Ji Mui Gathering at Doreen's

Many apologies for my long absense. I have not found the time to update my blog. I'm now back in Penang, so I hope that I can update my blog much more frequently. :)

Earlier in January we had a BBQ gathering at Doreen's home in Seremban. It was really GREAT to catch up with all my Ji Muis. A picture speaks a thousand words, so head down and see the story for yourself from the photos below. :P

Steamboat! The Story of Pey Shen's 2008 Birthday Gathering

Venue: Pey Shen's House
Style: Steamboat

The "ji muis" met for a special early celebration of Pey Shen's birthday. All except Ms. Ng Siew Kheng lor. Yet proven again that it is so difficult to get a date that everyone can agree on. It was nevertheless very fun because we haven't met up with the whole bunch of us for some time. I am hoping that we will have more of this kind of gatherings. Maybe next time we'll have barbeque. :P

Look at our "leng lui" birthday girl!


















We all met up earlier at Giant near Kinrara for ingredient shopping. We ended up buying a lot of stuff, including lala, prawns, all kinds of balls, veggies... etc. Dinner started approximately at 7pm. We had to split into two sessions because apparently we overbought the ingredients. So we ate first, then rest and chat for about an hour and then resumed.

It was a fun and fulfilling gathering. One which is a definitely must once in a while. It was so great to catch up with everyone! In case if you are wondering how come there's no photos of us eating. Well, you'll have to wait for the photos from Doreen's camera. I forgot why I didn't take any photos of people eating. Must be caused I'm too busy eating. *grin*

Check out the photos:




























Cheshire's special fried onions!














We managed to capture a nice sunset. Doesn't it look as though there's a castle in front? :P














I think we took too much time posing that by the time this photo was taken, the sunset was nearly gone. (Note the unusually bright light behind.)

Sweet Potato Doughnuts?

While I was bunking over at Cheshire's home the other day, we made sweet potato doughnuts. It was thoroughly fun to make together. I think it goes to say that whatever you do, as long as you it together with close friends it will turn out to be extremely fun. It tastes quite good too.

Check out these great looking homemade sweetie yummies.















We got a bit carried away with our creativity as well. :P

Nyonya food

Care for some scrumptious nyonya cuisine? While back in Penang one time, we managed to try out a Nyonya specialty restaurant called Mama's. We ordered a bunch of our all time favourite dishes. We ordered spring rolls which had crunchy popiah skin and a nice blend of veggies as filling. Very appertising indeed! Then we also had the infamous Joo Hoo Char. This dish requires a lot of hard work to do. All the ingredients are cut into really slim strips and then fried. Among the ingredients used are turnip, dried squid, carrots, mushroom, pork. This is one of my favourites Nyonya dishes. It was rather okay but I must say not the best that I've tasted. You see, I have been spoiled my mom's yummy home-made Joo Hoo Char so rarely can I find any others that can match up to it. :P

Also on our menu was Kang Kung fried with Sambal Belachan. It was quite good, with appropriate blend of sambal just to enhance the natural juiciness of the vegetable. We also had Too Tor T'ng (Pig's Stomach soup) which I find was a bit too pepper-ish to my liking. Somehow the pepper killed the natural sweetness of the soup, it was all covered up by the taste of pepper. Too bad ain't it? Also because my mom can really make killer Too Thor T'ng!

The curry fish head was alright. The curry is really nice but I don't really like the fish. But really this has more to do with my own preference. Generally I prefer fish with a smoother texture for the meat (eg. Pa Tin fish, which is really hard to get in Penang).

Then there was the Inchi Kebin (sorry, I'm not too sure how to spell it :P), some special seasoned fried chicken that traditionally comes with a few pieces of prawn keropok on top. This was really yummy!

On to the grand finale to the dinner, we had Bee Ko Moi (black glutinous rice dessert). Apparently this dessert is really popular, so much so that we had too pre-order before coming. Otherwise, it is pretty hard to get it because it usually runs out of stock quite fast. It was unusual in a sense that they put a lot of glutinous rice in it, so it looks really thick. And the best part? You can help yourself to the coconut milk, as much as you like. Which I normally take AS MUCH as I can! I think I would have enjoyed it a lot better if I wasn't so picky with texture. To me, it was a bit rough because they were too many glutinous rice. Wouldn't it be great if they grind all the glutinous rice into a paste instead? Ha ha ha!

Feast your eyes on these photos below:

Bubba Gump Shrimp Co. @ The Curve

What a fantastic experience I had at Bubba Gump's. I especially adore the signage at the table. You turn the sign to "Stop Forrest Stop" if you want your order or to get the waiter's assistance and leave it at "Run Forrest Run" otherwise. I am very satistied with the service there, the waiters are all very polite and very prompt.















Along with me for this delicious treat were Chee Chau and Doreen. Since we were expecting the portions to be big (we're expecting american sized dishes like TGIF's), we ordered a few things to shared out.

