Japanese Mango and Rare Cheese Cake

The Japanese make a distinction between two kinds of cheese cakes:
-Just “cheese cake” means it has been baked
-”Rare Cheese cake” means that the cake is not cooked.

INGREDIENTS: For 4 servings (18×9 cm pound cake mold)

-Cream cheese (Philadelphia): 150 g
-Lemon juice: 1 large Tablespoon
-Sugar: 45 g
-Plain yoghurt: 150 g
-White wine: 3 large tablespoons
-Gelatin powder or agar agar powder: 5 g
-Fresh cream: 100 ml (half a cup)
-Rum: 1 large tablespoon
-Cake margarine: 30 g
-Coconuts sable biscuits: 60 g
-Allspice: half a teaspoon
-Dried mango: 3~4 slices
-Fresh or canned mango: 4 cubes
-Green pistachio: 4

RECIPE:

Place cooking paper inside a pound cake mold.
Mix crushed coconuts sable biscuits, margarine and allspice.
Spread equally on bottom of the mold.
Leave inside refrigerator.

Cut dried mango into small pieces and season with rum.

In a separate small bowl/deep plate pour in wine. Then (the other round will result in failure!) sprinkle with gelatin powder and mix until smooth.

Soften cream cheese in a microwave oven for about 30 seconds. Add lemon juice, sugar and yoghurt. Mix well until smooth.

Add wine and gelatin to cheese cake mixture and mix well, taking care not to make bubbles!

In a separate bowl, whisk fresh cream up to 7/10 solidity (too solid is not welcome!) . It should still be bubbly. Add a small part to cheese cake mixture and mix well. Add rest of fresh cream and mix carefully, taking care not tobreak bubbles.

Add rum-soaked dried mango to cheese cake mixture. Mix just enough for uniformity.
Pour the lot into mold and leave inside the refrigerator until it has completely solidified.

Decorate with whipped cream, pistachio and mango cube before cutting and serving!

* I just love the look of it... i want to share with all of u guys... Thanks to dragonlife

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Secret Rendezvous

Me & Huda decided to hang out later that day after work. Lotsa stuffs to be discussed. So we chose to go somewhere quiet and i will not get lost on the way there hehehe.... We decided to go to Bangsar Shopping Centre. I've been there twice, once for a meeting and this is my second time. Sampai2 x tau nak pegi lepak mana....
"Jom tengok Directory...!"
"Cik carik apa?"
"Owh... kita org nak carik tempat makan yg best n boleh lepak2, kita org nak mkn nasik"
"Kat sini ada 2 tempat makan yg best... Cik boleh try Dancing Fish atau Busaba Thai Restaurant"
"Dancing fish? Best ker?"
"Ok gak... ada masakan melayu & indon"
"owh ok... boleh la try"

*mamat yg keje kat information counter tu mmg terbaek... cukup ramah, berinformatif dan senyum sokmo... (dek, kalau ko tunjuk statement aku ni kat bos ko, ada harapan naik gaji kot... hehehe)

So we went n have a look see.... Menarik.... tp menu mcm limited sket.... (padahal x larat nak makan byk... hehehe) so anyway I ordered set ayam goreng berempah & huda ordered set ayam panggang

my set - ayam goreng berempah.... ayam dier x berapa sedap. x rasa fresh.... mcm goreng balik... the rempah was quite nice though.... i had lime juice with plum.... boleh lah.. nothing to rave about... i don't think i'll be coming back to try the rest of the menu....  then for desserts we went to Alexis.... I want to try the so called famous Pavlova cake.....

Alexis.... heard about this place for so long from my friends who raves about it.... cosy, quaint, sswai untuk lepak2..... but they have to do sumthing la about the seating nyer cushion..... dah lepiaq habes... sakit posterior ai taw.... lupa nak amek gambor. May come again to try their actual food in the menu....

The Pavlova cake.... hurmmmm..... i had big expectations for this (sorry for the pix... i dunno how to rotate the damn thing.... helpppp!!) rasa mmg biasa sgt lah..... i've tasted better ones before..... so akan mencarik the better pavlova in my next quest..... hehehe

Dancing Fish - Ambience: 8/10, Service: 8/10, Food: 5/10 (if i come again and i like what i've eaten, i'll change the rating)
Alexis - Ambience: 8/10, Service: 8/10, Food: 5/10 (my ice lemon tea was not nice.... how can u go wrong with ice lemon tea???)

Holy Macaroons....!

Thanks to my sis Mz. Yumiko aka Munira, I finally made my first set of Macaroons! Yeay!! The taste is not too sweet and the texture is perfecto! Crunchy on the outside and chewy on the inside.... enjoy the pics ... as much as i enjoyed making and eating it...!!