Happy Mid-Autumn Festival

Wishing all of you a blessed and happy Mid-Autumn festival.

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Teo Chew Mooncake

I love the flat disc Teo Chew mooncakes. Must be the flaky pastries that attracted me and the fillings are not so rich and sweet.

These pics were taken last year. Sighhh so far Jusco Mid-Autumn fairs do not have Setapak Teo Chew Restaurant's kiosk... means I need to go Leisure Mall to get some if I really want some this year.

This is Teo Chew Mooncake Fruit Paste With Bean Paste which has green bean paste with fruit peels and candied winter melon. A bit sweet for me though.

My fave... Teo Chew Mooncake Green Pea Bean Paste.

Setapak Teo Chew Restaurant
Jalan Pahang (opposite Galeria)


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Mid-Autumn Festival Cutie Lotus Paste Biscuits

These are the plain version of the Mid-Autumn piggy biscuits...



These batch of fishes have lotus paste kneaded into the dough. Recipe as stated below.



These plain janes were inspired by those bought by hubby at Jusco's Mid-Autumn Fair at 1 Utama (old wing concourse). I was wondering why he bought them when I can make them myself hehehe... he told me the aroma was hard to resist as they came fresh outta oven. Using the same recipe below, I added some melon seeds into the dough and shaped them into rounds. Yummyumm!

Mid-Autumn Festival Cutie Lotus Paste Biscuits

Ingredients:
300g biscuit dough
150g lotus paste
some plain flour for dusting

Topping (beaten):
1 egg yolk
1 egg

Decoration:
some black beans (halved), if needed

Method:
1. Mix dough with lotus paste until well combined.

2. Divide dough into many portions, form it into rounds or ovals depending on biscuit moulds. Dust flour in mould, then press dough into mould. Next, invert onto baking tray.

3. Bake in preheated oven at 180C for 10 mins. Remove from oven, leave to cool, and brush beaten egg on the surface evenly. Continue to bake for 10 mins until golden brown. Serve.

Ref: Famous Cuisine Vol. 51 July-Aug 2008, page 7

BTW, I finally found out why my dough sagged!!! I was too smart alec to place the dough in the fridge when in actual fact, you don't need to! Took me a couple of batches before discovering this *blush blush*


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Brillante Weblog Premio 2008 Award

I received this Brillante Weblog Premio 2008 Award from Yozora. Gee didn't know blogging also can get awards kekekeke... apart from thanking Yozora for the award, I would loved to thank her for teaching me the ropes and turning me into what I am today. I appreciated all that and I can't wait for her to impart some of her newly acquired entrepreneur skills to me and some friends next week. Thanks in advance for sharing them with us.

Errrmmm since I'm not into memes (this one counted as meme ka? :P), I would break the rules here and won't put in any nominations here. Sorry Yozora :D

New World Mooncakes

I'm a traditionalist when it come to mooncake. I just can't tolerate those weird combinations and flavours. Well except for a certain flavours and that also if they come in bing pei (snow skin) version.

I'm a purist and will stick to the traditional ones like lotus paste with yolks, red bean, white lotus paste etc. However, there is one mooncake, the baked type, that I'm bowled over with and I have to say it's a favourite with almost every bittersweet chocolate lovers, and it is this...



This Chocolate Mooncake is from Fook Pan which is originally a cooking school located along Jalan Ipoh. It was aeons ago my aunt bought a box of these for my brothers and I. I must have been a teenager then but I remember every word she told me. Fook Pan was the first who came out with a chocolate version and that year was their first and needless to say, we loved them.

I got reacquainted to it a couple of days back when a friend gave me one to try. I was delighted of course as getting them is quite a task. Fook Pan's mooncakes are not available at any stores, stalls nor kiosk except their place in Jalan Ipoh. So you'll need to call them and place your order before running over there to pick them out.

After one bite, the memories and pleasures flooded back. The ebony skin is thin and tasted chocolaty. The filling of lotus paste mixed with bittersweet chocolate can be tasted distinctly. Best of all, these mooncakes are not sickly sweet. I shared some with my colleagues and one of the guy said this would be the best alternative to chocolates to win over girls' hearts during this festive season. He had it spot on!!!



Mid-Autumn Festival (Mooncake Festival) is celebrated this Sunday (14 Sept 2008), so hurry to Fook Pan to grab some chocolate mooncakes to impress some girls.


Fook Pan Food Industries
274A Jalan Ipoh
51200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 603-4042 7676

Coming from Chow Kit/Raja Laut, it's further down after Dynasty Hotel (Coordinates: 3°10'19"N 101°41'30"E). The row of shophouses that sell tiles and sanitary wares.


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Review: Pork Ball Noodles at Kedai Kopi Dan Makanan Weng Hing

**Non-Halal**

I had always liked the Pork Ball Noodles here at Weng Hing since I was a kid. This coffee shop used to belong to a relative, hence my dad would normally take us there almost once a month. Other than this, I also liked their chicken rice and char kuey teow for lunch. For snacks, there are deep fried fritters (available in the afternoon) ie banana, sweet potatoes and kuih bakul; and Seremban siew bao (the ori one) and mini egg tarts. At night you can find delicious hokkien fried noodles. How wholesome to find all these under one roof!

Back to my noodles, the dry version that is. The reasons I loved it...

1. the just right black sauce coating my choice of yellow noodles and slippery kuey teow, not overly salty with a slight tinge of sweetness,
   
   
2. the mountain of tasty minced meat,
   
   
3. the bouncy self-made pork balls, and
   
   
4. the self-made siew cheung is so full of flavour.

Enough said... just wished I could have a bowl now!


Kedai Kopi Dan Makanan Weng Hing
183, Jalan Imbi
Kuala Lumpur

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Black Bean Soup Triumphed

Remember my call for votes in the contest over at Delicious Asian Food???

PabloPabla had just announced the winner for the contest and my entry of Black Bean Soup was voted as the winner!

Since the start of the voting exercise I was made aware by some techie friends that repeated voting can be done and they did just that which was why you guys suddenly see a soar of votes. I've alerted PabloPabla about this and pledged that since this is no fair play, IF I ever win this contest, I will donate the whole amount to an orphanage.

Anyway, PabloPabla did filtered out those multiple votes and somehow I still managed to garner enough votes to be on top. Thank you so much for all of you who have voted for my entry. I appreciated that a lot and I will honour my pledge.

Your votes have made a step forward in realising some children's dream to be housed in their own building...

Will update the details of the orphanage later as they are all at home.

Thank you once again and also many thanks to PabloPabla for his time and generousity in organising this contest.