August...

It's a month that always makes me remembering him.

Even though everything is not present anymore,

Even though I have left it in the past.

But... those memories.

That one night specifically.

The night when his arms was everything,

the night when he slept like a baby while I couldn't sleep,

the night when he suddenly woke up after midnight,

the night when he thought I was sleeping,

he tightened his arms on me and kissed my forehead softly.

The night that I felt so loved.

Maybe I can forget everything about us,

but I will always remember that night.

today, this year's August has come to the end,

and I should really start making new memory :)

Last week, there was a massive thunderstorm in Melbourne.

The good part is we could see a perfect amazing rainbow after :)

This is what you call natural beauty.

*pic taken from Monash University Facebook page

Other than baking and cooking, I am in urge to travel.

What is in my mind at home, at work, on the road is travelling, travelling and holiday-ing.

Bad bad bad!

My friend said to me yesterday 'As you're going to Indonesia soon and you probably need to go back to Indonesia later on start of next year for your friend's wedding, then you have planned your next-year holiday as well in May and July, why don't you resign from your job let say March or April next year, going back to Indo for good then you can go holiday around the world and when you're back you can then find a new job wherever you want.'

One sentence from me after 'Talking only is always easy, when you're going to do it, it's not that easy and simple as words.'

But I should probably think about it.... ?

I've been craving for pasta lately... any pasta but maybe carbonara the most.

So I decided to find recipe instead of  buying it twice a week, draining my wallet.

Well, here it is!

Surprisingly this is good, and I notice it actually tastes better when it's not too hot. Weird!

1-1/2 tsp olive oil

2 shallot, diced

1/2 large onion, peeled and sliced

250 gr bacon

2 clove garlic, chopped

250 gr fettuccine

2 egg yolks

125 ml cream

90gr parmesan cheese, shredded

salt and pepper

Direction:

1. Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Fry shallots until softened. Stir in onion and bacon, and cook until bacon is evenly browned. Stir in garlic when bacon is about half done. Remove from heat.

2. Boil pasta in a lightly salted water. Cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente. Drain pasta, then return it to the pan.

3. Whisk together egg yolk, cream and shredded parmesan. Pour the bacon mixture over the pasta, stir in the cream mixture. Season with salt and pepper.

And you're done!!! Enjoy!!

Damn, I want all of these so badly!

Current obsession: Ankle strap heels with block heels or wedges will do as well

Someone please get me one of these.

I really can't find one with the reasonable price here in Melbourne

Last time I saw one, very good... it was Celine. Damn!

the below pic was taken from kryzuy.com

Found this in one of the department store in Melbourne.

This is something new... hmmmm.... 

Cute and funny, huh?

After making macaron for the past 2 weeks, I have a lot a lot of leftover egg yolks.

So try to find something using egg yolks and tadaaaaa....

Swiss roll! Trust me, it used load of egg yolks

Lunch today for me, my housemate and my sister.

Happy overload! :)

Recipe from here but I don't make the dipping sauce, I just use normal tomato sauce and it's really good alrd.

Enjoy!

Sunday baking, another chocolate macaron batch.

But this time, I use chocolate ganache for the filling which is taste way way better :))

I use different recipe and it turns out not as smooth as before but the feet is much formed and better, so not sure what causing it. Still need to practice a lot to make it perfect.

Recipe:

Ingredients:

225gr plain flour

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp baking soda

115 gr butter

100 brown sugar

1 egg

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

113 gr white sugar

Sift together the dry ingredients and set aside. Cream the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer using the paddle attachment. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until combined. Add the sifted dry ingredients and beat until just blended.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Form dough into 1 1/2 inch balls. Place each ball in a cup of a greased mini muffin tin. Bake 10 to 12 minutes until edges are browned and crackled, the centers will not be completely set. Remove the cookies from the oven and use shot glass to make a small, deep well in the center of each cookie and fill with your Nutella. Transfer cookies to a rack to cool completely.

Probably should have one in my house later on :))

I did it! Finally I tried to make macaron. Fiuhhh...

It was such a messy process. Everything needs to be extremely clean or else your macaron won't be perfect.

But at last, I am happy with the results.

For the first time in making macaron, I am happy how it turns out.

It does not have the very perfect perfect feet but at least I get some in it :)

I will try to make again some more later until it is perfect.