Thank-you Note from What The Food team

What The Food team would like to express our appreciation towards your presence on the What The Food party last Thursday.

We could see people attending the party talking to each other and enjoying the food made by the team and other lecturers.

We will remember this What The Food project, the party, and all the laughter from our lecturers.

Some staff was asking about the recipe of the Japanese cupcakes, please check it out and you will see that it is very simple to do.

Ingredients: (for 4 – 6 cupcakes)

75gr wheat flour

1 tps baking powder (about 5gr)

1 egg

30ml milk (you should take the cooking milk or if you could not find the cooking milk, make sure the milk you use has NO SUGAR)

30gr sugar

15ml cooking oil (use olive oil or butter instead if you are vegetarian)

Some cheese, corn and belly peppers.

Step 1: mix the flour with baking powder

Step 2: add sugar, milk, egg and melt chocolate (if you love chocolate smell) and mix all until you have a smooth liquid.

Step 3: divide into cups (with based paper under the cup so that you easily take the cakes out)

Step 4: steam the cupcakes in about 15 minutes. Check the cake by having the small stick poke the cupcake, if the stick is dry, then the cupcakes is ok)

Decorate for the dish and enjoy.

 

 

 

 

 

L’amour Bakery and Café

At L’amour Bakery & Café, you can find a variety of cakes in diverse shapes with different flavors such as chocolate, cheese and fruits

Address: 92 – 94 Lê Văn Thiêm, Hưng Phước II, Phú Mỹ Hưng, P.Tân Phong, Q.7

Price range: 20,000-60,000 for cakes & drinks
                    200,000-300,000 for gateaux or cream cake 

Those who are big fans of French cakes should pay a visit to L’amour Bakery and Café located in district 7.

With the brand name L’amour featuring cakes in French style, this café aims to target high-class customers. This café is a sub-brand of Hy Lam Mon Bakery which has long been a reliable and well-known Chinese bakery brand in Vietnamese market.

a subbrand of Hy Lam Mon Bakery

L’amour, which came into existence after two years of planning and conducting market research, aims to bring new flavors of cakes in eye-catching shapes and decoration pricing from VND15,000 to about VND800,000. At L’amour Bakery & Café, you can find a variety of cakes in diverse shapes with different flavors such as chocolate, cheese and fruits that are suitable for your celebration of birthdays, parties or anniversaries.

Cakes with different shapes & flavors

Cakes with attractive decoration

The way this café shop decorates was modernly bright with white color – the main theme. Besides, there are open spaces outdoors for those who enjoy the outdoor and private spaces for couples on the 2^nd floor.
The cakes and drinks here stay at a reasonable price around 25,000 VND to 60,000 VND. Gateaux, or cream cakes are about 200,000 VND to 300,000 VND.

The store is decorated with bright white color

Its high-class decoration sets out its proposition as a place for high-income customers

 

 

 

What The Food Tonite on Dec 19 2011

Lemon cake

Lemon cake

Christmas is coming to town, and this is the time where people go shopping for gifts & food.  This post brings you a simple recipe of lemon cake, a type of sweet that people would love to eat during this holiday season.  Buying it outside could be another choice, nothing could be more precious than some cake that you’ve made yourself.  So please take a look at this recipe (with visual enhancement) and you can see that making this cake isn’t that really hard…

Ingredients

– 60g unsalted butter

– 100g sugar

– 3 eggs

– 40g cake flour

– 1/3 teaspoon of baking powder

– 1 lemon

– ¾ cup of milk

– Sugar

Instruction

 Step 1: Add butter and sugar in a small bowl and mix well by hand or by small mixer machine.

Add butter and sugar in a small bowl and mix well by hand or by small mixer machine.

Step 2:  Add 3 egg yolks and mix them up until the mixture is smooth.

Add 3 egg yolks

Mix it up until the mixture is smooth.

Step 3:  Add cake flour, baking powder and mix well with the mixture.

Add cake flour, baking powder and mix well with the mixture.

Add cake flour, baking powder and mix well with the mixture.

Step 4:  Take a lemon and get the lime juice.

Rolling a lemon is said to make it juicier 😀

Step 5:  Then, pour slowly the lime juice and milk into the mixture, stir them until all are blended together.

Then, pour slowly the lime juice and milk into the mixture, stir them until all are blended together.

Step 6:  In another bowl, stir egg whites until it is smooth. Add the egg white into the flour mixture and mix well.

In another bowl, stir egg whites until it is smooth

Add the egg white into the flour mixture and mix well.

Step 7:  Pour the mixture into each baking cup, then put them into the oven, bake in 40 minutes at a temperature of 180 degrees C until they have golden brown colors.

Pour the mixture into each baking cup, toven bake in 40 minutes, 180C until golden brown

Step 8:  Take the cakes out of the oven and sprinkle little sugar powder on top. It will be more beautiful and attractive when being decorated with mint leaves or petals.

Sprinkle little sugar powder on top & decorate with mint leaves or petals.

This dessert is perfect in such breezy weather in Saigon.  We hope that you can find a fun & comfortable time making these cakes and your family would appreciate & enjoy them with you.

Happy Holidays!!!