Winning Item

When Jac told me she is off on 13th/Dec and wanted to bring me to KL for jalan-jalan, I was so excited (could not recall when was the last I went KL, 3? 5 year? ago or more)

Finally the day arrived.
After having "Blunch" near her Condo, we proceed immediately to KL (avoiding the Sat's jam), parked her car at her office and we just walk across the street to Pavillion. Start our shopping spreed from the top, floor by floor down till around 3pm, having tea break at the Zen and continue 2nd section.

Drop by the famous The Loaf that I had long wanted to visit before go off. Both of us were so excited to see so many mini Cheese cake (about the smallest Ice-Cream paper cup size) they name it "U-hu-hu" @ RM2.80/each, without any hesitation, we both bought 1/2 dozen each and walk out happily. (Just imagine we both proudly walk out from a boutique and holding a branded hand bag in hand, Hahaha......jst day dreaming la!!)

my Winning Item

1/2 dozen U-hu-hu

Rock Croissant (RM4.00), Pistachio Roll (RM3.80),
Cereal Raisin (RM2.20), Danish - Mixed Nuts (RM4.90), Olive Stick (RM3.60)

珠光寶氣 - The Gem of Life

I am not really a HK series fans, bcs I don like to sit down and glue my eye on the TV.
But recently, my colleague keep telling me how interesting was this "珠光寶氣 - The Gem of Life".
Since she so hard selling, I just accept her offer and start watching, now I am so addicted.
Not to waste time on looking for food. I made A big bowl of Potato Salad, hug the bowl and glue my eye on the TV.


Roasted Potato Salad

Potato
Garlic Bulbs
Olive Oil
Rosemary





- Scrub Potato clean,
- Heat water in a pot, add a pinch of salt
- Add potato and cook until tender
- Slice potato into cubes

- Preheat oven to 180C
- Brush the garlic bulbs
- Toss cooked Potato cubes with Olive Oil and Rosemary.
- Place in roasting pan and bake until golden brown.

- and Mix well with :- ** Dressing **
Chopped : Rosemary, Capers, Thyme, Parsley, Mayonnaise & Sour Cream

1st come, 1 st serve

After received few calls from my loyal customers when I will start making cookies, then only I realized that CNY is coming.....

I had run around few "Ingredient Supply shop" at PJ/Shah Alam look for the most important ingredient "Almond", but all gave me the same answer "OUT of stock n could not confirm the arrival date". Anyhow, I will try my best to get as many as I could. Meanwhile you still could place your order, (email to me or call me directly). But it will be on "1st Come, 1st Serve" basis.

While searching for the ingredients, I saw "Green Pea's flour" on the shelve, I just bought a packet and give it a try and it turn out to be not bad oh!!! (anyway this is Not for Sales) Hahaha.....

Ichiban

when I saw my neighbor chop off the branches of her curry leaf tree, (she says want to let it grow again) I ask her gave it to me, so I can think of something to cook.... end up I found "Kam Heong Loh Shi Fun" in my recipe book, tat used lots of curry leaf.
and coincidence I had 2 packs of "Udon noodle" in the fridge tat supposedly for my "Black Pepper noodle", (lazy to drive out just to buy a pack of "Loh Shi Fun") so just give it a try, and it turns out to be......., HuH!!!!! Ichiban....


Kam Heong sauce (u can prepared this before hand & frozen it)
* Heap up oil, fried dry prawn, garlic and onion till fragrant.
* Add in Curry leafs, Chili Padi
* Add in seasoning
Mixture of : curry powder, light soya, dark soya, little oyster sauce & sugar
* Stir fry till aromatic.

PART II / continue from above....
* Add in cabbage, followed by any seafood of your choice
* Last, add in pre-blanched Udon noodles and mix well.

"大头虾"

Recently, noticed myself a bit "大头虾 : Big Head Prawn - direct translate from Cantonese" to describe a person tat is very forgetful. Always misplaced things (even money oh!!!) So scary!! sign of aging ........?? or I should put the blame on the prawn??? (after my sister read this, she will not want to supply prawn to me any more).

The prawn was really BIG, each was about 25/26cm long (the photo might not give your the exact picture, just take out a ruler and measured, even my plate was too small for it) and I had 4x by myself. Hahaha!..... now u know how come my head so big.

and I found this quick & easy way to cook the prawn

Grilled Prawn in Spicy Sauce

* Cut prawn lenghtwise, lightly sprinkle the cut side of prawn with salt & black pepper
* Heat Extra Virgin Olive oil in wok.
* Add in chopped garlic, chili padi and stir fry till aromatic
* Put in prawns and cover, cook for 2 - 3 minutes (under low heat)
* Life the lid and add in little wine or (Chinese cooking wine)
* Cover again and continue to cook for another 3 - 4 minutes (or till the gravy is almost dry)
* Sprinkle with ground black pepper.

