tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-264976662011-07-07T20:21:04.364-07:00Set out using this as a record to hold recipes and perhaps chart my growth as I experiment with the wonderland of bakes and stuff. Now that I'm a regular reader of other flogs, I hope to "grow up" one day and be able to capture, create and master visually enticing, great tasting experimental resultsChroniclesofChaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14605306755965757925noreply@blogger.comBlogger311100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26497666.post-86693515187432666462008-10-14T20:13:00.000-07:002008-10-14T20:17:09.504-07:00

Daikon (だいこん, Daikon?) (from Japanese daikon (大根), literally "large root") is a mild-flavored East Asian giant white radish. Although there are many varieties of daikon, the most common in Japan, the Aokubi Daikon, has the shape of a giant carrot, approximately 20 to 35 cm (8 to 14 inches) long and 5 to 10 cm (2 to 4 inches) in diameter. One of the most unlikely shaped daikon is Sakurajima daikon

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People who know me... know that I spend a good part of my time back in Singapore, suffering from Parisian Bread Withdrawals. And the later part of the year, is usually spent scurrying to my favourite bakery in town to get my Batard fix for the following week.I wanted to try my hand at making a passable Batard to tide me over, but after watching Julia Child / Danielle Forestier's video, I balked

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Following my success with yeast, I was so curious about how bread made with Bread Flour might taste, that I had to sneak to the basement supermarket before running up to the fourth level of the mall to meet C. We made just in time to watch Iron Man. I digress.... (pretty good movie if you are feeling brainless too!)Ok, this time, I decided to try making a white bread to see if the taste of chewy

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Simple Whole Wheat BreadIt has been some time since I deemed it fit to step into the kitchen once again. This is getting to be a norm since I have spent most of February and/or March of the past 3 years, in Europe. The time from when I am back in town to when I step into the kitchen is spent in winter withdrawals and missing the many bread meals I've had.The biggest reason I dislike making any

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I was invited to my Uncle's birthday dinner at King's Copthorne, and in return asked to bake a cake for 15 pax. This being my extended family, that is non-blood related, whenever I'm asked to make something, I always feel compelled to ensure it's my showman bestest. Maybe I'm competitive, maybe I've long treated them as family whom I can and will give two hoots to, or perhaps they are just a

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I went crazy after awhile, about macarons. The flavours, the texture, the precociousness of a mini labour of love...These are the efforts of my trial run with flavours improvised on the spot: Strawberry, Black Sesame & Matcha.Everyone loves the strawberry because nothing about it is artificially flavoured.The problem with using sweet strawberry puree though, is that it makes the shells superbly

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Eric Kayers Matcha Financiers went over soooo well with colleagues that I've had a few asking me for more. So instead of experimenting with what's already a good recipe, I decided to just try out variations of different moulds.I have a friend who tells me that she is immensely jealous of the baking pans, tins, cutters, etc. Yay!Something about Matcha anything always gives me the zen feel even

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So inspired was I by beautiful Charlottes, seemingly held together with a dainty ribbon that I decided I would make one just for the visual impact.Thankfully I was not stupid enough to make the sponge fingers for the outside as well for if I did, I might have had to throw the entire cake away.The base and height buildup, is achieved by 2 sponge finger bases, based as a piped circular spiral. In

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What does one do with a blend of Chai spices? Aside from the obvious of making Chai tea, I decided I had to try making Chai cupcakes at least once.Perhaps age is really the neutralizer of all things icky.I remember how I refused to touch the major aromatics such as garlic, ginger, chives. Needless to say, chai spices are on that banned list of foods as well.However, as one grows older, it seems

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Being utterly in lust with Kuidaore's website for now, my eyes very nearly popped when I saw Kuidaore's take on Eric Kayer's Matcha Tart. Her rectangular fluted pie tin, her little fluted leaf molds, her presentation of the most perfect financier I've seen to date. I knew I had to make this soonest possible.The other thing that got me salivating was the way J described the financier. It is also

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It has finally happened... I knew it would happen sooner or later. I knew we couldn't last forever but I never allowed myself to dwell on it for long. I never wanted to think of the inevitable.We have finally parted ways. All I have are memories now...For my birthday this year, my thoughtful colleagues left a homemade card shaped like an oven with a little angbao within, on my desk. (The mighty

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I know this must have been going on for quite some time now, but the Macaron conspiracy finally got to me. After having read so much about Laduree's Macarons, especially the ones by Pierre Herme, every fibre in my being pleaded that I try baking this at least once. I envisioned grandiose kitchen mastery where I would be whipping up Macarons of varied flavours: Chocolate with a deep velvety smooth

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Tell me if this doesn't look like some lusciously plump sweet fruit? Something along the lines of Persimmons, oranges, nectarines?Why the fuss over the simple tomato? Reason is simple. I dislike em.I can't take the mushy squishy-ness of this. To me, this vegetable doesn't make sense. It's neither flavourful nor tasty, nor does it have a unique distinct-ness that appeals. Perhaps

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There are times when things are there for a reason. Just like Nigella's: How To Be A Domestic Goddess' Children Section. I'm now rather certain that the baked goods in that section are targeted at and ONLY at children.I thought it would be fun to try out her recipe calling for peanut-butter and snickers bars. Yes, actual snickers bars. What could go wrong? Chunky Peanut Butter and Chocolate

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I really do love my silicones, NOT the ones in stuffed into a body, rather, I am referring to silicone bakeware that will probably be the most useful invention after the zipper, for bakers' and enthusiasts only of course. Silicone bakeware have been flooding the culinary world of late, causing much hype. It is more expensive than traditional tins but I suspect the prices would drop drastically

