You have 2 days, 10 hours, 41 minutes to submit your entry for Merdeka Open House 2009. Submission will be closed on Midnight of 29 August 2009.
Submit your sweet dish to me (babe_kl(@)yahoo(dot)com) with the following info:
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Thank you ;-)
Thursday, 27 August 2009
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
It's Babe_KL's Turn
Would you tell your Ob-gyn to hang on there and wait for another hour to deliver your baby so that baby can share the same birth date as yourself??? Whoever who does that I tell ya, must be out of her mind especially after in labour for 13 hours!
So that was why BoiBoi's birthday was yesterday and today's mine :D
On my birthday, I'm going to count my blessings and not the candles. Otherwise, everyone will need to stand around all day waiting for a piece of my cake heh. Well, thanks in advance for all your wishes ;-)
Also, Birthday shoutouts to more August babies, Lisa (21st), Dafthamta (26th), Lyrical Lemongrass (27th) and my mom (29th). Best wishes for the day and a year filled with happiness and laughters. Many happy returns of the day!
BTW, I've just got involved in a mega project and I need to go to some darn ulu places with hardly any food for lunch since it's Ramadhan month and the net is crawling like a tortoise... plus keeping late hours just to rush off the works, hence postings will be sporadic.
Guys and girls, don't forget... the last day to submit your Merdeka Open House entry is 29th August, so hurry yah cos you have only 4 days to do so!
To all Muslim readers, Selamat Berpuasa.
So that was why BoiBoi's birthday was yesterday and today's mine :D
On my birthday, I'm going to count my blessings and not the candles. Otherwise, everyone will need to stand around all day waiting for a piece of my cake heh. Well, thanks in advance for all your wishes ;-)
Also, Birthday shoutouts to more August babies, Lisa (21st), Dafthamta (26th), Lyrical Lemongrass (27th) and my mom (29th). Best wishes for the day and a year filled with happiness and laughters. Many happy returns of the day!
BTW, I've just got involved in a mega project and I need to go to some darn ulu places with hardly any food for lunch since it's Ramadhan month and the net is crawling like a tortoise... plus keeping late hours just to rush off the works, hence postings will be sporadic.
Guys and girls, don't forget... the last day to submit your Merdeka Open House entry is 29th August, so hurry yah cos you have only 4 days to do so!
To all Muslim readers, Selamat Berpuasa.
Monday, 24 August 2009
Happy Birthday To Our Darling Babe
Darling,
Your birthday brings back loads of memories since the day you were born. We supposed it's natural for us to look back and recall all the happiness you've brought us and through the years brings so many changes to us and to everyone surrounding you. There's one thing that never change that is our loving pride in every thought of you.
You're very special to us and you really deserve the best from us. Hope you can weather all storms and be all you want to be. We wish you a wonderful life filled with love and happiness.
May you be well and happy, and have a blessed 7th Birthday.
With loads of love,
Daddy and Mummy
Tuesday, 18 August 2009
Review: Chicken Duck Rice @ Semua House Food Court
**Non-Halal**
The place where I work now is freaking too far to walk to our fave lunch hang out places. Since we're back in the HQ where all the hawk eyes are watching, it's hard to have leisurely lunch. So most times I bring my own food, otherwise will just pack my lunch nearby. Having pork dishes are also out of the question unless and until I go over to Masjid India area to run some errands.
Yes, you heard me!!! There is pork in Masjid India area and it can be found inside Semua House Food Court. One part of the food court have non-halal stalls which I only discovered quite recently :p heh. Most times I only managed to stop at the little bakery but once I walked down a few steps and stumbled upon rows of glistening char sius (BBQ pork), siu yuk (roast pork) and of course plump just roasted chicken. Err so far I haven't seen any duck despite the name etched above the stall.
I've packed the rice back a few times since I hardly have much time to sit down and eat. I was even messengered to pack some back to my colleagues when they saw the delicious meats laid on top of the fragrant rice. Once I had Chicken and Char Siu Rice (RM4.80), I loved the tender chicken breast and oooo the char siu was sticky but not sickly sweet. Most importantly their chilli sauce has the right amount tang with the usual garlic, ginger and chilli.
