The Art of Baking

Yeehoooo! *jumping* The weekend is back. So what are you guys up to tomorrow? Shopping? Ermmm...bet it's too early to shop for baju raya. Went to Jalan TAR last weekend. It was such an ad-hoc plan which ended up with an ad-hoc shopping. Bought a few shawls and a serkup at a very reasonable price. Sorry this is NOT an advertisement, I couldn't even remember the name of the shop but I could only remember that the sales girl told me that they have another branch in Jitra. Will blog on the shop in my next post, or in the next next post (which IDK when).

Hubby will be working tonight and tomorrow thus I will be left alone, AGAIN! *sobs* Not that all alone pon as we are staying at his parents'. In fact, tonight, we'll be going to my parents' for fast-breaking though we know, we couldn't even make it on-time thanks to the super-congested traffic during Ramadhan. All in all, many thanks to Carrefour for offering the best RM5/book deal, I now have 3 novels to read. Am currently reading 'Rich Girl, Poor Girl' by Lesley Lokko. Ought to finish reading so I could move on to the next one.  Enough with all of babbling, Missy! Pardon me, this may be due to a super-duper long break from blogging my heart out. 

I am craving for cakes right now. Couldn't stop myself from thinking of Red Velvet Cake. Had it once from Kitchen Guardian as it was on promotion by MilkADeal. It was a good one! It tasted so perfect, I felt like crying when I had it. The cream cheese for the topping really complements the velvety texture of the cake. This time around, am not planning to buy one but I'm planning to bake one *I heard boos* Ya, it's such a cita-cita, but the recipe does look easy-peasy. Heh, no harm trying! You should have thanked me now as you'll definitely love it to bits (kalau jadi lah!) I am such a big fan when it comes to cake. Though, it has been years back since I last baked merely a cake, the thought of it never fades away *pfft* 

Courtesy: Google

Scrumptious Prawn Mee: Lil' Penang Cafe

I'm totally craving for KFC rite  now but I wish not to have it now, as in NOW. It's raining so "heavenly" and I'm cold. Grrr...I was organizing my folders, rearranging all the icons in my TP and I found these pictures. Tehee. What I still have in my mind is these pictures were taken a few weeks/days after we got married. Oh, how I couldn't resist my temptation when I looked at those pictures. We dined-in at Little Penang Cafe and I had the scrumptious Prawn Mee. My mouth is watering!!! Try to imagine how good does it taste in this wet and cold weather having to slurp the curry...errr...curry? I guess it's curry-like. Gravy doesn't really suit the 'kuah'.

Yum! Yum! Slurp!

Hello Thailand!

Bila saya sebut Thailand, what is the first thing that came across your mind? Adakah...

A. Shopping heaven  

ATAU

B. Cuaca yang sangat terik 

ATAU

C. Pulut ayam/mempelam

ATAU

D. Perempuan cantik dalam inverted commas.

Tolong jangan ngelat! Kalau ditanyakan soalan ini kepada boys, sudah pasti ada buble atas kepala ada huruf D besar2 dengan mentol menyala "ting". Tehee. Jangan tipu! Kalau ditanyakan yang perempuan, mata dah juling xsabar nak shopping. Itupun baru tanya soalan. Belom sampai sana lagi!

Bila dengar je nak ke Hatyai, my hubby dah terloncat2 (over exaggerated, sorry hubby!) Seronok betol dia. Maklum la, itu pertama kali atau mungkin dia ada ulterior motive? *angkat2 kening* Kan sayang? See, I could see yang you akan tersenyum when you read this. Catch u honey! Actually I wrote this entry setelah sekian lama tapi I didn't have much time to upload the pics. Maka sudah lamalah entry ini berehat didalam 'pending' list. Nak je publish without all the pics, tapi xbesh lah nanti!

