I too believe in 1 Malaysia.

This blog of mine will probably never display my personal ideals or perspective on local politics. *laugh*
But then again.... this post is about the faith I have in 1 Malaysia and our Prime Minister on his birthday last weekend. From initially having 2 weddings to maneuver; I eventually landed myself into a 6-cake situation all due about the same time. Needless to say; there wasn't much sleep or eating going on that weekend for Su. haha
Cake requests for the Prime Minister's office and private residence came from left and right. All of them on short notice and I could only make promises I was confident to keep. It was a hectic weekend for the elves and I; my family was helping enthusiastically as well. We did them with pride and we gave each cake all the effort we could afford. This was pretty exciting! It's my first time creating 4 cakes for the same person! haha
Datuk Najib Tun Razak; our PM believes very much in the 1 Malaysia campaign; which many of his supporters have requested the cake to be it's logo and cakes which represented the 1 Malaysia idea. I personally love the idea of 1 Malaysia :)

1Malaysia strongly to emphasizes national unity, ethnic tolerance. The 2010 values of 1Malaysia as articulated by Najib Razak are perseverance, a culture of excellence, acceptance, loyalty, education, humility, integrity, and meritocracy.^[2]

I have just naively wrote a short note to our PM. I do wonder if he'll ever read it personally.
hehe.. I was about to forward it to him via the public voice website for 1 Malaysia.. but *shrug* it would be funny if he ever did respond.

Dear Mr Prime Minister; YAB Dato' Sri Haji Mohd. Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak

Happy Belated Birthday to you! I hope you had a pleasant celebration with your family and friends last weekend.

I’m sure you are very busy and have an extremely tight schedule so here’s a brief Hello from me. My name is Su; I’ve just recently returned to Malaysia from my studies and travel abroad and have begun a small business selling designer cakes and desserts in several shopping malls about town. I run Delectable by Su; and bake fancy couture cakes for weddings, birthday and the sort.

In the short time that I’ve been back; I’ve come to realize and appreciate the true beauty of our country; the people and its diversity. Just like the many Malaysians who stand behind your projection of 1 Malaysia; I strongly believe it’s ability to cultivate a wonderful country to call home in years to come. I want to take this opportunity to share with you the photos of the cakes that I’ve been commissioned to create for you by those who trust and love you dearly as well bid you a grateful “thank you” for the work and commitment you’ve selflessly put into bringing 1 Malaysia to life for us.

I understand this note to you is pretty informal and by no means I intend for it to be disrespectful, but here’s a big birthday *hug and appreciative smiles from all of us at Delectable. I sincerely hope your host of dedicated staff and beloved family enjoyed the cakes we were very honoured to have had the opportunity to make for you this year.

Thank you Sir!

xoxo;

Su + the Delectable Elves

Whilst delivering the cakes in the morning; dad and I had a joke in the car..
It was pretty early in the morning.. and we were to drive the cake to his private residence where deliveries were made to the kitchen. I said to dad;
It would be major cool if I bumped into Mr.PM perched over the breakfast table with his morning coffee, toast in hand, striped pyjamas and his newspaper. He'd look up and I'd wish him a big wholesome; HappY BIRTHDAY!! haha imagine him putting his toast down.. smiling and holding up a peace sign responding with a "YO!"
Hahahaha that'd be so awesome; and completely just a fantasy. LOL
... he wasn't there :( no breakfast table and no sight of Mr Prime Minister. *giggle*

maybe NEXT YEAR!??!! I wonder if he wears striped pyjamas... :P haha

Driven by a brand new Adventure - Delectable TREATS!

"I can't believe I'm standing in front of someone's dream"

.....said Raymond with a hug and smile.

Taking each step forward towards this Delectable 'dream' of mine has been unreal.

It's often a cycle where I find myself going through the same little sequences of stress, horror and then triumphant moments. I don't think I'll ever tire of it. I don't deny my occasional whine-spree which everyone is probably tired of hearing *giggle* sorry... heee.. But yes; i love my job and everything that comes with it.

In the past year I've learnt so much from running our Delectable Designer cake Studio up at The Gardens Mall midvalley. We have gradually introduced new and seasonal items onto our shelves which have eventually now become permanent favourites with our customers. It wasn't exactly rocket science to figure out that it would be a good idea to add on more varieties and quantities of these things that everyone began coming back for.
With the help of feedback from our lovely elves and customers; it helped us at production understand what we had to do with TREATS! Most of what I've put up in our new menu comprises of family secrets; favourites and a host of sweet treats which are personal. They've got a story to them and most of the recipes I've chosen to use mean something special to me.
From little fun things my mom used to make for us at home to concoctions I fed my housemates back in Sydney; I've touched them up and made them Delectable!

Just recently we've had an introductory launch for an opportunity to hand out samples of our products and to celebrate with our Delectable family and fans over mingle and wine. It was a fun evening for my elves and I. We did our best with the short time that we had to bring out piping hot savoury foods and a sampler dish each of our new cakes + desserts.




I want to thank everyone for the gifts; for the support; advice; for coming.. just for EVERYTHING! I truly truly appreciate all the love showered onto what we do and sharing the excitement with us has made it such a memorable experience for the elves and I.

