Tasty Tuesdays: Edible Totoros

Kyraben are actually Bentos that are made with characters  from animes, cartoons, movies, etc. And generally, kyarabens are harder to make than normal bentos, just because of the amount of work put in to make edible ingredients look like a character, not to mention it has to look the same in terms of colours too!

Credits: AnnaTheRed

Today, I'm going to introduce my favourite kyraben maker who's blog is fantastic for ideas and uber cuteness! Anna The Red (not to be confused with Hongyi/Red), is a girl who's blog I've always followed just because she's a big fan of games, animes and in particular, she's a big fan of Ghibli that loves to make Totoro shaped food!

Tasty Tuesdays: Superbowl Superfood

You don't talk about the Superbowl without talking about the food, finger food that's easy to eat while watching the game and cheering your favourite team on.

Although we don't watch the Superbowl here, I still think these recipes are pretty neat as finger food when it comes to small gatherings or even a DVD night with your pals (and yes, good for football nights if you don't want mamak) 

So here are my Top 3 Superbowl Superfood picks.

Tasty Tuesdays: Bento

A bento made by miss feelgoody2shoes

Bentos are essentially lunchboxes, popular in places like Japan, Taiwan, and China. It's a healthy, yummy & cheap way of enjoying your lunch, especially when you're on a tight budget!

Now looking at the pictures of Bentos you might be thinking "How long did it take to make THAT?!" But really, making a bento can take as short as you want or as long as you want, it all depends on your own planning. Here I've gathered some samples of the different bentos from my favourite bento making blog: Adventures in Bentomaking

Tasty Tuesdays: 6 Course Japanese Lunch

So I was with my fellow colleagues at the launching of the Doraemon World 2012 last week (which I will blog about in a later post) and was served the most amazing 6 course Japanese Lunch at Tokyo Teppan that day :)

Truthfully, I've never been to Tokyo Teppan (situated in Pavilion, KL) even though I've walked past the restaurant a few times. It sorta always seemed like a typical teppanyaki place and I'm not the kind who has a particular love for teppanyaki. So when I was served these 6 amazing dishes, I was pleasantly surprised at what they had to offer.

Christmas Cookie Gifts

Ah Christmas... A time when we have jazzy music in the background playing while we eat, laugh and exchange gifts with our friends and family.

You know, I always have a hard time thinking of what Christmas gifts to get, so I thought of baking some cookies to give as gifts this time round. Besides, it's always a plus point when you tell people you made the cookies yourself!

After watching the episode where Claire from "5 Ingredients Fix" (Wednesdays, 10am on ntv7) made these tea cookies, I jumped online and found this: Earl Grey Shortbread Cookie Recipe--a simple enough recipe and pretty straightforward to do.

Within 5 minutes, I was writing down the list of items I had to buy. But being on a tight budget meant I had to forgo the Earl Grey tea leaves since I wasn't going to buy a pack of tea leaves just to bake. I made my list, checked it twice and popped over to the grocery store right after to get my necessities: butter, flour, sugar, vanilla essence and salt.

In total I took about over 2 hours to bake, but that was because I didn't have a food processor and it took a little longer than the suggested time for the dough to set in the fridge. Otherwise, this cookie is really easy to make and it'll definitely carve a smile on someone's face.

And here's a Merry Christmas to every single one of you reading this blog, I hope this post helped you if you're also cracking your head on what Christmas gifts to get. If all else fails, why not try this recipe cause it definitely worked for me :)

p/s: I wonder if anyone noticed the sous chef outfit I'm in. Anyone want to take a guess who inspired that outfit? Hint: She's a sous chef from "The Avilon".