Simmos Icecream @ Mandurah

I would like to end my post for July with a "sweet" one on the Simmos Icecream. Any ice-cream lover out there? :P
How could one miss a scoop or two of Simmos Ice-cream when visiting Mandurah, WA? No way! We enjoyed a single scoop of Cappuccino ice-cream before our cruise to see the Dolphins.

See, this is the single cone ice-cream. One scoop is equivalent to a double or more as what you would expect to get in Malaysia. It's sweet, rich, creamy and yummylicious. We can taste the "freshness" of the fresh milk and cream in the ice-cream. I fall in love with it on the first lick. :P. The store is just next to Dome right on the boardwalk in the cosmopolitan town of Mandurah. Having our ice-cream while sight seeing was kind of relaxing.

Besides the awesome ice-cream, they do serve icy cool, sorbets, indulgent desserts and even hot drinks. They have about 39 flavors available each day.

Their stores are located at:

MANDURAH

On the Boardwalk
Unit 6 / 73 Mandurah Terrace, Mandurah

T | 08 9582 7177
Open | 10.30 till late everyday (seasonally adjusted)
Email | simmos-m@bigpond.net.au

DUNSBOROUGH

161 Commonage Road, Dunsborough

T | 08 9755 3745
Open | 10.30 am – 5pm everyday
Email | admin@simmos.com.au

MARGARET RIVER

Top of Town
Shop 2 / 140 Bussell Highway, Margaret River

T | 08 9758 8886
Open | 10.30am till late everyday (seasonally adjusted)
Email | simmosmarg@westnet.com.au

Roasted Drumsticks With Fruit Salad

I'm glad that I found this recipe from Elinluv's Tidbits Corner. I did some modification on the marinate ingredients since I don't have the cajun seasoning, paprika and oregano. Like Elin said, this is the really finger licking good drumsticks. Yummy!

Roasted Drumsticks With Salad
Serves 2

Ingredients:

6 drumsticks with skin on, remove the excessive fat from skin
Planta

Marinate With:

1 tbsp oyster sauce
1/2 tsp sea salt
1 tbsp light soy sauce
dash of black pepper
3 cloves of grated garlic
dash of mixed herbs
some honey

Salad:

2 green apple, cubed
2 red apple, cubed
6 cherry tomatoes, halved
fruit salad dressing

Methods:

1. Marinate the chicken drumsticks for about 6 hours. Rub it with honey an hour before roasting.
2. Preheat oven at 230º C. Roast the drumsticks for 25 minutes.

3. Take out the drumsticks and rub it with margarine.

4. Roast for another 30 minutes till cooked.

5. Elin's tips: Remember to keep turning the drumsticks for even browning of the crispy skin.

Cereal Butter Cake

Another baking session for me on Saturday night. I promised to him that I will bake another cake for him. I was supposed to buy a packet of brown sugar, but too bad I forgot about it. See, how forgetful I am. :(
Oats and Nestum Cereal will never run out of stock in my kitchen. I always have a cup of oats + Nestum cereal + milk on every weekdays before I go to work. I learned from other bloggers that these 2 ingredients can be used for baking too. So, I decided to try on Cereal Butter Cake, a moist and fragrant yummy cake! While baking, the aroma is so irresistible. However, the texture is a bit rough. Does anybody knows the reason?

Cereal Butter Cake

Ingredients:

250gm butter
140gm Castor sugar
1 tbsp honey
220gm self raising flour
1/2 tbsp baking powder
4 omega-3 eggs
Nestum cereal 60gm
150ml fresh milk


Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease the sides and base.

2. Beat butter, sugar and honey until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs one at a time beating well after addition.

4. Add Nestum and mix well.

4. Fold in the sifted flour and baking soda to mix.

5. Pour in milk and stir to mix.

6. Bake in the preheat oven for 45 minutes.

Buffet Lunch @ Miss Maud Restaurant

On one afternoon, we were invited for a buffet lunch at Miss Maud Restaurant which is located in Miss Maud Swedish Hotel near Perth City Center. Together with us, we had Uncle Eric, Auntie Amy, Auntie Loo, sister-in-law and brother-in-law. The old folks had the privilege of discount on that day. They paid less, but they consumed more than us, lol...

The food ranges from soup, salad, seafood, finger food, roasted beef, ham, bun & cheese, to desserts. They don't have wide variety, but it was a fulfilling lunch. I enjoyed the dessert the most. Let the photos describe the food.

The yummy desserts.


Roasted beef.


The seafood corner.


The salad bar.


Hams...


Bun & cheese.


Some finger food and stir fried veggies.

The Dalecarlian horse, the famous traditional wooden horse statue originating in the Swedish Province of Dalama.

2nd Baking: Butter Cake

It's not that I never bake a cake before. Just that I never found a recipe that is just nice for a butter cake that it supposed to be. Sometimes, the cake is too dry and sometimes it is too sweet.

So, to be at the safe side, I served the net for a "guaranteed" recipe. I found this appeared as the first searched result. It's 5x mom's recipe. It's simple to follow and I feel more secure by just follow her's. Anyway, I substituted some of the ingredients with what I had in the fridge, and I reduced the sugar portion by 30gm.

The cake turned out just nice. It's soft, fluffy, not too sweet and not too dry. Anyway, I just need to improve my skill in cake cutting. I spoil the cake, opsss...... Also, I shall wait the cake to cool before cutting, which I failed to do so. I was eager to see its texture. So, you can see I have two pieces of ugly cakes below. I didn't care that much, and so do him (hubby) and him (Tiger). Both of them keep on asking for more. So, in just less than 15 minutes, we ate up almost half of the cake. So "laku".

Butter Cake

Ingredients:

250gm butter
200gm Castor sugar
250gm self raising flour
4 omega-3 eggs
1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate
1/2 tsp orange essence (added to eggs)
1 tbsp of condense milk diluted in 6 tbsp hot water

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C. Grease the sides and base.

2. Beat butter & sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs one at a time beating well after addition.

4. Fold in the sifted flour and baking soda to mix.

5. Pour in milk and stir to mix.

6. Bake in the preheat oven for 45 minutes.