The Cookin' & Makan Blog

Grilled Salmon and Mille Crepe

2007-11-09T09:25:00.000+08:00

Salmon

Mille Crepe

I had both of these at Food Foundry PJ the other day. The mille crepe cake is nice but the salmon is just so so.. but since that i like salmon.. i don't mind bout the lack of taste..

Tony Roma

2007-10-22T18:37:00.000+08:00

last saturday evening i had a lil night out with my buddies.. with bunch of them we headed to Tony Roma's of Cathay Cineplex at Mutiara Damansara for dinner..

i ordered this combo meal.. Steak Combo..actually it has alot of combo with steak as the main and the side of your choice.. i ordered the combo to come with Boneless Beef Ribs with side orders of vegetables (which turned out to be broccoli) and baked potato..

to cut it short.. it was a satisfying meal.. the ribs was grilled to perfection..not too tough n not too tender.. just nice... n the steak was pretty decent.. however i would encourage readers to order the Bountiful Beef Ribs that comes with the rib bone.. it is more consistence in terms of the combi of the meat part n the tendon plus fat part.. n of course.. the whole feel of eating ribs is to bite a lil of the rib bone.. hehehe...

so this dish.... i rate it as.. RECOMMENDED.. enjoy...

Colourful Chinese Goodies

2007-10-14T23:25:00.000+08:00

Wu Guai Bao

Cha Tan - red bean filling

Tao Yung Bao

Angkoo Kueh

Wu Guai Bao with decorations

Dinner at King Crab Restaurant

2007-10-11T09:15:00.000+08:00

Dinner at King Crab Restaurant

Butter Crabs

Ku lou pai kuat

Steam Fish

Japanese Dinner at Nihon Kai Restaurant

2007-10-09T20:24:00.000+08:00

1. Nihon Kai Chopstick

2. Chawanmushi

3. Salmon Teriyaki

4. Japanese Fried Rice

5. Sashimi

6. Japanese Seafood Fried Rice

7. Miso Soup

BBQ Ribs and Chicken meal

2007-09-09T18:13:00.000+08:00

later of the yesterday.. i visited Chilis at One Utama after a movie.. this my first visit along with 2 of my friends.. in this visit i ordered this BBQ ribs and chicken meal as my main course..

this meal consists of Beef Rib, Monterey Chicken, nice bacon, rice, corn and that dunno what concoction of red beans n stuffs..

the corn.. hmm.. nice.. served with some dashes of salt and some foreign spice that i dunno what it is called.. the corn was cooked right.. thus retaining the fresh corn taste in it.. great.. the rice.. a lil too soft but pull itself up with the spice and taste.. decently good..

the red bean concoction.. errr... first of all i'm not a big fan of red beans.. but i must say that this is pretty good.. kinda like some red beans thingy mixed with salsa..

the monterey chicken.. sorry no photo was taken as it was hidden under the bacon n cheese.. well it is some good shite... one should try it.. i mean with the combination of the cheese n bacon n the chicken.. just wonderful..

you know after tasting all that... u thought u gonna have an amazing meal again in Chilis.. i was greatly disappointed with the BBQ ribs.. to be fair to other Chilis i go to.. i'm not sure if this was the cook's forgot bout the ribs still on the grill or that;s the way it is cooked.. the ribs was amazingly tough... i had a great deal of effort spent trying to eat it.. the beef was sticking to the rib.. it was too dry.. difficult to cut it off the rib bone..almost made a fool of myself sending the ribs to the other table.. just disappointing even the nice bbq sauce and its looks couldnt help..

so... i would definately Recommend readers to order Monterey Chicken... (yea u can order that alone, it was just me wanna try both thus order this combo).. as for BBQ Ribs.. i would say i'll have to pass...

thus for this meal or rather this combo dish.... i 'll rate it.. 2.5 stars out of 5 ..and...
NOT RECOMMENDED..

spicy meat sauce noodles

2007-09-09T17:50:00.000+08:00

Met up with one of our fellow contributor here TM and another friend of ours for lunch.. after much thoughts n opinions we finally decided to have our lunch at this restaurant situated at the Lower Ground floor of Low Yat Plaza, Kuala Lumpur.. i would have to apologize to readers as i cant recall the name of this restaurant.. what i can described to you is that this shop is more or less next to Old Town Cafe and pretty close to the escalator.. very chinaman looking shop n this shop is not HALAL..

ok.. bout the food.. .. hmm.. let's start with the noodles.. like them.. but i found it to be a lil too soft.. maybe they overcooked a lil.. but the noodle was good.. at its own.. then the meat sauce.. although it was named "spicy".. it isnt really impressed me.. it tasted only a teeeny weeny lil spicy.. trust me.. not so surprisingly.. it tasted somehow sweet.. kinda usual in malaysia when spicy food is improvised for the benefit of all ages, races n taste buds.. to add up the spiciness put in some of the restaurant's sambal.. that should do a lil trick.. hehehe.. presentation and portion wise were reasonable..

hmm.. overall this is pretty decent.. not to say super good.. but decent enough that you'll go back for another round of it...

