Massimo Junior Chef Workshop With Chef Nur Zamahuri

Mamarazzi was chatting with a friend last week, yakkitty-yak...somehow it ended up about this Massimo Junior Chef Workshop that was to be held last Saturday. Her friend saw it in KUNTUM Magazine. 

Aiks! Mamarazzi must have missed that news. She check up in The Star newspaper  and Kuntum. True enough, saw the news.

She asked me wanna join or not and I immediately jump at the chance. Registered.

The night before, I was so excited. Can't barely sleep. Next morning woke up earlier and zoom zoom we drove to Massimo factory.

Aiks! I thought am early but there are some who are much earlier than me.

Saw the KUNTUM van is already there. KUNTUM is a magazine for school going children. This magazine have been in existence for more than 30 years, if Mamarazzi is not mistaken. She read that during her school days.

 Fast fast snap a photo. Security very strict there. Cannot simply snap photo.

Was surprised that Massimo had prepared breakfast for the Participants of the workshop and the parents/teachers/guardian.

Following Malaysian time, the workshop started at 9am plus. After a short briefing, we were ushered into the Cooking Studio. Strictly no photography and video. Parents/guardians/teachers wait at the lounge and they can see us cooking through a glass window.

The above photo was taken at the lounge la.

We learn to make assorted canapes,  Truffle and Cheese Tarts using Massimo bread.

After making the first recipe, we had a short break. Wah.... my favourite....they served sausages, nuggets, sandwiches and drinks. So yummy. I told Mamarazzi I like the darker color sausages.

Pretty Jie Jie gave us a short briefing about the importance of having Breakfast. After that, they had a short Q & A session to see if we were paying attention of not.

Those who answered correctly, gets a prize. I was nervous as I know the answer in English but my brain can't seems to translate it into Bahasa Malaysia fast enough. End up using pakai hentam la...English also can la.

I wonder what's the prize. 

Yay! everyone of the participants also managed to get the answer correctly and we all got a prize each.

I asked Mamarazzi why cover the face of the other participants ...and she said for Internet security and privacy. Cannot simply post up photo of other children online without their parents permission. 

The ones with the ribbons on top are girls while the boys are without ribbons. Wah.....so many boys like me are not shy to go and cook in the kitchen leh.

One more photo with Si Comel, one of KUNTUM mascot.. Errr.....the Jie Jie behind camera shy kot. 

Then off I went and continue "cooking"  the 2nd and 3rd recipe. 

 

Jeng! Jeng! one and a half hour later....we all got our Certificate of Participation.

Thank you very much to KUNTUM magazine , The Italian Baker Sdn Bhd and Chef Nur Zamahuri for this wonderful workshop. Hopefully they will organise more of this in the future...seeing that we didn't kaboom-ed the kitchen.

One more photo with Si Comel 

...and with Chef Nur Zamahuri. 

Big goodies bag from Massimo....Think of bread...think of Massimo. 

We get to "tapau" our "master piece" or rather in my case...pieces home. Got mess up along the way coz was rushing to second event.....was super duper late liao coz the workshop ran overtime.

Next stop......to meet up with some lenglui! Muahahahaha

PLAY-DOH® - Shape a Colourful Community

Come and Experience the First-Ever PLAY-DOH® Month Celebration! 

Let Malaysia’s Colourful Community inspire your kids to create their best PLAY-DOH® sculptures and be part of The Malaysia Book of Records attempt! 

Kuala Lumpur, September 14, 2015: A healthy imagination plays an important role in helping children learn, and for over 50 years, PLAY-DOH® has inspired young children to play, invent, experiment and sculpt their own unique creations.

That’s why the first-ever PLAY-DOH® Month is such exciting news!

From September 21 to 27 at Ground Floor HighStreet, 1 Utama, adults and children alike get the chance to create their own Malaysia-inspired masterpieces out of PLAY-DOH® – it can be anything you choose, be it sculptures or numbers and alphabets.

As you create and re-create, you also get the chance to participate in The Malaysia Book of Records attempt for the most PLAY-DOH® sculptures created in a single day on September 26 (Saturday), and a successful attempt will see your PLAY-DOH® creations on display for all Malaysians to admire, with the most creative sculptures winning exciting PLAY-DOH® prizes!

With PLAY-DOH® there’s really no limit to your imagination, and you can even work in teams or as a family to create something special by sharing ideas. As a tool to encourage learning and experimentation, it’s hard to beat PLAY-DOH® – through hands-on, structured play and encouragement children can learn many skills, from recognising shapes and colours to learning how colours mix and blend, and even social and intellectual skills such as collaboration and problem-solving.

You and your kids can get started to “Shape a Colourful Community” with some of these tips:

Step 1: Work as a team with your kids to imagine what everyone in the family think will best and most positively represent Malaysia.  You can even draw your ideas out first using colourful marker pens, colour pencils, or crayons.

Step 2: Materialise your idea using PLAY-DOH® compound.  Do experiment and encourage each other as you go along.  You can combine the different colours and mix them well with fingers until they become a different colour, and use any other items you have ready in the house to press patterns and make various shapes with the compound.