The latest, I was greedy after hearing a girl asking for all 3 combi the previous round... yes yes I have to get the Chicken, Siu Yuk and Char Siu Rice (RM7.50)!!! Hahahaha... the siew yuk doesn't look great on the rack, looked kinda dry but surprisingly the skin is crunchy and the meat was tasty enough. It was worth all the RM7.50 but I should have asked for half rice, I know I could have just stop short of eating the rice but the rice was so good with the meats. I was too stuffed :p in the end. Ahhhh the peril of being greedy!
Chicken Duck Rice
Lot 16 Food Court
Basement, Semua House
3, Lorong Bonus 6,
50100 Kuala Lumpur
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The place where I work now is freaking too far to walk to our fave lunch hang out places. Since we're back in the HQ where all the hawk eyes are watching, it's hard to have leisurely lunch. So most times I bring my own food, otherwise will just pack my lunch nearby. Having pork dishes are also out of the question unless and until I go over to Masjid India area to run some errands.
Yes, you heard me!!! There is pork in Masjid India area and it can be found inside Semua House Food Court. One part of the food court have non-halal stalls which I only discovered quite recently :p heh. Most times I only managed to stop at the little bakery but once I walked down a few steps and stumbled upon rows of glistening char sius (BBQ pork), siu yuk (roast pork) and of course plump just roasted chicken. Err so far I haven't seen any duck despite the name etched above the stall.
I've packed the rice back a few times since I hardly have much time to sit down and eat. I was even messengered to pack some back to my colleagues when they saw the delicious meats laid on top of the fragrant rice. Once I had Chicken and Char Siu Rice (RM4.80), I loved the tender chicken breast and oooo the char siu was sticky but not sickly sweet. Most importantly their chilli sauce has the right amount tang with the usual garlic, ginger and chilli.
The latest, I was greedy after hearing a girl asking for all 3 combi the previous round... yes yes I have to get the Chicken, Siu Yuk and Char Siu Rice (RM7.50)!!! Hahahaha... the siew yuk doesn't look great on the rack, looked kinda dry but surprisingly the skin is crunchy and the meat was tasty enough. It was worth all the RM7.50 but I should have asked for half rice, I know I could have just stop short of eating the rice but the rice was so good with the meats. I was too stuffed :p in the end. Ahhhh the peril of being greedy!
Chicken Duck Rice
Lot 16 Food Court
Basement, Semua House
3, Lorong Bonus 6,
50100 Kuala Lumpur
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Monday, 17 August 2009
Slow Cooked Pork Ribs With Black Fungus and Tofu Puff
**Non-Halal**
Let me describe another lazy way to have a hearthy meal without having to do much especially the cleaning part :p All one need to do is to use their slow cooker which is usually stashed away somewhere inside kitchen cabinets or like most people would just use it to boil soups.
I've done quite a number of posts on how to cook using the slow cooker without adding much water and this is another one of it...
First, clean up one stick of chopped pork ribs, remove all the fats and scald with some hot water. Marinade the ribs for a couple of hours with maybe around 1/4 cup of water (there isn't any vegetables used hence you'll a wee bit of water), 2 cubes of red preserved beancurd, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and a wee bit of sugar to bring out the flavour. It has to be slightly more salty as the rest of the ingredients are kinda bland.
For the first layer, place halves tofu puff on the bottom of the slow cooker.
Second layer, soaked, cleaned and sliced black fungus.
Next, layer on the ribs together with the marinade and some crushed garlic. Put on the lid and cook for 3 hours.
This was how the ribs looked like at the half way mark.
Towards the end of the cooking time, pour in some Shao Tsing wine and give it a quick stir. Can switch off the cooker now as the heat will continue to cook the ribs.
Dish up and serve hot with rice! The meat is superbly tender and definitely full of the red preserved tofu flavour, almost like Hakka Char Nyuk (braised deep fried pork belly with black fungus).
