cece and her birthday bouquet

Not completely unrelated to food or the midnight bakery.
This is my sister, my original taster, and her birthday bouquet.

quiche

新年快樂

call it good sign, i dreamt that the tree in front of my house, on the right side of the drive way, was fruiting with massive red ripe tomatoes. gina arrived just in time when i took out a rather strange looking ladder and we spent a bit of time setting it up to make sure it was stable. when i was up closer, i noticed that the tree was bearing rambutan, tomatoes, red capsicum, purple plums....

(^o^) happy new year everyone. wishing you happiness, health, wealth, love, luck and world peace. :P

spaghetti marinara

For Cece, a seafood addict, the funnest sister in the world, a funky banker and an awesome photographer.

Boentoet Jahoet

tadinya mo kiki kasi nama roti buntut, tapi rasanya kok boring gitu.. kaya ikut-ikutan sop buntut. wehehehe, jadi ganti aja namanya yang unik dikit. buntutttt yahuttt [boentoet jahoet]. *lol* spicy marinated prawns wrapped in bread dough. the dough is glazed with the marinate and sprinkled with black sesame seeds. i love the spiciness in this, but maybe next time i should mix in some chopped red chili into the dough to really bring out the indonesian flavour. nyam!

Selamat Ulang Tahun, Mama

If I could go up to the sun and take a morceau of its light to brighten everyday of your life, I'd happily burn and roast. But I'm not an astronaut, nor do I have wings to take me there. But I have hands, eggs, butter, sugar, fruits, jelly and knowledge of biochemistry and cakery to create something delicious yet healthy. ^^ Hehehe. Happy birthday, Mama. 祝你永遠幸福,永遠快樂, 永遠看起來象25歲的美女.

salty goodness

sautéed portabello with garlic, asparagus & anchovies pizza with cracked seasalt & drizzled with the new bottle of cold pressed extra virgin gourmet avocado oil that i bought just now. ah, the red thing there is thinly sliced chilli, gives the pizza a bit more of a bang.

like superglue

the midnight baker is finally confirmed a UQ graduant for graduation ceremony on the 7th of Decembre, 2PM. :P if you click into the picture and if you're wondering why i blacked out two rows... it's because i have a double degree. kakak, that's right. BSc(Biochemistry)/BA(French language & Mathematics). *tears of joy* after 3 months of worrying that i might fail my last semester. it's been one hell of a year and i'm still in one piece and unbreakable... like superglue thanks to everyone who kept me sane; Cece, Gina, Maša, Crystal, Gumby, Papa & Mama. i love you!!!

watch this space for some crazy cake coming up real soon.

crystal

Crystal 生日快樂!!!

mamamia macadamia

Selamat Ulang Tahun Stevana!!!

what you see: crème ganache blanche, strawberry fans, white and dark chocolate walls, macadamia nuts & pink ribbon.

what you don't: chocolate sponge cake, strawberry cake, macadamia whipped cream, 2 days worth of Bengawan Solo song playing over and over again and a happy family gathering. (^^)

headline news

*WARNING: pictures not for viewing of crabs under 1 month old*

Over the weekend came a disturbing news about the masacre of crabs. The victims were kidnapped from their homes and sold for $10/3 at a human shopping centre. Three in particular were reported to be bought by a human by the name of Kiki and her sister who later cooked and made a fiesta out of the incrabane killings.

Gelap

These are low sugar hazelnut brownies. I've decided that feeding people with artery clogging food stuff isn't really going to help my karma. The centre square is topped wtih ganache and roasted hazenut. The rest are completely glazed with ganache and topped with pecans and lindt's dark chocolate.

NOIRE

looks familiar? I wanted to experiment with chocolate curls. I made a mini one so that I could do a miniature Noire but Phillip ate a chunk of it... we worked around it and covered it in white but I forgot to take pictures before he ate it for real. maybe next time. Hehehe.

Luna de la lune

Welcoming 中秋節 (Chinese MidAutumn Celebration) or also known as Moon Festival.

I wish I'm home. It's a pity that Phillip doesn't like peanut.

¡Feliz cumpleaños!

Cakes are cold tasteless ornaments without the warmth of laughters of friends and family to celebrate the occassion with you. The surprise party was very nicely planned; I'm glad i took that extra double shot espresso to attend it. Hahahahaha. ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Miguel!

Sunday Night

Sate Pan

Khuntien #2, a special bread named after my hometown (written as pronounced in Teochew dialect). It's basically grilled prawns wrapped inside sweet bread dough on skewers and then baked.

