tired now m(_ _)m

so! as everyone on facebook and here in liverpool already knows~ i’ve been whipping up TONS of semi-edible goodies!

Here’s the one i’m most proud of. xD

Bread!

and it’s looking like proper bread this time~! i’ve tried a ga-zillion recipes before, but this one is the first to turn out like proper store bought bread (except it also comes with the nice bakery smell that fills your kitchen so i’m doubly excited about doing this again)

the picture in the previous post was one of my housemates waking up at noon and asking if i baked (she could smell it from her room! LOL )

so yeah, bread was one of the things…and just the night before i had made 3 mini batches of milk jam (to go with the bread i was already planning to make (^______^)v )

first up is matcha milk jam~

this one turned out the best flavour wise…i’m definitely gonna be making more of this soon!

Second best was an Earl Grey infused milk jam~ i don’t like earl grey as a tea, but in muffins (and jams apparently) it’s awesome!

this last one…lol…dear god, no more & never again! it’s milo & cinnamon flavoured! hahahahahaha!

it’s just….it just tastes like milo powder + cinnamon stirred into ALOT of condensed milk…not pleasant on toast at all! (^-^);;;

still, i had fun this week with the baking~

this morning…after being awoken by the phone at what was to me an ungodly hour in the morning (9am, but in my defense, i had only gone to bed at 7am xP ), i could not get back to bed and decided to make breakfast…pizza dough for a somewhat mini margherita pizza. the recipe doesn’t require the 2 hours fermentation so it’s perfect for hungry couch potato me…xD

and, because i was half asleep and dragging my blanket around the kitchen, i made a huge mess of it and thus…the lack of photos! (^-^);> i mean, it wasn’t too bad looking (kinda like exhibit A below..haha) but in my daze, i had FORGOTTEN TO SEASON the dough! hahahahaha…i did this only above the melted mozzarella & olive oil dressing so…it was abit…strange? (^-^);>

i’ll have another go soon i suppose~!

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Exhibit A

:: My very first attempt at pizza making ::

 

everyman & the broken toaster~

Lunching at Everyman’s bistro~

it has been awhile since i was last there…and all i settled for was pizza…

BUT!

the pizza was good~! mushroom, garlic and goat cheese (^____^)b yummy! the slice was reasonably sized and PACKED with goat’s cheese~! the other dish is what we now know was VERY EXPENSIVE economy rice…it’s a chicken oyster-sauce stir fry that cost £8-something!

yesh….definitely the most expensive economy rice i’ve come across (=_=);

then, the moment i was waiting for….DESSERT!

tada~~~ \(^-^)/

a peach frangipane ‘tart’ (well, it’s in a ramekin so there’s no crust of course…) instead, it came with biscuit fingers~

 

the peach was soooooo sweet that i forgot i absolutely DESPISE peach. xD to be honest, i didn’t know what the dessert was because i just picked out the best looking one at the counter (^-^);> the custard beneath the peach was really nice too~! (^-^)b really light and creamy. i just found myself eating it with my eyes closed because i have this -thing- with custard. i think it might be the colour that gets me feeling puke-y because it reminds me of butter! 

anyhoo~ back to the bistro…

pretty, no? 

we usually sit at the sofa over in the back though (^___^)

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eventually, when i got home around dinner time, i was faced with the broken toaster & my bagel. 

toaster….bagel…BROKEN toaster! (T____T) *weeps* 

so~ i heated a pan and just lightly toasted it there. burnt it a little but it works…hahaha…