No, you didn’t read it wrong – there IS a place called “Gurney Delights” in Kota Kemuning, Shah Alam. It’s a neat little café, unpretentious and simplistic in its set-up, located in the midsection of a block of shoplots in the Kota Kemuning commercial centre. I first noticed this outlet some months ago, yet had never set foot into it until a couple of weeks ago. There were a good many tables occupied, so I took that as an encouragement and gamely tugged DL along last weekend. We’re always … [Read more...]
Penang One – Penang Delights under One Roof!
One Sunday morning, feeling in the mood for some Penang delicacies, we took a drive to Puchong where we heard there’s this café that’s serving a whole lot of Penang goodies. If you have to go to Puchong, ideally do it on a Sunday – that’s when traffic is a breeze and parking is not a problem. We located Penang One easily – it’s in Bandar Puteri and across the road from Giant hypermarket. As we were pretty early, there were not that many customers there yet. The walls are decorated with … [Read more...]
Di Wei @ Empire Hotel Subang
Tucked away on Level 1 of Empire Hotel Subang is Di Wei Chinese Restaurant (next to Popular Bookstore). The classy casual facade leads the way into an incredibly spacious restaurant beyond. Inspired by the hotel's sleek and chic concept (more photos of the hotel below), Di Wei Chinese Restaurant is tastefully decorated with well-crafted Oriental carvings on the walls, floor-to-ceiling windows that let in natural lighting. The embedded wooden floor panels bring out a sense of warmth and charm. … [Read more...]
Home-baked Marble Cake: it’s all about swirling!
I've been baking this Marble Cake several times the past couple of weeks to experiment with the swirling. Using a basic Butter Cake recipe (which is so easily Googleable), I take out one-third of the batter and mix it with a paste made from chocolate and instant coffee powders. It's important to add in that half-teaspoon of instant coffee powder as it really enhances the flavour, and darkens the colour too. In the first attempt, I used a skewer to swirl the batter. It wasn't effective at … [Read more...]
Cono Sur Wine Dinner @ Tosca, DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur
It was a 1-night affair. For a brief night, I got to taste and experience a delightful affair - a marriage of Italian and Chilean flavours. I had the best of both worlds. I'm talking about the 1-night-only event at Tosca at DoubleTree by Hilton Kuala Lumpur which featured a 5-course wine dinner, partnering Italian cuisine and Chilean wines from Cono Sur Vineyards & Winery from the Colchagua Valley in Chile. I was told the restaurant was fully-booked for this special wine dinner. … [Read more...]
Neroteca – new Italian Executive Chef Massimo Zampar
Neroteca, that rustic casual Italian deli in Bukit Ceylon now has a new Executive Chef. The talented Executive Chef Massimo Zampar stired up quite a bit of excitement when he demonstrated his culinary skills with a live cooking demonstration in an exclusive preview recently. Serving up an exquisite Mushroom Risotto - Carnaroli Risotto with Taleggio Cheese, Forest Mushrooms & Truffle Oil in an effortless manner, he showcased his prowess in style. As he saute’ed and stirred the … [Read more...]
Good Ole Hakka Fare @ Chen Fatt
Seri Kembangan is what they call the “Hakka Heartland” due to the majority of Chinese residents living in that area being Hakkas. I seldom venture into Seri Kembangan although I know there are lots of restaurants and shops serving delicious stuff there. The reason for this reluctance is because of the horrendous traffic choking up the entry roads into Seri Kembangan, except maybe on weekends and even so, it all depends on the time of day. Anyway, despite my reluctance, there ARE 2 reasons I … [Read more...]
BlackBall in Subang Jaya
HAPPY NEW YEAR! What better way to kickstart the New Year than with something sweet? The past year we Malaysians have been spoilt for choices when it comes to Taiwanese teas and desserts. There's the ever-popular Chatime, Gong Cha, Snowflake (and many other lesser-known ones) ... and now we have BlackBall! Similar to Snowflake, (it is Taiwanese desserts, after all!) BlackBall serves the typical concoction of taro balls, sweet potato balls, black pearls, grass jelly, black jelly, red … [Read more...]
Christmas Delights: Home-baked Fruitcakes
OK, I'm bowing to requests to put up my fruitcake for sale. I know it's a bit late as Christmas is less than 2 weeks away. If at this time you still have not ordered any and are looking for something home-baked, well... perhaps you may want to try mine :-) Besides the usual mixed fruits (raisins, sultanas, glaced cherries, mixed peel), there are prunes, dried cranberries, sugared ginger and walnuts in my fruitcakes. Ohh... and rum and brandy, too! Price: RM120 each (1.7kg; 9" … [Read more...]
My Pineapple Tarts
What do you do when your BFF asks you to bake and send over some pineapple tarts...way over to the USA? Well, what I did was ... went to buy 5 huge pineapples from the market, peeled and chopped them and cooked them into a thick sticky jam. When my BFF, Xara asked me "how do you cook pineapple jam"... that was exactly what I told her and she exclaimed "Really, that's all??". Yep...it's as easy as that. Just add some sugar to balance out the tartness and sourness and cook it over a slow fire. Of … [Read more...]
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