The 17th of September is my girl’s birthday and that was last Sunday so of course, the mum cooked the chicken soup with the traditional Foochow red wine and we had that with hung ngang (the big bihun) instead of mee sua as the latter is not gluten free.
There was a lot of the noodles left over and I fried it for breakfast the other morning, with Thai fish sauce…
…instead of soy sauce which contains wheat and is not gluten free as well.
We could not order any cake from outside for her special day – they are all made from wheat and are not gluten-free and she did try making her own a few times before but it had not been very successful.
However, this time around, she managed to pass with flying colours – her Japanese baked cheese cake came out really well and she and her mum did the decoration with whipped cream and fresh strawberries…
…so she did have a birthday cake…
…to cut and enjoy after all.
Finally, she has succeeded in making a cake with the soft cake texture…
…unlike some of her failed attempts before, and it tasted very nice too. The light brown colour was because she decided to use brown sugar instead of the regular sugar.
Incidentally, last weekend, she also used this cheese sauce…
…that my cousin brought all the way from Melbourne, Australia to give to me to cook some broccoli…
…that I had in the fridge. There wasn’t all that much left so the mum asked her to add some sweet baby corn as well to come out with this lovely broccoli casserole…
Yes, it was very nice and we all enjoyed it but being a carnivore, I thought it would be nicer to add some bacon or ham to it. That, I’m sure would bring the taste to a whole new level.
Well, her birthday was on a Sunday so we could not go out for a celebration of any kind. After enjoying the noodles and the cake that morning, we had to be on our way already, sending her back to her school in the jungle.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 