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a song i dedicate to that someone. oh wells. school project works are starting to bundle up but then the whole stress of the 6 assignments have yet to sink in. probably gonna happen some time soon. and when it does, i go into hyper panic mode. for some people when they're stressed, they tend to let it out by doing a little retail therapy and there's some who looks at jogging as another outlet. but in my case. i eat. and like i said before, there are people out there who claims to have a sweet tooth. but me, nahh. i got sweet TEETH!   so i met up with andrew after his work for a little satisfaction of those sweet teeth of mine.  the irony of low fat latte paired with a tiramisu. sometimes i wonder why i even bother to make it low fat in the first place. *rolls eyes* and after dessert we took a little stroll around Borders so that i wont feel THAT BAD about all the calories. and when the camera comes out....       well yups, you get the idea. comments and loves appreciated!!! loves, ali joe  yup! it's time for another cooking entry. so get your pencils and notebook ready!  . . . . . . . . . Salmon Fusilli Alfredo - Ali Joe's Version once again, a very simple recipe. takes around 30 minutes to make and serves 1.   i like the colored ones cause its so much nicer to look at. and it will stand out from the cream sauce. i know. like so himbotic right? *flicks hair*  i know that i'm like forever using capsicum. but, the thing is, i like capsicum. but if you dont like it, you can always substitute it with carrots or peas.  you can get this from your supermarket all nice and already cut up for you. and to make the sauce, i have a little secret ingredient.  you can't tell anybody kay? this secret stays between us.  i use this to make the sauce. basically i'm just pure lazy la. muahahaa!! Other Ingredients - olive oil - salt & pepper - dried rosemary (comes in those bottles of different different herbs at the supermarket)  firstly, boil your fusilli and drain it. then heat up some olive oil in a pan and fry the salmon. add in some rosemary. don't fry for too long cause salmon cooks really fast.  i know my camera's quality like damn bad. will somebody please donate to the "Save Ali Joe's Sanity With Retail Therapy" Fund. or like get me advertisers to do advertorials in my blog.  after the salmon is done. heat up a pan and add in like 5 big tablespoons of the sauce and add like 3 tablespoons of water to dilute it abit. add in capsicum. stir till the sauce starts to boil. now put the pasta on a plate. pour the sauce over and add the salmon on top.  TADAH!!! all done.. please ignore my ugly retro looking plate. and if you're asking me why i don't garnish it with like parsley or something. well, i'm just gonna put that parsley at the side of the plate anyway. waste money buy parsley and don't eat for wad? poor thing ar the parsley. like its life purpose is solely to look pretty and when its 5 seconds of fame is over, it'll just be discarded to the side. it sucks to be a parsley. anyways, i do hope all my little cooking entries has inspire you to go beyond Maggi Mee for dinner when mum's not cooking. it really isn't that hard to whip out a decent one dish meal that waaay tastier and healthier. and it doesnt even take that much time. well, you can always give it a try and tell me about it alright?  till my next entry, enjoy the weekends and take care of yourselves! comments and loves appreciated!!! loves, ali joe well i'm sure all of you looove shopping. well maybe most of you. there's like probably a minority of you out there who still has your mum buying your clothes for you. i personally can't imagine my parents shopping for me at this age. everything might just look really retro or something. but that's cool cause i can pass it off as vintage. and of course i do get like passing statements from my parents like 'what on earth are you wearing?' and asking 'why are your jeans so tight?'. to clear the fact, they're actually skinny jeans. but today i heard a whole new one. as i poured a glass of water for myself in the kitchen, my mum was retrieving all the dry laundry. and she was exclaiming to me, '' how come your underwear all so colourful one? wear so nice underwear also who can see?" if you didnt understand what my mum said, probably you arent singaporean cause thats like how our local lingo is. its loosely translated to ''my dear boy, why do you have so many brightly coloured undergarments? i dare say nobody will notice whether you're wearing such a fancy smancy undergarment." and my reply was. "nice whaaaaat!" ANYWAY back to what i was talking about, Shopping. sometimes when you shop with your friends and they're trying on something and there doesnt seem to be anything in the store that you fancy, what do you do? i have a little habit of "Mirror Camwhoring'' i shall let these pictures explain.         