Inspired by the many beautiful photos put up by fellow food bloggers in their blogs, I decided to try my hand at making some "ping pei" (snowskin) mooncakes. I'm not much of a mooncake fan so that's why I opted to try making some mini ones. Being small, mini mooncakes are not that "jelak" and I do think they look cuter too!Ping pei moonies are not that difficult to make, actually. It's the same principle and procedure as making Angkoos! Furthermore, there is no … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
KK Mayflower Seafood
When we first moved to Kota Kemuning more than 3 years ago, it was still a relatively quiet and peaceful suburb. We love it for the tree-lined wide roads that were a breeze to drive on. Everywhere you turn, there are matured trees and lush greenery. The commercial area in the Anggerik Vanilla precinct wasn't too crowded and you can easily get parking even right in front of the banks! Well, 3 years down the road and the place has now become a bit more congested. With … [Read more...]
Angkoos Galore!
Ever since I started making angkoos a couple of weeks back, I have been busy trying out various flavours and colours using all-natural ingredients. For the past few weekends, the steamer in my kitchen has been put to good use and by now, members of my family have gotten quite tired of tasting the angkoos I make! Fortunately, my neighbour is still very receptive towards my kuih offers, LOL!From the very first attempt and subsequent attempt when my purple angkoos were born, I turned … [Read more...]
Culinary Challenge 1 @ Bayan Indah
One of the fun things I get to do in my job is to organize activities for my colleagues under the umbrella of our Sports Club. We are constantly thinking (aka "plotting") to come up with different stuff for the people to participate. Ever since I experienced the 1st session of fun cooking at Bayan Indah with Rohani Jelani, I was hooked on that place and went back for a 2nd session a couple of months ago! As I thoroughly enjoyed my 2 outings in … [Read more...]
Awesome Porkball Noodles @ Kota Kemuning
I started this blog in December 2007 and I can't believe it's now almost 3 years since my first post! Since the Merdeka mood is still prevailing, with everyone reminiscing over things from the past, I couldn't help thinking back to that first post I did for this blog. I thought it's a good idea to re-review the place after a span of 3 years :-) We had just moved to the Kemuning neighbourhood in 2007 and were checking out the food outlets in the area. This Imbi Road Meatballs Restaurant is … [Read more...]
Eggs & Mint Leaves Soup
Back in my childhood days in Ipoh, one of the simplest and most delicious, (at least, to me) soups my mom cooked was Eggs and Mint Leaves Soup. Sounds weird to you all?I love mint leaves. I'm not sure if that's an "Ipoh thing" but I love lots of it on my curry laksa, assam laksa (of course!), assam fish, salads... I just love its fresh aromatic flavour.I also know some people absolutely detest mint leaves - they'll pick it out tediously from whatever dish that's served with it! Hehe, … [Read more...]
Koji’s Comfy Pillow
This is how my rascal lil dog, Koji, sleeps!He must think my bedroom slippers are the best pillows in the world! … [Read more...]
Zuan Yuan @ One World Hotel
I walk past this restaurant almost everyday. That's because my workplace is right next door to One World Hotel and everyone here uses the walkway through the hotel to get to 1Utama. It's located on the Lobby Floor of the hotel and even from the opulent entrance you can get a pretty good idea that they didn't spare the dough on the deco. I was told that "Zuan Yuan" in Chinese meant "a treasure trove of gems" and it certainly lives up to its name. The silver leaf ceiling, the … [Read more...]
Purple Angkoos
Gosh, I must have been bitten by the "angkoo bug"! I have been researching and experimenting on various types of angkoo after my first attempt at this delicious nyonya kueh. Encouraged by the initial results, I decided to try a different version of that kueh.So, last weekend I made a purple variant of the Angkoo. The recipe was adjusted to not use 100% glutinuous flour. Instead, to get the all-natural purple colour, I added this...Yes, that's sweet potatoes, of the purple kind!No artificial … [Read more...]
Mee Rebus & Angkoo Kuih at home
The past few weekends had been pretty hectic for me. Like last Sunday where we had to go back to Ipoh to check on my mother who was admitted to the hospital for surgery. And that was after the Saturday which was spent in Bayan Indah (yes, again!) where we had a "culinary challenge" for my colleagues. More about that in a later post.Talking about Bayan Indah and Rohani Jelani's classes, someone asked me whether I would actually replicate those recipes at home. Yes, of course I would and I have … [Read more...]
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