La Maison de Sabrina

One Friday afternoon, while I was calling my primary school friend asking her how she was because I saw her boutique closed, she popped the question, will you be interested to run the cakes and dessert section in her new cafe, she ask me to ask my hubby before we proceed.

It was so sudden and such a whirl wind, but it was something that I want to venture in the near future. ..so why not? Leap of faith? yup...Insyaallah semoga dipermudahkan urusan..

Simple deco for the display area

 Nina, Aizah and Sue came and give their support .yup it opened its door on the 5th October 2015. Thank you girls, you're the best!! I couldn't ask for    more.

First cakes, the all time favourite and my best seller, Victoria Sandwich cake and my Devils's Food Chocolate Cake .

I managed to get some support from my other fellow homebakers during our first week of business-
Mr. Choux from Rue de La Couture, Syasya from Dapdaplicious, Ayu from the Purple Kitchen. Putri from Butterfly cake and Fuzz from personal taste by Fuzz.
We had cakes, brownies, pastry, once-once cake, hummingbird, red velvet, cream puff, pecan pie and banofee pie.

Eda and her daughter came a few days later..Thank you Eda...

Chiller arrived few days later and I managed to whipped up some more dessert for the chiller and introduced new flavour to the cake lover in Taman Tun.

Ispahan pavlova, Ispahan cheesecake, speculoos cheesecake, passionfruit cream brûlée , banana cream dessert, bread&butter pudding with vanilla sauce, twiggies, cuppies..

There will be more and more variety of cakes, dessert and even nyonya kueh coming soon...

Stay Tune!!

Love,

xx00xx

London- Paris Dec 2014

Rasa penat tapi srronok....tengok luar tingkap rumah Rozai..rasa amannya...old people walking by...Rozai's housekeeper is around today..breakfast roti and we're getting ready to hit Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.

Senang betul...bas ada lulu depan rumah, so we just hop on the bus to the train station....sampai station, that particular station tutu because ada some renovation work so we had to board a bus to the next station...ok jugak pusing2 tengok kawasan....

The train lalu Arsenal stadium tapi budak2 ni mcm tak berminat pulak nak pergi...nak pergi manchester, that would be another 2 hours journey....(depa ni dah nak balik baru nak singgah Aresenal stadium but it was kind of late already)...

Sampai HydePark pagi so orang tak ramai lagi....pergi la WinterWonderland...seronok budak2 masuk the Ice Kindgdom...Sufia menagis kesejukan..cant imagine kalau snowing macamana budak2 ni...I was so not fit..so cepat penat and we balik awal..Rozai terkejut sebab balik awal sgt...Haziq teman Rozai keluar beli KFC and the kids enjoyed it so much....Aku...hahahaha..Rozai kata nak aja pergi Selfridges beli chocolate tapi aku dah terlentang kepenatan...hahahaha..

Next day, the plan was to go Portobello Road. Rozai and Ish decided to bring us...so we went to Bukingham Palace, The park, Big Ben and Tower of London...KFC for lunch...then off to Portobello road...It was cool...I managed to get what I want there.Ish bawak Luqman&Iddin jalan2 with Aiden and Zachariah elsewhere while we shopped. Fruits was so damn cheap, we bought fruits to eat during the journey, I check out Hummingbird Cake and then we're off to the bus station...

We didn't managed to visit Harry Potter's studio because there was no available tickets during the time that we want and we also didn't managed to get Eurostar ticket for that day..or else we had to stay in London for another day and tak sempat pulak nanti nak jalan2 Paris.

We took the ekspress bus..orang ramai..maybe sebab ramai orang nak balik kampung during the Christmas break...Queue to Amsterdam was so long...i lupa something and Rozai spoke nicely to the ticket counter man and we managed to board our bus...Well..maybe everybody was in Christmas spirit...so it went well...

The ekspress bus ada wifi and plug to charge your phone..so takde la boring sangat.. we had to came down the bus masa kat border to chop our passport...nasib le I person..the officer terlupa nak chop mine....fuhhh...lega..nasib baik sempat tengok...

