Cupcakes For All Season

Have been getting quite a lot of order for cupcakes lately. Wanna see them?

Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Frosting

Banana Walnut Cupcake with Cheese Frosting

Don't you think the ladybirds are cute? It's make from chocolate

Blueberry Cupcakes with Blueberry Jam N Butter Frosting

Assorted Christmas Cupcake

You like it?

Make more than 100 cupckes for sales in E&O Hotel during the IWA Christmas Bazaar. Can't believe it that it was all sold out with 2 hours

Lovely?

These were also sold out at the IWA Christmas Bazaar

The girls favourite

Chocolate Cupcakes with Butter Vanilla Frosting

How about this?

My little daughter love this

More pattern to go

With some smarties chocolate

Mud Chocolate Cupcake with Chocolate Frosting

This is for my customer daughter birthday party

For time being, I shall stop making cupcakes for a short period. Now is fruit cake and christmas stollen season.

How Much Is A Slice Of Cake?

Hubby were away on a business trip for a week. Apa lagi???? I become single for a week. Wahaha....................... Off course, I am having lots and lots of fun but at the same time feeling sad too. No personal driver to drive me around. No walking atm with me. I hate eating alone too. Luckily, my youngest sister is back for a holiday. So, yesterday I took my sister to Parkroyal Hotel for a lunch at Cool Bananas. Nice name leh............................. wonder why they call it cool bananas? Hmmmmm......................

cool bananas....................

See the plastic bananas? They are lots of deco using bananas inside the restaurant. There were quite a lot of customers inside so, we got to sit outside.

We ordered a pizza. Choose 4 of your favourite filling. They will have a list for you to pick. We got share this. How does it taste. I will say it was great. We pay RM39 for this pizza. It's a crispy base. We have choosen tuna, smoke turkey, pineapple and mushroom. Some might say that I am so stupid to pay this amount for this pizza but the food is good leh. Hey, this is not the road side pizza I am talking about leh. The 2 of us really enjoy it.

How much do you think I pay for this 1 slice of Chocolate Truffle Cake that come with a scoop of Haagen Dazs? It's RM28!!! RM28 for a slice of cake and a scoop of ice cream wor.................... BUT the cake tasted so great. I will say it's worth for the price. It's really yummy. If I have the chance again, I will be back again but this time I must bring along my walking atm.

People will pay RM50 for 1 durian, RM70 for lobster, RM50 for a small bowl of sharkfin soup and why can't I pay RM28 for a slice of cake that tasted so good? You don't eat that everyday rite? Off course, I can't afford to eat that everyday too. But, in life we want to experience certain things mah.

Parkroyal Hotel, Penang

Tel : 04-881 1133

Beautiful Wedding Cakes

I received an order last week from a couple who will be having their wedding at Lone Pine Batu Ferringhi. It's a garden wedding. Shiok rite? Moreover, it's going to be by the sea. So ........................... romantic. This couple is from Ipoh and they come all the way to Penang just to hold their wedding dinner here. Fuyoh!!!

The bride wanted her cake to be in white but no royal icing or fondant. Therefore, I suggested mousse. After 15mins of discussion, she finally agreed to my idea. She is not a difficult person to deal with. She just want her cupcakes to be simple and nice. The most important things - do not put alot cream. So, I made her LYCHEE MOUSSE CAKE. 50 small cakes and 1 big one. We did not put all her small cakes on the cake tier. Let me show you.........................

There is suppose to be bouquet of white roses on the top cake which they did not put up yet.

This is how her small cake look like. Nice leh. On top, is a petal of white rose which I sprinkle with some satin dust.
Nice and simple. White represent PURE............

I normally will make a few more extra cakes whenever I do something. This is just in case something bad happen and I will have some extra one. After that, I try to play around with the balance one and do some decoration with them. Later, what hapen is ............................. I gave away the cakes to some friends and they love it.

This is the one that I like, with some pink hearts and sprinkle with some silver dust.

This one is yellow hearts and some silver balls at the side.

Some big red hearts at the side and some gold dusts on top.

