Wednesday 20 January 2010

Lunch at Jurong Point ! (5th Post)

Ytd i went out to meet up with
my cousin sister 'Chooi Fun' and her husband
Since her parents came to Singapore,
we went out to have lunch together
She brought us to Jurong Point to shop for some stuff for her parents
and the we went to 'Din Tai Fung' for lunch
She ordered so many stuff that we couldnt finish it ..

This is called 'Xiao Loong Bao'.
This bao is made from pork and the skin is very thin..
You must use a dessert spoon to take it
otherwise, the soup in the bao will leak
She called 2 type of 'Xiao Loong Bao'
There's original 'Xiao Loong Bao' and 'Crab flavor Xiao Loong Bao'
'Xiao Loong Bao is eaten together with vinegar and ginger'
This one is 'Prawn Dumpling'. This one too had some soup inside it ..
The prawns were very fresh ..
The cloth underneath is to keep moisture of the baoz ..
so that it doesnt dry out

This is the combination of 'Ha Gao' and 'Siew Mai' ..
Which means it has pork and prawn in it ..
But they separated it
by putting the pork in the bottom and prawn on top
This is not so nice as the skin is too thick ..
Other than that, it is quite tasty !

~Adios~

~*Elle*~

BBQ on the 9th Jan (4th post)

After coming back from Pantai Remis,
we took out all the bbq equipment n started washing all the required things

I was left alone as everyone went to do their own stuff ..
My bro ' B chai' n cousin 'Ah Chin' were in the kitchen
preparing and serving the food.
We had prawns, fishes, squids and hotdogs

Noone elses was around..
They were either playing with the children or watching tv
the moment everything was ready ..
they'll come out automatically

Everyone then started to take whatever they wanna eat

But this 'Xiao didi' (small kid) is the fastest of all ..
He was the first person to start bbq-ing his hotdog

The prawn is XL size .. it is even larger than the fish ..

Thats my prawn n fish !!
But honestly, in my opinion bbq seafood is better than Chicken wing

My cousin bro 'Ah Keat' was seen stir-frying
some squid with its black squid ink ..
Although it looks disgusting but the taste isnt bad at all !
I tried the same thing but what i did was to
stir-fry prawns with sambal chilli and onions ..
Lets try doing that again during Cny .. It was really fun !

~Adios~

~*Elle*~

Pantai Remis trip to grab seafood !! (3rd post)

On the 8th of Jan, received a call that
my cousin bro n auntie from kl was in ipoh.
Therefore, my uncle brought them along
to Pantai Remis to grab 'cheap' (i disagree) seafood

The one on the left is my cousin bro 'Kok Foo'.
The one at the back is my 'jiu jiu'
the one on the right is my 'ah yi' ..

You grab wadeva that u wan n then u bargain a bit ..
We went 2 places to grab diff seafood ..
They oni sell to ppl that they know ..
Meaning stranger cant buy from them
These seafood are meant to b exported out of Msia ..
Luckily, we have relative in Pantai who brought us around

This is the result from 1st stop ..
We bought squid, prawn and some fishes
and then we receive a call that the ship was on the way ..
so we went to the next place b4 all the seafood sold out

This is how they show u wad they've got ..
You choose n pick wad u wan n hand over to the staff

This is my favorite ! Gigantic squid ..

Staff were sorting out the fishes, prawns, squids etc


Sometimes u'll get unexpected 'visitor', that day was these 5 stingray

We bought some of these for bbq ..

and after choosing, tada ! hand it to them ..


This is wad they call Pantai fish ..

All these are to b exported to China


Cant believe this when i was told tat each fishing ship can cost up to 100k each

We ended up buying 2 boxes full of seafood

~Adios~

~*Elle*~

Giant breed !!! Scary (2nd post)

This is my 2nd post of the day ..
Bump into this gigantic fish outside the restaurant 'East Ocean' in Menglembu, Ipoh
when i was about to have dinner with my cousin from KL
I've no idea whats its english name
but in cantonese, they call it 'Loong Dun'
If i were to direct translate it into English ..
Then it would become the 'Dragon Buttock'
hahahahahahaha

Mei Yoke, B Chai and i were busy snappying photo of the gigantic fish
that we forgotten about the cousins who were waiting in the restaurant

This is quite scary as the size of the fish is
as long as the metal table
B chai, being a great fan of fishes,
was so excited when he saw the fish

I cant imagine how heavy is the fish
How many ppl would it take to eat up the whole fish
Thats all for now ..

~Adios~

~*Elle*~

Ken Chai's Birthday cake ! ( 1st post)

I knew I posted this rather late ..
but i've been really busy recently ..
To be exact, this post is 11 days late ..
As in the cake was made on the 9th Jan
My bro, Ken Chai, made this cake
for his birthday celebration with his gf
I was only there to help ..

At first, we plan to buy the konyaku jelly to decorate the top of the cake .. After heating the mixture, i added some chocolate emulco to add taste to the jelly ..We bought the plain flavor konyaku powder ..

