Special Steamed Garoupa Fish Cut with Brown Sugar Sauce and Ginger

This healthy recipe is very easy to prepare. I did not deep fried the Garoupa fish but steamed it. In order to reduce the fishy smell you can add Chinese ginger wine or just pieces of ginger to the fish before steaming it. This is the first time I tried using Brown Sugar instead of normal sugar for fish sauce and it turned out quite nice. The taste is rather unique! LOL!

Ingredients

Grouper Fish Cut, 2 pieces

Ginger slices, 5 pcs or Ginger wine, 1 tablespoon

Ginger,2" lenght, cut into thin strips

Garlic, 3 pcs, chopped finely

Brown Sugar, 1 teaspoon

Light Soya sauce, 2 table spoons

Olive oil or any vegetable oil

Spring onions and celery for garnishing Put ginger slices or ginger wine on the fish.

Steam for 20 minutes under high heat.

While the fish is in the steamer, you can prepare the sauce. Pour 2 tablespoons of olive oil in a pan. Saute ginger strips and garlic until they turned golden brown. Add the soya sauce and a little water. Put in the brown sugar and bring to a boil. Pour the sauce over the steamed Grouper fish. Garnish the Brown Sugar Steamed Garoupa Fish with spring onions and celery before serving.

Braised Maggi Curry Mee Recipe, Singapore Heh Mee (Prawn Noodle) Style

I have not travelled to Singapore for quite some time already and I missed the Heh Mee (Prawn Noodles). The Singapore Heh Mee is different from the Prawn Mee (Hokkien Mee) that we have in Malaysia. The Singaporean version is actually fried egg noodles with prawns and a little starchy gravy. Since I have some shelled prawn and Ipoh taugeh (bean sprouts) in my fridge, the idea of cooking something similar to the Singaporean Heh Mee came to my mind. I added a little of the curry soup stock from the Maggi Instant curry mee to give the dish some spicy "kick".

Here how I cook the Braised Maggi Curry Mee, Singapore Heh Mee Style.

Ingredients

Maggi Curry Instant Mee or any other brands, 1 packet, soak noodle in hot water till soften

Shallots, 2 pcs, cut into slices

Taugeh (Bean sprouts), 1/2 cup

Spring onions, 1 stalk, cut into 1 " length

Eggs, 1pc

Prawns, 5 medium size, shelled (not shelled is ok)

Water (1 cup) and Corn flour mixture (4 teaspoons)

Dark soya sauce, 1/4 teaspoon

Light soya sauce, 1 teaspoon

Salt to taste

Heat up wok and put in some vegetable oil . Fry the shallots slices until they turned crispy. Take out the shallots and put them aside. Put prawns and eggs in the hot oil. Stir fry them for a short while. Add the soften maggi instant noodles. Pour in the light soya sauce and dark soya sauce. Add Taugeh (beansprout). Fry the mee (noodle) until it is cooked. Take out the fried noodle and put it on the serving plate. Pour the water and corn flour mixture on the pan. Keep on stirring it until the soup thicken. Add maggi curry mee stock, salt to taste and bring to a boil. Pour the soup on the fried noodles. Garnish with spring onions and deep fried shallots before serving. Happy Supper Time!

On the Curry Mee (Noodles) Hunting Trail with Bananaz - Restaurant 999

Both Bananazஇ and I love to eat curry mee (noodles), especially Penang style curry mee or sometimes known as white curry mee because of the white soup base before the addition of chillies. Our 2nd curry mee food trail took us to Desa Aman Puri in Kepong. I have blogged about Restoran 999 in one of my earlier postings. This is the place where I get my usual 'shot' of Penang Curry Mee. I have been eating the curry mee from this stall for the last 11 years! Very faithful customer ya? Apart from curry mee, this very stall in Restoran 999 also serves very delicious Penang Lor Mee (Soya sauce braised noodles). Bananaz all dressed up to eat curry mee.......beside Desa Aman Puri road side, LOL. Luckily there are many trees around this area, so the place is not so hot in the afternoon. Sorry ya, Bananaz, next round, we go for Ipoh style Curry mee in a more comfortable restaurant near there, ok? Actually, Bananaz dressed up for an important appointment which is suppose to be right after our curry mee lunch.