Sisa Kemarin

Duluuu skali aku suka ngumpulin ranting kering dari pohon belimbing buat bikin api unggun di kebun belakang. Hidung si Papin pernah kebakar karena ngendus api waktu masi mungil. Kita masak agar-agar di kaleng bekas susu kental manis sampe asapnya itemm banget, dan setelah dinyam-nyam g sakit batuk seminggu. Ini buktinya kita belom kapok. Regina, Aban dan g nge-test drive mini BBQ grill yg dibeli Soikim pake sisa makanan yang nga sempat diabisin waktu 火鍋 / shabu-shabu minggu lalu ditambah Roti Bakar Bandung / Ropita. nyam.nyam.nyam.nyam.nyam

kurowa-san

It doesn't look too much like croissant from shape and texture, this is my first attempt.

white lie

L’inspiration n'arrive pas à quelqu'un qui le cherche… et c’était moi à vendredi. Je n’ai rien de recette secrète, je ne sais pas ce que je vais faire jusqu’à le moment j'y commence. À la photo est White Lies, un gâteau de chocolat blanc avec beaucoup de fraises. Joyeuse anniversaire Regina!

Peachy Peng-Loti

The things that fascinated me most as a kid when we travelled were buffet breakfasts at hotels, and I'm still crazy about them to this day. As a kid, I used to think that danish pastry was egg yolk on a piece of pretty toasted bread with loads of sugar. This is my own version, it's not perfect but I will get there. Thank you to my genious food photographer Regina/Inem and also to my critic Phillip/Aban for his very constructive advices and comments.

blood on the dance floor

bread smorgasbord

Went nuts on bread today. Hahah. these are just the usual... there's basil & sundried tomatoes, chocolatté, red bean paste and tuna mayo.

Dans La Famille

My cousin Phillip in his kitchen. I rescued this picture from my computer's trash bin. (^o^) He's too cool!!!

chilli delight

Finally a picture of Kiki's fried tofu & the special okonaise sauce. This one on the picture is for my cousin Phillip, one of them was secretly stuffed with fresh chili/cabe rawit. It was Gina's and my attempt to wake him. hehehe. Turns out he's immune to chilli anyway.

Kitchen Magic

I should have taken pictures of my fried tofu. heheh, I'm back in action today. I made some mocha hot cross buns tonight. The house is nice and warm, filled with chocolate smell.

Domino au Chocolat

Cookie Monster

Laksa Udang

Amah

My Amah, who passed away this morning

Max Brenner

I love Balmain, I loveee Sydney!! There's so much to do, so much to see, so much life happening after 5 PM, so many little stores. The best eat here I've found is Chu 妈妈的台湾小吃... The first time I went, Ju took me there about 3 years ago. I'm hooked

Le Diable dans la Forêt

This is the love child of Devil's Food Cake & Black Forest... I call it Le Diable dans la Forêt .

Kokobombastique!

Kokobom is ol ebaut pinat, almon, kofi en tu meni difrend taips of coklat. It is definetli de wei tu go tu mek yor dei beter... wi stard with e dens coklat-pinut-almond kek, koverd with e leyer of coklat, e leyer of wip krim, copd coklat pises, ganisd with coklat bater krim en glesd ceri.

You want a piece of me!?

These two cakes cost me 6 hours in the kitchen and a nightmare about chocolate butter cream, and you know... I really loved it, except for the nightmare bit.

Ambruadul

Tadinya bingung nih mau dikasi nama apa, trus berdasarkan komposisi makanan ini, akhirnya Kiki beri nama Ambruadul. Komposisinya: roast-potato sisa kemarin , capsicum/paprika hijau, sambel hijau ala Padang, trus keju Feta... bawahnya saus tomat yg buanyak banget, tambah oregano dan bawang putih cincang. Eng-ing-eng, g jamin nga bakalan keracunan, buktinya Kiki masih idup... walaupun kekebalan perut ini sebenarnya berkat rajin jajan di luar pagar SD dan SMP.

Les tours de chocolat

Voila, Les trois tours de chocolat for Hennu’s friends. All I was told was that three of her friends were having a sort of birthday party. I assume that it’s the Three Musketeers. Happy birthday, girls (or boys) !

I should start a business. Any keen investors out there?

Hot Cross Buns

These are Mocha hot cross buns with chocolate crosses, minus cinnamon (just because I don't like it). I'm practicing before Easter bunnies take over the world.

bread obsession

I'm an insomniac, I am obsessed with bread making...

The next few nights/mornings if I feel ambitious, I might try making croissants instead of cheating with ready-made puff pastry.

when I grow up, I want to be bread

00:48 - The air is soaked with the aroma of dough baking in the oven. These are tuna salad buns just before they go into the oven.

For my own recipe please click here.

Moreo

We had a visitor who requested my Oreo Cheesecake. Here goes the same old thing in a slightly different costume.

Monogamy Schmonogamy

This is like a fruit salad for adults, un ménage de trois between lemon grapes and apple... oh, and rum. It's a naughty yet healthy little concoction if you don't overdo it. Omit the rum if you prefer to preserve your innocence.

