Went out for a Portuguese Grill Fish dinner with the Boyfriend at Chinatown the other night.
We choose the stingray, clams, and squid combo covered with spicy gravy wrapped in aluminum foil. I know this looks like shit but I can assure you it's one of the most awesome shit ever to be eaten by mankind me, for now. However the spicy gravy is not for the fainthearted or in this case the weak stomach. But you can always ask for the mildly hot gravy apparently they have this option. We endure the whole ordeal not knowing there's such an option fol.
Or just gulp down one of these to prevent your lips from turning into sausages.
One interesting fact about this little stall is the owner is like a grill fish guru or something cause after you place your order they can tell you the exact, EXACT time your order will be ready without fail, I know cause I counted.
The stingray.
Those round brown shelled thingy are called chestnuts.
And the guy in the yellow shirt is the Boyfriend. After throwing in the RM5 into the scene he continues focusing on his nuts.
Went to my friend's house for Christmas cum New Year celebration.
There's good food, drinks and great company involved.
Had great fun keeping up with everyone but things are not so great for my hepatocytes though. But you gotta let loose for New Year right?
Anyway speaking of food, I brought some finger sandwiches for the party.
And guess what? It's a hit! *proud*
I felt like so aunty kept on repeating my recipe for the whole night but hey as long as I'm not sending people to the loo I'm not complaining =D
And for the purpose of sharing and keeping record of MY recipe *cough*, I'm gonna post them up here. I know you're dying to know it anyway. Haha.
Finger Sandwich recipe:
1 can of Tuna in water (drained)
1 packet of Crab stick (boiled and shredded)
4 Hard boiled eggs
1 Cucumber
1 Carrot
2 Green Pear
1 Red Apple
1 Lime
Few dollop of Mayonnaise
Salt and Pepper to taste.
Italian spices (optional)
Bread (toasted)
Instruction:
Finely diced the cucumber, carrot, pear, apple and the egg WHITE and mix them. This is the only painstaking things to do through out the process I promise. Cause you got to make sure you diced them as finely as you possibly could (e.g. 1mm cube for example wtf) cause you don't want your sandwich filling to be clumpy.
Mix the egg YOLK, mayonnaise and lime juice together till it smooth and creamy.
Flaked the tuna and mix it with the shredded crab stick. Make sure you've drained the water or your sandwich will turnout soggy and disgusting. Not good.
Mix 1+2+3+salt+pepper into one big happy family. And spread it on your toasted bread. You can use non toasted bread if you serve it immediately but I had to use toasted bread cause I don't want my sandwich to become soggy during dinner.
Cut the crust or don't cut up to you I think it is just for the matter of presentation anyway, divide the sandwich into 4 and voila you have your finger sandwich!
Makes A LOT. I ended up using 1 jumbo Gardenia + 2 normal wholewheat bread and still have extra filling. Which of course gladly nom up by yours truly.
You know I can't help it but to feel like Martha Stewart when posting this recipe up but in a non-professional way. LOL
If you're trying out this recipe tell me how you did will you?
It's my first try in poaching eggs and it is that beautiful *proud*. The second one came out shitty though.
This was eaten with a buttery toast and seasoned with a dash of salt and pepper.
It is bliss people.
The egg looks kinda raw here but the glassy appearance is only due to the boiled water. I didn't manage to completely separate the water from the egg coz I'm scare that I'll ruin my perfectly poached egg T___T.
But then again who the hell eat a well done egg? I like the egg yolk in my eggs to be runny, gooey and disgusting. Life is too short to worry about salmonella.
Currently listening to Lou Reed- Perfect Day and trying really hard to resist myself from squeezing the big-ass zits at my right temple fml.
It's 9pm and it is raining outside. Finally KL started to feel colder and by that comfortable. I no more need the service of a stand fan and sleeping half naked now wtf. I could cuddle up nicely in a bundle now in my teeny tiny blanket and sleep away without a care in the world. A feeling which of course only limited to Friday sadly to say since I could not afford to waste too much time being sashayed away into oblivion.
