Stir- fried Chive flowers, Tofu and Crab sticks

Sorry to bother all with my scheduled Japan travel posts, but I am appreciate very much to those who left comment even i was away for vacation. Actually i spent quite a lot of time trying to finish this Japan travel post before i go for vacation, in fact still have 1-2 two more posts to go..hehehe..
After 7days of eating Bali foods (Babi guling, Bebek(duck), pork ribs & etc), soon i returned home, i really miss Nasi Lemak and Chinese foods..So I cooked this tofu dish, also cooked white cut chicken, stir fried green veggie and ABC soup soon i returned from Bali. This is a typical homecook Chinese dish that i like to prepare for my family.

Nara Koen 奈良公園 and Nara's deer, Osaka Japan

On our last day in Osaka, we decided to visit Nara park instead of Kobe. At first we were thinking to try the most expensive Kobe beef in Kobe, but last minutes dropped the idea since we have never seen a park that has hundreds of freely roaming deer.

Osaka Castle 大阪城天守閣, Japanese breakfast, Udon lunch, Osaka Japan

The main attraction in Osaka is this Osaka Castle..

Doguyasuji 千日前, Kuromon market 黑門市場, Yodobashi Umeda, Osaka Japan

Now comes to the most interesting part of my Osaka trip, lets shopping !!

Doutonbori 道頓堀, Ramen, Osaka Japan

After passing through the Shinsaibash, we had reached Doutonbori 道頓堀, a street that has many restaurants and eateries..This Glico "running man" was the most attractive advertising light board before we walked to Doutonbori..

Shinsaibashi-Suji 心斎橋筋, Osaka Japan

We took JR train from Kyoto to Osaka-shin, after dropped our bags and we immediately heading to the famous shopping street Shinsaibashi-Suji 心斎橋筋. Shinsaibashi-suji, a covered shopping street, a place that you don't want to miss as there is the most happening place in Osaka.

Kaiseki 懐石料理 and Ramen at JR Kyoto station, train Bento, Kyoto Japan

I have heard of  Kaiseki 懐石料理  but never try before. Finally i got a chance to try this in Kyoto. On the last day, we went to this restaurant located at the JR Kyoto train station (if i could remember it located at the 10th floor)..

Lunch at Arashiyama 岚山, Togetsukyo Bridge 游渡月桥, Kyoto Japan

Once we came out from Kitano Tenmangu shrine, we checked through the map and realized that the next destination Arashiyama was located quite far from here, and it seem we have to change few buses to get there. In order not to waste our value last day in Kyoto, we decided to catch a cab to go there. Soon we arrived, we went for lunch first before heading to Bamboo forest of Sagano 嵯峨野竹林.

Kitano Tenmangu shrine 北野天满宫, Kyoto Japan

After leaving Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) 金閣寺, we walked to another temple 北野天满宫 located nearby and this temple is free of extrance fee (finally enter a temple without paying money ^_^) . We almost lost our way, called for help from this group of students, they were so nice and lead us there since they were also on their way to this temple.

Kinkakuji (Golden Pavilion) 金閣寺, Kyoto Japan

Kinkakuji 金閣寺 is a UNESCO gazetted site and is one of the temple that you should not missed if you visit to Kyoto. The top two floors of this temple are completely covered in gold leaf.

Light cheddar cheesecake 车打芝士蛋糕

When i saw Honey Bee Sweet baked this light cheddar cheesecake, remind me that i have so long did not bake this cake. When i started my blog in 2008, i was totally new in baking, the only cake i know how to bake was plain butter cake..and the 1st cheesecake was this cheddar cheesecake which is a very popular recipe from 星厨房. And i just realized that i have never recorded this recipe in my blog before..So this time, i bake again and have it record in my blog. This is a very good cheesecake recipe, with few common ingredients, you can get a light, cottony, spongy and delish cheesecake..Thanks to Hsling for sharing such a great recipe.

Cranberries Cream Cheese Pai Pao (Bread) 蔓越莓奶酪大排包

While i tried to figure out what to make so i can use finish the leftover 100g cream cheese from raspberry cheesecake. I saw Jessie-cooking moments strongly recommended this Pai Pao ( in Chinese which means bread arrange in a line). She said this bread stay soft after kept for 3 days..

