Wah, so fast so many threads.... I find AFC very calming on the mind and very relaxing after a hard's day work. I only like certain of the cooking shows though. These are some i like:

1) Chuck's day off!

2) Nigella

3) Jamie (he is so cute in a boyish way)

4) Chef at home (yeah I wan his pantry and my hubby said DREAM ON .. )

5) Resturant make over (igor has his charms lah.)

6) Anna Olsen (but her preparation very complicated)

Anyway usually we we go to the afc web site for the receipes. Sammie u dun have the afc channel can go to the web site to check out.

I can leave without microwave. I steam with my wok or steamer and grill with my toaster (incl sambal penkang sting ray type of food). My micro wave is for heating up which the steamer can also do a pretty good job at it. I am not into baking cakes cookies and such, as i like to improvise and measurements kills my enjoyment for cooking.

ok checking it out...

wah so many afc fans here!

i love restaurant makeover..i find igor very cute actually!! he's always so disgruntled...hahah.

i also like chef at home, my hb's fave chef on tv..chef michael smith's favorite phrase "and remember, it's all about the flavor!" hahaha i get a kick saying it everytime the show comes on. and not forgetting his much talked about pantry..

and umaisarah - i totally agree that just by watching sugar makes you feel you've just gained 10kg!!

Back to the gardening topic, how do I ask the administrators to pin a topic on posting balcony garden pictures on RT? Or can I start the thread myself? Not that I hv any garden pics to share

doing online research on balcony gardening right now and found this good article which appeared in ST abt 2 years back.

Balcony Garden

need sunlight to have balcony garden right? don't think i can have any at my place. my parents have chilli, lime leaves (very good to use, just pluck one and wash hands with it aft handling seafood, hands smell lemony) and curry leaves, my fave when frying oat prawns!

and ladies.. all these talk made me go find chef michael smith's website, now i'm drooling over the recipes such as baked stuffed potato!

Edited June 9, 201016 yr by pinktini

gals! i just started an AFC thread.. Come come, join me to discuss about AFC! So we can return Umaisarah's thread to her! hehe..

Thread's here: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31107

gals! i just started an AFC thread.. Come come, join me to discuss about AFC! So we can return Umaisarah's thread to her! hehe..

Thread's here: http://www.renotalk.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=31107

aiyah, no problem to discuss AFC here lah. Natural Living mah...anything that comes naturally...

My dining set is finally here! In all the excitement over AFC, I forgot to post it in my blog

Table turned out beautifully So all that waiting and hand-wrangling was worth the wait

The chairs were unrecognisable but I'm quite scared that it'll dirty easily coz the fabric's white.

Already after less than a week got stain here and there. Part of the joining of the upholstery could have been better but overall I'm happy with the price I paid for the work.

Here are before and after pics!

Edited June 14, 201016 yr by Umaisarah

Chairs

Yes, these are the same chairs

Dining set from a different angle.

Hubby gave me a surprise when I came home on Thursday. He did a little rearrangement of the sofa, I didn't notice it until my daughter asked me if I noticed anything different abt the living room

From this

To this

It does make the living room appear more spacious but watching TV will be a pain in the neck, literally.

So everyone's fighting over the little armchair now

And that two-seater bench is going to go to the balcony, so looks like I can save some $$ buying outdoor furniture for now.

And I bought plants!

But can't upload pics of my mini garden right now coz I exceeded my Flickr monthly bandwidth

so gotta wait till next month!

Sorry gt to ask some questions abt those oven. I'm a seldom cooker at home. (Mayb once a month?) But i would like to get a oven to bake stuff like cakes, muffin, roast meat like the chef grilling in AFC. Actually more for more gals to have fun baking.

But my husband was saying that it will seldom be used cos due to my busy work schedule then waste money and space in getting those built-in oven. So is the microwave + convection oven enough to bake and grill? I also have limited storage in the kitchen, only 13 ft in total (plus the hood, hob).

wah, you managed to not notice the repositioning of the sofa? lol..that's quite a big change..

the dining chairs look so much better after the re-upholstery..good move to do that. you went to laminate the table? or is that a new table?

It's her old table and she got it to be varnished.

The dining chairs really look so nice ..

would it be expensive to upholster? I have a exisiting bedframe which I now worry will not match with my decor. I am thinking to upholster it but if too expensive, I might as well buy a new frame....

would it be expensive to upholster? I have a exisiting bedframe which I now worry will not match with my decor. I am thinking to upholster it but if too expensive, I might as well buy a new frame....

I assume her solid wood chair is very very valuable, possibly a custom made from a very good teak wood. Buying a new set to replace them woudl cost a bomb. Hence, she upholstered it.

But like you said, if your bed frame is a standard bedframe frm normal shop, u can consider buying new one.

Sorry gt to ask some questions abt those oven. I'm a seldom cooker at home. (Mayb once a month?) But i would like to get a oven to bake stuff like cakes, muffin, roast meat like the chef grilling in AFC. Actually more for more gals to have fun baking.

But my husband was saying that it will seldom be used cos due to my busy work schedule then waste money and space in getting those built-in oven. So is the microwave + convection oven enough to bake and grill? I also have limited storage in the kitchen, only 13 ft in total (plus the hood, hob).

You don't need to get those built-in oven.

You can get a stand-alone convection oven. Baby Belling ovens are supposed to be very good for cookies, cakes, muffins etc. Not so sure abt grilling and roasting though.

If you don't hv a microwave oven yet, or intend to upsize your current one, then you consider getting a multi-function oven, which can microwave, grill, bake, roast, etc. Make sure it uses convection heat, rather than microwave for all the other non-microwave functions. I hardly ever use microwave, except to reheat food