After that, we pour the jelly mixture into the bear mould ..
It came out cute .. but we found that the taste doesnt go along with the chocolate cake
therefore, it went straight into our stomach .. hahahhahaa

This is the cake batter .. My bro pour everything in ..
Although it looks a bit gross .. but it turn out to be quite delicious

It looks nice, isnt it ..
We were actually trying to make Chocolate Mousse Cake ..

Thats Ken pouring the batter ..
It was really fun to make our own cake ..

After preheating the toaster, the next step
of course is to bake the cake ..
BUT please remember one very important thing

Please clear whatever thats inside the toaster before preheating it ..
You can end up like this ..
Ken actually forgot to get this out from the toaster
and preheat it straight away ..

Look at this ..
This is wad will happen to plastic when it is heated up


Next is to melt the white chocolate and dark chocolate
Then, add in some butter and whip cream ..
This will be the chocolate topping for the cake ..

After the cake is ready, we cut off the upper part
The cake is then cut into 2 slice ..
Between the 2 slice of cake .. we pour in some white chocolate
In this way, it'll have different taste ..

And finishes the cake with chocolate topping ..
Please do not do like what we did ..
You'll end up having a mess ..
Like we did .. hahahaha
We should have put the cake on a tray that have holes underneath
In that way, the chocolate wont get stuck on the plate

This is the outcome ..
If the sides of the plate isnt messy ..
it doesnt looks so gross ..
but nonetheless, the taste was acceptable ..
Thats all for now

~ Adios ~

~*Elle*~

Sunday 10 January 2010

Celebrating New Year in Cameron Highland !!

Been a little bit busy recently with so many things to catch up
therefore, was a little bit late to upload the photos taken during the trip to Cameron Highlands
We started off late in ipoh .. The traffic to Brinchang where our hotel is located was a little bit slow .. but we manage to reach Equatorial by 1.30pm .. But we can only check in into our apartment at 3pm therefore, we went outside to snap a few pics ..

This picture is taken by my cousin 'Ah Chin'. This is my family though my bf and my eldest bro's gf is missing .. So this is an imcomplete family pic .. Hahahaha .. As you can see, we were wearing short pants .. We regretted that right away as we underestimated Cameron .. It can be as cold as Liverpool during rainy season !! The strong wind doesnt lose out either ..


This is taken at the car park of the apartment we rented ..
Its so beautiful

This is the apartment we rented .. As there were 7 of us, we went in 2 cars with dad driving the Exora and my 2nd bro drove his gf's Myvi .. We rented only the top floor .. not the entire building .. but that alone cost us Rm600+ >.<
Took this when everyone was busing admiring the scenery below ..

Thats me, eldest bro 'Ken' , cousin 'Chin' and 2nd bro's gf 'Rachael'. The one standing on the chair raising both his hands (scare ppl kenot see him) is my cousin .. hahahaha .. he's really a very funny guy doing all the funny things to make everyone laugh !

This is the complete group photo with a table acting as a tripod. ^_^ . After leaving our stuff in the apartment, my 2nd bro 'Melphis' suggested to go to Raju Strawberry Farm to pick our own strawberries and munch on the spot !
Unfortunately, we were told that the strawberries in his farm is not in the harvest season yet,
therefore, we wont be able to pick them ourselves .. Determined not to leave empty-handed, we headed towards the cafe beside the stall

to grab a plate of Strawberry Waffle !


The strawberries grew in Malaysia is very different from the one i visit in Sheffield, Uk
As these are for commercial use, the strawberries are grown carefully. Therefore, its neater

After shopping for vegetables and honey in Kea farm, we headed toward the steamboat restaurant .. As my father was wearing short pants, his ex-colleague dared him to steamboat in the open air ..

Everyone was waiting anxiously to start munching .. it was a pity that it wasnt a buffet

The chicken stock soup base and tom yam soup base ~! Its really nice having a hot pot of food to fill up ur stomach in the freezing weather ~!

Took this pic in the morning outside the balcony of the rented apartment ..
We were all freezing .. Look at Ken's hair .. We tried many many times to capture a perfect shot but failed .. the wind was quite strong that morning ..

Took this picture in the Equatorial Hotel Lobby ... As my bro doesnt wanna give up picking strawberries .. We tried another farm beside the hotel and yeay ! you pay Rm20 to get a tray to pick 500gm of strawberries !! We were all so excited !


Nice reddish strawberry .. Yum Yum !!

Manage to get 4 reddish strawberries .. Though i'm not a big fan of strawberry but it was fun plucking them :p

and we had 2 full tray of reddish big fat strawberries !! we were soooooooo full munching down all those strawberries !

Came upon this beautiful orchid in a farm on the way home .. Really really beautiful .. It caught my attentiong with its beauty

and i saw my favorite flower !! Even though its also called Lily, but its different from the Lily you get in ipoh or kl .. Its quite rare .. and this is all i've posted about Cameron ..
More post coming up soon .. Made a chocolate cake with my bro 'Ken' to celebrate his birthday !
And went to Pantai Remis to grab seafood ( Squids, Prawns, Fishes ) .. Saw an amazing fish outside the restaurant near my house. The length of the fish is as long as a rectangular table !! And lastly, seafood bbq today !!
~ Adios ~ Stay tune ~
~*Elle*~