BerryLicious

I used to do lotsa baking at home a long long long time ago... 
before I took a 60-hours-per-week crazy full time position.

Nowadays I hardly have any time left to relax; not even on my day off; so let alone baking.
The only time when I well and truly make an effort to bake is when someone's birthday is coming close. That will be when I suddenly feel a strong urge to bake again.

The weekend just gone was double delight because both my dad's and mum-in-law's birthdays fell on the same weekend (only 2 days apart!). So that gave me one sweet chance to salvage and re-explore my interest in baking again.

Well... in fact I didn't even need to touch the oven this time, because mum-in-law loves cheesecake, so I decided to make her one with loads of dazzling berries on it. 

The biscuit base at the bottom is no ordinary either. I added a generous amount of pounded macadamia nuts in it before covered with a creamy layer of vanilla-flavoured filling and luscious strawberry swirl. I could have easily used more berries or even add another layer of gelatine on top of it. But I am not a strong believer in complication =)

The cheesecake turned out to be very nice <--- this is what my father-in-law said!

The biscuit base is not too thick and the sweetness is just perfect. 

I can't be any happier than this! 

On the same evening, mum's son (aka my husband-to-be) treated the whole family to Hog's Breath.

It was packed with people. So many tables were celebrating birthdays as well (what a coincidence!).

The menu seems to have more varieties and better options since our last visit. Lobster is in the season now, and with such a good value in place, how can we miss that, right?

I had such a yummy weekend feeding in so much calories OMG! 

I hope you had a wonderful weekend too!

This wednesday I will be attending an official beauty treatment by Clarins (yes again!).

I am already all ecstatic about it - hopefully I will be able to share some experience soon.

So until then, sweet dreams everyone~