Bishi Bashi + Harbour Town-ed + Cheesecake

Went to the city on Friday, being coop up in St Lucia kampung isnt too healthy, suddenly large crowds scare me!!! Like where did all these ppl came from? hurhurhur. Will be back to normal in Singapore, since the Sg's toowong equivalent, WESTMALL is so friggin crowded every single day. Had dinner at Pancake Manors, Mexicana crepe and Macadamia nut pancake which was super good!!! tested my Bishi-bashi skills, sad to say, i lost the magical bashibashi touch alr! OH NOS!!

Harbour Town on Saturday!!!
YAAAAAAAAY!!! Lotsa DFO, so presumably, lotsa great bargains and shopping? Not for me though?! Only got 1 FCUK tee, and... thats about it?! Wanted to get a Adidas jacket at $50, but i wanted to get the UQ jacket more... and its quite ridiculous to buy both, so gave up the Adidas one. the $59 polo ralph lauren doesnt interest me either. huh. and all the levis is like high waist which is quite dortsie... luckily, managed to have a somewhat good lunch there to justify the trip.
PS: i bought the UQ jacket alr...

Cheesecake sunday
Baked a Lemon-Lime cheesecake on Sunday. Kinda failed.
1) biscuit crumbs too fine, no crunchy bits
2) added too much liquid => soggy
3) forgot to bake the crust first, resulting in super soggy cheesecake base
4) fogot to add eggs while beating the cream cheese, no idea whats the implication, prolly not fluffy?
5) pan kinda too big, resulting in super thin cake...
at least the taste is still alright... shall bring it to the lab and HOPE that they wont mind a baseless cheesecake.

Monday - Peptide day!
coupled the last amino acid and azide... hopefully the unbrowness is not a cause for concern!
DONE WITH PEPTIDE SYNTHESIS. YAY!!!

*pics to be uploaded tml. kinda sleepy alr. *

sianzational

having the bu-shuang bu-shuang feeling. getting pissed easily. But when im pissed, i dont usually go and declare my bu-shuangness to the entire world, nor do i give attitude at people, can get quite pretentious at times. blargh.

anyway...

presenting my second attempt of Gordon Ramsay's blueberries muffins!

slight modification made.

Wholemeal blueberry muffins Makes 12
2 large, very ripe bananas (i had 3, so... just used up all lor)
300g wholemeal flour (not enough, so mix with plain flour)
One and a half tsp baking powder
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Pinch of fine sea salt (normal salt used)
100g light muscovado or brown sugar (kao, cant bear to add so much. added a few tbsp)
284ml carton buttermilk (no buttermilk, replaced with yogurt)
1 large egg, lightly beaten (beat until crazy)
75g light olive oil (or melted butter) (reduced to 1 tbsp)
200g blueberries, rinsed and drained (i used kiwi apple and blueberries! kiwi's nicest!)
1 tbsp Demerara sugar (dont have, din use)
METHOD Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4. Line a 12-hole muffin tin with muffin cases. Peel the bananas and mash in a bowl, using a fork. Mix the flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda, salt and brown sugar together in a large mixing bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the buttermilk, egg, olive oil and bananas. Quickly fold the ingredients together until just incorporated, taking care not to overmix. Tip in the blueberries and give the batter one or two stirs.
Spoon the batter into the muffin cases and sprinkle with the Demerara sugar. The cases will be quite full. Bake in the oven for about 20-25 min until well risen and golden brown on top; a skewer inserted into the centre of the muffin should emerge clean.
Leave to cool in the tin for a couple of minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

think i somewhat followed the above recipe bah. The final verdict was... GOOD!!! YUMMY! Fruity, fluffy and moist, just abbitttttt tooo moist. hah. but nice leh. The kiwi ones are superb! at least for me lar, love the tangy tangy taste. Yays.

and i had a tutor who looks like FeiXiang, the angmoh version. Super shuai and very very MAN!!!

2 cookies and 1 muffin.

so i baked the whole morning away!

1.) Crazily healthy oaty cookie
2.) Crazily chocolatey ChaoTar(slightly) cookie
3.) Gordon Ramsay's Blueberries (replaced with strawberries) muffins!

and the best thingy is... all into the oven tgt. =D
and the next best thingy is... i dont even need to wash!!! =X hehehehe!
and the next next best thingy is... lunch is served too. =D hehehehe!

Baking is funnn! but it burns time too! =|

hah. damn arty

cookies and muffins.

strawberry muffins!

ultimate chocolatey chartarish cookies

and some culinary skills dislay... the art of Chapalan Cooking.
chapalan carrot brocolli

chapalan tomyam kimchi jigae

chapalan spinach miso soup

chapalan breakfast cereals

and some zi lianing shots.
yes... my hair is very cui.







and...
i like this!!!

and these!!!