simple Tiramisu recipe ( eggless and non-alcoholic )

Tiramisu, a dessert made of layers of coffee soaked ladyfingers and a rich cheese =) Each bite will have rich yet airy cream cheese and spongy coffee flavored ladyfingers. Today I'm going to share how to make the eggless and non-alcoholic Tiramisu. The recipe is vv simple ( doesn't have tons of complicated and annoying steps and takes about 30 minutes to complete ) but totally indulgent. Below are the basic overview of the steps in making this tiramisu recipe:

First, start by preparing the ingredients:

• 250gm cream cheese 

• 250ml whipping cream

• Ladyfingers ( Italian cookies with powdered sugar on one side )

• Hot water

• Vanilla essence 

• White Sugar

• Coffee powder

• Cocoa powder

I use Tatura cream cheese instead of Philadelphia cream cheese. The price of Tatura was a fair bit cheaper than Philadelphia xD ( Note : Tiramisu is traditionally made with Marscarpone cheese, which is an Italian cheese. It’s very similar to cream cheese, but smoother. You can use either Marscarpone or you can use cream cheese. Depends on you. I used cream cheese because I didn’t find it at store and I didn’t want to go to others store because of my laziness =.= )

I use 35% fat whipping cream instead of whipped cream. You may have question what's the different of whipping cream and shipped cream. Well, whipping cream is thick cream than can be whipped so that it doubles in volume and whipped cream is thick cream that has already been whipped.

2 teaspoon vanilla essence. ( Note : Vanilla just makes it tastes better or gives it a flavor. You can use any kind of extract, depending on what you want your cake to taste like. )

Combine the cream cheese, whipping cream, vanilla essence and sugar in a mixing bowl and beat in high speed.

Pour some white sugar. ( Note : You can substitute with brown sugar because brown sugar contains molasses, which may change the texture and flavor but the sweetness level will be the same. )

Dissolve the coffee powder ( Nescafe ) in a glass of hot water. ( Note : You can add Bailey or Kahlua if you like. )

Dip the ladyfinger into the coffee, rotating to coat all sides. Letting the ladyfingers soak too long will cause them to fall apart so just dip 3 seconds.

Place the soaked ladyfinger on the container.

Pour a layer of the cream cheese mixture on the ladyfingers.

Spoon over half of the filling over the ladyfingers and spread evenly. Repeat with another layer of ladyfingers and spoon over the remaining filling.

Cocoa powder ( to dust ). You can substitute with Milo if you didn't have any cocoa powder. I prefer cocoa powder because Milo has more of a malt taste.

Dust the top with cocoa powder as much as you like.

Tiramisu should be served cold. Store the layered tiramisu in the fridge for at least 2 hours before serving. ( The Tiramisu can be kept in the fridge for up to 2 days )

Simple and inexpensive Tiramisu done!! Itadakimsu!!!! This recipe makes 3-4 servings. If you are making it to feed a crowd, you can use a large baking dish and x3 the ingredients and it will make around 12 serves. If you are reading this post, I hope it will be useful for you. Good luck ❤

Bazaar Ramadhan

It's month of Ramadhan and the bazaars are back in town! Muslims view it as the holy month. The prayer and fasting become the focus of their everyday lives for an entire month. Every year I looking forward to Ramadhan because of the bazaar!  Foods and drinks from diff states in Malaysia can be easily found in all Bazaar Ramadhan. Lemang rendang always one of the food that comes into mind when it comes to Bazaar Ramadhan. Oh ya be prepare for a bigger crowd if you go to Bazaar at 5pm+ as it gets really busy. There are quite a few Ramadan bazaars in KK but the one bazaar which is quite popular is at Lok Kawi military camp. My first impression of bazaar Ramadhan at Lokkawi military camp is too cluttered and too crowded. However, do beware of snatch thieves as it's too crowded.

Dating monthsary celebration - Buffet dinner @ Le Meridien Hotel

Throwback to Monday night, a great night indeed! We celebrated our monthsary on 02.05 and coincidentally it falls on the holiday. We decided to have our monthsary buffet dinner at Le Meridien. So this post is gonna be a combination about our monthsary dinner and recommendation I would like to make for the food ♥ If you expecting some Malay, Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Western cuisine then you can get it all here. I like the atmosphere, so peaceful and quiet. The restaurant interior was grand and classy too. The bar serves variety type of lettuces where you can make your own salad with freshly chopped condiments. They also have salad that's well prepared. On the other side of the salad bar have raw salmon, slices of beef...etc. The crab, mussels, prawns are presented on a bed of cracked ice. They serves local food like nasi briyani and something else which I couldn't recall. 

        

The plate of food which I will always go for whenever I go for international buffets. Took some cooked cod meat, baked potatoes and prawns. They were all very freshly cooked.

