The Foodie Bazaar Short Story

If Bacterialogist Alexander Fleming was still alive to this day, he would had stumbled upon this blog and I am sure he would had found a bloggie mold! and made another discovery to a whole new antibacterial substance or whatever it may be and named it anti-peni-blog. LOL.

Anyway, following the success of Bloggers Bazaar months ago, another Foodie Bazaar was organised on last 25 July 2010. Oh my! I am sure to be the last person to post about the fun-filled Bazaar.

The turn out was awesome! About 200 people came to buy and have fun mingling with friends and family at the Bazaar. I was told a total of 18 vendors took part in the Bazaar - selling food, clothes and handicrafts items too.

Look at my stall, sitting pretty at one corner hehehe =) I was selling Dry Lontong. It is basically the same as the original Lontong, only that this is without the gravy - Lodeh.


Ahhh ... these are not off-springs of Paul the Octopus. No blood connection at all! Tempura Marinated Baby Octopus is created by Master-Chef-in-the-making Thanis. It was selling like goreng pisang! =)

Dry Nyonya Curry Pasta

Banana Chocolate Chip Cupcakes

Mini Hotdog Sausage

Lamb and Chicken Steaks

Rose Sandwiches

Young Entrepreneurs

Handmade handicrafts

When will be the next Bazaar? Will it be a mega Bazaar? Stay tune people ...

It was Go Pink! Sunday

After last Sunday's Foodie Bloggers' Go Pink! desserts tasting event, my tummy was left bloated with delicious and pounds of calorie-packed desserts. LOL. It was the sweet taste that lingered on my tastebuds for days ... and those 'sugars' must have been flowing amok in my bloodstreams that left me with painful headaches for two nights that I could hang myself upside down from a branch swinging dreamily to relieve that awful headspins.

Nevertheless, I enjoyed myself on that beautiful Sunday. The weather was kind. Once again, Brunei Foodie Bloggers is in for a worthy cause. This year, Foodie Bloggers worked hand-in-hand with the Brunei Breast Cancer Support Care Group (BBCSCG) in organising a charity fundraising event to raise awareness about Breast Cancer. It was also to launch recipes to collate into a charity book to be published soon. I am sure, whatever we do, we will make a difference to those people who are affected by the cancer itself.




In fact, there are many ways and opportunities to raise money or funds to aid any charity cause. A charity recipe book which is titled Pink! Desserts has been decided and it is a compilation of favorite recipes contributed by Foodie Bloggers and other individuals who were keen to particiapte in the wonderful event. The recipe book is still 'in the making' as I write this post and will be on sale once it is ready. All proceeds from the sale will go to BBCSCG.

It is really rewarding for me when I can see people giving up a little bit of their time to attend the Go Pink! event. You will feel a real sense of pride for helping to improve the lives of people affected by cancer. I met new people and of course plenty of mouthful opportunities to have some fun tasting with those sinful and delicious desserts!

These were among the sinfulicous and delicious spread of desserts on the long table.. most of the desserts showed attitude and character. Well, you just got to be there to see all those DESSERTS!

Avocado Mousse

Super rich chocolate cake

Bahulu pick-me up ...oohh CQ sure did pick you up. LOL

Peanut butter pop

Petite fruit flan cupcakes

Irresistable chocolate cupcakes

Double boiled pears

Aahhh.. this is CQ's entry ~ pengat filled with durians, yam, sweet potatoes and bananas

The winning entry ~ Chocolate Luva cake .. look at that oozzzing molten chocolate lava!

Thanis Lim ~ the man behind the winning cake did a demo on how he baked the luva cakes.

Read more about the Go Pink! event here.

Foodie Bloggers Go Pink

Is there any better way to participate in an activity to support a worthy cause? A charity book. The first project by the Ultimate Foodie Bloggers Challenge 2009 was a success!

2010 sees Brunei Foodie Bloggers Go Pink! in support for the Brunei Breast Cancer Support Group.

If you are keen in participating and contributing your favorite desserts recipes, please read here , here and here for more details.

