tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60664746392088702112024-03-13T18:14:42.772+08:00Lovely Malaysia Food!Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-22944486355633173402008-07-24T23:35:00.004+08:002008-07-24T23:53:39.734+08:00Sodomee and other gay foods<a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SIilQ0V3KQI/AAAAAAAAAbI/t_bIS08cmTI/s1600-h/P1000923+(600+x+450).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226609075910289666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SIilQ0V3KQI/AAAAAAAAAbI/t_bIS08cmTI/s400/P1000923+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div></div><div>Malaysia is sometimes a very strange place. We are now in the middle of a political struggle between Anwar Ibrahim and Najib. Najib say Anwar is gay and Anwar say Najib is a killer. So Malaysians has to choose whether which one is better to be the Prime Minister.</div><br /><div></div><div>Actually I think so Najib is not involve in the murder of the Mongolian model. I think why he will so stupid to involve in killing when he can easily force the Mongolian to leave the country. Some more he is the deputy prime minister, can easily make her leave the country and cannot come back in.</div><br /><div></div><div>Whether Anwar is gay, I also don't know. He seem to be a religious preson and how can he sodomise anyone who seem to be younger and stronger than his. </div><br /><div></div><div>All this talk about gay this and gay that, is cause the blogger to say that this is Tahun Meliwat Malaysia. This is just people talking that this year is year to sodomise Malaysia. I think so this is giving the wrong impression because when all talking about sodomy here and there, this is leading to the poor economic. </div><br /><div>Actually I think some restaurant also are getting into the spirit of Tahun Meliwat Malaysia. You can see in the photo on top that Malaysia is a multiracial country and is accept outside influence in terms of foods. </div><br /><div>I htink after this, the Mamak stall will be selling Ramly bugger and also sodomee (which is a dish from the 1st time Anwar is accuse of gay in 1998). I think this is sure a new trend to have gay foods on the menu. </div><br /><div><br /></div><br /><div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-86505458093171068632008-07-13T12:44:00.004+08:002008-07-13T13:13:15.619+08:00Why you pay extra for oil on AirAsia<div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmNwfbm3lI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/ObVcx0jPE5g/s1600-h/P1000764.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222361107123330642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmNwfbm3lI/AAAAAAAAAaQ/ObVcx0jPE5g/s400/P1000764.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Hello hello. I sorry I never write for so long already. But I was very busy with my works and no mood to write my flog. Thank you to the so many people asking about my flog. I am very touch by your support. In the long time I never write, I still taking photo. So I will share with you some of the photo I was taking all this time. </div><div></div><br /><div>First I want to show you about my trip. I sit aeroplane go to Bangkok for holiday. And I choose AirAsia because it is cheap. It is not because I like the LCCT - acutaly I hate it because it feel so low class. But I got no choice because the AirAsia is half price of MAS! But now with the MAS cheap fare, I hope I no need to go to LCCT anymore.</div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222361106715911282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmNwd6eJHI/AAAAAAAAAaY/1w8H9GSRuXU/s400/P1000757.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>So I was quite excited about my trip. I hardly sit aeroplane, so I was all night very excited. The night before I not eating so much because I was excited, so when I am there at the airport, I actually quite hungry. But I didn't waste time eating there because I want to go and queue up to get onto the aeroplane early so that I can get a good seat. </div><br /><div>On the plane, AirAsia is actually very clever. They give you food, but you must pay for it. But it is still a good deal, because even if I pay RM8 for a nasi lemak, I still save more money than if I fly MAS where I can get the nasi lemak included in the ticket price. But if I pay RM700 for AirAsia and MAS is RM1400, which mean my nasi lemak is costing RM700! Actually I think that is too expensive. </div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222361111448516338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmNwviz9vI/AAAAAAAAAag/zoj12a8oMLc/s400/P1000766.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Somemore the AirAsia say that New Straits Times say that the nasi lemak is one of the best. Of course we don't know if New Straits Times is nasi lemak expert or not. Also don't know what means by "one of the best" - is it one of the best in Malaysia? one of the best in the world? or one of the best in Sepang? or one of the best in Air Asia plane? But still I think Tony Fernandes is a honest person, so if he say it is one of the best, I think so it must be the best one. So I order nasi lemak on the plane. The picture on the menu is looking very nice. <div> </div><div>But when I open up the nasi lemak, I am SHOCK! The nasi lemak in the picture and the one in the container are different looking. </div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222361114579194434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmNw7NOUkI/AAAAAAAAAao/QPamctBsvGU/s400/P1000758.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222361119106932930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp1.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmNxMEuIMI/AAAAAAAAAaw/rCloSTNCgiQ/s400/P1000759.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><br /><div>First you can see how oily the nasi lemak sambal is - the oil even come up to the side of the plate. And I cannot eat all the nasi lemak because the bottom part is all cover in oil. It look quite scary because I know that oily foods make you fat. And if I want to be fat, I hope it is not because of the AirAsia nasi lemak. I think so also that AirAsia always saying how the oil price go up that's why they charge fuel surcharge. I think so partly AirAsia is responsible for the cooking oil price go up because they use so much in their sambal. I don't know who this Pak Nasser is, but I think so he should be given a lesson in how to cook sambal with less oil.</div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5222361268727757266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/SHmN55dGudI/AAAAAAAAAa4/udPRPbv6x5o/s400/P1000763.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Second, where is the 2 piece of cucumber and one piece spring onion? I think so these are cheap things, so Air Asia shouldn't be stingy with cucumber and spring onion. Anyway, I eat the nasi lemak because I got no choice. I already pay for it, and of course I don't think they will give me a partial refund because got no cucumber and spring onion. I am a bit unhappy about it, so I hope so next time I can get a cheap MAS ticket and fly MAS instead. </div><div> </div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-11721537972083985482007-12-02T22:49:00.000+08:002007-12-03T00:20:21.245+08:00Tag for a meme<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R1LVk4DDE0I/AAAAAAAAAaI/wLfWUIL4pa0/s1600-R/P1000334.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5139404954280334146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R1LVk4DDE0I/AAAAAAAAAaI/8u7-JL3i8DI/s400/P1000334.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today I am so excited to be posting! That is because I am tag for a meme. This is very kindly done by <a href="http://sweetrosie.wordpress.com/">Sweetrosie</a>. Wah! I don't know about other floggers who Sweetrosie is tagging, but I feel very honour to be tag. </div><div></div><br /><div>So the rule for this meme is as follows:</div><br /><div>1. Link to the person that tagged you, and post the rules on your blog.</div><br /><div>2. Share 7 facts about yourself.</div><br /><div>3. Tag 7 random people at the end of your post, and include links to their blogs.</div><br /><div>4. Let each person know that they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><strong>7 Random Facts about Me</strong></div><br /><div>1. My favourite food is Hainanese Chicken Rice (with steam chicken, not roast chicken). I can eat it everyday and don't feel bored. </div><br /><div>2. Even though I have travel oversea a lot both for work and for holiday, my favourite holiday place is <a href="http://www.genting.com.my/">Genting Highlands</a>. I know a lots of people think that it is not a sophisticated place, but I like it because got so many activities to do, so many different types of people there, it is one of the cold place in Malaysia I can wear my wool clothes, and there has a lot of varieties of food to eat (from the bottom of the mountain and all the way to the top of the mountain).</div><br /><div>3. I read a lot of books, newspaper, blog, flog, magazine, to try and improve my English. That is one of the reason I keep this flog, so that I will write more in English.</div><br /><div>4. The place that I never go before which I very much want to visit is Melbourne. I hear so much about the lovely food and wine there, I see it on TV during the Melbourne F1 grandprix, I have friend there - I hope next year when AirAsiaX fly cheaply there, I can also visit Melbourne.</div><br /><div>5. My dream car is a Mercedes Benz sports car. I wish to drive a SL one day. It will be gold colour and I will also buy a "8888" number plate for the car.</div><br /><div>6. One skill whihc I make priority to acquire is to know how to take good photo. I am always very awe when I see the beautiful photo that people post on their flogs! I also want to be able to take good photo.<br /></div><div>7. I always very easy to be influence by advertisement. In these last 2 years, I change my skin care to SKII because the ladies who advertise for it have so lovely and fair complexion. I also buy a Tag Hauer watch because it is advertise by my favourite actor, Brad Pitt. </div><br /><div>I wish to tag the following people :</div><br /><div><a href="http://www.desertmodernism.com/blog/">Evil Jungle Prince</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://marimarimakan.blogspot.com/">Yatie</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://thamjiak.blogspot.com/">Tham Jiak</a></div><br /><a href="http://babeinthecitykl.blogspot.com/">Babe KL</a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://awhiffoflemongrass.blogspot.com/">Lyrical Lemongrass</a><br /></div><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://limmeiyen.blogspot.com/">MeiYen</a></div><br /><div><a href="http://eatingasia.typepad.com/">Eating Asia</a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>I hope they enjoy doing this meme also. Thank you once more to Sweetrosie.</div><br /><div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-47228312874819218482007-11-21T07:28:00.000+08:002007-11-21T07:49:13.195+08:00Fresh?<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R0Nu7rjXwvI/AAAAAAAAAZo/EV6LyumtOGI/s1600-h/P1000351.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135069971714917106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R0Nu7rjXwvI/AAAAAAAAAZo/EV6LyumtOGI/s400/P1000351.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I have not post for a long time because I am very busy at work. At the end of the year, we always have budget issue, so everyone is very busy trying to do that.</div><div> </div><div></div><br /><div>I choose the title "Fresh" for today post because I am going to see Kool and the Gang concert next week! Wah ... I hear their songs for so long already, and now I will get to see them live. But I am not sure if they can still sing since it is so long since they have a hit song. But I still remember their song "Fresh", which is one of my favourite. The Kool and the Gang is sharing the concert with James Ingram, so I think so the concert will be very interesting even though both of them are probably very old by now. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>But that is the thing about Malaysian people, we always like to make excuse for the things and people we like. I can say so that we are very generous people in our ways. You maybe thinking that that I am starting to talk cock especially when you see the photo of this post. But I am coming to the point.