Sunday, July 21, 2013

Kundasang & KK Trip

Last month DH had a seminar in KK, so all of us tag along...we wanted to go to Kundasang. We took Malindo air...the kids were super excited when they saw the flight entertainment..all this while they only took air asia or air asia x je..mana ada suma ni..
Sampai airport DH rented a car and drove to Kundasang...along the way nampak signboard Jambatan Tamparuli...so we stop by.
 Just look at the bridge for the cars kat bawah...horror!
Dah sampai The Pines...view from our room
at the veranda, Irfan;s trying to use the bulky DSLR. After a short rest, we drove to Kundasang town and look for dairy farm.
yeay... found it

 photo session first..
 quite cold and definitely windy here
 the kids were excited when they saw how we get our 'susu kotak'
the friesian cows seems to know what to do.. they line up and took their turns
a separate area for anak lembu
the main building
 yummy chocolate milk..other types of milk suma sold out. We bought some fresh mushroom, strawberry and tidbits, had dinner and restint our room. Slept early coz there's nothing much to do at night here and we were also awake from 4am earlier.
 Next morning DH and I had an early breakfast at the resort. simple buffet spread..kids were still sleeping
at this hour. After breakfast we woke the kids up to get ready. They had bread/ cup noodles breakfast which they actually enjoyed more than our breakfast.

 Last photo before we check out.
we went further up to the tea plantation. the road to the tea factory is actually gravel road...it's about 1km from the main road but because of the road condition and we only saw 4WD passing us we were not sure if normal cars are meant for the road... sampai atas nampak kancil lagi...lega
 Ada memorial at one part of the plantation area
 then we stop by Tagal  'Fish spa'
Ikan kelah all over our feet

Dh busy trying to get a good shot. We drove back to KK as DH has a session late evening.


Checked- in sutera harbour and terus pegi pool. I didn't join them, had a short nap instead. Tengah tidur room service hantar fruit basket and chocolates.

 Since DH session will only ends at 9pm, I decided to bring the kids for dinner. we took a shuttle bus to the city.
 we went to pasar malam and decided to eat there...makan ikan biru...I'm not sure the name of the fish
 lobster and udang harimau... just look at the size!
 Lobster masak creamy butter
 Udang harimau  tiga rasa.. 1 piece for each...
 ikan bakar... all the seafood plus rice and drinks for RM90. After our dinner we went to pasar malam and bought some pearls/crystal brooches. we went back taking the same shuttle bus.
the next morning Irfan wanted to 'main pasir'
then we went to Pasar Gaya and had lunch nearby.
Drove to airport, returned the car and wait for our flight home. Enjoyable break.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013

bakes & cakes 13


Steam moist fruit cake..in my house i'm the only one who eat this cake...so, once it's cool down, just divide into half and gave one half to my next door neighbour which I know also enjoy fruit cake.  i chose this recipe  because the cooking time is just 2 hours compared to my grandma's recipe which take 4 hours. May be next time I'll invest in  a bigger steamer and try my granny's recipe. Kalau pakai steamer kecik kena pakai half recipe...buang gas aje...

 biskut mazola.. DH's favourite cookie
 orange syrup cake recipe adapted from davidlebovitz.com  I substituted half of almond powder with semolina. Alia and I love it because the orange taste refreshingly strong, but DH and Irfan couldn't eat it because of the same reason. If you love orange cake, you've got to try this.

Yet to be baked banana muffin.. made this and brought to hospital when visiting relatives
 Shortbread cookie again, this time I bake it in a 8x8 cake pan and cut it into bars when it's still warm
 yet to be filled cream puff. made chocolate custard cream for the filling
nostalgic baking...rock buns but with choc chips instead of raisin.. I first made this in Form 1, form 2? during SRT class. since DH and the kids don't like raisins, I have always use chocolate chips or dates even instead of raisins.