Final Result Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan, 2012 London Olympic Badminton

The latest result of Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan, London 2012 Olympics badminton finals!

The 2012 London Olympics men singles finals was an interesting match. Both Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan fought tooth and nail for the gold medal. It was a very close match and they chased each other points by points. Chong Wei won the first match but Lin Dan caught up with him on the second one. In the final match, Lin Dan played well and Chong Wei made many mistakes in the begining. Anyway, after changing court during the 3rd half game rest, Chong Wei managed to catch up to collect some points to lead!  However, Lin Dan managed to catch up and won the match. There goes our hope for our first Olympics gold. So sad! So close, yet so far!

Anyway, Datuk Lee Chong Wei played very well! All my respect to him!

Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan 2012 Olympics Final, On Which TV or Media Channel?

Well, this is not a  food post from me but like all Malaysians, I am equally excited about the final badminton match between Datuk Lee Chong Wei against Lin Dan at the London 2012 Olympics. The Malaysian time for the match would be at 8 o'clock tonight (5th August 2012). If Chong Wei wins tonight, he will be the first Malaysian to deliver an Olympic goal for our country!

Wanna know which tv channels are showing this final match?

 Well, you can watch this Olympic badminton finals smackdown between Datuk Lee Chong Wei vs Lin Dan on these TV or Media channels,

1) Astro - EO 10 SD (829) and EO 10 HD (849)
2) Maybe on RTM TV1
3) If you are on the go, you can log into Official Olympic Youtube Channel at this link (http://www.youtube.com/user/olympic)

Yay!, go go for it Datuk Lee!

Cheers!

Roast Hickory Barbecue Sauce Pork Ribs Recipe



One thing that I still missed from my visit to Erie Pennsylvania  a long time ago  is the barbecued baby back ribs that was served by the restaurant in the hotel that I stayed in. The butcher at Kepong Baru Wet Market offered me this nice rack of ribs and I bought it immediately. At home, I decided to slow roast the pork ribs until they turn tender. I did not prepare any marinade but I just used hickory barbecue sauce bought off the shelf from a local hypermarket. The end result.......a tender and juicy hickory roasted pork ribs....mmmmm, delicious!

Ingredients

Pork ribs, 1 rack

Hickory Barbecue Sauce, enough to marinade the ribs

Salt to taste

Pepper to taste

Bay Leaf, 2 pieces, crushed

Rub the pork ribs with the all the ingredients. Leave the pork ribs aside. Preheat oven to 120 Deg C for around 3 minutes. Put in the marinated pork ribs and roast for 2 hours. Check the roast from time to time, to ensure that the ribs are not burned. Rub the pork ribs with more hickory barbecue sauce after 1 hour 45 minutes of roasting.and continue to roast for another 15 minutes. Let the ribs rest for 10 minutes before serving.



My Daughter's Cooking Adventure 1

My 12 years old daughter loves cooking and her favourite dish is fried eggs. Like me, she would experiment with many ways to cook eggs. I do not want her to eat eggs too often but she would quickly fry some eggs  whenever I am not around so that she can have them for dinner. She secretly cooked up fried long beans and onion fried eggs without my knowledge today.  I only realised that the dishes were ready when I smelled something nice.

Anyway, I wanted her to learn to cook other dishes, so I let her cook curry chicken and fried roti Peteformation style under my supervision. Ok, tasted quite good for a 1st timer! LOL!

Ahhhh, my little 5 years old son could not resist taking a piece of fried roti to eat with the curry chicken that my daughter cooked. See the photo below.......

Now, I can relax liao!.........no need to cook so often.....ha ha ha!

Healing Pork Bones Soup with Lingzhi Mushroom Recipe

Lingzhi (Ganoderma lucidum, 靈芝) is well known for its' healing properties. Lingzhi have ganoderic acid that have steriod liked molecular structure.  It can help to prevent senility and improve mental strength. I managed to get hold of some dried Lingzhi mushroom slices and used them as one of the ingredients in my Chinese Herbal Soup Recipe. Lingzhi is bitter, so I only added 2 slices into my medium size pot of soup. In order to reduce the bitterness in the soup, I throw in 2 pieces of Chinese Licorice (Kan chou) and some dried longan. Kan Chou is good for preventing cold, flu, tooth decay and gum diseases.

Here is my Healing Pork Bone Soup with Lingzhi Mushroom Recipe.