Naik bas semula...then..tak lama tu naik ferry...semua passenger kena turun dari bas and duduk dalam Ferry. Dalam Ferry ada cafe, starbuck and duty free shop...the kids were sleeping, then sampai France we naik bus balik and then sampai bus station....So its either taking the train or naik taxi...I decided to hail a taxi and we got a Kanggoo..muat semua barang and I guess sebab awal pagi..taxi driver sumbat jer semua satu kereta...

Yay...arrived safely in Paris  at 7.00 am at Rue de Doc Blanch....picit loceng sampai Sue turun...soooo happy to see her....whether was cold but manageable...

Seronok la budak2 jumpa geng..mak-mak berdua ni apa lagi...memang suka la sangat!!! Supaya tak buang masa, semua get ready nak jalan2 Eiffel Tower...mandi, makan...the bigger boys pergi dulu untuk cup tempat and beli ticket nak naik Eiffel tower...

Sue and me...sembang jer.....and the next journey began..naik metro Paris....Sue dah bias jalan...aku ni la penat giler...London train ada jugak lift, a little bit child friendly, but metro Paris semua tangga..memang susah la kalau bawa stroller..Sampai Eiffel tower, kitaorang yg tak lepas naik..ticket dah habis...the boys dah naik dulu,,,so tinggal la Iddin, Sufia and Aiqal...Ada Christmas market so we lepak kat bawah makan....Gypsy ramai berkeliaran...dia boleh dgn selamba jer dating ambil fries kita tengah makan...sabor jer la...

We had hot chocolate while waiting for the boys to come down..masa tu la ada polis kejar these street vendors kulit hitam...one of them actually langgar Aiqal..tercampak terbang, but the guy was fast and tangkap balik Aiqal and put him down.. The police dapat tangkap dia sebab dia stop to catch Aiqal...after a while they actually let them go...maybe sebab orang ni ada hati perut to stop and catch Aiqal masa nak jatuh...

Nest we ll jalan to oppose street tengok Christmas market dual mcm2...beli la beg skit( dah tu mensal tak beli these vintage tin sebab konon nak datang balik) Anyway..Ariff dia buat gedik dia..jpergi la tengok Gypsy ni buat trick batu bawah tin tu...geram betul...bila dah mcm tu ada pulak gypsy pompuan ni follow dia....memang mama dia menyinga jugak la....

We all plan nak jalan to tunnel tempt Lady Di accident...pastu,,, tetiba I rasa sakit perut memulas nak poop...owh1Dang!!!! berlari tepi Sungai Seine tu ok...untuk ke Public toilet automatic...bila beratur tu rasa dah nak terburai isi perut...yg pompuan memang sombong la tak nak bagi...nasib ada satu lelaki ni bagi laluan...dapat masuk jer toilet..leegaaaaa....fuhhh....nasib sempat...tak lama lepas tu..Ariff dok panggil2 suruh cepat...rupa2nya..pintu toilet tu akan terbuka sendiri lepas 20 mins and self clean....perghh..nasib baik lagi sekali..dah settle...Itu la kenangan kat Paris yang tak dapat I lupakan sampai bila2 .,....hahaha..

Balik rumah i dah lembik...mana taknya...macam berlari marathon cari toilet....berpeluh2 tengah winter tu...kakakakaka...terus tidur tak sedor diri....and bangun pun dah petang..Sue gelakkan aku terkekeh kekeh...sabor jer la...

Malam dia masak nasi lemak and goreng ikan pekasam...sedaaapppppp....esok nak pergi kelas pulak...

13 Jam A380

Teringat cerita tulisan Evelynrosemissiman bila masuk ke perut kapalterbang ke London...Di mana Hana Sofea bertemu Syed Haydar....Tapi I takde le nak jumpa Syed Haydar sebab gerabak anak-anak dah berderet...hehehehe..

Bila jalan ke tandas tu, tengok tangga ke tingkat atas kapalterbang, teringat juga la bait-bait tulisan dalam buku tu..di mana Syed Haydar dan Hana bercerita, berangan-angan..tapi kami dok economy class bukan business class macam dalam cerita tu...

