Je veux fêter

Finalement, j'ai fini avec les examens wooo!
Finally it's over, the 2 weeks of "stress?" is finally been overtaken by the overflowing feeling of freedom. But the best thing is..

SLEEEEEEEEEEEEP!

You don't know how much I lack in sleep, especially sleeping without a worry of anything.
An reflection over my exam period, I could've done better for my commerce subjects but I am atleast satisfied-verysatisfied with my french and jap.. especially after having both languages exams on one day! gosh, caulfield is quite a confusing campus to get around..

Après les examens Joy, Frank and I went to a korean restaurant "The Taste of Korchi" on Clayton rd, Clayton. Which was so cheap for 3 dishes course of $10 each.. followed by half a bhaklava with Joy at a Greek café which was so sweeeeeeeet. The sweet fest kept coming with choc-chip cookies, starburst lollies and smarties... ah man these are going to straight to my thighs and stomach :(! Came home at 2am and went to work from 10am till 9pm.. j'ai très fatigue.

Ddeokbokki, Mandu et Jajangmyun

Baklava

Pastry made of layers of phyllo dough filled with chop almonds (or walnuts/pistachios) and sweetend with syrup or honey.

Mung bean & Pumpkin!

Don't have any recipe prepared at the moment that will tickly your fancies but since I've talked about sweet soups in previous entry about adzuki beans, heres another vietnamese dessert that I'm currently consuming away while rewatching Harry Potter and the so on sequel movies(i can't wait for 6th part 1):

Mung bean(Green bean) w/pumpkin dessert

Serves 4~6

You need:

• 1 cup of mung beans(as desired), maintain the skin cause it is good for health
• 1/3-1/2 a pumpkin, chopped into small pieces
  
• 1/2 can of coconut milk
• 2 rock sugar or 1/2 cup of sugar (as desired)
  
• 7 cups of water (depending on amount of mung beans)
  

Steps:

• Presoak the mung beans for 1/2 an hour and drain(Shortens cooking time). Combine the beans with 7 cups of water and bring it to boil.
• Let the pot simmer for about 15 minutes over low heat. Cook uncovered till beans are tender.
• Add the sugar (please do taste before adding too much). Stir after sugar dissolves.
• Add chopped pumpkin until it becomes tender.
  
• Add the 1/2 can of coconut milk and stir gently. Remove from heat.
  
• Best serve hot.
  

Pumpkin throwing up

Reminds me of what I did at Allan's house... hrm?!

Ma dent douce avant le Minuit

【試験モド・】 ACTIVATE!

First day of the month meaning the first exam: 05/06... holy shi--it's 5 days away! Damn you accounting 1022! This is my 3rd year doing accounting and I'm still not pro at it *sadface...*
On the good side, it's the first day of the month meaning I'm UNCAPPED! YES! I'm FREEE~ No more restriction while surfing the net, no more slow loading porn pic---hahaha... ^A^;;
Oh snap, I've used 2.5gb offpeak already! Stocking up on anime for the upcoming holidays haha.. sounds wrong, doesn't it? I should be out socializing & working, not in bed all day watching anime like a hikikimori. Also, need to find job at a patisserie place (I hope Tanner's on Blackburn road will take me in for experience) *sigh*... and maybe spam work at Roy Morgans if i get accepted too. It's all about the money money money!

Can't wait for the winter trip at end of the month.. 楽しみよ！

my new automne theme desktop, if you take a look to the left i have a pile of accounting practise exams to do :(

En tout cas.. Mmm can't help to have but having something sweet to eat late at night.. especially during revision session. I know I should be studying hard but Indi requested a new blog(also due to lack of blog entries lately) so here I am, typing away at 2:54AM in my PJs.

I think it's time for a asian dessert night! A perfect hot sweet dessert soup for a cold winter night in Melbourne, I enjoyed it so much I had more than one serving yummm *happy stomach*

A Hearty Chinese Dessert

From my findings, Adzuki Beans are indeed healthy. They are good sources of iron, magnesium, phosphorus, potassium, copper and thiamine. They’re also an excellent low-fat, low-calorie source of protein and dietary fiber. Red beans also contain phytonutrients that may help prevent chronic diseases such as cardivascular disease and cancer.

To make this lovely red bean soup, you will need:

• 1 cup of dried red aduki beans (as desired), soaked overnight and drained
  
• 1/4 cup dried lotus seeds, soaked for 12 hours or overnight, drained (optional)
  
• 1 strip dried tangerine peel or fresh orange peel (optional)
  
• 7 cups water
• 1/3 cup to 1/2 cup sugar (as desired)

Recipe Method:
Combine beans and 7 cups water in a large pot. Bring to boil. Reduce the heat to medium-low. Cook uncovered until beans are tender and the liquid has reduced by 3 cups about 2 hours. Add the lotus seeds and cook until almost tender, about 20 minutes or longer.

The soup may be served hot at room temperature or chilled.

Variations:
*Glutinous rice balls can be added
*Use brown instead of white sugar
*Other versions of this dish are made with longan seeds, lotus roots or lily bulbs or other beans.

Even try it with Mochi or Ice-cream

My Aunt's Sticky Rice Balls

I also had some sticky glutinous(rice) balls with coconut soup that my mother brought home from my Aunt's. Along with other dishes(peaking duck, soy rice, goat hotpot), but this was the only one I wanted to eat. Gotta stop eatting late at night.. *even happier stomach now*

"Can't i atleast choose where they go?"
"Sorry, it says here, these are going straight to your thighs."
Haha sorry abit random. If i recall correctly, it's from some brunch bar ad...

Here is the simple recipe method (serves 4-5):

• Mixed an 150~200g of glutinous rice flour(or as desired) with a bit less than that of water, judging the consistency by sight and feel. You want a dough that is dry enough to roll out into balls.
• Once the dough was shaped, into a pot of boiling water and when when they floated to the surface, scooped them into a sieve.
• You can serve them with sweet adzuka bean soup from above or in milk/soya bean milk/ coconut sauce.
• To prepare the coconut sauce or other sauces, heat 300mL thick coconut milk in a saucepan, stirring constantly.
  
• After about 15 minutes, blend in the 1750g brown sugar or shaved palm sugar. Cook until the sugar melts and mixture becomes thick and smooth. Remove from the heat.

Heres how the japanese did theirs (Main-Main Masak-Masak)

5-coloured glutinous rice balls in milk soup 五色白玉ミルク

I hope you enjoyed my 4AM food rant :) *stomach feels hungry*