Dad ~ Baker & Chef

16 years old today. How time flies. It seems like only yesterday that this young man was but a small little fellow running around in and out of the house to play. Now, he is still running in ...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2017/11/16-years-boy-grows-up-fast.html

My little princess turns 13! The 17th of February 2017 was the date my little Princess turned 13 and she is certainly not little any more. Being a school day, we woke her early and as usual...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2017/02/a-princess-enters-her-teens-with-mocha.html

15 years old today! His birthday this year fell on a Tuesday and it being a school day, we did the usual hiding of his presents under his bed before waking him up. This years gifts we...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2016/11/15-years-old-with-quiet-celebration.html

My princess turns 12 today! How time has flown. Her birthday this year fell on a Wednesday. Although it was a school day, she woke up early, together with her brother, to watch the Chelsea-PS...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2016/02/chocolate-tart-for-12th-birthday.html

Ahh, how time flies. My little boy is no longer a boy and is now a 14 year old young man! His birthday this year fell on a Sunday and we started the day off by going to church. We were runnin...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/11/chocolate-mousse-royale-ice-cream-cake.html

When I was a Uni student in Melbourne I lived an an apartment that had a Milk Bar nearby - less than a 100 metres away. This Milk Bar was our stop whenever milk ran out(obviously) or bread, ...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/09/egg-and-bacon-pie-and-memories-of-milk.html

This was made way back in February 2015 but I'm only posting it now. Better late than never right! For a number of weeks now, my son has been asking if I could make Pulled Pork. We had trie...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/09/carnitas-or-pulled-pork-in.html

Today is TLW's birthday but the celebrations started on Saturday night! You see, since today is a working/school day and since Mike had to play with the School Band at some show for the launch of...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/08/tlws-birthday-2015.html

Mothers day 2015 was celebrated on the 10 May and The Lovely Wife asked if I could make her a trifle. Sure! Why not! While the kids liked the idea of a trifle, they wondered if I could make s...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/05/giant-choc-chip-cookie-dessert.html

I first saw this on a video that was in Russian or some Eastern European language. Basically what the video showed was separating eggs, whipping the egg whites, shaping the egg whites into a ...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/03/a-new-way-to-prepare-eggs-i-call-it.html

So my princess turned 11 today, the 17th of February 2015! As per the practice over the years, we placed her presents under the bed and then woke her up. It was a school day for her tod...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/02/11-year-old-princess-with-salted.html

When I was a student in Melbourne, one of my favourite foods was Souvlaki. There were plenty of greek cafes dotted around Melbourne and I was partial to the souvlaki where the meat was in cub...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/01/souvlaki.html

One of my Christmas presents last year from The Lovely Wife and the kids was a Le Creuset oval pot. Le Creuset is super expensive in this part of the world and for a long time, both TLW and I...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2015/01/goulash.html

Christmas this year was a very quiet affair. We contemplated having an open house but decided instead that we would just celebrate it quietly with the family over a nice lunch. The Lovely Wif...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/12/christmas-this-year-was-very-quiet.html

Late, late, late! I've been so late in all my posts but I'm trying to catch up. Today is already the 27th of January but the date on this post is 29 November just to coincide with the actual ...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/11/my-birthday-2014.html

Although we didnt celebrate my sons birthday on the day itself, I still wanted to make him a cake. I love Nutella and when I saw that Matt Preston had a recipe for a flourless Nutella cake th...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-cake-and-meal-for-belated-birthday.html

So as I said in my previous post, my son was away at Band Camp on his birthday so we couldnt celebrate it with him. He texted us when he was nearing KL and we picked him up from school around...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/11/a-quiet-13th-birthday-celebration.html

I"m sure many of you have popped round to see what I've made for my son's birthday. Yeap, regular readers/followers of this blog would have watched my little boy grow up on this blog. Today he tu...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/11/mike-turns-13-but-no-cake-today.html

So it was The Lovely Wife's birthday yesterday and I actually offered to cook her dinner. However she said that she'd be more than happy with just my Tiramisu and we could go out for lunch instea...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/08/so-it-was-lovely-wifes-birthday.html

Easter this year fell on the 20th of April. The kids had stayed off meat for the period of Lent while I had stayed off sugar. The kids had stayed off Desserts as well. So for Easter dinner, t...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/04/easter-2014-ribs.html

My little princess turned 10 on the 17th of February. I cant believe how fast time has flown. With the 17th being a Monday and as such a school day/working day, we celebrated her birthday wit...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/02/sarah-turns-10-with-peanut-butter.html

Yesterday, The Lovely Wife was away and the kids and I went out early in the morning to get some shopping done. My son needed a new belt for school as well as a spare pair of shoes. The kids ...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2014/01/carbonara-revisited-this-time-with-egg.html

Friday, 15th November 2013 marked by son's 12th birthday! It also marked his last day in primary school and coincided with his School's Prize Giving Day. So indeed it was going to be a busy d...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2013/11/my-boy-turns-12-with-caramel-machiato.html

The week after TLWs birthday, the market was back to being normal again. I told TLW that I'd make her another fancy meal but this time using Cod! You could almost see the sparkle in TLW's eye...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2013/09/birthday-take-two.html

Yeah I know I'm late and I'm slacking on this blog but it's not easy finding the time. Anyway, August 10th 2013 was The Lovely Wife's birthday. The day coincided with the wedding of one of my...

http://dad-baker.blogspot.com/2013/09/birthday-dinner-at-gastro-dharmus.html