Step 3: Watch as you and your children transition your flat design into a colourful 3D Malaysia-inspired masterpiece creation!

For more information and updates about PLAY-DOH® Month, be sure to visit the PLAY-DOH® website: www.playdoh.com.

So will you be joining this event? Am thinking of joining but...hmmmm...what shall I create? What is the best and most positively represent Malaysia?

 

Hmm.... My Cikgu gave me the Jalur Gemilang. Shall I build a 3D gigantic Jalur Gemilang? Cikgu told me that the 14 stripes and the 14 points on the star represent the 14 states in Malaysia. The star and the crescent moon also symbols that Islam is the National Religion here and the yellow are the colour for Royalty here. The unity of our people is represented by the blue canton while the equal width on the 14 stripes means that equal status in the federal government and the 13 members states.

But Mamarazzi asked me to built Hibiscus coz she is crazy about flowers it is our national flower and it represent the 5 National Principles - 

• BELIEF IN GOD
• LOYALTY TO KING AND COUNTRY
• SUPREMACY OF THE CONSTITUTION
• RULES OF LAW
• COURTESY AND MORALITY

. All these are very important, she said. 

But....but....I like the Petronas Twin Towers. It made our country famous all over the world and visitors from all over the world come to visit Malaysia and to see the twin tower.

How about I build all 3? Nice or not? Sorry ya...My Play-Doh set doesn't have white color. Just imagine the white color of the paper is my white color Play-Doh lah. Is my design colourful? What do you think?

On second thought, I think I'll just submit this cup of truffles as what I think most represent Malaysia to me. Just like a cup of truffles, we  are a colourful community that came from many backgrounds and religion. We live in this little glass cup  called Malaysia in harmony and peace. Together we blended well and we are nice and sweet like truffles. You can never have too much of Malaysia.

Yes, this is what I think most represent Malaysia to me. 

Saturday Night Fever and Flower Fever

Last Saturday Friday evening we went to Istana Budaya to watch Saturday Night Fever The Musical . Won two tickets from Baby Sumo's Blog, sponsored by Nuffnang. Thank you very much for the tickets!

It's my second time to Istana Budaya. Initially it was supposed to be for Saturday Matinee Show but the show time changed to Friday night instead.

Wah lau eh....even before the show starts, already very "kan cheong"(Suspense) coz Zoom zoom straight from my school to Istana Budaya. Never "mandi" (shower) at all, though a friend staying nearby did offer me the use of her bathroom.

Hmmm....it was raining cats and dogs just when the school bells rang. Guess I kinda got "natural shower" la.

Friday evening traffic plus heavy rain plus flooding...thanks to Papa's F1 driving, we manage to make it on time for the 8.30pm show.

 Mamarazzi "tapau-ed" McD for me to eat in the car but I was too excited and just took a few bites. Managed to have a  Cat Nap in car. Woke up feeling grumpy.

Arrived there, collected our tickets and met a friend. Wah....so many Kor Kor and Jie Jie distributing Munchy's biscuits. Mamarazzi told me to take some just in case I hungry later.

 Walk faster la Mamarazzi...So slow....later the show starts liao la. 

 

Initially , wanted to buy one more ticket for Papa but when we went to Ticket Charge, most of the seats were fully booked.

Weird....8.30 pm but still many empty seats. .The show started late by around 10 minutes. Probably giving leeway to late comers due to the abnormal traffic condition that night.

Guess many couldn't make it on time for the show gua coz there were still many empty seats when the show started . For the first 15-20 minutes into the show, people were still coming in. Kinda disturbing with the door kept opening and closing but kesian them also la . Like me, they must have been looking forward to the show too

As there were still many rows of empty seats. Those of us who were seated at the last row, move up to the empty seats which were nearer to the stage.

I enjoyed myself very much  that evening.All the ladies in the house seems to oh-ah about the guy called Tony. But I love the lady in red and her partner doing the Latin dance. They were so energetic. 

I was zombiefied when the show ended. Arrived home 1 a.m. and start snoring lo. 

The next morning, time to go Funland. Got some of the Munchy's biscuits for my Funland friends

 While I was in Funland, Mamarazzi caught Flower Fever pulak. She went browsing around the nursery in Sg Buloh . Looking for Kesidang flower/plant but too pricey at RM40. Yeah...she very stingy one.

Instead she got this Tuberose. RM10 only.

 Wanted to get this bigger than palm size Bunga Raya but then it was RM25 a pot....oh well...maybe next time la.

Came home, found that one of her cheapo roses is flowering. This is one of the pot from the Lelong corner. RM5 for 3 pots. 

 

Meeting King of The Day and Fantastic 4.

  

Last weekend we were invited to a wedding ceremony. Makan-makan in a big house. A lot of people went. Get to sit at VIP table . This gave me a good view of the Host Table.

 

At the Host table there were a very regal looking couple.  I asked if they are the King and Queen. Mamarazzi said yes and that they are "Raja Sehari" (King and Queen of the Day). But I thought King Supposed to wear a crown.

