i like sakae sushi at subang parade. the ambience is nice, with nice comfy booths to sit in and an overall dim lighting. i like the cute green smiling froggy on its logo. oh..and the food is pretty good as well.

rachel had this tempura-ed basket with her cold soba and raw egg mixture [forgot what it's called]

yewjin had this mackeral sushi that looks interesting. the fish slices are topped with minced ginger and spring onion.

as usual the tamago sushi is a favourite.

my all time favourite - salmon sushi. sakae sushi has the cheapest salmon sushi around at only RM1.90 per plate [of two pieces] and it tastes much better than the ones at sushi king [more expensive!] which were not very fresh the last time gavin and i ate there. which is kinda weird as sushi king is just a fast food place whereas sakae sushi "feels" like a fine dining place.

I thought it was interesting to see this item on the menu called "spicy salmon sushi" so i ordered it. it turned out to be rather...interesting. on the the usual vinegared rice were chopped up raw salmon mixed with... i dont know. what looked like curry paste and chilli powder? it WAS indeed spicy but still had that distinct salmony flavour. wrapped up in seaweed sheets. unexpected..but tasty.

it was claire's birthday so i tried this new recipe for lemon "surprise" cake from a children's cookbook from england. all the photos in it were hazy and gives one kinda a feeling like u're in dreamland or something. like everything is so cozy and warm.

as usual, i beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

then added the lemon juice. the recipe said to add the juice of two lemons..and since i was using the bottled lemon squeeze..i didnt know how much that was so i only put 4 tablespoons. i should've put more coz the cake didnt take lemony enough.

then in went the flour and baking powder.

the "surprise" was spposed to be the mixed fruit coated with butter and sugar but this actually made the cake too sweet for my liking.

and here's the finished product. not very pretty but her student said it tasted good. hope he wasnt lying!

actually it wasnt too bad except for the too sweet part and the lack of lemony flavour. the texture was really good as it was moist and crumbly.

Meringues

I'd never made meringues before but i love them!! the first time i tasted one was at Tassie when Leslie used to make them. they were so pretty...billowing white "clouds" of sweet/crunchy/chewy mouthfuls. at a bakery in Marsfield i had a pink meringue caterpillar. But somehow it wasnt so hot in malaysia.
but recently i had the lemon meringue pie at Delicious by Ms Read and remembered how much i love meringues!!
however if you're not a sweet toothed person, you'll hate them. Im sure gavin would hate them!
found this recipe from martha stewart for cranberry pecan meringues, i substituted walnuts and mixed fruit.

first i measured the fruits and nuts

then comes the fun part! i beat the egg whites with the vanilla and sugar until soft peaks form

then fold in the fruit and nuts


then i dropped big tablespoonfuls on a tray and baked them for 2 hours!

the result was a nice crunchy on the outside but chewy on the inside sweet flavourful puff!

unfortunately i am a sweet toothed person and this was just too irresistible for me and i ended up eating 4 at once! when i only meant to "taste" one! oh dear. but it tasted so good and the texture so nice and chewy and it was like a blast of vanilla and fruit flavour with each bite.

Baked Blueberry/Strawberry Cheesecake

A baked cheesecake with a biscuit base and blueberry pie filling as the topping

Price: RM45