Treasured Collection

At a recent wedding dinner of my niece at Trader's Hotel,

I met Datuk & Datin Chan. 

Datin was excited & showed me the photo below which she found in her closets.

She kept it in her handbag just in case she bumps into me.

This was taken in front of the headmistress' quarter of Union Institution, Burma Road.

I borrowed it home to scan as I do not have many childhood photos. 

I have Datin to thank for this fond memories.

This morning as I have no other appointment,

So, drove to Datin's house to return the original photo.

I brought along Mum & the mum's 80th birthday scrap book to show Datuk & Datin

Both of them & their grandson have a fun time browsing thru our family photos.

Layered cake [original flavour] from Sunflower, Tanjung Bunga was served.

Personally I find the layered cake from Yew, Nirvana Road, taste better.

After spending 1.5 hours chatting & catching up on the latest news,

Mum & I departed in search for lunch.

Undecided what & where to eat, I just drove round & round. 

End up at Sushi King, Gurney Plaza.

Crispy Salmon Skin

Octopus

Mum always orders this whenever we are at Japanese food outlet.

Unagi Tofu

Promotion for August month

Fry Set

Served with Miso Soup, Salad, Steamed Egg & Plain Rice

Mum didn't want the salad that came with the set. 

So I took it with some rice from her set & ate with Unagi Tofu.

I added some Wasabi to it & OMG, tears just rolled down.

After lunch I dropped by Viva office, Pulau Tikus to pick up a tin of Viva Plus [protein powder]

Next Monday, am going to take VVP for breakfast !!

Jia yu ! Jia yu ! Need to take off at least 2 kgs !!

Aroma of garlic at midnight

Returned from work last night and was feeling hungry.

What can I prepare that's quick & easy.

Nothing too heavy as it's already past midnight.

I found a stick of baquette which I bought from Jusco in the afternoon.

Cut French Bread [baguette] into slices about 1cm thick

Spread a layer of butter & chopped garlic

Sprinkle dried parsley on top

Baked in oven for 10 minutes on 180C

Just love the aroma of the garlic bread.

It's so crispy !!

Felt satisfied after that.

Cempedak - Ganja

I am not a fan of cempedak. However when I was introduced to this specie Ganja Cempedak last year by Jou. I just long to taste it again. Waiting was a year & on Monday I was given a fruit. Left it wrapped in newspaper to ripen. This morning, the house was filled with the cempedak fragrance that no way anyone can hide the fruit.  

The cempedak was cut & this specie just doesn't require to deep fried. In fact it's meant to be eaten raw. The seed inside is so small as can be seen from photo. The flesh is thick, not fibrous & orangish red in colour. Taste is heavenly  & so sweet. Just cant resist to take one after another. Can get addicted to as the name suggest - Ganja !!

Thank you Jou for blessing us with this wonderful fruit.   

Orange Poppy Seeds Cake

Was given some poppy seeds fom an ex colleague who came back from Austria.

As I have not used poppy seeds in any cooking before,

the logical thing to do is to surf net for a recipe. 

That's what I got & tried.....tastes good !!

Thumb up !

Soak poppy seeds in milk & stir well

Add orange juice

Cream butter & sugar till light & fluffy

Add egg till well beaten

Stir in Orange Rind

Add sifted plain flour & baking powder

Lastly mix in the liquid ingredients

Bake in preheated 160C oven for 55-60 minutes

Pour orange syrup over the hot cake

That's it........orange poppy seeds cake !

Nice & Tasty Koay Teow Th'ng

Koay Teow Th'ng seller on Jalan Phuah Hin Leong

Bowl of Koay Teow Th'ng with added chicken liver

Dry type - choice of noodle, mi hoon or koay teow

32, Light Street, Penang

Name of shop & address

 

Mable tables & wooden chairs

Service Ccounter

Chef is preparing Roti Jala on a flat steel plate

Cup of black coffee to go with Healthy Charcoal Bamboo Bread

Soupy Dish

Curry Mee at Leng Nia Coffee shop in Lip Sin

Self help to the chilly paste in a container.

Yam & Fried Fish Head Mi Hoon Soup [home cooked]

Yummy with cut chilly padi & soya sauce.

Breakfast at Sungai Ara

This morning decided to go to Sungai Ara instead of Lip Sin for marketing.

I had breakfast in one of the coffee shops.

Chee Cheong Chok with cup of black tea without sugar

Steam Minced Pork

This is a simple dish & yet we can't do it as good as mum.

It's one of the family's favourite dish to eat with rice or broth.  

One kati of minced pork

3 tablespoon Po-Po light soya Sauce,

1 tablespoon of Rose light soya sauce

Pepper powder to taste

Steam for 20 minutes

Ta-da......dish is ready to be served.