Hubby say he likes this one better wor ...............................

So, which one do you like? I will be busy again this weekend coz I had another order - 180 chocolate mint cupcakes. Yup! This is for wedding as well. L'abeille, you like the cakes moh? If you hold your wedding in Penang, I will surely do for you one.

What Are A Chef To You?

I were on the phone with my friend few days ago and all of a sudden, we begin to bring back old stories about our working life in hotel. Ya, ya, ya! I am a ex-hotelier. Nothing to be hu-har about. Hotelier life is fun and also boring at times. But, what me and my friend were talking about that day is about the chefs. Yes, those CHEFS who think they are the smartest. So, what is a chef to you? And let me share with you what are a chef to us. I am going to make a very simple way of explanation.

To us there are many types of chefs. Here it goes :-

1. COOKING CHEF

Ok! You might say that I am talking nuts here. All chefs can cook mah! You just read on. To us, cooking chefs means he or she can really do their work one - whom can cook deliciously and also having consistency all the time. A good chefs will know their ingredients well and able to accept customers criticism to improve themselves.

2. IT CHEF

IT chef is a person who damn good in using his pc or laptop but cannot handle pan and pots properly. It's true. Don't underestimate this chefs. They can be better than any of us at anytime. What do a IT chef do? Apa lagi? Stick with the pc or laptop all the time lar. Ahem!!! Not that they are doing work with the pc but looking for some other interesting site. What else? Searching and looking at those humsap pictures lar. I no bluff you one. That is what 1 of the chef did when I were in his office. Lagi, he dare to tell me that girl got big boobsss wor........... What were my reaction? I f*ck him no time lar.

3. PAPER CHEF

That is our favourite phrase to many chefs among me and my other colleagues last time. Why? Most of the time they will just sit down in the office and write and write. Don't know what they hell they write. Why we call them paper chef? Very simple, can write but cannot cook. That's simple. Not that they are busy planning or writing recipe but don't know what the hell they write also.

4. HUMSAP CHEF

Ok. No deny men are born to be humsap. But being humsap also must have gaya and standard lar, rite or not? Sometimes, I find this chefs make men look so cheap. Sorry lar for saying that but it's so true. Eyes see, mouth also want to talk ok BUT hands also want to touch, that is too much liau leh. Some sales person who are ladies normally like to wear sexily to visit the chefs during their sales-call. That is purposely one lar. Then, some chefs will off look mah. Aiyah! Free one who don't look, I also will do the same lar. Afterthat, the mouth also open and begin his humsap talk. Later, pretend to put the hand on the should and raba raba. No deny, some sales girl allow that to happen. Why? Because they want to get sales lar. Even this humsap chefs also dare to disturb their own fellow colleagues one.

5. CHICKEN CHEF

There are also chef who are 'chicken' with no balls. They will talk like a loud speaker in front of people but when problem comes, they cabut liau and don't dare to come out to face it. Who will get it? Off course the assistant and the rest of his team lar.

There are more but this are the quite famous one the we normally call them. To me most chefs had got very bad temper. It's true! In front of a customer they are damn so good but at the back of the kitchen ................ fly pan and pots lar. Sometimes plate also. At times, if they are not in the good mood, I pity the subordinate who kena f*ck with no reason. Also, most chefs cannot accept people comments and criticism. It's very very true. I have come across where I told the chef that my customers commented on the dishes and the answer given is, the food is like that already and we are not going to change. Ok lor! Don't change mah don't change lor. If GM ask, I will just answer like how the chef tell me only mah. Apart from that, chefs are very old-fashion at times. They can't accept new stuff. 1 example, have you eaten konnyaku jelly in a hotel? NO RITE? But everyone know about it and most properly our mum had been making it very often too. Chefs always think that they have a good food bible and that's it. They are going to follow it and not going to change. Come on! Technology are improving and so does food ingredients. That is why certain company wanted to hired foodtologist. For what? To improve lar.

Maybe, you could be a hotelier or a ex-hotelier. You can be a non-hotelier too. So, have you come across any chef that you know that have funny attitude that you wish to share?

