Discovery

08/25 (Sun) 老公不在家, 機會難得當然要安排去偷歡 ~ 趁伴侶和友人在新加坡進行行軍之旅的當下, 我 .... 有很乖的用一天的時間清洗廚房, 裡裡外外都擦乾抹淨骨頭都快要散開了. 忙綠了一天, 隔天當然是要好好的寵一寵自己. 上完瑜珈課直接衝到髮廊報到. OK ~ 我還沒有遁入空門的打算, 所以暫時還是有頭髮的. 不過那半長不短的長度老蹺得亂七八糟看了很眼怨, 所以直接拉直順便護髮好了. 都說了是寵愛自己嘛 ~ 不過寵到讓頭髮吃魚子醬精華也未免太過份了一點. 想來老娘已年過三十連魚子醬長什樣子都沒見識過竟然搶先讓頭髮有如此待遇嘗到魚子醬護髮. 雖然說是仿魚子醬精華不過我要怎麼向我的腸胃交代? 不過再想想, 拿來護髮還可耐個一年半載, 拿來吃搞不好隔天就化做春泥拿來護花而已啊. 耗了一個中午總算可以放飯了. 遊蕩在Giza Mall 懶得駕車出去的結果就是直接在 mall 里找吃. D'Italiane Kitchen, 我來啦 ~ 對了, 沒猜錯, 我又包場了. 一整場, 就我一人. 點了杯 Fresh Brew Coffee, 店員問說先上後上? 這點有加分, 我選了現上. 果然是意式餐廳, 咖啡後勁十足. 奶是溫的, 我加了一整杯中和苦澀味.  原本想點 risotto 三思後決定棄點的原因是沒帶垃圾桶. 若點飯我應該撐不到甜點所以雖然燉飯看起來好好吃可以我還是要點意麵 (什麼爛邏輯!?) 白醬紅醬直接 OUT 我只看蒜炒意麵感覺沒那麼膩口. 就你了! Smoke Duck Aglio Olio. 意麵上桌時可是香斃了, 我對鴨(嗯哼)沒有研究不過這里的燻鴨不錯, 沒有我不喜歡的鴨味 (所以這鴨是有雞味?) 鹹鹹的挺好吃. 吃了正餐感覺上還有點空間裝甜點, 那 ~ 就來個甜點吧. 我看上這里的 Belgium Waffle with Vanilla Gelato 好久了, 這次終於盼到你. 香草冰淇淋好吃, 香草味挺重不過不是香精的味道. 冰淇淋有明顯的香草顆粒, 看來餐廳有下重本. 下次再來試試其它甜點好了 ~ 好啦, 吃了這個不懂是 late lunch 還是 early dinner 的一餐我就默默的返家繼續當歸婦囉 ~  - the end ~

看到煮炒女王連番 show hand 得過癮, 我若再不出點菜搞不好她開餐廳計畫要踢我出局另找她人了. 雖然家常便飯還是照常上菜不過那些了無新意的菜色拍了拿出來跟煮炒女王一比就立分高下, 我干嘛要自取其辱. 甜點暫時還是她的罩門, 所謂蛇打七吋, 來上點甜的好了.  Apple Cupcake 蘋果小蛋糕明顯是為了消耗蘋果硬湊出來的. E索, 我家蘋果都買了好幾輪, 酥皮也快過期了吧, 我們的約會究竟是何時啊!? (忿指) 都是那個到處飛的人的錯! 從 Ikea 買了這款模之後我更愛烤 muffin 了. 事關我最初買的 muffin 模是整條一打款 (大減價嘛 ~ 不買白不買 ~ 才20塊錢). 那個模型挺可憐, 老是被我用了中間四個洞而已. 有了這 Ikea 的模真好. 第一次試烤了紅茶 muffin. 真讚, 竟可穩住 muffin 形狀屹立不倒還可以重複使用. 後來挖到了步驟更為簡單的食譜, 我更是三天兩頭就烤幾顆 muffin 解饞. 畢竟從準備到出爐也不過半個小時, 比烤顆蛋糕更簡單. 從基本的原味優格到以水果為基底的香蕉藍莓或是飲料類的紅茶綠茶咖啡甚至核桃還有巧克力粒都不放過.  Tea Muffin Chocolate Chip Muffin Milo Muffin Bread 不久以前認識免揉麵包後才發現起其實網路上一大堆免揉麵包的食譜. 以我怕麻煩的個性, 理所當然的選上了這個超級無敵簡單到爆的麵包食譜. 只需要把材料均勻的揉成一團放入冰箱隔夜那出來略略整形再發酵然後烤一烤. 外酥內軟的歐式麵包在家也可輕鬆完成. 煮炒女王, 我們的餐前麵包有著落了. 同理可證, 同樣的食譜我另加了肉干, 成果也不錯吃. 其實建議把肉干一起揉入麵糰裡, 不然這樣吃其實肉乾很容易掉出來. 下次我再試試, 反正家裡還有些肉干. 我還試過加入葡萄乾核桃碎都很好吃. 也就是看看冰箱有什麼就放什麼, 我下次用它來清我的巧克力粒好了, 而且好像也可以拿來當 pizza, 下次試試. Madeleine 瑪德連模買一段時間了. 老不開箱的原因就是缺了 baking powder. 為了弄 muffin 才開始買了一罐剛好拿來試弄弄我非常愛吃的瑪德蓮好了. Daiso 買的模烤出來的貝...