There are a lot of places yang bisa buat korang gila. Cume for those yang agak particular pasal cleanliness, you should bring your own food i.e. Maggi mee kalau risau terkena diarrhea dan mineral water yang bergelen2 sebab air kosong kat sana rasa payau semacam dan air manis derang bisa buat kamu terkena kencing manis. For this particular entry, I nak cerita sket2 je sebab kalau cerita banyak macam mana pon, bukan ada sape nak baca blog neh *ayat nak sedih je* because this would be some sort of a teaser. If you wanna know more, cepat2 buat passport/border pass untuk kesana. The journey x lah jauh sangat. It takes you about 1hour +/- (depending on the traffic) for you to reach Hatyai. Dan korang boleh discover punya lah!

Accomodation sangat murah. We went there with my aunty yang sporting morting. She has been to Hatyai for a zillion time. She's really well-versed with all the jalan in Hatyai. Adalah wajib untuk korang dapatkan map atau bawa GPS sebab semua signboards kat Hatyai susah sangat to comprehend. Everything is written in Thai, the only comprehensible signage yang ktorang boleh baca is "Turn Left With Care" Kiranya kalau kat Malaysia, sama dengan "Beri Laluan" lah! *LOL* Jalan2 kat sana agak confusing jugak lah. Sebab dia lorong2. Kalau missed satu lorong je, dah kena buat pusingan U. Kena hati2 jugak sebab orang2 Siam neh bawak motor/kete macam tutt! Cadangan saya, all the signboards kat Hatyai kena di 'enlarge' sket kot. Comel sangat signboard sampai xnampak langsung. Kalau malam lagi lah!

Kalau nak tahu, Hatyai baru pulih dari banjir. Kawasan dia sangat rendah, kiranya kalau hujan lebat sket je, bisa dinaiki air. Jadi, jangan lah gi sana musim banjir. Cuaca kat sana memang sangat terik di tengahari. Malam memang sejuk dan breezy. Memang sedap lah kalau makan pulut mempelam sambil2 ditiup angin sepoi bersepoi. Kalau kena musim hujan, xseronoklah kalau nak ke Hatyai kan? Macam mana pulak nak jenjalan. 

Orang sana xbegitu memahami Bahasa Melayu jauh sekali Bahasa Inggeris. Ada waktu kami ke Tesco, my hubby carilah kedai yang ada jual rokok. Bila tanya, semua orang xbagi apa2 respons pon tapi satu Tesco hanya mampu menoleh towards him. Semua looked blurry. Kesian...neh rasa nak bukak pusat tuisyen kt sana neh. Kayo den! Tehee. Tapi bila hubby letak dua jari bentuk V kat mulut, barulah derang "Ooooo..." See, ada communication breakdown disitu. Kalau boleh, silalah bawak buku "How to speak Thai 101" untuk membantu. Bukan nak suruh belaja sampai fluent tapi macam mana kalau ada apa2 yang terjadi. Macam mana nak minta tolong dengan orang sana? Cuba bayangkan...

Adalah disarankan, (benda neh xperlu diberitahu kots) belilah sim card disana sebab itu bakal membantu kalau2 korang tersesat. Contohnya, kalau pergi dalam a big group. Bab mencari makanan kat sana memang xsusah mana, serupa macam nak cari ehem...ehem... cuma you have to take into consideration; kebersihan tempat tersebut. Saya mampu saja makan dimana2. It depends sebenarnya. Ada juga yang tahap kebersihan yang made u say "Isk..isk..isk.." sambil geleng2 kepala. For me, it's just normal. Mana2 pon ada scenario yang sama. Unless you're willing to spend on hotel food or untuk dine-in kat restoran2 yang mahal yang terjamin kebersihannya.

Untuk lebih pemahaman, sila rujuk gambar dibawah. Pfft! Tengoklah, muka dah merah menyala sebab sun-burn. 

People are queuing up to get the passport stamped. 

They have Water View Restaurant that is so captivating.

You'll be seated in a verandah-like place. Your order will be sent by a boat.  Cool huh? Too bad  we didn't have our lunch here *tears*

Well, in some other places, you'll find people busking for money. In Thailand, you can see people take a walk with the elephant and they will offer us some fruits so we can feed their Dumbo. But don't forget, it's not free!

Jangan jelous. We've been to the floating market.

It's from Mr. Hubby. Thank you sayang! ILU.