Petaling Jaya SS14 Jackson’s Burger – Homemade

Jackson's Burger Van in between the big tree and house number 144

Very clean cooking utensils and van

Sorry, the burgers a little 'kemek' after I remove them from the wrappings and took the pictures in my car!

Enjoying Jackson's burger in my car!

It has been quite some time I drop by to buy burger from this stall which is located outside house number 144 along Jalan (Road) Dato Abdul Aziz, not far away from the Digital Mall and the collapsed old Jaya Supermarket building. I don’t think the name of this burger stall got anything to do with the late king of pop, Michael Jackson. When I was working as a Junior Engineer in Section 19, my office colleagues will call the owner of this burger stall to place our orders for lunch. Then we will send someone to collect the burgers during lunch time. A Chinese husband and wife team manage this stall and they have upgraded their little stall in to a minivan over the years. The van and utensils used are very clean. Jackson burgers are home made, with available choices such as beef, chicken, fish, crab and prawn burger, including hotdogs as well! Yes, there are crab and prawn burgers sold here! I was rushing to pick up my son in KL after submitting my sales at Jaya 33 and as I passed through this area, I slowed down to see whether Jackson burger is still operating. To my surprise, they are still in business after all these years. It must have been at least more than 10 years ago since I last ate Jackson’s burger. I bought two burgers, one beef burger for my son and a chicken one for myself. Boy, they are sure tasty and I enjoyed my Jackson burger in my car while waiting for my son at his school! Price : Beef and Chicken burger, RM2.80 each Fish burger, RM3.00 Hotdog, RM2.00 Operating hours : Around 11am to 5pm Location : 144, Jalan Dato Abdul Aziz, Section 14, Petaling Jaya, Selangor Map to Jackson’s Burger

Vegan Pork Trotter Recipe

Check out Vegan Pork Trotter recipe at my vegetarian blog http://veganformation.blogspot.com/2009/08/chinese-vegetarian-mock-pork-trotter.html

Be careful When Using Your PC Notebook at Public Places

I met up with my old time buddy just now at a Kopitiam near Jalan Kuching and we had a great time chit chatting. We were seated at the non air-conditioned place outside the coffee shop. As we were about to settle the bill, we witnessed a snatch theft that happened so fast that we were unable to give a chase. A man who sat directly behind me was using his PC Notebook to surf the net and without any warning a motorbike pillion rider came by and snatched his notebook away. By the time I turned to have a look at the commotion, the snatch thief had already reached his accomplice who was waiting on the bike and they were gone from the place in just mere seconds. The poor victim only managed to shout at them because it happened so fast. By the time, I was fully aware of what was happening it was already too late to give a chase! So, if you have to use your pc notebook at public wifi places, please make sure that you are seated in an enclosed area away from the roadside. Sadly, nowadays the city is full of lowlifes and trouble makers!

On Night Shift Fever

I have been quite busy lately trying to close some new sales and have not been updating my post for almost a week. The year end is approaching and I have some catching up to do! Anyway it is also a good time to take a look again at the stock market! I received a call in the late afternoon that my little toddler (20 months old) was having high fever due to teething and I rushed him to see a doctor immediately. Luckily I was around my housing area after meeting up with a customer before that. My ear type thermometer showed the temperature as 38.80 Deg C but when the doctor checked his temperature using a digital thermometer, it showed 39.7 Deg C. Immediately, the doctor told the nurse to give him a sponge bath and the they inserted a rectal fever medicine to reduce the body temperature. Anyway, I was told to take his temperature from time to time and monitor his progress at night. So, now I am doing my night shift and typing this post at 4 am in the morning but did not manage to finish it because I was real tired that time............continue.....! I tried to give him some Chinese medicine, leng ngeong (deer antlers) drink that is quite effective to lower down body temperature but he refused to drink it. I have to add some of the concoction in his milk. Genuine leng ngeong will have a very strong aromatic smell and the price is around RM15 for one serving. The original ones are made from deer antlers but imitation ones are made from mountain goat horns! Well, my kids have been taking leng ngeong whenever they have fever and I have been using them for years. Gotta go! Have to check his temperature again and sponge bath him. Then I will need to take a short nap before tonight baby sitting night shift again!

Maggi Mee Assam Laksa with Bacon and Fu Chuk

Whenever I feel a bit lazy to out for supper, I would cook Maggi Assam Laksa to fill my tummy. Maggi Mee Assam Laksa is one of my favourite instant noodles but I wish they would make it a little bit sourer and spicier in taste. I remember, it used to be very sour when they first launched this product back in the 70s. My auntie cooked a bowl of Maggi Assam laksa for me that time when I came back from school, and it taste real good back then!....yum yum! Well, I made this bowl of Assam laksa maggi mee for supper, added some bacon and fu chuk (fried bean curd) into it so that I will not wake up hungry in the middle of the night! Sometimes, if I have some leftovers mint leaves and bunga kantan (wild ginger flower), then I would add them into the assam laksa as well. How do you cook Assam Laksa Instant noodle? Related Post on Instant Noodle 1) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-way-to-eat-maggiinstant-chicken-mee.html 2) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/05/quickie-fried-maggi-mee-recipe.html 3) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/nissin-tomyam-instant-noodle.html

