Things we ate, things we did

Some weekends are filled with activities…

Some weekends pulak are filled with nothing .

Some weekends I rajin masak, some weekends pulak I malaaaaas nak masak, hahahahaha….

Today, since we wanted to go rock climbing, I made scones with jam and cream for breakfast to energize us for the ‘arduous’ climb.

Scones ni senang nak buat and semua orang suka.

Kalau I buat jemput2 pisang, I dgn Miss 9 aje yang makan nanti, hehehe….

Then, off to rock climbing we went.

memang cita2 dia dulu nak jadi Spiderman, hehehe….

There’s about 30 rope sections that we could climb. Ada yang senang and ada yang susah.

Last time we came, Miss 9 couldn’t reach the top of this one, kali ni terer dia panjat, hehehe….

When Nana and Pop come here in a few weeks time, we’ll be taking them to this place .

Then for dinner pulak, I made fettucine with spinach, ricotta pesto.

Which we had with breaded chicken breast with pine nuts, breadcrumbs and mushroom stuffing.

Malam ni everyone’s arms and shoulders will be so sore!

The weather and IG

Pagi tadi bangun tidur, terasa sangat lah sejuk nya.

Bila checked the temperature, patutlah rasa sejuk sangat.

Masa hantar the girls to school pun memang sangat2 sejuk.

Memang kena bungkus satu badan, atas sampai bawah tebal2, hehehe…

But tengah hari tadi, when I went to pick the girls up it was quite warm.

Sape yang tahan, siap boleh pakai singlet and shorts aje keluar jalan2 tengah hari tadi, hahahaha…..

Macam ni lah Perth weather during Winter season, pagi2 and malam2 sejuk sangat but tengah hari sangat nyamannya.

So, sesiapa yang nak datang sini masa Winter, sedia2kan aje lah a thick padded jacket untuk menempuh suhu di waktu pagi dan malam tu.

Senang aje nak sarung kalau sejuk, and bila dah tak sejuk, tinggal tanggalkan aje kan.

But walau sejuk macam mana pun it gets here, tak pernah lagi turun salji!!!!!!

So, jangan lah berangan nak datang Perth masa Winter sebab nak tengok salji, memang takkan jumpa lah, hehehehehe…..

And what did we feel like eating for dessert masa sejuk2 ni….

Sagu gula melaka!

Muka budak happy yang dapat her favourite dessert .

If you all perasan, some of my photos are Instagram photos sekarang…

I memang dah lama ada account IG tapi it’s private.

Setakat ni I cuma approve request from females aje.

I cuma ada sorang aje follower lelaki and that’s The Other Half .

Bukan sebab apa, sebab ada banyak gambar syok sendiri dalam tu and maybe I’m going to put a lot more gambar SS in the future.

So, tu yang I would rather have female followers at present.

So sesiapa yang ada request to follow my IG and still tak dapat any approval tu..

It could be either you are a guy or I tak tau jantina you just from your IG profile photo and description or because I tengok your IG account takde gambar langsung and just masuk IG untuk follow orang…

I’m very sorry sebab kena letak all these rules….

My florentine bars

A lot of people in Malaysia have tersangkut with the florentine cookies/bars craze lately.

I’ve made florentines before for Christmas but a different version yang ada cornflakes, glace cherries and dried fruits and nuts.

This time nak lah cuba yang guna almonds, pepitas and sesame seeds ni pulak.

But everywhere I jumpa, semua recipe guna Florenta mix/ tepung florenta yang sudah semestinya takde dijual kat sini.

So, terpaksalah I googled for florentine recipes yang ada ciri2 the famous florentines kat M’sia tu.

And then terpaksalah alter here and there to suit with what I have….

And this is what I made today.

My version of the florentine cookies/bars without using the mix.

Macam mana rasa dia?

Sangat2 lah moreish nya. Tak boleh berenti, asik nak mengunyah aje!

Tapi I tak tau lah whether rasa dia sama atau tak dengan yang kat Msia tu.