</div><div> </div><div> </div><div>The point is that, even though I like to eat fresh food, sometimes I am making excuse for the foods which is full of preservative. Because I like the taste very much! So once in a while I will eat the most unhealthy foods. But I tell myself, at least it is freshly cook. </div><div> </div><div>Here you can see some photo from my lunches. I love the Chinese sausage or lap cheong. There are generally 2 type of lap cheong - the liver type and the pork type. Both also I love to eat. The darker one is the liver sausage (see photo below), and the lighter colour is the pork sausage (top photo). Both are full of salts, and sugar and preservatives and fats, but I really love the taste.</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135069980304851714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R0Nu8LjXwwI/AAAAAAAAAZw/CvHB7NXVCCs/s400/P1000397.JPG" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>I also love the preserve vegetable. At home I never cook it, so when I go and eat economy rice, I am very happy if I see the preserve vege. I will surely scoop some onto my plate. This variety is the pickle mustard green, or "kiam chye". It is quite salty if it is not soak for a long time. Usually it is cook with a bit of pork and chilli and sugar which is very delicious. One time I eat it cook with ray fish, also very delicious. This is also full of salt and preservative.</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135070023254524706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R0Nu-rjXwyI/AAAAAAAAAaA/4P7UwBHSfMw/s400/P1000621.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Lastly, I also like chye poh, or pickle radish. There are usually 2 types - sweet and salty, and this is the salty type shown here. Sometimes it is fry wiht pork, sometimes it is stir fry with long bean, tofu, peanut and chilli, and sometime is fry with egg to make omelette. All also are my favourite. </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135070014664590098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/R0Nu-LjXwxI/AAAAAAAAAZ4/J07QGJcHH9w/s400/P1000620.JPG" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>So today I tell you about my secret addiction to preservative and unhealthy foods. I will think about that when I hear the song "Fresh" next week.</div><div> </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-25067371212282064902007-10-30T23:23:00.000+08:002007-11-07T00:26:25.072+08:00No low fat low sodium and low calories for fast foods<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RzCUZgHUCxI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/QaJIhodYTaw/s1600-h/P1000618.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129763141413243666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RzCUZgHUCxI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/QaJIhodYTaw/s400/P1000618.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>Today I have a lot of fun. My cousin sister from Sekinchan come to visit me. She is driving her new car - a gold colour Toyota Camry. She drive us to go for lunch.</div><br /><div>Because she is from small town, she always love to go to fast foods restaurant whenever she come to KL. So even though I don't really enjoy fast foods, I always accompany her to eat. But this time I choose the restaurant, which is Kenny Roger Roasters. Actually I choose Kenny Roger not because the food is very delicious or anything, but it is because they say that the food is low fat, low sodium and low calories. </div><br /><div>You may be wonder why I think about calories when I write a flog! But actually I am worry because many floggers I meet are all fat. So I also afraid that I will put on weight from keeping this flog. So I try and eat healthy when I can.<br /></div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127153497809357538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RydO8QHUCuI/AAAAAAAAAZA/5kpc6jLecb4/s400/P1000614.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127153489219422914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RydO7wHUCsI/AAAAAAAAAYw/PhzWhJjpElU/s400/P1000611.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127153484924455602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RydO7gHUCrI/AAAAAAAAAYo/EbLpbsRDYm4/s400/P1000610.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>So we order the 1/4 chicken, and 3 sides with the famous corn muffin. Me and my cousin sister have the same taste so we order the same side dishes. We order coleslaw, pasta salad and cucumber and tomato salad. And we also share a pilaf rice. All are very delicious. So we polish off everything from our plate including the delicious chicken gravy. I also love the corn muffin, which go very well with everything.</div><div> </div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127153480629488290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RydO7QHUCqI/AAAAAAAAAYg/FHb0zm6fv-s/s400/P1000608.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5127153493514390226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RydO8AHUCtI/AAAAAAAAAY4/P6hwdmSdphw/s400/P1000613.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129763150003178274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RzCUaAHUCyI/AAAAAAAAAZY/wMqi3P2GTCw/s400/P1000619.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>So we go home feeling very full and nice. But when I check on the internet on the number of calories that we just eat, I am shock! The meal which I just have is 1100 calories! And it have too many gram of fat and sodium. Thats mean that if I count my whole day limit of 2000 calories, I eat 55% of it in one meal (the website I see is using a total Daily Value of 2000 calories, and some fat and sodium formula which the US government use, and the number you see below for DV is mean % of Daily Value).</div><div></div><br /><div>The calorie are coming from:</div><div>1/4 chicken (I like drumstick and skin) - 270 cals (14% DV), 26% fat DV and 22% sodium DV</div><div>coleslaw - 225 cal(11% DV) 25% fat DV, 12% sodium DV</div><div>tomato cucumber salad - 125 cal (6% DV), 3% fat DV and 33% sodium DV</div><div>pasta salad - 230 cal (11.5% DV), 18% fat DV and 13% sodium DV</div><div>corn muffin- 163 cals (8% DV), 9% fat DV and 10% sodium DV</div><div>rice pilaf (1/2 portion) - 88 cals (4.5% DV), 4% fat DV and 6% sodium DV.</div><br /><div></div><div>So all in all is 1101 cals (55% DV), 85% fat DV and 96% sodium DV! I am really shock! How healthy is that? So I realise that the actual tagline is "lower fat, lower sodium and lower calories" and is not the same as "low fat, low sodium and low calories". Now I understand why people who eat a lot of fast food usually not healthy. People say that Kenny Rogers go for plastic surgery -thats why his looks change so much, but maybe it is change because he eat too much of his roasters roast chicken and side dishes!</div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5129763150003178290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RzCUaAHUCzI/AAAAAAAAAZg/GHjWoeHqPeM/s400/abc_kenny2_060321_ssh.jpg" border="0" /></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-24627092211124061032007-10-28T23:15:00.000+08:002007-10-28T23:42:07.653+08:00Very steam steamboat!<div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySrugHUChI/AAAAAAAAAXY/O1P5vKSRSEo/s1600-h/P1000580.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411091237407250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySrugHUChI/AAAAAAAAAXY/O1P5vKSRSEo/s400/P1000580.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> I just come back from dinner. As you may know, we in Malaysia celebrate the Hari Raya Aidilfitri 13 and 14 of this month. It is the Muslim festival to celebrate end of fasting month. So because we are a multiracial country who love food, this few weeks we have been invited to many open house.<br /><br /><div></div><div>To people not from Malaysia, maybe you are not familiar wiht open house concept. Basically it mean party with food, and it is usually during festive period. So in Malaysia, it is usual to have open house during Aidilfitri, Chinese New Year and Deepavali. Thats mean that during that time, your friends who celebrating the festival will invite you visit their homes. And there, they will prepared all the lovely foods which is according to the festival. </div><br /><div></div><div>So for Aidilfitri, you can taste many local favourites like rendang, laksa, lemang, ketupat, satay, and a lot more. Most of the foods is very fattening and use a lot of oils and coconut milk. Many flogs have write about about this kind of thing, so I don't do the same. Instead I can tell you that for a break, I have a very plain dinner tonight - steamboat.</div><div></div><br /><div>Steamboat is actually like a hotpot. The restaurant give you a hot pot of soup and some raw foods- meats, fish, vege etc and you just cook the food in the soup. It is very light and tasty. Tonight I eat steamboat with different. Instead of soup, inside the hotpot is porridge. In Malaysia when we say porridge it is not oats, but rice porridge (congee). This is a very delicious way of cooking the food and I enjoy very much. </div><br /><div></div><div>There is 3 of us eating, so we order only a little bit. We have the standard order for 2 people:</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411095532374562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySruwHUCiI/AAAAAAAAAXg/OfoXCgoKJCs/s400/P1000582.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><br /><div>and we add some meat tendon balls:</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411095532374578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySruwHUCjI/AAAAAAAAAXo/IJtIH5zIDe4/s400/P1000584.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div> </div><div>fish ball with oyster and "fatt choi" (like a thin seaweed which look a bit like pubic hair):</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411099827341890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySrvAHUCkI/AAAAAAAAAXw/t6e3uXhxAC8/s400/P1000586.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>mussles:</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411598043548274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySsMAHUCnI/AAAAAAAAAYI/hLIx3gllyo0/s400/P1000588.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><div> </div><div>slice mutton - it has many fats in it, but it taste more nicer this way:</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411104122309202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySrvQHUClI/AAAAAAAAAX4/gRqCu-n9oIc/s400/P1000590.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><br /><div>slice pork neck which the restaurant say is imported, but not say import from where:</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411593748580962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySsLwHUCmI/AAAAAAAAAYA/6sfQ8Hn8eMo/s400/P1000583.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>pumpkin (which you can see is the yellow thing in the porridge):</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411602338515602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySsMQHUCpI/AAAAAAAAAYY/B_NEUVXBKUY/s400/P1000593.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div>pig kidney and some vege. The sauce they give is 2 types - chilli sauce (red colour)and very hot chilli sauce (green colour):<br /></div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5126411602338515586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RySsMQHUCoI/AAAAAAAAAYQ/eiatRdgwYk8/s400/P1000578.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>When you are cooking the foods, the porridge is becoming tastier. Also because the restaurant put some MSG into the foods or it is already there in the so-called balls and other process foods. But all in all, it is a very delicious meal, and it is a different thing from the normal steamboat. </div><div></div><br /><div>Like we like to say in Malaysia - very steam lah!! (meaning "it's great" or "it's hot" or "it's cool").</div><div> </div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-33036664121559578422007-10-23T23:56:00.000+08:002007-10-24T00:22:40.972+08:00Italy come to Malaysia<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rx4fQeTHXkI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/0-9i7RU-iXI/s1600-h/P1000562.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124567793865809474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rx4fQeTHXkI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/0-9i7RU-iXI/s400/P1000562.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I want to continue more about the story of I visit Pavilion shopping centre. As you can read below I specially go there to see Dr Mahathir bakery. But near to the bakery is a very lovely cafe. I think this is my new favourite cafe.</div><br /><div></div><div>Some reader of this flog may not know that I love drinking coffee. My favourite coffee is latte. Last time, before Kuala Lumpur is become a sophisticated city, all the coffee I can find here is only the nescafe or the local coffee serve in the coffee shop or the filter coffee. But one day, it is all change by the sneaky tactic of the cigarette company ...