i thought i'll never get out of the house

Seoul Bakery

55 St Giles High St

London WC2H 8LH

My favourite bibimbap in london

what are the barbies doing?

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abandoned

Thank you for everyone's comments in the last post. I will be getting another kitten when we are ready and hopefully this time round, I won't get my heart broken again. It's kitten season now in the summer, there are lots of abandoned cats and kittens looking for a lovely home.

When an animal dies that has been especially close to someone here, that pet goes to Rainbow Bridge. There are meadows and hills for all of our special friends so they can run and play together. There is plenty of food and water and sunshine, and our friends are warm and comfortable. All the animals who had been ill and old are restored to health and vigor; those who were hurt or maimed are made whole and strong again, just as we remember them in our dreams of days and times gone by.

The animals are happy and content, except for one small thing: they miss someone very special to them; who had to be left behind. They all run and play together, but the day comes when one suddenly stops and looks into the distance. The bright eyes are intent; the eager body quivers. Suddenly he begins to break away from the group, flying over the green grass, his legs carrying him faster and faster. YOU have been spotted, and when you and your special friend finally meet, you cling together in joyous reunion, never to be parted again. The happy kisses rain upon your face; your hands again caress the beloved head, and you look once more into the trusting eyes of your pet, so long gone from your life but never absent from your heart.
 

 

Lucy's first time on the grass

having a scratch on the computer

glaring

frowning

trying to jump out of window

having a cat nap

having a bubble bath

bus ride to the vet

Thank you for all the well wishes. Lucy is gone now, the vets couldn't save her, she had a genetic problem that couldn't be corrected. I did not get to see her befoe she died. Lucy is about 12 weeks old and she has been with us for 4 weeks During that time, she brought us alot of happiness. She did not appear to be sick or unhappy for the 4 weeks i had her. She's a very very happy cat and is willing to be friends with everyone who came to the house. She is also abit bossy at times and demanded her meals to be served before ours. She also made sure to have a sniff at our food and pawed at our food before we ate it.

The vets was very surprised that she had lived this long. I believe that she came into our lives for a reason.

I want to believe that she's in a better place now.

Lucy sleeping and being cute.

P1040322, originally uploaded by Alison.T.

Lucy is now in the hospital waiting for her big operation. She's a very happy and lively kitten and never complained about her condition which led to the late diagnosis. We all hope she will make it.

Found! #2

カプチーノ@HAMA CAFE(横浜), originally uploaded by Nekousa.

Favorite picture of the day.

Things we should know about Cats/ Kittens. ( I thought I knew but I've forgotten what it's like to have one )

- they require alot of time

- they may forget how to use the litter / poop

- they will use more tissue paper / toilet paper than you

- they do what they want, when they want.

- they are the boss of you

- if their plate is empty, it doesn't mean that you have to refill

- if you left a raincoat dangling of the chair, it's your fault if they rip it to shreds.

- they make really smelly poop and sometimes they smear it everywhere

- they only want to sit where you want to sit

A banana bread for Yae.

I buy alot of bananas and they always go too brown before I have time to eat them, so I make alot of bananan bread. They are good for gifting, most people like them, even the picky ones.

One of my earliest memory of banana bread was in college, I did not like baking nor did i know how to use a home oven. I had a friend Yae, whom I met in college who loved baking, and I remember her talking about baking quite alot. One time she stayed over and before she left for college, she woke me up and said that she had left a piece of banana bread that she had made in the fridge and told me to try it. ( I wasn't very interested still and just said yes to be polite of course, I was 19, I was still at a post rebellion age where i just couldn't be bothered with anything )  After a day or two, I saw a cake wrapped in a plastic bag looking abit sorry and squishy. I opened it and gave it a sniff and was not sure whether to take a bite or bin it. I took a bite after looking at it suspiciously and it was creamy, and soft and moist, it still had small bits of bananas in it and til this day, i still think it is the best one i've ever eaten. I never said anyting to Yae, but if you are reading this and you probably forgot about it. Thank you!

