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Mom’s Best: Sweet Sour Crab
Jul 31st
I am starting a new category on my blog “Mom’s Cooking” All entries under this category will feature dishes prepared by my beloved [tag]mother[/tag]. I will update once a week in the weekends because that’s when my mother cook something special and nice 
The first dish I want to share with you is [tag]Sweet Sour Crab[/tag].
There is a wet market in Perai that sells some special [tag]seafood[/tag] that cannot be found in normal markets. That would explain why my parents would call it a “richman’s market” It is also the place where we bought our “Udang Merah” durian last weekend.
You can find really big crabs sold there, price ranging from RM22-25 per kg. The way the crabs are killed is quite brutal: First they were put upside down and struck hard on their bellies by knives, while still being tied up. Then they were tore up to pieces.. ouch!
We bought 7 crabs for RM55 to cook for 5 people. The crabs will still need extra cleaning using an used toothbrush, especially the limbs. Ingredients used to prepare this dish include: Chilli paste, Limes, Sugar and Corn flour.
Pepsi Special Editions
Jul 30th
Went to [tag]Giant Hypermarket[/tag] last week and saw 2 new [tag]Pepsi[/tag] editions, Pepsi Gold and Pepsi Max. Pepsi has always been my favorite cola, especially Pepsi Twist. I bought a bottle (600ml) of each, priced at RM1.59.
As the name implies, Pepsi Gold is gold in color (including the bottle cap) I believe it is launched along with the World Cup 2006 event because it has this SMS competition that allows buyers to win 2 [tag]David Beckham[/tag]‘s gold medals. All you need to do is find the 6 digit codes under the bottle cap, and send it to a certain number along with your personal details. Frankly I am not really interested lol.
Taste wise, I feel that it doesn’t differ with the original Pepsi at all. It’s like drinking Pepsi, but in gold.
Pepsi Max is Pepsi without sugar but gives maximum taste, as claimed by its label.
Same with Gold, Max tastes similar to original Pepsi (close to 90%) The weird thing is, it tastes sweeter? Even with no sugar? Personally I prefer Max to Gold (less gas and NO sugar! LOL) Most of the photos I took are blurry, paiseh for that, shaky hands that evening 
Seafood @ Bukit Tambun
Jul 25th
Needless to say, anyone who goes to Bukit Tambun for the [tag]seafood[/tag]. Ghee Seng Seafood Restaurant is situated beside a river, diagonally opposite the state’s [tag]Batu Kawan[/tag] Stadium.
Fried Mee Tiao – RM 7. No comment, tastes normal. So far I haven’t found any restaurant that can fry a very nice plate of mee tiao.. if you know any, leave a message 
Steamed Mini Octopus – RM 8. They are tasteless, you need to dip them into the Thai chilli sauce to really enjoy it.
Fried Oyster – RM 8. I have had better lol, oysters given were ridiculously little.
Siao Bai Cai – RM 6. We actually had 2 plates of this because a stupid fly dropped into our first one. The problem with eating here in Ghee Seng is the big amount of annoying flies. You will be too busy chasing them away that you cannot really enjoy your meal in peace.
Satay – RM 9 (15 sticks) The satay was very nice, special too because they are barbecued together with the peanut sauce.
Fried Soft Shell Crab – RM 16.
Sweet and Sour Crab – RM 20 (3 flower crabs) This is the highlight of our meal, the nicest one too. The crabs were very fresh (they were still alive before being cook) It didn’t really tasted like how it was described, it was pretty spicy lol.
Fried Buns that come with the Sweet Sour Crab, to dip in the gravy. Actually, if not for the flies, this would be one of my favorite seafood restaurant in [tag]Bukit Tambun[/tag].
Durian Attack!!
Jul 23rd
It’s the [tag]durian[/tag] season yo, my family has been eating it non-stop since like a month ago. When I was young I didn’t like it, in fact I feel that the people who liked this fruit must be a freak or someting lol. But dunno what struck me suddenly, I fell in love in this heavenly fruit. I remembered I craved for durian so badly that Shang Jun and I went to buy in Dengkil on a motorbike. We bought 2 sacks of durians and I had to carry it on my thigh with both hands, really crazy. When we reached home, Wen Fong and Kheng Kait would quickly hide into their rooms, lol. Ahh.. those MMU days..
So yesterday my parents went on a durian shopping spree in BM and Perai. They bought this special variation of the fruit called “Udang Merah” that cost RM50, for 2!!
The flesh was orangish, very tender and juicy. In total 2 druians had 24-25 fruits in them, so 1 fruit alone cost RM2!! That’s already the price for a durian kampung!
They filled up this 1.5L ice-cream container nicely
We also bought 6 durian kampung for RM15. I personally prefer this variation the most, it’s the cheapest around too.