Bananaz curry mee. I guess he opt out from having the coagualated pig blood and see ham (cockles). Look at the nice chilly paste in the spoon. Once you stir it into the soup, the whole bowl of noodles would turned bright red. Taste very delicious. Yum yum!

Address: 999 Restaurant1, Jalan Desa 1/3, Desa Aman Puri, Kepong 52100, Kuala Lumpur(Next to Tak Fok, the famous crab for RM18/kg restaurant)
Opening hours: Breakfast and lunch only (7am to 2pm).
Map to 999 Restaurant in Desa Aman Puri, Kepong

As per Sherry comment below, they have moved to their own outlet nearby!

Wrong Number Call from a Stranger, Foot Massage or Sexy Massage?

I received a call on my hand phone at exactly 10.38pm today……..an unidentified number….

Caller: Halo, foot massage ar? [Thinking to myself, “Cilaka (Shit), thought I am from the massage parlour kah?”. On a spur of moment I decided to play along]

Me : Ya, this is FOOD massage. We have Special FOOD Massage, Back Bacon Massage, Honey Porky Belly Massage, Curry Chicken (slang for love bite) Massage, Patin (Batin)Massage, Banana Massage, Lontong Massage, Sausage Massage, Meat Ball Massage……….What you want?

Caller: Wah, massage got like that wan meh? I am staying in Hotel XXX, you can send girl or not?

Me: Can send anytime you want. Errrr, you want Chicken (local slang for whore) or Duck (local slang for gays)?

Caller : Eh, I don’t want Ah Kua (slang for gay)! You can send Chicken?

Me : Can, how many you want?

Caller : ???????, One enough lah! Sexy or not?

Me : My Chicken very sexy wan! Pak Cham Kai (Steamed chicken), hairless wan!

Caller : Wah, so good ah? How much one?

Me : RM20 only.

Caller: What, so cheap! Got HIV or not?

Me : Very clean wan, I cleaned them myself.

Caller : What, you clean them? How?

Me : Yes lah, I korek-korek (dig) from the back side and wash with water.

Caller : Wah, you are worst than me leh. Eh, sure or not, so cheap, I don’t believe lah.

Me : Cannot over charge lah. I buy from Kepong Wet Market, fresh one only RM12.

Caller : What! Kepong Market got sell meh? [realizing that I have tricked him]……@#*@$*&......you siau (gila, crazy)!

Then he put down the phone! Serve him right! Ha ha ha!
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Simple Orange Chicken Recipe

After savouring the nice orange chicken dish at Chan Heng Tambun, I came up with my own version. You can use deboned chicken or chicken meat for this recipe. As for me, I have stock for 2 chicken thighs and since I was rushing to cook dinner, I didn't deboned them. I used KFC flourthat I bought off the shelf to deep fry the chicken before pouring the orange sauce over it. You can use any flour for frying chicken for this recipe. Just make sure that you don't add too much salt to the sauce because some deep frying flour for chicken can be a little salty.

Ingredients

Chicken Meat, 500 gms

Deep frying flour, enough to coat chicken

Egg white from 1 egg

Orange juice from 1 orange

Orange rind, just a little

Salt to taste

Sugar to complement the orange juice if it is sour

Corn flour and water mixture

Pour the egg white onto the chicken meat and mix well. Coat chicken with deep frying flour and deep fry them in hot oil until crisp. Take out the chicken and drain away excess oil. Pour a little water in a pan and bring to a boil. Add in the corn flour and water mixture to thicken the sauce. Add salt and sugar to taste. Pour in the orange juice and add the orange rind. Bring to a boil and pour the orange sauce on top of the crispy deep fried chicken meat.

Guinness St Patrick’s Merry Me Cheers at Sid’s Pub

After the GAB St Patrick’s Celebration media launch, the "Merry Me" party continues on to Sid’s Pub in Damansara Heights. The first Sid’s Pub opened in 2007 and this Damansara Heights outlet is the latest addition to their series of friendly neighbourhood pubs. I have been away from the pubs scene after I left engineering but looks like I am back again this month! Watch out…..Pete is back! LOL!

