tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186Thu, 18 Aug 2011 13:16:53 +0000BunPBBSchocolateDailyfoodtipsbooksLORTartjames martinrecipessalerantseiyuulifehttp://americano-please.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Mai)Blogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3168528146234193610Sat, 20 Nov 2010 09:17:00 +00002010-11-20T19:47:26.567+04:00lifefoodFinally I managed to get again in the kitchen and cook something, although it wasn't very intense session, all I did was to bake few biscuits for the holiday ( Happy Eid al Ad'dha), but I feel so satisfied and productive.(continue reading to see what all I made)After what it seems like ages of research for which biscuits to put into my list, then finding the recipes, reading them, organize them http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/11/holiday-baking.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-5024507965656626417Sun, 31 Oct 2010 18:34:00 +00002010-10-31T22:40:47.355+04:00too much candy?http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/10/halloween.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-1764836344233157846Sat, 16 Oct 2010 05:19:00 +00002010-10-16T09:28:06.846+04:00rantDailyThese days no matter how much sleep I get every night I can't help but feel sleepy during the day. I tried everything, I even went back to drinking coffee -I discovered that I was allergic to caffeine- but nothing seem to work.http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/10/sleepy-time.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3355880663681481737Sun, 10 Oct 2010 12:44:00 +00002010-10-10T16:53:47.580+04:00BunI'm sick and tired of my laziness, it gos for days and days and my list of things to do get longer and longer. I make up my mind to cook in the morning, buy the ingredients and by noon I just lost interest in cooking and just sit and watch the food I bought root away in my pantry T_T.oh ,and I again picked a new hobby: photography. http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/10/slow-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3900373161815552936Wed, 22 Sep 2010 05:31:00 +00002010-09-22T09:31:31.862+04:00DailyThis is my pet bunny George, I got him two months ago and so far our relationship is going ok, that's what I think at least. Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/09/curious-george.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-6536384542310961343Tue, 21 Sep 2010 13:30:00 +00002010-09-21T17:30:12.489+04:00So, I almost had forgotten about this blog, I know no one was reading, but I used to enjoy writing about my hobbies and silly fandoms.Published with Blogger-droid v1.5.9http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2010/09/trying-to-be-more-active.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-2185788904148260378Fri, 04 Jan 2008 14:27:00 +00002008-01-04T18:31:00.610+04:00please follow this linkthank you ^o^http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2008/01/yes-i-moved.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-6589774418203654466Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:58:00 +00002007-11-14T11:33:14.755+04:00salebooks This Sunday I went for business in Dubai, and since the Magrudy's were having a clearance sale we decided to check it out. Ah, it was a bookworm heavn, mountains of books... tons and tons, all starting from 5 AED~. Took me an hour to pick 4 books, and the total cost was 60 AED! I got Sharpe's Fury, the one I was lusting after since forever, for 15 AED; that's 90 AED less!, it's like it was free;http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/11/bookworm-is-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-1749069590429988816Mon, 05 Nov 2007 07:15:00 +00002007-11-05T11:47:05.884+04:00recipesfoodEver since I started cooking, my golden rule was "never handle meat", the mere thought of cooking meat scared me, I always had this feeling that cooking meat needs some talent and experience, once I see a recipe that calls for meat I sigh and flip the page. One day I was craving beef burgers and my mum was out, so I had to summon my courage and make my own burgers; after flipping in some http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/11/how-big-is-your-mouth.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-2252136291854688354Mon, 29 Oct 2007 14:10:00 +00002007-10-29T18:21:42.486+04:00tipsfood Hah, remember that choux pastry I made ages ago, I finally took it out of the freezer today to bake it, and for some reason *cough*cocky-mai*cough* I managed to under-bake 50% of the patch, and there was nothing I could do to save them, in the end I had to throw them :'(, note to self : never freeze stuff unless you become a pastry chef, and leave you stupid ego out of the kitchen next timeI http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/ego-is-dangerous-thing.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-1210635201277196794Wed, 24 Oct 2007 10:26:00 +00002007-10-24T14:30:41.088+04:00food Today cooking lunch was on me, so after a minute of thinking I decided to go for Thai+ Vietnamese with a bit of Indonesian cuisine thrown in, I made my list that had : rice noodles, bean sprouts and many other ingredients... after preparing every thing I was craving some chili, and so I made a lime-chili dressing to drizzle on my bowl of noodles, since none in my family like spicy food I made a http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/i-love-chili.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-7585783634552155963Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:29:00 +00002007-10-16T19:51:43.576+04:00rantPBBSseiyuu I thought once eid is over I'll be busy doing things, but *sigh* I couldn't even wake up when I was supposed to, I feel so drained because I had so few sleeping hours in ramadan - that's 3 hours each day- and now, no matter how long I sleep I never wake up refreshed and energetic... and I have a manga contest deadline (arugh) guess I'll pass and try next time, I won't be able to make it in time http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/slow-days.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-4989912457543609279Sun, 07 Oct 2007 19:09:00 +00002007-10-07T23:38:52.175+04:00lifefood Lately I have received some small injuries, and every time I didn't feel pain (yes yes, I didn't even feel a thing). Maybe I got stronger, or maybe I'm just too busy to feel anything. Yesterday I was dressing up to go out, and while I was fighting with a hairpin to put my hair up the forsaken thing sliced my thump open, five minutes passed and I didn't feel anything until I was applying mascara,http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/battle-wounds.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-690685749362051948Sat, 06 Oct 2007 19:33:00 +00002007-10-07T00:40:41.438+04:00chocolatefoodNot long ago I ordered number of cooking books as a very late graduation gift for myself - I needed a reason to justify the splurge-, and to me the highlight of the package was the amazing chocolate desserts book by Pierre Hermé; just flipping through the book and looking at the pictures is satisfying as eating chocolate. It didn't take long until I tried a recipe, and since I'm a big tart-lover http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/10/pierre-herme-eclares.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-6622483052152347402Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:01:00 +00002007-03-21T16:24:43.319+04:00james martinfoodToday I was glued in front of the T.V, four episodes of different shows that feature Chef James Martin were aired back-to-back, a bit too much you say...I don't think so. And I was inspired to try one of the recipes *damned if I didn't*, I chose scones for this task, because I never had them before. Making them was very easy, and I mimicked every move he did, the scones turned out superb. The http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/03/to-be-brit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4796364358595442186.post-3939560611037618613Mon, 12 Feb 2007 14:33:00 +00002007-02-12T18:47:53.202+04:00rantartLORTIt is known that one can't always have whatever one wants, I started this blog to be my food-blog, but the painful truth hit me : I have no good-enough camera... actually no one in my home has one. So, my food-blogging plans went out of the window T_T ( at times like this I miss my photographer cousin, a Hi goes to you wherever you are).now that I explained my situation, let's start normal http://americano-please.blogspot.com/2007/02/pure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Mai)2