as I don't know how it will go with the white lotus paste. Instead, we made the normal snowskin with white lotus paste filled with either Chinese chestnut or sunflower seeds. Used about 3 batches of the recipe that I put up last month to make 44 pieces of mini mooncakes. I'll use the Garfield mold the next time :) but first, I need to get more lotus paste.

Home Improvement - Ceiling lights

Whoa! It's been almost 2 months since I last updated here. Not much has been happening around the house (save for the usual father-son squabbles :P ).

Yesterday, Mr. Handyman decided to cover up the ceiling bulbs with a cute little lantern that we bought from Daiso. It makes the bulb less glaring, more comfortable to the eyes.

Snowskin Mooncake

Our first attempt at making snowsking mooncake! Joint effort by yours truly and our king of the house - i make the dough, he does the assembling and the tough work of knocking the little thing out of the mould.


Simple list of ingredients:

Skin:
100g kueh flour
70g icing sugar
30g shortening
120g cold water

1. Sieve flour and icing sugar together.
2. Rub in shortening
3. Gradually add in water till you get a soft dough
4. Divide into portions to fit your mould

Filling:
Lotus paste
Melon seeds (optional)

Mix the melon seeds (if using) with the lotus paste. Divide the filling into small portions to fit into the skin and mould. Be careful not to over fill otherwise it will burst through the skin.

Assembling:
Roll out the skin, wrap the filling in, and put into floured mould. Press down tight to let the patterns form nicely. Knock out the mooncake. Chill before serving.

Have fun!

Home Improvement

Barely 1 year into moving in to this flat and already we are running out of storage and display space. No space to add new cupboards so Moobe made some shelves.

Nothing fancy, just practical shelves added for our living room to display the pictures and some nice items gifted to us

ran out of space in the cabinet for all the flour jars so out they come to the counter top. The shelves are made from left over board from Ikea.