Boss Ta Pao Lunch....

"Jo, taken your lunch??"

Suddenly my Boss asked when he about to step out from the office. "WAH!" dun know wat winds blow in his mind, he never stay in the office for so long and hardly had lunch at this area. Not to let go any opportunity, I sure answer him "Not Yet." even I already had lunch box. Hahah... (see wat is he going to Ta Pao for me)

Waited and waited....... finally he came back 3pm++, (almost 4 loh! If wait for his lunch, sure I will hunger to die) with 4 big packets. After open up all, to my surprised!! 2 packets of white rice (Big Portion) and 2 packet of Vege only, then he told me "Too late, noting to eat". Look at the rice, I also no appetite to eat. So just bring home and do fried rice.














Tom Yam Fried Rice

- Fried French Beans with Egg and put aside.
- Fried chopped Garlic, Small Onion and Lemon Grass
- Spoon in Tom Yam paste (mix with little soya sauce,
sugar & salt), Chili Padi and Daun Limau Pulut
- Add any Seafood / Chicken cube
- Stir in white rice, Pineapple, pre-fried French beans
with egg and fried well.

Have A Break!........

My sister in-law back from Japan again, as usual she never failed to get me different flavors of "Kit-Kat".
When looking at them, feel so sayang to open and put into my mouth.

White Grapes

Mix Berry's

Green Tea

Mc Flurry - Caramel

This is my favourate -Edamame Bean Flavor

Do U noticed that there is a calories indication on the box...

Little Magic Show

BEFORE

AFTER

& Thanks to Magic Sponge!!

this is the Magic Sponge tat my sister in-law send from Japan, it is very useful and convenient. Just need to wet the sponge and lightly rub, all the stubborn stain just gone like tat, see it yourself from the above photo..... no need me to say much.

You can use it to clean the kitchen area (like basin, tiles) too, but I find it a bit waste, so I only use it to clean all the kitchen utensils, especially Tea/Coffee Pot, Juice Extractor and Stainless Steel Pot.

I am not sure where to get it in Malaysia (If U come across it, pls get me inform) but for those who stay in Singapore, you can get it at the $2 shop..

One Pot Wonders

Cooking One Pot meal is so easy, convenient and nutritious too, especially during rush hour or whenever no time to go marketing. Just grab whatever ingredients ready in the fridge.


Ingredients :-
- Dry Prawns : Soaked and chopped finely
- Dry Sotong : Soaked and cut stripes
- Mushroom : Soaked and cut cubes
- long Beans / Frozen Vege

Methods :-
1st Part# (Long Beans)
- Fried chopped garlic & ginger till fragrance
- Add in dry prawn
- Add in long beans and fried well (taste with little salt and pepper).
- Dish out and put aside

2nd Part# (Rice)
- Fried garlic and ginger again
- Add in dry prawn, sotong stripes (or dry scallop) till fragrance
- Add in Mushroom cubes
- Add in pre-washed rice and stir fried for a while
- Sprinkle little pepper, Oyster sauce to taste
- Transfer rice to rice cooker, add in enough amount of water and cook as usual.
- When the rice cooked, stir in the Long Beans and cover it a little while (not too long, to prevent the Long Bean over cook)
- Garnish with Spring Onion & serve.

LOVE of 1st sight

Don misunderstand when u look at the tittle, It's just my feeling towards this bread spread.

I had this when visited Shirney @ Germany. From the 1st look, I aldy had good impression, and once 1 bite on it, my feeling was "Oh!my GOD!!", just like eating the real Raspberry Puree. And tat particular morning, I had the most bread for entire life.


when back to M'sia, I told my sister that must get Shirney to bring back a bottle whenever she come back for holiday.

One day when I followed Jac to shop at Bangsar Village , I saw this jam, it looks so familiar (I could not recall how it exactly looks like and the product name) so I just bought a bottle to try, and confirmed YES, this is what I am looking for. Now I can get it Jaya Jusco too (no need to trouble Jac drive me all the way to Bangsar)

This Bread Spread was containing fine whole berries. It was not boiled, thus preserving wholesome natural goodness, additionally, they are low in sugar and contain lesser gelatin than normal spreads.