Oh! CQ has definitely submitted her dessert recipe :) .. have you?

CQ meets Spanish bloggers

Is there any better way to end your year 2009? Indeed, there was! It was a rare chance to meet and dine with fellow bloggers from Spain! here in Brunei.

CQ was so ever thankful to Senor Pablo for giving CQ this great opportunity to meet the two Spanish Bloggers - Inaki and Esther, who are visiting Brunei Darussalam to document on the local cuisine. Both Inaki and Esther have tried most of the local dishes, especially the famous traditional Ambuyat.

Last night, we had a simple yet pretty dinner at Senor Pablo's crib. Among the dishes prepared for our Spanish guests were - Grilled Fish with soya sauce, Prawn Asam Rebus, Stir-fry Pakis, Umbut2 (palm shoot) cooked in coconut milk, Belutak (marinated beef), Tarap fritters and Pandan tea.

Hope to meet our special guests - Inaki and Esther, again in the future.. perhaps in Spain!?

Foodie event

Ciliqueen will be there!

KG is no longer a Bachelor!

Yes! Kurapak Guy is married! hoo hoo... The local blogging scene saw Mr. Kurapak Guy ended his bachelor days when he tied the knot with sweetheart - Ms Aqilah Bakri just over a week ago.

Families and friends celebrated the joyous occassion for the lovely couple. This fun guy, who has a number of famous taglines like 'manith', 'astee' and 'yowww' is also a creative and talented individual.

Awangku.. eh eh .. now known as Pg Syahreen, is seen here during the Akad Nikah ceremony. Hmmm his facial expression was so serious... it must be the 'kabak-kabak eh di dada ku' feeling.. hehe

Congratulations!

Alin & Qilah

In most weddings, you will get to see gifts being exchanged between both parties. This iMac gift caught CQ's attention when CQ was browsing through the Kurapak's Wedding Album. It is very refreshing and unique to give or add interesting wedding gifts instead of the usual stuffs like handbags and shoes.

CQ wonders if Mrs. Kurapak will get her MacPro on their first wedding anniversary =)



p/s: All photos published with permission from Mr. Kurapak himself =))

When Syawal ended with cute slurps

Last weekend marked the end of Syawal. So, before curtains were drawn down, CQ invited a special little girl and her family to have the last raya dinner at CQ's humble home.

CQ prepared one of CQ's signature dish in the kitchen hehehe.. Soto Ayam, of course. CQ was elated to see little Safiya slurrpping the soup to her heart's content. She enjoyed it very much and CQ was sure that little Safiya had a couple of helpings to the soup, but her brother, Syafi Irfan seemed not to be in the mood. He had sleepy eyes =)

After dinner, CQ had a big surprise for little Safiya... a birthday cake - 3 chocolate cupcakes - each marked a year. Yes! Little Safiya turned three years old just few days earlier.

Ohhh... don't worry, CQ did not bake the cupcakes hehehe..

Little Safiya Imani and her family at CQ's dinner table =)

Well, if you remember this story, it gives CQ an idea. Maybe next year CQ will organize a 'Raya Kids Open House at CQ's' ..huhu

Finally we met ..

Still very much in the festive moods, many Open Houses are taking place around the country. Spreads of delicious and calories-boosted food are being served to induce Raya guests to linger on a little bit more in celebrating the Eid Mubarak.

Last Saturday, CQ finally got to meet a little girl - Safiya Imani and her brother - Syafi Irfani, in their new house in Kampong Selayun. Both brother and sister are CQ's youngest blog follower and they do have a blog of their own.

Safiya Emir meets Safiya Imani - we share the same first name :)

CQ's special guests, Iraqi-Swiss - Ikhlas and Omar, flew in on the eve of Syawal to experience Eid Mubarak for the first time in Brunei Darussalam.

Family and friends at CQ's crib :)

Ants attack!!

"Also a big thank you to all bloggers and recipe contributors that made the event a success and everyone for the continuous support on this project"

- an excerpt from 'My Recipe Book'.