The new module practically eating away my soul T___T. The stuff to remember is just overwhelming. It's not helpful at all when the Boyfriend give some random quiz about the module I just simply could not remember what I've studied before. Great. I feel so bad for myself. not be able to answer the quiz makes me feel like I'm a complete idiot plus I could see the disappointment in your eyes. It kills me more. But no fret as pessimist as I sounds deep down inside it kinda awaken my inner competitive spirit (yes, I need that deep to dig it out *sigh*) and to do better. So maybe next time when you ask me that quiz I'll do better aye? But don't ask me right away I need to studied for it first! wtf competitive spirit fail. BUT believe me I am SERIOUS. seriously!!
I got a care package from mom today! (read: food package). I was suppose to receive it on Thursday but the bitchy clerk at the office could not answer a simple yes/no question during her lunch break. Hence, I am only able to retrieve it today(Sunday). So here it is brown paper love.
For you who have not taste this. Two word. Cracker heaven wtf.
My mum. "You'll never have too much of health food." Even her junk food is healthy (minus the crab cracker). Codfish seaweed anyone?
I love my weekends. My first weekend as a 21 year old. Gosh I am that old. I can't believe I'm like all grown up now. I could still remember back in the day when I was still a little girl how I always wished that I would grow up as soon as possible and do what grown up do. Wear heels, have boobs (I really do!) wear makeup and be all lady like and such (I know, how naive right?) and now that I'm older, numerical wise, deep down I still felt like I'm that little heels, curve (hello butt!) and makeup wearing girl. So the question is when will the mental maturity come by? 30? Why does it feels like I have a maturity of a ferret.
Sigh It's late I have major reading to do for tomorrow's 8am tutorial session and I still didn't know which group I am in. Lets just hope that I am not, NOT in a group that postpone class if not major wtf.
9.30pm. Don't feel like showering in this cold weather. I smell like coffee, and KFC.
Weird blue drink on a super long glass which tasted suprisingly good.
My curiosity end up killing quite a number of brain cells and a blue tongue.
Toast on steroid. Nuff said.
Dine at : Wong Kok Char Chan Teng, Pavillion.
Only Japanese restaurant can make you dine in an itsy-bitsy cubicle for two and still doesn't make you feel claustrophobic. But then again I am not claustrophobic so don't take my word wtf.
However, I somehow find it hard not to stare at the person on cubicle opposite me. There is nothing else to look. Cause it's either the wall or you T__________T.
Caviar sushi. Just your normal fish roe.
I find it a bit too salty for my liking though.
Dine at: Sushi Zanmai, The Garden.
Finally, after a long period of 'shoe-fasting'. ehem..and by shoe I mean heels.
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No thought no hesitation. It is not impulse it is pure love.
Warning site may contain some mouth watering graphic. Excessive parasympathetic stimulation and unexplainable craving might occur. Viewer discretion is advised. Words of advice: do prepare a box of Kleenex. That ought to help.
I wanna go to Melaka and eat some balls, literally wtf.
No. I have not gone crazy yet. And I really do mean Balls.
Ice balls and Rice balls that is.
All that gooey juice on top of it.
The numbing coldness that it gives.
The different textures. Soft, crunchy, slippery, smooth, and gritty.
I have come to realize a pattern of behavior of mine. I tend to blog a lot (comparing to not blogging at all) when I'm close to having any exam, test or whatever the tedious things a student forced to go through. Furthermore being in this course your life tends to revolve around exam, test, presentation, labs, results day and whatnot. I can't help it. Hmm.. maybe it is more like a way of my subconscious mind to bring me back my sanity by momentarily steering it away from fact that I have way passed my brain capacity to absorb anything not even an alphabet no nothing.
So here I am typing away a great deal of nothingness. Bloodshot eyes, caffeine tolerance, constant palpitation, irritable, night sweats, and the infamous bingeing. All hail Hello Panda (yes it have its own wiki entry!) cookies one of my most fave comfort food. On why I don't find it insulting I have no idea maybe coz it is something that I could relate to (Panda = Bloodshoot eyes, I know a revelation right?). Or or maybe coz Hello Panda you had me at Hello *swoon drools* wtf.
Yumms!~ The ULTIMATE guilty pleasure.
Can't helped myself to get a bunch of these during the Japanese Food Fair. They are sooooooo good I swear by it. Seriously for a brief moment of each bites I thing I saw panda heaven wtf. Ok maybe not panda heaven but its a heaven still. For those who never had this, you had not lived! (Running out to the nearest 7-E to get one is highly recommended) For those who had, welcome to Pandaism *hugs*. LOLs. Nothingness remember?
