baking therapy

I finally made my chocolate chip cookies, using a new recipe and no chocolate chips - I cut up some chocolate buttons and threw in some bits of dark chocolate we had in the fridge.

And ta dah!



A batch of homemade chocolate chip cookies.
Get the recipe here.

This kitchen nazi managed to commandeer her sister to help with making lunch - penne with a spicy tomato-based vegetable sauce.



I only realised how much a kitchen nazi I can be when staying at the PSA chalet on Bintan a couple of months ago, and sorta ordered my friends around when cooking dinner/breakfast/lunch....

After lunch, we headed out to catch the Korean movie A Bittersweet Life.

Always thought Koreans were a bit weird, after watching Old Boy (and loving it. btw, Sympathy For Lady Vengeance is opening here soon).

Bittersweet Life was a bit draggy but essentially pretty good. An action-noir flick with an insane amount of violence, it's the story of a bodyguard, an 'enforcer' in the semi-underworld whose boss tasks him to keep tabs on the boss' girlfriend while he's away and 'take them out' if she's cheating on him. She is. But he's a softie at heart and lets them off. But the boss finds out and then the violence begins. Like hammering of hands, people's brains being blown apart, being buried alive.... you know, ordinary, everyday stuff in the underworld.

It's all about revenge, much like in Old Boy.

We watched it at Lido, where fellow movie-goers enthusiastically chatted about what might be going on during the movie - at one tense moment, one of them whispered hoarsely, "she's inside! she's behind!" wtf? this wasn't some Japanese thriller flick. The girl was nowhere in sight, the lead was not looking at anything in particular and really, he was staring out the glass window of the building!

A pager went off several times, suspiciously seeming to come from the direction of the loudmouths... A pager!!

Lido somehow always attracts weird people - the last time I was there, there was a potato chip bag rustler, who just couldn't stop, despite being shushed several times.

One guy even dragged in one of those ah peh ushers who walked up and down the aisle a couple of times to establish his menacing presence.

The rustling began again the moment he left the theatre.

Back to the movie, I was thorougly fascinated by the bar the movie is set in. Gorgeous hues of red and black with intricate doors and walls. The lighting's great and the look is amazing. And I kept wondering, where in Singapore would you find such a gorgeous-looking club? Couldn't think of any. Yet, everytime I flip through Wallpaper, there are these amazingly cool bars and clubs from all over the world. Why not here?

Tags: chocolate chip cookies, korean movies