Kindle and Cakes

Some updates on life.

Recently got myself a Kindle Paperwhite from Qoo10 and it has been a great buy, got back into reading thanks to it.

Got it from this Qoo10 Seller called Best Value Asia, and I got my items in perfect condition, except for the screen protector that they missed out. I wrote them a private message alerting them that the screen protector I had ordered and paid for was missing, that was more than a month ago and they still have yet to reply to my message. I don't really care about the screen protector that much because it's only $1.50, what I'm irritated with is the fact that they don't seem to bother replying to customers queries after they have made final payment to them. I decided to just process the payment to them because I got my kindle and was very happy, that was a mistake which I will never make again. But oh well, can't do anything about it now, I'm sure it was an honest mistake, but at least reply to your customers, my gawd, it's like my at-sunrice experience all over again.

Here are some books I've read so far thanks to the Kindle...

1. Hollow City ( A sequel to a book I was very excited to read when I was in the army) 

2. Twisted (It's like watching a forgettable movie, but the ebook was only like $2 or $3, so I decided to get it, it was alright, but it had a forgettable storyline.)

3. The Shining (Supposed to be the scariest horror novel written by Stephen King, my pants weren't soiled though so it really wasn't that scary to me, but it was a nice read, albeit a bit confusing at some points because of the writing style that I wasn't used to.)

4. Doctor Sleep (Sequel to The Shining, this book was published in 2013 and The Shining was published back in 1977. One can only imagine how exciting it must have been for fans of the Shining who read the book back in the 70s, good book as well but I wouldn't call it horror, more like supernatural suspense. Enjoyable read overall.) 

Currently reading...

5. Library of Souls. (Sequel to Hollow City and the final book in the Miss Peregrine's trilogy) 

An Oreo cake I made a few months back. I am not a fan of this flavor. I think because I'm starting to get old, flavours like cookies and cream or chocolate don't really excite me anymore, now I'm all for carrot cakes or toasted almond loafs, boring old people flavor that children shy away from. 

"No chocolate ? Get that abomination away from me!"

Would be what I would imagine a kid with an advanced level of vocabulary would say to an adult if they offered the five year old a carrot cake.

Moving on to cakes made by professional bakeries, Lady M recently opened an outlet in Westgate , finally a shop in the West, and these are the cakes I got from my second visit there...

Marron Crepe or Chestnut Crepe ($9.00 I think)

Good but not as awesome as their Red Velvet Cake, which are sadly not being made available for the next millennium. Their next red velvet will only be available at all outlets in the month of June to August next year. Urggh! 

Banana Mille Feuille ($8.50 I think)

The banana got super brown and mushy by the time I got to it, and this one didn't feel like it was worth the $8.50 because the entire cake was falling apart, I was scrapping this off the cake box to make sure I wasn't letting any go to waste and it was a pathetic sight.

The only outlet that sells the red velvet all year round is the one at One Fullerton and if I do pass by the place, I will definitely pop by and buy maybe 2 slices home to make the trip worth it, for now, I will just settle for their other offerings, as unimpressive as they are compared to their red velvet, when I have a craving for good quality cakes.

Speaking of cakes, I recently went down to Grandstand with my siblings and was contemplating to get a slice of cake from this Russian Cake shop that sells really delicious and moist cake slices, I've gotten a slice before and at that time, it was priced at around $12 a slice, which was quite expensive for a slice considering how they were originally priced at $8 in the beginning when they first started business, which got hiked up to $10 and then $12, why? I have no idea.



So as I was walking through Pasarbella, I walked past that particular cake shop, took a quick glance and spotted the new prices for the cakes, I was already expecting a price increase, so being completely right did not really surprise me.



Since the last time I visited their shop, they have increased the prices of their cake slices by $3, this time, bringing it to a total of $15. That's almost double the price from when they started, for a single slice of cake, that huge increase in price alone was enough to help me make my decision.

It just doesn't make sense that the boss has to constantly raise the prices of her cakes, what's different every few months, what tweaks did she do the recipe to justify the constant $2 to $3 increase in price every 3 to 6 months, is there more and more gold being sifted into the cake flour? Has she finally decided to use good quality chocolate shavings for the garnish, or did she just decide to charge her customers more money simply because she can. Maybe the monthly rental cost has increased, but whatever the reason, knowing that the cake prices is now twice as expensive as it was back then in the beginning when her business first started has completely made me lost any interest I ever had in the shop, even if the cakes are still moist and delicious.