Weekend Blogging

Hi Fong, these macaroons are for you for inspiring me to make them.

I was talking to my sis the other night and she was telling me Macaroons are the buzz in KL. These macaroons are made from flaked coconuts

2/3 cup flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 2 teaspoons vanilla extract or lemon extract


5 1/2 cups shredded coconut

1 (14 oz) can sweetened condensed milk

Use an ice cream scoop to drop dough onto tray lined with parchment paper

I used the side of a fork to make indentments around the macaroon

Macaroons ready for baking at 350 degrees for 15 minutes

The macaroons after 15 minutes in the oven
These macaroons are crunchy on the outside but chewy inside

I have been living overseas for many years but still miss the Malaysian hawker style street food especially nasi lemak, curry laksa, roti canai, ice kachang and lots more. So today, I made some Loh Mei Fan to satisfy my Malaysian cravings. Loh Mei Fan, one of my favorite breakfast meal since a kid

Ingredients shallots, dried shrimps, chinese sausage and glutinious rice which has been soaked overnight

First I fried the shallots then add in the dried shrimp and sausage

Add in rice, dark soy sauce, five spice powder, salt to taste

Put rice into steamer. Every 15 minutes I spray with water to cook the rice.

DaDa the loh mei fan.

I do not follow any recipe only remember how my mom used to cook it every weekend for our breakfast.

My pandan leaves plant has grown quite a bit and so I made my first kaya today because I have my own fresh pandan leaves and no more frozen leaves. Got the recipe from a blog and thought I will try it. I have not tasted kaya for a long long time so I am not sure how it taste like anymore. To me, my kaya taste OK. It was very sweet at first and I have to add more santan and have to stir it for over an hour.

The panda plant which I bought a few months ago.

Ingredients for the kaya, 4 eggs, santan, sugar and pandan leaves.

Cooking the kaya in a double boiler

The Kaya

John built me a quilting table from shelves for the stand and the top is a big piece of wood

I started on my second quilt. This is a Rail Fence quilt.

These are the precut strips. There are five strips to one block and just alternate the colors.


First five strips sewn





I have joined all the blocks, next have to add the borders, batting and then the bottom layer.

I always want to make a Quilt. So today, I went to WalMart and bought the following tools:

A cutting board, ruler and a rotary cutter.

And this weekend, I bought two pieces of fabric from the Thrift Store and below is my almost complete Quilt.




To start, I cut out all the squares from the fabric and join 4 squares with the green fabric. I have one more block to do and next I have to join all the blocks, sew in the batting, back cover and then the border and I will be done.

I was having problems with the bottom layer as it keeps "bunching up" when I was quilting the layers. A lot of sites recommend the "walking foot". So I bought a "Singer EvenFeed Foot" for my Brother machine and the lady in the store teach me how to mount it to the machine and also to use a #90 quilting needle and it solves my problem.

The foot from the left side


The foot from the right side


View from the front


Example of bottom layer "bunching up"



Bottom layer sewn with the EvenFeed Foot

I am still harvesting the daikons every Weekend for my soup.

We have some sweet and delicious corns from these plants which we planted some time back.


No wonder they are called Wild Flowers. They are growing wild and as tall as the trellis.

This cantalope plant just sprout from the ground.

I think this may be a ginger plant. Like the cantalope it just sprout from the ground.

I was so happy today as my Pandan plant that I ordered from a nursery www.floraexotica.ca in Canada arrived.

It is very expensive but worth it. Sometimes I regret that I do not value this plant while growing up as we have a big plant at the back of our house. This one will be cared for very well.