No wok or pan to wash, no need to clean your stove or cooking area, plus no need to mop the kitchen floor! Without counting the prep work, just need to wash the slow cooker ceramic pot, the spoon used for stirring and the serving plate! Best for lazy people like me :p
Other ideas of cooking using a slow cooker:
Slow Cooked Chicken and Potatoes
Slow Cooked Chicken With Bittergourd
Slow Cooked Pork Ribs
Slow Cooked Roasted Pork with Potatoes and Leeks
Technorati Tags: pork rib + slow cooker
Let me describe another lazy way to have a hearthy meal without having to do much especially the cleaning part :p All one need to do is to use their slow cooker which is usually stashed away somewhere inside kitchen cabinets or like most people would just use it to boil soups.
I've done quite a number of posts on how to cook using the slow cooker without adding much water and this is another one of it...
First, clean up one stick of chopped pork ribs, remove all the fats and scald with some hot water. Marinade the ribs for a couple of hours with maybe around 1/4 cup of water (there isn't any vegetables used hence you'll a wee bit of water), 2 cubes of red preserved beancurd, oyster sauce, dark soy sauce and a wee bit of sugar to bring out the flavour. It has to be slightly more salty as the rest of the ingredients are kinda bland.
For the first layer, place halves tofu puff on the bottom of the slow cooker.
Second layer, soaked, cleaned and sliced black fungus.
Next, layer on the ribs together with the marinade and some crushed garlic. Put on the lid and cook for 3 hours.
This was how the ribs looked like at the half way mark.
Towards the end of the cooking time, pour in some Shao Tsing wine and give it a quick stir. Can switch off the cooker now as the heat will continue to cook the ribs.
Dish up and serve hot with rice! The meat is superbly tender and definitely full of the red preserved tofu flavour, almost like Hakka Char Nyuk (braised deep fried pork belly with black fungus).
No wok or pan to wash, no need to clean your stove or cooking area, plus no need to mop the kitchen floor! Without counting the prep work, just need to wash the slow cooker ceramic pot, the spoon used for stirring and the serving plate! Best for lazy people like me :p
Other ideas of cooking using a slow cooker:
Slow Cooked Chicken and Potatoes
Slow Cooked Chicken With Bittergourd
Slow Cooked Pork Ribs
Slow Cooked Roasted Pork with Potatoes and Leeks
Technorati Tags: pork rib + slow cooker
Saturday, 15 August 2009
Review: Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant
**Halal**
Back in the days of the yore before Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant shifted to the current hip and happening One Bangsar, it was located next to Jolly Green. I used to frequent the then known as Bangsar Seafood Village Restaurant as there isn't that many Chinese restaurants that were halal. Unka Leong concurred with me and the other halal place to bring Muslim guests would be Kelana Seafood Centre which has since closed due to development to the location.
Yesterday, we have quite a large group of floggers gathered at the restaurant for a review of a new menu plus the revealing of Ramadhan Set Menus, more on this later. Thanks to Jade for the invitation and Fatboybakes for the arrangement.
We started off with Boneless Chicken With Fruit Sauce which is basically deep fried chicken pieces served on a bed of sauce with some mango slices in between to cut off some oil of the chicken. The chicken pieces were crunchy on the outside but warm and tender inside. Then we have a Red Snapper With Bean Sauce. In the menu, it stated steamed but when it came the fish is deep fried. The piece that I had tasted over cooked as it was a bit tough but I liked the sauce though, would be great if eaten with plain rice.
The Stir-fried Prawns With Special Curry is really special indeed. Not only it came serving in a bamboo steaming basket, the curry sauce was really tasty. From the creamy curry, I could derived fragrant lemongrass and thinly sliced kafir leaves in it. Everyone agreed that the sauce was great, especially if they serve with steamed mantaos.
