Journey Into the Unknown : no more.

Assalamualaikum and hi,

 Do you fancy Chocolate Cakes? What about Chocolate Bars loaded with nuts and everything crunchy? Cheese? Do you love cheesecake & Chocolate cake put together? Well...then you shouldn't have missed this awesome All Things Chocolate Class...

Take a look at hat we did last week 6/12/2012. Attended by Jiha and Natasha, 2 BFF, we had loads of chocolatey fun. Their kids would have an even awesome time finishing all these goodies up! 

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

Part 3: The Chicken that digs for Food will not sleep Hungry (don't ask me why the title is such..LOL)

Assalamulaikum and hi,

Thanks for all your lovely feedbacks. So I can continue with my ramblings? Ahakssss...my blog maaa..I'll do as I like...hahaha..

Before that, yesterday 2nd Dec 2012 we had a 'gamat' and 'riuh' Bread class with Mamazieza Hassan from Penang. The class that many months ago started with only 3 students, and yesterday we had 13 awesome students who were eager to learn and left so pleased with the results... Many more who inquired last minute had to be rejected for now. But you gals are most welcomed to join our next Bread Class ya..

They looked like roti naik don't they? Can help shooting these babies..`

Roti Manis ala Roti Naik

Mexican Bread

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

PART 2: WILL CURIOSITY KILL THE CAT?

Salam and hi,

So sorry I didn't update this blog last night. Was caught up in a few conversations with clients. So here I am early in the morning, writing down my thoughts.

I had a few friends congratulating me over last few days. Why? Well.. they seemed to think that TDT is on the verge of success... hmmm..I never thought of that. I always thought that TDT is not there yet. Maybe I should change my views... maybe I should start measuring incremental success. But in any case, all praise should go to Almighty Allah, Alhamdulillah...

Azman hard at work. I believe he's got what it takes to make it in this industry.

Maybe this thing has everything to do with that quote 'where you are today depended on what you did 2 or 3 or 4 or 5 years ago or maybe even less than that'. You believe that? I do. So maybe where TDT is today was based on what I did a few months back.. or years ago.. hmmm   I should reflect on that...

REFLECTIONS...

Assalamualaikum and hi,

Are you feeling better today? Did anyone close to you hurt your feelings? We feel hurt right? Well, first instinct would be to blame everyone involved that caused this hurt but.... let's reflect.

In our journey to get to where we are today...have we ever done the same thing that hurt others, the way we are being hurt today? Maybe we've forgotten, maybe we didn't realize..but that could be the very reason we are tested today. Have we asked for forgiveness? 

It's something that I always try to remind myself when something hurtful happens to me. It's a cleansing process that we go through before our journey ends. Which means that I too, on this day of Barakah, a Friday, would like to ask for your forgiveness, from the bottom of my heart, if I had ever done anything to hurt your feelings, whether intentionally or not. I blame my ignorance and stupidity during those years of growing up. Now, well into my forties, I learned so many things along the way.... but no regrets. It's all a process, both for you and for me.

On to a more cheerful note :)

We had our first ever Mooncake Class with Annis Suhaiza earlier this week. Awesome!! I've never had a Mooncake ever in my life and this is a first for me :)...delicious and so easy to make. It could well be a Bestsellers for Bakers out there.. what with demand for Halal Food Products are on the rise. 

Baked Mooncake with Blackbeans filling

Non-baked Mooncakes with Kaya filling

JOURNEY INTO THE UNKNOWN

PART 1 : FIGHTING OFF THOSE DEMONS CALLED COMFORT ZONE.

Azman's Cake. See how close together those
Extensions are on the lowest tier? It made him puked
at the end of the day...but..beautiful ain't it?
I salute him.

 Assalamualaikum and hi dear readers,

How is everyone this week? Good? Alhamdulillah…. Not so good? Take it easy and think of it as a practice to make you a better person in areas you’re lacking. So in the end everything will be good.