It was indeed a noble project by a group of bloggers and individuals - initiated by an idea that came out of nowhere. CQ could not have done that alone and was extremely elated to be part of this awesome project to support charity.

But sadly, some PEOPLE took the whole thing into their self-interest acts. Yes, CQ have read some tasteless comments made about the end product of the recipe book project on a blog. What or how would that fellow or fellows want to be thanked - for their contributions? Do these contributors want a red carpet 'Thank You' or do they have other agendas up their sleeves?

Ahhhh ... Yes! CQ believed he/she or they are dissatisfied contributors. Wanting bigger portions of the cake! It was a kind gesture that the recipe book project committee had invited all bloggers and non-bloggers to participate or contribute any of their favorite recipes to be shared, made into a book, sell to the public and ALL sale proceeds will be donated to the Brunei Special Olympics Team!

But unfortunately there are few aNts trying to squeeze their way up to the front upper seats of the cinema ...without even reliasing that they are stampede-ing on themselves!! Wake up! Look at yourselves in the mirror before writing those tasteless comments.

For those who have not purchase the recipe book, you may buy them at Shop @ Sarah in Q-lap, while stocks last. It costs only B$10.00 - do buy in the name of charity.

The Missing Ingredients Quiz

Ahahh ...we are still not finished yet with the Foodies' Bloggers Challenge! huhu - below is excerpt from Senor Pablo's blog ... read on, take part and you can win yummy cakes!!

It is a mystery really. Some chefs love to leave out key ingredients so that they are always superior to their students. Almost as if these ingredients were left out on purpose... So, it is a mystery really? What can it be? A hint is to get the book and check out which recipe could it be. Update on books- we are left with 150 copies. Selling like cucur pisang panas! We have no intention to reprint at the moment. You can get them at Shop@Sarah at Qlap Mall or Serikandi at Qlap.

Clues to the Missing Ingredients Quiz? There are three separate recipes in the book that have something missing! You have to go through the 47 recipes to find out and if you are a foodie, it is so obvious. This game is NOT open to the recipe contributors but readers of the My Recipe Book that bought and donated their $10 to our chosen charity!

Clue 1 : a missing ingredient.

Clue 2: Same ingredient of Clue 1 , a different recipe and the amount is just way too much.

Clue 3: Wrong method of cooking.

Tune in to DJ Honey Show on Kristal FM on Friday Morning 8th May 2009. The answers will finally be revealed! Full versions of the three recipes will be uploaded on Senor Pablo's blog after the quiz.

Prizes: Bunny Yummies will sponsor 3 prizes for 3 winners of desserts voucher, each up to $40. Wow! A free cake/dessert of your own choice basically.You can choose from her blog.

More clues on Thursday night... So, better get your copy today so that you win a chance to win goodies from Bunny Yummies!!

Stay tune for the winning results soon ...

Latest update . . .

The much awaited recipe book by the Foodie Bloggers is out! Read here to find out more on how you can get a copy. Please do support us ...all proceeds from the sales will be donated to the Special Olympics Committee.

picture of recipe book is taken from here :)

A week has actually passed when the Ultimate Foodies Bloggers' Challenge took place at Senor Pablo's beautiful crib ...and yeah CQ is the last person in Brunei to upload and tell about the story hehee :)

Well better late than not at all ...so here are the pictures CQ managed to click-snap on the eventful day. It was more like a red carpet event for the sinfully-delicious foodies and recipes, not only from the bloggers but other individual contributors. Cool eh! ...do enjoy the pictures!

Roasted garlic and anchovy dip

steamed tofu

veggie quiche ...??

king prawn tomato

chicken salad ...must try, it's easy and simple

chicken ala Bin Khalid

chicken mandressa :)

macaroons

rose sandwiches

seabass cuts in spoons ...hehe

this is delicious but CQ has forgotten the name (:

It was a perfect Sunday evening to watch some foodies demo by talented young chefs in the garden ...

Winners of the Foodies' Challenge