Yummy Breakfast- for the banana lovers

This time it's real and edible :)

Looking for a change to your breakfast? I would like to share some of the recipes that I've tried out. There are pretty awesome because they are simple and at same time, YUMMY!!!

Here are two great ones from the Naked Chef:

Banana Tarte Tatin (click here for the recipe)

Stuffed French Toast (click here for the recipe)

And lastly, this is one that I found on a random website:

Chocolate Banana Crepe (I can't remember where did I get the recipe from but here is the closest recipe that I can get)

You probably realize that there are bananas in all three of the recipes. I think bananas are good ingredients for breakfast because they are not too sweet and they add a special taste to the food. You should definitely try making one of these and I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Yummy Breakfast

haha...it's not edible...even if it is, it is too cute to be eaten :)

I'm talking about this new set of key chains from Kidrobot that come in blind boxes. I know it's ridiculous for a person of my age to be crazy over toy but I really love the key chain from the moment I saw it (although I was initially looking for a plush key chain and this one is vinyl)...I gotta have it!!!

And so, I got myself a blind box...

can't wait to see what's inside

Apparently, the foil is to stop people from scanning the box with x-ray machine...I can't believe that people actually do that

My yummy breakfast is a sad banana...aww...

I wonder if they can be good friends (it seems like they have different personalities)

picture from kidrobot.com

My most wanted--Milk!!! (see how cute they are looking eye to eye)...Don't get me wrong, I like the banana too

Should I get another blind box??? Maybe I can get the milk this time...

Caught a cold

I was coughing last night and am down with a cold since this morning. With the cough, sore throat, and fatigue from the cold, I really don't feel like doing anything...not to mention that I am shivering now...so today I am very unproductive, I have been lying on my bed for almost the whole day, all wrapped up in my comforter.

When I get sick, I really wish that someone can cook for me (really miss my dad and mom). I remember long time ago, I tried to persuade a friend to cook but I got a picture of the food I wanted instead...which until now is still good enough to make me smile :)

Thanks.

Welcoming the Ox

Happy Chinese New Year!

Since I am doing reduced course load this term, other than cleaning up the house (da shao chu), I had some extra time for cooking and experimenting. Here are some stuff that I did before CNY.

paper cutting

I fried the keropok that He Wei gave

and again, my pineapple tart didn't turn out to be what I expected :(

a pamelo from asian market

my first time pealing the pamelo

This year, we decided to have a Chinese New Year Eve dinner.

group pic

I decided to make 3 dishes:

Yee Sang (ignore the keropok at the back)

Roasted pork

Red wain chicken

and SY was very happy because she finally got her 10 course dinner.

from the front and turning clockwise--roasted pork, spring rolls, red wain chicken, vegetables, prawn and omelet wrap and lastly yee sang at the middle (photo taken by Xeon)

a closer look at the spring roll that SY made

Other dishes that were not in the photo: steamed yam with pork (kau yoke), pig's stomach soup, hot and sour fish, red bean soup and bubur cha cha.

We got a chance to catch up with each other while savoring the delicious food. It has been a while since all of us get together and chat. The food was awesome. my favorite was the fish...gotta ask for the recipe.

Next, it was mahjong time!

The year of the Ox definitely came with some good news and according to the horoscope sent by SY, people who were born in the year of the Tiger will have "tao hua yun" this year too...haha :P

Above the Arctic Circle IV- Stockholm (12/30)

After 5 days of hoping and wishing to see the Northern Light (althought deep down inside, we knew that it was very unlikely because the temperature was not low enough), it was finally time for us to fly back to Stockholm to catch our flight back to Germany. I was kind of disappointed because I did not get to see the Northern Light when we were up north.

Nonetheless, all of us were glad to see the sun again when we reached Stockholm.

Klara Church

Stockholm Central Station

the blue blue sky

Stockholm City Hall

Strolling down the park near the river...

One of the many photos that Sean took for us

Riddarholm Church

The last photo that I took in Stockholm before my camera ran out of battery :(

Me at the Royal Palace -- what a contrast to the stern guard at the back

A tour around Stockholm in a cafe within a tram

Mr. and Mrs. Oh =p

It was dark before we knew it...

and time to say "Good bye, Sweden."

Above the Arctic Circle III (12/28-12/29)

Where is the place that I can only visit during winter? THE ICE HOTEL!!!

http://www.icehotel.com/

We drove to Kiruna the next day and then we went to the Icehotel in Jukkasjärvi, about half an hour away from Kiruna. We spent almost a day at the Icehotel. Built with the crystal clear ice from Torne River, the hotel was amazing. It is such a pity to think about how the hotel will just melt down and the water flow back to Torne River during summer.

Sean and I took a photo before we entered

The entrance

Shien and I outside the Ice Church

A pretty cool design for the church

Sean was trying to make a funny face behind the ice

Would you wanna have your wedding here? Later that night, we saw a couple having their wedding here. The bride was wearing a wedding gown with snow boots...which I thought was kind of funny...

Star and Moon - my favorite art suite at the hotel

Can you feel the heat from the sun (or the cold)?

Room temperature is around 0 degree Celcius

Tired? Time to indulge in a bath...

The Chrystal Hall lighten with 4 chandeliers

The sky- purple tinged grey

Every year, half a million of glasses made from the ice from here (Torne River) are exported to the rest of the icebar around the world

from the window...

The mother of all Absolut Icebar...

Absolut Icebar Jukkasjarvi

Trying to hold this heavy ice hat

Cheers!

My glass of Absolut Winter Mist

The lasting impression that my lips left on the ice glass

I could have kept the glass if I wanted but there's no point keeping it since it will just melt eventually. However, I did bought a very nice set of shot glasses.