Sunday, August 8, 2010

Half Boiled Eggs to the Perfection

Well, I'm not sure if I need to post this as recipe because it does not have any recipe at all in fact. I love eggs, particularly fried eggs with some crispy bites at the sides. However, everybody can fry eggs easily because you can see how the skin turns out, the color, etc.

The tricky part is when we try to make half-boiled eggs. You can not find out whether the egg white has turned solid? is it overcooked? too runny? So, there is a way to reach out to perfect half-boiled eggs. Those runny yolks with pepper and soya sauce. slurp!

There is an easy way to make perfect half-boiled eggs. It is with this below magic helper. My mom used to have this and it works very well. Fail-proof kind.

















However, if you don't have this maker at home, I can share with you the traditional way of making half-boiled eggs to the perfection, at least my version. Mom's way!

1. Boiled water until you see all those bubbles!!



2. Turn off the stove, and put in eggs. Eggs should be in room temperatures.
I accidentally crack an egg. Please ignore those messy white

3. Now, it's time for JumpBeeMama's trick. Check out those bubbles coming up from the eggs. You will see row of bubble up (just like in champagne! cheers!). This bubble thing will last for around 6 minutes if your eggs are with room temperatures.
If your eggs are straight from the fridge, the whole time should be around 7.5 minutes.
When there is no more bubbles, or maybe a little....it's time to serve the eggs!
(Time varies depend on what eggs you use. I use kampung eggs (free range chicken) here)


4. Lastly, Serve it with a teaspoon of soya sauce and little pepper!!! High in Protein, easy to serve!















Enjoy!!!

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Dress Me Up...!!

So, I'll be officially The Man's wife by this upcoming December, lawfully. Thus, a lot of wedding preparation going on in my current life. First stop, the DRESS!!!! Yes. The WHITE DRESS!

If not all, most girls grow up with their dream wedding dress in mind. A good marketing job by Disney or all fairy tales storybook company. But for myself, I don't have one. My wedding dress emerged from mommy's wedding dress -> tube dress -> hollywood simple dress and the list went on.

But now, as my real turn, I was lost in search of the perfect wedding dress. Simply not because I did not have idea what i would love to wear, but because I want to wear them all in one day. I don't know about all other bride-to-be, but for myself, I'd love to wear them all!

One good website that I've found recently is Wedding Inspirasi. I religiously follow this wedding wear blog nowadays. It's just one of the most complete wedding dress book that you want to know when planning for your big day. From asian designer to middle east and up to Europe designer. She covers them all

Anyway, for myself, I've decided to have my wedding dress done by an Indonesian designer. He is known as Pak Adrian. One of the lecturer in Susan Budihardjo Fashion School. I trust my day to him and I hope he will make me as one of the prettiest bride ....at least in my hometown

The deal is a lot of liaising done remotely. As i'm still working in Singapore, and the designer is based in Indonesia, numerous texting, and phone call to make sure we can get the best out of everything.


So, recently I went back to Indonesia to have my first measurement (after long diet effort). We decided to have kebaya look dress with lace as main fabric.

Not many photos for now, but at least there you are. Me - measured - happy bride!!!

Not sure why The Man always took photo of me from Top view. I look like Queen Ant instead of Bee

Monday, August 2, 2010

Bee is Ready to Jump

So, we have new logo now. Our new mascot - Miss Bee! (Big thanks to Ms Elizabeth Heng)
My man wanted to contribute to this blog and call himself as The Man. LOL...or was it D'man? Well, he may be covering gadget for me, or once in a while he may be the guest star

I have some photos from Equinox, will be going for another round of good dinner soon. So, stay tune.