V.E.R.T.I.C.A.L C.I.T.Y

To all Chinese around the globe, GONG XI FA CAI and may all have a prosperous Dragon year ahed!! Moving next, what's in store? It's going to be about the world most Vertical City, HONG KONG and then bits of MACAO.

This entry was started to compose when i got back home 2 weeks bak but then i was just too lazy to update further till today so it's gonna be more of pics than wordings :)

Queuing for the tram at the peak

First visit in HK was the Victoria Peak which features the Peak Tower and the Peak Tram. Victoria Peak is the highest point in HK which is 554 meters above sea level. We hopped on a city bus from Admiralty MTR to the Peak, it cost $9.80 per person. The double decker bus ride was thrilling, super awesome I would say!

Once we hit the PEAK, 1st thing i saw was a shopping mall called Peak Galleria, dont be suprise as i see malls everywhere in hk :)

Then we got into the Tram, me sitting inside without having a clue where it's heading :( In less than 10mins, the Tram hit the lower peak and all was asked to go out. Big Disappointment!!! Single trip to bottom cost $28 which not worth it.

Unless you really want to experience the oldest mode of public transportation in hk, head over to lower peak and then get the tram to The Peak (single journey $18). From the Peak, hop on the city bus which takes you to 1 of the MTR station. It's best to head over to The Peak to view the night scene!!

City bus 15C travels between Garden Road (Lower Peak Tram Terminus) to Central Star Ferry Piers 

Next, lets head over to Victoria Harbour. Those who went to HK before recommended to catch Symphony of Lights at Avenue of Stars, it starts at 8pm daily. I'm nt sure if luck wasn't at my side on the first day of d trip, it wasnt a great show afterall although u dont pay any penny to see it! It's just lights flashing on the building in Hong Kong Island and you see across from Kowloon Island.

We head back to Cosmopolitan and the first day in hk ended. Day 2 started with Dialogue in The Dark :) I found this during my search for places of interest in Hong Kong in TripAdvisor and honestly this was once in a lifetime experience and our guide Daniel was superb :D

Spot the braille?

Tix was priced at $130, students and senior citizen get a lower rate. They have English and Cantonese tour but english tour are limited so do drop DiD a call at 2310-0833 or email exhibition@dialogue-in-the-dark.hk

DiD arranged a special slot for us to experience the life in Hong Kong in the dark. Big round of applause to the entire team!!

Basic alphabets in Braille, source from MAB. It is a form of writing, which was invented by Louis Braille, a French inventor who lived in the first half of the nineteenth century.

Let's take a break now and catch up with second half of day 2 in next entry :)

Shanghai Street

HAPPY NEW YEAR to all :)

Well, i know i'm late but better late than never. lol. So what's up everyone? How's your new year resolutions gettting on? Talking bout resolutions, a fren of mine told me, " I tell you, each of us would have "weight loss" targets in the resolution list"!! So do you have one, i have to admit that I do have one. hehehe
But lets see what happens when 2013 nearing if this same resolution gonna stick still on the list :P

So what's with this Shanghai St??

Image from Wikipedia by Chong Fat 

I was goggling on baking utensils in HK, yess yess i'm heading there in less than 24hours *blush* which made me to land on this blog mochachocolatarita who has a entry on Shanghai Street!!!!

All I can say is look at the pictures from this blog and the next you ever want is to VISIT SHANGHAI STREET :) :)

Once i'm back, i shall update more on Shanghai St with shots frm my lens :D

Layer cakes

Who doesn't fancy baking a layer cake? Well, it may look simple but it needs patience to walk through baking it and my first attempt baking Cocoa Mocha Layer Cake, recipe from sis Rima was a big success so yay to me :)

Being over excited with the first success and thinking i can pull it thru wit any layer cakes, i tried the Lapis Blueberry Cheese from BR. It wasn't my kinda liking layer cake but my aunt loved it. 

So there it goes the fever of continuing to try new layer cakes recipe..my aunt's bday was last weekend and I knew a layer cake wud be the perfect gift for her. So I gave it a shot on the LAPIS LEGIT recipe bookmarked from sis Rima couple of months ago.

Happy Birthday Aunty Yaso & Goli :D Hope you both enjoyed it!! 

Here you go for the recipe of this yummiee LAPIS LEGIT.....


Ingredients

(A)

250g SCS butter

80g sweetened condensed milk

1 tsp mixed spices

1/2 tsp powered vanilli

80g golden syrup

(B)

15 egg yolks (type A)

3 egg whites

120g caster sugar

80 hong kong flour

1 tbsp ovallete

20ml cold water

(C)

2-3 drops of yellow colouring

Some prunes, cut into chunks

Melted butter to spread

Method

Grease a 8 x 8 cake tin and line parchment paper on base.

Whisk (A) at high speed for 5-7mins until fluffy and well mixed and keep it aside.

In another clean bowl, whish (B) at medium speed for 10mins till fluffy.

Combine mixture A and B, mix it well and add the yellow colouring. Stir till smooth.

Preheat the oven to 180C.

Weigh your batter to ~ 70g for each layer and bake it using the upper grill for 5mins.

Continue the same till d last layer and bake the last layer using upper and lower fire for 10mins.

Cool cake and then you go, yummie lapis legit :)

Note:

1. Oven temp purely depends on ur oven type so adjust accordingly. Eg, recipe says 180C bt for mine i used 150C only.

2. The moment u see a golden layer, stop there so each layer bakin time also depends on your oven. 

Guess I got about 10 layers ++ from this recipe.

Cheers!!

After years of procrastinating...finallyyyyy

After years of procrastinating, finally i'm up with a blog of my own. I remember telling MyFriend in 2007 that i'll definitely start up a blog and finallyyyyyyyyyyy its up in 22.11.2011

Till then, stay tuned :)

Cheers