..RECOMMENDED..

Carl's Junior Charboiled Chicken Burger

2007-09-08T12:01:00.001+08:00

A Drink and Condiments

Fries

Charboiled Chicken Burger

Commercial break - Nandos@Jalan Tan Cheng Lock

2007-09-02T21:09:00.000+08:00

No words can describe how it tastes..

a simple meal

2007-09-02T14:14:00.000+08:00

well.. had nothing better to do.. and feeling lazy as usual.. i hit the road and found myself ordering take away from my favourite cafe in Kluang, Johor.. me hometown.. "Kluang Rail Coffee" cafe.. that's my fav cafe.. the one i was at is the new cafe.. the old one is still the canteen at the Kluang KTM station (train station)

yeap.. they had opened a new cafe surfing along all the hype of new lifestyle/designer cafe/coffee thingy that hit malaysia hard.. ok.. talk bout the food.. hmm.. well this round i'll intro the nasi lemak n coffe.. as i just had them like 30 mins ago.. heeheh..well because it is a take away meal thus it doesnt look fancy.. definately looks better in the cafe.. well i ordered the wrong one.. so it doesnt comes with chicken.. but what the heck.. the nasi lemak.. yes this is the normal looking one that all malaysian should be familiar with.. else.."from which pothole u came from man.. " hmm.. yes.. u might think this should taste normal.. well which nasi lemak doesnt taste more or less the same.. for this nasi lemak.. the interesting part is not the fragrance of the coconut milk from the rice.. but the sambal (some chilly concoction for those of foreign land reading this).. it has this subtle spiciness after a while u have them rested in your mouth.. not too spicy.. but still giving u the kick.. addition to it u'll taste the subtle dried prawn .. just lovely when mixed with the rice and munching them in your mouth..

next stop.. the coffee.. the cafe since the old days is famous for their coffee.. a unique roast of the coffee bean giving the local roast coffee a different kick.. as a coffee lover.. one should hit this cafe and give it a try.. yea yea.. not the same as Starbucks n CoffeeBean n San Franciso.. n so on.. but hey.. local coffee has its own mark.. :) just love the strong taste n fragrance of the coffee.. lovely lovely lovely...

together.. they just made my afternoon.. until.. the rain.. yea.. rainning now.. anyway.. have a great lunch..!!!! i know i just enjoyed one..

The Malaysian Food Festival - Rice Festival

2007-09-01T20:32:00.000+08:00

Display Board

Spices

Glutinous Rice with Mangoes

Pastries made of rice flour

Mangoes

Visiting Foh San Ipoh

2007-08-26T22:48:00.000+08:00

Siu Mai

Fish cake stuffed with prawns

I went back to my hometown last friday and visited my favourite dim sum restaurant again, Foh San. The food is as superb as usual and yah the place is damn crowded too.. nevertheless i managed to get a place fast and savour the nice dishes offered..

One of my favourites is the fish cake stuffed with prawns.. juicy from the inside and just basically nice from the outside.. :) yummy!

Penang Assam Laksa - JUSCO Mega Mall

2007-08-22T20:02:00.000+08:00

hi there viewers.. got back from Mega Mall bout hours ago.. yea .. the Mid Valley Mega Mall, Kuala Lumpur.. well it has been a wonderful 40 mins visit.. weird huh.. was just there to pick up something for my darling gf...

after completing my mission of the evening.. i proceed to Jusco's Home n Living department on the 2nd Floor of the mall.. there you'll find an eatery managed by Jusco themselves.. i supposed this eatery is no longer something new for those that made Megamall their second home..or so,.. hehehe...

here you'll find a variety of local delicacies, such as nasi lemak, curry laksa or curry for short n of course.. our highlight of this section.. Penang Assam Laksa.. well so called...

this particular one served by the Mid Valley Mega Mall's Jusco basically it is rice noodle in spicy and sour fish-flaked soup.. top n garnished with pineapple, onions n cucumber.. but this eatery made it a lil more interesting by sprinkling some chopped chillies.. yummy n spicy...

if u go to Penang the Assam Laksa there will taste a lil different.. less spicy.. less sour n have this sweet taste of prawn paste.. which this place is lacking.. anyway.. still

RECOMMENDED...

p.s. ppl like me.. better bring extra tissue...

