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Hi! Today's post is about Deco-Shiratama which is glutinous rice balls made into cute cartoon/animal form. I first chanced upon the recipe at Bentomonsters  . It may look like a lot of work but really, it's not difficult! Serve it with your preferred Tong Shui (糖水,chinese dessert) or shaved ice dessert, yumz! Here are some of my creations the past years :) My very first deco shiratama attempt! For my birthday! Lil Piggies with Ginseng Birdnest double-boiled by my mum ❤️ *And look at the card written by Lil K 💕* BEE Mine~ Valentine's Day theme 🐝💕 2017•Rooster Year, CNY theme deco shiratama Baymax on store-bought yuzu jelly BOO & Jack O'Lantern floating on Tong Shui 🎃👻 Plain Shiratama Ingredients: 50gm Shiratama flour (白玉粉) 60gm Soft Tofu   If making deco-Shiratama: Wilton icing colour of your choice Bamboo Charcoal Powder or  Wilton BLACK icing colour + 1tsp Water Method: •Combine shiratama flour and tof

I booked a 3N stay at Hotel   Okura Tokyo Bay on Expedia as I wanted easy access to Disney Resorts. The initial plan was to visit both Disneyland and DisneySea but I decided to skip DisneySea while planning our itinerary and went for Mother Farm  instead. Hotel Lobby Terrace view from our room window Okura Tokyo Bay's room are generally bigger as compared to other hotels in Japan. Even the bathrooms are huge, complete with a bathtub & separate standing shower. Initially, the staff could not honor my Expedia booking of "2 big beds" and offered us a room with 4 single beds instead. My concern was Mini K rolling off the single bed as he usually co-sleep with us. After understanding my concern, t he staff agreed to push 2 of the single beds together to form a big bed and even offered to set up bed rails as extra safety precaution! Brownie Points awarded!  They were accommodating although they were not able to communicate very well in English