Happy 2009!!

Today is the last day of 2008 and the official countdown to 2009 will be starting soon. I wonder what lies in store for the year 2009? Hope it will be an even more exciting and fulfilling year. Anyway, I wish to thank all those people that have made my 2008 a memorable one. Lastly, happy new year to all and best wishes for the new year ahead!! =)

Cheese Tarts!

Today was my first attempt at making cheese tarts using a recipe I found on the internet. Was rather worried that my tart pastry doesn't turn out well. Luckily, it turned out ok... =) For the 1st batch of 6 tarts, I decided to pipe some hershey chocolate syrup as a decorative element for the tarts before sending them into the oven for baking. The hershey chocolate syrup was too watery to be piped and thus i ended up with a disasterous pattern for the very first tart. As I began to get used to the piping, the subsequent tarts looked better... haha..

For the second batch, I only had a little more pastry dough left so i could only make 3 cheese tarts. I decided to do the plain ones instead, just to see how it will turn out.

Dad turned out to be my first guinea pig... haha. To my relief, he commented that they taste good and even helped himself to a second one... =)

I think the tart pastry was nicer than i thought it will turn out to be.. the cheese filling wasn't too bad as well, not too sweet, just nice.

Guess my first attempt at making cheese tarts didn't turn out that bad... heehee... =)

Flowers...

Sometimes, life can be so hectic that these beautiful sights go un-noticed even if they're just along your corridor... =)