Showing posts with label Pies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pies. Show all posts

Wednesday, 30 April 2008

Tokyo Day 3 Part 1: Apple Pie and Trip to Shinjuku


After an entire night's effort, I finally made the Apple crumble pie!!!! This is the same recipe as the one I made at Akiko-san's place..
As you can see in this picture, there is actually two pies.. The one in front has the word 大久保Ookubo on it... The one behind says 竹内Takeuchi.. And I had another great breakfast from Ookubo-san's mum... Great frankfurt with omelette!!! I love Tamagoyaki!!!
After brunch, Tat-chan and I walked out to the bus stop outside his place to catch a bus.. His area's nearest station is called Koiwa.. So we will take a $3 bus out to the station... Which is like a 5 min ride?
And this is the bus in Tokyo... Its frequency is very low though... Pity...



After 5 min, we landed at the stop and walked towards Koiwa station... Look at all the shops in leading to the station!!!
The biggest expense would be transport... Since the Koiwa-eki 小岩駅 is on the 山の手線 Yamanote line, i think its slightly pricier, since it operates by the JR instead of the METRO... So basically, you put your money in, den press how many tickets you are buying and how much the destination costs.. And the ticket pops out!
Look at Tokyo's scary network,, This is like a simplified map.. The ocmplicated one is even worse.. On top of that, the number of interchange here is really alot... Scary much...


This is my ticket that would take me to 新宿.. This is like $5+?
Waiting for the train at 小岩....
And the train arrived! Not as nice as our local trains actually, but the seats are more comfy..
Some interesting girls I spotted... Look at her hair.. Cute hp accesory, striking polka dot bag, lacy skirt..
I'm a uniform fan and I love these japanese uniforms that they call 制服 sei fuku..

Sunday, 13 April 2008

Chronicles of 豚姉妹 Part 6: The Magician's Apple Pie

The Magician’s Nephew (1955)
Main article: The Magician's Nephew
Completed in the winter of 1954 and published in 1955, the prequel The Magician's Nephew brings the reader back to the very beginning of Narnia where we learn how Aslan created the world and how evil first entered it. The professor Digory Kirke (mentioned in "The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe") and his friend Polly stumble into Narnia via an entirely different route. Many long-standing questions about Narnia are answered, such as how inter-world travel was made possible, how a lamppost came to be in a woodland and where the wardrobe came from.

I woke up to another sumptous breakfast in Akiko-chan's place in Fukuyama.. Akiko-chan's mother made a huge omelette for moi!! :D

After breakfast, we had some phototaking in Akiko's お母さん's garden.. Here I am with a bed of beautiful noseballs? I'm not sure what its called.. But the Japanese pronounciation is like no-zu bo-ru.. And tulips!!! In her garden!!!! Aren't they beautiful??
Akiko-chan's place has some sakuras.. And I think they're beautiful!!!! After a morning of phototaking, we proceeded to make the apple pie specially for Akiko's father because he loves apple pie!!!!

So here I am peeling the Apple with a fruit peeler.. Look at how long I managed to deskin the apple without Breaking the skin!!!!

Slice the apples and arrange it in anyway you like!After laying out the sliced apples on the pie crust, sprinkle crumble on the pie..
Den lay the pie sheet in any lattice form you like, with some shapes on top of the pie..

Bake.. and ta-da!!!!!
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Ingredients:
One frozen pie sheet
2 apples (Peeled, cored and sliced)
1/2 cup white sugar
3/4 tsp ground cinnamon
3/4 cup all purpose flour
6 tbsp butter

Directions:
Prehear oven to 40o degree F or 200 degree C
1. Thaw frozen pie sheet
2. Lay the pie sheet in the pie pan
3. Arranged sliced apples in pie pan on top of pie sheet
4. Mix sugar with Ground cinnamon
5. Spinkle 1/2 the cinnamon sugar mixture over the apples
6. Mix remaining sugar with flour
7. Cut the butter into the flour cinnmon sugar mixture till in resembles coarse bread crumbs
8.Spinkle crumble mixture over apples
9. Use remaining pie sheet to cut strips and form a crosss lattice on top of apple pie
10. Bake in oven for 35-40 mins or until apples are soft with slightly browned crumble topping
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While the pie was sitting in the oven, it was time for lunch!! We were going to have yaki soba!!! And Akiko-chan's mother was stir frying the vegetables while akiko-chan was stir-frying the pork!Me? I was just creating a havoc in the kitchen!!! HAHA!!
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