Ingredients
Pork Bones, 5 pcs
Lingzi, 2 slices
Ang Cho (Chinese Red Dates), 8 pcs
Dried Longan 8 pcs
Kei Chi (Wolfberries), 1 tablespoon
Kan Chou (Chinese licorice root), 2 slices
Salt to taste

Pour around 7 bowls of water into a pot. Bring to a boil and add in the pork bones. Throw in the rest of the ingredients and boil for around 1 hour. Add salt to taste. Add more water if the level drops significantly. Bring to a boil again and turn off the heat. Serve while still hot.

Penang Fried Kuih Kark (Radish cake) Recipe

I tried out this fried Penang kuih kark (radish cake, loh bak koh) recipe wihout using Borax water (air abu, kan sui, alkaline), which is not good for people with weak digestive system. Air Abu is supposed to make the texture of kuih kark more 'springy'. However, since I cooked this as breakfast for my eldest son before he leaved home for school, early in the morning, I wanted something simple as possible or 'with a shortcut procedure'.
Actually, steam the rice cake at night and put them in the fridge overnight so that it has a more solid texture and not so sticky. It also cut down the time I needed to prepare this dish in the morning.

Here is my kuih kark recipe

Ingredients
FOR RICE CAKE
Rice Flour, 2 cups
Corn Flour, 3 tablespoons
Water, 4 cups
Salt to taste

FOR FRYING THE RICE CAKE
Taugeh (beansprout), 1 bowl
Salted Radish (Chai Poh), 2 tablespoons
Garlic, 5 cloves, chopped finely
Chilly paste, 1 table spoon (optional)
Dark soya sauce, 1 tablespoon
Light soya sauce, 2 tablespoon
Pepper, to taste
Eggs, 2 pcs
Vegetable oil, 2 tablespoon
Salt to taste

Mix all the rice cake ingredients and steam in high heat for 20 to 30 minutes. Let the rice cake cool down preferably overnight. Cut the rice cake into small cubes. Heat up wok and put in the vegetable oil. Saute garlic and chai poh until fragrant. (Be careful, chai poh can really 'jump' out from the wok when hot!). Put the the rice cake cubes. Pour in the dark soya sauce and light soya sauce. Fry until the dark soya sauce coat the rice cake evenly. Put in the chilli paste.  Add a little more oil and put in the eggs. Add pepper and a little light soya sauce. Fry until the eggs are cooked and then add in the taugeh (beansprouts). All salt to taste. Serve while still hot.

Simple Fried Luncheon Meat with Potato and Carrot Recipe

Actually I rarely cook processed food for my family lunch or dinner meal. However, I was running a little late from work and have to cook up something fast for dinner. Therefore, I just open a can of luncheon meat,  fried them with potato and carrot. I used US Russet potato which soften easily compared to other types of potatoes.
My kids love this dish very much!

Here is my Quickie Fried Luncheon Meat with Potato and Carrot Recipe.

Ingredients
Luncheon Meat, 1 can, cut into bite sizes
Garlic, 3 cloves, chopped finely
US Russet Potato, 2 pcs, cut into small cubes
Carrot, 1 pc, cut into small cubes
Pepper, to taste

Heat up wok and put in a little vegetable oil. Put in the garlic and stir fry until they are slightly golden brown. Add in the potatoes. Fry until they are well cooked and soft. Throw in the carrot and luncheon meat. Add a dash of pepper. Fry the mixture for a short while. Dish up and serve while still hot! Taste real good with steamed rice.

Sour Basil Pork Ribs Soup Recipe

This soup is almost similar to Thai Tomyam in taste. However the addition of basil leaves and lengkuas (galangal) brought out a totatlly new mix of flavours. I trust those who loves sourish soup would love it very much.

I boiled the pork ribs until they are very tender. It is good to eat them with soya sauce in cili padi (bird eye chillies). Yummmm, can eat extra bowl of rice! LOL!

Ingredients
Pork ribs chunks, 5 pcs
Onions, 1 pc, cut into four
Tomato, 1 pc, cut into four
Basil leaves, from 5 stalks
Galangal, 1" in length, remove skin and smashed
Bay Leaves, 1 pc
Tamarind juice, from 1 table spoon of tamarind
Bird Eye chily, 3 pcs, smashed (or desired amount)
Serai (lemon grass), 2 pcs, smashed
Kaffir Lime Leaves, 5 pcs
Salt to taste
Sugar to taste
Nampla (fish sauce), 1 teaspoon

Put around 7 bowls of water in pot (or more). Bring to a boil and add in the pork ribs. Throw in all the ingredients and boil until the ribs are tender. Add salt and sugar to taste. Serve with white rice. Good to eat this soup with a meat dish!