Dessert with name so strange

My sister and I went to this local kedai kopi in Taman Foh Sang in Luyang on Sunday. Dad always like to drop by these joint for light drinks and snacks. There're many type of local chinese cakes, varies from traditional to modern ones. But none that can struck me dumbfounded when I saw the big newspaperclip on the wall, its one of the cakes, it has frothy white cream on top of the golden brown flat base, it looks so interesting. But what struck me is the name, my sister said its called Niu Xi or translate as cow dung, maybe she's wrong but it doesn't look anything like cow dung, I think it looks more like UFO, so I bought 2 pieces. It cost me RM1.20 each, abit pricey. My verdict, well, I don't like the smell (and no, it doesn't smell like cow dung, more like eggs.)The white layer is actually egg white beaten til light, the yellow is the yolk which is bake. I think the taste will be much better if eaten when its freshly bake. I should have come and buy it when it just came out of the oven.

Kababayan--Philipines Restaurant

We heard that there's a Philipino's restaurant in Api-api centre and decided to give it a try since we had good food experience in Philipines last year. The food I can say aren't as good as ones we had in Philipines, the service is really slow. Too slow and it doesn't look good if we are the only customer in the restaurant. We had 4 main dishes, 2 desserts and can drinks in fancy glasses. Apart from slow food delivery service, the food is mediocore and quite common, grilled meat and fish, chicken cooked on hot pan. The desserts however is actually good and is complimentary of the restaurant.You can see the pics the pudding on my previous posting in comfort food. All these amount up to RM74.

Sandwiches or Man tou or both??

I am always at loss when people ask where to eat, I feel that if the food turn out not up to their expectation, they are going to give you that look or say sarcarstic things like, so expensive or not good lah. Doh, coz I give simillar comment whenever people make wrong choice for restaurant. Remember guys and gals, think before you eat, we have to plan where to go before we start choosing place to eat. So the other day, my cousin ask, where are we going to eat ah?? The only snack corner that comes up my head is May May's at Lintas, it's located at the same row as Maybank. They sell varieties of sandwhiches, mantou with fillings that blows your mind. Cheese, bacon, shredded chicken, tuna and etc. They cost in range of RM3-RM6. It took me few minutes to choose my meal, they are so many mouthwatering meal sets that really spoil you to bits. I think the environment is sort of Kopi tiam or Kedai Kopi style but you can always meet up with friends and families for a quick bite here.

Comfort Food

Hustle & bustle of everyday pressure would lead to stress and if these issues are not properly taken care of, you might face serious health risk. That's why we can see fitness franchise is highly in demand nowadays, people are more aware that there're so many illness that could prevent them from enjoying quality life, what better way than to prevent it from happening, the saying "to prevent is better than to cure" come home to us. We heard that so many times and yet we priorities different aspect in life. After we bought a house (which is a neccessity now), we will need to look into homeloan (if we already have that, we will now considering refinance home loan to get a better offer in refinancing), also we will need cheap car insurance, credit cards reduction plan or credit card consolidation, term life insurance and many more, we invested so much on these things, yet the more you seems to earn, the more you seems to spend on acquiring asset that require you to spend even more, for instance, if you buy a car, you will need to consider a cheap car insurance. If you bought a house, you will consider to have home renovation which require home improvement loans and maybe home insurance. Can you see the pattern? The more you work, the more you probably earn, and the more you need to spend and the deeper you sink into debts. For me, I have learn my lesson the hard way, I used to worry over handphone bills, when Malaysian first been introduced to handphone, I also wanted to look hip and cool, so I register for a handphone line, I didn't even bat an eyelash when they said, the access fee is RM90 per month (that was 10 years back), so expensive and imagine if you times 12, warggg!! A lot hah? Needless to say I spend most on my credit cards debts consist of handphone bills. Now that's history but the issues still the same, to keep up with our lifestyle, we always focus on money issues, but what about our health? How do you handle your stress level? For me, I either go on my orbitrek and start paddling away, then I would sit in from of my telly and maybe have some chocolate (not too much) and it even better if you share, I feel less guilty if I share my food, hehehe. Do you think eating would relieve stress? Not really although some food like chocolate contents phenylethylamine could help to boost people's happy mood. I would say do things in moderation and always prioritise family & health over everything else, just remember if anything happens to you, how would your family cope? So why not pick a family day and go for a nice dinner with family or friends and then order a delicious mouth-watering desserts afterward like the oreo cheese cake we ordered from friend that cost only RM44 per kg (remember sharing is the best part!!). My comfort food are actually snacks (cheesy snacks) but I love cakes, pudding (the top left pics is pudding I ordered at Bella Italia, Kuching), and Venetta Ice Cream Cake from supermarket when I am craving for something sweet, mind you I have sweet tooth and proud of it!!

