Events: Nasi Uduk Cooking class by Halaalife

Assalaamu alaikum / Hi

Beautiful people,

On Saturday myself and a friend attended our first Asian Cooking class hosted by my blogger-friend Echi Ismail from the halaalife.com blog. Echi and I met through blogging two years ago and at the time she just started her own show on the Voice of the Cape radio station sharing her asian recipes, cooking methods and everything about halaalife. I was invited once to join her on one of her talk shows to speak about modest exercise clothing.  She has been giving asian cooking classes since last year and it's been a great success. Well done Echi!

Myself and Echi

With my friend Saadiqah

The class we attended was the Nasi Uduk class.

Nasi Uduk is coconut rice served with Ayam Goreng Kalasen (friend chicken), Telur Dadar  (Indonesian omelette) mie gorg (instant noodle) , Sambal o elek (chillie paste), Krupuk (prawn snack) 

 

Refreshing homemade iced tea and won ton/dim was served on arrival. Each one received printed out recipes to take home and try out. After the greetings and introduction she explained what we will be preparing and divided us into two groups.

 

 

We immediatly clicked as a team even though we just met, everyone interacted and soon it was chopping, chats and laughter. A question here and there and when Echi explained something it was silence and attentive listening.

After minutes the flavours exploded and the lovely smells were flowing in the space where we were cooking, smells of Ayam Goreng , mie goreng and no one could wait to taste the prawn krupuk.

 

having fun while cooking

I was really amazed how Echi remembered everyones names in the class, she made everyone feel at home, and not any home, an asian home.

To be honest when I used to see an asian dish it always looked so difficult to prepare but realised that's not the case at all, it's quick and easy if you follow the instructions and know the english meaning of the ingredients, your good to go :) 

 

Time to indulge!

 

When we were done with the cooking we were seated outside of Echi's backyard and the setting was just perfect, a slight summer breeze and while eating we could hear the birds chirping. The food was very filling and tasty. We were chatting and I could feel that lazy feeling creeping in, Oh gosh did I feel sleepy after that, I really think I ate too much. "How did I not keep space for the steamed brownie we still need to make."

So everyone up and ready to go make dessert, I'm obviously the last to get up coz lazy. Whip the eggs, add the other ingredients and ready to go into the steamed pot. That went so quick!

 

 

In no time we were seated again and yep I obviosly had a piece of steamed brownie with a lovely cup of jasmine tea. Some were treated with beautiful henna patterns from Tougedah from handmadebytou and Echi also gave us a pupper show, hehehe funtimes!

 

Annalize's hand

 

Echi and I have been supporting eachother on our bloggig journey since we met, we don't see eachother often but when we do its fun and no matter how busy it is we make time for a pic :) 

Echi and I

Shukran for stoppimg by and reading my blog, I hope you will be back for more

 &

Always remember to keep Shining.

Love Nadia SS

Events : Spring Wardrobe Styling Workshop at WORKSHOPMODESTY

Hi Beauties...

Happy Weekend!

Soo who doesn't love events, pretty decor, delicious food and inspiring people? That's what went down at the Workshopmodesty  Styling Workshop event two weeks ago, yes I know I'm late with this blog post but as use know I'm busy with a hundred things and it gets crazy at times but none the less, here goes enjoy the read!
So let me start from the beginning, my journey with the amazing ladies from Little Big Event Planners and Workshopmodesty started a year ago when they invited me to the launch to write a blog post about the "opening events and happenings".This time I was invited as a guest speaker and I felt very honoured, Shukran so much for inviting me and making me part of this great event.(if you would like to read the blog post about the launch follow this workshopmodesty opening launch )

So upon arrival everyone loved the beautiful setting, it was so pretty and welcoming and had a Spring feel to it with tones of white and pink decor and the most beautiful flower arrangements. And guess what for once in my life I was early and being early has it's perks, I got to meet some of the amazing designers I didn't meet before (we follow each other on instagram but never met) we had time to chat and take some pictures together before it got crowded.

Welcome
The event kicked of with a heart warming opening from the lovely Nasheetah (owner of Workshopmodesty), she mentioned that she doesn't feel like the owner at all and that all the designers are owners and that they are like family to her. The in house designers currently showcasing their beautiful garments in the store are GKD by Gadijah Kahn, Vanilla for kids by Rafeeqa Smith, Diyana, Khaos Jewels and Nasheetah's brand the Infinity Collection SA.

You can also find goodies from Crystal Modest Boutique and Nifty Works.
If you haven't yet been at the store you are missing out, go follow them on instagram @workshopmodesty to stay updated and they always share when they having a sale!

Fashion

Ok, so to be honest I never spoke at events before other than at my moms 50th and recently at my dad-inlaws 70th birthday party in front of so eighty people and it consisted mostly of family and friends. When little Big Event Planners approached me and

asked if I would like to be a guest speaker at the event I thought it would be good to step out of my comfort zone and that there's always a first time for everything right? So when it was my turn I started off fine and spoke for a few minutes and while speaking I suddenly began to feel so weird, I tried to continue after I drank some juice but felt like I wanted to faint, I really don't know if it was nerves or just my sugar levels that dropped because I didn't eat. After I took a break while someone else continued with their topic I felt fine and ready to continue and I must say the second time around went much better and I was happy to have shared of my fashion tips and also some of this seasons spring/summer trends. 

Makeup
In-between me taking a little break we had professional makeup artist safiyyah Sauls sharing makeup tips and she also showed us how to create a quick spring make-up look, I really loved the oranje eye shadow look she created on Raeesa.





Clothing
One of the in-house designers Gadija Khan gave the guests some amazing clothing and styling tips. She explained how to take care for your clothes, how to make it last longer and showed some of her latest designs while also giving away some great prizes.






Scarfstyling
We then had scarf styling by the talented Raeesa founder of Zahara Scarfstyling and all the beautiful on-trend scarves used was from Rana scarves. The question alot of people always ask "how do you wrap your turbans and how do you get your scarf to stay on your head" Raeesa explained that so nicely, she mentioned that the base/ underscarf or cap you use is the most important because if the base is not right your scarf won't look or feel right and will slip off.

Rana Scarves

Home
Next up we had Faghri from Revere linen,   he gave the guests some great home tips and tricks he also gave us awesome ideas on how to re-create a space in your home or outside that you don't like or wanted to change but just never got to it. He went on over to the bedroom section and explained how to make your bed look Aaamazing without breaking the bank but also explained the importance of quality fabric.





Last but definetly not least we had the amazing Registered Councellor Shanaaz Moos sharing parenting tips and explaining that how beauty should firstly come from the inside before working and beautifying the outside!

Me with the twin looking sisters (oops friends) Tasneem and Mujeebah from Little Big Event Planners.

 Tasneem & Mujeebah

Me with the lovely Nasheetah

Tasneem & Rafiekah

 

With the stunning ladies Rafeeqa (vanilla for kids) and Diyana's up coming designer.

Nasheetah and Faghri from Revere Linens

The lovely prize winners

Rebelfunk

Guests listening attentively

A Big Shukran/ Thank to

  Workshopmodesty, The Little Big Event Planners and in-house designers and offcourse all that assisted and contributed somehow to make this event a success, we looking forward to the next one ladies ! once again Well done your hard work pays off. :)

Shukran/ thank you for stopping by and reading my blog hope you'll be back for more and don't forget to keep Shining!

❤ Nadia SS