魯一居的迷思

昨晚和大王晚飯 at mega box 魯一居,
是因為一心想要嚐嚐外邊的山東菜 (魚媽是山東人).
大王說如果好吃會帶魚媽及公公來.

以下, 便是沒有仔細看過門口的餐牌的後果.....

(對話)
餐聽門口操不純正廣東話的侍應生 (侍)

侍: 幾位小姐?
魚: 2位
侍: 打邊爐定係火煱 ?
魚: 吓?......... , er.....小菜...... (忍不住笑)
侍: 好呀, 晚飯.
魚: (想點 ? 晚上7點半不成晚飯難道來午飯 ?!!!)

入坐後
侍: 我們有套餐同 "P 灑".....
魚&大王各自沉思.
隔一會, 相討為何這裡有 "pizza".
有人可以告訴我嗎 ?!

至於這裡的食物好吃否.....
我們點了: 山東燒雞, 魯家魚餃, 山東川鹵麵, 小籠包.
前3樣完全不及格, 完全不是餸菜本來應有的味道...
反而, 不是山東食物的上海小籠包味道還不錯.

埋單送我們coupon, 我們沒有拿走, 不會來了.
最近很少寫食評,
不是因為沒有外出用饍, 只是最近真的沒有食運.

happy rainy day

finally, it's 28 dec 08 today !
it's maggie + ken's wedding, i met the bride about 1.5 years ago,
and the groom about half an year ago.


maggie is a loving girl and now becoming a loving wife.
i didn't know why she ordered so much ribbon at first, & now i know.
very pretty decoration at the church;
the pink theme matched perfectly in the whole wedding.

happy wedding to you two !!!

eric & i had a nice walk in the afternoon and did some shopping at harbour city... finally!
it will be chinese new year in less than 1 month time,
will be very busy in the coming month lae.
will work on the 水仙 tomorrow first !

x'mas dinner @ home

we chose to dine at home to have a peaceful x'mas night.

rib-eye + brussel sprouts (in butter lemon sauce)

the sauce is learnt from TV last night :P

wild mushroom risotto, our all time favorite.

merry christmas to you all !

soap making IV : bakery factory

it seems that it's more fun to me to decorate the soap than anything else.

the base of the soap this time are:

avocado oil, sweet almond oil,

olive oil, coconut oil,

palm oil and shea butter.

a very gentle recipe for the skin. but the texture is comparatively soft, and need to wait for 2 days to unmold.

i used the paper tart molds which gives the lovely shape of my soap :P

and it's so much fun to play with the icing topping.

they are like the 花占餅 (a kind of biscuit that we have when we are kids.)

a romantic silent night

we had a wedding job in the afternoon on the day b4 x'mas.
it's leona&ken's wedding with the purple + silver theme.

the set-up process was very smooth, able to finish it by 3:30pm

it's above satisfactory :P

they played a song of 曹格 during our set-up, very romantic atmosphere there.

(but i don't know the name of the song lae)

and we watched twilight at the grand cinema at night!

i love this movie, 超romantic !

(but eric thinks it's a 攪笑片 ?!)

want to read the books now.

another must see movie :P

gift wrapping

i did a lot of things today:

firstly, made a stamp for handmade soap.

it has been a long time i haven't worked on rubber stamp making,

last time was 1.5 yrs ago.

it's a challenge to work on letters, esp small ones,

but i think this time is quite successful :P

& then packed the handmade soap for a friend as x'mas gift.

lastly, packed the gift for exchange on boxing day

(there will be a bbq party with friends at night),

but i wish i can have this gift back..haha.....i like this can :P

x'mas spirit

we moved in here for 3 years;
every x'mas, i'll hang a x'mas wreath on the door.
& my neighbours will follow to hang different ornaments on their doors.

in the past 2 years, i bought a ready to hang one from flower market.
this year, i decided to buy different pine leaves to diy.
the smell of pine is filled in the house !


there were extra materials to make a small one for my brother.


& another small one for the dinning table :P

soap making III : sobert

1st time to make the 2-layer one
i named this series "sobert"; love the color combination.
(actually they are same as these).
the 2 color layers were made in 2 seperate nights,

but i failed to cut them in perfect rectangular shape.....v. ugly @_@
& about half of them just broke when i cut them....
so, i now have many small soap bars in ivory/ pink single color !!!!...sigh....
i must experiment again to find the right time/condition to cut them.

(joanna, i cannot find the kind of knife from ikea ar!)

海角七號

watched 海角七號 movie with eric this noon..... (yes, we are kind of late.)

the movie is really really good !!!! glad we didn't miss it .

i cried everytime the japanese teacher read the letter, together with the background music.

(oh, we have bought the sound-track previously.)

songs are also goooood, very touching ar!!!!

go watch it if you still have not !

one of my favorite, the lyrics are good !

