Sunday, July 13, 2008

Mrs. Fife Nutty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

Cookies Dough
My Little Helpers!

In the oven!

Mrs. Fife Nutty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookes! These cookies are not too sweet but full of flavor! And the texture is amazing. Soft and chewy on the inside and just a perfect light crisp on the outside. You really have to try making them!

Oh! I forgot to mention that these are the best cookies that I have ever made or created! They are way better than Mrs. Fields Cookies!


Mrs. Fife Nutty Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies Recipe
(Make 2 dozens)

1. Preheat oven at 375F.

2. Cream (very well mix) 1 Cup Soften Un-Salted Butter, 3/4 Cup Sugar, and 3/4 Cup Dark Brown Sugar together in a big mixing bowl.

3. Add 2 Eggs and 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract into the butter mixture.

4. In another mixing bowl, mix 2 Cup All-purpose Flour, 2 Cup Regular Oats, 1 teaspoon Salt, 1 teaspoon Baking Soda, and 1 teaspoon Baking Powder together.

5. Add the flour mixture into the butter mixture. Well combine. Once it well combines, stop the mixing process! (Over-mixing creates tough dough! NO GOOD!)

6. Add 1 Cup Dark Chocolate Chips and 1 Cup Chopped Walnut or Chopped Pecan into the cookies dough. Lightly mix!

7. Spoon about 1 Tablespoon of dough (for small cookies) or Spoon an ice-cream scoop size dough (for big cookies) on a cookies sheet. You can fit about 8-12 small dough or 6 big dough on a cookies sheet. Bake for about 8-15 minutes. I suggest you to check your cookies half way through baking because cooking time is varies for different oven. No more than 15 minutes. Never over bake your cookies. Have fun!


Baby Show Cake




I made this baby show cake for my good friend, Tiffany Araki. She is finally having a girl after having two boys. I am so happy for and jealous of her at the same time!!! This cake is so "girlie and elegant"!!! I really love the pink and white marble fondant. I really had so much fun making it for her. The cake was yellow cake with chocolate and pink cream frosting. By the way, the color of the shower were pink and white. The decorations are made out of white and dark chocolate.

Monday, June 30, 2008

Food I Had in Hong Kong

Jumbo Japan Sea Scallops Sushi. The scallops are super fresh and sweet.


This is the traditional Hong Kong style breakfast. Noodles, Steam Rice Noodles (Cheung Fun) with Chinese BBQ Pork (Char Siu) and Plain Rice Noodles (Cheung Fun) with soy and sesame sauce.

Steamed Fish Head with Chinese Herbs! Super Yummy! This is my favorite! I grew up eating steamed fish head and even my cousin remembers it. He specially ordered this for me when we were having Dim Sim in a tea house restaurant. How sweet of him! By the way, did you see the eye?



Chinese Dim Sum and my Jumbo Seafood Dumpling with Seafood Broth. How I miss the food in Hong Kong!


Here are something Western! As you know that I am a seafood freak, I can't go to Hong Kong without loading myself with seafood. I had a seafood buffet dinner with my nephew, my brother and a couple of our friends. I had my favorite fresh oysters, smoked salmon, etc.

This one is the Japanese BBQ Squid Balls. I couldn't get enough of it.

This one is the Hong Kong style pizza from Pizza Hut. It is called the "Sausages Bites Pizza". I didn't have a chance to try it but I will try to make it at home. The pizza looks so yummy in the picture.




These few pictures are the Shanghai Style Chinese Food. Pork Chop Fried Rice, Steamed Soup Dumplings with Crabs, Plain Steamed Soup Dumplings (Siu Lung Bao), and Hot and Spicy Soup. It was so worth waiting in line for an hour for this incredible food. Thanks Zoe (my sister) for taking me to this great restaurant.


Sushi again! Yes, I had sushi a few times during my five days trip in Hong Kong. This restaurant, Monster Sushi, is a new sushi restaurant in Mong Kok. And the owner is the famous handsome actor, Daniel Wu. Everything I had over there was great, and the price was very reasonable. The only thing that disappointed me was that I didn't see Daniel Wu in the restaurant. Oh well...
Will go there again for sure!

After having so many yummy food in Hong Kong, I really can not go back to the food and restaurants in Hawaii. Hong Kong has the best food in the world. The variety is unbelievable, and the taste and quality are amazing. One more great thing is that the price is cheap everywhere. I really want to move back right NOW!