Tangkak Beef Noodle

2007-08-21T22:17:00.000+08:00

hello readers.. let me introduce myself.. i'm yikang aka gary.. thanks to alicia for allowing me to tumpang her food blog..

well for starters.. Tangkak Beef Noodles... supposedly one of the best beef noodles in Johor.. i was at their branch in Kluang, Johor when covering this.. basically it is a soup noodle.. the soup was boiled to a lil saltish perfection with beef, some cow bones (dunno how to use a better word to describe) and cow stomach.. u can choose to go with lai fun, normal yellow chinky noodle, chinky vermicelli or kwey tiao (else also know by its exotic name "flat rice noodle").. try the one with lai fun (some sort of rice noodle as well) u'll never go wrong..

fresh warm noodles will be accompanied by the beef soup/broth n topping it with cube-like chunks of beef cutlets and cow stomach... sprinkled with some "ham choi" (salted pickle vege) and spring onions... just lovely... also u can order additional beef slice and the stomach with the soup.. price is very reasonable..

a must try when u visit Tangkak or now also available in Kluang.. RECOMMENDED..

The Malaysian Food Festival - Tutti Fruity at 1Utama

2007-08-21T22:09:00.000+08:00

Fruits Sushi?

Fruity Donuts

Black Glutinous Rice Dessert

Bubur Cha Cha

Kiwi Dessert

I went to the Malaysian Food Festival - Tutti Fruity at 1 Utama last week and get to see all these yummy desserts.. Quite some shops took part in it and some even sell mixed fruit juices..

I got to taste durian and black glutinous rice dessert. Not bad tho but not to my liking as it doesn't have soup.. :) love just the durian..

and i do hope that my pics aren't cacat :/

Balti Butter Chicken

2007-08-12T20:33:00.001+08:00

I made this today :) it's different from Indian Butter Chicken altho it looks almost the same :) spicier and rich of indian spices

Simple Chicken Porridge with Tomatoes

2007-08-10T11:25:00.000+08:00

Ingredients to marinate chicken
Chinese Soy sauce bout 2 tblspoons
a dash of white pepper
a dash of salt
approx 100-200g of minced chicken breast meat

Main Ingredients
120g rice, washed and soaked in water for an hour
3 - 4 cups water
marinated minced chicken breast meat
2 - 3 tomatoes cubed
a thumb of ginger (smashed)
some oil
3 shallots OR (if u're lazy) 1 big indian onion non smoked >> the onions must be chopped
some salt
some chinese soy sauce
pepper

Method
1. Marinate chicken breast meat.
2. Fry chopped shallots or onion with oil till it's golden brown and set aside with the fried oil
3. put rice and water into a pot and boil it. once the water has been boiled, put it on slow fire
4. put in minced marinated chicken breast meat.
5. put in cubed tomatoes
6. put in mashed ginger(if u feel that the ginger taste will b too strong, don't boil it too long with the porridge. take it out)
7. boil till the rice became porridge
8. add in some salt
9. Finally serve the porridge with the fried shallots and some fried shallots oil. Add in chinese soy sauce and pepper for taste.

Dedication for a pedal chlopak - Simple Grilled Marinated Chicken breast Meat

2007-08-09T14:50:00.000+08:00

Simple marination for grilled chicken breast meat. This recipe is for health concious person who would still like to enjoy food despite having a diet.

Ingredients
approx 100 - 200 g of sliced chicken breast meat
chinese light soy sauce bout 1-2 tbl spoons (can be substituted with a tblspoon of oyster sauce)
a pinch of salt or basically u can add more when u feel that it's too little
2-3 cloves or garlic (pounded)
some white pepper powder (bout a teaspoon)
black pepper (as desired)

Optional Ingredients
some ginger juice (pounded and get maybe half a teaspoon of juice)
some chinese cooking wine (bout half a tablespoon - a tablespoon)
fish sauce (2 - 3 drops)

Method
mix all the ingredients prepared in a bowl. marinate for bout a minimum of half an hour to a maximum of 2 hrs

Cook
Grill the chicken breast meat when it has been marinated. For best results, put maybe a teaspoon of olive oil before grilling.

Ikan Bakar!

2007-08-06T08:39:00.000+08:00

Once opened, it's so hot that you can see steam gushing out, and buried inside the lady's finger you can find some meaty stingray...I ordered 2 types, stingray and sotong..wah damn hot and spicy..but i like!!

Ehem..hungry now? Drooling already? Muahahahaha!

A preview of Ikan bakar at Petaling Street

2007-08-04T01:09:00.000+08:00

This aluminum foil wrapped food, once cooked is beyond your culinary imagination!

More laksa!

2007-08-02T09:22:00.000+08:00

YUMMY!!

I love this stall as well, hmm..also in Seremban la!