When I go through a bad situation, I’ll cry it out and pray and then tell myself that come tomorrow, everything will be better coz the rule of the universe (sunnatullah) dictates that nothing ever stays the same.

So anyways, we had a repeat of Royal Icing Class last week. Wow! I tell you respect them all, Kak Aida from Tokyo, Azman the IT guy, Zac who owned her own cake business in Bt Pahat, Cake B'licious and Ziqah of Scrummy Cakes who makes beautiful cakes. They really are a bunch of determined lot.

Kak Aida Shibuya Tokyo or Kak Zuraidah currently lives in Japan with her Husband. She's back here to pre-organise her son's wedding function next year and she took the opportunity to attend my classes, twice, despite the daily drive to and fro Enstek. Actually, with her husband's position, she doesn't have to work for anything..but! That's it! What drove her through that?

Royal Icing Class - Gazebo & Swan

 Salam and hi,

Quick update on our recent class - Royal Icing. It was supposed to be attended by 4 students but 2 couldn't make we're left with only 2. But what a blessing it was. I had design a slightly different module than our last Royal Icing Class and it was successfully transferred into reality by my two awesome students - Daalia Abdul of Lea Oven and Sapiyah Hassan, a loyal follower of TDT's classes.

Have a look :)

Daalia's Swan Cake

Daalia's Gazebo Cake :)

Food Styling & Photography and Cake Design Class

Salam and Hi dearests,

What a busy few days it has been for me. Learning and teaching both :) Busy-ness started last Wednesday, preparing for Saturday and Monday Class. 

For the past 2 days we had an awesome time in TDT doing the Shabby Chic inspired Cake Design Class. This class was attended by Kak Aida, Kak Rose, Zac & Azman. It was a mix of experience & not so experience bunch which to me was great, coz we get to share and impart knowledge.

Anyways, thank you all for coming. I had a great time and I hope you all did too :)

Well, we have evidence of what they'd done for the past 2 days...

Zac from Bt Pahat. Sangat tekun... good job Zac!

Awesome Group - Kak Rose from Enstek, Kak Aida from Tokyo, Azman from Kelana Jaya and Zac from Bt Pahat

Durian Crepes, Various Crepes and Crunchy Cream Puff

Bismillahirramanirrahim

Assalamualaikum and hi all you lovely readers :)

We started of November 2012 with a Bang! from the durian smell that is LOL! What a phenomenon. Durian Crepe, though had been around for a while, was made famous when Zalina Yahaya got her Hubby to tapau a few from Midvalley for testing. From then on, a durian storm hit all over Malaysia and I suspect the neighboring country too LOL! It's a Craze that had all the durian sellers puzzled.

Zalina nailed this one nicely. Everyone loved the taste and textured and the affordability and Bakers love it coz it's so easy to make. Good JOB Zalina. You've got yourself a permanent spot in TDT :)...hang neeehhh! Everyone was ecstatic and obviously eager for the class. They hung on to every word that came out of Zalina's lip like they were gold bars..hahahaha...awesome!

In case you haven't seen it, here's how it looks like. And for the taste, hmmm...you'll just have to order some from us. I wish you can taste it here. It doesn't have the overpowering smell of a durian, instead it smells nice, very inviting. The skin texture, unlike the usual lempeng or crepe, it's amazingly thin that you can see the color of your skin underneath it, soft yet very sturdy, much like a durian skin itself and gentle on the palate. Not overpowering at all. And it complements the insides texture perfectly well. The fillings taste a bit like durian ice-cream when eaten cold and yet has no overpowering aftertaste or stinging strong smell of a durian. Well, you'll just have to order some laaa... sms us ya. RM10 for a pack of 6.

The infamous Durian Crepe (pronounced khrepp not krip hahaha...we had a French teacher in our class last week)
Selling price is RM10 for a pack of 6 pieces

 Next we did an awesomely nice French Vanilla Mille Crepe. I personally love this one though it can be highly detrimental to my health and waistline! I've seen this around the cafes but because of I have this thing about eating only from the source that I know, I've never eaten them before. But I can imagine the taste coz I've made crepes before. But to actually put some cold ones into your mouth...hmmm.. nuff said!

