how to make mooncakes

waaaaayyyy long overdue Xp
anyhow, this is how you make mooncakes according to Chef Gan's (of Resort World Genting) own not-so-"secret"-anymore recipe *wink*

These are what you need:

750g of flour
600g of sugar syrup
150g of oil
a little bit of alkaline water
-makes about 50 mooncake skins-
(may be mistakes as i commited these to my flaky memory, i would highly recommend that you go with the flow and stop when you feel is enough Xp)

wide array of ingredients and tools

firstly, pour the sugar into the flour

looks like a huge egg =D

next, dig a hole in the middle of the "egg" and add in the oil

mix!

Add in the water and mix until it is a little bit sticky but soft

leave it overnight and basically this is what you get

flattening the dough into a perfectly round shape

adding the lotus paste filling into the skin!
it's larger than the skin itself so stretch it abit to wrap it around into a ball

the traditional mould! authentically cute right?
okay *ahem* anyways you dust it lightly with some flour
(this is to ensure that your mooncake comes out easily)

pop the yet-to-be mooncake dough in

and voila! an awesome mooncake pops out
(the technique is to hit the mould left and right once or twice first then
BAM the mooncake out)

Below are the pictures of Mokky, me, and Yen Ling separately crafting our own mooncakes, everybody was so eager to show that theirs will be the "bestest" or "beautifullest"....

the magical moment when Mokky's popped out Xp

stuff it in! stuff it ALL in!

i'll huff and i'll puff and a perfect ball will form

of course, i won! mine was the perfect-est =DDD

Stole some Instagram pictures (yea yea yea i'm a plagiarizer):

before they go into the oven
(everyone added some "originality" to the mooncakesto mark theirs)

mine!

CHEERS!
p.s   find me if there's any problem with the recipe! =)

 

Was invited to Genting again for a mooncake workshop last week where we went learnt how to make mooncakes and tasted practically all the different new flavour! i think it's the fifth time im up there ever since May -.- yeap i got no other place to go T.T went up with the usual gang - Yen Ling, Mokky, and Hu Boon!

Embarrasssingly i was late for about 45 minutes and we had a reckless drive up Genting where 2 of the others had some "unfortunate" incidents >.< 

For those who don't know, Genting had a total of 7 million ringgit of sales for mooncake last year alone *pause for your jaw to drop*

This year, the mooncakes promotion will be lasting until the 30th of September, sold at plenty of places like the Lao Di Fang Entrance, Resort Hotel Lobby and many more, you can check from here. 

our session held at Resorts Cafe Genting

wouldn't be perfect without me, no? =D

Without further ado, let me introduce the new flavours to you lah.

Their most popular mooncake happens to be the Double Yolk Lotus Paste =)

 

(left) Healthy White Lotus Paste with Spirulina Skin (RM 11.50+)
(right) White Butter Skin with Pandan Sweet Corn Paste Yolk (RM 11.00+)

The Spirulina skin is not a new flavour, but it is very special so i thought it worthy of a mention here. Apparently Genting is giving a focus of healthy products so most of their mooncakes are "healthy", "low sugar", and all halal.

White Butter Skin is new and the skin is totally buttery, although the fillings has a little bit of a bitter after taste. Those who are adventurous and like to taste new flavours should definitely try this *evil grin*

(left) Snow Skin Mango Paste (RM 10.50+)
(right) Snow Skin with Kiwi Fruit Paste (RM 10.50+)

The Snow Skins-only kiwi is the new flavour but the mango paste is my favourite (filled to the brim with the tasty zang of mango, the smell is quite strong too). For the Kiwi Fruit Paste i didn't taste anything like kiwi at all, practically no taste, maybe due to the "healthy low sugar"?

(top) Red Bean Paste (RM 7.80+)
(bottom) Low Sugar White Lotus Paste (RM11.00+)

The Old Regulars (what i call them lah, since they have been around since the forging of the first mooncakes i think) - i'm sure there's no need for me to elaborate on how red beany the red bean paste is, or how lotusy the lotus paste tastes. The mooncakes that we made were White Lotus Paste-flavoured too, i wonder if ours were better? *dreaming*

Green tea Lotus Paste (RM 10.50+)

Green tea is very refreshing! Those who are too full can get this in case you cannot stomach any more mooncakes =)

Money God Cookie! nice name eh?
you can see the Assorted Nuts "Ng Yan" (RM 11.00+) in the background

According to the chef in charge, Chef Gan, the Money God Cookie used to be called Piggy Cookie (hahaha, "Zhu Zai Bing" lah) but because this one was a halal version and they didn't want to give a wrong impression the name was changed to Money God Cookie, well it sounds more auspiscious like this!