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Have been a little busy this month even though I told myself I would like to bake and decorate a little cake for myself as a mark of wanting to celebrate a birthday alone. Ok... so I was inspired by Obachan's blog and truthfully? A tad curious of how it would feel, celebrating by myself for myself.I know that no matter how I articulate this, it would sound sad but it really isn't! I take the

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Growing up in an asian household, fairycakes never made it as one of the birthday party items. If anything, cupcakes became a deadly fascination only after I watched 'Sex And The City'. The one where Miranda and Carrie were having yet another tete-a-tete over a large fuschia frosted cupcake each. I have since dreamed of this pink cupcake endlessly. I may not like the sickeningly sweet fuschia

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I was superbly excited when I finally got my grubby hands on Nigella Lawson's 'How To Be A Domestic Goddess'. Truth be told, I don't think she is that great a chef nor do her recipes and methods inspire that much confidence as far as weight and health are concerned. But I gotta admit, I love her spunk. I love how she is unabashed and unapologetic about what foods turn her on. And I like her

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I have always loved Carrot Cakes in general. This was also whence I had my very first tasting of Cream Cheese Frosting... mmm the memories of it all still brings forth a delicious froth of sweetness in my mouth. Being an avid reader of Baking Bites' Blog, I decided I had to give Baking Bites One Bowl Carrot Cake a whirl. The receipe and her anecdote can be found in the hyperlink above. However,

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Recently, there seemed to have been a lull in the flogs I'm following until I chanced upon a fantabulous Cupcake Flogger, Chockylit. I loved her site so much that I had to try one of her receipes straight away.Two things went south, right off the bat.1) I kinda forgot I am in the Tropics and didn't note that the Ganache Icing might need a little fridge cooling before piping.2) I sometimes bake as

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I was lurking around yet another Japanese Supermarket in hopes of finding more stuff Matcha when I came across this delightful little treasure:Unfortunately though... the instructions are in Japanese although the pictures seem self explanatory. Add 1 satchet of the powder to 150mls of milk, mix well and freeze? I wanted to be sure this was all there is to it and hence asked Obachan, who has

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In most of Asia, we do so love our starch and carbs. So much so, that sometimes for breakfast, we have meals that are like an entire course in itself. My family has such habits over the weekends when everything slows down a notch or two and we can enjoy a leisurely breakfast together.One of the regular breakfast foods we have is Fried Carrot Cake. Over here, we are not referring to the carrot

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I just got back from a little getaway to Taipei with some friends. I didn't expect myself to be astounded by the multitudes of really great tasting stuff in their convenience stores!Sure... the food streets served pretty palatable stuff, but if you aren't used to the unique taste of the sauce that covers most of their foods, you might not enjoy the lunch and dinners there.Food shopping started

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I couldn't resist buying a new brand of salted butter the day before. It's from New Jersey and weighs about 400gm per pack. The neat thing about this butter is that it's not one huge slab with markings on the wrapper for every 25gm. It comes in 4 individual sub-packs and each are marked to the max of 8 tablespoons per sub-pack (coming from the metric system, butter measured in tablespoons was new

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A friend of mine, at my beheist, brought back an unusual form of Nougat from Australia. Ok, it was more of my physical threats that he bought these for me.The story of how I got these Nougat is kinda strange. One day, whilst chatting over the internet, this friend of mine told me to start writing down certain words. After the fourth word in one week, I had to be bribed to continue doing so

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For a long time now, I have had the suspicion that my oven was not telling me the whole truth, and nothing but the truth when it came to its temperature. I finally got a proper oven thermometer and nearly gagged at the hefty price of 15.50 Euros. Ah well, all for greater bakes eh?With my spanking new thermometer, I was ready to play kitchen doctor to my old Technogas convention oven. When I

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No, I have not lost it and decided to experiment baking my dog. I just wanted to take the time to introduce my most faithful kitchen invigilator. Everyone, meet Crissy. Crissy...? This is Everyone. This is one of her favourite positions to take when I am experimenting in the kitchen. This is a position for when things smell good. For the times when things dont smell so good, she is on all fours,

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It all started when I had my first taste of Mitarashi Danggo (Sweet Glutinuous Rice Balls covered with Soy Sauce). I was surprised because I had expected the soy sauce to be salty. The entire concoction was sweet.This got me surfing the net for danggo receipes and tripeed into the bigger world of Wagashi instead. Strangely enough, I got sidetracked and started reading about how easy it was to

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I promised myself when I decided to do up a flog to record my little hits, mishaps and misses, that I would get a proper oven thermometer and have my oven temperature properly assessed.Well I was so enticed by Rachel's Fuwa Fuwa Soy Milk Cakey that erm... I decided to go ahead and try it anyways.I followed the receipe to a T, right down to the dish towels pseudo water bath. The only two things

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I have been yearning for the past couple of days for the taste of Sakura. Not so much that I even knew what the taste was, but more like I wanted to know what it really tasted like.So I was meandering around yet another Japanese Supermarket when I came across a Japanese Snack Counter. Springing from the escalator to the snack counter, I spotted pinkish concoctions and hoped fervently that these

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My current country of craving?Japan! Actually it all started when I got introduced into the world of Anime. Don't get me wrong, I used to be like you sniggering at the "loser" adults who spend most of their time watching animes and proclaiming it to be their first love. In fact, I couldn't even understand what animes were all about.... they are cartoons aren't they? However, after a particularly

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