The place was already packed with patrons when I arrived around 7.30pm. We kicked off the night’s party with a pint of cool and smooth Guinness Draught. “Ol, ceol and craic” (Irish saying for a great pint, good music and wonderful fun). Ok, Let’ roll!

We had Pigs in Blankets (RM16, USD4.80) as starters. I think it is a rather cute name for a dish. Pigs in Blankets are fried sausages wrapped with bacon. The chubby sausages and slightly crisp bacon aroma filled the air when the dish was placed on our table. I love the savoury taste and succulent sausages! We ate two plates of Pigs in Blankets! A good start for us to down more Guinness Draught! Ha ha ha!

Blue cheese has blue spots because of the cultured mold Pennicillium in it. Due to this, blue cheese has distinct smell, sharp taste and a little salty. That explains well the unique taste of this Blue Cheese Mushroom (RM14, USD4.20) and it goes along well with the toast.

Tuna Nicoise (French word, RM14, USD4.20) is actually a salad dish. Love the crunchy and fresh lettuce inside it!

I love the Shepherd’s Pie presentation. Sid’s Shepherd Pie (RM24, USD7.30) uses slices of potato as the upper crust instead of the usual mashed potatoes. Take a piece and pour the sauce over it; mmmmm, yummy!

Fancy having a breakfast treat at anytime you wanted to? Greasy Caff All Day Breakfast platter (RM28, USD8.50) is available throughout the day at Sid’s Pubs. This wholesome meal consists of sautéed mushroom, back bacon, sausage, toast, baked beans and potato fries. Greasy Caff All Day Breakfast is a very filling and satisfying dish because I like everything inside it!

Ben Nevis in Scottish Gaelic, a language native to Scotland is the name of the highest mountain in the United Kingdom. As per its’ namesake, Sid’s Pubs Ben Nevis Burger (RM28, USD8.58) is really huge! Frank told us that anyone who could finish three of these pork burgers at one go gets free flow of drinks for the night. Ask Frank for details if you wish to take up the challenge! The pork based burger patties are very delicious, which explains why Sid’s Pubs sell 1200 plates of Ben Nevis Burger every month.

I was very eager to try the tempting Cod and Chips (RM32, USD9.70) and forgot that I only took one photo shot of it which happened to be a little blurred. Need another round of Guinness@ to make my hand steady! LOL! The crispy batter coated fish is very fresh and tasty.

He he he, time for dessert! The chocolate Fudge Brownie (RM12, USD3.60) is smooth and has the right sweetness to complement the ice cream that tops it.

Final dessert for the night was the Bread and Butter Pudding (RM10, USD3). It has a good combination of flavours with a tinge of sourish taste.

Friendly Mr Bubu is always ready to serve you! TQ!

Wanna party? Come to Sid’s Pub Bukit Tunku on 20th March 2010, Sunday for their outdoor Guinness St Patrick’s Celebration. It starts at 1pm (yes, 1 pm!) and there will be Happy Hour all day long!

Sid's Pubs addresses and contact numbers. For map please refer to Sid’s Pub website

1800-88-SIDS (7437)

Sid’s Pub @ Plaza Damansara, 10-G Jalan Setia Medan 2, Damansara Heights, Kuala Lumpur 50490, Tel: +603 2094 SIDS (7437) Sid's Pub @ Bukit Tunku, H2, Taman Tunku, off Lorong Langkat Tunku, Kuala Lumpur 50480, Tel: +603 6205 2588; Sid's Pubs Sdn Bhd @ HQ, 6B Lorong Rahim Kajai 14, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur 60000, Malaysia, Tel: +603 7726 6832; Fax: +603 7726 6437 Sid's Pub @ TTDI, 34 Lrg Rahim Kajai 14, Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur 60000, Tel: +603 7727 SIDS (7437); Sid's Pub @ Bangsar South, M-5A, The Village, Bangsar South, Jalan Kerinchi, Kuala Lumpur 59200, Tel: +603 2287 SIDS (7437);

Kpoh Restaurant, Desa Aman Puri, Kepong, KL, Authentic Ipoh Food

Unfortunately, This restaurant has since closed down.....

Errrr, what's this ar? Smells good......taste a little....

Wah, yum yum......., so tasty, this Ipoh Hor Fun! Thumbs up....

