Leonardos @ Bangsar

Its about time to officially welcome my other half on board! Introducing my long found lifetime companion...Kent! In fact, I had actually uploaded his pictures without permission in other posts. Since he didn't show any refusal or negative sign, I may just assume that I'd got the 'license' to include him into my blog (Am I right? =D)

Back to the story. It's his birthday and as always, I wanted to make him feels a little bit more special for the day. So, I tried to organise a nice outing for his birthday but what really turnout was; I made him book for our movie tickets, pick me up from my place and later drive himself and me to the pre-booked restaurant (which he forced me to tell him). Is it me that suck in planning or is it him that is too good in getting information from simple-minded-people like me?

Hopefully he is happy with the place I'd chosen.

We were kinda early for dinner (bout 7.30pm) and the place was kinda quiet unlike what I'd expect it should be. It's great though, cos it looks like we got the whole area for our self. 

 

Not sure if the bread is complimentary or not but the distilled water is definitely not! It's the same mineral water we had in Italy! Missed that time!

Mushroom soup for starter followed by.....

....the signature Grilled Pork Neck

The Main No.1 : Hawaiian Pineapple BBQ Pork Ribs

The Main No.2 (Well.., almost) : Pizza that is made from the freshest ingredients with live wormy served.

Luckily Kent was sharp enough to notice that. I mean, I would have just consume the additional 'Protein' if that piece of pizza was serve on my plate. Of course we rejected the whole pizza! It's rather a blessing in disguise if you asked cos wormy just saves us from being stuffed! But that's still not the best part...we were compensated with Tiramisu for our dessert!

Yey!

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Brosche @ Leonardos Bangsar

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Pesto Pasta

There are only two types of people : One that like pesto and one that doesn't. I belong to the earlier and sad enough close people around me don't seem like they know how to appreciate it. Then why do I wanna learn how to make pesto?!

Um...I don't know! When the cooking mood is here, I'll just do it. The truth : I don't realise that no one (minus my dearest) appreciate pesto until it's too late to turn back @_@!

Alright, let's just put some light on the cooking (if I can call this cooking cos the only thing that really need s heat is the pasta!)

 The Ingredients: 1) Equal portion of Sweet Basil and Walnuts 2) Few cloves of Garlics 3) Some Lemon Juice

 Toast or pan fried walnuts. 

 Dunk everything into the blender. Add in 5-6 tablespoon of Olive Oil

 Followed by Lemon Juice

 Some pepper to taste and BLEND!

 Walla!! That's Pesto Paste.

 Real cooking starts here. Get the pasta boiled, drained and mix well with the pesto paste.

All ready to be served.

Oh yes, it tastes exactly like those you ordered in the restaurant (minus some bacon). I actually cooked the whole packet of spaghetti, hoping my dad would wallop all but what happened was actually....

Me   : You have enough already? (Checking the pasta on the table)
Dad  : Oh yes. I am full.
Me    : So much left?
Dad  : I had one bowl already
Mum : Just two bites. He doesn't like it. That's why
Me    : .....
Dad  : It has no taste. I still prefer bolognese. Taste much better.
Mum : Maybe you should add some soy sauce or something (Suggesting Dad)
Me    : .................  =_=
Dad  : Oh...maybe some ketchup too
Me   : ............................................................ =_= !!

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The Eye effect!

I am feeling really too free one evening so I put myself into learning mode. As I'll be attending multiple dinners real soon, I think some make-up practice is really essential for me to survive the night! I mean, the most I normally put on during the day is a sheer base coat that I need it as my sunblock, some powder to control the shiny effect, touching up on my eyebrows and last mascara or eyeliner (I'll usually use both if I am going on a date or something). That's it!

I believe I am kind of like mastered these few basic steps. Anything beyond that is mystery to me =_=!

So, I googled and you-tubed videos for that really simple but gorgeous eye make up tutorials! Why eyes? Erm...well...I guess I am just really curious to know how those gorgeous girls out there get those really huge-eyes effect! I mean, that really turns the whole thing upside down! Even I am totally attracted...Hahahahha...

I stumbled upon this video which is quite what I needed. So I get all my assets (make-up tools) ready and started practising.

and...the result turns out to quite satisfying....

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A more dramatic eyelash will open up the eyes more! Think back, I didn't even bother to put on any base on my face. Really, is just the eye make-up practice that I am really concerned about. I'm not sure if I am able to make miracle happens twice cuz what I did that night was only on my right eyes. Hopefully I don't screw up when I have to make-up both eyes.

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I'd added a layer of fake eyelash at the bottom of my eyes. That gives a total different dramatic effect.

Pray for me that I don't embarrass myself in the dinner (Eg: Eyelash falling, Mascara/Eyeliner smeared) O_o

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Candylicious @ One Utama

Candy Store!!!

Again, I might be over-excited but this is really the largest candy store in Malaysia I'd ever visited. Well, let alone those duty free shop in the airport. This shop, Candylicious, is located in between the old and new wing at One Utama. I'm sure you will not missed it with those huge-colourful-eyecatching-lollipops hanging down the huge tree right at the main entrance of the shop. 

I was a bit nervous and worried that the shopkeeper will chase me out or walk up to me and say "no photos please!" So what happened is that I shoot everything that caught my eyes. (Of course, hiding away from any potential suspected shopkeepers!)

 These are supposed to be glittering Easter Eggs though I didn't manage to capture that effect in the photo.

 That's a HUGE bottle of Hershey's

 Oh yey! Who knows...

 The parade of Lollipops. In fact, I don't remember if I'd ever finished up the whole candy before.

 Hahahah...I love this!

 This is how it should looks like after candies treat.

 Alright, I actually snap this pic without even reading the wrapper. Lets zoom in a little bit for the details.

"Mind Detoxifying Chocolate"

 "Chocolate that knows exactly what it wants"

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Kaya Puff

The title may sounds a little bit ridiculous but that's exactly what I'd did today. In less than half an hour, freshly baked kaya puff is ready to be served (Tribute to my Colleague who serve us with this during her new year open house)

The procedure :-


Step 1 : Butter frozen puff pastry with kaya. You can get all the ingredients from most hypermarket.

I didn't even bother to defrost the frozen puff pastry. Just simply butter over the kaya onto the ready puff pastry and fold it into half. Even I can finish this task in within 10 minutes.

Step 2 :Sit and watch (That's it. The oven will take over from here)

Puffs in preheated oven. I am just gonna let the pictures to do the 'talking' here cos there ain't much I can elaborate more.

 5 minutes

10 minutes (Alright, at this time, the puffs actually got somewhat like melted. Just keep watching)

 15 minutes

 17 minutes (ooo...I am getting nervous)

 18 minutes (Can 'feel' those puffs screaming for ..."Help! help! Its hot in here")

 20 minutes (I think I am going to extend another 1 minute for the golden brown effect on the skin)

 20 minutes (I extended another 1 minute for the golden brown effect on the skin)

20 minutes 30 seconds (Its getting nearer)

  21 minutes (Ops, i think it got burnt a bit)

Step 3 :  Open the oven cover and let the puffs cool down abit

 Puff says : "Ah......that feels better"

 Step 4 : Dig in!

 Its cruncy!!

P/S : Though this is the simplest cooking you can ever imagine, I still suck in cooking. See what I'd done the first time with the same steps.

I actually left the puffs on the rack rather than on the tray. So the puffs turn soft when it got heated and drop onto the oven base. I made a mess out of it!

Hopefully the next time when I bake sardine/tuna puffs, I wouldn't need to do a rehearsal again.

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