Gracia Ow

Baking 101: Macarons

By Unknown 05:59 baking, cooking, macarons

Baked macarons with zy's mum haha cos she's this macaron expert srsly

Didn't take the whole process cos there was far too many things to take note and learn from her mum. So I'll do it the next time! It's not a complete success this time round. Even though they look perfect and delicious, unfortunately they came out uncooked inside... I'd say baking is very much a roller-coaster ride cos you get all your hopes up, and you get disappointed and the cycle continues...

Isn't the set-up just lovely? haha it's very low-cost cos I'm broke as always from spending on shopping which is never enough.

Set-up:
Lace Doyleys - can be purchased from NTUC Fairprice
Picnic napkins - Daiso (they sell them in large packs which is quite dumb cos I only need one for deco purposes, but.. oh well, budget. Which reminds me, I probably need to drop by daiso soon)
Floral table runner - Daiso (well, you can't really tell the design here but anyway it's just to get a plain/basic background. Shall try to capture it better next time)
Spoons - China hahaha (so I bought these at a warehouse shopping place in Shanghai and I got it like dirt-cheap, should have bought more but I knew my mum was so gonna nag lol. Btw the quality doesn't look good so I've never dared to use them for actual eating lolol.)

Basically, Daiso is your go-to place for all things DIY :)

Can't wait till my next macaron baking session!

xoxo,
Gracia

Selfish Gene Cafe (feat. QPS)

By Unknown 22:23 cafe, fashion, food, gene, ootd, outfit, reviews, selfish

You're probably wondering what QPS is, it's actually Quality Primary School that doesn't exist obviously cos we made it up lol. Inside joke, long story. So great that we had a good break after prelims, a long one in fact, since we ended our papers earliest woopwoop.

Everyone's very easygoing which was awesome cos we ended up going to the cafe which I suggested, among a few haha. Headed out to Selfish Gene Cafe (http://www.selfishgenecafe.com)

on a Monday afternoon, after a lazy good-weather-to-sleep-in morning.

They have a separate menu for weekends and weekdays so if you want more variety can try going on weekends, but then again it wld most likely be crowded. Check out their website for their menus.

We reached there around 1230 plus? Almost 1 I guess cos siewyeng and I were late and the rest waited for us haha oops paiseh paiseh. The place was full but we managed to get a long table. How lucky!

Isn't the shadow so keewwll? wonder if it was intentional or a coincidence...

If you can see at the top right hand corner, it says: " Gene is selfish because he would not serve food he would not eat"

The founder sounds like an interesting guy no?

The ambiance there was fantastic, very chillax, people just hanging out and eating good food. And the service is superb, the waiters are so friendly and nice!

Btw the food is inclusive of gst, so that's another plus point! you would have to order and pay at the counter and get your own water but it's really nothing.

B A G E L & S M O K E D S A L M O N

toasted bagel with norwegian smoked salmon, cream

cheese and mixed salad

Personally, I don't fancy bagels, in fact I don't like them at all. So... definitely not something I would order haha.

H A M & C H E E S E

honey baked ham, mozzarella, cheddar cheese, mayo

– sundried tomato bread

One of the highly recommended dish from online reviews and it looks so yummy though I didn't get to try it.

B E E F

low temperature roast beef, arugula, sweet onion

jam, dijon mustard, mayo – sundried tomato bread

$13

This is da bomb I swear. Besides the point that I'm a total beef lover, this sandwich has all that I ever want in a sandwich. The taste is balanced just right, not too sweet or salty.

S M O K E D S A L M O N T A R T I N E

norwegian smoked salmon, cream cheese, cucumber,

black olive crumb, dehydrated caper, yogurt –

multigrain bread

$13

I'm such a sucker for all things salmon which was the main reason why I ordered this. The chef cut the salmon perfectly and it just melts in your mouth. Thinking about it makes me drool.

T H E V A L E R I E

homemade berry compote & cream cheese on

toasted brioche with scrambled eggs and mixed

salad

I would rather order meat than berries cos I'm just that kind of person lol. But the sweetness of the berries and the sour cream really complemented each other and it was quite a delight to eat this. On top of that, the mushrooms tasted fresh and succulent, might want to give that a go.

(p.s. just ask them to change your scrambled eggs for mushroom)

B A N A N A C A K E

mini loaf of banana cake served warm with banana,

caramel, crumble and peanut butter sauce

You have to try this banana cake! It's served warm which makes it so appetising and it's just perfect really. Moist enough and fluffy enough, I wouldn't mind eating it over and over. In fact, I asked if anybody would want to share another one, but oh well, we all know how that ended haha. The peanut butter was what made it so special and gave it an extra oomph.

Sooo that's all with the food.

Overall, I would definitely recommend visiting this cafe for its ambiance, service and most importantly for the awesomesauce food.

40 craig road

singapore 089678

(alight at outram mrt and it's a short 10 mins walk)

opening hours:

monday to friday 10am to 530pm.

last order: 5.15pm

saturday & sunday 9am to 5pm.

last order: 4.45pm

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Love hanging out with ma clique cos they're always so funny hahaha never a dull moment. Annddd Rach and Siewyeng laugh at my lame jokes! HAHAHA