Some shots of the workshop below:

with Daniel again! see him everywhere lah

munching on theSpirulina

Workshop for mooncakes all laid out!

Darren

Chef Gan explaining in the interview

the owl who asked me to "jom pergi!"

lastly, a group picture!

CHEERS!

p.s. from now till 30th of Sept, get 30% discount when you buy 50 boxes and above!

MY ice cream dayy

well as im sure everybody knows the last Wednesday (8th of August) was "National BR ice-cream day".

look at the smug look on the man on the right =(

well, technically it's "ice cream hours", since it was from 8-10pm only Xp
so loverboy and i took his little sister Jo out for free ice cream! all so excited, we decided to go to the one in Centrepoint BU since it always looked so secluded and "not many people will go there right?"

from entrance..

..to the outside of Mcd..

..right round Starbucks *jaw drop

THAT'S how wrong we were -.-". the queue went from the entrance of BR itself, right out of the building and back round Starbucks. Horrifying. we didn't even try to make it, we went straight next door for Mcd ice cream Xp

well i guess it also shows how many people supported Dato' Lee Chong Wei in his fight for the gold medal, those who watched the match must've been aware of the free ice cream by BR=ALOT of people were supporting our hero =)

playing while waiting for ice cream!

Jo took this pic i think, not sure Xp

cuuuuuute!

lalala, loverboy

so we did get ice cream in the end, just not from BR, hahaha! well those who got their ice cream from BR i salute you. when we passed by those who were holding the ice cream cups had the "victorious" "WE WIN!" kind of i-am-smug-but-trying-hard-not-to-show-it face. hmmph.

CHEERS!

my INSTAdream wedding

*the pictures in this post will be made up of Instagram pictures!*
*no editing or blurring to give credits to original photographers*

which is why it's named my INSTAdream wedding =)
i believe that it's never too early to start planning for your wedding.
hahaha, that's bulls. i never thought of my wedding until recently, cuz so many people are getting married! like fourfeetnine Audrey and Cheesie soon.

previously the most would be:
"owh i want this dress for my wedding"
"i wanna marry THERE also!"
"i'm going this place for my honeymooooon"

and that's it. kinda normal right?

so after viewing all the awesome pictures on Instagram, i have compiled a list of my own, hehehehe.
hopefully loverboy won't be too shocked or anything, and then run away while it's still early -.-"

wedding reception here! i want a beach wedding so im assuming the beach is somewhere near, hahaha prob behind the tree?

wall of flowers where i will lay out refreshments and champagne! (or coke? hmmm, can't decide which is better Xp)

nice refreshments? strawberries and ice cream!
(i'm assuming it is ice cream)

following this would be the most important part of any wedding: the bridegown!

nice? suitable? can imagine me running around the beaach in this dress? gorgeous isn't it *sigh*
quite suitable for a beach don't you think?

now imagine it whipped all about by the breeze

planned hairstyle for this bridegown, whereas for the dinner it would be all tied up =)

nails and shoes of the morning! the shoes are really really gorgeous just that i don't think that it can be seen through my dress? maybe when i sit down i'll purposely hike my dress up and swing my feet round purposely until people compliment my shoes *psycopath*


dinnergown and hair:

i know the hair is more of a morning do but i'd prefer flowing tresses on the beach - it's much more natural, muahahaha!

wedding flowers! influenced by Love Rain, hehehe
cheap and nice what! <3

my man will be dressed like this:

two hunks-suits are hot, agreed?!

bridesmaids: (two choices, haven't decided yet! well i got at least five more years to decide what -.-)

plain white, or colorful? if its too colorful it'll take the focus off ME, the lady of the day..hmm too bad in Malaysia we don't really do the custom of dressing our bridesmaids in ugly clothes on purpose, too kiasu i think!

wedding invitations! this picture is technically not an invitation, it's just a plain cardboard for a necklace but the design is nice i think, i should ask my friend to design my invitations then hahahhaa =)

CHEERS!

p.s. felt stupider and stupider as i finish up the post. owh well, chins up and thumbs up too! *wink