On our last day in Dubai, while waiting to board the flight to Doha, we tried the super-expensive food in the airport food court.This serving of Shrimp Pasta cost about RM45 and it's only a single portion, meant for one person! I'm not a pasta fan, so taste-wise, I would say it's just average. Rather bland and cheesy.My order was for this plate of Thai Fried Rice - cost RM32. Again, it's for a single portion only. This tasted much better than the pasta! … [Read more...]

The Dragon Mart is so named because the entire mall houses only "made in China" goods. You can find everything under its roof, ranging from industrial machinery/equipment to clothings, accessories, household items, toys, shoes, garden furniture etc etc etc!We had lunch in one of the chinese restaurants there - the Sun Tour Restaurant. It seemed to be a very popular place as it was full so service took some time.The 1st dish we had was Fried Mutton. Small pieces of mutton fillet were skewered … [Read more...]

In one of the malls - Dragon Mart, in Dubai, we came across this delicious local snack. There was a long queue at the stall, so we decided to join the crowd. It's basically a huge pancake, made on this special curved wok and you get to choose the types of filling. There were savoury and sweet fillings. We chose the Turkey Ham & Cheese.... this was arranged on the pancake and grilled and then folded. It was served on a plate, cut into pieces, together with some pickles. The pancake was … [Read more...]

Dubai is Fast Food heaven. Fast Food and western restaurants seem to dominate the malls and food courts. Prices there are almost tripled, compared to Malaysian prices. Their Dirhams is about 10% lower than the Ringgit (1 Dirham = RM0.90). Look at the prices of Burgers there:And KFC there also cost a bomb: Krispy Kreme Doughnuts - I find these too sweet! Middle-Easterners love their snacks & desserts real sweet!I prefer Big Apple doughnuts any time! Less sweet & more variety!1 dozen of … [Read more...]

Although Dubai is in the UAE, smack in a total-Islamic country, it is a throbbing metropolis with many international flavours. This is most apparent in its adoption of international cuisine, its bustling city with super-construction everywhere, in its fabulous malls and the floods of foreigners in the city, whether they are workers or visitors. For more on the city, click http://raynebows.blogspot.com/ Their local food consists mainly of grilled meats, salads and cheese. Assortment of Grilled … [Read more...]

Last Sunday, the family gathered for a 3-prong celebration dinner at Tai Thong, Klang. This was to celebrate the birthdays of JJ, Leanne and the wedding anniversary of Big Sis. A room with karaoke was booked for this occasion. Needless to say, it was was a very noisy dinner - not only from the karaoke in our room, but also from the karaoke from the next room and from the main dining hall where a wedding dinner was in progress!We were all ravenous by the time the Four Seasons dish was served. It … [Read more...]

In my previous posting on this Kopitiam, I said I would go back there for their Iced Coffee. So, last weekend, with my friend SL in town and since she wanted some kopitiam fare for lunch, we headed to Kheng's again.This time round we ordered new items, besides the iced coffees, of course.SL had the Nasi Lemak with Chicken Rendang (RM6.50). According to her, it was so-so. The dish came with all the condiments arranged neatly around the rice. I took a bite to try and my verdict is:* The sambal was … [Read more...]

Raju's RestaurantJalan GasingPetaling JayaIt was a blistering day yesterday and my colleagues and I had actually wanted to go for the Ipoh Taugeh Chicken in Jalan Gasing. However, we had a last-minute change of mind after the horrendous jam along that stretch and there definitely was no parking space available there. So, we decided to turn into Raju Restaurant - no traffic jam and parking space available there. We chose to sit at the al fresco area, under shady trees and giant mist fans and less … [Read more...]

Tired from the cookies baking, we decided to have a very simple dinner at home. What could be simpler than Claypot Chicken Rice – although in our case, it was “Rice-Cooker” Chicken Rice.So I tossed together half a kampong chicken, Chinese mushrooms and Thai sausages and voila!The chicken rice was cooked very quickly and our 1-dish meal was a very satisfying dinner :-)) … [Read more...]

Chinese New Year is just round the corner and there’re not many weekends left before the Year of the Rat dawns. So, today I decided to start making some cookies – my famous Peanut Cookies!It’s the first time I’m using my Fagor oven to bake cookies and the 1st tray put in was a test. The temperature at 200 deg.C was too hot and the top tray of cookies was very quickly browned. Thereafter, I turned the temperature down to 150 deg. and the cookies were fine.600g of peanuts yielded 4 such containers … [Read more...]