I love the rustic unpretentious look of this particular dessert. It so homey and yet exudes sophistication about it. And the taste... absolutely cloud 9 for me.

French Vanilla Mille Crepe. About 9" with 20 layers. Selling price would be RM105.

French Vanilla Mille Crepe Slices - absolutely addictive

 Next we did Tiramisu Mille Crepe, a chocolate variation from the Vanilla Mille crepes. You can have insanely loads of variety of Mille Crepes. Just have to be creative...

Tiramisu Mille Crepe RM110 for a 9" 20 layer.

 And the last one, another favorite of mine, Crunchy Japanese Creampuff. It looks the same as its cousin the Creampuff, only this one is much better coz it's not as soft or lembik like the Creampuff because of the crunchy topping. Awesome!

Crunchy Japanese Creampuff

There you go... what an insanely awesome class! Tq Zalina Yahaya for coming all the way from Seremban. Loads of thanks also to you lovely people who, instead of countless reminder not to come before 10.30am, still managed to wriggle your way into TDT early( like 9.30am!) with excuses like 'I need to use the ladies pleassseeeee'. That's it! Next time I'll go in through the back door hahahaha!

So I'll see you soon in our next few class.

10/11 - Food Styling &Food Photography class with a Demo on how to make Pasta Marinara with PAk Uda Ali - 3 MORE SEATS AVAILABLE (RM270 ONLY)
More info click here Food Styling & Food Photography

12 & 13/11 - Shabby Chic inspired Cake Design Class - 1 place is made VACANT. Please SMS me for registration.

Student's Cake from previous Shabby Chic inspired Cake Design Class 

15-17/11 - Royal Icing Class - Gazebo &; Brush Embroidery (17th Nov afternoon) - FULL 

Wow! Next week's gonna be a round of awesomeness! SMS me your inquiries or orders to 013-3554399 and insyaAllah I'll get back to you soonest possible.

In the meantime, enjoy the rest of the week.

Love
Farida Ismail
www.facebook.com/MutiaraDessertTable
www.desserttablemutiaradamansara.blogspot.com
H/p : 013-355 4399.

Class Highlights in November 2012

NOVEMBER & DECEMBER 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE

Assalamualaikum and hi friends of TDT,

How have you been? Been making the famous Durian Crepe lately? hahahaha... My friend Zalina of Bzee, she did a lot of people a lot of good by teaching this recipe. Ramai yg mendapat manfaat dari perniagaan mereka menjual durian crepe. Keep it up Na! Happy for her... and ramai juga yang mintak  saya invite Zalina ke TDT sbb mereka tak dapat nak ke Seremban. So I did :)

Happy to report her class at TDT will be on the 3rd November. Tapi tempat hampir penuh :-)

Before I continue rambling on, let me give you an update on classes to be held at The Dessert Table premise for the next 2 months.

NOVEMBER 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE

3rd Nov - CREPE CLASS WITH PN ZALINA YAHAYA (RM250) 11am-4pm : 11 seats available

10th Nov - FOOD STYLING & FOOD PHOTOGRAPHY (RM270) 10am-2pm : 9 seats available

12 - 13th Nov - SHABBY CHIC INSPIRED CLASS (RM650) 10am - 5pm : 1 more seat available

15-17 Nov - ROYAL ICING GAZEBO (RM650) &  get BRUSH EMBROIDERY 17th Nov 2pm-5pm RM390 AT 50% DISCOUNT - CLASS IS FULL

27th Nov - HALAL MOONCAKE CLASS (RM220) 10am-5pm : 7 more seats available

DECEMBER 2012 CLASS SCHEDULE

1st Dec - SCHOOL HOLIDAY BREAD CLASS FOR KIDS 8 - 14 YRS OLD (RM180) : Registration is opened. Details will be uploaded soon.

