Homemade Fettucine Carbonara

Just because we still got some left over ingredients from the Alfredo we made last week, extra fettucine and parmesan cheese, so we made carbonara this week. More like he made it.

So this is the list of the new ingredients for carbonara:

Bacon chips (we couldn't get bacon bits, so we had to cut it ourselves)

2 cups (400ml) of pure cream

1 pack of parmesan cheese (preferably, freshly grated ones)

4 eggs

Fry the bacon with just a bit of olive oil, because bacon will produce its own oil. Medium heat.

Meanwhile, mix the cream, cheese and 4 eggs. (depends there are how many of them to feed, and don't use too much of cheese.) Stir throughly.

Cook the fettucine in boiling salted water at the side.

Drain the pasta if cooked.

Then pour the pasta into the pan with the bacons.

Add the eggs, cream and cheese mixture.

Mix well, make sure the pasta is coated with the creamy sauce.

Season with salt and ground black pepper, and extra parmesan cheese handed around separately.

Remember to cut the bacon into bits.

Not really THAT good, still can improve ;D

"I'ma do the things that I wanna do,

I ain't got a thing to prove to you,

I eat my candy with the pork and beans,

excuse my manners if I make a scene."

Pork and Beans - Weezer.

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Teh Tarik Place @ Empire Shopping Gallery

Cheap, fast, and simple. If that's what you like for your quick bite or afternoon tea like me. I won't say the food is excellent, just average. But the service wasn't really what I expected.

My all-time favorite. Teh tarik.

Roti Bakar with butter and kaya.

Indomeeeeeeeeee.

French toast.

He's more like a poser compared to me =.=''

That's the end of it. Peace out guys.

"From Malaysia with LOVE."

Teh Tarik Place.

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Fettucine All'Alfredo

"This simple recipe was invented by a Roman restaurateur called Alfredo, who became famous for serving it with a gold fork and spoon."

Too bad I used stainless steel ones. =.=

I have always loved pasta. And Alfredo seemed to be the easiest to make, but the ingredients are quite costly.

Oh yea one thing, my so-called Alfredo not the kind of ready-made alfredo gravy in a packaging can or glass container one ok, my alfredo gravy here is 100% homemade *proud*

So this is what the boyfriend and I prepared for the pasta:

Preparation: 1-2 minutes. Cooking: 10-12 minutes.

Parmesan cheese, shaved & plus extra to serve (preferably freshl

y grated ones, depending on how you like your dish)

1/2 cup of President butter (or just normal butter)

2 cups (400ml) of Pure cream (even better, get double cream)

Fettucine

Salt & ground black pepper for seasoning

When cooking,

1. Cook the fettucine in salted water until boil for few minutes.
2. Meanwhile, add the butter in a hot large pan, then pour the pure cream. Let it boil.
3. Add 1/4 cup of parmesan cheese (remember: extra for serving)
4. Season it with salt and ground black pepper. Taste.
5. Turn off heat, add the cooked fettucine, mixed it. Make sure it is all coated with the gravy.
6. SERVE when hot with extra parmesan cheese handed around separately.

As for us, we prefer it to be really creamy and cheesy. What an awesome job we did in the kitchen.

p/s: can't wait for the boyfriend to cook salmon for me ;D ;D ;D

"Better shut up or get shot down,

it's all about the know how all just a matter of taste,

stop telling me the way I gotta play now,

too much food on my plate."

Too Much Food - Jason Mraz

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Chocolate French Toast

This isn't the first time I cook already, but it was my first time trying 2 new dishes. Nik and I were tired of eating out too often so we decided some dishes to make and picked up the ingredients at supermarket.

The first dish was Chocolate French Toast. Caught the recipe on AFC, and thought it was a different kinda thing to try out. Haha.

Here are some tips from me, do not use the normal white wholemeal bread that you always eat like I did, try using french loaf instead, because normal white wholemeal bread are waaay too soft.

And, when making good french toast isn't really about the way you mix the mixture, it's all about the heat and the pan. Medium-Low is perfect.

4 eggs

1/2 cup of milk

2 tbsp of vanilla extract

1 cup of cocoa powder

1/2 cup of brown sugar (you can add more if you like your toast sweeter)

Mix that all up and soak the bread. Then at the pan, add olive oil & a pat of butter to cook your bread.

You might be wondering why not use those melted chocolate for it instead of cocoa powder, well, the chef on the show I was watching was right, because cocoa powder has a lot of true chocolate flavor in it, unlike those normal milk chocolates.

Try it yourself at home. You'll love it ;D

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I'm aware I'm alive,

all these places feel like home."

Chocolate - Snow Patrol.

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When you put love into words

He thinks of me even when he's busy.

Just a random post before bed & after all the studying ;p

"The smell of your skin,

the taste of your kiss,

the way you whisper in the dark."

Amazed - Lonestar.

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Messing around with the Sportylicious

Fine cars, fine people. Nothing else you can describe. This awesome light-weighted, powerful, sportylicious Lotus 160 definitely make heads turn on the road.

Nevertheless, let the potential posers deliver the pictures.

Isn't it funny when the photographer himself wants to get in the picture too?

Yeah, flash that golden smile for the camera.

Want to know what's one of the wonderful sounds for the ear? Try raffing up the engine slowly from 20mph to 60mph. Then you know what I mean ;) but that's not even the beginning.

I knew how to get in it, but had trouble coming out of it. It's so LOW.

Getting run over by this beauty is pleasurable too.

Okay, he is having trouble locking it.

It's always better to let the best models for the ending photo.

Special thanks to : Uncle Douglas.

"I'm feeling like a star,

you can't stop my shine,

I'm lovin' cloud nine,

my head's in the sky."

Ridin' Solo - Jason Derulo.

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Handle With Care by Jodi Picoult

"Things break all the time.

Day breaks, waves break, voices breaks.

Promises break.

Hearts break."

Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe wished they were given a choice for a healthy baby. But 5-year-old Willow was born with a disease that causes her bones to break all the time, even when rolling over in her sleep. Is it all worth it when she is incredibly intelligent and just as beautiful as her mother? What if Charlotte should have known Willow's illness earlier? What if Willow had never been born?For the sake of Willow's justice, and as the trial progresses, is it all worth it when you have to break apart your closest friendships and family ties?

A beautiful creation and a delicious page-turner.

"We got problems,

we don't know how to solve them,

everywhere we go,

we got some skeletons to follow,

we got baggage,

you know we're going to drag it,

everywhere we go,

for everyone to see."

Broken Hearts Parade - Good Charlotte.

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