Pink Passion

PLUM and PASSION fruit smoothie
This combination makes a deliciously creamy smoothie with a wonderful colour.

bring PASSION into your life
* Blanch two grams of PASSION fruis with a quarter cup of water and drinks it reqularly to lower high blood pressure.
* PASSION fruit has Omega 6 and linoleic acids which moisturise the skin to make it soft as silk. Its oil-controlling properties are beneficial when used on blemished skin.

Balik Kampung

This is the second Balik Kampung trip for this year. Going home is always the best part of my life, here I gets to eat all the REAL fresh seafood, chatting with sisters, walking bare foot on beach, relax and reading under the SUN.

U see!! even the Hornbill also come to enjoy eating Papaya right in-front of U
every morning and evening. Where can u find this in the city??

Sunny Afternoon

Swimming Pool right infront of my Chalet

Healthy Curry noodles
Secret Recipe created by Dato Uncle Tan
(Soup base : Crab, Ikan Bilis, Chicken and the BEST is w/out coconut Milk)

Flowers @ Garden

Sun Set

Kampung Style

Reaching home, so hungry but find nothing to eat and lazy to drive out again (think of the heavy traffic outside, also scared loh!!!)
No choice loh! just walk to a small Malay Gerai (operated in the PKNS flat) next to my apartment, see wat can i get from there to cure my stomach!!

Eh!! not bad, at this hour (almost 7pm) they still have "French Beans", at least I can do a fried rice. (still have some leftover rice in fridge)



Nasi Goreng Kampung

Pound together : Garlic, Small Onion, Ikan Bilis & little Chili padi

1) Make a scramble egg and put aside
2) Fried POUND ingredients till fragrance
3) Add in French Beans, stir fried well
4) Add in rice, fried well and sprinkle little salt and pepper to taste.

** Garnish with : Pre-fried Ikan Bilis **

Lazy BUM!!

Nows a day, just lazy to go market and cook, raining day is the best time to lay down on bed and listen to music..... (find an excuse!!). But stomach hungry fast too...
Got to find an easy way (without going out from home???) to settle this, end up just bought the pork ribs from the van who only come during weekend, at lease this dish can last me for 1 to 2 days (w/out steeping out). Eat it with steam bun 饅頭 (tat always had stock in the freezer)
Mmmm...... just wonderful..... (rain non stop also doesn't matter now) HaHaha.......

The Ingredient : Taste-Me Chicken Marinate sauce, Mushroom, Kei Chi, Garlic, Dried Sotong (尤鱼), Dried Scallop/Conpoy (乾貝 /江瑤柱), Dried Chili & Ginger
** U can adjust the ingredient to their availability **

Method :-
- Marinate the Pork Ribs with the Marinated sauce , little bit dark soya sauce & pepper(this can be done when u had just back from market, marinate the Pork Ribs immediately and keep it in the freezer)

- Put water to boil, then add in Garlic, Ginger, Dried Sotong, Dried Scallop, Mushroom, Kei Chi for about 1/2 hour or more as U like.

- Add in marinated Pork Ribs and Dried Chili (pre-soak in hot water) till boiling, then turn to small fire and cook for another 1 hour (or 1/2 hour, then transfer to Themo's pot)

- Mid way cooking, U can add in the Marinated sauce if u feel the gravy is too light, or add in water if too salty

So Pinkish

Rasberry, Strawberry & Nectarine Juice

Has been qt sometime I didn't make juice loh! just lazy..... but tat day when I drop by Jaya Jusco and saw this Rasberry on "Value Buy", just can't resist and get a box, eat some and balance made into juice.

The Sunny flavor of this juice is a perfect remedy for days when the weather is anything but tropical. (optional : Add a bottle of plain Vitagen)

Laying Around

It is very common to have extra fruits (like Apples and Oranges) that laying in the fridge. Sometime, just lazy to make it into Fruit Juice (Actually is lazy to wash the Juice Extractor la!) and when the fruits are not so fresh to eat on its own, this is will be the best time to cook it up.

Orange Chicken

2 x Chicken Tights,
- Cut into bite size and marinated with chopped Ginger, Garlic, Ginger Juice,
Chinese Cooking Wine, Soy Sauce, Pepper & Egg

Methods :-
1) Lightly dust Marinated Chicken on cornflour and fry till golden brown.
2) Left 1/2 tbsp cooking oil in wok
3) Lightly fry the slice orange skin (not too long, or else it will turn bitter taste)
4) Add in seasoning (Mixture of Fresh squeeze juice with little salt & sugar)
** Optional : Could thicken the gravy with corn starch **
5) Pour the gravy onto fried chicken and serve

Happy Birthday Benjamin

It was Ben's 12 years old Birthday, Esther had thrown a small party for him (inviting some of his classmate) + few closed friend.

being an "Aiya" family member to Esther, I got to help up and made something for the children, and since children just love sausage, so I tried this special sausages roll out, at least there is some vege in it, rather just eat fried sausages (so plain)

HOT DOG ROLL

- White Bread
Trim away the bread skin and roll into thin sheet

- Sausages : Cut into half
Cucumber : Cut into strips
Carrot : Cut into strips

* Spread bread with little butter
* Arrange sausage, carrot & cucumber on top
** Optional : Spread little Honey on top **
* Roll up neatly and seal with batter (mixture of flour + water)
** Optional : Dip in an beaten egg and coated with breadcrumb.
* Deep fry Hot Dog Roll till golden brown.