*****
LadyGaGa - Just Dance
RedOne, Konvict GaGa, oh-oh, eh
I've had a little bit too much, much All of the people start to rush, start to rush by How does he twist the dance? Can't find a drink, oh man Where are my keys? I lost my phone, phone
What's going on on the floor? I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore Keep it cool, what's the name of this club? I can't remember but it's alright, a-alright
Just dance, gonna be okay, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, gonna be okay, d-d-d-dance Dance, dance, just, j-j-just dance
Wish I could shut my playboy mouth, oh oh oh-oh How'd I turn my shirt inside out? Inside outright Control your poison babe, roses have thorns they say And we're all getting hosed tonight, oh oh oh-oh
What's going on on the floor? I love this record baby but I can't see straight anymore Keep it cool, what's the name of this club? I can't remember but it's alright, a-alright
Just dance, gonna be okay, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, gonna be okay, d-d-d-dance Dance, dance, just, j-j-just
When I come through on the dance floor checkin' out that catalog Can't believe my eyes, so many women without a flaw And I ain't gon' give it up, steady tryin' to pick it up like a car I'ma hit it, I'ma hit it and flex and do it until tomorr' yeah
Shawty I can see that you got so much energy The way you're twirlin' up them hips 'round and 'round And now there's no reason at all why you can't leave here with me In the meantime stay and let me watch you break it down
And dance, gonna be okay, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo-doo-mmm
Just dance, gonna be okay, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, gonna be okay, d-d-d-dance Dance, dance, just, j-j-just dance
Woo! Let's go!
Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic Got my blueprint, it's symphonic Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic Got my blueprint electronic
Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic Got my blueprint, it's symphonic Half psychotic, sick, hypnotic Got my blueprint electronic
Go! Use your muscle, carve it out, work it, hustle I got it, just stay close enough to get it Don't slow! Drive it, clean it, lights out, bleed it Spend the lasto (I got it) In your pocko (I got it)
Just dance, gonna be okay, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo-doo-mmm
Just dance, gonna be okay, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, spin that record babe, da da doo-doo-mmm Just dance, gonna be okay, d-d-d-dance Dance, dance, just, j-j-just dance
The most seriously overplayed songs in my iTunes ever.
Mr. Boyfriend stop by at my house today. At 9am(!!!) in the morning T_____T
Actually he'd been begging me to do a study date since like uhm.. gazillion years ago just that I am so lazy wanna had to dress up and act proper when I am studying with him. But since the whole hostel just left him alone and the cafe are close for raya holiday, I would be cruel if I let him catch mice for lunch and dinner.
Hahahaha... mice for lunch & dinner... Hahahaha *wipe tear* Okay enough with lame joke. *serious mode on*
So armed with lecture notes and 4 packet of porridge (me, him, and fellow housemates) he came. And guess what the porridge taste so good that I actually eat like a slob in front of him. So act proper. Haih.. why am I like this one T________T
But me eating like a pig in front of him is not the main topic today. Today is the second day of the month again so that means that it is our 15th monthniversary day!! Before I had any chance to say the usual Happy Monthniversary wishes to him he quickly asked me to get him some water. When I come back with the water he did the sweetest things ever. He surprises me with a bouquet of purple roses!!!! Well not really a bouquet lah just three roses only just to represent the 3 icky words that I just love to hear he say..Heee~~
ZOMG I'm so like a love sick puppy now. T3T
Love you boyfriend Happy Monthniversary.. Big X & O!!
Wake up too early today and the still dreamy me go straight to my wardrobe and plan what to wear to go down for breakfast today. Then I find something really wrong. Why do this hotel room looks so familiar as my room ah?? *rub eyes and blink 10 times*
It is MY room. I'm at KL now. Boo~ I just came back from a 3D3N trip from Penang yesterday. The 6 Hour (!!!) trip back totally worn me out I mean seriously after reach home from Pudu I unpack my mountain of dirty laundry which I know i will break my back washing it, shower (reluctantly shower T___T, 6 hour remember??), then straight away sway into my wonderland as soon as my head reach the pillow-my pillow not some cheap hotel pillow.
