Somehow I find myself more attracted to Ipoh than any other town in Malaysia. A mix of the familiar, the nostalgic, the modern in addition to the the calm, serene pace, Ipoh is my choice if I need breather from KL.
Today I got to meet Chef Adriano Zumbo in person at the Academy of Pastry Arts PJ! 🙂
The rather cute young chef was as sweet as his confectioneries. Well, at least he was to all of us during the preview this morning.
Much has been written about the afternoon tea at the Ritz Carlton. The concept of the British High Tea should not be new to all of us by now. AÂ tradition of British aristrocrats (high society so to speak), it refers to tea time with a selection of bite-sized savoury and sweet items, the usual being classic buttery scones with clotted cream, jams as well as cucumber cream cheese or salmon sandwiches.
And of course, let’s not forget the tea.
Move aside The Loaf, there’s a new Japanese bakery in town with better variety, taste and wallet-friendly prices to boot!
CC had somehow done it again. Just as I thought I had sampled the best of her cakes, she came up with an avocado cake!
Here’s my loot just yesterday, a reward for myself after appearing on Bella Society on NTV7, marking a great start to the year 2013. 🙂
Thanks to Daphne for the pictures of us on air, live on NTV7 Bella! :DD
** UPDATE: Swich’s intriguing Mangosteen Cake, rich Burnt Sugar Cake and everyone’s favourite cake – the Red Velvet!
For those who find HP Towers on Jalan Gelanggang a challenge to get to on weekdays (like me) the Swich outlet in  Publika is due to open pretty soon.
The better news than that? Swich cakes are already available for your consumption pleasure, with a small stall right in front of Sushi Q in Publika starting 2 Mondays ago.
I dropped in at Bel Jee again for some tea-time savouries after my first visit sampling her desserts (POST –> HERE)Â .
Below: Bel Jee’s White chocolate cheese longan. This was incredibly good!
Like IÂ said before HERE, Bel Jee little’s outlet here at Wisma Volkswagon on Lorong Maarof, opposite Rebung, (some of you might be more familiar with Restaurant Rebung by Chef Ismail) catered mainly for office workers within the vicinity.
Her opening hours (Mon – Sat : 8.30am — 6pm) remained unfriendly for office hours people, but it’s worth a Sat brunch visit if you love homely cakes and pies.
I love homely cakes and pies and I work odd hours so I managed to catch Bel Jee one fine afternoon at her pretty baby blue and white cafe with my glutton partner -in- crime Verne.
I met an enterprising and talented young lady recently. Her name is Yin, and she’s a cake designer and accomplished baker.
And yes, her business model is the usual “bake from home, sell it online/word of mouth” operation.
Sounds cliche? Well, it did come across to me as such at first too. Being a foodie and an active socialite, I have met many self taught bakers, online desserts entrepreneurs & even artisanal/cake designers (as they call themselves) during functions and parties. I didn’t think much about it at first, but after the initial 5-7 encounters and my subsequent failed attempts to order from them, the magnitude of their businesses dawned on me.
