Happy Kayin (Karen) New Year

Today is the new year for the Karen (Kayin) people of Myanmar so we don't have classes today. But, because we need to get ready for classes tomorrow, we still need to prepare a lot of things today. However, a break is necessary, and these are the food we prepared to relax a little bit.. Cooking, baking or preparing food is our way of relaxing.

I made this Strawberry Refrigerator Cake from the Strawberries I saved on the freezer since we could not really eat all of them together with the other fruits.

That's a layer of goodness from ground-up cookies, Strawberry Jam, Strawberries blended with whipped cream topped with another batch of Strawberries blended with whipped cream.

See the four layers of yummies in one luscious dessert. 

Second, this Mocha Bread Pudding topped with Strawberries blended with whipped cream and garnishes with Walnuts.

It's super creamy and rich in flavour. 

Teacher Grace made this Banana Bread from the Bananas we saved from our Christmas present from Tr Yadanar. 

We had a healthy lunch today too, made special with the Roasted Chicken ordered from SweetD's Mandalay.

It's oh so good. Well, happy new year indeed.. 

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Pandesal

In the Philippines, waking up to the smell of coffee and pandesal is heaven. 

You can actually pair pandesal with different dishes like fried or scrambled eggs, omelette or even with sausages or ham, and many others.

That's scrambled eggs with tomatoes and potatoes.

This one is sautéed minced beef with 2 kinds of cabbage. 

But the best thing we did to our pandesal is put cheese in between, and bake it for 10 minutes in the oven toaster. You can feel the crunch and the melted cheese slide through your mouth.. Haha. As I am doing now..

Enjoy Pandesal warm and it'll be bliss... 

Here in Mandalay, we get our Pandesal from SweetD's Pagkaing Pinoy, which is owned by a Burmese and Filipino couple. I will feature them in one of my posts soon.

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