2nd Dec - BREAD CLASS WITH MAMAZIEZA HASSAN (RM270) 10am-6pm : 8 seats available

8th Dec - WEDDING SUGAR COOKIES (RM280) 10am - 4pm : 5 more seats available

29th Dec - KELAS KEK KOMERSIAL BERSAMA CHEF AMER (NEW RECIPES) : FULL

30th Dec - DESSERTS & FRENCH PASTRY WITH CHEF AMER : 3 more seats available

There'll be more classes added in between these dates, especially baking classes, soon ya, let me catch my breath first...

How to attend?

1. If you'd like to attend any of the above classes, please SMS me your name and name/date of class/es.

2. Confirm your seat by making an RM100 (nonrefundable) deposit into our The Dessert Table Maybank acc no 5648 0163 9202.

3. When you make the online transaction/ATM, please sent an email to mutiaradesserttable@gmail.com to notify us of your payment. Do not send MMS photos.

4. Balance is to be paid gradually before class date, or Full on the date of class.

 Phewww! There you go, if you need regular updates, then FB page is the best. Go to www.facebook.com/MutiaraDessertTable and like our page.

Shabby Chic Inspired Cake Design Class - 12-13th Nov 2012

While preparing our Shabby Chic Inspired Cake Design Class on the 5-6th Oct, I saw an offer on the FB newsfeed by Chef Amer that MITI/Insken will be sponsoring lucky participants a 5-day all expenses paid for Chocolate & Chocolate Decorations Course with Chef Amer in Alor Setar. Woohoo! I tried my luck and sent in my name. I didnt think much about it till I got a forwarded email from Chef asking me to go and register myself 8.30 am for the class on Monday morning! Wohoooo..alhamdulillah..rezeki rezeki..Allah Maha Kaya dan memberi rezeki kepada sesiapa yg dikehendaki Nya. Many thanks to MITI/INSKEN for organising such a wonderful class! And huge thanks and kudos to Chef Amer for sharing with us knowledge on Chocolates. I'm in love with making chocolate! So sedap!!!! The class was a huge success and havoc! Sangat kecoh!

It was a tough course. We we drilled by Chef for 5 days straight from 8.30am till 10.30pm everyday. Tough! really tough and tiring but oh my did we have fun! We were smelling, tasting and munching on dark, milk and bitter chocolates and were high on sugar all the time. Giggling and laughing..oh my, we kept running to the loo, not to mention the seminar room was really cold, to the bones! Chef really tickled everyone's funny bones, and I think he really touched everyone's heart with his wit, generosity and deep pride & knowledge in what he does. He is after all the Master Chocolatier people. What a lucky bunch we were.

Cant resist taking a shot at the chocolate buttons.

Chef Amer

Chocolate melter, I'd love to have these babies. Any sponsors? hahaha

No serious faces in these class..chocolate high..we were laughing, smiling and giggling throughout the 5 days. I miss  the kecohness.

MITI/INSKEN rep. Pn Atasha from Putrajaya

Presentation time on the first night. Marketing our chocolate products. Hilarious!

Candid camera!

We made these babies, delicious babies..

And these

These Crunchies are my favorite!

Awesome! I'll be making these Crunches for Raya Haji insyallah :)

We made all of these. Everyone had a box of these babies. OMG so delicious!

Alhamdulillah.. I was always curious how they do this chocolate box, and now we know :)

I shoot so many photos but these are the fews that I manage to edit and upload. The rest I'll keep for my own collection.

Came back and no rest for me though I was dead tired. Next day was Bread Class with Mamazieza Hassan. It was quite a full class :)..delicious bread dough smell wafted through TDT in the morning and by afternoon the  was filled by heady smell of bread baking in the oven. 

Mama in action! 

Roti gebu! Sedap gila..cair dalam mulut.