</div><div></div><br /><div>You see in Malaysia they start to ban cigarette advertising. Of course for a long time they already ban advertisement with people smoking, but the cigarette company is very smart. They advertise other thing with their brand name so that it is not a cigarette advertisement but is still their brand. Example is the "Salem High Country" (which got all sorts of mountain scenery as if smoking make the air pure). Or "Mild Seven Adventure" (which is a travel scene on the sea which as if smoking is a very fun thing). Or "Benson and Hedges Gold Centre" (which is a creepy advertisement with a figure look like the devil blowing a pipe). So when they stop all that on tv, the Benson and Hedges is still very smart - they open up a cafe. </div><div></div><br /><div>So the Benson and Hedges cafe is open in town, and one of the thing they introduce to us is the Italian style coffee. I think it is to show that smoking is like La Dolce Vita. So that is the first time I am drinking the so called "latte", "cappucino", "espresso" and etc. Of course it is a very big adventure to me - when they give me the menu I don't know what all the coffees is, so I have to learn by trial and error. I find out that the one which is very worth it is the latte (very big glass), and the one which is not worth it is the espresso (very small cup).</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124567789570842146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rx4fQOTHXiI/AAAAAAAAAXA/LgMwbUr5DOU/s400/P1000559.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>This new cafe at the Pavilion which I think is first in Malaysia is call "Espressamente illy". You may have see before the illy coffee in the supermarket, but illy not only make coffee powder. It also open cafe selling their own coffee. So I read on the illy website that it have more than 120 cafe, which 70 is oversea and 50 is in Italy. This is probably a franchise because the bill at the back say "La Bodega" so I think it is open by the people who open La Bodega. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124567793865809458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rx4fQeTHXjI/AAAAAAAAAXI/8kskqZwZOoI/s400/P1000560.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>The place is very beautiful decor and classy looking. But it is a bit disorganise, maybe because it just open and it is very crowded. But it is quite OK to stand at the counter to self-service because the gwailoh making the coffee is very good looking. So I don't mind waiting for my coffee. </div><div></div><br /><div>I order a cafe latte which is serve in a glass - look a bit like martini glass (you can see the first picture above). The coffee is a bit expensive, but it is very good quality coffee. I recommend everyone to go there and try it. </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-69705919037853036472007-10-17T01:00:00.000+08:002007-10-17T01:40:06.835+08:00Look East Again<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxT0neTHXhI/AAAAAAAAAW4/5yeVtt4HocY/s1600-h/P1000547.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121987635212410386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxT0neTHXhI/AAAAAAAAAW4/5yeVtt4HocY/s400/P1000547.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I say before on this flog that I love Japanese food because of Dr Mahathir, our former prime minister. Now I think I love Japanese bread also because of Dr Mahathir.<br /><br /><div></div><div>Dr Mahathir when he first become Prime Minister introduce to Malaysia a new policy call "Look East". Thats mean that we Malaysia (truly Asia) should look at other Asian country as example of success, and not only to the Western country. Example, Japan - which at that time in the 1980-something is a successful economy, not like today. So all of us look east, and now is already a habit to look east. </div><br /><div></div><div>But one thing about Dr Mahathir, when he say something he really mean it. Until today he still look east. Why I say this is because recently Dr Mahathir do a bakery business. The bakery is selling item baked in Japanese style. His business partner is Japanese name Jiro Suzuki. I think this is the same Jiro as the one last time is running a debt venture fund in Malaysia. He move from one dough to another. </div><br /><div></div><div>Anyway, Dr Mahathir first open his bakery call "The Loaf" in Langkawi. You may not realise that Langkawi today is successful because Dr Mahathir give a lot of encouragement. Like the LIMA air show and the tax free of Langkawi must say thank you to Dr Mahathir. </div><div></div><br /><div>Now The Loaf is open in KL at the new shopping centre call "Pavilion". It is a very big and luxury shopping centre and I go there during our recent hari raya holiday. I straight go to Dr Mahathir bakery because I read many thing on his daughter's blog about it. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121987626622475762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxT0m-THXfI/AAAAAAAAAWo/anA3NFvX0wA/s400/P1000554.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121986711794441650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxTzxuTHXbI/AAAAAAAAAWI/xQzBtGJd1-s/s400/P1000556.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>It is a lovely location facing the main road. And you can sit on the sidewalk to enjoy the food and drinks. The decoration inside is also very nice. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121986716089408962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxTzx-THXcI/AAAAAAAAAWQ/1vUNQ9GDDCs/s400/P1000553.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>As you can see the bakery is pack with people of all kinds - old, young, local, foreign. And all are mentioning Dr Mahathir name. So maybe he is like a magnet. And people are buying the breads like nobody's business. Even though the price is quite expensive, everyone is taking the bread like it is free. I think so sure this bakery is making many profits. You can see here that the bread looks very lovely but it is cost RM20 a loaf! (To compare one normal wholemeal bread loaf is RM2.50). I am not sure why if this is Japanese bakery why the name of the bread in French - it mean "country cheese", but the ingredient are not country-style or cheese. If I open a bakery next time also I will give all foreign name to the bread so that it sound more high class and I can charge more money for it.</div><div> </div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121986686024637826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxTzwOTHXYI/AAAAAAAAAVw/nqJHPXplMa4/s400/P1000543.jpg" border="0" /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121986698909539746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxTzw-THXaI/AAAAAAAAAWA/Fv01E2jLgIw/s400/P1000545.jpg" border="0" /><br />And to make sure it is high class, the Loaf also give a very nice tray and bag for you to take away your bakery goods.<br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121987630917443074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxT0nOTHXgI/AAAAAAAAAWw/H_bHWwNQe1Q/s400/P1000564.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Since so many people rushing for the bread, I just grab whatever I can - so I buy 2 croissants and 1 gorgonzola + rosemary bun. The croissant is RM4.60 each, and it is only normal size. I think it is expensive. But when I taste it, I am fall in love with it - you can really taste the butter in the croissant. Very lovely and flaky. But the gorgonzola cheese bun (RM3) is disappoint - it is dry like it bake for too long in the oven. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121986690319605138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxTzweTHXZI/AAAAAAAAAV4/Bz3mOmzwXz4/s400/P1000541.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>Here is a photo of the baker. He is making the bread at the Loaf bakery itself. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121987622327508434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxT0muTHXdI/AAAAAAAAAWY/aUJj3f1aZbs/s400/P1000548.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>I feel like telling the baker that the bread is bake too long, but since this is only the first few weeks it is open, I think we can give chance to the baker.</div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5121987622327508450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RxT0muTHXeI/AAAAAAAAAWg/DHSvALrrzZU/s400/P1000549.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-41487031549408468842007-10-08T00:03:00.000+08:002007-10-08T00:44:55.187+08:00Giles Coren - You don't know much about char koay teow lah!<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwkMFeTHXVI/AAAAAAAAAVY/qzp4h5oU58k/s1600-h/charkoayteow1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118635739655396690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwkMFeTHXVI/AAAAAAAAAVY/qzp4h5oU58k/s400/charkoayteow1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sometime I read the foreign newspaper to try and imrpove my English. I usually read online. I like reading the UK newspaper with the same name as our Malaysian one - so I read the Times, the Sun and hte Mail. Since I start writing this flog, I read the food page of all those newspaper.</div><div></div><br /><div>I read the column by the Times writer, Giles Coren. He is writing something like my style of writing hwich is copying the Jeremy Clarkson style. He usually also start his article talking cock about something else not related to food, then after 5-6 paragraphs only start to talk about food. </div><div></div><br /><div>Usually I like to read about what he write. He is quite funny but he always sound like he think he know a lot about everything. I usually believe that he know a lot of thing because he write for the famous newspaper. But I realise that many gwailoh don't really know what they are talking about, but they can sound like they know a lot. Very pandai to talk! It is the same thing as if you watch on tv the cooking and travel show by Keith Floyd. He talk like he know very much and he can cook very well in so many country! So I believe until I see the episode he film in Malaysia. And he cooking so-called Malaysian food on tv. Then I know that he is also talking rubbish. I cannot imagine the taste of the food that he make! In the first place, not like Malaysian food, and in the 2nd place, even if he make his own recipe, the food is sure to taste very weird because of the way he cook and the ingredient that he combine in the food.</div><div></div><br /><div>So I was talking about Giles Coren. You must read his <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/food_and_drink/giles_coren/article2308566.ece">article on a Malaysian restaurant </a>in London, the so-called "Kiasu". Already when I read this, I know something is wrong. Everyone know that Kiasu is a word which is more Singaporean than Malaysian. If I am not mistake, there is a cartoon book on "Kiasu" which is definitely Singaporean. </div><br /><div></div><div>Anyway, the article is talking partly about his visit to KL where he is taken to see some prostitute and after that, he go and eat char koay teow. At first I think - "Wah! This gwailoh also like the same food as me." But then after reading his article, actually I don't know what kind of char koay teow he is eating. I show you the main part here :</div><div></div><div><em><br /><blockquote><em>"Mostly, though, the marathon eating sessions came at char kuay teow stalls dotted across the city, many of which we rushed to in a fleet of cabs straight from the previous joint, if we heard word that it had something special to offer. </em><br /><br /><em><strong>They’re not clean and they’re not pretty. They’re all about<br />side-alley canyons pocked with air-con units pumping legionnaires’ disease into the foetid night</strong>, rats, plastic crockery in dirty washbowls, young men looking old, standing at giant, sparking, charcoal-fired woks cooking as long as they can before their eyeballs melt, chunky slimy noodles, crunchy pork crackling, egg, shrimp, <strong>little bowls of fiery chopped chilli in soy sauce on the side</strong>, the taste of fire and earth, your own sweat in your eyes and nose, and cool Tiger beer in your throat. So much scarier than a cheap hooker with bad tatts, you’d think, and yet we lapped it up."