Fried Nien Gao

One of my all time favorite snacks...Fried Nien Gao! My grandma always remember to make this for me whenever she has nien gao at home, especially during CNY. 

Sliced nien gao

Sliced sweet potatoes

Chef at work :)

The batter

Sliced yam

And the end product... love it! I tried making them myself too but it didn't turn out as good. 

Nasi Lemak Craving

I was making Sambal Tumis the other day and since the hubs loves my Nasi Lemak so much (I've only cooked for him once many years ago), I decided to make him happy again with my homemade Nasi Lemak. 

This little rascal was having cereal for her brekkie. 

Coconut to make santan and pandan leaves to be used for cooking the rice

Nasi Lemak with fried eggs, stir fried kangkung, ikan bilis and Turmeric fried chicken! Approved by both my bosses.....Ziyi had the same thing too, minus the sambal. 

Apple Soup Recipe

I made apple soup for Ziyi today. Ziyi can be pretty fussy with liquids stuff, she's not too willing to try anything new in liquid form. Hence savory soup is the best bet because she will have no problem eating soupy rice.

This soup is good to soothe your lung especially when you are having a cough. A simple and easy recipe to share with you here.

Apple Soup (serves 4 person)

Ingredients:
2 medium size red apple. Peeled and cored, then rub some salt to prevent oxidization.
1 piece of white fungus
A handful of bitter and sweet almonds
2 honey dates
4 red dates
5 dried figs
3L water
2-3 pieces pork ribs
Salt to taste

Method:
Dump all the ingredients above into a slow cooker and let it boil for 2.5 hours if you are using hot water, and 3.5 hours if you are using room temperature water.

CNY Food by beloved Grandma

Another outdated post...

We are very lucky to have my Grandma to whip up delicious meals for us each time we are back home. She does not look 84 at all and she is still very healthy and she has the loudest voice for an old lady her age!

On CNY Day 2 when everyone was back for a short gathering over lunch, Grandma whipped up these yummylicious dishes:

Her signature prawns: Deep fried with sugar, salt, spring onions and fried shallots.

Steamed salted kampung chicken

Everyone's favorite dish: "Yong Dan" (cantonese). A combination of fish paste, pork and prawns wrapped with eggs. 

Rendang Chicken

Another signature dish: Braised sea cucumber..yum yum

A big pot of pig stomach soup with her homemade fish balls.

Stir fried nga ku with siew yoke and leek

Hubs been bugging me to learn how to cook all those yummy dishes for him. Okok, I shall learn some secret from grandma whenever I have the chance :)

Food that Ziyi Eats

I have heard so much about Kanna Curry House but have not tried it until one day when I decided to bring the hubs to eat there because he's one banana leaf rice fan! I was too lazy to cook for Ziyi, so she had to eat what is being served there. 

Poor Ziyi, she ate white rice with papadum, some cabbage and fried chicken. Her rice was so dry, no gravy for her at all. hehe... I ordered a fried egg for her too.

Our food.. yummy!

This was taken at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng. She ate waffle with peanut butter and chocolate sauce. She is into everything chocolatey!

Home-cooked meal! Pan fried salmon with vegetable of the day.

Her first visit to Tutti Frutti. Bought her favourite chocolate ice cream but she still asked for McD cone sundae! Cheap maintenance huh??!

Happy with an ice-cream from McD. Only RM1.05.......daddy is the happiest with her choice!

My 33rd Birthday Dinner

I still have many posts sitting in my draft folder. This post is way overdue. Supposed to post this in Dec 2011 but I have forgotten about it. 

Anyway, hubby brought me for a nice dinner to celebrate my 33rd Birthday. It was supposed to be just the 2 of us but he suggested bringing Ziyi along, there goes my romantic dinner. LOL!

We went to Maria's Cafe & Restaurant at Damansara Perdana. I read a few good reviews on their food so I thought of trying it out and the price was pretty reasonable too. 

We started off with the Caesar Salad and Mushroom Soup. I wanted to try their Oxtail Soup but it was not available on that day. So sad. Nevertheless, the mushroom soup was pretty good too.

My main course - Braised Leg of Lamb. This was quite disappointing. The meat was not tender enough. 

Hubby ordered Australian Ribeye Steak, medium well done. It was well-marinated and the meat was juicy too.

My pot of Camomile Tea and a cup of coffee for him (not in the picture).

My Tiramisu. This is oh-so-heavenly. One of the best I've tried so far. We requested for a candle so that Ziyi could blow it with me.

Another sinful dessert. Moist Chocolate Cake with Movenpick ice-cream to share. Yummylicious!

A family picture finally. Love this pic so much! Especially when Ziyi could sit still and smiled for the camera. 

The ambience and deco are pretty simple and nice. We will definitely be coming back again, especially for their Tiramisu.

Dinner at Yin Her Restaurant Sg Buloh

It was PIL's 35th anniversary 2 weeks ago, we had a dinner gathering at Yin Her Restaurant in Sg Buloh. It was my 2nd time to this place and I like their food which is good and reasonably priced too. 

The fishing pond behind the restaurant

I like this picture

Mantis prawn fried in butter sauce

Stir fried deer meat in black pepper sauce

Curry fish head

Our food just before whacking them!

The total bill came up to about RM170+. Very cheap eh for KL standard and environment was ok too especially for a fussy person like me.

Our weekly visit to Kheng's Kopitiam

Ever since the hubs discovered this kopitiam in Kota Kemuning, we have been visiting Kheng's every weekend, without fail. He likes the coffee and Mee Siam there, whereas I like their nyonya kuih. Their choice of kuih varies daily. Ziyi will definitely help herself with 2 servings of the kuih and she likes ang ku kueh the most.  We like most of the food and drinks served at Kheng's Kopitiam and most importantly the place is clean and comfy too.

Last weekend we went there for afternoon tea without Ziyi. We sneaked out of the house when she was at home taking her nap. The hubs had Nasi Lemak Biasa and his usual coffee fix. 

Peanut butter toast

Drinks and bread counter

My ice cendol

French toast