Egg Omelette With Crabmeat is just pretty normal except how it was presented. There were some ooo-ahhs when it arrived wondering how the spring onions could stick outta the stack of omelette... I won't let out the secret, so you gotta order this to find out ;-)
Braised Beancurd Combination is a platter of gently deep fried smooth homemade tofu on a bed of lovely pumpkin sauce, topped with crunchy water chestnut and carrots plus deep fried pumpkin pieces. I really loved this dish but then I could be bias since I like pumpkin a lot. The sauce is subtle and slightly sweetish. The soft deep fried pumpkin pieces are my fave part of this dish. I think I could recreate this dish at home!
Surprisingly the dish that looked kinda plain really lived up the moment. The Stewed Cabbage With Dried Scallop and Mushroom came with a whole cabbage that has been braised till soften, quartered before being topped with stir-fried strips of chicken meat, mushrooms and black fungus. Funny I didn't tasted any scallops, perhaps the chef improvised and gave us something else instead which I'm mightly glad. The stir-fried bits were fragrant and were excellent with the plain cabbage.
Our table were served with Stir Fried Crabs with Salted Egg Yolk, whilst the next table got the Butter Crabs. I "seteng" (derived from setengah which means half in Malay :p) a piece with Jek, licked the salted egg yolks coating clean before devouring the fresh firm flesh. The next table was generous enough to move their remaining Butter Crabs over but I was too chowtutted for any. I tried the sauce though which I find too much curry leaves in it that overpowered the creamy buttery taste.
Err my dishes are not in order actually, the crabs were the last before dessert. Before the crabs we have this Fried Rice with Prawns. There were so much prawns in there! The unique part of this dish is there were buttery egg floss that usually come with the dry style of butter prawns surrounding the rice. These were topped with deep fried stuffed crab claws. We ended the dinner with Chilled Mango Puree with Sago.
My photos won't do any justice to how good looking the dishes were, so do check out the Queen of DSLR's pics :p
Many thanks to FatBoyBakes, Nigel, Paranoid Android and Jek for the boozes; Jade and the management, chef and staff of Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant for having us.
Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant
One Bangsar
63, Jalan Ara
Bangsar Baru
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (603) 2282 2555
Opening hours:
Lunch: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm - 10:30pm
Technorati Tags:
malaysian food
Back in the days of the yore before Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant shifted to the current hip and happening One Bangsar, it was located next to Jolly Green. I used to frequent the then known as Bangsar Seafood Village Restaurant as there isn't that many Chinese restaurants that were halal. Unka Leong concurred with me and the other halal place to bring Muslim guests would be Kelana Seafood Centre which has since closed due to development to the location.
Yesterday, we have quite a large group of floggers gathered at the restaurant for a review of a new menu plus the revealing of Ramadhan Set Menus, more on this later. Thanks to Jade for the invitation and Fatboybakes for the arrangement.
We started off with Boneless Chicken With Fruit Sauce which is basically deep fried chicken pieces served on a bed of sauce with some mango slices in between to cut off some oil of the chicken. The chicken pieces were crunchy on the outside but warm and tender inside. Then we have a Red Snapper With Bean Sauce. In the menu, it stated steamed but when it came the fish is deep fried. The piece that I had tasted over cooked as it was a bit tough but I liked the sauce though, would be great if eaten with plain rice.
The Stir-fried Prawns With Special Curry is really special indeed. Not only it came serving in a bamboo steaming basket, the curry sauce was really tasty. From the creamy curry, I could derived fragrant lemongrass and thinly sliced kafir leaves in it. Everyone agreed that the sauce was great, especially if they serve with steamed mantaos.
Egg Omelette With Crabmeat is just pretty normal except how it was presented. There were some ooo-ahhs when it arrived wondering how the spring onions could stick outta the stack of omelette... I won't let out the secret, so you gotta order this to find out ;-)
Braised Beancurd Combination is a platter of gently deep fried smooth homemade tofu on a bed of lovely pumpkin sauce, topped with crunchy water chestnut and carrots plus deep fried pumpkin pieces. I really loved this dish but then I could be bias since I like pumpkin a lot. The sauce is subtle and slightly sweetish. The soft deep fried pumpkin pieces are my fave part of this dish. I think I could recreate this dish at home!