now, do you understand what i mean by Mirror Camwhoring? comments and love appreciated!! loves ali joe another direction that i want to gear this blog towards to is doing reviews. and as you can tell from my plus-size figure, ahem, food is definitely one of my vices. especially when it comes to dessert, i get a little hedonistic. Food Review Venue: Bakerzin Paragon Time: 4pm Accomplice: Shaiful  you know how your legs start to hurt after going through one store after another. or when you start to get a little sore after elbowing other people at the Zara sale. well yeah, shopping can be such hard work sometimes. so i use this as an excuse to have a little tea break with my friend in between all the retail mayhem. since Bakerzin is nicely situated in the heart of one of my favourite malls in Singapore, Paragon, we decided to pop by for a little tete-a-tete. oui? after being shown to our seats and examining the menu, shaiful decided on the Sweet Pleasure cake.  now this cake comes across to me, taste-wise, as the result of a union between Kit Kat and Kinder Bueno. a little bit too crumbly and dry for my liking though. you see i like my cakes to be rich but not overtly creamy. the portion is just nice for one so you wont get incredibly jelak (that sick taste) after you nibbled the whole slice.  for drinks, he ordered an italian soda called Strawberry Lavender Lime. the thing about italian sodas are that they're really refreshing, i'm a big fan of the Peach Lychee one from Pastamania. in my case, i can never be satisfied with just one measely dessert so i had to have 3.  i went for the Vanilla Creme Brulee. very yummy indeed. tasted very much like the filling of egg tarts being slightly burnt at the top without the crust. i like it.  then i went for the Caramel Panna Cotta. the caramel tasted more like bitter coffee though. not very nice.  and my third dessert was this Banana Pizza with Cinnamon Ice Cream. the banana pizza was a little soggy and tough to cut and when it was served to the table, the ice cream was already half melted. the whole taste was very reminiscent of a soggy goreng pisang with vanilla ice cream. nothing special.  i chose the Macchiato to sip in between desserts. personally, i'm a big fan of macchiatos, i usually get myself a venti caramel macchiato whenever i need a caffeine perk. and from my knowledge macchiatos have a lot of milk in them. this had none. it was just expresso with a dollop of foam. what happened to my milk?! i didnt like it one bit by the way. oh wells. Service-wise. the service wasnt very prompt at all. it was 4pm and i admit it was a little crowded with other customers having their tea break as well. we had to ask a waiter walking past to show us to our seats before we got one. the service staff were either really busy moving around or they've just probably perfected the art of acting busy (good skill for those who want to sign on with the army). obviously, service with a smile was never in the staff training syllabus either. though i wouldnt say the staffs were being rude, i guess they took the word customer service really, literally. as in take the order and serve the food. period. well, we did however get prompt service at one point of time. that is when we called for the bill. they look really keen in clearing our plates too. and since they like clearing the table it so much, i do hope SembCorp, our friendly neighbourhood waste disposal company, are hiring. i might put it a good word or two. well then. overall i wouldnt say it was an unpleasant experience. it was just 'like that lor' kind of experience. nothing overwhelmingly pleasant either. note: if you're going there, and important thing to bring is really good company. that was my only salvation. Overall Bakerzin Paragon gets 2 out of 5 stars from me. last but not least, a picture of your food critics. lol!!   okay till my next entry, enjoy the weekends. loves, ali joe  alright, well most of you probably know by now that i loooove to cook. but there one little thing about cooking that i don't like, and i'm not talking about the cleaning up cause you can always leave that to either your maid or your mum. i'm talking about those dishes with the ultra complicated recipes. you know, those that probably take you, 5hours to prepare and 2hours to cook. like what's the point right? i like food that easy to prepare, meaning getting groceries is a snap, and damn fast to cook. so today's special recipe is something really easy peasy that anyone could do it. around 10minutes of prep work (or probably 15 minutes if you cut damn slow using a knife) and 15minutes cooking time. and serves 1. its called ...     plus some spaghetti enough for 1 person and 2 tablespoon of olive oil. cook the spaghetti for however long the packet tells you to. usually its like 8 minutes. heat the pan, add in 2 tablespoons of olive oil and when the oil is hot add in the garlic. toss around for like 1 minute and then add in the beef slices. followed by the 2 chopped up chilli padi. just stir fry for like 10minutes and then add in the capsicums. dont stir fry the capsicum for too long or else it will be soggy. remember : we like our capsicums nice and hard ;)  after like probably 2 minutes of stir frying the capsicums, now add in the already cooked spaghetti.  MAKE SURE YOU DRAIN THE SPAGHETTI FIRST!! we're making a beef stir-fry, not a beef soup spaghetti mind you. toss it around for about 2minutes and add salt and pepper to your liking. and then ...  place everything nicely in a plate...   without flash/ with flash looks simple right? well, IT IS!! a very easy peasy light dinner and it healthy too!!!  thats all for this time, i do hope you all can try this out this simple yet yummy pasta dish and then tell me how goooood it was. =) alright, you all take care. loves, ali joe. |
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