DIY Recycle Vase

I promise u guys I will update a new post on DIY stuff and here I am, keeping the promise!

I made a recycle vase just minutes ago and I will share the experience with you right now. The ingredients needed are common household waste, plastic pet bottles. 

Big or small, size doesn't matter. And the tools required including candle, and scissors. Easy right?

First, find a ventilated place to conduct the project as inhaling the gas produced by the pet bottle while being heated is extremely unhealthy. 

Cut the top of the bottle out. You can use the top for other purposes as what I need here is only the body and bottom of the bottle. 

Light the candle and start the heating process. Be careful not to let the bottle in contact with the fire as that will make the bottle burnt in black colour. You will see the bottle slowly shrink in irregular shape as it approaches the fire. You can create a bubbly surface by heating it a little bit longer. However, please be careful not to heat a certain area for too long as that will create a hole. 

That is the finished product of mine. I splash a bit of the candle wax on top to create an artistic design. 

Put the water inside and here you have an elegant and sophisticated looking vase. You can also paint some colour on the bottle to create your own design. 

Howp you guys like it :)

Bravoooooo

Hello people! I am back from Singapore =) Hope you guys read the previous post i wrote on my anniversary dinner at One Rochester as i updated that post using the blogger phone app. That was quite cool actually, kinda like the same as using the laptop but with autocorrect and smaller screen lol.

Anyway, I'm definitely not gonna talk about baking today as i didn't do any in SG other than eating the Tiramisu made by my bf's sister. It was actually very nice except that the mascarpone layer was not thick enough lol. Sorry for being such a creamy/milky-stuff addict haha.

Well, during the time i was in SG, i enjoy the company of my favourite dog, Bravo. And i took tons of picture of him while i was babysitting him haha. I guess i can show you guys the pictures i took =)

For your information, although he looks like a puppy, he is already 11-12 years old. Converting to human age, he is an old old dog so very very fragile. His legs are not as strong as before and he loves lying around and sleep no matter what time it is.

The happy cute face.

Tired and emo face.

Happy and want-you-to-feed-him face.

 Afternoon power nap.

After the haircut, nice big round eyes and the cute nose.

Acting blur when i took pic with him lol.

Mary had a little lamb~

Sleeping rat.

The bear-y happy look when i hug him haha.

Hope you guys enjoy the pictures =)

2nd Year Anniversary In SG

Today is my 2nd year anniversary dinner with my bf and we celebrated it at One Rochester, singapore. We never make any reservation and still were able to get the table. 

Foie gras with salads and crunchy bread stick. The foie gras was superb. 

Main course baby chicken which is their signature dish. Needs 30 minutes time to prepare which is just nice for us as we both have small apetite therefore need time to digest. The meat was tender and the potato cubes were good too. But I would probably prefer a more crunchy potato or French fries instead. 

Aglio olio spaghetti with king prawns and tomato and asparagus. Love the asparagus, very nicely cooked and provide a refreshing taste as the spaghetti is quite spicy. Prawns were fresh and delicious too.

Strawberry frozen margarita. Little bit too sweet so I think the classic version could be better. Also it melted really fast and I end up having a warm margarita lol. 

I also had the dessert which is the freshly baked soufflé. However, I was so eager to eat and therefore didn't take any picture of it haha. I had the hazelnut soufflé with vanilla ice cream. It is exactly the same as the one I ate in Australasia, Manchester but different flavor. Also it didn't provide any sauce to pour into the soufflé compared to the passion fruit soufflé I had in uk. But, the ice cream was good if u love milky stuff. I love it haha. 

The atmosphere is overall great. We sat outdoor which has a shelter so won't get wet if the rain pours. They have different area of outdoor seats so one area will have approximately 2-4 tables or sofas. Also they have a few big fans that make minimal sound. My bf find the fake waterfall sound very soothing and calming haha. 

That is all the updates I got for now. Hope you guys enjoy! :)

Milk Pudding, Super Soft Super Smooth

Sorry guys, still gonna talk about food today lol.

My head was all about food since last week so never really have the time to think about DIY stuff haha. Anyway, today i'm gonna talk about a simple way of making milk pudding.

It's really easy, just need 5 minutes to mix the ingredients and then what you need to do is leave it in the oven for 25-30 minutes.

Ok, so what you need is:

1 egg
130mL of milk (full cream milk will achieve richer effect)
25g of sugar

Mix the milk and sugar in the pot and heat up a while to melt the sugar. Then, leave it to cool down a bit before adding the whisked egg as you won't want the egg to become cooked egg before being incorporate into the mixture.

Then pour the mixture into the container, e.g. ramekins or glassware. If you want the pudding to be smoother, you need to sieve the mixture a few timess before pouring into the container so that the surface is smooth and bubble-less.

Put the ramekins into a container which contains water at 1/3 of the height of the ramekins. I used the cake mould as the container lol. Then oven it at 170 degree celcius for 25-30 minutes.

This is how it looks like fresh from the oven. You can put them into the fridge to cool down also for better taste. I used farm milk bought from Tesco which is super rich in flavour just like the full cream milk in the UK or better. So the taste is very rich which might turn some people off lol. But i love it so i dun care haha.

This is the half-eaten pudding. You can see how smooth the surface is. It is literally bouncing when you move the ramekin, which is what i was trying to achieve. I want it to be like the Hokkaido milk pudding. Smooth and milky.

Please do have a try! All you need is egg and milk and sugar =)

Dishes From Last Week

I'm happy that i was managed to improve my cooking skills in last week. And today, i'm gonna just give a recap on my everyday meal for the past week hope you guys enjoy =)

Sesame sauce udon with vegetables and meatballs, garnished with chilli flakes and herbs.

Pork porridge with shredded cabbage and carrot.

Toasts with scrambled eggs and mushroom soup.

Omurice - Soy sauce base fried rice with corns and anchorvy.

Chicken soup base linguine with meatballs and cabbage, garnished with wakame.

Linguine with sesame dressing, japanese egg roll and mushroom soup.

Honey and korean wine pork.

Japanese egg roll, korean kimchi and stir fry pork with shredded cabbage and carrots.

Snap beans with spicy vegetarian dried shrimps, dumplings, pickled lettuce and fried eggs.

That's all the stuff that i cooked last week, so proud of myself! Well, hope my dad enjoyed too since he hasn't said a word about my cooking skills yet haha.