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

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

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

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!!!

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.

My favorite healthy food or figure-friendly food around Kuching

This list is for those who want to keep fit or lose weights but have no time to eat healthy at home, you don't have to ruin your diet for been busy. This list help you make a better choice and select wisely while you dines outside or binge for snacks, and these food just taste heavenly awesome, you can enjoys good food but at the same time don't have to worry about expanding your waist line. Hope this help!!



#1 M.Y San Skyflakes crackers ( Few posts down you can see my post about this crackers, sorry i dont know how to use link =[ )
#2 Goh Mee T'ng * (Less sugar) (No.26 Kenyalang market behind Yong Kong kopitiam)
#3 Kueh chap without Kueh or "Cheng" Kueh Chap (3rd mile hawker center,2nd floors, open at nite only)
#4 Taiwaness Honey Green tea with boba (Cool Taiwanese drinks, same row with Chicago7 Rock road)
#5 Mini cream puff by JD Bakery, RH BDC ( It was just a size of a ping pong ball, and it filled with fresh cream, about 60-80 kcals per puffs, just pop the whole thing in your month and feel no guilt...yay!)
#6 Century egg (Pi dan) with soft tofu (Jade pot, Jln Keretapi or Ban Hock Rd, Full House RH BDC or Central park, 3rd mile behind Public bank)
#7 Fish head bihun soup, request for less bihun (Ah Yu Ge, shop lot opposite Tao yuan, Jln Song)
#8 Po-Piah (All-Joy, Wisma Saberkas)
#9 Kimchi with soft tofu (Sanga, Jln Chan Chin Ann, behind Pizza Hut Swak Plaza_
#10 Lui Cha, ask for half rice (Hua San Ge, Hui Sing Gdn)
#11 Ice Stone house special, shaved ice or "Beng" in local dialect(5th floor, Wisma Saberkas)
#12 Chao cai bihun T'ng, preserved veggies soup ( All Delight @ Hui Sing Gdn or Soon Fatt @ Ang Cheng Ho Rd)
#13 Red wine Midin (HK noodle house, Wisma Saberkas)
#14 Lotus stir fry vegetables (Zhong yuan xiao Guan @ Premier 101, Jln Tun Jugah)
#15 Sio-Bee
#16 Tang Hun T'ng * (Lau Ya Keng, Attap gay, 101 best corner)
#17 To be continued....

* T'ng = Soup, sorry i dont know why i like to use T'ng for soup, i guess it sounds more local...whoops...don't mind me...i m kinda freak sometimes.

Goh Mee T'ng @ No.26 stall Kenyalang market (Behind Yong Kuang Kopitiam)

Goh Mee T'ng (5 flavored herbal dessert) @ No.26 stall Kenyalang market (Behind Yong Kuang Kopitiam)
RM2 per tapao

Woww...the Goh Mee T'ng so freakin nice ehh...it has dried persimmon slices, chewy jelly, lots of barley, red dates and longan!!! Dad tapao back for us, sorry ehh...you cant see ice there...cos it oredy melted...You can have it cold or hot anyway...so it taste just fine without ice.

Failed Peanut butter oatmeal cookies!!!

Failed PB n oatmeal cookies, but taste wise? Turned out it was good, crispy like, I called it PB n Oatmeal crisp?? Kudo huh?? Reason was because we don't have extra pans to bake them, so I portion them in a larger size and I tried to reduce the amount of butter and then it was too big and not enough fat to go flat like cookies. Duuhhh lesson..lesson...learnt!
So, there....the big chuck of peanut butter and oatmeal scone-like cookies?? I called it crisp because cookies suppose to be flat and round!!! It's taste great though..even there are some burnt at the edge...it was a little pain to eat because its tend to fall all over the place...cos there is not much flour and butter to hold the dough together...the amount of quick oats use in this recipe is more than flour. So it's very healthy ...the flaky-ness didnt bothered me cos oat is good stuffs!!!

Recipe link here: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Oatmeal-Peanut-Butter-Cookies-III/Detail.aspx

3 minutes creamy chicken soup with pork meat balls and black fungus

So, my dad wont tapao for me anymore, cos i always don't eat. But i just feel hungry at 2pm so i checked out on my fridge to see whats good to eat, sad...we have nothing!!!...Except the leftover roasted chicken breast, some cheese slices, pork meat ball and black fungus. So, out of no where...i want a creamy chicken soup, cos i saw cheese and i want something hot and cheesy...so...i fully utilizing my creation to come out with something eatable...and, there is creamy chicken soup...It's so easy...just takes me like few minutes including the microwave time...all you needs is just chop everything and dump in a cup and microwave...in this case, scissor is your good friend....ta-daaaa...good to eat!!! Here's the instructions!!

You needs:-
- Chicken stocks 3/4 TSP, more or less than suits your taste bud
- Hot water 400 ml
- Meat balls, as many as you likes!!!(In case it frozed like a guli-ball, run them under water and cut them in halve with scissor...did i mentioned how good is the use of scissor here???)
- Some chicken breast or any leftover lean meat, cut in cube
- Black fungus or seaweed (Just something chewy to add some texture to the soup)
- Shallot flakes and oil (Basically just oil we saved after frying the shallot)
- Cheese slice, 1 piece. (Sandwich cheese is good enough!)

Instructions:-
Fills your cup with the hot water, add in chicken stocks, cut in your meat balls, chicken cubes and black fungus. microwave for 2 1/2 minutes or when you smells the meat balls is cooked. Pop in the cheese slices and topped with shallot flakes and oil, viola...set to eat!!!



Ehhh...the soup looks kinda milky ehh...should i just called it milky chicken soup?? Adding cheese slice into a clear base soup really make the soup taste yummer IMHO!!! Try it!!!

Curry puffs from Bintulu

Whenever my aunt from Bintulu came to Kuching, she always brought the famous curry puffs for us. I am not a big fan of curry puffs, but my dad love it...so my aunt brought like over 100 of them for my dad and distributes them to other uncles and aunties. She bought them in frozen so that you just deep fried them or bake them when you wants to eat. We always bake it since its healthier. The curry puffs filled mostly with potatoes, i don't remember if it had meat on it...but if it does, it doesnt have many. Its kinda spicier but in a sweet way?? Haaha..spicy but sweet at the same time because it might have something to do with the sweetness in the potato or the dough?? Hmmm...i will have to eat more to figure it out. Sorry guys...i am on carbs ban...i know..not fun!!!








See..how many boxes of curry puffs my dad stock up the goodies for himself...half of them gone to his tummy oredy...haha

M.Y. San Sky Flakes crackers

This is my all time favourite salty crackers,M.Y. San SkyFlakes crackers from Philipine!! I have been eating this since i was in high school, i dont know if they sell in Malaysia, but it was very famous sncks in Brunei. My mom bought back a box from Brunei last month. Love it...it's so addicting and healty!!....Jacab crackers just cant beat it...they are now have it in the individual packet, great...convenience and less messy for me!!! $4.50 Brunei dollars for 32 packets