Arrrrrr, this way faster....., slurp, slurp.......slurrrrrrppppp,

I would try to bring my kids for a walk or cycling every weekend so that I can spend quality family time with them. After a good round of walking and exercising at Desa Park City lakeside, we decided to go for our morning breakfast. I wanted to have it in a cozy and quiet place so that I can chat peacefully with my kids. We drove to Desa Aman Puri which is not very far away from Desa Park City and settled down to have our breakfast at Kpoh Restoran that serves authentic Ipoh food. I have driven by this area many times but never tried the food here, although Kpoh has been for around a year or so. What amazed me is that, after a year plus, they still managed to keep this restaurant squeaky clean. No wonder it is categorized by the local Town Council as Class A Restaurant which means the highest standard for cleanliness. Here are the "Ipoh Mari" fares we ate, My daughter loves Ipoh Hor Fun, so we ordered this bowl of Kai Si (Chicken Meat) Hor Fun plus bihun (rice vermicelli) for her. This flavourful Hor Fun has generous serving of Ku Chai (Chinese Chives) and shredded chicken meat. On top of that it is garnished with spring onions and prawns. Although the soup looks clear, it is very tasty and delicious. My daughter commented that Kpoh's Hor Fun tasted very much nicer than the ones that she usually eat at those kopitiam franchise outlets. I guess she would bug me again to eat here next weekend! LOL!The Hor Fun cost RM4.50 (USD1.40) per bowl.

My wife settled for the curry mee (RM4.50, USD1.40) which the friendly owner told us is different from those creamy types you usually find in KL. The spicy chilly based gravy tasted a little like the Curry Mee I had in Pantai Remis. For those who like spicy stuff, this curry mee is for you.

I normally eat Chee Cheong Fun with Har Ko (prawn paste) but this time around I tried out the Mushroom Chee Cheong Fun at this outlet. The Chee Cheong Fun has light gravy with a tinge of sesame oil aroma. It is garnished with Chee Mau (fried sesame), crispy shallots, mushroom slices and spring onions. I like the smooth chee cheong fun and the light but savoury gravy. A plate like this cost RM4.00 (USD 1.20)

For some light snack we ordered the Sengkuang (Turnips) which is a turnip based filling kuih (snacks) wrapped with foo pei (bean sheets, tau poey in Hokkien, lobak skin). These ‘Sengkuang’ is crispy and fresh. Actually, it taste a bit like the TeowChew ‘Kuang Chiang Kuih’ which has similar ingredients with this Sengkuang wrap. The Sengkuang tasted yummy with the chilly that accompanied it. The Sengkuang wrap cost RM3 for 3 pieces.

The clean and tidy restaurant. Good for family meals and friends outing . Menu with photos to help you with your choice of food to order.

Refreshing and cool Chrysanthemum tea. (RM1.60)

Address : Restoran Kpoh, 12A Jalan Desa 2/8 Desa Aman Puri, Kepong, 52100 KL Google Map Location : 3.208636,101.61628 Opening hours : 7.30am to 4.30 pm Daily (Rest Day not fixed) Map to Kpoh Restaurant as below,

Fried Nian Kao (Tee Kuih) with Mi Ku Recipe

I normally fry Nian Kao (Chinese New Year Sweet Rice Cake) together with yam or sweet potato. Since I do not have either sweet potato nor yam in stock I used the mee ku that I made for Pai Tnee Kong to fry with the nian kao. This is the first time I fry the nian kao this way and it actually tasted quite good. I gave some to my neightbour and my family ate the rest of it for breakfast! LOL!

Ingredients
Nian Kao(Tee Kuih), cut into slices
Miku, 1 pc, cut into slices same size as the nian kao
Flour, 1/2 cup
Rice Flour, 1 cup
Baking Soda, 1/4 teaspoon
Salt to taste
Water

Mix both flour together and add water slowy, while stiring the mixture to turn into a batter. Put in the baking soda and a little salt to taste. Put the nian kao and mee ku (mi ku) together and dip into the batter. Scoop them out and deep fry them in hot oil. Serve while still hot and crispy. Use medium heat to fry the nian kao because nian kao would turn black easily because of its' high sugar content.