I immediately try it out yesterday and i like this recipe which is straight dough method (don't need overnight sponge dough). I was enjoyed this bread this morning, and so happy to find out this bread still tasted very soft, fluffy and nice aroma..This will be a bread recipe that i will make again and again..

Japanese egg salad sandwich鸡蛋三明治 (Tamago-Sando) ~深夜食堂

Yesterday my son Desmond was requested egg sandwich in the late evening, i rejected his request because dinner was ready and i was rushing to attend a gang dinner (my girl friends gave me thumbs up for the raspberry cheesecake ^_^). When i tried to wake him up this morning, he showed me his sour face. I asked him why you angry at me, he said because i did not make him egg sandwich yesterday, LOL.

So i quickly make this egg sandwich before he came back from school today..and this egg sandwich also one of the food that shared in the "Midnight canteen" drama 深夜食堂.

Raspberry Marble Cheesecake 覆盆子芝士蛋糕

I am so happy from now onwards i can bake this type of heavy cheesecake. Last time my family do not appreciate heavy cheesecake, but after they tasted this Raspberry cheesecake, they were asking for more..

Okonomiyaki 大阪烧, Osaka Japan

I have yet to update finished Kyoto trip, but i would like to jump to Osaka first, as I would like to share you an interesting video which i captured when we were taking Okonomiyaki 大阪烧 at Doutonbori street Osaka Japan.

Mini Red Bean Buns 迷你红豆面包

When my daughter invited her best friends to our Mid-Autumn festival BBQ Party, her friends were so sweet, even gave me a baking cookbook as a gift. The title of the book is 星期天的烘培时光 by 郑荣仙.(a famous Korean cookbook writer).  There are many simple and nice baking recipes from this book, the first recipe i tried was this mini red bean buns..

Stir Fried Black Pepper Beef with Strawberry

The other day we tried this dish at a Chinese restaurant  nearby (As recommended by Missyblurkit) . I was very impressed with this black pepper beef with strawberry, juicy beef with strong black pepper aroma and sweetish tangy strawberry. Few weeks later, i imatated this at home..and the taste is almost close to that restaurant.

Jelly Layer Cake

Finally , i have finished re-arrange all labels of my existing posts and created a new recipe index page (Thanks to Wendy for her guidance). When i see this recipe gallery in this new page, i just realized that i have cooked and baked so many foods, like a recipe map!! Feel free to have a look on my new recipe index (on the top page) and try to click here and there (give comment if any), Xie Xie , Terimakasih and Thank you..

Last two weeks i made two Birthday cakes for my niece and nephew, one was Tiramisu cake for Birthday boy, another was this Jelly Cake for Birthday girl. I got this idea from Eileen's blog.

Zespri Kiwifruit, Glass Noodles and Chicken Salad

Due to some program problem while i editng my new recipe index page, an old post that was deleted but appearing in my blogger's friend blog list. Thus I have no choice, need to publish a new post to overwrite it. So i take this Zespri kiwifruit salad which i prepared during Mid-Autumn festival BBQ party and post it here..

Mid-Autumn Festival Home BBQ Party

The best way to celebrate Mid-Autumn festival to is gather all family members to relax and enjoy grill foods. We had a wonderful Mid-Autumn festival BBQ party on last week.

Fried Burdock Root (Gobo) 炸牛蒡

The other day when i cooked Tonjiru (Japanese Pork Miso Soup) 豬肉味噌湯, i can't finished the whole Burdock root (Gobo).  So I use the leftover to deep fry, it was so crunchy and sweet after deep fried.

Rabbit Snowskin Mooncakes

Yesterday i use the balance Kor Fun flour and lotus paste filling to make this little rabbit for my son Lucas to bring to school as they are celebrating Children's day today..

Tiramisu Cake

Yesterday i went to do my regular PS check, the lady doctor told me baking is a bad hobby (because my blood pressure was slightly high and my weight never gone down ^_^), i was quite upset and no mood to update any post yesterday. Anyway, i am ok today, because i still continue to bake bread now. My life will not have fun if i am not doing any baking, hehehe..

Last week i made another two Birthday cakes for my niece and nephew. One of them is Tiramisu Cake which i was inspired by Phong Hong Bakes and the recipe in a magazine that i have bookmarked for a longer time.