I highly doubt if I could ever have the chance to meet her anytime soon...
When I woke up this morning, Sissy Chen texted me to remind me that today's Mama Chen's birthday. As I said earlier, I'm really, really lost right now. I didn't manage to prepare anything for mummy for Mothers' Day few weeks back and you can tell how guilty I felt. The stress I shouldered in that particular week was totally at the brim and I couldn't afford to bake her something like how I would normally do for special occasions like this. Hence, I told mummy that I would postpone the gift and that was then left as a promise.
As I've felt an utter relief after the rather difficult and heavier papers, I've also decided to bake today. I wanted to endeavor something fresh. Perhaps a multi-layer cake, perhaps a hidden-surprise cake, and then fondant came into my mind. Frankly speaking, I've never for once tried decorating my cakes with fondant because fondant doesn't taste good at all. That said, it is still the one thing that can turn your imperfect cake into a cake that deserves absolute limelight. I have to second that.
As it was my first attempt, I had some tiny problems here and there. As I kneaded the fondant longer, it became so sticky that it was impossible to have a perfectly smooth layer of fondant as the end-product, let alone covering the entire cake with it. It took me a pretty long time to find out that my mistake was to assume that covering my hands and the surface with confectioner's sugar could reduce the stickiness. As a matter of fact, that was a HUGE mistake because it only added on to the stickiness while making things worse. Google saved my life and I found out that I was supposed to use cornstarch and everything went perfectly fine after that!
Mummy is not home yet but I can't wait to surprise her with the cake because I honestly think it looks pretty cute HAHA. Fingers crossed. I hope it tastes good too! Here's a picture of my cushion-looking pink velvet cake.
Yesterday was the grand opening of Cosans' new branch near my place. According to Jian Jia, their coffee has been rated one of the best in Malaysia and I've never really wanted to give it a try on how heavenly it could be. In fact, they also have a branch in SS15, where I could easily visit anytime when college was still on but I was lazy. So yesterday, since it was their grand opening, they had a Buy 1 Free 1 offer and my father and I just couldn't resist it. My father did try their coffee in their SS15 branch and he commented saying it was indeed above mediocre, but not the best.
You probably know I'm a fan of Pacific Coffee if you've been following my updates. Their coffee never disappointed me. Also, they play the best songs that entirely suit the ambiance and not to forget, the coffee fragrance that sticks to your nostrils like it's going to be there forever. They make you feel like you just HAVE TO pay them another cordial visit, it's unstoppable. All in all, I love love super love Pacific Coffee.
When I stepped into Cosans, I knew two things that I yearned for were missing. The fragrance, and the music that I like. I mean, everyone's taste on music is uniquely different, so I guess it's cool. But I must say, their coffee immediately triggered my senses just with my first tiny sip. From that, I was sure the coffee beans that they used were most likely one of the finest and I couldn't stop telling my dad how amazing it made me feel. Upon that, one thing that I couldn't stop myself from appraising was how the coffee art stayed perfectly in shape until I finished my very last sip. I vaguely concluded that their coffee machine must have been one that could probably cost an atomic bomb because most coffee shops fail to produce froths, so fine, to the extent that coffee art stays.
I simply loved it!
When I reached home, I googled for them and I found out that Cosans was actually established just recently in 2013, founded by a local entrepreneur called Matthew Chong and it was indescribably awestrucking to know that their new branch is their 6th branch in Malaysia, considering how new they are since their establishment. Besides, I also read about their coffee machine which is internationally claimed as the Lamborghini of the coffee machines. That completely explains how such downright quintessential froth could be made.That said, I still very much prefer Pacific Coffee as they have reached 3 of my biggest wants from coffee shops.
Last but not least, I would like to reiterate my love for Cosans' coffee. The mug says 'Believe in great coffee', and I hope it is able to spread its innate motto to all coffee lovers out there, because I absolutely do believe in great coffee.
See you in Cosans?
1 comment:
the cake looked like it'd bounce if I press it ahahha do you still bake now at UK?
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