Gourmet mussels served with wedge lemon and the freshly baked bread with Canola spread

I always gravitate toward the cheese. The cheese station serves various sorts of cheese like Emmental cheese ( medium-hard Swiss cheese ), Edam cheese ( semi-hard cheese that originated in the Netherlands ), Cheddar cheese...etc. The most anticipated part for me would be desserts! No buffet is complete without the desserts =D But unfortunately over here the choices are limited. They have selection of coconut puddings, red velvet cakes, choco tart, caramel crimble tart...etc. Had a hard time deciding what to get as I was quite full by then. The taste just fine. 

And we end off with a tempting ice cream. I picked chocolate, yam and strawberry with raspberry syrup and choco rice as topping.

The food quality was not too bad actually. However the food choices were quite limited. I felt that it was a bit expensive in terms of food wise but if you love to seek new experience, this place could be the great choice for you! thumbs up for their service as they were really courteous, attentive and cleared our plate quickly.

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Happy FriDATE night!

So my boyfie and I made plans for yesterday and I'm glad everything goes well! Firstly, we headed to Paper Boat for dinner at Hiltop. Secondly, headed off to 下火堂 at Warisan Square for dessert after dinner. I love eating and a passion to share those wonderful foods that I have found =D

This place comes highly recommended. The ambiance is pretty good but the place is crowded XD

2 selection only ↓→  boyfie chose laksa while I chose prawn noodle soup

Laksa ( garnished with prawn, sliced pork, braised egg, mint leaves, fried lard, crunchy spring rolls...etc ) The soup was mildly spicy and tasty but not as flavorful as I expected. #PS : Skip it if you're on diet lol

There's a choice of either soup or dry. I ordered what seemed to be the most popular choice - prawn noodle soup! ( choices of diff type of noodles are available ) I had the mixed version with prawns and roasted pork. The soup is thick and slightly salty but overall ok #PS : Want it more spicy? Add on ur chilly paste!

Paper Boat

Ground Floor, Lot 3, Kolam Plaza, Luyang, 
88300, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.

Tel : 088 - 211 222

Operating hours : 

Tue-Thu :  4:00 pm - 1:30 am
Fri-Sat :  4:00 pm - 2:30 am
Sun :  4:00 pm - 1:30 am

These were sweet temptations we had at 下火堂 for dessert! The

芒果捞 ( Fresh mangoes with syrup and basil seeds. can you spot the Hello Kitty mango pudding? It made with mango pulp. so yummyliciousss!! )

香芋么么渣渣 ( consists of watermelon, honeydew, boiled yam and sweet fragrant coconut milk )

下火堂

Block A2, Ground Floor, 

Lot 11, Warisan Square,

Jalan Tun Fuad Stephens.,

Kota Kinabalu, Sabah

Operating hours : 

11am - 12am

seafood ''feast''

You may be looking for some laid-back and affordable dining place that suitable for bunch of people. Nah if you are a seafood lover and don’t mind getting your hands dirty, Two Wheel Spa Cafe is the place to dine at with your family or a group of friend. The cafe located at the Cyber Perdana Kepayan ( opposite to the Mekar Store ). The fun about dining here is you get to eat directly from the table with your bare hands. While you might instinctively give this place a wide berth and yea...the environment looks dusky but the food is awesome and the portions is bountiful!!

↑↑↑ Meal for 3 pax @ RM 69.00 nett ↑↑↑

☛ Crab served with sambal ☚
☛ Wet butter prawn with curry leaves and bird eye chili ☚

☛ Stir fried string bean ☚

☛ Squid in soy sauce with dried chillies ☚

FREE FLOW! FREE RICE! FREE JERUK MANGGA!!!

Be prepared to get your hands dirty as once the seafood is poured onto the table, it is encouraged to eat with hands here but boyfie asked for a spoon and fork XD 

Everything was delicious, especially the squid in soy sauce with dried chillies. sweet and succulent! It was a great night filled with joys and massive amounts of seafood. I will definitely come back and get my hands dirty for the yummylicious dishes ♥

Le trip to Pearl of Borneo

Labuan is often referred to as the pearl of Borneo. Apparently it’s not part of either Sarawak or Sabah, but it’s the federal territory in East Malaysia. The capital for Labuan is called Victoria. When you make a trip to Labuan, make sure you don't expect too much. It's NOT the most happening of places to visit.