Yae also took me at my first ever farmers market in Santa Monica and introduced me to Trader's Joe. :)

This recipe is given to me by someone at work. The origins of the recipe comes from The Bread Bible by Rose Beranbaum. Dried cranberries have been replaced by fresh blueberries.

Banana Blueberry Walnut Bread

Ingredients

Will fit a 900g loaf tin.

113g butter, 200g sugar

2 eggs, 1 very ripe banana mashed, 1 tsp vanilla essence

1 cup walnut ( toasted ) 2 cup + 1 tbsp plain flour, 1 tsp baking soda, 1/2 tsp salt

2 cup blueberries

Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

Add eggs.

Beat in bananas, vanilla essence.

Add flour, baking soda, salt and mix well.

Fold in Walnuts & blueberries. Be gentle while folding in blueberries so they are not broken.

Bake for 40 mins at 170c.

Meet Lucy

This is the basket she came in.

Lucy loves peering out of the window and sun bathing.

Lemon Poppy Seed Cake

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Recipe - makes 2 8" tin

Ingredients.

Cake.

175g butter, 195g sugar

4 eggs, zest of 2 lemons, juice of 1 lemon

100g ground almond, 125g flour, 30g poppy seed

Icing.

3 oz soften butter, 6 oz cream cheese ( at room temperature ), 2.5 cup of icing sugar.

Juice of 1/2 lemon

Fully line your 8" tin with parchment paper, this will stick!

To make the cake,

Beat butter and sugar until soft and fluffy, add eggs one at a time.

Mixture will curdle but it is okay.

Add flour, poppy seed and ground almond in 2s. Add lemon juice.

Mix well.

Bake cake at 170c for 20-25 minutes until golden brown.

To make the icing,

beat butter until soft and fluffy.

Add cream cheese, and beat until smooth.

Add icing sugar and lemon juice and beat well.

I store my cream cheese icing in the fridge as i like it slightly firm when i do the icing.

Enjoy!

Bits and bobs.

Our dinner tonight. Wild rice with walnuts and vegetables.

Recipe here

waiting dogs

at leila's with tommy and yunne.

brownies at work.

scones at home.

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neon tabs

some of my favorite books

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finished chocolate bread

Sticky toffee pudding

See you soon.

 

Chocolate bread

Making chocolate bread is perfect for rainy and gloomy days.

I've never made chocolate bread.

The mixture was really wet and I was very very worried.

I added walnuts and chocolate chips.

More pictures of finished bread tommorow.

Recipe from David Lebovitz.

The month of may is a busy one.

my mum came to visit earlier this month,

I think she looks pretty good for a granny.

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Evelyn, also came, and hung out with us.

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We had a surprise bbq birthday for Tommy but she wasn't surprised! Instead, when she came knocking on my door and I was the one who was surprised because i wasn't expecting her yet. How silly is that. I got surprised trying to surprised someone! Oh well! I think she liked her cake.

That's it for now.

Catch you later -.-

Found #1

, originally uploaded by ColorMeKatie.

I love this picture.

Cookies ++ recipe

tommy ordered some cookies last week

I made extra.

For myself.

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Vanilla Cookies

Makes 30 very soft and crumbly cookies.

Ingredients

215g flour, 60 cornflour, pinch of salt, 70g icing sugar, 215g butter 1 teaspoon vanilla essence Or 1 vanilla bean. ( I used vanilla bean )

You will need very soft butter for this. Make sure butter has been left out in room temperature in advance.

Preheat oven at 170c.

Baking time 17 minutes.

1. 
   
   Combine flour, cornflour, salt, icing sugar and sift.
2. 
   
   Beat butter until very soft and fluffy ( 1 minute )
3. 
   
   Add vanilla essence or vanilla seeds
4. 
   
   Add dry ingredients all at once. Mix until combined
5. 
   
   Pipe cookies onto baking tray if you have piping bags / star nozzle, if not roll cookies into 20g balls.
6. 
   
   Fridge cookie dough for 30 minutes in the fridge before baking.

Try !