Our Beautiful World !83 ~ Yummy

I love cooking and baking, so my photo folder has tons of YUMMY photos....

like these short bread cookies Dolce and I tried during the holidays.....

extra YUMMY if you top them with royal icing.

speaking of cookies with royal icing, the last trip I went to London, we visited Biscuiteers at Notthing Hill....

I just had to buy this even though it is overly expensive, it is YUMMY though

these bagels are my first try in January... they are YUMMY too! We had them with smocked salmon, super YUMMY!

These are Bakkwa, also known as Rougan, is a salty-sweet dried pork, they are considered delicacy when I was growing up, people have them only in Chinese New Year, the price could go up to $60 a kilogram during Chinese New Year in Singapore, but these days, people have them all year round, however, they still are very expensive during Chinese New Year. Since we are not allowed to bring in any pork product when we entered United States, so I never bring these home when I travel back to Singapore, the only place I can get is an online store in CA, but they are rather expensive too, so I made my own during Chinese New Year this year, they really taste YUMMY!

 

if you go to Starbucks with your puppy, don't forget to ask for a Puppicino, bet your dog loves it. "YUMMY!!!!" said Papi  

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Our Beautiful World 172 ~ Hobby

How many of you are like me? Plenty of hobbies but not enough time.

I shouldn't say paper crafting is my number one hobby, but it is sure what I spent most time on right now.....

I make all sort of things using paper, like this place card for one of my wedding order....

I make mini albums....

cards and lots of other things with paper

 

 I also love sewing.....

this is the pillow I made for Lila, Clare's dog.

 I also love cooking.....

trying different recipes is fun....

baking is also one of my favorite hobby.... I even try to cultivate natural yeast this past week....

this hobby takes time and patient, they said you should name your yeast because you feed time since day one and watch them grow, so I named my first yeast baby SNOW WHITE, this picture here is day one of SNOW WHITE, if all goes well, SNOW WHITE will be full grown yeast by tomorrow, and I am able to use it for baking. I will keep you updated.

One more HOBBY.....

gardening!

I am not very good because my thumbs are not green, but I don't mind keep trying... this is my celery in the garden, hopefully I can show you more photos later.

Ok, I think that is enough HOBBY in this post, I have a lot more but I just need time, I wish there are 48 hours everyday, so I can at least spend a few more hours for my HOBBIES.

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Project Life 2016 ~ March 11 to 31

Project Life 2016

March 11
I am so excited, Ikea is finally coming to Vegas, I waited for 2 years since they announced that the Las Vegas Ikea will be opening Summer 2016, now we got the date, May 18!!!!

 

March 12

The seed I put in a week ago starting to sprouts.

March 14
My friend invited me to teach the ladies in her church how to bake, so I make a batch of Hokkaido cupcake at home today just to make sure, I didn't have any baking experience till I moved to NYC, so I am not a teacher but I like to share my bake stuff with friends, and they like it so they asked me to show them how to do it.

March 16
Today I found a few pee spot in my craft room, OH BOY!!! What is wrong with our little boy, he was trained since he was little, he went to his pee pee pad to do his business and never have any accident at home, why is he doing this now???? WHY????

March 17
DH has been a regular donor of the charity called Three Square, today we were invited to a St. Patrick's day dinner/cooking demonstration at Three Square facility. 

it is good to know that the money we donated go to some many hungry children here in Las Vegas, the warehouse is huge, not only they have donors, they also have lots of volunteers come in everyday to cook, pack and deliver lunches to schools.

cooking demonstration was fun....

 we had Shepherd's pie and corn beef cooked by Three Square chief, it was yummy. The best part of the evening is to hear attendees sharing their personal stories, most of them were recipient of charities when they were young, receiving free lunches and now as an adult, they are paying forward, a lot of stories were very touching.....
a picture of Three Square's building before we leave.

March 19

We watched Guy Fiery recommended Road Kill Grill long time ago on Food Network show "Diners Dive and Drive", we finally get to try it today.

Road kill Grill was just right next to the butcher where we visited a few times before...

now they added sitting around, we even saw a line....

I like the ribs but DH wasn't impressed with his rib tips at all...
 

March 24

After watching the cooking demonstration at Three Square last week, today I had my hands on....
 my very first Shepherd's Pie.... it was yummy and DH loves it a lot!

 

March 28
The seeds I put in early this month is doing very well. 

and my first try on almond stick using puff pastry....

 

it taste good but I think I will bake it a little longer next time.

 and here's our March photo....