Tried & Tested Dr. Oetker Nona Moist Cake Chocolate Mix

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Was given a box of Dr. Oetker Nona Moist Cake Chocolate Mix early this year. it sure took me quite some time to have the mood to bake it. Here you go. It is very easy to make. Just follow the instructions on the box.

Then, I made it a little bit fancy by covering it with ganache. This is my first time making this kind of cake. Always see it online where people would poke the cake with lots of holes. Then, they poured the ganache onto the cake. Let the ganache make its way through the holes and you’ll get moist and rich chocolate cake. The chocolate would even flow out like lava.

Made the ganache with cooking chocolate and milk instead of cream. I thought it won’t work but it did. The consistency is just nice for it to flow into the holes. Here’s the video in case you want to make ganache without using cream.

Have you tried this brand of cake mix before? I’ve tried its Dr. Oetker Nona Buttermilk Pancake Mix (Buy here: https://invol.co/cl4ap37 ). Also, tried Dr. Oetker Nona Brownies (Marble) (Buy here: https://invol.co/cl8lio6 ) too.

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Pan-Fried Banana Spring Roll Easy & Less Oil

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Saw this banana spring roll recipe in a magazine a few months back and decided to try it out. I happened to have too many bananas and leftover spring roll pastry sheets from CNY. The recipe is labeled as a vegan recipe in the magazine. However, as far as I know, vegan doesn’t eat cheddar cheese. I guess vegans can replace the cheese with a vegan-friendly one.

You can do this recipe in two different ways. Whichever suits you. This one here is just mashing and mixing everything together and pan-fry it.

The other way is to cut the ingredients into pieces and arrange them. It won’t make any difference to the taste or texture at all. You can’t see the arrangement too after it’s pan-fried.

Just be creative. You can have anything as the filling. If you want to find other recipes that use spring roll pastry sheets aka popiah skin, here are two that you might want to check out:
Oven-baked Crunchy Mini Popiah (post) or Air Fryer Crunchy Mini Spring Roll (video)
Seaweed Twist

Have fun making it.

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Happy Birthday to Me 2022

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It’s another year… This time around, no longer in the three series but in the four series. How time flies?! Happy birthday to me!

Not sure how to feel. When I welcomed my 30s, there were so many dreams, hopes, and wishes but they didn’t turn out as planned. It’s OK. Life moves on. There have been ups and downs throughout the decade. Everything happened for a reason.

I am happy and grateful for what I have and where I am now. I’m not in the category where people are labeled as successful at this age. They are not me and I’m not them. Their lives are not mine and vice versa.

Not sure what this new decade will have for me. Whatever it is, the most important thing is for all my loved ones to be happy and healthy.

Cheers to a new chapter!

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ARS Natural Ant Bait Effectiveness Quick Review

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Ants! Such a fascinating and annoying little creature. We’ve been having ant-problem for a year or so at home. We had tried a similar product like ARS Natural Ant Bait and it did work. I was thinking of buying the previous ant bait that we used but couldn’t find it because I had no idea of the actual name of the product. I used some keywords and Shopee recommended this instead. So I decided to try it.

When it arrived, I was supposed to do an unboxing but my dad opened it before I was in time to get my hands on it. Hence, all you get in this video will be just seeing the ants carrying the baits. It happened so quickly. Within an hour, many ants came out and carried the baits back to their nests.

My experience

It can be a little messy as the ants left some of the baits scattered outside of the container around its path. Hence, be sure to clear the area where you place the bait especially if there are food and water in the area. This is because we found quite a lot of ants that ended up in our drinking water!! You don’t want to contaminate your food with the bait as well.

The number of ants did reduce tremendously within a week. However, it didn’t totally eliminate it. Just leave the bait there and let those newbies continue carrying it to the nest. It’s almost 3 months since we place the bait in several locations. Some of the areas are cleared but some still have random ones coming in and out. At least no longer as bad.

I also did notice some of the ants are smart enough to avoid it by going around it. Just don’t give up. You just have to leave it there until it’s empty or had changed colour due to moisture. I haven’t seen them around already. They likely ended up consuming it as well. Do bear in mind that not all types of ants can be eliminated. Generally, it’s effective for those usually you found at home.

The main ingredient is Boric Acid with sugar in it as well. That’s what attracts the ants to carry the bait back to their nest.

Tip

Here’s a tip on how to use it. There are two containers in one pack. Each container has a packet of bait. You do not have to use one packet of bait for one container. Just open one packet and split them half-half into two containers. Then you will have one packet left for future use.

Where to buy it?

This product is by the No. 1 household insecticide manufacturer in Japan. You can find it easily in local supermarkets. I bought it from Shopee. You can buy it here at this link https://invol.co/cld9l5x

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Kuching Festival 2022 Live Cooking

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Went to Kuching Festival 2022 many times, yet didn’t get the chance to take a video of it. We’re always there for a short time just to get some takeaways for dinner and left. Also, by the time we’re there, it’s already packed. It’s so hard to take proper video or even to move around.

This video is a compilation of some live cooking that I managed to capture last week. It rained midway. Otherwise, there would be more. When the rain stopped, we were rushing to get our dinner and left as it was getting late and the crowd was pouring in.

How many times have you joined in the fun at the festival? I think I should be going there again one more time one of these days. Do check out my latest post of the festival on my Instagram if I did go again.

After Kuching Festival, the Mid-autumn Festival will take place at the Carpenter Street. It’s another round of gastronomy fun. We’ll see what I will be able to get there by then.

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