A's!☺

April had been quite a busy month for my mother's side of the family, 3 very special occasions were celebrated. A christening of our little angel cousin, a debut of a lovely lady cousin and a wedding of a dear cousin.☺

During my cousins' occasions particularly the christening and the debut, I baked cupcakes. It was my first time to bake cupcakes and I loved it to bits! Baking is quite tiring yet so fulfilling! What I love about these orders, they gave me freedom to choose the flavor of the cupcakes. Everything is up to me, they trust me that much! And I'm paid! Would you believe? :p

Here are my chocolate cupcakes for Baby Ash!♥ 

A closer look of the cupcake.☺ It has chocolate buttercream frosting and chocolate sprinkles to top it off! This is a chocolate indulgence indeed!♥

And as for my now legal cousin, I decided to make the very sophisticated and popular Red Velvet Cupcakes.☺

Red Velvet Cupcake with Cream Cheese frosting. I put only a little frosting 'coz my piping skills is yet to be practiced! And oh, I need to buy good piping tips too!☺ I wanted this to be more red but I don't know why it didn't happen. I should experiment on this one soon.

And that's it for now.. I wanna make an online shop soon after more practice and adjustments on my recipes. I've asked the people who tasted both cupcakes their comments and suggestions and I put every good and not so good comments to heart so I can do better on my next 'project'.☺ If you wanna order something, just contact me through twitter @alyssaalejandro or email me at alyssalejandro@yahoo.com.ph! Support me, please! It would mean a lot to me.☺

xx,

A♥

Proud Asian!

I'm in love with Asian food, I have a thing with Japanese, Malaysian, Chinese and Singaporean food. Korean is something I wanna explore soon though. Anyway, I think I got my love for Asian foods from my parents, both of them adore Asian foods so much I spent my entire childhood, well up until teenage years eating at different Asian restaurants. Now, make way for my favorite Asian restaurant here in Manila!☺

I've been in love with Banana Leaf Asian Cafe for years now, if I could marry a restaurant, I'd probably have married it along time ago! :p I would just like to thank my cool Tito Wennie and Tita Phola for tagging me along with their whole family to eat here for the nth time.♥

Penang Char Kway Teow

This stir fried noodles is my family's favorite. Every time we eat there, we always order this one. Always. We never skipped.☺

Stir Fried Oat Prawns Singaporean Style

I've tried this in Sg and I want my cousins to try it too because I loved it! It tasted just like the one I ate in Sg. It's sweet and crunchy, you know you'll love it!☺

Mee Goreng

I can live eating noodles and pasta everyday, just as long as you serve me different Asian stir fried noodles and Italian's very best pastas.☺

Tilapia Fillet with Assam Sambal Sauce

There's nothing special with tilapia fillet, but mind you the sauce is to die for! It's love! I can still remember the taste! It's sweet, salty, and full of spices! Pardon me if I can't mention all of the spices in it, I'm still not equipped with that special Chef skill though I hope soon enough I'd learn to! 

Deep Fried Chicken Strips Malayan Style

This is not your ordinary chicken strips. It has an after taste of, are you ready? Curry! Oh, I love it! It's like a firework, a savory surprise at the end!

Iced Tea Tarik - Malaysian Pulled Tea

I only realized I haven't taken the pic of this wonderful drink when I already drank half of it! Annoying. Anyhow, I can finish two glasses of this one! I've been drinking this since I was a child. I can honestly say that before the milk tea craze here in Manila, I'm already a milk-tea fan.☺

Roti Canai

I haven't taken the pic of this favorite appetizer of mine! I love it dipped into curry sauce when I want a savory type of snack and sometimes I dip it into a condensed milk, a cheap yummy dessert! :p

xx,

A♥