Note : The above comments are base on my experience. Photos are taken from http://www.fotosearch.com/photos-images

Cupcakes - Chocolate & Strawberries Series

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday Happy Birthday

Happy Birthday to you...............................

My friend, Feon called up to ask me if I am free to make cakes today and I told her it's ok if not a complicated one. Then, she told me it was our friend Karen who will be celebrating her birthday today. Aiyoh!!! If like that lagi can make for her lar no matter what. So, I have make some cupcakes for her and it's from me and Feon.

Happy Birthday Seow Seow! We call her Seow because she is a funny lady. Smile most of the time. This is a Chocolate and Strawberry series cupcakes ........................ specially for Karen, from me and Feon.

There are 11 cupcakes all together.

I also used red and white roses to decorate

Have a nice day and I hope you will love the cakes. Hear from Feon, Karen will be putting a nite over at Paradise Sandy Beach Resort with the husband. Woi!!! You going to make baby there kah. Tonite, the production is over at Paradise lar. Hahahaha......... Anyhow, just make sure you don't wake up all the hotel guests only. Once again, Happy Birthday!!!

This 4 cupcakes I made it specially for Feon. She had been very busy lately with the hotel functions. And I knew she is very tired too. Moreover, her little boy is not feeling well too. So, I think she had not been getting enough sleep too. Therefore, I had make another 4 more cupcakes to send over to her. Hope this will cheer her up. It's not easy being a mummy. But, that is our duty as a mother. You have a nice weekend!

Happy Birthday WomanBizSENSE

We celebrate our WomanBizSENE 1st birthday at Eastern & Oriental Hotel last Friday (27 July 2007). WomanBizSENSE are a group of business ladies where we get together to exchange information or contacts. Joe and Krista were the one who started this group. Many might feel that we ladies have nothing to do and sit gather to gossip. NO WE DON'T!!! This is none of our business. Here, we have ladies who run business such as Real Estate, Internet, Education, Music, Art, Food, Advertising, Financial Planning and etc etc etc. Krista were fast and she wrote about this already. I am bit slow this time. After talking, we did not realise apart from me and Krista, Shiela also had got a blog but I did not manage to get her blog name.

We really had a good time gathering together. The ladies were sharing among ourselves what had happen for the past few months. Joe also invited a speaker to speak to us - using Management Skill in our family. I will tell you more on the next post but now I want to show you the pictures of us at 1885 in E & O Hotel.

This is the private room that Harriet manage to arrange for us.

Nice room, rite? This is where we ladies have our English afternoon tea.

The ladies are catching up with one another.............

Sharing idea .....................????

Our invited speaker, Mazlifah (retired HR Manager of INTEL)

Our seat are nicely arrange with our name tag. So nice............

Nice tarts.............. taste yummy too. Simple and tasty.

Sandwiches and scones

Food were good in 1885 but the most important thing is who we are eating with. We have so many lovely ladies there to share their experience, ideas and bla bla bla. It's so nice to catch up with them. This is my personal thanks to Chef Bob Lee(Executive Chef), Chef Mariam(Pastry Chef) and the Pastry Team for the nice pastry that had prepared. I will be attending another event in E&O coming Oct 07 which is organised by Food Friends. If I have any gathering with my friends, I will surely return to 1885. Hope I will still get the same service again. For anyone who love a quiet and cozy ambiance, I recommend you to drop by here to experience it yourself.

Eastern & Oriental Hotel

10, Lebuh Farquhar

10200 Penang

Tel : 604-222 2182

Website : www.e-o-hotel.com

Wedding Venue

As I have promised, let me present you where my friends and I went to check out for a venue for her wedding dinner - Paradise Sandy Beach Resort, Penang.

Since it's almost dinner time Feon (Assistant Sales Manager) invited us for dinner and we only wanted something special therefore we had chosen Delifrance. I always love to eat at Delifrance since my school day. Anyway, I am a bread lover. Want to see what we had ate?