Papa asked for a RM1 note then he pointed. See! The King is wearing a Crown. That's how Crown looks like here.

He asked me to compared it with the one the Host is wearing. 

 Uiks! Looks very similar wor. Good grief! That's the King. People sitting at our table laughed. An Uncle said yes. They are the King and Queen for one day only.

 Better behave myself as the King and Queen are here.

After the ceremony, it was time to go home but I was not really keen on that. Then Mamarazzi said let's go and collect the free ticket. Papa and Mamarazzi won tickets to the Fantastic 4 show from Eureka Snacks.

Claimed the 4 tickets and they even gave us two containers of popcorn.

How was the show ah..... Maybe coz I was overtired la and inside the cinema was cool...I told Mamarazzi to wake me up when the show is over. Say only la but I did watch the show from beginning to the ending la. Not as scary as Jurassic World.

Raya At "Taman"

 This year syok oh...We went to a Hari Raya "open house" at the Playground. Maybe should say " open garden"?

Residents at our "Taman"decide to have a potluck to celebrate Hari Raya two weeks ago.

 Everyone bring something to the potluck. Wah...syok max . It's better than buffet in the hotels leh. Got Laksa Utara, Spaghetti, Pizza, putu mayam, roti jala, lemang, rendang, fried bihun , Satay kajang, Ketupat, Meatballs, nasi ulam, cakes, kuih muih , fruits , hot drink and cold drinks. Got many more leh .

 Learn something new. Before makan, the President of the Resident Association give a speech then start off the party with a pray giving thanks.

Have you had Spaghetti with hand? *LOL* The one who cooked spaghetti forgotten to bring fork. Mamarazzi remembered we have some disposable fork at home. Ran home to get them but when arrived back at the playground, some already having the spaghetti using hand. Heard the spaghetti was very tasty. I spill mine so Mamarazzo says no more spaghetti for me.

Instead asked me to have bihun and satay. 
 

Guess what! I've "created" my own drink. Went and got myself some ice. Found a bottle of Sprite. Add a piece of Orange into the drink.

Jeng! Jeng! Orange Sprite drink! You want? Come come... I sell you RM7 a cup. No GST. Hey! Don't complain leh. You go drink in restaurant it's that price leh.

Mamarazzi also ordered a cup from me leh.

 

I love these yellow cookies with a red dot on top. As I tengah syok syok eating, suddenly heard thunder leh. Not long after that, it rain. 

Lucky for us coz by then the food were nearly all gone. Just need to clear up the place and run home. Some kids even managed to fire up some fireworks leh. 

I managed to tapau back some of the delicious cookies before cabut home. Yummy!

To Infinity and Umbai!

After exploring the room, of course ler time to go To Infinity and ...swimming!

 Yup...Casa Del Rio Melaka have a swimming pool called the Infinity Pool.

 

Why Infinity Pool?Well....errr....no need to explain gua. Only kids pool have boundary. The adult side seems to stretch to infinity.

 Great view of the river.

 Can see Menara Taming Sari and the big big ship from the pool.

 Great pool side service too. Complimentary drinks.

Evening time.....time to hunt for fish...oppss...food.

Growing very "tall" liao.....gonna need more than 3 seats if I were to sleep comfortably...

Last round we went to Umbai too but at another part. This round we went to  Perkampungan Ikan Bakar Terapung , Umbai, Melaka

Sleeeppy...why so fast arrived  geh....I haven;t have enough of my beauty sleep yet leh.

Stir fried kangkung RM6. A bit salty but just nice if eat with rice.

Fried Sotong(Squid). Based on seasonal price. This plate costed us RM12.06. Yummy.

Papa had Kerang(Clam?)...Alamak..portion so big though asked for small portion.  Big, sweet and fresh. RM8

Mamarazzi actually wanted Kepah(mussel?) but ter-ordered Lala( smaller type of Mussel). This one was RM12.

She did not enjoy it much coz some of the Lala still have a bit of sand in it. Guess, this proves the Lala are fresh coz if the Lala have been in the water long time, the sands would have been washed out already.

I also want a Kerang la.

Eh....why nothing inside ?

See...empty...naughty Papa...ate the kerang already and gave me empty shell. But I really enjoyed playing with the shell la.

Mamarazzi wanted Ikan Bakar(Grilled Frish).  This was the tiniest fish...but still very big hor? Ikan Jenak based on seasonal price. This one was 800gm , cost us RM28. Fresh.

Wah...the sauce for the fish was super-duper spicy. Yumm Yumm according to her.

My "relatives" must have smelled the nice fragrant of the seafood. They came to "tumpang makan".

Over ordered again....

While waiting for Papa and Mamarazzi finish makan, I played with the shells. My new "lego" .

Here is the address if you wish to have a try of the seafood :

Perkampungan Ikan Bakar Terapung, Umbai Baru, Melaka

Tel: 017-2305691 | Fax: 62610181

The stall that we went to was Umbai Grill Fish, No 1, Ikan Bakar Terapung Umbai, 77300 Merlimau Melaka Tel : 017-2843077