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Archive for January, 2009
Happy Ox Year from BM Kia!
Jan 25th
First day of Chinese New Year 2009 is only 4 hours away! BM Kia at vkeong.com wants to wish all my blog readers a Happy Prosperous Ox Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai! This year, there’s nothing more important than securing our jobs and having a peaceful year ahead due to the bad economic outlook. Special greetings to the following food bloggers (in no particular order) who are definitely best of the bests: discover more great food, eat more and blog more!
- Allie
- Criz
- Leng Jai Jason
- UGWUG
- Kampung Boy City Gal
- New Kid On The Blog
- Rasa Malaysia
- Mei Yen
- Jackson
- Cumi & Ciki
- Eunice
- Kuan
- Lingzie
- Joe
- Lilian
- J2kfm
- CK Lam
- Buzzing Bee
And lets not forget my friends too:
My previous year was quite tough, as predicted by the Kuan Yin’s ‘cim’. Luckily I managed to pull it through and things are looking better now. Food blogging wise, I have received more invitations for exclusive reviews and I am also equally thankful for that. May I have more invitations this year LOL! Gong Xi Gong Xi!
Chinese New Year Cookies – Pineapple and Strawberry Jam Tarts
Jan 23rd
Yo! I am already at my home in Bukit Mertajam for the Chinese New Year holidays~ The first thing I did with my family was making some awesome cookies like pineapple and strawberry jam tarts and almond cookies. They look damn tempting and taste super delicious! You just couldn’t compare them with those sold outside at all, homemade for the win!
Pineapple jam tarts are a must for us during Chinese New Year. Guess who’s gonna put up some extra pounds lol. Let me show you the process..
Sisters Curry Laksa (Seapark) @ Bandar Puteri Puchong
Jan 20th
**Update Jan 2010: This shop is said to be closed and moved to Taman Wawasan at Pusat Bandar Puchong. Thanks for the update Anonymous commenter!
While I was flipping through the newspaper one Sunday, a particular food related article caught my attention. Usually I won’t pay much attention to the articles because they are introducing foods mostly located in KL.
But, the article that day talked about the Sisters famous Curry Laksa noodles at Seapark opening a branch in Bandar Puteri Puchong. Being a curry noodles fan, I copied down the address and contact number immediately from the newspaper, with a plan already in mind to visit it soon.
One of the highlighted noodles was Seafood Curry Laksa @ RM11.80, said to come with huge prawns and lots of fresh squids and cockles. To be honest, I was kinda skeptical at first on how much seafood they could possibly give. Luckily my worries did not materialize, as the noodles was true to its claim and came with plenty of seafood. I think a big whole squid was served with the curry laksa, you can judge the quantity from the photo.
The Seafood Curry Laksa‘s portion was big, tasted great and the seafood was cooked just right especially the squids. I can’t recall having any more tender squids than this.. they were not not rubbery at all! Prawns’ size was more than satisfactory and most importantly, fresh from the sea and not sourced from the farm.
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Technorati Tags: curry noodles, seafood, Curry Laksa
Bagel ‘n’ Coffee Station @ Hartamas Shopping Complex
Jan 19th
Bagel had always been something similar to donut to me mainly because of their very similar appearance. You know, the ring shape. In fact, some people consider bagel as a harder version of donut. But little do they (me included) know that bagel and doughnut are actually very different, right from the ingredients to cooking method.
Bagel ‘n’ Coffee Station at Hartamas shopping complex is one of the very few cafes in KL that serves healthy, fresh daily-made bagels. I am quite surprised that I am actually the first person to blog about this cafe!
Bagel ‘n’ Coffee Station offers a vast variety of bagels (no less than 50) so you are really spoilt for choices here. One of them being Roast Beef Bagel @ RM14.60 from the Deluxe Bagels section. The bagel is first sliced through the middle, then thin slices of roast beef and fresh salad (cucumber, green pepper, tomato) are placed in between. This is followed by a light spray of olive oil vinaigrette on top. Lastly, with the top slice of the bagel in place, it is cut into half and served with salad.
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Banana Leaf Char Koay Teow @ Nam Heong Coffee Shop, Ipoh
Jan 18th
I have been to Nam Heong coffee shop a couple of times but never had the luck to try their Char Koay Teow, said to be quite good and recommended by many. In my past visits, either I was too late or the stall just didn’t open. I don’t know why, but I tend to reach Nam Heong around 4 to 5pm everytime, which is also the time the stall would close for business.
Just a few weeks ago, I was at Ipoh for a one day trip and went to Nam Heong again. This time, I was lucky and the stall was still open. Do you know how close I was? I was their last customer for the day!
Since I was the last customer for them, they double checked with us whether one plate was enough, lol. Costing RM3.50 a plate, the Char Koay Teow did live up to its reputation, albeit a rather small portion. Prawns were big and juicy, cockles were fresh and it had good wok hei. Basically nothing to complain about the Char Koay Teow.
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Technorati Tags: Nam Heong, Ipoh, Char Koay Teow
Flower Photography @ Rose Valley, Cameron Highlands
Jan 17th
If you are going to Cameron Highlands, I highly recommend paying Rose Valley a visit. Located minutes from Brinchang town, it is basically a beautifully landscaped rose farm with hundreds of rose varieties. Anyway, I spent my Christmas at Cameron Highlands a few weeks ago and these are some photos from my visit to Rose Valley. Obviously, this is not a food related post and the photos are of huge sizes. So yeah you’ve been warned lol.
I will try to write more about Rose Valley if I have the time. If I do, it will be a long post because Rose Valley is huge and one could easily spend a few hours admiring the flowers and taking photos. But for those who are in a hurry, a quick tour can be completed within twenty minutes.
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Technorati Tags: Cameron Highlands, Rose Valley, Rose
