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by **Decker** » Tue Jan 05, 2010 1:43 pm UTC

Gia wrote:

That fruit tart. I want it.

by **podbaydoor** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:32 am UTC

Jealous of your food decorating skillz. I'd love to see your food photographed with natural light and nice table arrangements and all that stuff.

Street food in Tainan, Taiwan. (the foreground bowl is rice noodles, background bowl is flour noodles)

by **Nath** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:50 am UTC

Furniture? Tableware?! Hardly counts as streetfood

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Nice picture though.

by **Gia** » Wed Jan 06, 2010 4:51 am UTC

podbaydoor wrote:Jealous of your food decorating skillz. I'd love to see your food photographed with natural light and nice table arrangements and all that stuff.

Thanks! I have my first advanced pastry course this quarter so hopefully the pictures should be getting more exciting; I just wish I was a better photographer.

by **smw543** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 7:14 am UTC

All that talk of gelato in the facerity thread almost invoked a rant about the obvious superiority of the cannoli, but I figured I could do more good here:

@Gia: Pictures like those are the reason they coined the word "cakegasm."

by **Dthen** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 12:56 pm UTC

Did someone say food prawn?

by **Bakemaster** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 6:34 pm UTC

smw543 wrote:obvious superiority of the cannoli

Good god, yes.

by **Atan** » Mon Jan 11, 2010 8:35 pm UTC

Delicious food all around!
I made Teriyaki Chicken today using a recipe from a simple cookbook and managed to make it look like the picture. I didn't think that could ever happen.

: Teriyaki Chicken

by **cerbie** » Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:53 am UTC

podbaydoor wrote:Jealous of your food decorating skillz. I'd love to see your food photographed with natural light and nice table arrangements and all that stuff.

Street food in Tainan, Taiwan. (the foreground bowl is rice noodles, background bowl is flour noodles)

'scuse me, I need to wipe some slobber off my keyboard...

by **podbaydoor** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 8:33 am UTC

It's okay, we've all been there.

@Atan, that's some prime-looking teriyaki chicken there. Congrats on the success!

Sugar-glazed strawberries on a stick. Yes, they were sticky delicious.

by **mieulium** » Fri Jan 15, 2010 3:28 pm UTC

There's this new shop I see in Singapore that sells fruit tarts and some common Japanese fare (katsu, curry, yada, yada). I cant help but stare at those glorious glorious tarts and salivate.

Unfortunately, many Japanese patrons say that they are only good aesthetically, and tastewise, it tastes like shit. D:

by **podbaydoor** » Sat Jan 16, 2010 5:39 am UTC

In my experience, tarts like that can be hit-or-miss. I've had amazing Asian desserts and I've had what amounted to tasteless blobs of cream. Generally I like the simpler, more traditional stuff, it can be relied on to be good.

by **Sungura** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:25 pm UTC

I made this today. Is it a familiar painting or yummy cupcakes? You decide.

by **Delalyra** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 9:35 pm UTC

Oh, wow, Sungura, that's awesome. *totally wants a Starry Night birthday cake now*

by **Alder** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 12:53 am UTC

Wow. Those are the best cupcakes I've seen since...
...actually, since the ladybird ones a page or two back. You're clearly the Cupcake Queen.

You're going to end up with a right mess from the icing when you try to separate them though. Yum.

by **Sungura** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:27 am UTC

Thanks guys. Kells is already Queen of Cupcakes and natraj apparently makes kickass cupcakes so I think all cupcake titles are taken though.

I worked at Cookies by Design for 4 years so I have some extensive decorating experience. Most bouquets on their site I've done at least once. : )

by **poxic** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 3:38 am UTC

So the "Queen of Cupcakes" and "Makes Kickass Cupcakes" titles are taken?...

I propose a new title for our Sungura of the Cupcakes: "Cupcake Empress".

Or "Cupcake Wizard", or "Our Lady Sungura of the Cupcake", or "Holy Crap Amazing Cupcakes", whichever works. :wink:

by **Sungura** » Sun Feb 07, 2010 2:48 pm UTC

Aww thanks poxic.

*hug*
<ramble>I do sorta miss no title...I didn't realize when I asked "Peach" to be taken that it wouldn't revert to LHC, but no title is better than seeing "Peach" and me feeling a twang of sadness every time I post at least.</ramble>

by **Rinsaikeru** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 2:11 am UTC

I made Jambalaya and Gluten Free Chocolate Chip cookies with my friend Paul today, here they are:

The Jambalaya has Shrimp, and Sausage from the Healthy Butcher in Toronto. Was delicious!

by **podbaydoor** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:09 pm UTC

Nice photo! I like the whimsically piled cookies. Also, do want your dinner.

by **Rinsaikeru** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:34 pm UTC

There was discussion about the cookie arrangement, I insisted on stacking.

by **poxic** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 1:03 am UTC

There's something psychologically appealing about a stack of cookies. A loose pile looks like a plate of cookies to be shared with all the other kids. A stack looks like WHEE THEY'RE ALL MINE! ALL MINE!!!!

ahem So yeah, good call on the stacking. :wink:

by **kellsbells** » Tue Feb 09, 2010 5:32 am UTC

Amy, those are utterly glorious cupcakes/works of art. You are a genius in nearly uncountable ways. And I also miss your LHC title...that was one of my cleverer moments.

I am indeed the Queen of Cupcakes, although sadly I do not make as many as I would like to.

