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No words can describe how it tastes..

a simple meal

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

Display Board

Spices


Glutinous Rice with Mangoes


Pastries made of rice flour


Mangoes

Visiting Foh San Ipoh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!

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

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

More laksa!

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

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

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!

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

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

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

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!

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!