Ingredients:
Juice of 1 Lemon
1 1/2 cup of water
1 tablespoon of sugar
1 tablespoon of honey
1 apple cut to thin wedges
10 red globe grapes, halved and seeded
30 mL Bacardi rum

To make lemonade, mix and mingle the lemon juice and water with honey and sugar. Shake it like there's no tomorrow to dissolve the sweet things. Chill it, or you can use crushed ice if you don't have the time.

Arrange apple wedges down the bottom and grape halves on top and shake it. Pour the lemon-rum into the cup and serve. Of course you can add little cocktail umbrella and marachinno cherries if you want. Other fruits combination would work too, try kiwi fruit.

2005

Selamat Tahun Baru // Happy New Year

Bonne Nouvelle Anné // 新年快樂

Stoberi Mwah

Hari ini kita ngerayain ultahnya Cece. Ultah sebenarnya tanggal 6 Febuari tapi berhubung pada hari H Cece di Indo dan merayakan gimana pun juga nga bakalan lengkap tanpa Kiki… jreng-jreng… jadi Kiki bikinin kue Strawberry Mwah alias kecupan stroberi. Semoga tahun ini kerjanya mulus sukses dan cepet kaya tanpa melanggar hukum (sayang muka su-per-mo-del gitu mau diborosin di penjara), dan juga dapet cowo yang layak buat cece gua yang super wuhui! ini. Setelah 2 tahun nga nyetir, begitu mulai lagi ternyata muluuuuusss banget. Pertanda baik apa si Cece ini memang berbakat jadi sopir ? Kita lihat saja nanti. (^o^)

Today we celebrated Cece's birthday. it's a little early to be bringing the cake since her birthday is on the 6th of February, but who needs an excuse to party anyway? So I made Strawberry Mwah. Wishing her a succesful career and that multi-billionaire-dom is close within her reach... also a succesful love life with a wonderful person who is worth my fantabulous sister. Kikikikikikiki. (^o^)

Christmas Day

Cece is arriving today at 9 to spend a week with us in Brisbane. Sadly there will be no Christmas cakes as I'm out of butter and cream. I'd like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a safe and Merry Christmas!! // Cece arrive aujourd'hui à 9 heures et elle vas passer la semaine avec nous à Brisbane. Tristement, on n'a pas de gâteau ce Noël parce qu'il ne reste rien de beurre et de crème chez nous. Alors, Joyeux Noël tout le monde ! // 姐姐今天到Brisbane來跟我們一起慶祝聖誕節。 我忘記了要買奶油和牛油，so不能做蛋糕。 祝大家聖誕節快樂！

Snowy Forest

Daig Oojing

This is Daig Oojing - the Oreo cheesecake that I made for the christmas party with people from the lab. Have you had one today? // Voila le cheesecake au oreo. Je l'ai fait pour une fête chez le patron du laboratoire. Je l'appelle Daig Oojing. Avez-vous le goûter? // Ini cheesecake Oreo yg Kiki bikin untuk pesta Natal dengan teman dari laboratorium. Kiki kasih nama Tai-Kucing. Sudahkah Anda nikmati Tai Kucing hari ini? // 這是那天我們在老闆的家慶祝聖誕節的蛋糕，叫Daig-Oojing。 好聽嗎 ？

Chinese Cheeks

Ini roti manis biasa. Setelah di Indo Kiki ngeborosin tepung, gula dan bahan-bahan lainnya akhirnya bisa juga. Kiki mau berterima kasih sama Tuo-kow yang udah berbaik hati ngajarin dan ngasih semangat biar nga pantang mundur & juga buat si bawel Henu dan Papa yang rajin makan roti buatan Kiki tanpa peduli sukses apa gagal. Hihihi, emang indera perasanya udah aus apa niat baik ngasih semangat. Kiki kasih nama Chinese Cheeks alias pipi Cina karena Kiki kalo lihat gambar ini jadi ingat anak-anak di Cina yang pipinya bunder dan merah... trus kata Papa mereka juga jarang mandi.

Ce sont des petits pains avec la glace sucrée Après avoir gaspillé des ingrédients, j’étais réussi finalement de faire les pains. Je remercie ma tante qui m’a gentiment appris cet art culinaire et aussi, Papa et la bavarde Henu qui mangeaient tous n’importe pas s’ils étaient ok ou mauvais. Je les appelle Les Joues Chinoises parce qu’ils me rappellent joues rouges et rondes des petits enfants en Chine. Papa nous dit souvent qu’ils se sont lavés rarement.

Hazelnut Flavoured Moon

This is a plain mini hazelnut cheesecake from my early baking days. There is really not much to describe. I scattered some fruit candies that I got from Montville in Sunshine Coast.

Celui-ci est un cheese-cake mini à la noisette simple que j'ai fait au debut de ma liaison avec mon four. il n'y a pas beaucoup à décrire, je l'ai garni avec des bonbon que j'ai acheté de Montville, Sunshine Coast (au Sud de Brisbane).