Sunday, January 2, 2011

OOTD and nite out with the gals


Nite out with the gals @ Picadilly, they have the best Kilkenny beer!!!







We went to Magna Carta western restaurant for new year dinner, but totally forgot to take picture, gahh...we had Chef salmon, Ceasar salad, Moscow chicken and mushroom soup.

Mushroom soup was memorable, it has a lot of mushroom, less creamy than i thought, portion is big.

Chef Salmon - Their popular mango salad is no longer available, the Chef Salmon was okay...grilled salmon with some kind of sweet curry-like sauce, nothing too excited about it.

Ceasar salad - was creamy and the romaine lettuce is crispy and fresh... but expensive. RM15 for a plate of salad, too much.

Chicken moscow - i didn't taste it, it was like some kind of fried chicken. comes with fries and salad.

The bill comes out around RM162. Kinda expensive. They have few new items, but their portion shrinked and the food is not as good as it use to. What a let down!

Address: Kuching Old Courthouse recently also known as Sarawak Tourism Complex
H/p: 0128773500

Saturday, January 1, 2011

Some breakfast kuih and bun


Some kind of crepe-like kuih...wrapped with palm sugar flavored coconut flakes. Yummerrrrrr!!! I've been craving it for a long time so i had to go and get it, it was in the middle of the nite, after i was driving home from the nite out with the gals so, i was around the area and all that certain...this kuih just calling my name...so i stopped by the Petanak market, where they started selling kuih at very late at nite until the early morning...If you around that area check that out, it was at the 2nd floor of the market, they have all kinds of kuih available which is very fresh and yummy. You get likes a whole bag for RM4 with 10 pieces in it. Not bad ehhh...it usually 50 or 60 cents a pieces. This place also famous of local foods, it opens really late...i love their Kueh Chap and Sugar cane after a bar nite out. I think one of the stall that served really cheap western food is there too. Many of the stalls open late so definitely check this place out of if you want something cheap and decent to fill your tummy!!!


Sausage bun from the Bakery inside Boulevard supermarket



Yam steamed cake for my dad since he is a Diabetic. Whenever i brought home some sweet stuffs, i always have to look for savory food to bring home to my dad so that i don't feel bad. Cos i always satisfy my mom's sweet tooth and forgetting about my dad, but i have been making a habit now to buy both sweet and savory snacks... Huhu^ ^ i am such a thoughtful daughter ehh...not quite...but i m trying....yay?

NYE home cook meal n Kara-oke Session

Hey eveyone!!! Happy NY!! I hope everyone had a love and fortune filled NY. We had a cooked out on NYE then followed by kara-oke session. A small family gathering with other members of the family because my dad like to sing. We had fied bihun, stir fry veggies, pork knuckles satay and rojak, simple and yummy!! Here are the picssssssss


Rojak - Fruits salad with shrimp paste, my aunt make it.


Satay from Tabuan Jaya, too dry, peanut sauce was good though, Hui Sing satay still the best.


Stir fry veggies from my mom


Fried bihun from my mom, yummy!! Mom knows how to cook the best fried bihun!


Pork Knuckle

Sunday, December 26, 2010

Open House's foods

We had open house at my place on Christmas eve for my dad's 61st birthday. Food catered from Country Court 2 1/2 mile, Rock road. They gave us free cheesecake for the order. Minimum to cater is 30 pax. Price per pax started from RM16. My aunt also make her awesome longitive pao or Show Tao Pao with lotus paste, the highlight of the night!!! Gone in minute, everyone wants it, so yummylicious! We had fried Tom Yam rice, fried mee, Tofu with sauces, Roasted chicken, roasted duck and Meat rolls, (Ngo Hiang Bak) and Watermelon slices. Tom Yang fried rice and Meat roll were ymmmy though, the rest just standard-ly good.
On to the pichasssssss







Cranberry Orange oatmeal muffins










Recipe from Allrecipes.com

Ingredients

* 1 cup rolled oats
* 1/2 cup orange juice
* 1/2 cup boiling water
* 1/2 cup butter
* 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
* 1/3 cup white sugar
* 2 eggs, lightly beaten
* 1 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 teaspoon baking powder
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 3/4 teaspoon salt
* 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 cup raisins (optional)


Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or paper-line muffin pans.
2. In a small bowl soak oats in orange juice and water for 15 minutes.
3. In a large bowl cream together butter or margarine and sugars. Beat in eggs and oat mixture.
4. In a separate bowl, blend flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and nutmeg. Stir into batter. Stir in vanilla and raisins. Spoon batter into prepared muffin pans, filling 2/3 full.
5. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) until golden brown, about 20 minutes.

I altered it to my version, less sugar, less butter, it turned out just fine, a little on the sweet side because i forget the orange juice i used has sugar in it. Reduced 1 Tbsp less of sugar should turn out perfect. I only have quick oats so you can skip soaking them in the boiling water since they cook pretty quick. I use the boiling water to soak the dried cranberries instead. Make 12 medium sized muffins.

My version:

1 cup flour
2/3 cup quick oats
2/3 cup dries cranberry (Or any other dried fruits like raisin or red date)
1/4 cup orange juice
1/4 cup boiling water
1 egg
1 Tbsp orange zest
3 Tbsp butter
3 Tbsp brown sugar or white sugar ( Reduced from 4 Tbsp because it was too sweet!)
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/3 tsp baking soda
1/3 tsp salt

Thursday, December 23, 2010

Snacking day!

PMS really got me here, i have been snacking the whole freaking day, from bakolong fruits, corn sticks to crackers...i have been eating non stop!!! Damn...so not proud of myself!!! Gahhh...i know i just cant stop munching when all these become available in my kitchen!!! Someone locks my kitchen please...TYVM


My mom preserved the Bakolong fruits with sour plum, brown sugar and some lemon juice...its so freaking yummy... sweet and crispy, i ate 2 big container of them without knowing, haha...its so addicting!!! By the way, if anyone know the English of this fruits please let me know??? I cant seems to find them on the internet, thanks in advance!!!




Seaweed corn stick from Taiwan, the filling at the middle is so flavorful, hmmm i love anything seaweed!!!



Onion and Chives Skyflakes crackers, i still prefer the original flavor, simply the best!! Few post down you can find my post about this crackers, i m a Skyflakes crackers addict!!!

Wednesday, December 22, 2010

Mini Cream puff @ JD Bakery, RH BDC Kuching




It was just a size of a ping pong ball, and it filled with fresh cream, about 60-80 kcals per puff, i just pop the whole puff in my month and feel no guilt...yay! Rm0.80 a piece.