Alhamdulillah perjalanan was smooth, pramugara & pramugari MAS memang first class layan kami walau kami ni dok kat kelas ekonomi jer...Our seats pulak dekat pantry tengah, memang senang nak minta apa-apa from them especially air...Memang excellent la customer service MAS, sebab I minta seats dekat2 because I have 5 kids with me...

Temperature in London was good, not so cold according to the steward named Syed, dalam 13 degrees , last few weeks it was colder.. Masa dekat nak sampai tu..kami breakfast nasi lemak...sadly memang nasi lemak bogel macam Chef Wan cakap...but for us asal boleh alas perut, we're ok...the steward gave the boys a box of juice bekal utk minum nanti...ahhh...it was so nice of him...so funny when he said " anal-anak baju kotak-kotak...dah ready nak ke London?"

Luqman, was so funny...he changed his jacket and wear his army print jacket, green beanie...siap couple mat salleh ni ambil gambar... cute la with all his attire....Abang dia usik nanti kat airport orang ingot terrorist kena than baru tau..."...

Alhamdulillah sampai Heathrow semua lancar...risau jugak la dengan botol kicap, gula, santan  bagai kat dalam beg ni kan....

Masa check passport kat Immigration..Officer lelaki, muka madam, serious jer..( typical English look and manners)

officer " coming here for a holiday?"

me: yes....

officer : " staying at....(looking at the declaration slip) ..mmm..Winchmoore hills...husband did not follow you? "

me: yes..only me and the children....

sekali tu dia gelak...." and he paid for all ...Happy Holidays!!!"

Lega siuttt......

Yay!dah sampai ...

Kepenatan dan mengantuk

Bila check out, the kiddos pergi wash up skit kat airport, berus gigi etc...lepak guna wifi nak tengok jalan..dah checkout, sebelum nak train, beli dulu souvenir dekat the shop and all the halal food, roti, nasi beryani at the Pakistani shop siap2..next nail train ke London, sebelum Rozai habis kerja to pick us up.Simpan ben kat station and we all jalan.
So pusing2 Kota London naik hop on hop off, mak aiii jet lag puny pasal kami tertido dalam bas...nasib baik le naik bas hop on hop off kalau tak dah ntah mana-mana agaknya...ada one time tu kami stop...kena angin bertiup...brrrrrrrr..sejukkkkkk....

Dalam pukul 4pm dah gelap kat London, we managed to check out Harrods, budak2 dah lapar tapi tak nak makan muffins or roti so pening jugak la....beli barang skit, naik train dekat Knightbridge..(baru dapat bearing so dekat jer rupanya station...bahahaha) and kami balik to St.Pancras..ambil gambar dekat Harry Potter shop and we had drinks and bread sementara tunggu Rozai.

Sampai rumah Rozai, we all had sphagetti for dinner...lega.....so happy to see Rozai and Ish....love their house..sembang skit with Rozai and discuss with her how to go about tomorrow...

Tomorrow...Lets hit Winter Wonderland at Hyde Park

The Da Vinci Code Trail.

Cerita memang macam agak basi dah sebab Dec last year punya cerita...but still nak jot down jugak...

Macam cerita Da Vinci Code..Life is a mystery..we would never know what will turn up at the end of the corner. You wake up one day and wallah!

There's always hiccups and bumps, kita merancang Allah yang menentukan...Sue ,my very best friend for more than 20 years called me up from Paris one day..(she's currently based in Paris for 5 years after Sweden)

Sue:"Hey you! bila nak datang melawat we all ni?I tak tahu sampai bila kat sini..You know la MAS with its current condition we're not sure where will be our next posting or we will have to go back to Malaysia for good..you're not working full-time dah..no excuse takde cuti...meh la lawat I..."

Me: "mmmm...yalah MAS is having a promotions, return tickets to Paris is not even  RM3k per person..let me kecek Iman la how..(Iman is my Mr. Hubbybear by the way...)