Silly college gets in the way of that a bit too often. But I remain a connoisseur of the form, as can be evidenced by my frequent visits to Seattle's notorious Cupcake Royale. Not my baking, but my photos:

: The February flavor of the month is Death By Chocolate.

: Salted caramel cupcakes (yeah, you heard right) with excellent coffee.

by **TheSkyMovesSideways** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:18 am UTC

I had too many many blueberries, so I made a cheesecake. With blueberries in it. And a blueberry sauce. And a blueberry ganache topping.

Freaking delicious.

by **mieulium** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 10:33 am UTC

TheSkyMovesSideways wrote:I had too many many blueberries, so I made a cheesecake. With blueberries in it. And a blueberry sauce. And a blueberry ganache topping.

Freaking delicious.

Gee Willikers i hates you. (jk jk) but GENIUS. I would pay for that. (baked cheesecake?)

by **TheSkyMovesSideways** » Sun Feb 21, 2010 11:20 am UTC

Yep, baked. Based on a combination of a few different recipes, the cheesecake part just being a basic baked cheesecake with blueberries thrown in (literally) while pouring the batter. The base is a layer of shortcrust pastry, then blueberry jam, then a thin slice of sponge.

Still got half of it left, but I doubt it'd survive a trip to Perth, sorry.

by **podbaydoor** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 1:37 am UTC

Gorgeous food and photo. Give me my lactose pills and I'd be all over that cheesecake in a heartbeat. Thumbs up!

by **mieulium** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 5:01 am UTC

TheSkyMovesSideways wrote:The base is a layer of shortcrust pastry, then blueberry jam, then a thin slice of sponge.

I knew there was a slice of sponge in it!

by **kaimason1** » Wed Mar 03, 2010 3:38 am UTC

This thread never fails to make me hungry.

by **sippawitz** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 10:28 am UTC

Hey, so I'm a gourmand, and i love it...

and to make up for the fail of the onion rings thread I've decided to share some food that i've cooked...
Start with your ingredients, say lamb

Make some bread. I didn't have a recipe for this one, its soy and linseed.

Cook your lamb in the oven at 150C for a couple of hours

Bread comes out

Add hand made goats cheese (lebne)

Serve

by **mieulium** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 2:21 pm UTC

And say, sippawitz, what kind of lamb dish did you start out with?

by **Zohar** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 9:26 pm UTC

Made chocolate mousse cake a week ago. It contains 9 eggs, 500 gr. bitter chocolate and no flour at all. Disastrous and delicious.

by **Alder** » Thu Mar 04, 2010 11:32 pm UTC

Zohar wrote:Made chocolate mousse cake a week ago. It contains 9 eggs, 500 gr. bitter chocolate and no flour at all. Disastrous and delicious.

...ooooooo...mmmmmmm...

Oh no, wait. No flour? Is it full of ground almonds then, by any chance?

by **Zohar** » Fri Mar 05, 2010 7:46 am UTC

No. The base uses 5 of the eggs (I think? maybe four?). I separate to whites and yolks, whip up the whites and then fold into the rest (chocolate, butter, yolks and so on). This makes it very fluffy and it rises well in the oven. Then I pour the mousse on top of it and let cool. Doesn't even need a freezer (mousse is made primarily with chocolate, whipped cream and eggs). There's some amaretto liquor in it (almond liquor) but not too much and you could replace it with some other suitable alcohol.

by **Alder** » Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:56 pm UTC

Zohar wrote:No. The base uses 5 of the eggs (I think? maybe four?). I separate to whites and yolks, whip up the whites and then fold into the rest (chocolate, butter, yolks and so on). This makes it very fluffy and it rises well in the oven. Then I pour the mousse on top of it and let cool. Doesn't even need a freezer (mousse is made primarily with chocolate, whipped cream and eggs). There's some amaretto liquor in it (almond liquor) but not too much and you could replace it with some other suitable alcohol.

Mmmmmm...that sounds like a combination of several things I already make. (There's a frozen one that my brother thinks is the best thing ever, with a baked biscuit base, but you need at least three bowls for separated eggs and cream and drives me crazy. It's easy to get right, but takes for...ev...er...)

by **Korbl** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 5:09 am UTC

Now guess where that's all from...

by **Zohar** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 6:27 am UTC

Uh, you can't share pictures from your GMail account... You should upload them somewhere (you can upload them here as well).

by **Korbl** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 9:58 am UTC

ah, thanks. I can see them, so it was misleading. I'll fix it.

by **mieulium** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:46 am UTC

Darn you Korbl! You somehow managed to make my full stomach hungry again. O_O All these are soooo nice.... and lemony?

by **Zohar** » Mon Mar 08, 2010 11:55 am UTC

Wow, it was worth the wait! They look like they're from some event. A wedding perhaps? Guesses to contents:
First is some sort of poppy soufflé with caramelized bananas and whipped cream, with some berry ice cream.
Second is um... I forgot how it's called, but it looks like a pastry, I would guess filled with vanilla-flavored cream. It's resting on top of ice cream with (possibly) passion fruit frosting, which is also used for the see-through leaf? Or maybe it's all pineapple, like the cube on the side. Makes more sense (no passion fruit seeds).
Third is another soufflé, not chocolate but possibly dates? Or just caramel or something simple. Vanilla pudding, ice cream and deep fried honeyed drops of flour (reminds me of a Moroccan dish).

How far off am I?

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