I had croissant. That is good enough for me.

Ceaser Salad with Nuggets. They were very generous with the parmesan cheese and this make the salad taste so great. Yum yum!!!

Seafood Platter................

This is the Devil Chicken. All of us agreed that the chicken is good. Next time when you are there, do give it a try.

Now the eating session is over and we better hurry up with our main purpose there - view the ballroom and the rooms too. Don't want to take up too much of the sales person time too. Oh ya!!! The sales person who show us around is Feon, very nice lady. It's already 7pm and it's not so nice to take up her time so much. Later, we manage to meet up with Mr. Peter Tan who is incharge of Food & Beverage. If I am not mistaken he is the Director of Operation. Very nice guy.

Let me show you their nice ballroom ....................

This is an area outside the ballroom. I guess it's almost 2,000++ sq. If you are planning for a BBQ part, this venue can be consider. Eh!!! Anyone want to organise a Blogger Party here?

My friend is planning to have her Tea Ceremony outside the ballroom. The Hotel also provide guest a room for Tea Ceremony if it's request. But I think this area out the ballroom is good enough. Spacious also.

Laguna Ballroom. It can go up to 45 tables and the maximum is 55 tables.

The ceiling height is just nice. Not too high and not too low. So, it's easier for the hotel staff to do any decoration if it's being requested by customers.

This is the stage.

This is the invitation cards supply by Paradise Sandy Beach. There are 2 colours for you to choose. Red or Beige. My friend is going to pick the beige colour. I think they are providing one of the nice looking invitation card in Penang.

We were being informed that there will be a Bridal Fair next week. I used my camera to snap a picture from their brochure. So, you can see the details above. During this fair, you will be able to see Bridal Make-up Demonstration, Feng Shui Talk, Ice Carving Demonstration, Baba Nyonya Wedding Presentation, Grand Bridal Show, Traditional Bridal Show and Art of Cake Dressing. There will also be buffet dinner. So, do not miss this opportunity. Married already? Still can go mah!!! For what? Aiyoh!!! Take this opportunity to visit Paradise Sandy Beach, you might be also planning for some other party, gathering or dinner. I told Feon that during my 10th wedding anniversary, I will consider going to their hotel and she say 10th anniversary will be long to go. Woi!!! I am already married for 7 years and just another 3 more years to go only. Anyone want to join me there?

After that, we went to have a look at the rooms. If you confirm your wedding dinner to be held there, you will be given a free Bridal Suite. Feon show us one of the Suite Room. Honestly, I love the room. Why? It's beautiful. Most hotels used white bed cover and nothing so big deal about their room but here in Paradise Sandy Beach is different. No wonder my cousins told me their rooms were FANTASTIC when there were here in Penang 1 month ago.

This is the living room

In the Suite, there is a Kitchen too. Isn't it great???

This is the living room. Do you see the picture on the wall. It's beautiful but I could not take a good picture. You know what? I were told that the pictures were taken by their General Manager and later enlarge it to make it into posters. Fuyoh!!! Not only that, all the posters in rooms are taken by their General Manager too. *if only I have a chance to meet him, I must learn from him already*

The balcony................. facing the sea. Romantic?

The most beautiful part.............. the bedroom. Don't you think room is nice? The room is so damn romantic. I almost want to sleep on the bed already.

So, how do you think of this hotel? Nice or not? Any bloggers from other state travelling to Penang and looking for a place to stay? You can consider Paradise Sandy Beach. Not too far from Gurney Drive. It's only about 10mins drive. This is surely a good venue for holidaymaker too. I almost forget to tell you that they have a very nice beach too. The beach just at the back of the hotel. I am not too sure whether they do arrange for wedding cocktail near the beach or not. If yes, it's going to be really really romantic.

I will update you with some of their food promotion later. So, if any of you are planning for your wedding do remember to visit Paradise Sandy Beach on 28 - 29 July 2007.

*this is not an advertisement nor sponsored post. this post is written base on my experience*

HAVE A NICE WEEKEND TO ALL MY READERS AND FANSEE!!!