國境之南

如果海會說話　如果風愛上砂
如果　有些想念遺忘在漫長的長假
我會聆聽浪花　讓風吹過頭髮
任記憶裡的愛情在時間潮汐裡喧嘩
非得等春天遠了夏天才近了
我是在回首時終於懂得（也許天氣永遠會那麼熱） 當陽光再次回到那　飄著雨的國境之南
我會試著把那一年的故事　再接下去說完
當陽光再次離開那　太晴朗的國境之南
妳會不會把妳曾帶走的愛　在告別前用微笑全歸還
海很藍　星光燦爛　我仍空著我的臂彎
天很寬　在我獨自唱歌的夜晚
請原諒我的愛　訴說的太緩慢

homemade dessert...not.... homemade soap

dun dun dun dunnnnnnnn~~~~~~
unmolded last night, and added some icing on them !!!
i really love these 2 ! they look delicious !

want to buy more cake molds and make some yummy dessert soaps :P

soap making II : savon de marseilles

bought this v. good reference book last saturday.
it explains the most basic soap: marseilles soap (馬賽香皂) which composes of 72% of oliver oil; and it's variations....

have studied v. hard on it (almost 3 hrs !!!), and recorded down the details & formulation of my first batch.
i was sooooo worry that the formula was calculated wrong...
so checked and checked again... @_@

the color of savon of marseilles should be cream in color,
i added a little bit of red reef clay in it, so as to make it looks pink.
i further added about 30 drops of rose fragrance oil in it...hope the smell of rose is enough.

now wait for 2 days to unmold it..... nervous !
more pics later :P

soap making I

brought them home the other night.
still soft, so i stamped on them !!!
the brown color was due to addition of rosehip powder, pretty!

have to wait for 1 month for full maturation;
otherwise they will be too alkaline to use.
wait wait wait...

i will homemade another batch this weekend,
all the equipments + material are ready !
getting excited !

i am using the gift "ginger soap" from Linda now.
i must tell all of you that it's really different from the commercial liquid detergent,
no more itchy skin, and the foam are very creamy.
loving it, loving it !

o...x'mas tree

every year, i will buy a little bit of new ornament for christmas.
this year, i found this lovely "blow glass" birdie !
very cute, very delicate.
a set of six are on my tree now.
the theme of last year was using silver & gold butterflies.

i will attend a x'mas wreath making class in the coming month using real pine...
um... i love the smell of pine leaves.
wishing the class day will come faster !

new project

attended a soap-making class on saturday night at prince edward,
this ginger soap is a gift from teacher linda & her brother-in-law.

i learned not only the chemistry of NaOH+H2O+oil=soap (hey the F.4 chem !), but also the calculation of INS, SAP values, which are v. important in soap making.

my "products" are now setting for 24hrs to become solidified,
& then 4-6 more weeks to maturation,
hope they can be ready as X'mas gifts !

handmade soaps are good for those who have itchy skin after using the shower gel,
it also good for the environment as they will be decomposed by CO2 in 24 hrs.
with the additions of different oil, essential oil or herbal powder,
the value & function of the handmade soup is added ! :P

purple fantasy

many of my wedding clients love puple+white to be their wedding theme.
it's a favorite color of girls (how about men?).....

today's my client Polyxena & Jackie's wedding, "Happy Wedding!";
they came to me about 2 months before their wedding,
the time is a bit rush for making a seatingplan with guest name printed, and some other things, but luckily everything runs smoothly.

i intentionally picked the deep purple for her, blending with the light purple flowers and cream roses.
feel very happy after this welcome board is done. all those bad moods of the whole week are gone.

to my surprise, the 2nd most combination that many brides pick would be yellow+ white... but since many have discussed with me about flowers, they asked about what kind of yellow flowers can be used.... hum... let me try try next week sin :P

black monday

i have experienced the most horrible black monday ever.
everything was not right.
there were obstacles/ bombs everywhere.
almost cried out yesterday.

wish me luck & have a smoother weekdays...

flower design class III

attended the 3rd class of flower arrangment last Sunday.
we learned to make bouquet for winter!

specially love the leaves in pink ! haven't seen them before on market.
the combination of differnt red flowers makes it very hot !

personalized x'mas bear

finally have time to finish it up,

well, the red ribbon makes it very x'mas, i think.

the initial charms are from spotlight last week.

another fabric

brought this back home from spotlight,
very cath kidston.
what should i make with it?

sth must share today

went to spotlight today, the lace curtain are on-sale!!!
all ready-to-use curtain are 50% off !!!
guess how much is this piece (2.5m x 1.6m)?
just only HKD69!!!


i didn't pick those rosy ones, but found this classy pattern, my love !


you can pick the "drop lenght" in any pattern that you want !
so simple !
remarks:
1. the price may varied in different pattern
2. better have the measurment in your hand first (no refund/exchange for the fabric) !
3. minimum order:1 meter


the section is okay huge with many choices & i will definitely go back there once again few days later.

