With 3 days off last weekend and no travelling in mind, there was ample time for some baking. LL wanted to learn an easy no-fuss cake so the Moist Carrot Cake came to mind.The recipe goes like this...Ingredients:200g shredded carrot (1 medium-sized carrot)50g walnuts - chopped70g raisins - chopped70g canned pineapple - sliced into small pieces225ml corn oil180g castor sugar200g flour + 1 tsp baking powder + 1 tsp soda bicarb - sieve together4 eggs1/8 tsp cinnamon powder1 tsp vanilla … [Read more...]
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Meaty House @ Taipan USJ
Restoran Meaty House37-G Jalan USJ 10/1DUEP Subang Jaya47620 SelangorTel: 03-5633 5634On a cold wet rainy evening, what better way to satisfy a rumbling stomach than to have some good robust porky bites? With that mission in mind, we headed over to Taipan USJ... to one of our favourite haunts for real authentic porky goodness - Meaty House!As the name suggests, this really IS a meaty house - the items on their menu centre around the good ole oink-oink! As you enter the restaurant, you get the … [Read more...]
Home-cooked Prawn Noodles
Prawn Noodles, or Hae Mee (in Hokkien) is a favourite Malaysian hawker item.The broth is made from boiling meat (chicken or pork) and prawns together with blended spices like shallots, garlic, chillies, belacan, kunyit and lemongrass.We had this last Sunday - LL loved it so much he practically ate it throughout the whole day!The blanched noodles - yellow noodles and beehoon, are topped with a variety of condiments before pouring over the prawn broth...The sambal is a "must"... and I made mine … [Read more...]
Tefal Saucepan
I spotted this Tefal saucepan with a maroon handle in one of the shops here today. I think this matches my kitchen perfectly - maroon red!Ahh... the 28cm pan costs RM149 and the 30cm costs RM159... is it worth buying? … [Read more...]
Sicillian Cheesecake
Still in the "cake making" mood, last weekend I succumbed to LL's pestering repeated requests and taught him how to make the Sicillian Cheesecake... one of his favourite cheesecakes.So we went to the nearest cake supplies shop and got the ingredients. This is a "no bake" cheesecake, so it's easy peasy. Here are the ingredients that go into the biscuit base:When you have mixed everything, you just press the biscuit-base dough onto the springform cake-tin, like this...... and chill it in the … [Read more...]
A Baking weekend…
I haven't been using my oven much lately... so last weekend, to give LL his first lesson on cake baking, we decided to whip up try out some easy recipes and baked some of these...... Raspberry Muffins...... and some Chocolate Muffins as well... with loads of chocolate chips inside...Well, as his first efforts, I think my protege LL did pretty ok lah...What to do with so much muffins at home?? LL took some to school to share with his mates and I took a few to office for my colleagues... … [Read more...]
Grilled Garlic Salmon
I must say the Jusco Supermarket in 1 Utama sells pretty fresh fish. Their cuts of tenggiri, kurau, stingray, codfish and salmon are always very fresh. Price-wise, they are also very reasonable - in fact, sometime even cheaper than the wet markets!Last week I bought 2 huge pieces of cut salmon which were super fresh, for RM17. I seasoned them lightly with salt, pepper, teriyaki sauce, sprinkled some chopped garlic on top and grilled them. The result was this: The salmon was cooked in its own … [Read more...]
Yat Yeh Hing Chicken Rice
Restoran Yat Yeh HingJalan SS4/5DPetaling Jaya(row of shops you can see from the LDP, after the Kelana Jaya LRT Station: it's on the left, coming from the LRT station) The Chicken Rice stall at this coffee-shop is a very popular one and you can be sure there’ll be crowds there during lunch time. Business is so good there that they can afford to be quite obnoxious (“pah-paei) in their service. Nevertheless, the customers keep patronizing the place - so what to do?They serve both the white … [Read more...]
W.I.P. Cafe @ Bangsar
W.I.P. Cafe Lot G111, Ground Floor Bangsar Shopping Center 285 Jalan Maarof 59000 Kuala Lumpur Tel: 03-2094 2789This is just a short post. Last evening we had a quick dinner at this place after a show at The Actors' Studio. We have been here a few times in the past but I had yet to blog about it.W.I.P. stands for "Work In Progress" and it's owned by the same couple who owns "Soul'ed Out" in Hartamas - Fred & Michelle Choo. The decor of this cafe has undergone some changes since it first … [Read more...]
Italiannies @ 1U
ItalianniesLot F355 1st Floor Rainforest (New Wing)1 Utama Shopping MallBandar UtamaPetaling JayaTel: 03-7727 1399To celebrate a colleague's birthday, the birthday girl chose to dine at Italiannies. So the group of us happily trotted over to 1U to Italiannies, a sister-company of TGIF. I have read some good reviews as well as eaten once at this place, so all of us went there with eager anticipation.During weekdays, they have this set meal for 4-5 persons costing RM89. The set comes with 1 … [Read more...]
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