Surprisingly the dish that looked kinda plain really lived up the moment. The Stewed Cabbage With Dried Scallop and Mushroom came with a whole cabbage that has been braised till soften, quartered before being topped with stir-fried strips of chicken meat, mushrooms and black fungus. Funny I didn't tasted any scallops, perhaps the chef improvised and gave us something else instead which I'm mightly glad. The stir-fried bits were fragrant and were excellent with the plain cabbage.
Our table were served with Stir Fried Crabs with Salted Egg Yolk, whilst the next table got the Butter Crabs. I "seteng" (derived from setengah which means half in Malay :p) a piece with Jek, licked the salted egg yolks coating clean before devouring the fresh firm flesh. The next table was generous enough to move their remaining Butter Crabs over but I was too chowtutted for any. I tried the sauce though which I find too much curry leaves in it that overpowered the creamy buttery taste.
Err my dishes are not in order actually, the crabs were the last before dessert. Before the crabs we have this Fried Rice with Prawns. There were so much prawns in there! The unique part of this dish is there were buttery egg floss that usually come with the dry style of butter prawns surrounding the rice. These were topped with deep fried stuffed crab claws. We ended the dinner with Chilled Mango Puree with Sago.
From 20th August till 21st September 2009, for every Ramadhan Set Menu ordered, you'll get a voucher to redeem 1kg of crabs on your next visit and here are the sets available:
RM 498+: Appetizer, Shark’s Fin Soup, Chicken with Ginger, Spicy Fried Fish, Lychee Prawns, Signature Beancurd, ‘Kampung’ fried rice, Custard Buns, Dessert
RM 598+: Appetizer, Sharks Fin Soup, Chicken with Plum Sauce, Pomfret with
Bean Sauce, Prawns with Sweet Corn Sauce, Steamed “Sang Gan”, Tom Yam Noodles, Banana with “Gula Melaka”, Dessert
RM 698+: Appetizer, Double boiled soup, Roast chicken, Red snapper, Otak Otak Fried Prawns, Braised Sea Cucumber, Oyster Fried Rice, Chinese Pastries, Dessert
RM 898+: Homemade appetizers, Sharks Fin Soup with Pumpkin, Boneless Duck, Curried Garoupa, Braised Seafood, Mango Prawns, Garlic Fried Rice, Banana & ‘Gula Melaka’, Dessert
My photos won't do any justice to how good looking the dishes were, so do check out the Queen of DSLR's pics :p
Many thanks to FatBoyBakes, Nigel, Paranoid Android and Jek for the boozes; Jade and the management, chef and staff of Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant for having us.
Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant
One Bangsar
63, Jalan Ara
Bangsar Baru
59100 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: (603) 2282 2555
Opening hours:
Lunch: 12:00pm - 2:30pm
Dinner: 6:00pm - 10:30pm
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malaysian food
Friday, 14 August 2009
Eat, Drink and Be Merry... Happy Weekend!
Sorry, this is nothing to do with food ermmm but then again it's drink related though...
Yesterday I was invited for a food review dinner at Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant with a whole lot of floggers, will blog about this later ;-)
As I walked into the reserved room, I saw Meena; Jek and Lisa in there. As I approached the table, I saw Frat lying down with a silly smirk on his face. His boss, Jek, told me that Frat is highly intoxicated with some sweet nectar and apologised for not being himself. Poor Frat.
Then Frat went for a leak, and he came back standing straight, grinning from ear-to-ear.
"More nectar into the system please!!!" says Frat.
Eat, drink and be merry... happy weekend!
Yesterday I was invited for a food review dinner at Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant with a whole lot of floggers, will blog about this later ;-)
As I walked into the reserved room, I saw Meena; Jek and Lisa in there. As I approached the table, I saw Frat lying down with a silly smirk on his face. His boss, Jek, told me that Frat is highly intoxicated with some sweet nectar and apologised for not being himself. Poor Frat.
Then Frat went for a leak, and he came back standing straight, grinning from ear-to-ear.
"More nectar into the system please!!!" says Frat.
Eat, drink and be merry... happy weekend!
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