not the best day for food
Last night I had unbearable craving for a nice chocolate cupcake, one with delicate crumbs and beautiful frosting. Because it was too.. midnight-y to bake one, I decided to stave my craving for later. So I woke up today and immediately marched up to the kitchen and made one batch.
Now, I NEVER had any luck with cupcakes. They were never BAD, but never what I had been looking for. Most were too dense and too rich for my liking. This ones were no different. It's rich, dense and CRUMBLESS.
and the picture is ugly. It's dense, you can tell, can't you?
It's spiteful. I hate them, and I let them know about it, which went something like this (with all caps, of course)
ME: What is wrong with you people?! You're ugly AND FAT! I HATE YOU!
THEM: *silent look*
ME: Don't give me THE look. I know what you're thinking, you think this is my fault, don't you? Well you're wrong. No baked goods of mine are this DENSE (a lie of course, but they needed to FEEL BAD, you understand me, don't you?).
THEM: *pleading look*
ME: (final bellow) I HATE YOU! *eats*
My family on the other hand loved it. I suspect it's the vanilla buttercream frosting and cute sprinkles and rainbow chocolate chips. My sister whilst adoring it comment "What is this? Brownie?"
NO, ASSFUCK! IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CUPCAKE! GODDAMN! I didn't alter the recipe. Not one bit and they don't have the 'pillowy' texture. *Sniffles*. I ate three though, each one was swallowed with hate and a glass of cold milk since it was so rich.
So after a very rich and loathsome breakfast *glares*, my family and I went to Imperial Palace nee Crystal Jade, a chinese restaurant that was a father family favorite. When we went to Duck King the other day, I mentioned even though I loved it, I still prefer Crystal Jade. Now? Duck King is The King. We ordered the usual stuff:
* Prawn and egg yolks
Perfectly cooked, not rich and just delicious. Of course once you've had that once a month AT LEAST, the novelty has worn out
* Smoked Salmon Fried Rice
(that's one of them prawns that landed on my plate. My dad demolished the rest)
Tasted like what you think it would. I've said it before and I'll say it again, chinese makes the best friend rice.
* Egg whites and scallops
Yes, raw egg yolks that you mix with the cooked egg whites that looked scrambled but really yummy and not icky. You couldn't even tell, could you?
* Beef shank with sweet red sauce, crispy soy wonton skin with bun
Assemble yourself, you lazy twat!
eat.
Perfect, this one has always been a favorite of mine. The beef was amazingly tender and the skin provided a needed savory crunch, but the sauce takes the cake bun man.. Fantastic. If you had to order ONE thing here, get this one.
* Jellyfish
It was darker than I remembered, and very.. jelly like. Not sure if I like it better than the previous ones I've had.
* la Mian, this time was vegetable & chicken dumpling
I always love properly made La Mian, it was slurpy, tender and provides good entertainment for your mouth. The dumpling is merely passable though
* Steamed Kailan with oyster sauce
no picture because my family inhaled them before I could take my crappy camera phone out
I've said it before and I'll say it again, chinese really master the cooking time. Even though I think this one is rather bland and biter if you skimped on the sauce, it was perfectly cooked. Crispy and juicy.
And not so usual stuff:
*dumplings that turned out to be the same one in the la mian.
* Fruit Salad
How pretty! The taste is bland but the crispy skin is good; crunchy. Yes, I love crunchy stuff. Freud would've said I have unconscious destructive drive.
* Stringbeans with bean paste (I think)
Even though the beans was perfectly cooked, I found it too salty and oily.
There we have it. We will come back, for sure. My dad couldn't bear a month without the prawns and egg white scallops. I could live without those. The Tofu from duck king on the other hand.. I notice I didn't take any picture when I was there. Good, more excuse to eat there.
Right, off to spend my saturday night by watching Lost, season 2! YAY, NO SLEEP TONIGHT!
p.s: Grey's anatomy? Fucking excellent. Will buy the season 2 asap!
Now, I NEVER had any luck with cupcakes. They were never BAD, but never what I had been looking for. Most were too dense and too rich for my liking. This ones were no different. It's rich, dense and CRUMBLESS.
and the picture is ugly. It's dense, you can tell, can't you?
It's spiteful. I hate them, and I let them know about it, which went something like this (with all caps, of course)
ME: What is wrong with you people?! You're ugly AND FAT! I HATE YOU!
THEM: *silent look*
ME: Don't give me THE look. I know what you're thinking, you think this is my fault, don't you? Well you're wrong. No baked goods of mine are this DENSE (a lie of course, but they needed to FEEL BAD, you understand me, don't you?).
THEM: *pleading look*
ME: (final bellow) I HATE YOU! *eats*
My family on the other hand loved it. I suspect it's the vanilla buttercream frosting and cute sprinkles and rainbow chocolate chips. My sister whilst adoring it comment "What is this? Brownie?"
NO, ASSFUCK! IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE CUPCAKE! GODDAMN! I didn't alter the recipe. Not one bit and they don't have the 'pillowy' texture. *Sniffles*. I ate three though, each one was swallowed with hate and a glass of cold milk since it was so rich.
So after a very rich and loathsome breakfast *glares*, my family and I went to Imperial Palace nee Crystal Jade, a chinese restaurant that was a father family favorite. When we went to Duck King the other day, I mentioned even though I loved it, I still prefer Crystal Jade. Now? Duck King is The King. We ordered the usual stuff:
* Prawn and egg yolks
Perfectly cooked, not rich and just delicious. Of course once you've had that once a month AT LEAST, the novelty has worn out
* Smoked Salmon Fried Rice
(that's one of them prawns that landed on my plate. My dad demolished the rest)
Tasted like what you think it would. I've said it before and I'll say it again, chinese makes the best friend rice.
* Egg whites and scallops
Yes, raw egg yolks that you mix with the cooked egg whites that looked scrambled but really yummy and not icky. You couldn't even tell, could you?
* Beef shank with sweet red sauce, crispy soy wonton skin with bun
Assemble yourself, you lazy twat!
eat.
Perfect, this one has always been a favorite of mine. The beef was amazingly tender and the skin provided a needed savory crunch, but the sauce takes the cake bun man.. Fantastic. If you had to order ONE thing here, get this one.
* Jellyfish
It was darker than I remembered, and very.. jelly like. Not sure if I like it better than the previous ones I've had.
* la Mian, this time was vegetable & chicken dumpling
I always love properly made La Mian, it was slurpy, tender and provides good entertainment for your mouth. The dumpling is merely passable though
* Steamed Kailan with oyster sauce
no picture because my family inhaled them before I could take my crappy camera phone out
I've said it before and I'll say it again, chinese really master the cooking time. Even though I think this one is rather bland and biter if you skimped on the sauce, it was perfectly cooked. Crispy and juicy.
And not so usual stuff:
*dumplings that turned out to be the same one in the la mian.
* Fruit Salad
How pretty! The taste is bland but the crispy skin is good; crunchy. Yes, I love crunchy stuff. Freud would've said I have unconscious destructive drive.
* Stringbeans with bean paste (I think)
Even though the beans was perfectly cooked, I found it too salty and oily.
There we have it. We will come back, for sure. My dad couldn't bear a month without the prawns and egg white scallops. I could live without those. The Tofu from duck king on the other hand.. I notice I didn't take any picture when I was there. Good, more excuse to eat there.
Right, off to spend my saturday night by watching Lost, season 2! YAY, NO SLEEP TONIGHT!
p.s: Grey's anatomy? Fucking excellent. Will buy the season 2 asap!