Cute Animal Figures Biscuits

I bought these cute biscuits for my little toddler who took some time to look at the animal figures before eating them. Well, I guess he is curious about the animal shape in the biscuits! My eldest son sorted out the ten types of animals like owl, bird, cat, tortoise, rhinoceros, chicken, swan or maybe duck, elephant, fish and rabbit on the plate. My mom would buy this biscuits for my elder son whenever we visited her during the early days when she was stronger and able to go to the wet market all by herself. How time flies, I can still remember vividly the little biscuit and fruit shops in the Butterworth New Ferry Road wet market that sells this type of biscuit and I would be as happy as a lark whenever my mom buys some for me. These rows of shops are no longer there except the structure that hosts the wet market which is still being occupied by morning market traders. It seems like with a blink of an eye, my mom and dad are already in their eighties and I would go back to visit them as often as I could so that they will get to see their grandchildren. Maybe I will get some of these animal figures biscuits in Butterworth and compare the taste with the one I bought from KL. My little toddler will be the judge of the animal biscuits tasting. LOL! Related Post 1) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/10/penang-roti-tapai-biscuits.html 2) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2008/11/beh-teh-soh-roti-gula-putih-hiong-piah.html 3) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/04/pong-piah-and-hiau-piah-chinese.html 4) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/malaysian-attap-chi-attap-palm-fruit.html 5) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/sheng-hiang-tambun-biscuit-biskut.html 6) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/mini-rempeyek-malaysian-traditional.html 7) http://peteformation.blogspot.com/2009/07/shat-kei-ma-crispy-egg-flour-with.html

Lunch and Karaoke At Neway One Utama New Wing

We had some leftover funds from one of our Agency Leaders training program and my business partner Shirleen which is our Group Treasurer organized a lunch and karaoke session at Neway One Utama. It was a nice gathering for all of us and Noraini who is staying overseas 7000km away managed to make it to this gathering as well. Kudos to Shirleen who managed to get every participating leader to attend this get together and help to liaise with Neway staff to get everything going smoothly! To capitalize on the special weekdays lunch and karaoke package of RM9.80 per person (excluding 15% tax) , we actually had this gathering on a Tuesday. Neway is a nice place and the sound system is quite good. Well, I must say that every one of us enjoyed the good food and karaoke singing session but most importantly we got together as a group again, FRIENDS FOREVER! Here are some of the random pictures I took!

Neway reception and our 'big' room with four sections, four miccorphones and 3 big screens located at strategic angles. Very nice and comfortable.

Getting our food at the salad bar and pasta section.

Fruits, salads and toast. Jam, peanut butter and other stuffs for the toast.

Jennifer's food selection.................................................CheaHos@n's food selection!

I think the first one is pumpkin soup. There was also lotus roots soup available.

The porridge section!

My set lunch of shrimps and tofu. I can't remember how it taste like because I was too busy entering songs into the system. The second picture is the notice board with all the available packages.

Neway Karaoke Outlets Address & Telephone Number, Website link and map customer@newaykb.com.my.
1) UtamaPetaling Jaya Level 5 & 6, 1 Utama, New Wing +603.7728.1499
2) Times SquareKuala Lumpur Level 4, Berjaya Times Square.+603.2143.3999
3) City SquareJohor Bahru Level 5, Johor Bahru City Square +607.228.1499
4) Jaya Square, SubangSubang Jaya Level 4, Jaya Square. +603.5637.5888
5) Casa Square, PuchongPuchong Level 2 & 3, Casa Square.+603.8070.8383
6) Cheras PlazaCheras Mezzanine Floor, Cheras Plaza.+603.9131.1499
7) KlangLevel 2, Centro Mall, Klang. +603.3344.2600

Making Tofu (豆腐, 豆腐, とうふ, 두부, đậu phụ, tokwa, tauhu, เต้าหู้) Using Nigari Salts Solution, yummy marmite tofu!

The tofu that are commonly available commercially are normally made using gypsum (sek ko fun, calcium sulfate) as coagulant. Sek Ko Fun is widely used in China to make tofu. Many claim that sek ko fun is not good for health. However, Sek Ko Fun (Calcium sulfate) is a good source of calcium that helps to make our bones strong. The Japanese people have been using Nigari salt (sea salt, magnesium chloride) as coagulant for tofu and I was told that Nigari is a better choice than sek ko fun. Anyway there are many types of coagulant for tofu like for example the Epsom salt (magnesium sulfate) that is popularly used to flush gall bladder stone. Our normal kitchen vinegar can also be used as a coagulant but I have yet to try this method. I do no have a tofu making box with drainage hole, so a plastic sieve that I use to soak vegetables will work just fine. In order to make the tofu with fine texture, you must stir the coagulant and soya bean juice mixture one time clockwise and one anti clockwise. Pressing it using some weights will turn the tofu into blocks. Here is the step by step instruction to make tofu.

1) Soya Bean milk that I bought from the Kepong wet market, around 5 cups. Nigari salt solution.

2) Heat up soya bean milk to around 60 to 70 Deg C. Do not boil. Add 2 table spoons of Nigari salt solutions. Nigari salt has bitter taste so use it sparingly. The soya bean milk will start to coagulate after 15 to 20 minutes.

3) Drape a fine cloth over the sieve. I guess my new handkerchief works just fine. The best material would be your Pagoda T-shirt.....but you better use a new one or else, no one will eat your tofu...ha ha ha!

4) Pour the coagulated tofu into the cloth.

5) Tie up the cloth and put some heavy stuff on top of it. I used a bowl filled with water

6) When the tofu hardened, soak it in clean water to wash away the nigari salt so that it will not taste bitter.

7) My tofu, Peteformation production! See the sieve pattern on it?

8) Cook the tofu immediately because there are no preservative in it. I cooked Marmite Tofu with it. Want to know the taste of my home made tofu? Fresh and yummy!