Located at a place called Templar Flat, opposite Chung Hua High School, this is good laksa! Trust me, especially the fiery red sambal which you can add to zest up your appetite..wah! looking at it now also make me hungry liao!

Had your laksa for breakfast yet? Muahahahaha!

A Pakistani Indian Dish

2007-07-29T20:56:00.000+08:00

Indian Butter Chicken

Up Close

This is what i cooked today for dinner. Looks good isn't? haha.. the ending doesn't go well for me as my kitchen ran out of gas. Solution? I transferred everything form the wok to rice cooker to make this dish :)

Verdict : taste good and it's something different from normal curry chic that i have had.

The recipe :
a cup of plain yogurt,
2 tblspoons garam masala (approx 25-30 gms)
1 teaspoon ginger - crushed
1 teaspoon salt
3 lb chicken, skinless; cut in pieces
1 oil 2 oz butter
1 cinnamon stick -- 1 inch
6 cloves
6 green cardamoms
1/4 pint sour cream
1/4 pint cream
salt to taste
2 teaspoon almonds, ground (optional - i didn't put in this)
1/4 teaspoon cornstarch (optional - i didn't put in this)

ps : i modified the recipe a bit by adding chili powder, potatoes, lots of onions and some garlic (maybe u could try this too)

Directions
Mix yogurt, ginger, salt and rub into chicken. Let it marinate overnight.

Place in an ovenproof dish and brush with oil. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 40-50 minutes. Save the liquid, if any.

In a saucepan, melt butter and fry cinnamon, cloves and cardamoms for 1 minute.

Add sour cream and chicken liquid. Add cream. Cover and simmer gently for 5-6 minutes.

Add chicken pieces and adjust seasoning. Add ground almonds. Dissolve cornstarch in water and add to the chicken.Let it thicken.

Cover and simmer for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat.

Fiery Chicken Curry with Fragrant Indian Rice

2007-07-27T08:55:00.000+08:00

Chicken Curry

The Cooking of Fragrant Indian Rice

The final result of the rice

I cooked all these this morning :) looks good isn't? The chicken curry is added with some pounded indian spices and dried chilis. Something different from my original recipe.

The frangrant rice on the other hand, is cooked with butter, lots of indian spices and shallots.

Chee Chup Chok side dish-Chicken!

2007-07-26T13:26:00.001+08:00

Seems like most of the people eating the porridge also order chicken, i tell you hor, this is not plain chicken dish, the texture is so smooth you want to order another dish..hehehe..usually I order half a chicken when eating there with my wife and two sons!

Hmm..sedapnya!

Chee Chup Chok

2007-07-26T13:13:00.001+08:00

Don't underestimate this bowl of plain looking porridge, actually this stall in Seremban has many year's of history in chee chup chok business.

There are many customers weekday or weekend, especially on weekend, you gotta wait and wait..and my strategy is standing beside the table which you see is going to finish..just stand there and stare at the food (and LHS if you want, let the saliva drip)..they will feel very uneasy and quickly finish and go!

Viola! You got the table for yourself, muahahahaha!

Laksa

2007-07-26T12:56:00.000+08:00

I love laksa!

In Seremban, there are two shops selling good laksa a.k.a. Asia Laksa, you can find one at Jalan Tok Ungku, another at Senawang.

Both are brothers also, guess good food have siblings rival..they inherited the secret ingredient and ways to make good laksa from the parent, and established their own business lor..

You gotta try to belip it! Dunno the way? Call me lor when you drop by at Seremban, lemme be the guide..kekeke

Hakka Mee

2007-07-26T12:50:00.000+08:00

Well, since this is all about food..I am pleased to introduce to you ze famous Seremban hakka mee!

There are stalls managed by the brothers, one at Pasar Besar Seremban, the other is at town, behind Maybank.

You have have purely hakka noodle or mixed with lou shee fun, very nice!

Petai!

2007-07-25T22:54:00.000+08:00

Aahhh...I just ate this tonight..very delicious indeed! Been waiting for this dish for a few months already..tonight..it made my day!

Are you hungry now? ekekekeke!

Pizza Hut - Cheezy Bites Diplicious!

2007-07-25T12:15:00.001+08:00

Hawaiian Cheezy Bites

I like this pizza. Normally I had pizza with loads of cheese powder! Haha read LOADS!! but, with the new dip thingy, i don't have to put cheese powder anymore. Simply love the stuffed cheeze in the crust.

Welcome!

2007-07-25T11:56:00.000+08:00

I have another blog at http://alicialphh.blogspot.com. That blog has been long maintained and kinda rojak i'd say. So here i am with a new blog domain to post bout my food cooking and adventure. Something to separate this special passion from the main blog :)