Carven's Table

Beautifully Risen Pandan Chiffon Cake On 31st of August, it was Malaysia's 53th Birthday. As a Malaysian myself, I tried making Pandan Chiffon Cake first time ever on our Independence Day to bring out the patriotism in me. Also after receiving a few demands from friends who crave for Pandan Chiffon Cake badly but didn't have the magic hands to make it perfect.  Unfortunately for me, I didn't inherit any family recipe from my mom nor my grands, but thank heaven for internet, I could easily find a good recipe online. I used this recipe from Nyonya Food (My recent discover for Nyonya recipes) of which received lotsa great comment. Extracting Pandan Juice Ingredient A: 8no Medium Egg Yolk 2oz or 56.7grm Sugar 2oz or 1/4cup Pandan Juice(Made from blending 6 Pandan Leaves with 1/4 -1/3 of water) 3oz or 1/3cup Olive oil/Corn oil (I used olive oil in this case) 5 oz or 142grm Self Raising Flour Ingredient B: 8no. Medium Egg White 15oz or 42grm Caster Sugar Pinc...

It's always a bliss driving along Ardross Street in Applecross on a sunny day, especially when jacarandas are in their full bloom, those dreamy purple colour flower lining along the road, make up my day every time. After having discovered JACS and The Good Grocer on the strip, I've decided to discover other cafes serving this beautiful community and Cioccolato Espresso looks promising. We were there for arvo coffee session, although there wasn't many customer in the cafe, but we often see mums with groceries, mums with teenagers, and rich middle-aged with a puppy popping in for coffee to-go. As soon as we sat down, more and more stay-at-home mums came in for a cup of frappe and catch up with their girl friends about the day.  We were greeted warmly at the counter when we were having a look at their cakes slices which were sitting in the display fridge. We got ourselves a cup of flat white, cappuccino and an orange chai slice.  It was a small cafe with small tables...

Cappuccino - $3 Just last week, there has been a dispute (it might just be overly strong, let's just say an article in The West) over expensive coffee price in Perth as compared to Melbourne. I may have to agree, a regular cup of flat white in Perth might be $0.10 or $0.20 higher than Melbourne or Sydney, but Hannah from Mooba Espresso  beg to differ. Also on the same day of the said article being published, I discovered Perth's cheapest coffee in the CBD. I ain't kidding, a regular flat white cost me only $3 and a short mac or espresso is only for $2.50. I almost had the shock-of-my-life, when the barista asked me to pay $3, I froze for a while and couldn't keep the smile away from me and said "that was cheap!". Low Down Espresso Bar is a very small, almost kiosk size like cafe hidden inside Cloisters Arcade, I did doubt when I was walking through Cloisters Arcade whether there's gonna be awesome coffee inside this old fashioned building. It was a...

Took a stroll to Northbrdige the other day, don't you just love how the city mayor trying to revamp it? Of course, the most exciting project of all gotta be Northbridge Piazza, but exactly how many Perth-ian hang out at Northbridge Piazza just like how Fed Square is to Melbournian. Northbridge might be a slightly dangerous place to go after dark, but if any Perth-ian likes to hang out the way Melbournian does, well you could at (CNR) James + Lake in a more laid back Perth style. (CNR) James + Lake is the perfect place to sit back and watch the days go by, perhaps some people watching too! Situated at the corner of James and Lake Street, facing the Piazza. Just right under the huge screen where you can find this hip cafe, churning out good quality coffee, cakes, lunch and breakfast. It is a quaint little place but full of character, friendly staff that are always happy to help, if I am not mistaken there might be free high-speed wireless too. Over here they offer counter ...

Was in Fremantle to run some errands the other day, after doing what we were supposed to do, the arvo coffee fix kick in (it was about 4pm), and we're in need of some caffeine so that the day can go on. I suggested to go to the ever relax and funky Moore & Moore, that's exactly the kind of Freo's vibe you want to be in. The door was wide open and we stood in front of the coffee machine for a good 5 minutes to decide whether we would like some snacks as well. By the time we're ready order, they only just inform us that they are actually closed! Thanks for the heads up guys! It's ok, I believe we are still able to get caffeine fix while we're in Freo, all the cafes are within walking distance anyway, if worse come to worse, San Churros gonna be our savior. We were soaking up the Freo Doctor's breeze while walking to a potential cafe that still open, we saw Hush Espresso, I was like a little kid jumping up and down on the street as if the clown is g...

If you're a massive seafood lover like I do and love old school classic European cooking style, this is a place for you! We got to know this place from the entertainment book, without much expectation we thought to give it a try, since it's located in Hyatt Hotel. We searched high and low in Hyatt, only to know that they are not part of Hyatt Hotel group. They are in fact, just next to the hotel courtyard! If you go in from Terrace Rd, you would have easily locate them. We doubt for abit, once we step our foot in, the place was empty (it was a Tuesday arvo)! I wondered if they were open *gasp!*. Soon after, someone came out and greet us. Awards plaque, dated decor and furnitures, water tank with live seafood.  Gold plate awards plaque were all over the wall, that's a good sign, but some of them were dated back to 1996, i wonder if they are still any good today. Decor and furniture was kinda dated, you felt like you have just walk into your grannies favourite restaura...

I recently read up this article about chef Emmanuel Mollois from Spice Magazine spring edition. He is one of those French chef that migrate to Australia and become quite popular due to their strong expertise. He is now a pastry chef and owner of Choux Cafe at Swanbourne, after reading this article, i drove down to his cafe the next day. On the wall of Choux Cafe, there are heaps of newspaper and magazine article about chef Emmanuel, and of course he is most famous for his pastries. He claimed that all the pastry in the cafe are homemade including jams and sauces too. I went into the cafe, on the display, there are array of colourful macaroons and also all sorts of sweet tarts/pie, cakes and savoury pastries too. We picked out 2 desserts out of all kind on offer, the one on the left is white chocolate & vanilla francais, it looks pretty and intricate too. The while layer on the outsite is obviously white chocolate but in the inside, it was white choc & vanilla mousse...