The above 'pulut kuning' was so well decorated, it was a pity to spoil it by cutting and eating. The quail eggs and cherry tomatoes complement each other. Star anise was used as the swan's pretty eyelashes. Spring onions, carrots, chilies, and leafy vegetables were used to embellish the 'pulut kuning' as well. This is a favorite dish amongst the Malays using sticky yellow rice where the yellow color comes from ground turmeric. Beside is a red velvet cake mixed with chocolate cake and topped with cream icing as eye candy. It was Hari Raya celebration in Penang's Immigration office and I happened to be invited as a guest to savor the buffet food meant for the staff. Also took the opportunity to take away some durian 'gandum' and cakes for my new maid initially.
Wednesday, August 28, 2019
So Beautiful, how to Eat?
Friday, August 23, 2019
Mum's birthday on 23rd August
Last night, the 4 of us celebrated mum's birthday as a family minus second sister and hubby in the UK. For 5 meals of steamed fish, braised clams, stir-fried birthday noodles, chilly crabs, a jug of ampla fruit juice, and tofu with egg, the price was $240 which is rather affordable, considering there were several kinds of seafood. This place is Soon Lai Restaurant and is always packed with patrons/diners for its variety of dishes from chicken, vegetables and more. I gave mum $200 angpow in a nice embroizered cotton red cloth packet with a faux jade and some red strings Chinese knotted embellishments. Youngest sis sat next to mum and we drove them to the place from my home at Time Square.
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
Delicious home-cooked food
When the maid was around to wash the dishes, I took the liberty to cook up a meal at home for the first time after 10 years of eating outside. I bought chicken drumstick, chicken breast to be chopped into meatballs, carrots, big onions, black Shitake mushrooms and scallops with red dates. I boiled the soup and stir-fried eggs with mushrooms, onions, and carrots. It turned out pretty well and the soup was tasty. Even my remaining parent, my mum, drank up all the soup. I hope she appreciates my effort to pleased the family by cooking at home with tender love and labor. From the Instagram pictures above, you can click on the right button to scroll to the left for more pictures. In the meantime, enjoy this humble photos of mine.
Saturday, August 17, 2019
Dinner at Xuan Xin
Personally, the food was good but the waiter and waitress services were horrendous! Here, we shall focus on the food. The broccoli florets were cooked or stir-fried until soft by the heat of the wok. The gravy of egg white with crab meat makes it sumptuous with a burst of seafood and egg flavors. That was my dinner for today plus a glass of watermelon juice without sugar. My spouse had fried rice with big prawns, served in a blue floral plate. Just swipe to the left to see the picture. He also had iced coffee in a metal steel straw, since plastic straws were banned in Penang sometime back. Hope you enjoy the foods and pictures here.
Friday, August 16, 2019
Mini Buddha Jumps Over the Wall Soup
I had the above mini Buddha jumps over the wall soup recently including stir-fried broccoli florets with sliced mushrooms and carrots. This is a new Singapore establishment in Gurney Plaza, owned by a Singaporean. For $45 a bowl, you can get another free helping of soup for 1 time, of which we took away for mum. The taste was superb with oysters inside and chicken stock with drumstick and other pieces of chicken. Inside the soup, there were also black Shitake mushrooms and fish maw. It was infused with a burst of flavors and this restaurant only specializes in soups like ABC soup, watercress soup and many more. Well, this won't be the last time I dine in this eatery, but will come and taste the other soups as well. The ambience was nice too with many red lanterns adorn the ceiling.
Thursday, August 15, 2019
Chicken Chop at Tesco
Just the other day, I ordered chicken chop at Tesco food court in Tanjung Tokong. The chicken meat was rather small and thin to maximize profit over there. Well, I guess, most of the foods were costly and it was $10 for the meal excluding drinks. The gravy was lovely as ubiquitous of all chicken chop meals. I guess the cook put some tomato sauce mixed with vinegar for that 'oomph' burst of flavor. Hungry as I was, I finished it in no time in my hunt for different food instead of the usual Nonya dishes at the same place. For drinks, I had iced orange juice which was rather diluted. Well, I think this is the effect of inflation where the power of money diminishes while the quantity of food becomes less with higher price.
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
Beautiful Rolled Fondant Cakes
Above are pictures of 4 design types of rolled fondant cakes that I snapped at Bread History in Tesco at Tanjung Tokong. They are too beautiful to eat and all the hours of painstaking work to create edible art is to be preserved, in my humble opinion. But humans are spoiled for choice and they want to eat the best design and most colorful fondant cake. These are my own Instagram pictures that I posted for posterity. I also submitted the picture to a survey called Toluna where I participate for points to be converted to cash. So far, I had earned $600 in 1 year's time on a part-time basis. On good months, I can get up to $60 a month! Well, I guess that was the best I could achieve. Anyway, hope you enjoy the pictures as much as I do and happy reading.
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