Hopping about!

That's what Su's been up to!

With my hair up in a tail, arms stacked with perishables.. I wheel to each and every shop; my blue trolley stacked with even MORE trays of goodies and cakes.
Each morning I make a quick hop from one outlet to the other to fill it up with fresh and yummy treats right before the lunch crowd hits the malls at 12!

Come easter; i'll do this is a bunny suit! Or maybe at christmas wear a beard! heeeh..might scare the children; bad idea. :(

Fight

Nothing good ever comes easy. Without a dash for the finish line or at least tiny struggle or two.
Having something fall right into our laps will never be as fulfilling as something you achieved by going out there and getting it with your own two hands.
People will say things that hurt and those who you thought cared about you will walk away; but everything you hang on to; an object, a person or an idea.. will have more worth. Because you cared to FIGHT.

6,928,198,253 + People out there we estimate to have in the world. It doesn't make me greedy to want to achieve more than the average person, be special or be competitive, it gives me purpose to be on this planet. 70-80 odd years we will all have. I wish at least one dream fulfilled for everyone I care about, and happiness and contentment to the rest who aren't inspired by the pressure to be more.

"Where's your friend?" he asks...

"Well she's right here"... as I point at the empty seat right in front of me. I frown a little as he laughs a little from the silliness of my remark.
It's Denise's chair. Several times a night, we sit by this window; al fresco-Esq with just a touch of air conditioning; but tonight no one's around to share my plate of indulgent late supper or our favourite bottle of Frescobaldi remole.  It's not the same as I run through Delectable events of the day with myself and strike away at my to-do list without having Dee smile to herself as she reads books and browses her pinning crap all over her Pinterest! Some days we find ourselves nonchalantly wasting away our evening to tiramisu, a bottle of wine and laughing about boys like teenage girls.
I truly believe in everyone's heart; there are little compartments we place special people we connect with inside. They are irreplaceable and no matter how far away they may go or be in the world nothing replaces the fact that there will always be a part of you they will have. Each time I feel I've given away all those little compartments to special friends, I meet someone new! and voila!~ I make a new 'compartment' for them! *teehee... I either have a very big heart; or I've started to make compartments in my stomach too! LOL
Dee has taken about more than a week off from work to be free from the cake world and to frolic about in ocean waters... where I know and accept is where she belongs. Her toes in the sand, wavy locks in the clean mountain breeze and endless mugs of long island ice tea! hehe
sigh... 10 days feels like months. *pout*

There's not much about me that she doesn't understand or know... if she hasn't figured it out; I've probably already told her.. we share love for the same people, the sun, the beach, wine, peanut butter, broccoli and potatoes. I bet she knows I miss her right now. LOL she will probably say "It's not like i'm never coming back~" We even share the same thoughts.

Dee asked me the other day... why don't I write anymore... on my blog; why don't I write how I feel or my personal words on the things I create. I couldn't explain myself verbally and I guess from my stuttering and clumsy rambling she understood why. I've become afraid of having my negativity and self consciousness be made permanently published online. Personally I've been going through a rough phase of my life, high's and low's are natural I understand... but I didn't want it to affect my work or seem unprofessional at my job. Tooting my own horn in writing isn't exactly my idea of convincing myself I've made an excellent cake. I have to feel it to speak or write about it. My dexterous and graceful fingers that sing from my heart have recently learnt to sing without a heart that makes music... and only a friend can show you something like that. That is okay sometimes to not beat yourself up over not feeling each and every emotion that comes from work. She's my reassurance and the one who has my back when I need to be inspired; she's brutally honest about the quality of my work and with that I know she cares.

Point is.. I miss her. I wish she'd come home soon. 

The best part is.. it's an ADVENTURE!

With new adventures come new challenges, lessons and friendships. There's nothing I enjoy more than having something exciting and different to tinker with. That's how Delectable came about in the first place; and now.. my baby is 3 years old.. and it's time for our third outlet.

Everyone say hello to Delectable Treats Paradigm mall, Petaling Jaya!
She's about a week old today and I've been on my toes fixing up many little details we've planned for this space.
Unlike the other 2 outlets in The Gardens Midvalley and Pavilion Mall in the city, we will have a larger space here that includes proper seating area and a nice ambiance for afternoon tea and pastry.

I can't wait for our official launch party next week (click here to see how you can win invites); it will be so good to have friends and family gather to celebrate just like we had at our last party. Yummies will be aplenty! Food & wine, new products on shelf and goodies to sample!

There have been some new additions to my pretty Delectable elf family of girls and charming boys. Come say hello to the new faces!! Everyone behind the scenes and at the counters have been working so hard to set things up at the Paradigm Treats outlet.... I wonder how we will cope when our next store opens in July next month! *super excited*!!!
Yup, yet another Delectable store will be unveiled very very soon!

Princesses and Fairytales

Jumped on the bandwagon!

