And the journey begins...

Farewell....my lovely friend!

We missed you already...

Hope we can do this again sometimes...

And the journey begins....Good Luck!

Maple Pecan Squares

Maple & Pecan are best friends. It always great together. The earlier post on Maple Walnut Squares which I did because I do not have pecan within reach so I decided to substitute it with walnut...well, this weekend I finally baked it with the suggested ingredients...pecan! It is so delicious and I wouldn't substitute it with walnut..ever again! We just can't separate or substitute our best friends, right? Even when there are times that we need to say farewell to our best friends...InsyaAllah...we will find a way to catch up, even for just for a little while... :)

 

Ingredients:

Crust

1 1/4 (200g) cup all purpose flour

1/3 (75g) firmly packed brown sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 (125g) cup cold unsalted butter, chopped

Filling

6 tbsp (90 g) butter

1/3 cup (105 g) pure maple syrup

2/3 (155 g) firmly packed brown sugar

1/3 cup (80 ml) heavy /double cream

2 cups (250 g) coarsely chopped pecans

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree Celsius and line a 9 inch square baking pan with heavy duty aluminum foil. Let the foil extend up the sides of the pan. Spray the foil with vegetable oil.
2. In large mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar and salt, stir until blended. Fold in the butter and mix until it resembles fine breadcrumbs.
3. Press the crumb mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake the crust for 12-17 minutes until edges are lightly browned.
4. In a saucepan over medium heat, combine and stir together the butter, maple syrup and sugar until the butter melts and sugar dissolves.
5. Bring to a boil and continue to let it boil for 1 minutes.
6. Remove from the heat and stir in the cream. Fold in the nuts and pour the filling over the crust. Spread evenly.
7. Bake for 25 minutes or until the filling is set when you give the pan a gentle shake.
8. Let cool completely for about 1 1/2 hours before lifting up the liner from the baking pan.
9. Cut it into 25 small or 16 medium squares.

EMBA 8B Gathering

The class of EMBA 8B organized a gathering on 25th July at TGCC. The mastermind behind the event was Syarin, thanks pal!. She basically did the venue reservation, chose the food, get everybody to pay (the leceh one this one), plan for the backdrop, photographer and macam2 which I also didn't know what else la. Doorgifts were sponsored by Mark & Samseah, nice la all the things u guys gave us! appreciate them very much...ada pens la, notepad la, post it, water tumbler, pouch, canvas shopping bag sampai dua!

We booked one function room for that event so that we could have more privacy with ourselves. Thought somebody wanted to karaoke or something but dunno what happened..The turnout was really really good where if not mistaken 25 out of 28 yang dah confirmed datang. Syarin, Samseah & Mark were the early birds and myself & Mas joined in a little bit later. Then bila Gee came, she & me jaga the registration counter. Mylord was the first bee yang muncul around 12ish...I heard that he actually went in and tasted the food eventhough event belum start...ishk!iskh!iskh! Cik Pah kite datang terhencut2 sikit sebab jari kaki patah tapi sanggup jugak drive tu, tabik spring! Pian datang with a bodyguard ...hehe...takpelah...layan jer.

At a little bit after 1pm, syarin started the event which actually start makan ler...no speech or whatever because the main objective is to gather and catching up sambil makan. The food was excellente. With RM75, we were served with pasta (bolognaise, penne & alfredo), rice & lauk2 yang sedap, ada ayam masak lemon, roasted beef dengan kuah apa ntah kuning cam masak lemak cili api tapi sedap, veges etc. For appetizer ada salad, pecal, oyster, soup, roti and ulam2an. Dessert ada bubur kacang, ABC, cakes, brownies, jelly etc. Tak dapat nak makan sume sebab banyak sangat....rugi...rugi.

Sambil2 makan tu ada juga yang baru datang macam hj ghazi & abe mie. The 2 couples were the last to join in around 3pm. Yati & Sham brought their 8 mo baby together, she's really cute and baiknyer! Orang dok pegang here and there, dia diam jer tengok...agaknyer dlm kepala dia "Ape ke halnyer diaorang ni tak pernah jumpa baby ke ape?" Around 3.30 camtu, we had group photo taken by the photographer and after that some of us had to take a move. A few stayed and listened to a so-called press conference by sham & yati. Never seen yati seceria tu when we were in the class.Nice!

We called it a day around 4pm. Hope to see you guys in the next reunion.

Birthday @ Chilli's MV

Some of my close friends in the office (Fas, Aiza & Gee) treated me a lunch on one of the Friday afternoon at Chilli's MV. We ordered the famous and yummy tostada chips & queso dip of course!..itu wajib. We also ordered chicken & steak. Makan hidang la kira maklum la sume small eater. Thanks guys and thanks to all of you again including yati, hanum & ziham for the sweetest birthday gift (pilih sendiri tapi!).

Aiza did ask me whether I know how to prepare the dip, I think I know how but haven't tried it. Kalau aku nak buat aku nak cecah dengan ape? Kepok ikan? ke papadom? sedap gak kot.