Asian Food

Here I am again, blogging about Asian Food. I hope people don't mistake me craving for food all the time and maybe a big fan of Chinese Restaurant. Hmmm, I suppose I am a big fan of Chinese cooking, growing up eating mainly Chinese food definitely give me a distinct preferences towards Chinese delicacies. Although I am keen to venture into another style of cooking, mainly because of the diversify culture in Malaysia. I have tried, Malay cooking, Indian food and of course Chinese food too. Even Sabah and Sarawak has specialities, Tuaran Mee and Laksa Sarawak have rave reviews from local and tourist alike, making Malaysia such beautiful and excited place for food-manics!
What about other culture? Yes, indeed we have restaurants provides food from other countries, which are Japanese Food (many to choose from), Italian Food(Little Italy,Bella Italia, Luna Rossa & etc), Korean Food(I saw one in Likas Square), Mexican food (I tried once in LittleMexico,Langkawi & KL Starhill-->for those who prefer hot stuffs) and Thai Restaurant (e.g. Tham Nak Thai in Api-api Centre). I am glad the past weeks we went to lots of restuarant for dinner. I can always indulge in my not talented photograph skills(sigh).
We celebrate 2 birthdays these 2 months. If only we have more shopping mall that offer sales for uiques items, well at least I didn't opt for best buy gift card, I actually bought decent gifts for birthday. Hopefully google adsense could earn me enough to buy better gifts for Christmas. I'll keep My finger cross!

Kedai Kopi Hilltop

This eatery hole is suggested by my ex-colleague few years back, and I been here once before and the food then was good, price reasonable. Wednesday, my family dine here to celebrate my big bro b'day. We had good meal, table is set outside and very airy. The restaurant kind enough to place mosquito coil to ensure their customer can eat in peace. So considerable. Food came out beautifully served and of good quality. We ordered fried butter prawns (highly recommended), stewed Ostrich(Okay), Fish maw soup (nice), sliced Fish with mixed veggies(also delicious) and Gu lau rou (Sweet & Sour Pork) . All the meal here comes with complimentary fruits. Not bad but price is alittle at steep side, RM180 for 9 people. Maybe there's other place cheaper but I can say the food is good.

Lemang oh lemang..

Every time when it's festive season, we would think of our favourite food, no doubt they have these dishes throughout the year but it is even more memorable to enjoy them with our families, love ones. This Hari Raya around I am fortunate to be invited t my muslims friends and relatives home. I without shame will definitely go and help them eat and enjoy the free foods.
I believe it isn't too late to wish my Muslim friends Selamat Hari Raya and thank you for welcoming me to your home during this festive seasons. Raya Main dishes consist of Lamban(Rice cooked in leaves) with Peanut Sauce, Lemang (Rice cook in Bamboo) with Chicken Curry, beef curry, rendang Chicken and Acar (local vegetable dish consist of cucumber,pineapple and shallot shredded or sliced thinly, then add vineger, sugar and salt to taste)
Assorted kuih raya (Raya Biscuit/cookies) are a must during Raya. My favourites are Kuih Makmor (round cookies cover with icing sugar) and Pineapple Tart. Since all are free, price is not stated here. I just love free food. Somehow the food would taste even better.