But I still have to tweak the methods a bit so I can get an even crispy layer.

Sekarang ni, hujung2 dia sgt crispy but yang kat tengah not as crispy.

Jangan tanya recipe dulu ye sebab I masih nak betulkan a few steps.

Kalau dah perfect nanti, insyaAllah I’ll put it up here.

The occasional dates

The Other half and I haven’t had a date for quite a while now…

Last sekali masa kat Msia when the girls followed my sister shopping and The Other Half and I naik komuter berdua duaan pergi Subang Parade mengimbau kenangan lama.

Punyalah lama kan!

I guess when you dont have immediate families close by to babysit your kids so you can have the occasional us time plus everyone had been very busy for the past few weeks months….

So, nak slot in a date time tu sangat lah susah nya…

But today, we had 2 hours to spend together untuk gi dating!

2 hours pun dah kecoh kan! Hahahahahahaha…..

Itu pun sebab I had to send Miss 9 to her PEAC lesson at the Perth zoo and The Other Half had a meeting in the city in the afternoon so boleh lah we all ber dating at South Perth sebelum dia kena gi meeting.

My date tadi…

first gi minum kopi and makan waffles…

Siap main footsie lagi tu…

Then, we all konon2 nak berpicnic tepi sungai so beli fish and chips and duduk lah makan tepi Sungai Swan tu sambil tunggu ferry…

Today was a very cloudy day which is quite rare jugak lah kat Perth ni.

Selalunya langit so clear without any clouds.

Picnicking with fish and chips while enjoying the gorgeous view by the Swan.

The Other Half punyalah ‘baik’, gi sms gambar we all berpicnicking ke Miss 14 yang baru saje habis sat for her exams tengah hari tadi, saje je nak bagi dia jeles, hahahahaha….

Lepas 2 jam, The Other half caught the ferry to the city and I went to fetch Miss 9 up at the zoo…

When will our next date be?

Entah lah…… Lepas Raya kot!

hahahahahahaha….

The exam days

Miss 14 started her mid year exams today.

2 papers today and 2 papers tomorrow.

Kengkawan dia yang ambik Language has another paper on Wednesday but dia tak ambik language so dia dah merdeka on that day…

I said to her yang when I was in upper high school, baaaaaanyak lagi papers that I had to sit for.

And baaaaaanyak lagi tests and exams in between the major exams…

Thank goodness those exam days are behind me already!

hahahaha….

She said to me yang she wasn’t that hungry at school today sebab she was worried about the exam..

But Mum dia sentiasa hungry since I takde exams pape kan so dinner tadi, I masak something yang I nak makan…

I made chicken and prawn laksa/ mee kari nyonya style.

kali ni I guna udang besar2….

mangkuk yang I guna ni quite big jugak lah but just enough to fit 2 prawns aje, hehehe…

Kalau kat Msia, mesti ada kerang dlm kari laksa ni kan.

But kat sini sangat lah susah nya nak jumpa kerang which is fine by me sebab I pun tak minat kerang sangat.

Maybe sebab masa kecik dah terlampau bnyk sangat makan kerang kot, hehehe….

For the girls, I made mee hailam aje.

I letak cili boh tak sampai 1 teaspoon pun in the kuah, itu pun Miss 14 dah komplen pedas!

Apalah anak half jawa I tu, pedas sikit pun tak tahan langsung….

weekend food

Mak mentua dan Pak mentua saya dah sampai WA pagi tadi.

Baru saje merentas masuk border WA pagi tadi.

Diaorang bertolak dari rumah diaorang di Adelaide hari Ahad seminggu yg lepas and baru pagi tadi melintas masuk border WA.

Seminggu ambik masa nak cross the border padahal South Australia and WA ni sebelah menyebelah aje, hahahahaha….

Macam I dari Selangor nak cross border ke Perak lah ambik masa seminggu!

Takde nya orang buat macam tu kan, hahahaha…

The Other Half cakap, “They are nearly here….you can start panicking now “.