</em><br /></blockquote></em></div><br /><div>Of course I know that talking about eating char koay teow is not really interesting, so he must make like it is an adventure. He never tell his reader that char koay teow is so easily found in many coffee shop or cafe or even hotel restaurant that he doesn't need to go to the side alley to find the stall. And then, for everyone who eat char koay teow before, when have you see it serve with "little bowls of firey chopped chilli in soy sauce on the side"? Actually the only place I see it serve like that is in hotel restaurant. That is so Malaysian style, NOT! Which make me think that actually the Giles Coren only eat char koay teow in hotel restaurant, so he must make a side alley story to make it more intersting. </div><div></div><br /><div>Either that or actually he don't really know how to eat char koay teow, so he always eat it with the chop chillies with soy sauce. Because you can read in his restaurant review later that that is what he is doing in the Kiasu restaurant too. </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118635739655396706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwkMFeTHXWI/AAAAAAAAAVg/KVRNy_zpnPE/s400/charkoayteow4.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5118635743950364018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwkMFuTHXXI/AAAAAAAAAVo/WMrV29k_Igo/s400/charkoayteow+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>If anyone know Mr Giles Coren, you can please tell him that that is not the way to eat char koay teow. If he want it spicy, the chilli paste is add into the char koay teow from the beginning. If he eat it the way he write about it, most Malaysian will know that he is eating it in a hotel restaurant or a Malaysian restaurant with a Singapore name which also serve ngoh hiang (which we hardly get in Malaysian restaurant, but easily find in Singapore). It is so Keith Floyd.</div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-52775883972023706252007-10-05T23:12:00.000+08:002007-10-05T23:39:12.143+08:00Wave your fork and spoon<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwZZxeTHXQI/AAAAAAAAAUw/78cWqSWVggg/s1600-h/P1000393.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117876733034847490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwZZxeTHXQI/AAAAAAAAAUw/78cWqSWVggg/s400/P1000393.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>One thing about me, I am always interest in Politic. Why? Because I think politician are very interesting people - the thing they say and the thing they do sometimes very funny. </div><div></div><br /><div>Not so long ago, the main Malay politics party in Malaysia (UMNO) have the yearly meeting. The newspaper showing the UMNO Youth chief is waving a traditional sword (keris) and making a speech. Many paper say this is not a good thing because other non Malay people in Malaysia can feel threaten. </div><div></div><br /><div>Actually whatever people say, I am not concern about this waving of keris. Why? Because I think that is only for show. And why Malaysians feel threaten? I am thinking that Malaysian people are very daring and brave because many times I see Malaysian doing things which are more danger themself than looking at someone wave a keris in the air. </div><div></div><br /><div>One good example is when Malaysian eating with fork and knife. I have see so many time people use the knife to put food into the mouth. Some times they even do that with steak knife. Even if the parents never teach them the proper way to eat with fork and knife and never tell them not to do that, I think so common sense will tell them that it is dangerous to put a knife in the mouth, in case cut the lips or cut the tongue or make like a kavadi through the cheek. With this kind of daring behaviour, you can see what I mean about not be scared about the keris.</div><br /><div></div><div>So I think so that it is lucky that no need to use a knife to eat most of our lovely Malaysian food. Most dishes need only chopstick or fork and spoon. Like eating chicken rice. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117876737329814802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwZZxuTHXRI/AAAAAAAAAU4/CP29LHzY2c8/s400/P1000390.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Chicken rice is a famous dish in Malaysia. The rice is cooked specially wiht chicken stock and some ginger and small onion. Chicken fat is also used to make it more fagrant. Then the chicken is either steam (actually it is simmer) or roast (sometimes fry). </div><div></div><br /><div>Sometimes the chicken rice stall also serve chicken liver and gizzard, roast pork, bbq pork, liver sausage, bean sprout. It is also tradition to serve some chicken soup with the rice - usually some vegetable is added like watercress. The traditional sauces to eat with the rice is fresh chilli sauce, ginger sauce and soya sauce.</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117876741624782114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwZZx-THXSI/AAAAAAAAAVA/k58aDSy3I2Q/s400/P1000389.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117876754509684018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwZZyuTHXTI/AAAAAAAAAVI/Rp5MLP-lYHw/s400/P1000391.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><div>Here you can see the chicken rice with roast chicken and bbq pork. The soup is watercress and the sauce is ginger. </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5117876754509684034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwZZyuTHXUI/AAAAAAAAAVQ/VP4kOjKNsGk/s400/P1000392.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>It is very delicious and I enjoy eating very much. I never care about waving knife or sword, I just wave my fork and spoon.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-3087972540685301632007-10-01T22:39:00.001+08:002007-10-01T23:00:29.346+08:00CSI Changi<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwEKseTHXPI/AAAAAAAAAUo/vxF3zYsBO-M/s1600-h/P1000441.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116382410833353970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwEKseTHXPI/AAAAAAAAAUo/vxF3zYsBO-M/s400/P1000441.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sorry I never post for so long. I very busy at work and then I go holiday in Singapore. It was a lovely time there, and I love Singapore very much. </div><br /><div></div><div>This post, I'm not writing about food because I didn't take many food photo in singapore. But since I can see that there are reader from many different country visit my flog, I have a funny photo to show you. </div><div> </div><div> </div><div>You see, I take plane to go to Singapore, so I land in the world's loveliest airpot - Changi. It is a very nice place - so many shops and restaurant that sometimes I feel like staying in the airport so I can take my time to look at all the nice thing that they are selling. I think there are other people think like me. But the only different is that they actually overnight whole night in the airport. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116382410833353954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwEKseTHXOI/AAAAAAAAAUg/dx_f5-xfuBs/s400/P1000437.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Either that, or they already die in the airport and I am taking a CSI photo of the crime scene. In case you are thinking maybe it is early in the morning and they are sleepy, I can tell you the time of the photo is 9.23 a.m. Maybe what they need is this:</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5116382406538386642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RwEKsOTHXNI/AAAAAAAAAUY/FMsv0Ngd7TQ/s400/P1000327.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Actually I can see the Changi airport is very good in giving places for overnight people to sleep. But maybe these people not comfortable sleeping in the nice chair, or they use to sleeping on the floor. Lucky I can see that they are quite fat, so it is not uncomfortable for them to sleep on the floor. </div><div></div><br /><div>It is funny that all people from all over the world pass through Changi airport, but some of them also pass out. If any reader know who they are, and they still alive, can you please tell them their photo is on my flog.</div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-51626318478468524912007-09-23T00:32:00.001+08:002007-09-23T00:56:56.945+08:00Chinese Taipei Food<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvVIxuTHXHI/AAAAAAAAATs/a96fLEodWCw/s1600-h/P1000358.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113072971028061298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvVIxuTHXHI/AAAAAAAAATs/a96fLEodWCw/s400/P1000358.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sometimes I think the world is a very stupid place and people are mad. Today I am thinking that because I read hte news that China nad Taiwan cannot make agreement to let the Olympic torch go through Taiwan. </div><br /><div></div><div>Actually this quarrel between China and Taiwan already going on for long time. Ever since the KMT and Chiang Kai Shek run away from China to go to start a new life and country in Taiwan. Of course China under Mao Tse Tung not like it and never recognise Taiwan as a separate country. So until today China never recognise Taiwan as a separate country. Of course to me this is something I cannot understand. So many thing that Mao Tse Tung do already condemn or thrown away, example the Cultural Revolution, how it is no good for individual to be rich, anti-intellectual, the Gang of Four and many other thing. It is very difficult for me to understand why still thinking like Mao Tse Tung that China cannot recognise Taiwan as a country. Many things I don't understand, so I don't really think so much about it. </div><br /><div></div><div>Anywya, I want to tell you about Taiwan food that I try recently. Since I am reading the Taiwan is allow by China to take part in the 2008 Olympic as "Chinese Taipei" and not Taiwan, I am calling the food "Chinese Taipei Food". But in reality, it is still the same food, just like it is the same athlete taking part in the Olympic. </div><br /><div></div><div>This is a Chinese Taipei food restaurant in KL in Imbi area. It is call Fong Lye and the food is different from the usual Chinese food we eat in KL which is mainly the Cantonese style. So the dishes are quite unusual. We eat rice and a few dishes.</div><div></div><br /><div>The first dish is a clams with basil leaf. The chef put some ginger and chilli in it also, so it is a little spicy. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113072975323028642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvVIx-THXKI/AAAAAAAAAUE/jru_bdWwCGw/s400/P1000405.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>We also have the pork stew Chinese Taipei style. And a fried fish with sauce. The sauce has some bean in it call "sweet bean", but actually it is a bit sour. I am not sure what kind of bean it is, but it has a seed inside. I think it is a type of fruit or berry.</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113072975323028626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvVIx-THXJI/AAAAAAAAAT8/N3TguXaQslw/s400/P1000404.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113072979617995954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvVIyOTHXLI/AAAAAAAAAUM/QHZYC5HVOWI/s400/P1000407.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Finally we also have a chive with mince pork. This is a bit salty with some bean paste. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5113072971028061314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvVIxuTHXII/AAAAAAAAAT0/Uek2jWT7Uc4/s400/P1000401.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>It is all very delicious and lovely taste. I think many people eating it will not care if it is coming from China or Chinese Taipei, but everyone will just think of it as Chinese food. To me it doesn't matter whether it is 2 country or 1 country.</div><div> </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-82886259689410398352007-09-19T23:14:00.000+08:002007-09-19T23:21:42.944+08:00Seafood noodle at Segambut<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvE992uDQuI/AAAAAAAAASk/tWVw9U-_pZs/s1600-h/P1000375.