There are 3 ways to go to Labuan from KK :

• by air from KK ( Malaysia Airlines)
• by ferry from KK jetty
• by speed boat or ferry from Menumbok

You can bring back more liquor if you taking ferry back because the custom in terminal is not as strict as at speedboat and flight. This is my 5th time to Labuan and we decided to drive to Menumbok and take a ferry to Labuan. Driving from KK to Menumbok in the morning was smooth because no traffic jam. It only took us about 2 hours to reach Menumbok ferry terminal. We arrived early around 830am and the ferry was scheduled to leave only at 1030am. The drive from ferry terminal to the KL hotel where we stayed is strategically in town and just took us 4 minutes to arrive. After checking into the hotel and rest about an hour, 5 of us went out directly according to our planned schedule. We didn't visit any historical place and tourist attractions like Bird Park or The Chimney but its okay. I don't have the urge either because our main point of coming here was to buy duty free products!! =D

Chocolate and liquor is cheaper in Labuan compared to KK. A box ( 10pack ) of Kinder Bueno @ RM 23.00, a pack ( 340g ) of Kisses chocolate @ RM 17.50, a box ( 30pcs ) of Ferrero Rocher @ RM 28.50, 5 litre Peter Vella @ RM 48.00 and 1 litre Martel @ RM 160.00 and the beer is the almost the same price with soft drink RM2.50 per can. You can find all sort of liquor brand and chocolate in some of the huge stores. All of us mostly bought our chocs at Sky Park. But then we found out the cheapest can be found in Moneygain. We spent RM108.00 with the following dishes as our dinner at Fisherman's Wharf. The location is in the middle of Labuan town. Be sure to book a table in advance as this place can be quite packed especially in weekends.

Food wasn't bad but comes in vv small portion.

After having a good night sleep, we started day 2 of our Labuan trip with a renewed dose of enthusiasm XD Breakfast is called ''the most important meal of the day'' so we took our breakfast at so called ''famous'' kopitiam → Kedai Kopi Double Three. Have to make sure the stall isn't too busy, the noodles takes a relatively long time to be ready. We waited approximately 25 minutes for our food =.=

Kon lo mee ( dry noodles ) @ RM5 per bowl. Taste was ordinary only.

Roughly about 1pm, our tummy was crawling for hunger. We rounded the town and ended up having KFC at the Financial Park, the one & only shopping complex at Labuan. After meal, we walked around at the Mall. The financial park has 2 big liquor/chocolate shop. The one at the entrance ( Sky Park ) has more but most of their chocs are almost close to expiry so you'd gotta be careful when buying. The shop in the complex ( Moneygain ) has lil variety of chocs to buy but has a later expiry. Don't expect much out of this complex as there are hardly anything there.

That's what I have bought =D except the Godiva =P

Only some of the choc are mine XD some exclusively bought for mom, boyfie and workmate.

So here is the end of my Labuan Trip. These are what I concluded in my visit ↓ 

1. Only one shopping complex here, which is Financial Park shopping complex. 
2. Hotels are everywhere in the town.
3. Rarely see stray cats/dogs.
4. Many shops are closed down at 7pm+ There isn't any ''night life'' in Labuan unless you're a party goer XD 
5. Shopping is limited unless you want duty free drink or tobacco. Of course there are plenty shops for everything but you have to live here longer to find them. XD

sweet temptations!

I'm always tempted to eat anything sweet

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Famous Amos double chocolate chip cookies ♥
( 100g@RM8.50 )

Chocolate truffle. Pick randomly at 7-11 ♥
( RM0.80/each )

Uncle Tetsu's cheesecake!!!! vv light and fluffy Japanese cheesecake ♥
( RM21/each )

Chocolate ganache from Lavender Confectionery and Bakery ♥
( RM21/box )

♥  highly recommend 

crab clap!

One of Seremban's signature dishes is baked crab ( 烧蟹 ). There are a few restaurants selling baked crab and the Seremban Seafood Village ( 芙蓉烧蟹海鲜 ) is one of them. Me & boyfie kept turning around the town, searching for the restaurant and finally reached the destination. We ordered some other dishes along with the infamous baked crab. ( Every table will definitely have this crab on it )

Seremban Seafood Village

We reached here around 7pm+ and only half of the tables are occupied.

The signature baked crabs. The uniqueness about the crabs is the special sauce is sticking onto on the shell. ( min order of 2x crabs at RM 75/kg. )

The crab meat was succulent and juicy , don't usually enjoy eating crab but this is quite good.

The dipping sauce not too spicy and goes well with the baked crab.

Free snacks! Crunchy popiah

It's *tasteless* Hokkien mee but using udon. ( RM 10 / portion for 2 ) 

The prawns must have been frozen too long and not too fresh. Slightly different from the ones that I usually have ( RM 30 )

The bill came at a total RM 125+ inclusive of a pot of 菊普 ( chrysanthemum + puer tea )

Personal opinion after taste it : Nothing special but not too bad ( below my expectation XD )

Seremban Seafood Village ( 芙蓉燒蟹海鮮村 )

3720-3724, Jalan Tuanku Munawir,
70200 Seremban,
Negeri Sembilan.

Tel : 06 - 764 1260

Operating hours: 11am - 1am