Cooking Class Prep #2

And this is the cooking class materials.  I had plastic plates and knifes bought from Ikea, cake molds from Pasar Mayestik and cupcake toppers leftover from my previous cooking class at my youngest' class...so happy to prepare this!

Cooking Class Prep

My cooking class preparation for my cutie niece party...could you guess what it is?

Curvylicious Three

Meet the curvylicious three, minus the curvy line, of course, and the chubby Kitty,  my newest edition in Rhumchoco pinata family.

Well, it doesn't look like 3, does it?

Picnic Table

My dream picnic table...simple,  rustic, vintage with different chair size, and color..   Style Me Pretty

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NEGEV, the perfect Ravioli

Tried the Beef Ravioli at Negev for lunch yesterday...the sauce is light, the ravioli is perfectly cooked..what else you expect?

And try their tapas choice before you start, I could not even decide which one is the best :)

Tiga Manula Jalan2 ke Pantura

My current reading..nope, the hubby's actually...

True ironic...

Culinary adventure...

And my favorite......colorful pictures!

you definitely should buy the book, handy book for Java tour, and it's a best seller!

Soto Padang Mangkuto

To introduce traditional Indonesian food is a homework..as a lazy working mom, I always bring the kiddos to the fastest food chain to eat out....fast food.  So, whenever and wherever we vote for the place to dine, the kiddos will proudly vote for it...sigh!

This time is an exception. We go for soto Padang Hj. Mangkuto at Pintu Air Pasar Baru.

They are only selling soto padang, nothing else,..but believe me, you won't be dissapointed and one bowl is never enough.  First rule, do not put anything, sip the broth, enjoy it and later put the sambals.....

and the kiddos?  i hope those smiling faces representing their happy hunger faces for the soto, yay!

Angpao

Angpao from the boss....and he said he only gave this to the best people!

PS : Boss, why I started to see this all over the office....not only me : the best people? LOL!





New Year

May we all have a happy, quiet and blessed new year and years to come, no more or no less... hugs!

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Potluck Satay

My potluck menu I bring today for our holiday season office potluck party....let's eat!



Krang Kring Resto

I am obsessed with any chalk wall...And now, I fall in love with the chalk glass painting if I could say so, at Krang Kring resto, Ciliwung street, Bandung.  Another Bandung community endless creativity,.......happy holiday!

Krang Kring resto Bandung

Red Velvet Whoopie Pie

On this holiday season, I had organized few assignments for the kiddos..

Starting today's assignment with red velvet whoopie pie cooking experiment.  I hope the result goes smoothly this time..I rang the kiddos just now, they said it's delicioso!  Can't wait to come home and taste...whoopie whoopie whoppie wooooo..I am coming!

Detik Food - Red Velvet Whoopie Pie



Mint Choco Cupcake

My latest cooking experiment with the kiddos..I melted mint choco with butter in the microwave, add 2 eggs and flour afterwards.  I split the cake mix into two so the kiddos won't fight for their portion.

Pretty well result..only the taste was more to brownies kukus than choco melt..ahh, I blamed it on the mint choco!

Museum Kebangkitan Nasional

Again, this was the eldest' request to visit any museum on the weekends and I accidentally found this place somehow..

Museum Kebangkitan Nasional is next to Paviliun Kartika, RSPAD Gatot Subroto, Jakarta.  

The place is quite spacious, and a bit spooky. It was used to be an old Javanese medical school.  No wonder they're wearing Javanese blangkon all over the place.

Entering the vintage building feels like passing through time tunnel and time has just stopped there..It made us wondering how the students studied with a limited medical equipment and stayed in the quiet dormitory....no internet, no wifi, no CSI sophisticated thingy with DNA identifier and computerized autopsy room? 

They must be very classy and high profile students! 

String Pinata

Promiseeeeee...this is gonna be my last post for bash preparation!  hmm...but someone could break her promise, right?

I also prepared Spongebob Pinata for the party but this time I decided not to do the bang bang..The idea was coming from my last pinata project where the 2 y.o. kid enthusiasticly banging the heavy stick and it turned out to be hitting other children,....sad!

I was putting several strings on the bottom of pinata - do not forget to glue a thinner paper to ease the pull out session...so we did a pull than bang pinata!

And look at their happy faces when pulling out the string, everybody got their turns!



Choco Melt

I know, i know..bit too much to post my bash preparation in several posts....I just could not help it!

I  made the choco melted cupcake because it's simple and yet it took less than 1 hour to bake 40 cups!

You are the Universe

Yes, this is how I feel about you, kiddos.......

You are the Universe, you're a driver, not a passenger in life!

Paper Vs Paper

One busy morning, on a meeting with one of my senior partner and the boss, I ended to an interesting conclusion.

Whenever we agreed on something, the three of us were automatically writing down on a piece of paper to take note.

This is odd, maybe, in the paperless digital world nowadays where we should easily write down with our smartphone....and on another mental notes : the boss is using IPhone and the others are having IPad including me (sigh!)

The most amazing was the partner : he's writing down on a small piece of paper, folded and slipped it on his wallet as he said it's heavy to carry an IPad....Hmmm, and I said : you need to get a personal assistant to carry.. (hahaha!)

I actually tried to use the so called hi-tech equip to simplify my life.  I sometime bring my IPad to read candidate's CV during my interview, but most of the time I skip and  whenever I pass on to my colleagues for another interview, they always ask for the print-out CV!

Conclusion : There's something that traditionally remains unchanged......PAPER!