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111935184912204514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvE992uDQuI/AAAAAAAAASk/tWVw9U-_pZs/s400/P1000375.jpg" border="0" /></a> <br /><div>For those readers who are not from Malaysia, you may already know that Malaysia is a country make up of 2 parts. The first part is call Peninsular Malaysia which is join to Thailand in the north and Singapore to the south (by a bridge call the causeway). The 2nd part is part of the island of Borneo where we have 2 more states call Sabah and Sarawak and one federal territory call Labuan. </div><br /><div>Because we have sea almost all around us (the Strait of Malacca and hte South China Sea), Malaysians love seafood. We love fish, prawn, squid, octopus, mussel, clam, cockle etc. You just have to see Malaysian people at a buffet. The 1st thing they do is straight go and attack the seafood and grab as much as they can. After that they will eat hte rice and become full very quick. </div><div><br />Malaysian people at a buffet is not a very good thing. On one hand you can say that we love food and not shy to show it, on one hand you can say that Malaysian people are veyr greedy and got no consideration for other people. Why I say this is because recently only I go to a buffet in a very nice hotel in Kuala Lumpur call Equatorial. Now, the Equatorial got a very nice Japanese restaurant call "Kampachi" and every Sunday they organise a “all you can grab" buffet lunch. Actually it is a "all you can eat" buffet but it is the same thing. For sure you can see all the ugly Malaysian behaviour - what I cannot stand the most is the rude people who grab all the tempura prawn the moment they are fry. I also want to grab some but I am not fast enough, so I usually have to eat the tempura prawn as dessert when everyone is too full to rush. Some more the worse thing is that they grab so much food and never finish. I am sure if you add up all the food that is taken but never eat, you can feed another 30-40 people. </div><br /><div>Anyway, because I didn't get enough prawns and seafood that day at Kampachi, I decide to go for seafood noodle at Segambut. This is a place very famous in KL. They have lovely seafood - fish, prawn, mussel and lala (clam), squid - and you can choose the type of soup you like - clear soup, curry or tomyam.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111935180617237202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvE99muDQtI/AAAAAAAAASc/qHcFbjgFmus/s400/P1000374.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111935184912204530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RvE992uDQvI/AAAAAAAAASs/_Aal74LegXU/s400/P1000376.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>My favorite is clear soup. And the seafood is a lot. I have my noodle dry - you can see that it is mix with soya sauce. It is very delicious and the best thing is I don't have to be rushing with other people to get the food. What a lovely lunch.</div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-27776777546748787912007-09-18T22:22:00.000+08:002007-09-18T23:18:37.282+08:00What a sad day<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_pitu2_xI/AAAAAAAAASU/kzBSZTtEC3k/s1600-h/P1000096.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111560884689764114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_pitu2_xI/AAAAAAAAASU/kzBSZTtEC3k/s400/P1000096.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><div>It is quite sad today when I read the newspaper. It say that food prices are going to become more expensive all around the world. It is because the price of corn is going up. Of course the paper is quoteing the experts and saying it is because population increase, climate change and all that. </div><div> </div><div></div><div></div><div>But I am sure that the price of corn going up is because of President Bush. I think so the paper don't dare to say that becaues the USA spend so much money on buying weapons and fighting a stupid war in Iraq and chasing Osama bin Laden through the countryside of Afghan that they don't spend enough money on agriculture. I don't think so the agriculture is a thing that can win many vote or sell many newspaper or magazine, so not many people are thinking about it. I think so that is the real reason why the price of corn go up. If I am this President Bush mother, I will be very sad - give birth to one son who grow up to cause such a horrible mess all around the world. </div><br /><div>I know some readers will think - nevermind I don't eat much corn, so I am ok. But it is still sad news for you. The corn is use in so many things that you sure will feel it. Example, corn is use many foods to make it sweet (the high fructose corn syrup is use in almost all process foods). Corn also is the food for many animals. So if corn price go up, beef price also go up, chicken also etc. It will also causes the price of milk to go up, so anything which got milk in it like ice cream and etc all wil also go up. Of course the article try to say also the milk price going up is because the China people now like milk product. Thank goodness many Chinese lactose intolerant - drink milk sure lau sai (diarhoea). So the demand cannot be that much. </div><br /><div>Is this mean that in Malaysia our food will also become more expensive? It is quite sad for me at dinner tonight. I drink my tea with milk (going to be more expensive). </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111560017106370306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_owNu2_wI/AAAAAAAAASM/n4MH0LuUJFQ/s400/P1000356.jpg" border="0" /> <div>I eat the chicken (more expensive). </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111560008516435666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_ovtu2_tI/AAAAAAAAAR0/H9Qxf5HCs0A/s400/P1000082.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>I also have pork (more expensive). </div><div><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111560004221468354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_ovdu2_sI/AAAAAAAAARs/H_cvVDD2HhM/s400/charsiew.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>I think of my breakfast last week (more expensive). </div><div><br /></div><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111560012811402994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_ov9u2_vI/AAAAAAAAASE/8FMkdoq66sY/s400/P1000335.jpg" border="0" /> <div>What a sad day. </div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-76558833406398795962007-09-18T21:02:00.000+08:002007-09-18T21:45:32.423+08:00Malaysian "Buffet"<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_TwNu2_mI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/n0JoT2Tu_yA/s1600-h/P1000355.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536927362186850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_TwNu2_mI/AAAAAAAAAQ8/n0JoT2Tu_yA/s400/P1000355.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Sorry I long silence. I quite busy working. But during the time I not writing, I was eating and taking nice photo to show all of you.<br /></div><div>The last post I am writing about America. And I found a nice picture of the Golden Gate Bridge to put here. If you look at the Flavours magazine you can see what I mean about the bridge.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536927362186866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_TwNu2_nI/AAAAAAAAARE/CZ1dW7SE2xU/s400/SanFrancisco130p.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Talking about America make me nostalgia. I think of the first time I go there. It was such a lovely place. I am so impress by the shops and the many things that the shops has. But pity that time I am only a student, so I don't have the money to buy many thing. And I also don't have the money to eat many nice foods. In fact most of the time I eat with my friends at cheap shops. Of course not to say that cheap foods is not nice, you can see from this flog that the cheap food in Malaysia is very delicious. But in America that time, I am eating a lot of economy rice.</div><br /><div>Of course in America they don't call it "economy rice" like here in Malaysia. Americans are smarter than that. They got more style. And they know how to make nice names for things. So they call it a "buffet". The first time I eat at this buffet, I am thinking I can fill my plastic container with as much food as I like. So when it comes to the time to pay, I was so shock! They weigh my food and charge me by how heavy is the food. USD3.99 a pound, I think, or more. I never see before a buffet that you have to pay for the food by the pounds. In Singapore they make you pay for the food you don't eat by the weight but that is a different thing - it is to make sure you don't simply grab all the food and waste by don't eat it. I feel so wasted and so not worth it because I took chicken drumstick and pork ribs. If I know that is the way they charge, I will sure choose the chicken with no bone and the pork fillet instead.<br /><br /><div></div>In Malaysia, we also got a local "buffet". It is usually call "economy rice". I also don't know why they call it "economy rice", maybe it is because it is not expensive. But that depend on what dishes you choose. If you choose chicken or fish or pork, sure it iwll cost more. But if you choose the cheap things like vegetable and tofu, then it is costing less. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111538005398978178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_Uu9u2_oI/AAAAAAAAARM/s7UkhZnTXV8/s400/P1000359.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>I choose many dishes which I like. You can scoop as much of the dishes as you like and the owner will charge you according to what you choose and how much you take. You can see my lunch here. </div><div> </div><div>There is the chinese sausage which is slice up. </div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536764153429554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_Tmtu2_jI/AAAAAAAAAQk/vnNrNK86QXE/s400/P1000352.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><br />Also I choose vege - this is chinese preserve vegetable, kangkung (water convulvus), and local brussel sprout.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536755563494930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_TmNu2_hI/AAAAAAAAAQU/dVoHR9lLzIo/s400/P1000349.jpg" border="0" /><br /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536772743364178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_TnNu2_lI/AAAAAAAAAQ0/usJJT1up8lw/s400/P1000354.jpg" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536768448396866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_Tm9u2_kI/AAAAAAAAAQs/FGIAukhsbiY/s400/P1000353.jpg" border="0" /><br />For meat, I choose sweet and sour pork also. I think it is pork; it could also be chicken.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5111536759858462242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Ru_Tmdu2_iI/AAAAAAAAAQc/7-Me0ANqI0o/s400/P1000350.jpg" border="0" /><br />All this is cost RM4.50 which is very reasonable. The only thing is that I think the stall owner never display the prices so if you smile nicely at him, maybe he will charge you lesser a bit.Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-67230875350785509082007-09-12T00:29:00.000+08:002007-09-12T01:27:06.597+08:00American breakfast<div><br /></div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubL1G1493I/AAAAAAAAAPs/uv8000vJzH4/s1600-h/P1000329.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108994940528555890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubL1G1493I/AAAAAAAAAPs/uv8000vJzH4/s400/P1000329.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /> I love America very much. It is such a lovely place to visit and I have been visit a few times already. The food there is very good and fresh and the portion is so big that I save money because 1 dish share by 2 people. I also love the way American talk to me - they always talk loudly and slowly so that I can understand what they say. They are also shock when I can answer them correctly. I also like American spelling because it make everything easier like color, flavor, alright, and other words.<br /><br /><div>One of my favourite place in America is California. I love best in California is San Francisco, which is a very beautiful city. Everyone sure know the famous landmark in San Francisco call the Golden Gate Bridge. It is a very beautiful thing to see if it is not cover by fog. But you will be shock just like me when I tell you a story about how some people not know the Golden Gate Bridge. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108994940528555874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubL1G1492I/AAAAAAAAAPk/ViNfsuqP-Gs/s400/P1000328.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>As you know already, every weekend, I like to eat a nice breakfast. This weekend, I eat breakfast at Coffee Bean. The Coffee Bean serve very good toast for breakfast - it is call "Tasty Toast Treat". </div><div> </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108994944823523218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubL1W1495I/AAAAAAAAAP8/N-vwLDwlzE0/s400/P1000331.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>Actually it is the panini bread - you can see that the bread is not even - there is uneven lines on it so that the butter and jam stick more easily. I like the butter and jam here at Coffee Bean - it is very good quality jam. </div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108994944823523202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubL1W1494I/AAAAAAAAAP0/wvN2cfhJYO4/s400/P1000330.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>The only thing is the coffee is not so good because it is the cheap filter type, it is not espresso. I think so this is a very stupid thing to try and save money on not giving espresso with the breakfast set. I read in the books that the coffee is actually the cheapest thing in the shop. What is expensive is the decoration and the furniture and the cups and the name "Coffee Bean", so I hope the the Coffee Bean people reading this will think carefully about this. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108995138097051570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubMAm1497I/AAAAAAAAAQM/SBv1XPq6gTM/s400/P1000336.jpg" border="0" /> <div>Actually there is a Dome next door. The Dome coffee is very good - and they serve the very good espresso. The bread also not bad. But the bad thing is that they give you the cheap jam which is taste like cheap jam. Last time, they give the good jam call "beerenburg" which is imported from Australia, but nowadays they give the cheap type which if I am not mistaken is make in China. Of course I am not eating the make in China jam in case they put cardboard and other things into it. So I think better to eat at Coffee Bean. I hope the Dome people reading this will think carefully about their jam. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5108994944823523234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RubL1W1496I/AAAAAAAAAQE/mO69wYCHJjI/s400/P1000337.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><div>I am actually very happy with my breakfast because I am sitting there eating the delicious bread and the good butter and jam. And it is also very coincidence that I am reading a story about the Ferry Building Marketplace in San Francisco. It is on page 94 of the september-october 2007 copy of Flavours magazine. I like hte photos very much because it is taken by a famous photographer in Malaysia call "Dave Hagerman". He is the photographer for hte flog "Eating Asia". </div><br /><div>I am thinking it is very coincidence because The Coffee Bean is also originally from California. So ngam! But then I see a terrible mistake in the magazine. Everybody sure know the Golden Gate Bridge. NOT! (I still remember how to tell a joke like Borat). There is a picture of a bridge on page 95 which the magazine say is the Golden Gate Bridge, but it is definitely not right. The Golden Gate Bridge only got 2 towers to support the bridge, and this one got at least 3. Somemore the towers don't have criss-cross design, so sure not the correct bridge. I am shock that people who write the caption don't know that. Maybe because the photo is taken at sunset and hte bridge looks like golden so Flavours call it the Golden Gate Bridge. But the proofreader and the editor must remember that all that glitter is not gold. Maybe it is the Bay Bridge becaues it look like a double decker bridge in the photo. </div><br /><div></div><div>But I don't let that spoil my breakfast and I enjoy every mouth of the toast. </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-86815010409133746562007-09-07T00:25:00.001+08:002007-09-07T01:06:20.023+08:00Eating outdoors<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAw3m1490I/AAAAAAAAAPU/hzoq_8x4-NE/s1600-h/P1000295+(450+x+600).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107135709315659586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAw3m1490I/AAAAAAAAAPU/hzoq_8x4-NE/s400/P1000295+(450+x+600).jpg" border="0" /></a><br />One thing good about Malaysia is the weather. It never really change. The temperature is 30 degrees C plus so all the time the weather is hot. Sometimes it rain, sometimes cloudy, but the temperature never usually fall below 25 degrees C even at night. <div><br /></div><div>Food and weather are always link. Because it is always warm, I think so htat its why we in Malaysia have food available all the time. Because it is convenient for people to go out and eat anytime. I have been before to cold country like England. Especially in the winter so terrible and cold. Nobody want to go out late at night and eat unless they are desperate. Whereas in Malaysia - 24 hours also people selling food and people eating in the stalls and restaurants. It is because the weather is comfortable at night - cooler so people feel comfortable to go out to eat and drink late at night. </div><div><br /></div><div>Today I will show you eating outdoors Malaysia style. My work make me always running here and there, I usually find that I must eat on the way going back to the office. So I eat somewhere along the way by myself usually. </div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107134794487625442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAwCW149uI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4bM81dEnMPc/s400/P1000301.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div><br /></div><div></div><div>One place I like to stop by is within the Lake Garden in KL. It is a large park area inside the city. You can see that there are many big trees around and it is very shady. So what people do is they put up tents below the tree and use it as an outdoor dining room. Because it is in the Lake Garden, it is a little bit cooler also. So even though the sun is shining very strongly, it is still OK to sit outside and eat. If you don't wnat to sit under the tree, you can also sit inside which is cover by a proper roof. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107135705020692274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAw3W149zI/AAAAAAAAAPM/fmmvfKcm0kM/s400/P1000297+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /> <div> </div><div>There are a few stalls selling food here. One of the famous one is the Tanglin Nasi Lemak which is selling only in the morning. Apart from that, there is grill fish and rice with other dishes. They also have other type of food - Malay economy rice etc. </div><br /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107134798782592770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAwCm149wI/AAAAAAAAAO0/wK_iGoUTUAE/s400/P1000282.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107134803077560082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAwC2149xI/AAAAAAAAAO8/xsproHit_dQ/s400/P1000286.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107134803077560098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAwC2149yI/AAAAAAAAAPE/9pTnHzSlGAw/s400/P1000289.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5107134798782592754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RuAwCm149vI/AAAAAAAAAOs/sKAxrGMLxTU/s400/P1000285.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Today, I eat Malay economy rice which is white rice and other dishes. The dishes I choose is chicken curry, fried beansprouts, tempeh (soya bean cakes) fry iwth chilli and ikan bilis and brinjal sambal (chilli paste). You can see that the food is very well cook!</div><br /><div>Actually the food is delicious and the place is also quite cool. It is a very lovely lunch that I have today. The meal is simple and the place is also simple, but the food is good and cheap. All together the food and one glass of ice tea is cost RM5 (AUD1.73 or USD1.43 or 70p or Euro1.05 ) - very cheap! You can see that I put AUD conversion first, because this flog got many Australian visitor - it is the 2nd largest group of visitor after Malaysia. G'day and thank you very much for visiting my flog. </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-53937290316006653992007-09-05T23:29:00.000+08:002007-09-05T23:53:37.104+08:00Pork at Vintry<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt7QS2149rI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OAfGhMQXXBk/s1600-h/P1000276.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106748049862489778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt7QS2149rI/AAAAAAAAAOM/OAfGhMQXXBk/s400/P1000276.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Today it is a shock to read the news. I read that the Melaka state government (a state in Malaysia south of KL) is going to kill pigs. The state government say that there are 100,000 pigs which have to leave the state and go somewhere else if not they will be kill. Of course it is not easy to just move 100,000 pigs somewhere else, so I think the pigs sure will be kill. </div><br /><div></div><div>Malaysian people slaughter 7,500 pigs a day and if the 100,000 pig got no place to go, they will have to kill extra 6,000 a day. And of course it is not that the government will slaughter the pigs so that we can enjoy cheap pork for a while. I read that they will just bury the pigs alive. So this not means that we can eat cheap roast pork.</div><br /><div></div><div>I am thinking all about this today when I go for lunch. You see, it is because where I eat lunch is a very famous place for pork dish. The place is call "Vintry". It is actually a wine shop which turn into a pork restaurant. It also have other dishes which is not pork, but it is 85% pork. And prok here is not just the normal pork that we eat like roast pork, bbq pork or pork chop. Here they have very unusual pork dish!</div><div></div><br /><div>Some of the dish sound very nice, so I think I must come here again to eat all of it slowly. I wonder what the Korean noodle iwht roast pork and the fried rice with roast pork taste like. Also the corn beef fried rice. All sounds very delicious!</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106748054157457090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt7QTG149sI/AAAAAAAAAOU/_VNRHRE2bT0/s400/P1000278.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Today we eat a few things. First is a fry roast pork sandwich, which is roast pork which is fry with black soya sauce and put inside a pita bread. Inside the pita bread is also some lettuce (shred, not a whole leaf). The roast pork is one of the specialty here and it is very high standard roast pork with hte crunchy skin. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106748054157457106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt7QTG149tI/AAAAAAAAAOc/QRuGmD_x_CE/s400/P1000279.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Another friend eating a pork burger with olive. I try a bit of the burger - very nice and juice.</div><div></div><br /><div>And I eat a teriyaki pork burger which is pork shred and mix with fry onions and cook in teriyaki sauce. This one they serve with lettuce (whole leaf but not like Carl's Jr they never advertise it as part of the dish) on a bun. It is very delicious also. You can see the picture of teriyaki pork burger at the start of this post.</div><br /><div></div><div>I think we enjoy the food very much, so I think it is worth it for the pig to die to feed us. Not like the pigs that will be kill by the state government - if bury alive, sure we cannot eat it - and not worth it for the pig just to die like that without becoming delicious pork dish. </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-79479951998512860192007-09-04T22:07:00.000+08:002007-09-04T22:42:22.634+08:00Adventure food<div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106357774774236786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt1tV2149nI/AAAAAAAAANs/EZeuqRTVls0/s400/P1000099.jpg" border="0" /> <div>All of you by now sure know that I am very proud to be a Malaysian. Although I have travel before to other country, I still think that it is true "home sweet home". </div><div></div><br /><div>Why I like Malaysia is not only because of the lovely Malaysia foods. It is also because the people of Malaysia almost all like food. If you go to any gathering here, and you don't know anyone also, you can still make friend. The secret? You start talking about food, and sure you will have a very long conversation with the other people, provided he is Malaysian also. </div><br /><div></div><div>It is just like the British talk about weather and the Americans talk about baseball and American football, Malaysians talk about food. Actually it is the same - weather, baseball, American football, food. The main thing is the excitement. Someone tell me once that British weather change very fast - one moment sunshine, another moment it is raining, and if you manage to predict is like strike lottery. So you can spend a lot of time talking about it. Same thing for baseball and American football - it is both an exciting game with a lot of action, so Americans can talk nonstop about it. So for Malaysians, it is food - we can talk nonstop about it. </div><br /><div></div><div>So some people can ask - what is so special about Malaysian foods that can talk so long? Well, you can see that in Malaysia we have many flogs. So many people talking about food, and taking photo. Talking about food that they like to eat, they don't like to eat, they like to cook etc - so many thing to talk about. </div><div></div><br /><div>For me, eating is like adventure. I like to taste all type of food and see whether nice or not. Some things I am amaze that the thing that look like that can taste so nice. So today I share with you 3 things which sounds like not nice, but is actually very delicious.