08/08 (Thu) It has been months since T42 moved out from Empire. Finally a new cafe's banner is setup at the empty slot left by T42. EspressoLab it is! However, me and my mate visit this cafe a while after it's opening. Well ~ I appeared at Whisk most of the time. I loves Raya. Smooth traffic, less crowd in shopping mall. Whisk was closed for Raya. As expected. We gotta try our luck at EspressoLab then. Jackpot! Full house, but at least I found a place for me to tea ~  Waited a while, 5 ~ 10 minutes (yes I need to queue for seat) we got a bar side seat. Nice one, overseeing barista in action. My mate get himself a Hot Chocolate. Salute to this lovely sweet heart. If you're a chocolate drink lover, you should give this a try. Fantastic! I get myself a Flat White, my usual order, less milky than Latte. Barista at EspressoLab equipped with excellent skill at pulling beautiful coffee art.  There are plenty choices for desserts. Some are baked by the lab, some suppl...

08/03 ~ 08/04 (Sat ~ Sun) Let's make the long story short. We have zero plan for our Fraser Hill trip, indeed. What I'd in mind was tea time, dinner and breakfast, 3 meals where I believe Smoke House definitely can handle us well. I guess we got the right bet. As my mate was complaining his horrible food hunting experience years back when he was at Fraser Hill, food at Smoke House successfully turned his mindset at least.   We walked to the main building, a minutes from our room, around 3.30pm I supposed. We caught a full house at al fresco. Luckily I spotted a tiny table just nice for two at a corner, after the crowd, after the sun. Tea time menu is pretty straight forward. Cream scone set which come with scone and a pot of tea or a high tea set, which serve with some extra titbits than just scone. Our tummy still filled with dim sum, a cream scone set will do. Despite of running pack, the service was still efficient. Our drink was served not long after we placed our ...

08/03 ~ 08/04 (Sat ~ Sun) Fraser Hill 是今年的目標之一. 原本應該放在年尾的行程突然成行這種計畫走山的行程我也不知為何只好跟著感覺走了. 匆匆忙忙訂房的結果就是套房都被訂走了只剩下兩間普通房我只好即刻下訂要不然再想多兩下搞不好連普通房都沒了這不是我要的結果. 時光休一下就到了起程的日子我們暴食了一頓點心早餐再上路想說直接跳過午餐上山來個悠閒的下午茶時段好了. 這個辦法的確不錯我們的早餐是飽到上心口到下午都還不餓也可以省著點少些. 話說回來我想未來幾年都應該不會無端白事跑上 Fraser Hill 了. 那山路蜿蜒的程度是要把人訓練成藤原拓海的吧. 雖然山上風涼水冷空氣清新藍天白雲花紅葉綠人煙稀少也不足以讓我忘了那段令我感覺蝴蝶在肚里翱翔的山路. 抵達煙囪屋門口剛好就有個停車位我立刻指使伴侶往那停車我需要下車呼吸新鮮的空氣殺死肚里的蝴蝶. 伴侶悠閒的坐在路邊的凳子我苦命的去辦理 check-in 手續. 煙囪屋只有十幾間房今天全滿負責人建議說如果要在這裡用晚餐請儘早訂檯我當然是直接下訂無須多想反正我們也沒打算走出酒店範圍. 負責人領著我們到房里, 普通房共有六間位置在主樓的旁邊走路莫約30步左右套房都在主樓里更是方便. 我訂第六間在樓下位置還好反正那區也沒人走來走去窗口可以全打開沒關係. 基本上跟官網看到的照片一毛一樣這點不錯至少不會貨不對版. 那張床很好軟軟的蠻好睡.  沙發不錯坐房里還附有水果 (香蕉我偷了回來拿來弄 banana walnut muffin) 餅乾 (不是很好吃) 兩隻礦泉水外加一壺熱水整體來說不錯了. 窗戶打開通風後房里更是涼涼地我也開時昏昏欲睡. 終結來說, 房間的一切都不錯唯一的就是洗手間的牆角有明顯潮濕的水痕. OK, 我的抱怨很無聊就如伴侶所說付多少住多好這是至理名言我會放心里下次訂好點的房間. 當然過往的住宿經驗也讓我明白山上和海邊的旅館在硬體的維修上確是比城市酒店艱難許多而且更費心力. 休息了一陣我們往樓上走其實樓上也沒什麼就房門三個不過窗外的景色不錯. 看了樓上時間也到了下午茶時段我們就晃到主樓來個下午茶貝. 煙囪屋下午茶時段從三點賣到六點我們到的時候也不過三點半左右戶外座位都坐滿了這是這麼一回事. 至於下午茶吃什麼我們下篇再分曉這篇我們看景色...

It has been awhile since our last visit to Gantetsu. Oh well, it has been awhile since our last visit to One Utama anyway. I wanted to bring my mate to Whisk Outspot in OneU. It changed so much ever since our last visit. A better deal would be, a dinner at our number one ramen shop, Gantetsu, and a little lay back time at Whisk after that. Set! And we are on our way, for the ramen and coffee. Instead of order for 2 identical ramen, we usually substitute one noodle with rice. Char Siu Don in Gantetsu is an amazing bowl to have. My mate ordered one for himself that night. A bowl of well cooked Japanese fluffy rice, topped with cubes of char siu, pickles and a super awesome egg. Mixed everything together, there you go,  a wonderful bowl of char siu don for the night.  Me, on the other hand, get the standard King Char Siu Tonkotsu. Love the pork slices serve here. Well marinated, slightly burned and look at the top fatty layer, that melted in mouth! Eggs here never fail u...