Berry ice cream and cinnamon walnut palmiers

I had leftover puff pastry in my freezer for god knows how long. And I don't think anyone in the family, aside from me is a huge fan of puff pastry.

I was going to use up the leftovers to make palmier cookies. The pretty ice cream sandwich cookies seen here made me want to make my own too. I had leftover cream from making the chocolate mango mousse cake, and Sis was leaving for her America trip, I wanted to finish the cream quickly to make an ice cream for her to try before she left. The cookies will be made only after she's gone, cos she's not a puff pastry lover anyway.

The below ice cream sandwiches? For me and me alone... 

 

Berry ice cream and cinnamon walnut palmiers

Chocolate mango mousse cake

It was my one of my girlfriend's birthday, and we were all meeting to celebrate the belated birthday of her and another girlfriend's birthdays. so I decided to make a little something just because she's special. (:

I knew the girls probably don't really like sweet stuff muchos, so I made a small cake, then cut it smaller still to bring and share among the six of us. Haha. I was afraid if I brought the whole thing, they would have to stare at it and will themselves to finish it. And we were already meeting for dinner, so it would be silly to bring a huge cake cos our stomachs will be full already from said dinner.

I chose to make something with mango, because a few months ago, Daddy went Thailand for business, and came home laden with a kick ass box of fruits. Correction. Kick ass box(ES). Totally madness. He bought like a few excess boxes of mangoes to give out, but afterwhich, we were left with like a full box of mangoes, mangosteens, jambus, rambutans and some other stuff I might have missed out (me having a lousy memory). We were eating mangoes daily to the point that we were kinda scared of them. So I decided to cut a few mangoes and freeze them for future use. ;)

Chocolate mango mousse cake

Cherry crisps and a new book

It's cherries season now. Hooray for that. I simply love popping those bright chirpy looking fruits into my mouth. The taste of exploding cherry juice on your tongue - priceless. Pity about the pits though. Someone should just cultivate seedless cherries already...(think seedless grapes). ;)

Rainier cherries

Tetsu

I think the time I spent watching TV yesterday way surpassed my monthly TV watching hours. Ha! I just left the TV alternating between AFC and the Food Network Asia for the most part of the day (and night snorts).

But hey, look at it this way, at least I'm making sure we get our money worth of paying for the cable TV subscription...hehe.

Anyway, Japanese food. Again I know, Well, sorry to disappoint, Daddy loves Italian, Sis loves Japanese. Me? I pretty much like most cuisine except for a few (Malay, Indonesian - probably cos I'm unfamiliar, and also, they can be pretty oily at times...) So, most of the time, we end up eating Italian OR Japanese for our weekly dine out sessions. Or Brunch. Or Dimsum. Heh.

Tetsu @ Tanglin Mall

National Day Weekend

It's going to be a long weekend because of the National Day holiday. I can't wait! Lots of foodie plans. ;)

Today - Dinner with the mates at our fave fish soup place.

Saturday - Late brunch/lunch session @ home with Sis and her friends + Macarons making session.

Monday - Korean BBQ (samgyeopsal) at home!!! I'm planning to try my hand at making alot of banchans. Think:

-  Beansprout side dish
- Dried anchovies side dish
- Cucumber side dish OR Seaweed side dish OR a combination?
- Spinach side dish 
- Fish cake side dish

Not to mention, I'm going to make a fresh batch of kimchi, to make kimchijeon. And what's a Korean feast without some Kimchi??? Oh my god, this is so friggin exciting I can't wait. Wonder if I'll have the stamina to make all the above I've mentioned...We'll see. ;)

Update @ 11.55pm: SO sad. Apparently Monday we gotta "bai bai", meaning the normal Buddhist prayers where we gotta cook up a feast to offer to the deities/ancestors. Meaning I can't have my Korean feast this weekend cos we'll probably have a huge load of food left for dinner. :( Guess samgyeopsal must wait till next week then. Bah. Oh well, I'll just make my kimchi then. Meh.