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106357783364171410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt1tWW149pI/AAAAAAAAAN8/DfCA-r-mMvQ/s400/pig+intestine.jpg" border="0" /> <div> </div><div>The first thing is pig intestine. This is cook fry with pineapple and tomato sauce, something like sweet and sour. The pig intestine is a little bit bitter, and is a bit chewy also. It is very delicious.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106357770479269474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt1tVm149mI/AAAAAAAAANk/2l2s54x6t-Q/s400/P1000092.jpg" border="0" /> <div></div><br /><div>The 2nd thing is chicken feet. This is deep fry first and then is braise with mushroom. The skin is nice and soft and absorb the gravy very well. It is a lovely taste.</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5106357774774236802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rt1tV2149oI/AAAAAAAAAN0/FGvImIx_mW4/s400/P1000256.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>The third thing is pig fat. Here is the one which I pick out from the Hokkien fry noodles which I talk about in the last post. It is fry until very crispy and crunchy - so delicious. </div><br /><div>So this is why I think we all have so much to talk about. So many things to discuss about and so many place to eat - home tasty home.</div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-49064528168550052072007-09-02T23:30:00.000+08:002007-09-03T00:32:52.447+08:00A roadside stall<img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105643808574148834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtrj_je8EOI/AAAAAAAAANU/EdNHwldaC3M/s400/P1000269.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Whenever people talk about Malaysia foods, they always say that we have many varieties. But the varieties not limit to the types of food. There are many varieties of the places where people can eat food. I have mention before the kopi tiam, which is translated into "coffee shop". But it is not only serve coffee, kopi tiam is usually a non-aircon restaurant hwich has a few stalls selling different types of food. I have show you some of the types of food before - eg. pork noodles, char koay teow etc.</div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105642215141281938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtriize8EJI/AAAAAAAAAMs/mRpDBse4f_o/s400/P1000266.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>So today I show you something different, which is eating in a roadside stall. Here you can see that the "restaurant" is actually a lorong (lane) in between 2 buildings. The lane is facing a busy main road where there is a lot of traffic. </div><div></div><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105641820004290626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtriLze8EEI/AAAAAAAAAME/D5m-8kCcbv4/s400/P1000259.jpg" border="0" /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105642219436249266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtrijDe8ELI/AAAAAAAAAM8/m0wzQEtIDF4/s400/P1000272.jpg" border="0" /></div><br /><div>You can see that everything is in this lane - the kitchen, the place for prepare food, the drinks, the tables for people to eating. Because there is no aircon, this place is only open at night.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105641824299257986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtriMDe8EII/AAAAAAAAAMk/NG7p19TB1ek/s400/P1000261.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105642215141281954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtriize8EKI/AAAAAAAAAM0/lxgG0I9xmTw/s400/P1000270.jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105642219436249282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtrijDe8EMI/AAAAAAAAANE/moLXqX6crRU/s400/P1000275.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Sometimes some people are shock that there are Malaysians who will eat in this kind of place. Is it not hygiene, they ask. I suppose it is a good question to ask, but I don't know the answer. Maybe it is not hygiene, but also I never sick before eating here. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105643808574148850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtrj_je8EPI/AAAAAAAAANc/f0vvx0DPl68/s400/P1000268.jpg" border="0" /> <div> </div><div>The food which is serve here is hokkien fried noodles, which is a traditional food. It is thick noodles which is fry in black soya sauce. It is very delicious because the oil use is pork oil which makes the food very tasty. You can find some bits of crispy pork fat in the noodles also. </div><br /><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105641824299257970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtriMDe8EHI/AAAAAAAAAMc/i31asu6xAsM/s400/P1000252.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>It is a favourite food of me and my friends, but because it is very fattening and unhealthy, we cannot eat it often. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105643804279181522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtrj_Te8ENI/AAAAAAAAANM/oOBxPOza0Ak/s400/P1000254.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br />You can see what happen if you eat too much of hokkien noodle like my friend here - see he is so prosperous. <div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105641824299257954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtriMDe8EGI/AAAAAAAAAMU/3N63oDcsjrI/s400/P1000255.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-34430844520066692492007-09-02T01:08:00.000+08:002007-09-02T01:28:19.109+08:00Look East<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtmgwTe8EAI/AAAAAAAAALk/ixWbOJp4gbk/s1600-h/look+east.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105288404325371906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtmgwTe8EAI/AAAAAAAAALk/ixWbOJp4gbk/s400/look+east.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div>I never mention before that I love Japanese food. And the reason I love Japanese food is actually because of our Prime Minister encourage it. It start in the 1980's, Malaysia Prime Minister is Dr Mahathir. He is a very good leader and because of him Malaysia is much faster developed and I love Japanese food. </div><div></div><br /><div>In 1980's, Dr Mahathir introduce a new policy. The policy is call "Look East". Some people say that the name of the policy is also called "Buy British Last", but I don't know if it is the same thing because I am too young to remember clearly. Under Look East policy, Malaysian people realise that there are many good things about Japan, and one of them is Japanese food. There are many Japanese restaurants coming up in Malaysia at that time, and one of my favourite is "Teppanyaki" in Sungai Wang Plaza. I really love the restaurant very much. </div><br /><div></div><div>After I familiar iwth the teppanyaki, I also start to try the raw food like sushi and sashimi. The first time I eat raw fish, I not use to it and feel like vomit. But after a few times, I get to love it very much. Nowadays, I eat sushi quite often. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105288412915306530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtmgwze8ECI/AAAAAAAAAL0/_P43PxMsCqY/s400/look+east3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>But last week, I am getting a new lesson in sushi from my friend. He order "toro" sushi for me to try and it is so delicious. I read from the menu that toro is actually tuna belly, and it is different from maguro which is normal tuna. The difference is that the belly is high fat - so it is taste very creamy. It is my favourite sushi that I have ever try. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105288408620339218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtmgwje8EBI/AAAAAAAAALs/tJK6TBShkWY/s400/look+east2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>He order 2 type of toro sushi - one is in a bowl on top of rice, and the other type is in a seaweed roll. Both of them are very delicious and I really enjoy eating it. It is nicer that normal maguro. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105288417210273842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtmgxDe8EDI/AAAAAAAAAL8/2EbREFgf0w4/s400/look+east4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>I also eat some chicken katsu don, which is a bowl of rice with deep fry chicken. It is a delicious meal. Thank you very much my friend for a lovely lovely meal. </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-74012191852266803762007-09-02T00:34:00.000+08:002007-09-02T01:04:06.452+08:00My favourite foods to celebrate Merdeka<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtma5Te8D7I/AAAAAAAAAK8/NSGbNHJD5CU/s1600-h/charkoayteow1.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105281961874427826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtma5Te8D7I/AAAAAAAAAK8/NSGbNHJD5CU/s400/charkoayteow1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>It is a lovely weekend in Kuala Lumpur. We just have our 50th independence day celebration on 31 August and we have many things happening in the city. We have the parade on 31 August. I saw Prince Andrew on TV representing Britain. Because our independence day celebration clash with the Princess Diana's 10th death anniversary, I think so that is why we cannot get a higher class royal to attend in Malaysia. </div><br /><div></div><div>Because it is a holiday on Friday, I also celebrate. As you already read in previous post, I always start the weekend with a nice breakfast. So this week, I have 2 times of nice breakfast. To celebrate, I have my favourite food the 2 times. My favourite food is char koay teow or fried koay tewo (flat rice noodle look like parpadelle pasta). </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105281966169395138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtma5je8D8I/AAAAAAAAALE/0zJXmhByaZc/s400/charkoayteow2.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Char koay teow is a well known Malaysian food. The ingredient is koay teow, beansprout, chives, prawn, seeham (cockles), chillie and egg (chicken egg). Some times you can also find crab meat, duck egg, lap cheong (chinese sausage). Some times if you order char koay teow in hte hotel coffee house, they will put things like beef and chicken, but that is not real char koay toew ingredient. But there are many style of the dish - you can see from the picture above and below that different stall serve different style. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105281966169395154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtma5je8D9I/AAAAAAAAALM/XHw4p2YssTc/s400/charkoayteow3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>One of the stall owner is very nice. He allow me to take a photo of him frying the koay teow. His stall is already very long in KL but recently only my friend take me to eat there. It is in Damansara Height. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5105281974759329778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rtma6De8D_I/AAAAAAAAALc/glyqy1Lvr8c/s400/charkoayteow5.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Many people say that that best char koay teow is coming from Penang. But everyone I know from Penang also cannot agree which stall is the most nicest in Penang. Recently I read in the newspaper that the famous Lorong Selamat stall has a branch in USJ. I must go and look for it and eat to see if it is the same as the Penang one which I have try before. </div><br /><div></div><div>Both the char koay teow I eat is very delicious, and it is a good way to celebrate 50 years of independence - Merdeka!</div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-50814872012998226472007-08-27T01:09:00.000+08:002007-08-27T02:10:41.671+08:00Thin is good - Not!<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtHBGTe8D6I/AAAAAAAAAK0/njTVGvnm82A/s1600-h/McD2.jpg"></a> <div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103066733707267794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG8KDe8DtI/AAAAAAAAAJM/P3ITpfClV6o/s400/BKing2.jpg" border="0" /> <div><br /><div>Yesterday I watch a movie with my friends. The movie is call "Borat". In the movie, Borat is taking lessons on how to tell jokes. One of the way the teacher explains to him is how to use "Not" to make a joke. So like Borat, I also learn something new!</div><br /><div>After watching the movie, I suddenly feel like I want to eat a burger. I think if you read this flog, you will know that I don't like to eat fast foods, especially burger. But once in a while (maybe like once in a year), I don't know why I really feel like I want to eat a burger. So what I do is I go to nearby One Utama, and I buy 3 burgers! One from McDonald's, one from Burger King and one from Carl's Jr. I think maybe if I eat the 3 burgers, maybe I don't feel like eating one for 3 years.