PANCAKES BREAKFAST

 

Loving pancakes as breakfast. Making the basic pancakes, then eat them with strawberry jam, chocolate spread, peanuts butter, kaya etc. etc. etc.

Ingredients:

• 1 cups all-purpose flour, stirred or sifted before measuringr
• 2 ablespoons granulated sugar
• small pinch of salt
• an large egg
• 1/4 cups milk
• 2 tablespoons melted butter

Preparation:

1. Sift together flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt.

2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the eggs and 1 1/2 cups of milk; add to flour mixture, stirring only until smooth. Blend in melted butter.

3. If the batter seems too thick to pour, add a little more cold water.

4. Cook on a hot, greased griddle, using about 1/4 cup of batter for each pancake.

5. Cook until bubbly, a little dry around the edges, and lightly browned on the bottom; turn and brown the other side.

冬瓜薏米瘦肉汤

Found this interesting soup recipe. Been dying to try various different soup recipies to improve better diet.

摘要

　　冬瓜薏米瘦肉汤祛湿除斑，养血益颜。用于面部色素沉着，时有眼睑浮肿或脸色黑褐无华;或大便秘结，面部皮肤粗糙;或小便不利，湿痰咳嗽等，是孕前的一款好食谱。

材料

　　猪瘦肉250克、冬瓜1500克、薏米100克、陈皮2小片。

做法

　　冬瓜连皮留瓜仁，洗净切块;薏米、陈皮洗净;瘦肉洗净切块。把陈皮放入水中煮滚，再放入全部用料，武火煮滚后，改文火煲2小时，调味食用。

功效

　　祛湿除斑，养血益颜。用于面部色素沉着，时有眼睑浮肿或脸色黑褐无华;或大便秘结，面部皮肤粗糙;或小便不利，湿痰咳嗽等。

　　本汤根据《医心方》所述隋炀帝后宫美容用品变化而成。面部色素沉着，可因湿浊停聚、水道不畅、肠道不通而致，治以祛湿浊、利二便。汤中冬瓜性味甘、淡，功能利水祛湿，通利二便，清肺化痰，《滇南本草》说它能“止渴、消痰、利小便”。薏米，又名薏苡仁，性味甘、淡，功能清利湿热、健脾消痈。《本草新编》说“薏苡仁最善利水，不至耗损真阴之气”。陈皮性味辛、苦，功能理气健脾、燥湿化痰，所含挥发油对消化道有温和的刺激作用，能促进胃液分泌，有助于消化。猪瘦肉有健脾、养血的作用。合而为汤，共奏祛湿健脾、除斑洁面之功。本汤亦为减肥常用之汤品。


From website: http://baike.baidu.com/view/243732.html?fromTaglist

Busaba Eathai Thai Restaurant

After the disappointment of not buying any bags in PRADA, where the value and the quality of the bag doesn't come together, me and my friend were both extremely hungry. We have discovered this restaurant at the entrance of the Bicester Village from the car park.

Busaba Eathai is modern Thai eatery, which conceived by Alan Yau. Busaba is a Thai flower. Eathai is a fusion of the words eat and Thai. After been to the website, just notice that this restaurant actually have some branches in London! 

When I first entered into the restaurant, the decoration is really asian-oriented, with the triangle shape of atap, large square tables and benches (which remind me about the school canteen).

Ordered two dishes for stomach quick fix.

1. Soup noodle

Tom yam talay

prawn, squid and baby clam with vermicelli noodle in spicy sour soup (s)- Cost £6.70.

Very small portion. The tom yam soup is very mild and not up to the taste. Quite disappointed with this dish.

2. Wok noodle

Sen chan pad Thai

rice noodle with prawn, peanut, egg, green mango and crabmeat (s)- Cost £8.90.

Quite like the noodle as it is not very oily. But, couldn't taste much of the green mango and crabmeat in the noodle.

There is another branch which recomended by my friend long time ago on Oxford street. There are long queques, therefore never able to make it there. For more information, see http://busaba.com/#sanuk=true&history=true

Bicester Village - Outlet Shopping Trip

This is a long planned post Boxing's shopping trip. After enduring the madness shopping in the two biggest department stores - 26th to Selfridges and 27th to Harrods, I still can't resist the temptation to visit this Bicester Village shopping outlet, especially when my friend told me there are new stocks for PRADA bags after she visited last weekend.

This shopping heaven is located in the beautiful Oxfordshire countryside. You can go there either by car or by direct train from Marylebone (London) to Bicester North Station in less than one hour and fifteen minutes time! If you are travelling in group, you can even get cheaper group tickets. Don't forget to ask for Bicester Village when you purchasing the Chiltern Railways train ticket and this will include the bus journey.

There are more than 130 top-name boutiques here. My favourite boutiques includes GUCCI , PRADA, JIMMY CHOO, ANYA HINDMARCH, VIVENNE WESTWOOD etc.etc.etc. Most exciting thing is there are discounts of up to 60% off RRP. Here is a link for more information: http://www.bicestervillage.com/en/home/home

 For me, shopping is pure pleasure and can't describe the feelings when you have grabbed some good bargains!

人生感悟_人生哲理

Don't know where to start my blog, did a google search on 人生. Found this interesting webisite, love every statements on this website.  

http://www.5719.cn/Html/chengzhang/index_9.html.