Taking a hint from YogiBear

"You know WHAT Boo BOO, it's PICke-nik time!"

The wise ol Yogi has a point. Hehe... i need some chill out time.

I love picnics! Back in the day, i would drag a host of my best pals with me to sprawl out on the lawn or on the beach. Didn't matter what we ate or if it came in a basket, being out in the sun and spending time with my favourite people was the whole point!

.... I shouldn't be using a term like "Back in the day"at 26 years... crap; i sound like a grandma -_-' Haha

I guess my lifestyle differs so much from when I was a student. 

These days it takes me a long while to make special outing plans.. being "spontaneous" just isn't synonymous with "running a business". It really shouldn't be... I made a map in my head today, about each 24hours in a day that I have, and how I spend it on average; I decided it shouldn't feel so tiring or impossible to fit in some fun and games or sport! 

I have a new mission to play tennis! I love the fact that it is outdoors compared to my weekly badminton sessions. And it does help to have my Man, who's a champion at the sport to help me with the game. I am still hitting it straight on with my wrists like in badminton... :P i know...i know.. it's not a shuttlecock,force of habit i suppose. I have to first learn to stop standing in the middle of tennis court! hahaha To the back SU! to the back! Maybe after getting hit once or twice in the head with a screwball I'll get it :P

Happy MALAYSIA day!

In 1963, 16th September, the Malaysian federation was born.

but on the 31st of August Malaysia achieved its independence. So what day exactly do we wish our dear country a Happy Birthday?

It's been awhile since my return from foreign lands to settle back home with a new found adventure - Delectable. Initial months were tough.. so tough because I constantly felt that home was some place else. I left my love, my job, my hobbies, my friends and my lifestyle abroad with a heavy heart. I was convinced Malaysia wasn't my home anymore, I was stubborn.. arrogant and young. Though it seemed like there was nothing but my new business and my family to keep me going for awhile.. Malaysia won me over without putting up much of a fight. I made new friends, rediscovered old ones, found new hobbies and met a new love.... I guess you could say all it took was time. Everyone was right by saying "give it some time".
All I knew to cook was baked dishes, pastas, grilled meats, curries or stew.. but having now come home to local ingredients and a boyfriend who loves Chinese cooking; I had no choice but to get busy with new recipes and cookbooks!

He brings me on the occasional road trips he takes back home up north of the peninsula about 6 hours drive from the KL city. I've been gathering inspiring and fun ideas from these adventures too. He brings me to the famous eateries and places he grew up. I wondered if it was a hint to me that I should try to make this sort of food! haha

I'm pretty hopeless when it comes to 'authentic' local cuisine.. but I tried anyway.. I made laksa! ... from a packet. Hahahha.. I had to cheat a little to make the process more bearable :P
It was pretty simple once you get the fish and vegetables sliced right. Anyone have a good laksa recipe from scratch to share with me? haha I've got a feeling I might do a proper one in my next attempt.

It all began with a couple angrybird lanterns...

Okay.. I can start the story from the very beginning when my dad brought home a brand new Ipad..
But I guess it's simpler to cut to the chase.

I've got angrybird fever too! LOL..
As I was hunting down some paper lanterns at the supermarket for some festive Lantern mid autumn decorations at Delectable; a couple of these traditional cellophane lanterns caught my eye.. I thought to myself.. "OOoOoO cute!!!!" I bought one of each bird.. and a pig.. and realized.. hmm.. I'm not exactly going to light a candle and walk about town with these... so I thought, Lets show them off in the shop!

Sprouting from lanterns in the window; I started having daily angry bird cupcakes for the store shelves getting little plushie piggies for the display and going nuts with the lanterns! Haha.. I love hearing the kids from outside of our stores going "MOMMY MOMmy!!! ANGRY BIRRRRDSSSS!!!" They are even more thrilled to find angry bird yummies inside! Haha.. it's such a pleasure to hear excitement.

Now that we've gotten the kids happy and thrilled; i wanted to make fun box of 4 mooncakes for the mid autumn festival gifting tradition. Well... mooncakes.. but I didn't want to make the predictable cakes everyone is giving away! They had to be different.. but yet keep to a little hint of tradition and so I thought; lets turn our recent bestsellers, the GIANT macarons into 4 red bean, peanut and black sesame filled box of 'Mooncakes'! They go for just RM45 per set and we will have fresh sets in store for sale on shelf and pre order too if you like.

 

Mooncake Butterfly cookie pops filled with Red bean RM4 each

Contact us at Delectable MIDVALLEY or Delectable treats PAVILION for more details.

Oo.. yes, birds are going for RM28 per box of 3. :P
I've coined a new phrase from this whole phenomenon recently. "So ANGRY! angry like a bird! :P"
Hahahahha ... su is lame. su shall go now.

Love you all.. *blush*

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