FOR MORE PICTURES OF THE EVENT and TO ADD US ON FACEBOOK; CLICK HERE! Fan's get many perks such as exclusive party invites and pre-order priority specials ;)

Will have stories for everyone with how things are running with Delectable Treats here soon. <3

It's been a week now since the first day; and there still is some fair bit of tidying up to do in terms of our products and shop displays.

The temporary hoarding comes down...

So proud to reveal our brand new Delectable offspring! *giggle*
An adventure begins in the morning.
*JUMPS AROUND with excitement!!!*
Kay... I'm not exactly ready for our Treats products to be out 100% at this point; but it's the first day of business at 10am tomorrow. Have got no option! The 15th is HERE!
We're gonna have some of our most popular items out first and the newbies will join us gradually in the next couple of days.

The Treats store looks awesome! I'm so happy with it! I have my dad and sis to thank for organizing the construction of it; and of course; the carpenters and contractors who worked through the nights to make it all happen in 5 days! *phew*...It wasn't easy and there were of course many bumps in the road; but *shrug* needn't talk about it anymore! haha THE SHOP IS BEAUTIFUL! YAYYyyy~!!

I'm going to bed now.. I have to be up early early to help get the Delectable stuff out super fresh!
I probably have to count 10000 sheep before this excitement wears off... teehee*
xoxo!!

How much do our material 'things' define us?

These are just super fun to make. Most of the time; I dont get to meet the lucky individuals I make the cakes for, but I get to know them from the many funny details and nice things their loved ones share about them.
To everyone else; the collection of items and details on the cake may look a little queer; but to the recipient and people close to them, it could mean the world! That's whats great about these... it's a personal sorta thing; nobody else has to understand or share it you with :)

If i were to create a personal assemblage for myself... Hmm.. I would probably have my macbook, blackberry, lil cuddly toys, a jar of peanut butter (spoon stuck inside), my doodle book + sketch pad, nikon DSLR.. and.. and.. and a big bowl of Instant noodles! *laughs*
What would you have on yours?

Step 2: Branch out!

Yeah!!!! *jumps around*
Su has made Delectable Designer Cakes a fun "Treat"filled offspring! *giggle*
A little less than 2 years ago; there was...
Step 1: THE DREAM!
1.1: First outlet (The Gardens Mall Midvalley City) - check
1.2: Make it awesome - check ;).. damn straight! hahaha
1.3: Improve on concept; fix inconsistencies; strive to be more than just awesome - check

Step 2: Open another one? hahaha - check! WOOO!
It was an incredible run for Su and it's now time to grow those ideas that have been hanging around. It never ends... I constantly find ways to torture myself haha. I'm loving it! The current outlet is going to always be our main studio space where I have my clients and friends come in for consultations sessions on designer projects; but we've got to find more convenient ways for our fans to reach our Delectable goodies no?

TREATS will have all those lovely freshly baked desserts you've come to love at Delectable but in more varieties and flavours! I've been really busy with the artwork, photography, shop construction, staffing, recipe testing, tasting too of course! haha loads more to do... we open in less than a WEEK!

Where are we at? Pavilion Mall; Kuala Lumpur city center. Sandwiched between TGI Fridays and Times Bookstore on lvl 6.
The shop is looking pretty good up to this point; there are just so many many little finicky bits to finally getting it up and running. I'm going nuts with this! really nuts... having the same issues I had with myself a year ago; striving for perfection and running on no sleep for days.. I would have probably passed out if not for the daily dosages of Ribena and caffeine haha.


www.delectabletreats.com.my Will hopefully be up soon! OMG JUST SO FREAKING EXCITED! *phew* haha it's ridiculous; I can't sleep; I can't relax.. just major hyper all the time! I'll keep everyone updated.
Still lots to do... the clock is ticking; and I've got a million things undone.
Will make time to post pictures of yummy fun cakes tomorrow!

Goodnight world!

And just like that... They fell in love

I perched myself at the mall entrance for a late lunch this evening. Good breeze, tiled sidewalks, view of the fountain...it's always really nice to have a brief escape from the air conditioning inside.
My attention was drawn to a yellow striped Delectable box swinging past. A young boy had it by the ribbon. He walked up to a pretty girl sat right next to me. She squealed in delight when she saw him come by. "CUPCAKES!" she exclaimed. He responded with proud nod; "All 3 them are the chocolate teddy flavour!"
She was so thrilled how he remembered her favourite.
I was just as thrilled as she was haha... trying hard not to burst out in smiles and giggles myself. I sneakily watched as they cuddled up close to each other and shared our little Delectable cake. She made him eat around the bear and snapped at him each time he threatened to bite it's head off. They were so cute to watch!
What really gave away my obvious eavesdropping was when I overheard her say; "These moments are why I love you."
I was SO close to whipping out my cellphone and taking a photo of them with my camera! SO CLOSE! Didn't exactly want to freak them out or spoil their moment with my personal "AWwwww... that's so sweettt"

I'm sure many of us are lucky to remember what falling for someone felt.
It's the time when..
You wake up in the morning grinning to yourself
Butterflies never seem to settle in your tummy causing you to giggle at random
You hold on to your phone waiting for it to ring, beep, or just SOMETHING already dammit!
Everyone you know stares at your bright cheery eyes; they know something's up.
You can't run from it; and you can't hide either.. it's just written all over your pathetic love sick face! hehe.

I looked down at my boost juice and veg roll dinner....*pout* I want to fall in love with Jo all over again.