the 50% off sale will last till 20th this month !
better hurry !

attention:
3 hrs free parking on sat/sun/ph (if enter b4 12noon) at Megabox
or free for HKD200 purchases (other time!)

suddenly love this place &as we cannot find such similiar place in HK.

i feel a bit sad to see the staff are standing everywhere.. chatting...starring at 1 point with no focus in their eyes...and basically, there is not much customers around.
(tho' shops in shum shui po are a lot cheaper for buying buttons, ribbons, fabrics...)
i hope it will not close down so soon.....

playing with flowers

purple + pink tone this time !
with a scent candle at the back.

in bird-cage....

really want to get a bigger cage.... but i need a bigger house for that first~_~

fini !

2nd day workshop tonight, finished and submitted it.


i named it Ami, means friend in french.


saying hi to everyone.

i do think it looks better without eyes, nose, and mouth.....
hum.......


to aileen:
i've asked the staff at felissimo,
they said they don't have a deadline, and u can submit it anytime.

mur mur mur

i must say i am EXAUSTED this week....
couldn't sleep well at all.. with lots of mo-liu dreams everynight.

i will be even more busy in the coming weekend..
2 weddings to attend: 1 on saturday, the other on next mon at the same venue !!!!
Sunday will be fully occupied with:
flower arrangment class, backdrop set-up and meeting w/ new client.

i wanna to take a day-off, but it seems impossible.
busy busy experiments plus many urgent requests,
taking care of cell culture is like baby sitting...
i have 7 babies (cancer cell lines) to take care now.... >_<

龍穿鳳翼

中三家政科所學的一味餸.
人生中只弄了四五次, 因為工序繁覆.
大王這次也有幫手, 去掉骨頭部份.

小貼士:
雞翼的調味只用了一種, 就是四季牌鹽焗雞粉.
１磅雞翼落半包粉便夠, 其他的都不用囉; 很方便.
調味時緊記把甘筍及西芹也放下,
姨姨開西餐廳, 大廚教路把這些也一起奄肉類會令肉類更美味 !

a little charity function:: felissimo happy toy (half way done)

finished the main sewing part of the project.
the remaining part will be done within the 2nd day of workshop next week

it's very fun making this stuffed toy..
cannot stop once you start.

can't wait to start making another one in solid color.. and with my favorite lace on it.. :P

redness of flowers cannot last for a hundred days ?!

the peonies i bought last saturday turned in full blossom quickly...
they appeared ivory as soon as like day 3.

a little charity function:: felissimo happy toy project

just back from the 1st day workshop @ felissimo tonight,

we learn how to make a patchwork bear bear & will have a lot to do this week.
will donate it to children in poverty.

my needlework is so poor compared to other classmates ~_~
hope the one who get my stuffed toy won't blame me about that....

more photos later when i am done with it.

long time no cook

simple dinner at home tonight :

1. new potatoes (top left),

2. assorted veg with ashlee's sauce (bottom right),

3. extra mushroom with ham spaghetti (bottom left),

4. meatballs from bro (top right).

ashlee's sauce recipe : <--- this is a great dipping sauce for salad/ fried food !
french mustard seed + mayonnaise + some powdered sugar

eric gave me 98/100 this time (he used to gave me around 80-95/100),
said the dinner was light, simple but yummy...
ha... gave me some encouragement to cook more often,
maybe cook once more this week?

checking the archived post, last time i cooked at home was Aug 22 !!!!!
dane.. such a long time .... shame shame....

flower of this week

今天見客前有1小時, 順道逛花墟. 又是peony 的季節.
今次選了特別的顏色....um 叫嫣紅罷.... 是不會挑的唇彩顏色 (笑)
開花後直徑有6吋.....厲害哩!
還有4朵花蕾在另一個花瓶裡, HKD100五支, 價錢 ok 嘛!

hubby eric 說它很像膠花.... @_@

尋找隱世小店 petite morpho

一切都是緣份, 兩星期前, 魚胡亂找到的kit's blog, 她剛visited 在中環的小店 petiet morpho.
還拍了些可愛照片回來在, 照片立刻吸引着我的視線.
由於 petiet morpho 的開店時間比較短, 魚只能在星期五放工後趕過去. (ha..Friday 魚放5pm)

小小的店, 有一個corner 位放滿各式可愛的 stamps !!!
每種類都可以註足觀賞很久....很想立馬全部帶回家 !!!

一直都在尋找 特別的 alphabets stamps, 在這裡有大約10種類型,很高興選來了這個回家!

包裝也很別緻哩!


老闆年紀輕輕, 送我這份見面禮. 很有心思呢 !
能夠想像老闆是個很可愛的人.
如果你在中環上班, 可以常去啦.

下次要找空去這個

my first ugly doily

um.. pretty ugly i think...