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103066733707267778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG8KDe8DsI/AAAAAAAAAJE/DlyVlEFaMd8/s400/3+burgers.jpg" border="0" /></div><div></div><br /><div>I ta-pau the burgers back to eat with my friend. When I open the burger, I am shock! The burger look so small. I never remember the burger to be so thin. Thin is good - Not! I think I have to take photo to show everyone. </div><div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103067665715171154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9ATe8D1I/AAAAAAAAAKM/Kk42ZCySzu4/s400/ruler.jpg" border="0" /></div><div> </div><div>So first, I take a ruler. The ruler is not to measure the burger, but it is to show the flog visitor what is roughly the size. I start with the McDonalds burger.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103068292780396402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9kze8D3I/AAAAAAAAAKc/28JyMT-C6g4/s400/McD4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103068292780396386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9kze8D2I/AAAAAAAAAKU/1ebnjTO1zQg/s400/McD3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>The McDonalds burger is call "beefburger". You can see that it is very thin and small. And the taste also quite dry. And the burger is burn slightly. But it is also the cheapest - it is RM2.75 with tax. Out of the 3 burger, this one really is not nice at all. The burger is so thin that I can hardly taste the meat part. So, next I eat the Burger King.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103066738002235122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG8KTe8DvI/AAAAAAAAAJc/ATSLAWDluLw/s400/BKing4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103066733707267810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG8KDe8DuI/AAAAAAAAAJU/4rhXVVTvUTg/s400/BKing3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>The Burger King one I like the best. It is also call "beefburger". It is slightly thicker than McDonalds, but it taste quite juicy. The bun has sesame, but it is nothing I will recommend to flog visitors. The cost is also more - RM3.10. The last one I eat is the Carls Jr - I have read so much about it in other people's flog, that I am excited to try it at last. </div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103067661420203826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9ADe8DzI/AAAAAAAAAJ8/zJdSFK8WaGw/s400/CarlsJr4.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103067661420203810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9ADe8DyI/AAAAAAAAAJ0/RWvsBaHwCtU/s400/CarlsJr3.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>The Carls Jr one is the most expensive. It is RM7.95! Maybe because it has a special name - Famous Star, and also has cheese. Also they give you "branded" chilli sauce and tomato sauce (Heinz) imported from Thailand. But actually it is the cheapest burger in the restaurant. All 3 burger I got were the cheapest burger in the restaurant. It is a bit thicker, but the taste quite the same as Burger King. But Carls Jr put tomato, lettuce and raw onion in the burger. The raw onion is quite spicy and pungent because it is the white colour onion, not purple. I'm not sure why the restaurant want to say that they give you a whole lettuce leaf, and not the shredded one. After all the lettuce is nothing special - it is the cheapest iceberg lettuce - I don't see anything special about the taste of a whole leaf compare to shredded leaf. It is still the same lettuce!</div><br /><div>Actually after I start eating, I start to regret. Actually the burger is not really nice, and the bun is full of air. When I press the bun, you can see that actually it is a lot of air and little dough. It is so flat that the ruler cannot measure it.</div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103068292780396418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9kze8D4I/AAAAAAAAAKk/kA3kdYJmNf8/s400/McD5.jpg" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103066738002235138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG8KTe8DwI/AAAAAAAAAJk/QgWNRx9ISuo/s400/BKing5.jpg" border="0" /><br /><div></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5103067665715171138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtG9ATe8D0I/AAAAAAAAAKE/DZoXeH_CQXo/s400/CarlsJr5.jpg" border="0" /> <div>After I eat all the burger, I think of my lovely breakfast of pork noodles and kaya toast, and how much cheaper and how much nicer and and how much nutritious and how much more lovely is Malaysia food!</div></div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-20275162197904826092007-08-26T00:36:00.000+08:002007-08-26T01:08:34.166+08:00Weekend breakfast<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtBhMDe8DnI/AAAAAAAAAIc/f7-FS_fSMhs/s1600-h/kayatoast+(600+x+450).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102685237532167794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtBhMDe8DnI/AAAAAAAAAIc/f7-FS_fSMhs/s400/kayatoast+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Everyweek I wait for Saturday to come. That is because it is the start of the weekend. And if you read my earlier post, you can see htat I start the weekend with a good breakfast on Saturday.</div><br /><div></div><div>Always when I eat my breakfast, I will read the Star newspaper. The Star newspaper like all daily newspaper in Malaysia cost RM1.20. I don't think so the news in the Star is better than New Strait Times. When I see the Star newspaper, sometimes I am disappointed. It is full of advertisement. And all the advertisement is all the same - it is bank products, telco talking about the cheap talk on the phone, shops selling furniture. Sometimes I wonder who can be bother to read these advertisements? Maybe the advertisement is read by only people working in the bank or telco or furniture shop, to see what their competitor is doing, but normal people, I don't think so they bother to look at the advertisement. But the business world is changing, so maybe one day, the newspaper will pay the readers to read the paper and advertisement inside the paper.</div><br /><div></div><div>But after I say all that, I still think that actually the Star give better value than other newspaper. It is thicker and heavier, so when I sell it to the old newspaper man, I always get more money than if I buy New Strait Times or other paper. That is why the Star is still my number one newspaper. </div><div></div><br /><div>Today as I am reading the newspaper, I notice there are more and more Merdeka story. To all dear visitors to this flog from oversea (I am happy to report there people from 10 countries), I wnat to let you know that this Friday 31 August 2007 is Malaysia 50th anniversary of independence from the colony rule of Britain. So it is a very important history for Malaysia. And as I am reading the paper, I hear at 9.40 a.m. the fighter planes flying very loudly above the kopi tiam. I think they are preparing for the Merdeka parade.</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102685241827135106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtBhMTe8DoI/AAAAAAAAAIk/XOXtptVvRNE/s400/kayatoast1+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Since it is nostalgia, I order some kaya toast for my breakfast. Kaya is coconut jam which is a traditional breakfast jam of Malaysia. You can eat it with toast, or sometimes it is the filling for pau (steam bun). Sometimes you can put it on kuih also (traditional cakes). Unfortunately I eat most of the toast before I can remember to take a photo but I manage to take the last part. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102685246122102434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtBhMje8DqI/AAAAAAAAAI0/2tr9G3gq7mY/s400/pork+soup+dry+noodle+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102685241827135122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtBhMTe8DpI/AAAAAAAAAIs/stAsSgZ0DTo/s400/pork+soup1+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Since I am very hungry, I also order pork noodles. Here you can see that I order the "dry style" which is the noodles is not mix into the soup. It is serve separately in a soya sauce mixture. The soup is serve separately in a bowl. Inside there is mince pork, lean pork slices, vegetable and one egg. The soup is the type which is make from stock from boiling pig bones. So it is very delicious. The condiment which is given is the slice chilli in soya sauce. If you like a bit of spicy stuff, you can eat your noodle together with the chilli. Lovely noodles.</div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5102685250417069746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/RtBhMze8DrI/AAAAAAAAAI8/5DKQrSPR0-w/s400/kopi+peng+(450+x+600).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>I also have my favourite kopi peng. I feel very satisfied after breakfast and after reading the Star newspaper. I can remember so much about my breakfast but I cannot remember any advertisement from the newspaper today. </div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6066474639208870211.post-74354926985678627022007-08-24T00:06:00.000+08:002007-08-24T10:46:02.331+08:00BBQ Malaysia Style<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rs22yDe8DkI/AAAAAAAAAIE/8XBg3_xWg5k/s1600-h/satay+(600+x+450).jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101934923925425730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rs22yDe8DkI/AAAAAAAAAIE/8XBg3_xWg5k/s400/satay+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Malaysians are very clever to adapt themself with new things. This is because Malaysian people are very open to new idea. We always love to try new things and if we like, we try and make it part of our life also. We love adventure, travel, all these things which take you to new things. We also always game to try new foods.</div><br /><div></div><div>See how Tony Fernandes take a cheap discount airline and turn it into the most success cheap airline in Asia - AirAsia. See how Lim Goh Tong take a mountain and make it into a very successful casino resort in Asia - Genting Highlands. See how we take the Japanese car and then call it "Made in Malaysia" like Proton car. See how the Straits Chinese (also known as Baba Nyonya or Peranakan) take Malay food and culture and mix it with their own to make Peranakan culture and foods. See how successful Korean tv serial is in Malaysia - and somemore not many Malaysians can speak Korean. We even start our own Guiness Book of World Record so that we can make our own "made in Malaysia" records.</div><div></div><br /><div>That is why I am not surprise that we also take the BBQ and make it to our own taste - satay. Satay (sometime call "sate" also) is BBQ meats with the sticks poke through it. Then you take hte meats and put it on a grill over a charcoal fire. You use a fan to make the fire strong and you must continue to turn the sticks so that the meats don't burn and turn black.</div><br /><div></div><div>The most common meats you can find for satay is chicken, beef and sometimes goat. The one in the picture here is chicken satay. But if you try harder, you can find pork satay (in Penang there is very famous pork satay, and I hear in Malacca also got). You can also find rabbit, deer meat, cow's stomach, cow liver, cow lung, cow intestine, cow many things. (You can see that Malaysians don't like to waste anything that we can eat). </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101934932515360354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rs22yje8DmI/AAAAAAAAAIU/U8kG73okADs/s400/satay+kuah+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Satay is usually serve with peanut sauce which is a little bit spicy. In some places like in Kajang (not far outside KL), they give you peanut sauce which is not spicy and give you separately chilli sauce to add yourself. So you can control how spicy is your peanut sauce. </div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5101934928220393042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mwKfcixrJlk/Rs22yTe8DlI/AAAAAAAAAIM/5l9YRNeSrEI/s400/satay+stick+(600+x+450).jpg" border="0" /><br /><div>Also together with the peanut sauce, you usually get cucumber and raw big onion sliced. There is also ketupat (pressed rice wrapped in leaves) or nasi impit (press rice not wrapped in leaves). To eat it, you just use the stick like in the picture to poke the onion, cucumber or rice. </div><br /><div></div><div>If you are so lucky to fly first class or business class for Malaysia Airlines, you will get serve satay on the plane. I remember I see on TV before how the plane satay is made - the satay is actually BBQ on a real charcoal fire inside the Malaysia Airlines kitchen in the traditional way. That is why the satay really taste very good. If I flying first or business I will take a photo of the satay to show everyone, and it will be a good advertisement for Malaysia Airlines.</div><div></div>Lovely Malaysia Foodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03018972220380997958noreply@blogger.com6