No regrets!
I was hesitant for awhile about making macarons at Delectable. I didn't think the whole macaron craze would actually catch on in Malaysia, but sure enough..

The main big draw so far would probably be our customized cakes and cupcakes, on shelf daily cupcakes and homemade cookies. Since the introduction of our giant macarons, we've expanded our 3 flavours to 6 now and consistent orders have been coming in for tall and mighty macarons towers at birthdays and anniversaries.

It isn't too thrilling to make to be honest, can't do much with the shape.. maybe just the colours and the fillings and the cake I use as an anchor base.

We make the lil guys too! hehe

I can't wait to do a BIG BIG BIG CRAzy tall wedding size one! in white, silver petals, shimmer and all that pretty stuff! Mmm would be fun project to work on. Any to-be brides out there who need something of the sort? hehee

In France

Food tastes better in France,
Pastries are lovelier in France,
Words sounds sexier in French..
Women look better in France..
Even the flowers smell sweeter in France..

Most of us from the East have an explainable obsession for European culture specifically French. *guilty*

...and I would agree i occasional dream of a perfect chocolate covered eclair + espresso alfresco on a sunny day in Paris. 

Time to plan a visit soon!

Lets make em Pretty!

What makes a pretty girl? woman? bride?

It's very similar indeed to what makes a pretty cake.

I know she has to be neat, have symmetry, is sophisticated and adorned with little dainty details. She has to have colour and flair, but not too much! just enough to make an impression. 

Not forgetting, she's got to have good taste and is filled with soft and kind yummyness on the inside! Nobody likes a beautiful colour on the outside; and a stiff, dry, flaky inside! *grin* You know what I mean. heh

and so.. i've got this TO-DO list

Which i generally cherish when I need guidance and discipline at work.

Nothing in it has to do with actually baking cakes. The cake n order lists are posted all over my weekly 'wall' in the yummy cake workroom.
This is more a 'life' list. it has the word BLOG BLOG BLOG written and circled all over it each time it's updated. and you can tell I'm not very good at taking instructions from my list. Haha
The long hiatus has been from a holiday I gave myself just after the mad Chinese New Year rush we had at the Delectable. I went away with the family to a far away land, prettier, colder and definitely more exciting than the daily dose of Kuala lumpur I'm fed with daily.
Now that I'm home; Valentines day hits me in a face like a splash of cold water on a hot and humid Malaysian day! Time to get a whiff of all that LOVE in the air!

My game plan is to start with the littler tasks first and drink many many espresso shots along the way *hehe*

Here's my idea of 'little' cakes

Cute EH!?

I can't wait for more orders for these cupcakes so i can make a host of different designs on them.

Love in Red, White and Gold

Love is never but a simple thing. It is so easy to forget how clearly it can be defined.

Love is patient 

Love is kind

Love it does not envy

Love it does not boast

Love it is not proud

Love it is not rude

Love it is not self seeking

Love it is not easily angered

Love keeps no record of wrongs

Love does not delight in evil

Love rejoices with the truth

Love always protects

Love always trusts

Love always hopes

Love always persevered

Love never fails.

- Corinthians 

The colour red of passion, white of purity and gold of great value or worth encompasses much there is about love.

Out Hops the Rabbit and In Comes The Year of the DRAGON!

People are getting excited about what luck the dragon year brings; and how dragon babies are going to change the world etc..etc.. *laughs* I'm more worried about how difficult it will be to make mini dragons out of sugar for my cupcakes! Hehe.. I'll show everyone soon how I work my way around it this Chinese New Year! Still can't decide if it's proper to do a full fierce looking chinese dragon or just a cutesy friendly one the kids will love.

As the Chinese New Year draws real close; I've been getting many enquiries on hamper baskets and gift ideas for the season, as of now; I've put out some options for people to purchase off shelf and we have also been taking bulk orders for these as well. Not many are left; but my elves and I are busy fulfilling more requests for customized gifts!

I guess it'll be a full week of basket and tray hunting for me!
I've recently scoured some huge gold ingots with lids and decided to fill them with lots of delicious goodies as new year gifts! I think they look so auspicious and grand! There are a few variations to these, they also come in a range of prices from RM48 to RM288. I would suggest to come by to our stores to check them out of email us in advance what sort of quantities and budgets you're interested to find. I can always tailor make them to your liking if you purchase more than a couple.

Oh YES! We've got a special running for this Chinese New Year season! Our pink and yellow XL cookie tins priced at RM78 will be having a RM10 Discount!! valid from the 1st to the 31st of January! They are filled with giant chocolate chip walnut cookies and it's a perfect gift to bring visiting family and friends when new year comes along. If you would like to just purchase the tins without the Chinese prosperity sticker in the front; they are discounted too; and we have some stock in store :)

Check out our facebook page and follow us for more updates on discounts, specials and new products on shelf! 

For something more up to date; follow us on twitter! YAY!!