Food, Family & Friends.......

The month of July has come to an end today. Another seven months of 2009 has gone by. All I have is 3 miserable post this month. Its not that I have been down with ill health again. In fact I have been busy eating and celebrating birthdays with family and friends making me short of time to be here.( Looking forward to another one this Sunday). Just 3 months back I was on a liquid diet causing me to lose many kilos with my pants 2 sizes bigger and now I am back to my normal weight after a month of feasting.

Gathering @ Everyday Supreme with cousin Ming & family...................


Eating out @ Seaview Restaurant with Nick & co...........

Celebrating sis Karen's birthday @ Island Red Cafe......

Eating out @ Tua Pek kong................

Rich chocolate brownies cake for sister Karen.............

Seasonal fruits from sister Nancy's orchard..........

Queen of fruits - mangosteen..............

Dukus....................

Peeled rambutans.........


King of fruits - durians............

Deepfried cempedak............

No arms, No legs, No worries- Nick Vujicic.....

If you think life is hard on you, get some inspiration and motivation by watching this video on a unique young man who was born with no arms and legs. I am deeply touched by his positive outlook on life despite his disabilities.

Seaview Restaurant @ New World Park...

Last week we had dinner at this restaurant without any sea view as its name stated otherwise to meet up with Nick (our distant relative from Bangkok) and his friends for the first time. The food and service was good. We were lucky enough to try the famous speciality of the restaurant, that is the steamboat " Hu Lo ". A type of fresh water fish which is thinly sliced were dip into a hotpot of savoury fish soup in a steamboat to be eaten with a special dipping sauce. Fresh soft beancurd and some green vegetables were also provided for the steamboat.


The 'Hu Lo' heating up in a portable gas stove...........

Thinly sliced fresh water fish call 'lay hu'......very fresh.

My bowl of sliced fish cooked in steamboat....very delicious.



The special sauce of onions and ginger to be eaten with the fish....

Braised Abalone mushroom with broccoli.........

Huge crispy deepfried springroll with meaty fillings.......



Claypot seafood with big juicy scallops, cuttlefish, and sea cucumber braised in mushroom .........

Delicious brinjals with meat and prawn fillings in a bed of snowy egg whites...............


Braised 3 layered pork to be eaten with deepfried mantou or buns below........

Baby Ian's First Birthday.....

Little Ian with his mum and dad...............

Ian with his mummy and table full of delicious fare.......

The Mickey Mouse cake...............

Last Sunday, my grandnephew had a grand birthday celebration with lots and lots of food on the table. Food were all prepared and cooked by grandma, aunties and me with the exception of the huge 3 kilos Mickey cake from Jenny's cake shop in Pulau Tikus. Sis Nancy provided fruits like durians, mangosteens, dukus, rambutans from her orchard.

Birthday will not be complete without the red colored hardboil eggs...


Pinkish dragonfruit and fresh lychees..........

The 'ang koo' kuih with green bean paste as fillings......

Fried mee or noodles for longevity..........


A big pot of curry chicken.............

The Chinese red wine noodles or 'ang chiew mee sua'.....

Fried rice......................

Red wine fried chicken........

Crispy fried chicken ............

Belacan fried chicken...................

Hock chiew lobak or meat rolls.............

Maggi goreng..............................

Mah Lai Koh made by sis Nancy..............

Sandwiches prepared by sis Karen..............

Sweet and sour fish minus the sauce which will be pour in when ready to serve...............

Red bean jelly made by me....................

With plenty of durians in my fridge, I made some durian jelly.......

Yummy durians from sis Nancy's orchard........