Roti naik Johor

Sausage buns, Zaim goes googoogaagaa

Mexican Bread, seems to dissipate into thin air in a few minutes..LOL!

We made a total of 7 types of breads from 3 types of dough. Everyone was excited and happy to bring back so many breads for dinner and breakfast...

And then the next day, TDT had Chef Amer in the house for KELAS KEK KOMERSIAL. Havoc sekali lagi...during class, we negotiated more classes with Chef and got 29th & 30th Dec for more classes with different recipes (see above for class info).

Wow! What a week! Full blast! I wanted to take Monday off so I stayed at home and posted the class photos and class schedule status on FB. And wow! The phone, ipad and mac all ting tong ting tong at the same time!! The whole day! And I didnt get my off day for next 2 days. Inquiries, bookings, payments and all sorts came my way on Monday and Tuesday. Chef Amer's Classes were fully booked on Monday. So I opened another 6 seats for both classes and the 29th Dec was snapped like hot cakes (no puns intended)..(info at the beginning of this post).

So there you go... sorry for the long post. I'll try to post at regular intervals, if there's time. 

Please do register early for the classes that you're interested in. It's selling like hot cakes. Follow me on The Dessert Table  FB page coz we have offers on classes from time to time.

There'll be Chocolate Classes starting from February next year. So keep checking the FB ( for faster update) or this blog (I cant guarantee if seats are available by the time I post here.)

Next few days will be spent on class plan for next year. And I'm excited! 

I pray that all of us, you and me, be given rezeki yang halal dan melimpah ruah. Amin.

Till then, you take care.

Love,

Farida Ismail

013-3554399

p/s : I know some of you youngsters are excited about the classes, but I am asking for your kind consideration to only keep your calls and sms to me from 8am - 7pm only. I have been receiving SMSes asking about classes availability at 1.30am or whether Durian Crepe will be taught first or last at 12 am I mean..come on! Some sensibility please. I thank you for your understanding of my need for privacy.

CAKE DESIGN CLASS - Shabby Chic Inspired Cake 5-6 Oct 2012

Salam & hi,

How was your week? Mine was hectic but fab! We had the Cake Design Class - Shabby Chic Cake with 2 ladies, complete beginners with very little experience in fondant and making gumpaste roses and stuff. But, look at the results! Totally awesome, though they were a bit scared of what might come their way... hahaha..I had complete confident in these two ladies, Maza & Nina. And Maza did all those work while having flu...poor girl. Syafakillah..may Allah grant you shifa, ameen.

Enjoy some of the photos I managed to snap yesterday..

Nina's Shabby Chic Cake, simply gorgeous!

Maza's cake, totally awesome!

Beautiful roses and fillers flowers..by Maza

Where it all happened for the past 2 days.

If you'd like to join this class, I'm having one insyaAllah in November, so watch out for the space. OR if you want to be alerted, please leave us your email address and we'll notify you of our class updates. Mail me at mutiaradesserttable@gmail.com for info.

Nina's awesome Shabby Chic Inspired Cake

Meanwhile, I'm attending a 5-day fully sponsored by MITI, Chocolate Decorations & Designs Class with Chef Amer..woohoooo right? Yup! Only 20 people are chosen for this course and and happy am one of them. So I'll be enjoying myself going through chocolates and more chocolate for 1 whole week. On Saturday, I'll be back at TDT coz we're having Kelas Meroti bersama Mamazieza Hassan & next day, Kelas Pembuatan Kek Komersial bersama Chef Amer... I pray for good health, ameen.

What a hectic week it has been, and more to come by tomorrow.. I hope you're enjoying whatever it is that you're doing too. Something that gives you the boost to wake up in the morning! If not, hmmm you might be in the wrong field. I've found what I totally love to do and I get to meet a whole lotta awesome people in the process.

So, again, have an awesome week ahead!

p/s: dont forget to check out our Class Announcement in the previous postings..We have offers on Classes!

Love,

Farida Ismail