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Limited Edition CubicFun 3D Puzzle of Guangdong Arcade Building

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I didn’t buy this Limited Edition CubicFun 3D Puzzle of Guangdong Arcade Building. It was given to me by the Tourism Administration of Guangdong Province, China. I went there in 2017 for an official trip. I am not sure how many of these were given out but I just can’t seem to find them anywhere online. I’m guessing that this is specifically designed for the tourism administration as one of their corporate souvenirs.

I am not into this kind of puzzle. Almost 5 years later, I opened this up and assembled it. Hahaha… For the sake of uploading a video on my YouTube channel because I ran out of content ;p It is quite an easy puzzle. I’m sure those in primary school or even kindergarten know how to do it. It took me almost an hour though. If it’s not because of filming it, I guess I could complete it in a shorter time frame.

After making this, I did find it quite fun to do. I don’t mind doing some other 3D puzzles if I got my hands on them. However, I won’t specifically buy it 😀 I do not mind getting it as a gift though. Anyway, do you like to play with this kind of puzzle?

I’ve been to China a few times for work purposes but I’ve never been there for leisure. I did blog about it before but not about the work. It’s more on the places I’ve been to while on duty and hotels that I stayed in when I was there. Funnily, I did not have any post on Guangzhou where I got this puzzle because the trip was too overwhelming. I had no time to take many photos of the trip except for work report purposes.

Check out the posts of my China trips here

Asia’s World City – Hong Kong
China’s City of Culture – Nanjing
City of Peonies – Luoyang
Pearl of the Orient – Shanghai
City of the Goat – Guangzhou

City of the Goat - Guangzhou, Going Places, Randomness, Vlog

Easy Crunchy Crab Stick Snack Recipe (Oven-Baked)

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I will share a crunchy crab stick snack recipe with you in this post. This snack is popular among Malaysian households in recent years during CNY, Raya, or Gawai. You can find it in many households.

I always failed when making this snack. It will go soft once it’s cold. The cooking process is tedious and messy with so much oil needed too. Hence, I decided to try to oven-bake it after I got my new oven (Samsung 28L Convection Microwave Oven with Slim Fry SAM-MC28M6035KW) and it works! No need to worry about oil splatters and use very little oil. You know cooking oil is bloody expensive now! Not healthy to eat too much deep-fried food too.

The only problem with oven-baking is that you have to take time to arrange the crab stick strips on the tray one by one to ensure that it doesn’t overlap with each other. This takes time and if you want to make big batches, it will be very time-consuming.

You can also air-fry it but because the capacity of the air fryer is small, you can’t do it in a big batch. This will require more time. I’ve tried it with an air fryer before, but it’s not air-fried evenly because of the overlapping. The key is not to get it overlapped with each other.

I hope this video helps and happy trying!

Lastly, check out other CNY recipes for the coming celebrations. Hahaha! Not even Christmas and already preparing for CNY ;p

By the way, more recipes can be found on my YouTube channel too.

Food Porn, My Kitchen, Vlog

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.

Food Porn, My Kitchen, Vlog

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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