I ada lagi a few more weeks before diaorang sampai sini so sempat lah lagi nak kemas and cuci rumah bersih2, hikhikhik…

Patutlah I asik lapar aje and asik nak makan aje past few days ni, rupa2nya sebab I stressed…

I kalau tgh stressed, akan makan aje…

Last night, I buat toasted gourmet sandwiches for dinner.

The filling is diced ‘fried’ chicken, gherkin, mayo, mustard, grated colby  and bocconcini.

Sedap sebab the cheese meleleh2…..

Tapi sebab tak nak terasa mcm makan something sinful, I made salad filled with good things as a side .

Malam ni pulak, I made flat beef meatballs with wedges and steamed carrot.

But tak kisah makan banyak2 sebab I cooked them in the actifry so tak guna minyak yg banyak.

Makan dengan guacamole and this new black bean and chipotle salsa sauce.

Sangat lah sedapnya and guilt-free pulak tu!

hahahaha….

A day spent in the kitchen

I know I’ve been really slack in answering all your comments.

Nak kata takde masa busy sangat2, ada jugak masa nak membaca the comments…

But I guess bila nak menjawab comments, kena duduk and fikir tu yang ambil masa lebih sikit….

And sejak seminggu sebelum pergi Malaysia, dah start busy and bila kat Msia memang takde masa…

Pastu, bila balik dari Msia, pun busy jugak menyiapkan rumah untuk guests…

Bila ada guests, busy jugak and now dah seminggu guests balik, baru lah kot boleh relax sikit sambil busy sikit2 in between, hehehehe….

Sepatutnya today was supposed to be spent in the garden tidying up the really really messy and neglected garden tu.

I haven’t been out membelai2 the plants since balik dari Malaysia haritu.

I cuma sempat pruned the roses sekali aje sejak balik sebulan lepas.

Siram pokok pun tak sempat nak buat, Alhamdulillah ada a few days of rain here and there to help keep the plants alive.

Kalau ada ular kat vege patch tu pun I tak perasan kot!

Nasib baik tgh Winter so ular tgh hibernate, hehehehe….

Tadi The Other Half aje lah yang tidy up the vege patch a bit and siram all the plants yang dah nak separuh mati tu and racun all the weeds yang dah besar2 pokok!

What was I doing while he was doing all this?

I hari ni tersangat lah raaaaaaaaaajin nya duduk kat dapur tu!

I start masuk dapur pukul 11 sebab nak start masak serunding daging…

Thursday nite I rebus and siat daging…

Malam tadi, blend all the rempah ratus and cili and what not…

Pagi tadi baru mula project, menyerunding…

Pukul 4 petang baru siap! Lama gilers nak kering kan!

Sambil2 tu I buat roti…

(Malam ni I rasa my right arm and shoulder will be so sore from stirring the serunding and kneading the breads).

Ni masa a third of the way there….

And ini rupa dia setelah I dah tak larat nak kacau lagi by 4 o’clock tadi!

Ada a few bits yang ter browned a bit sebab terleka buat kerja lain…

Nasib baik masak dlm kuali non stick so memang takde sedikit pun serunding yang melekat kat kuali tu.

I tak kacau non stop, tak sanggup weh!

I rasa serunding ni jenis makanan yang I cuma akan masak setahun sekali kot because of how long it took to make it, dari rebus daging ke keringkan the daging.

Unless I can devise a way to keringkan the serunding evenly without much work, hehehe….

And ini rupa 2 jenis roti yang I masak in between mengacau serunding.

Raisin bread and cinnamon pull-apart bread.

Orang lain dah berkurun2 buat cinnamon pull-apart bread ni, I baru hari ni nak try, hahaha…

Memang the girls and The Other Half demolished it in no time at all!

Semua kata sedaaaaap banget! hehehehe…

But I kurangkan the amount of sugar-spice mix to half aje, itupun dah manis sangat2 for me.

Ini pulak raisin bread which we will have for breakfast esok

Toasted and slathered with loads of butter and honey, memang sedap!