Fund Raiser for a good cause

Over the last weekend, I made Sushi for sale at a fund raiser. I spent a whole week "Shopping". The ingredients had to be purchased at different stores and I had to run around quite a bit before I could get all the necessary ingredients.

In the chaotic hustle and bustle of preparing and cooking the ingredients, I forgot to take lots of pictures. These were the few in between which I took when I 'remembered'!! LOL!!


Kyuri straight from the supermarket.


Kyuri sticks, washed and cut.


45 eggs.


...mixed with this concoction of dashi, salt, sugar, mirin and sake...


...patiently toiling over the hot stove to produce TAMAGOYAKI!!!!



Carrots...


...all cut and blanched in hot water...


Mushrooms slowly simmered in a concoction of water from soaking the dried mushrooms, sugar, salt, mirin, sake and shoyu.


Japanese short grain rice...


All 10 kg cooked and mixed with a concoction of vinegar, salt and sugar.


My sushi stall... where #2 assisted in packing and selling...

...where #1 assisted in rolling the FUTOMAKI for sale.


The basic futomaki roll...


all packed and ready for sale...


The experience? Exhilarating~!!!

Have you posted about me?

#3 came to me very excitedly on Saturday night (eve of Mother's day) and declared that she 'made' something for me. I followed her to the 'scene' and saw this.
I made you an Ocean mum! Do you like it? It's for Mother's day she exclaimed excitedly! I smiled at her and she gave me a bear hug. She used the "ello" creation system that my girlfriend gave #3 on her last trip back from Canada.

She's so sweet, always ready to give a hug and a kiss!!

I was really tired from all the cooking for Sunday's coffee morning. This was the end product.

The cheese sauce....


Mixed spices....


The Macaroni.... All sold out by mid day!!


The same Sunday morning (Mother's day), #2 also had a fund raising event for her confirmation camp. Her class had a flower sale! She managed to sell 19 bouquets and got daddy to pay for one. The obvious recipient was very happy to accept this lovely bouquet!!


#2 was very busy at Church on the Saturday and Sunday masses using her "PR" skills to sell flowers for the fund raising. Personally, I'm very proud of her for having sold the 19 bouquets of flowers raising slightly over 1K.

The reason I'm posting this is because #3 kept asking me if I have already posted about her! See, even she is reading my blog!!

Fund Raiser coffee morning @ Church

We had a fund raiser on Sunday and I'm posting some of the food stuff sold that morning.
This creative drink is made out of Ice Cream Soda and assorted jelly (bought from the Taiwanese bubble tea suppliers). Sold like hot cakes and raised a pretty sum of $$$ too!
Yours truly's Futomaki. First to sell out as usual. My daughter and I rolled out 100 packets and today my back is still aching! This is really a hot favorite with the youths and children. They just keep coming back for more. I had two good looking young boys selling for me, so that might have been the reason for good sales too! Hehehe!

I was very proud of #1 because she took the initiative to help me with cooking the "Tamago Yaki". She cooked a whole tray of 30 eggs. *mum feels good*












Home made Spaghetti is another favorite. I tried this mild tasting beef or pork Bolognaise sauce. This stall served a generous portion of sauce and had the spaghetti swimming in it, which was very nice!

'Chee Cheong Fun' - This was tasty too but I thought they were quite "kedekut" (stingy) because for RM3.50 it was hardly a full meal or even half! One would have to spend more to fill the stomach. It had just two pieces of 'chee cheong fun' and one piece of 'foo chook', quite pricy right?












One stall had a variety of Nyonya Kueh. Honestly, I'm no fan of Nyonya Kueh. Since all are chipping in to help the fund raiser, I just buy to support the cause, then I distribute to all my 'kaki' sitting around, chatting and waiting for their kids to finish Sunday school. If I bring home, surely nobody will eat.

Popular item! Chicken porridge served with scallions, chicken meat and condiments. By the time I wanted to buy a bowl, all sold out!












Simple Mee Siam. Shared this with #1, not bad. Simple and tasty.

Delicious Fried Chicken. This lady who sold this fried chicken has an amazing marinade and frying skills! The chicken is aromatic, delicious and juicy. A hot favorite in all the fund raisers. She is always invited back to help out and she never declines. An amazing woman with a big heart!












These are the ingredients for the 'Nasi Lemak panas'. Curry chicken, sambal (pictured above), eggs, peanuts, fried 'ikan billis' (not in the picture) and freshly cooked rice in santan. This one also a best seller for coffee morning.


I was impressed with this stall run by two sisters and their mum. The sisters are 17 and 19 years old respectively. They made chocolate cookies and decorated the box with hand written notes in various colors. Firstly, they take responsibility for this cause by producing the 'goods' themselves by way of baking and cooking and also taking the trouble to 'decorate' them. Shows that they take ownership of what they are doing.











SANDWICHES! Egg and dried prawn sambal sandwiches. The sambal ones were first to go. One of my favorites, they add 'limau perut' leaves and the citrus flavor enhances the delicious sandwich.


This must have been the best decorated stall. Proud owner laid a chequered table cloth and placed her KEROPOK to be sold.












The ever famous "Pie Man's pie". A selection of beef and chicken always sold out by the end of the morning. Quality control at it's ultimate! Another hot favorite!