First we took the sampler, this consists of a few things: seafood balls, spicy chicken strips, boiled shrimps, fried shrimps and nachos with spinach dip. The spinach dip is simply delicious. I find the spicy chicken strips a bit too spicy for my liking and some of the boiled shrimps were not really fresh. The rest were alright. This is definitely a good choice for the starter because you get to try a variety of things.















Next, we ordered the Bourbon Street Baramundi. Presentation wise it looks really scrumptious and delightful. It's a combination of fish and cajun shrimps with mashed potato and bourbon street sauce. The fish was alright but I really loved the cajun shrimps. The sweetness of the shrimp is really emphasized in this and the spices complement it so well. I recommend trying these cajun shrimps. I think they have it as a separate dish as well.















Next in line was the I'm Stuffed Shrimps! This was my absolute favourite. Served on a platter of jasmine rice with a dash of lemon juice, was the shrimps with stuffed crab meat. Yummy!














After these 3 dishes we were already full. Doreen couldn't take in any more. Chee Chau and I managed to squeeze in the dessert. Chocolate Cookie Sundae or their fancier name called "That Chocolate Thing". Simply mouth watering! It has a huge cookie, the size of the pan they served in tops with whipped cream ice-cream and drizzles of chocolatey sauce. YUM!















Yay, what a satisfying experience. Gotta try if you have the chance. Look, we've got Forrest's ping pong bat menu.














And Chee Chau's got the most refreshing drink, the Mango Sparkler.

Gathering for Siew Kheng's B-Day

Busy busy busy! Many apologies for not posting anything for while. :)

Let me start off with Siew Kheng's birthday dinner gathering. It's a bit delayed thought I lost the photos but apparently because I not. *Whew* Nowadays, seems pretty rare to have a gathering with all 5 of us (me and my 4 close buddies from uni). Normally, one person will be unable to make it. This time around, Cheshire and bo-boy couldn't make it. So it was just me, Doreen, Pey Shen and hubby, Siew Kheng and hubby.

We decided to go for Kajang Satay at Damansara Uptown. Here are some photos of us spending some quality time together. We gotta do this more often. Especially our dear Do-do will be leaving next year. *sigh* Doreen, why do you have to go so far away??

I must say that the satay is still as tasty as ever and mmmm the peanut sauce. Yum yum yum! Take a look at these scrumptious looking beauties.

Check out the photos below. :)

Nice roasted duck!

LOVE ROASTED DUCK? Let me introduce you to a really nice place in Damansara Uptown. The place is called Restaurant Yook Tho Yin. It has excellent service and is not too pricy considering the quality of food and the service. The duck has crispy skin and the meat still retains the juicy wholesome goodness. Take a look at it, makes your mouth feel like watering right? Simply delicious!















We also tried two other dishes, the Pei Pa Tofu and the Bittergourd Fried with Salted Egg. Both were also really yummy! The tofu looks pretty normal but once you sink your teeth into it, you'll notice how good it is. The tofu is stuffed with really soft and tasty fish paste. The blend brings out the natural tastiness of the tofu. The bittergourd looked really interesting with deep fried flakes of salted egg and was very appetising good, too!

Roti Telur Goreng!

Let me introduce to my favourite, the Roti Telur Goreng (if you have yet to know it!). Imagine your average roti telur being cut into small chunks and then fried like how they do for maggi goreng. It is simply delicious! You'll know once you've tried it. So far I have not found any mamak place in PJ which offers this tasty dish. Please let me know if you know of any!


The only place I do know to get them is at the Serdang mamak. I do occasionally drive down there when I have Roti Telur goreng cravings! Here are some photos from one that I have "tabau-ed" recently. Looks quite similar to koay teow goreng right?
















If you do have the chance, I highly recommend anyone to go try out the mamak in Serdang. They really do offer a wider variety and some can be said to be innovated by UPM students. Here's a list of mamak food from the top of my mind that are popular back when I was still in uni:

1. Roti Telur Goreng
2. Roti Tisu Milo (roti tissue sprinkled with sugar and milo)
3. Roti Mayonaisse (roti rolled up with hard boiled and mayo inside)
4. Roti Cheese (roti filled with cheese and sugar)
5. Bollywood Shake (ice blended mixture of coffee, milk and tea)

Pasar Malam at Sri Petaling

Last Tuesday I managed to go to the Sri Petaling pasar malam. It has been quite some time since my last visit there. Brings back so much old memories. It is by far my favourite pasar malam in Selangor/KL. :P

As usual, I purchased some yummy "chow tao foo" and it still as good as ever. Check out these deep fried beauties.

Thanks Doreen for driving us all the way down. Surprisingly the traffic flow was not as jammed as I thought it would be. Here's a photo of Doreen with her "Lam Yu" fried chicken wing. Viva la Chicken Wings!!