But as happy as I am being back to my room, I suddenly come to a realisation that being back to KL means no more good food to fill my stomach. 12 hour post-Penang, I now crave for more Penang food.
So now, I decide to blog about the Penang food to fill in the void in me(cehwah! sounds so damn emo lah pula -___-)
note: This blog contain pictures that can cause excessive drooling. So please prepare towels/tissues/cups/mugs/bowls or whatever to to wipe away or to catch your saliva before moving on. Viewer discretion is advise.
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Lazy arse! thought I told you to get something for your saliva. Well, don't say I didn't warn you.
First day
Eat Lor mee and Duck thigh in herbal soup (sound so healthy but its nice oo!! *defending* well actually forgot what it called but the name I gave explain what it is od right??) for breakfast. Sadly I didn't take any picture of the foods coz after taking 6 hour trip (26sept on 11pm-27sept 5am, explains the 3D3N) from KL to Penang and had to wait at the bus terminal before we take taxi to Georgetown and finally check in our hotel at 7am you'll be too famish to even think about taking picture of the food. T____T feel so regret for not taking it now.
Buah Berangan. I dunnowhat they called it in English but the smell of it alone can make u so dreamy. Angan-angan= day dreaming. So Berangan= day dreamy lah kan? I love the smell of it. Boyfriend say it is roasted together with coffee beans that's why it smells so damn delicious. Apparently KL oso got sell one but I got no transport to go to any pasar malam here at KL mah so I never eat it before lah. *shy*
Tambun biscuit. I tell you this iddy-biddy tidbits can be so addictive. It is bite size so that you can easily pop one into your mouth and choose either to chew it or just let it melt in your mouth slowly savouring the taste. Mmmm~ *wipe drools* And please take note that I took great effort to resist myself from eating the whole biscuits and just bite the biscuits in halve just to show you how the content look like okay!!
Eat Or Chien= oyster fried with eggs. They said that Penang Or Chien really nice one but this one doesn't taste thattt good to me. Maybe I go buy at the wrong stall? and boyfriend coldly says that it is not tasty and keep saying that Kuching one is better and served in bigger portion. Uhmm... wonder how it would change my view towards this one or not. Char Koay Teow. You can find the stall that sell this scathering almost everywhere throughout Penang cooked with different style. About the taste rating is about 5/10 for me lah cause I am not a big fan of fried noodles/koay teow but the fresh prawn that they used. Now that's another thing to talk about.
Prawn that they use in most of the ingredient in penang food are so fresh that it can make your mouth water and might gives you gastrorgasmic just by looking at it. No kidding!! The people of penang seems to master the great skill needed to cook the prawn just right. Not too raw and yet not overly done. cause i hate it when my prawn are still slightly raw cow it got this very gross taste of seafood and if it is too overly cooked the prawn will shrunk and lost its sweet juices. In Penang the prawn that they cooked is just too good that no word can even explain it...its tenderness, the flavour, the sweetness of its juice that flows into your mouth and the sounds of it when you chew it is just simply mind blowing.
Ais Kacang. Or we in Sabah we call it ABC for ais batu campur. This is just pure genius! Whoever thought of putting icecream on top of ais kacang deserve to get a noble prize. They really make people happier. Well, minus the fact that it add up the extra calories T____T. But hey, screw that extra calories I'm on holiday so i can eat whatever I want if I say I want icecream on top of my ais kacang you better give it to me! *inhale exhale*
So with that hearty meals I finish my first day at Penang. I was so full I can't move. After everybody finally manage to get on their feet that we finally walk back to the hotel. But then since the trip back are so far away from the hotel, we quickly become hungry again once we reach our rooms. OMG one day in Penang I already turned into a possessed pig who can't stop eating! Second Day
Woke up reallyyy early so boyfriend and me decide to walk around Georgetown and take breakfast afterward. Georgetown is so..OLD Historical. Okay, now moving on to what I take for breakfast.
Curry Mee. OMG!!!!11 Gastrorgasmic again!! This is SOOOO nice.Got Prawn *heart*, diced pork blood, taufu, tauge, oyster, sliced squid, mee hoon and noodle mix together in an coconut milk+curry paste decorated with pudine leaves. Mix all the concoction together and it taste FANTABULOUS!!!!!!!1
Indian Rojak which was made by chinese (does it mean that it's chindian??). Suspicious with the taste but the uncle claims that his indian rojak is famous ( among the indian??) so we gave it a try lah. Rating 6/10. It taste almost the same as what i can find at our faculty cafeteria but with a much more better sauce lah of course.
