Onto my second big girl Thanksgiving meal =)

It has been a crazy week!! Hosting a dinner party and working on dessert orders simultaneously in the same week was quite exhausting. I am so glad that it is over! Well, at least for now. So here is a recap of what I cooked for my guests on Thanksgiving. I am so proud that I roasted my very 1st turkey! I must say it was juicy and plump though I need to try a different stuffing. I stuffed it with herb butter, veggies, chestnut, lemon and thyme. It was good but not great! I am thinking of fried rice stuffing, what do you think?

Anyways, I hope that you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving like I did (minus the chaos of course) ;)

天呀﹐阿Vi快瘋了﹗我不該在感恩節這周host聚餐的同時接甜點訂單的﹐真是高估了自己的工作能力﹗還是咬著牙走過來了﹐很慶幸。今年是我第二次負責煮感恩節大餐﹐以下就是當天的菜單﹐還有就是跟大家炫耀一下這個火雞。這還是我第一次烤火雞﹐飽滿多汁又嫩超得意的。嘿嘿。。。不過需要改進一下塞火雞的餡料。不難吃但沒有一吃難忘的味道。明年想做一個炒飯餡，你們覺得怎麼樣呢？

Happy Thanksgiving!


Boeuf à la Bourguignonne ~ 勃根地紅酒洋蔥蘑菇燉牛肉



Cannellini Bean & Sausage Soup ~ Cannellini豆與香腸蔬菜湯


Potato Salad ~ 馬鈴薯沙拉


Baked Shrimp Scampi ~ 蒜末香草奶油烤蝦



Vegetable Tian Provence Style ~ 普羅旺斯風味蔬菜雜燴


Roasted Turkey with a Wildflower Honey Glaze ~ 野花蜂蜜烤火雞







From the grill: Korean BBQ ribs & wings & yam ~ 韓國烤排骨`烤雞翅﹑烤蕃薯



Sweet finish - desserts!! 當然還有甜點囉~

Hey you =)

Hi there!

It has been a while since I update this space so I figure I just have to hop in and drop a few notes! I just came back from Hawaii from doing a destination wedding - my 1st and hopefully it is not the last! Before that I was caught up with cake orders and events. See, I have pictures to prove it.

Of course that wasn't the only thing that was keeping me busy. I can't tell you what it is yet but I will when it is ready (soon, I promise.). As this being said, I need to get back to it. Later~

X♥X♥,
Vi

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親愛的﹐

好久不見啦﹐抱一個♥真的好一些時候沒有更新布落格了。我沒有要讓它荒廢的意思﹐不過最近真的很忙。剛忙完一個婚禮呢﹐才下飛機沒多久還有時差。去了那裡呢﹖呵呵。。夏威夷是也。我做的第一個destination婚禮﹐希望不是最後一個了。當然還有忙著做蛋糕﹑甜點的定單。除了這些還在忙一些很重要的事情。是什麼﹖秘密。真的好想跟你們分享﹐但是還不是時候不過快了﹗嘿嘿。。先說到這裡﹐得忙去了﹐ciao~

l♥ve,
Vi

destination wedding - Oahu, Hawaii





birthday brunch

Event Planning: a friend's baby shower ~ 藍黃綠主題淋浴禮

Frogs and snails, and puppy-dogs' tails, that's what little boys are made of. Well, not exactly, at least I didn't incorporate any of that when planning a dear friend's baby shower =)

I was really excited about the baby shower so I have been planning months ahead. I want to stay away from the all blue theme and stick to something more colorful so you see the sunny yellow and grass green. I vision something more sophisticated yet incorporating some baby elements so that was when the wooden blocks, pinwheels, and train motif came in. Though the idea was communicated to the mom-to-be but I left out quite a few details so that I won’t take the surprise away from her.






I would say this is the easiest party I planned so far because usually I have to do all the crafts by myself but since Mei was my co-host, and one of the sisters who run this place, I don’t have to sweat over it. As for the food, nothing too fancy – several varieties of take-and-bake pastry bites from Trader Joe’s, and lasagna and salad from Costco. I only had to whip up the desserts and cake. Didn’t I say it was easy ;)



Hosted by Vi, Mei, and Jade
Color story - green, blue, and yellow~
Location - private residence

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Hors D’oeuvres
~ pastry bites w/feta cheese & caramelized onions
~ parmesan pastry pups
~ ham & cheese on puff pastry
~ prosciutto & Crème fraîche bites

Light meal
~ classic lasagna
~ fresh salad

Dessert Buffet
~ raspberry – honey cream fillo tartlets
~ pistachio tuiles
~ pistachio – raspberry financiers
~ Chocolate mango entremets













阿Vi不是說過我在忙著籌辦朋友的baby shower嗎？好啦，終於忙完了，現在來跟大家分享一下。為了這個派對主題、菜單、擺飾等，我可是想了好久了。有別於以寶寶及粉色係為題的，我想呈現較雅緻的，富趣味性，但又保留童真的不一樣的shower。力求別出心裁就是了！

這個baby shower做起來很輕鬆，因為這次和我co-host的還有Mei，就是Mints的老闆娘之一。手工的玩意兒就和她分工合作的。至於食物嘛，甜品糕點屬我負責，但是小點、義大利千層麵、沙拉我是往Trader Joe's和Costco搬;-p

準媽媽很滿意，聽她說寶寶也很喜歡，因為他當天在媽媽肚子裡不停的動。 。 。呵呵。 。 。