Mix & Match

Bought few Japanese Sweet Potato, wanted to steam and eat as dinner, who knows always happen someone or neighbor (A) / (B) sending dinner over, end up, I had no chance to eat it.

Is better for me to find an alternative way to finish it (before it gets rotten)

Since I haven't post any Tong Sui before, then just try this out (taste the different from original Red Bean soup)



Mix Bean (Red n Green) + Japanese Sweet Potato Tong Sui (糖水)
(The proportion of Red Ben to Green Bean is 70 : 30 )

- Always boil Red Bean 1^st (for at least ½ hour to 1) together with Pandan leaf.

- Then only add in Green beans, and keep on cooking under low medium heat. (for another 1/2 - 1 hour) Slightly open the cover to avoid spill out.

- Add in rock sugar/brown sugar to taste.

- Add in sago (soak for a while, till the water become clear) bit by bit and stir.

- Last add in Sweet Potato cubes, cook for a while, then off the heat and continue cover it for another 1 - 2 hours, then only serve.

Freshness!! Madness!!

When my sister told me that Esther is going to Pangkor again, it really surprised me, bcs she had booked the hotel room for Raya. Then only found out that she went there just to buy "Big Fresh Prawn". U might think tat she is crazy, but to her, it is worth travel (abt 200+ KM) just to get the BEST prawn.

Thanks Dearie!! without U, I don get to eat this too....








Fried Big Prawn with Tom Yam Sauce

- Big Prawn - Slit the back, deveined, clean and pat-dry. Add in corn flour and mix well.
- Deep dry in hot for a minutes/turn pink color. (Do not over fry it, it will become hard)
- Remain 1 tbsp oil
- Add in mixture of (Tom Yam Paste, Fish Sauce, Chopped Lemon Grass, Chili Padi, Lime Juice, Sugar & Water) and cook till thick
- Put in prawns and mix well.

Natural Sweetness

Whenever I had extra apples lying in the fridge, (beside making it into juice) l love to make it into soup!! (one of my favorite) The sweetness of the red dates, apple and carrot just bring out the natural taste of it.

Apple, Carrot with Cabbage Soup

- Peel apple (only used RED apple) & Carrot, cut into serving size
- Soaked & wash the Dried Cabbage
- Wash Pork, scald & rinse well

- Bring water to boil
- Put in all the ingredients (Including Red dates & little Red bean)
- Bring to boil again
- Boil in low heat for 2 - 3 hours (if u are using Themos Pot, jst boil for 1 hrs)

- Season with salt before serve (Optional)
** my advice is omit this, if u add salt, it taste different **

** NOTED : u can substitute Apple with Sweet Corn, Tomato or Potato **

A Friend Like U, Jaq

These are the food stuff tat Jaq brought all way back from her Fukuoka trip, Jaq never fail to bring back any good stuff for me. (She knew tat I love to eat), bt all these are too good to put into my mouth.

I would like to dedicate the below to you....and is from the bottom of my heart....

A FRIEND LIKE YOU
Everyone should have a friend like you
You are so much fun to be with
And you are such a good person
You crack me up with laughter
And touch my heart with your kindness
You have a wonderful ability
To know when to offer advice
And when to sit in quiet support
Time after Time
You've come to my rescue
And brightened so many
Of my routine days
And Time after Time
I've realized how fortunate
I am that my life includes you
I really do believe that
Everybody should have a friend like you
But so far it looks like
You are one of the kind!!!

Keep It Whole

Having trouble to remove the tofu from the box in one piece??

Just make a hole at the bottom of the box, turn the box over and gently ease the tofu out onto a plate.



- Slit the soft beancurd into 3 slices or layers
- Place the 1^st layer on plate
- Sprinkle some meat floss on top, cover with second layer
- Lastly, cover the last layer and spread some meat floss on top
- Pour the seasoning (mixture of light soy sauce, oyster sauce & fried shallot oil) and top with some meat floss.