Sue:"Alah..boleh la ..You need the holiday break ..and I miss you..jom la...U boleh temankan I pergi Moulin Rouge, masa Aizah datang hari tu tak sempat la...we all beratur puny la lama and bila sampai our turn, we found out kena beli tickets online... Kita plan masa my kids cuti break for Christmas and before my annual "me" time balik Malaysia"

Told my Hubby our plan and told him sambil sambil tu boleh la tengok2 how orang Paris business patisserie, macaron ni..boleh pergi belajar sekali...Hubby was reluctant ..siap bertekak ok...sedih jugala..

One morning..bangun pagi nak siap anak-anak Mr.hubby cakap " U pergi la jumpa Sue kat Paris...and bawalah anak-anak sekali!...macam kena bom kegembiraan ok pagi tu...disbelief giler ah....dia kata pergi la sort out passport anak-anak...

Dua -tiga hari lepas tu Mr. hubby cakap pulak..." I nak hangar Ariff & Naza pergi Istanbul & Menzil dengan group.Mus ada sekali, they will wakil me this coming conference....wah wah....lagi satu surprised!!...Told my parents about it but there were non too happy about it...(will write about this later...haahahaha)

So start la busy prepare ...First siap barang-barang Ariff. Dia pergi Istanbul dulu pastu baru join us .Kecoh la skit, maklum la kami ni semua tak pernah pergi holiday oversea...Winter clothes, jackets, mcm2 nak kena siap....(giddy giddy..)

Nina another friend called one day.."hey nak pergi jumpa Sue eh?You come over my house la and pick up some winter clothes for Sufia your daughter, my daughter Julia dah outgrown hers...

Rezeki...orang kata..can be in any form..

Satu pagi lagi... Mr. Hubby " Yang..You bawa la anak-anak pergi Disneyland sekali, dah alang-alang pergi Paris...and you might consider pergi London sekali..." nanti give me the costing....I ada la duit skit..Tak tahu bila lagi ada peluang boleh pergi..."

Rasa nak tercabut jantung terkejut kegembiraan...Alhamdulilahhh....syukur syukur....

Told Sue the good news, tanya dia nak pesan bawa apa..mula-mula dual mahal..told her, tak susah pun ..I ada 2 big boys to help me carry, I boleh bawa byk barang compare to dia balik sprang nanti nak bawak stock food from Malaysia...so Sue pun bagi la list dia....hehehehe...

The next day dapat whatsapp from Rozai in London..

Rozai " You're coming to Paris? datang la London sekali...stay at my place one or two nights."

me: "Segan la nak tumpang your house with me and kiddos...ramai ni..."

Rozai : : You jangan nak mengada, we all dah biasa...Is's family and my family selalu datang lepak..You make sure you datang, nanti I terasa and kecik hati..."

Me; "ok..Insyaallah...

Kids passport ready, documentation, process nak keluar, get approval letter semua...kursus dah confirm dates semua....ticket nak beli ... tinggal my passport, terlupa ada kat Kuantan (duhhh!!!) Yor my bro had to send via bus to me (nasib baik la adik officer kat logistic company...hik hikhik...). Dah dapat passport..pergi la Putrajaya..nak renew..nak jadi cerita puny la ramai....tiba my turn...

" Kak, datang ambil esok kita dah nak tutup.."

Ternganga and dah nak nangis situ jap...alamak takkan nak datang balik?satu jer pun...so I minta tolong sangat dekat the officer in charge...dia kata tunggu kejap dia dapatkan approval..sebab dah sangat la nak dekat time tutup dah..Panic dah ni....muka pucat dah....Alhamdulillah...few minutes tu the officer datang with my passport....last person to leave the Immigration office for the day...syukur...Balik terus final leg siap-siap...6 botol besar kicap kipas udang, gula, santan, sardin untuk Sue dah siap pack dalam beg...hahahaa...

London and Paris...Here we come...Alhamdulillah..Thank you Allah for the opportunity..Thank you Encik Suami for making my dreams came true..