Shabby Chic Room Bunting

It is super easy to make!!!

Simply cut your flowery craft cloth

into this shape (as shown in the following picture).

Use a stapler to attach to a jute string/twine.

...and it's done!

You can hang and display it anywhere you like....

I made this flower myself, so you can visit this link for the tutorial (coming soon)

I hope this will give you ideas to decorate your room.

Bye now!

Kuih Bakar Perantauan

 Kuih Bakar is one of the most famous traditional kuih (can either be a dessert or tea-time snack)

in Malaysia....and bakar means 'baked'.

My mother used to make this kuih when I was a little kid.

Being a Kelantanese (Kelantan is one of the 14 states in Malaysia) who never

made one before,

I am now proud that I could make kuih bakar at the age of 26 in the UK.

**RECIPE**

This is my version of Kuih Bakar Perantauan

1 cup - all purpose flour

1 cup - sugar

1 cup - pandan water (warm water, mixed with 1 tablespoon of green food colouring and 1 tablespoon of pandan essence/flavouring which you can buy it at any oriental or asian stores)

1 cup - coconut milk

1 cup - fresh milk

3 eggs

2 tablespoons - sesame seeds (to sprinkle all over the batter before you bake it)

Steps:

1) Mix all the ingredients together with the help of a blender until it turns into a thick batter.

2) Pour the batter into an aluminium cake case (medium size).

3) Sprinkle the sesame seeds all over the batter.

4) Bake it at 180'C for approximately 1 hour until the surface is golden brown 

5) Let it cool before you can cut it into small bites.

Actually, I referred to a marvelous recipe from Azie Kitchen.

However, due to lack of ingredients,

the taste was not as authentic as it should be because I used artificial flavouring and colour.

You may refer to Azie Kitchen: Kuih Bakar Pandan

for the real recipe.

If you follow the instructions thoroughly, you will get a good result.

For your information, I always refer to this blog whenever I cook anything.

Azie is a great cook!

Happy baking!!!

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The Giant's Causeway Northern Ireland

3 March 2016

I was so astonished to witness the majestic view of the famous Giant's Causeway

which is located in Northern Ireland.

I couldn't believe my eyes, looking at those unique shape rocks.

I went there with my best friend on a day tour with Wild Rover Tours Company,

from Dublin, Ireland.

This company is highly recommended.

3 days 2 nights in Ireland: 2-4 March 2016

I was in Ireland with my best friend.

I flew from Birmingham Airport, and she flew from Manchester Airport.

We landed at Dublin Airport Terminal 2 on 2/3/2016 around 1-2 p.m local time.

After successfully found each other at the arriving hall,

we immediately took a shuttle bus (No.747) to the City Center

which only cost us EUR10.00 per person (return ticket).

At that time, the bus was right in front of the terminal building...as soon as we walked out from the arriving hall.

The journey to the City only took 15 minutes, I guess.

We stopped at the final bus stop (O'Connell street).

For your information, it is very easy to find HALAL food in Dublin City.

There is a restaurant called Noodle Bar (Asian Cuisine) only

a few steps away from this bus stop.

The selection of meals is great there. We got ourselves delicious fried rice

for only EUR6.00 each.

Then, we walked to Abbey Court Hostel just right in front of

Ha'Penny Bridge, River Liffey.

It was only 5-10 minutes to reach the hostel.

This hostel is also highly recommended.

**I will make a post, next time, describing our pleasant stay and

the facilities they offer.

On the next day (3 March 2016), we got out early. It was about 7.00 a.m., I think.

We walked to Gresham Hotel from our hostel.

It was where we were going to meet our tour guide from the Wild Rover Tours company.

We arrived in front of Gresham Hotel exactly at 7.10 a.m.

So I should say it wasn't a very long walk.

You could go out a few more minutes later

if you could walk faster.

The coach will depart at 7.20 a.m.

We simply presented our printed booking itinerary as a proof.

to the friendly tour guide, Yoan.

.....And so the journey to Northern Ireland began.....

For your information, this day tour is called

Giants Causeway, Belfast City & Carrick A Rede Rope Bridge

This company is highly recommended and you won't regret.

The tour only cost me about GBP50.00.

(I forgot how much I paid in Euro. The tour is usually paid in Euro actually)

It worth every penny and could experience all the highlights

of the tour including:

Belfast City

Black Taxi Political Tour (around Belfast City)

Titanic Museum

Giant's Causeway

Carrick-A-Rede Bridge 

For those who did not know, Dublin is in the Republic of Ireland and

Belfast is in Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom.

So technically, you are using Euro in Dublin and

British Pound in Belfast.

The funny thing during our trip was, we left our British Pound cash

in the hostel room with a silly thought that we were not going to use it.

We really forgot that we have to use British Pound in Northern Ireland.

Luckily, we could use debit cards almost everywhere we stop.

Even at places where we could not use the cards, they accepted

EURO and even gave change in EURO.

This includes the Giant's Causeway shuttle bus fair from the main entrance

to the coast. It cost us only EUR1.20 one way.

The tour guide left us at the main entrance and we could decide whether to use

the shuttle bus service to get there or simply walk while enjoying

the majestic view.

My friend and I decided to walk there first and used the shuttle bus service

to return back to the main entrance soon.

Giant's Causeway is among the highlights of the tour.

The Wishing Chair

Near The Giant's Gate

Challenging path to the Grand Causeway.

I didn't make it to the Grand Causeway because the paths were all too dangerous.

I couldn't find any easier path, so I stopped half-way.

But at least I tried.

After 3 hours exploring the Giant's Causeway,

we took the shuttle bus to return to the main entrance, as mentioned earlier.

We got onto our tour coach and continued our journey to

the next stop, Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

which I will tell you about it in my next post.

Bye now!!!!

**You might also want to see the other places I visited

during this day tour, including:

-Carrick-a-Rede Bridge

-Black Taxi Political Tour around Belfast City

-Titanic Museum

London at the first glance I

::::THROWBACK 2015::::

30 May 2015

Eye of London

Big Ben

Near Parliament Square

Tower Bridge London

 The Buckingham Palace

 

Burger & Lobster London

Delicious!!!