Another Bash Four

I am not a bday party kinda mom though I like to decorate..for me, bday must be celebrated in a simple and quiet mode...Everyone have their own birthday date, isn't it?

But this time, since it was requested by the youngest and this is gonna be his last year at kindergarten, so why not?

I decided to go for a cheaper goody bag as mine was a small jar filled with hand puppets and choco biscuits  instead.  I bought a plastic jar cost me only IDR 3000 a piece, cut multicolor fabrics  (you could use any used fabrics or buy a cheaper one) and wrapped it with gold ribbon.  And I am done now!

Another Bash 3

And this is the 3rd preparation, the hand puppets!

I luv this, i saw this first at IKEA Abu Dhabi 2 years back and it should be perfect for the goody bag, light and handy...Lucky, they are still on production till now, Yeay!

Happy Foccacia

My level of happiness is simple...and is when you were having Starbuck Foccacia for your breakfast..simple, isn't it?

IKEA Wishlist

My 3 IKEA wishlist from my last trip to Singapore, which will continue as my wishlist till I find a way to ship  to Jakarta..cross finger!

Another Bash 2

Soo..this is another DIY for my youngest bash......I bought the plastic bottle from Pasar Mayestik and I glued the colorful bottle wrap from kind-kindred-melissa and I luv the result!

Cooking Class

This was the second year I was asked by my youngest's teacher to be a guest teacher at school.  The theme is  process...wow, what kinda process to be talked about for 6-years old pupils?

Cooking demo is the first idea came to mind.  For 30-minutes time, it should go within your reach.  Just put a mayo, the chicken, any tomato and ......HOO to the RAYYYY,  HOORAAAY!

On the D day, when I came to the class, the pupils started to scream my name....Mama Azra,..Mama Azra.....Mama Azra.....oh my, my heart gasp! I really enjoying the 3-seconds fame..please please do not take that away from me?

And then, the chaos started......

Believe me, it's better to run an office meeting with 30 adult, than handling 19 pupils.....one was dissapointed for not having her turn to cut the bun, one was complaining for having overcooked chicken, and the other four were screaming for the red burger toppers! Hahahahahaha.....

But it was such a joy, F-U-N-tastic and overwhelming experience and I won't trade this with anything.....They are such adorable and one thing broke my heart to the most, my youngest was so proud of me! Luv u too!

Burger Demo

This was prepared last week for my cooking class project...I printed out the burger sketch, glued on a cardboard and put a stick on it.  I prepared also a cupcake topper for the burger,love it!

Party Assistant

Meet my youngest who is now officially becoming my party organizer assistant.  His first duty is to write-up mom's arisan menu...good job, young boy!



Another Bash

My upcoming project for the youngest bash at his school...wish me luck!

Jambu Air

And my jambu air on the pot is growing!  Happy!  U guys should try to grow fruit in the pot, it should be very easy to maintain..

Piquenique at Mekarsari

And off we go to Mekarsari....flying fox, banana boat, rolling doughnut...

Do not forget to come early to avoid traffic and sunny day, bring your colorful mat, homemade foodie and have the stylish and cheap piquenique..the kiddos gonna love it..

Hello Kitty Pinata

And here's the result...

Dear Lea, please be nice to the eenie meenie teenie tiny catwoman wannabe...happy birthday!

Meowww...



Lazy weekend working on the white crepe papers craft for my bestie's daughter....meeoowww..



Vintage Tiles

My future project on vintage tiles...aren't the colors lovely?

Bench Makeover 2

And this is the after makeover!  I first wanted to have a rustic light blue, but i still need to have the kiddos to sit on it frequently to get the natural rustic look!

The rustic idea was coming from this blog, Bright Bazaar actually...who would not fall in love with the light blue drawer?

Bright Bazaar

Taman Langsat

And the journey continues..... Taman Langsat is on Barito street, Kebayoran Jakarta.  As the closest park from our home, this is quickly becoming our go-to for lazy weekender.

Look....they have the red bike, recycled deer, hanging frames and hopscotch...hoop hoop!



Bench Makeover

Boring on the weekend as usual, this time, I decided to do bench makeover...

Before....



Gyukaku Horenso Salad

You should try this, Horenso Salad of Gyu Kaku restaurant, Pacific Place, Jakarta.

Horenso leaf, sliced fried garlic, fresh mushroom and peanut sauce......the look is stunning and refreshing! 

Museum Polri

A surprising request from the eldest : "Mom, can we go to the museum on weekend?"

Yeay....my weekend without mall effort was a bit paid off.  And here we are at the Museum Polri Kebayoran and the kiddos loved it!

New Ride

Sooo this is the brmmmmmm brmmmmmmmmm....My new project for my cutie nephew's carnival next week.  The project is the collaboration of the hubby, me, the kiddos and the mbaks..our first fun project! 

Daffa....please win it for us!

Boring Drawing

This is what happened when the boss got bored during the conference call and started to draw me.  An outstanding intepretation, maybe, considering he's coming from audit firm background...Me and calculator and that necklace?

Bash Project

This is the 2nd year I was asked by my bestie to help preparing her son's bday bash.  Amazing how time flies and he's two years now!

We brainstorm the party's theme and came up with Thomas the Train and Mustache for the baby shower.  We both were so excited preparing and kept exchanging ideas in between our office meetings and month end reporting.  We don't mind to cut and glue all the party thingy in the middle of the night and whatssapp it each other.....F-U-N!

So, mr. Timothy....c u you on the next bash project!

Cardboard Newbie

My newly project for my cutie nephew....The hint : brmmm, brmmmm....!