Mushroom Soup With Truffle Oil

mushroom soup must be one of the easiest things to make. using very minimal ingredients, this can be ready in about 15 mins. adding on to the fact that the hand blender makes my job a whole lot easier, whats not to like? today i made it using a mixture of fresh shiitake, white buttons & waitrose's dried porcini. porcini is really quite expensive but the aroma is unsurpassed! i then drizzled with a generous amount of $16-a-55ml-precious-bottle of truffle oil and storebought croutons, and that was lunch.

i made this before so recipe can be found here.

Matcha Sablés

made these in order to take a break from macaron making (also to preserve my sanity). be it simple or complicated, rustic or modern, i think my life revolves around french patisserie alot. when i don't hv time to make multi-component entremets, i find myself drawn to french bakes still. even simple ones like financiers, madeleines & eclairs can be so satisfying.

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The Vintage Effect

milk bottle with ribbon, from magnolia bakery's red velvet cupcake entry.

i've been playing around with my photos alot. ever since i discovered my love for that vintage/lomo/medium-format photo effect, i've been going crazy experimenting with them on photoshop. i dug out all my photos, old or new and tried them one by one and its really fun seeing the transformation.

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I Love My Friends

lavender grey tea, the nautilus project

monday afternoon - lunch with a gf, then tea and desserts with another gf. loving this feeling of bliss whenever i think about the dear friends i have, how their little gestures touch me, the way they're concerned about me and my well being, the little chats, baking together, times when they share their bakes with me and buying me little somethings on their overseas trips. it didn't used to happen very often especially last time when people would be concerned about me, maybe i was a loner then. i didn't used to think friends were important, but now i do.

i feel really blessed with the good friends around me, you know who you are ♥

p/s : i'm not usually this philosophical and "touchy-feely" especially on my blog, but amidst all that busy-ness and what little time left for blogging, i think its nice to do this.