Kon Low Mian. This is my friend's order actually but she ask me to order cause she forgot to ask the lao ban to add noodle in her beef balls (no pun intended) soup. T____T Don't know how it taste like too forgot to ask my friend. But judging by the time she take to gobble it down it must have taste very good. *gulp*
Went to Penang Hill. Which is sadly closed down for maintainance. Boo~
On the way to Kek Lok Si Temple. Stop at a restaurant before going up to the temple and order Asam Laksa. Another Gastrorgasmic delight T3T~~
Finally after we are fully recharge we finally climb up to the temple. On the way we saw this ponds full of turtles. FULL!! The turtle are practically fighting and kicking with each other to get into the sun or away O.o!!!
Went to snake temple afterward. Forced by boyfriend to see the snake exhibiton.
And that is the most Giganormous snake I have ever seen in my entire 19 years of life O.o!!!~ And this one can swallow a full grown goat (big one!!) whole!!! Almost die of acute myocardial infarction and hypoglycemic because standing to close to so many snake at one time. I feel like my leg turned into jelly after finishing the exhibition. boyfriend plan to cure my snake allergy by exposing me to so many snake at one time back fired. I'm officially incureable Waa!!~~~
Went to Gurney Drive. Leg turn no jelly no more after the smells of food. On that time my tummy turn a somersault knowing that it will be well feed again.
Cendol. Hey they got red beans in it lah!!
Rojak Buah. The sauce is homemade and it taste really goooood.
Otak-otak. Its big and to a dissapointment it doesnt taste as good as it look. A total waste T________T.
Char mee or fried noodles. It is tasty. But I still prefer the one we got at Tamparuli, Sabah.
Siput duri. Look something like the siput sedut but dont ever suck this one coz you'll end up poking your nose instead. You pick it using that sate stick and dip it into its sauce and yum yum. It is very sweet.
Lala. It is fried with anchovy and flavoured with curry powder. I'm not a fan of it but everyone else seems to like it very much. *shrug*
Muar Chee. Its uhm.. something sticky like a solid white sticky thingy that is mixed with peanut powder, sugar, and more peanuts. It is sweet and chewy. Out of word T____T. But it does not come from Muar, Johor! Already confirm that with Boyfriend.
Fried Prawns, Fried calamaries, and fried chicken skin!!! It's a lie that anybody don't like fried chicken skin. Remember that whenever you go to KFC or eat fried chicken that you always keep the skin to the side so that you can eat it last coz its the best part of all?
Penang people are so clever that take away the chicken skin, fried it and later sell it to stupid Sabahan people like me who would die to have it. So not only that they gain profit they also become healthier coz they eat skinless chicken mah. Clever right right?? Right.
Day two finish with me being overly fed once again. My tummy start to show some bumps but I sleep with a wide smile on my face that night. Heee~~
Third Day
Went to the market and ordered Kuay Kak for breakfast. It is a bit too spicy for my liking. Rating 6/10. Apparently the lao ban gave us the wrong plate from another customer that ask for their to be extra zing T____T.
Bak Kua or Rou Gan.Never seen this one at Sabah before.My Penang friend claims it only can be found at Penang. Life is so unfair Cause this taste better than any Bak Kua I've ever taste before. Another Gastrorgasmic momentos. *big teary eyes*And this is by far the best food I've ever take for the whole 19 (almost 20) years of my life!! *fireworks background*
Went to Chocolate Boutique afterwards and taste like 20++ different types of chocolate. Didn't take any pictures cause to intoxicated by the chocolate.
It is raining on the last day so can't really go anywhere in the morning. Before checking out from the hotel me and Boyfriend go and take a quick bite. boyfriend mumble the name to quickly and pretended not to listen to my question afterward and just continue shoving food into that tiny frame of his. T____T
Later that evening after check out we straight away take Rapid Penang and headed to the bus terminal.
After the gastrorgasmic experience I had in Penang I can't wait to go again. Hee~
