its raining heavily outside(again..), been raining in the afternoons for the past two weeks and its always freezing cold in the office when that happens. then i will scuttle to the office pantry to make a cup of super duper thick cup of Milo to drink (lotsa milo powder and one turn of sugar).i love huddling with my cup of milo in the quiet office and savouring the sweet liquid as it cascades down my throat, ahh that’s life. 
and yes, it’s good Friday today, no need to go to work, no waking up at 630am every morning, fall back into bed again and attempt to wash up and everything else in 15mins and haul my ass out to jurong east by 730am…in fact i slept at 11pm last night and woke up only at 11am this morning 
i was supposed to do a little exploration with jj today, visit bugis village for some shopping and then to haji lane to visit their quaint shops and all.. but in the end, she was not feeling well and we had to postpone our little outing!anyways, GET WELL SOON TWINY!
on a good note, since i had so much free time today, I decided to bring forward my PAU making since I’ve already bought the ingredients over the past week. my mum was already making huat kueh in the kitchen by the time i woke up and the kitchen was filled with the fragrant pandan scent, delicious!i never knew that pandan leaves were boiled together with coconut cream to make into a syrup for the huat kueh and when pandan leaves are added into the water for steaming, the food is infused with the gentle scent of pandan..nice!
i tried making PAU last week, but the entire process was kind of rushed (cos i was trying to squeeze the preparation in between appointments) and the PAU ended up being quite hard and elastic-y. I’ve always liked eating paus, especially the skin part..i can eat the skin without the filling for the whole day!but store bought ones always ended up with wet skin from condensation and i can never satisfy my cravings
this time, i took a lot of care in kneading the dough and making sure that i’ve included a lot of air into the dough and giving them a lot of time to prove and rise happily, the PAU this time turned out really well! the PAU turned out to be white and fluffy, the sweetness of the flour and the savoury char siew made a good combination. i ate as i made and i think i’ve just about eaten an entire year’s supply of PAU today! the only problem was that i haven’t really mastered the art of folding the top of the paus to prevent the fillings from spilling out, this is something that i’ll have to practise more!yums
more pictures coming up!
