Love it or Hate it Brussel Sprout..

Brussel sprouts costing more than 7 rm...............

This is the first time I cook brussel sprouts. As I had read about it being so good for our body, I bought one little packet from Tesco eventhough its quite pricey ( the reason for holding back buying it for so long). 

So I google for a recipe online and cook it shredded with some onions and bacon. It has a bittersweet flavor to me and son H suprisingly said its good. Forgot to ask son R's opinion as he dislike cook vege except for salads. So anyone with better ideas how to cook this Asian style?

Shredded brussel sprouts with bacon in wok.....

Catching The Rainbow......

This is my first time seeing a rainbow since moving to my new place. Could not resist a few shots with my old digital camera. Wish I could have a better camera but still I need lessons on taking a good pic. Here it is in sequence before it disappear into the horizon.........

Satisfying Homecook Food .....

From foreground: Fishball soup, stirfry choy sum, fruity cashewnut chicken and lastly sambal petai prawns..........

Since moving into my new condo last Sunday, I had very little time to cook some nice dishes for my family. With the addition of my disable stove I had been eating out and bought food for my sons. With all the money spent my children still complain about the outside food. Son H said the meatball spaghetti I bought for him costing more than 13rm after government tax was overcook and the meatballs tasteless.

So today I did my cooking on a portable stove loan to me by the company where I bought my stove which breaks down. Hope they love the food here. Would also love to share the recipe of my fruity tutti cashew nut chicken with my readers and friends.............

Colorful fruity cashewnut chicken............

Ingredients:

2 chicken thighs- deboned and diced

1/2 carrot- diced

1/2 green pepper- diced

1/2 yellow pepper- diced

3 pips garlic - chopped

1.2 cup diced pineapple

1 red chilli - diced

1/2 cup roasted cashew nuts

3 tbsp oil

Marinade:

1 tsp oyster sauce

1 tsp chicken granules

Dash of pepper and sesame oil

1 tsp cornflour

Seasoning:

2 tbsp tomato sauce

2 tbsp plum sauce

1/2 tbsp sugar

5 tbsp water

1/2 tsp cornflour

Dash of pepper and sesame oil

Method:

1. Mix chicken with marinade and season for 10 mins.

2. Heat 1 1/2 tbsp of oil, saute chopped garlic til fragrant, add chicken and stirfry til cooked. Dish up.

3. Add 1 1/2 tbsp oil, stirfry carrot, green pepper til fragrant, pour in seasoning and bring to boil.

4. Add in chicken, pineapple, red chilli and mix well. Lastly mix in cashewnuts. Dish up and serve.

The recipe for my sambal petai prawns can be found here......

An evening @ Ingolf's Kneipe.....

Ingolf is a German restaurant and bar located in Tanjung Bungah. It is a popular hangout for locals as well as expatriates living around the area. Those who loves meat and sausages like my boys would consider coming back for more of this German cuisine. I am not so much of a drinker or meat lover but just to taste out the food here, I paid a visit here last Friday following son H.


This is the upstairs section as downstairs was full house. We only got to sit on the high chair at the bar upstairs.

From my bar seat I got entertainment from a flat screen television on the wall while waiting for the food.

Spaghetti Olio with salmon and prawns. See the chopped spring onion? Looks a bit Chinese to me.....

This big plate of roasted pork belly is son H's favorite. I just love the thick crispy skin but not the meat.


I ordered this huge portion of beef pie which I could not finish. It is a bit too salty for my taste buds. Maybe next time I will order the German sausages or try out their ice-cream dessert for a change......

Warming Up @ Daorae Korean BBQ........

It was sister Nancy's birthday last month, and we ladies got an excuse to have a get together to celebrate. And this time we found a place where we have a whole room to ourselves, sitting on the wooden floor, with no chairs to pull in and out, letting our hairs down, having the fun of our lives, forgeting about the world around us, laughing our heads off, and at the same time filling our stomach with as much as we can eat and drink with food of a different kind, that is Korean BBQ. Korean delicacies has found its way to our Malaysian shores by the look of the increasing numbers of Korean restaurant sprouting up here mostly by young Korean entrepreneurs. Besides the BBQ of beef and pork we have a lot of other side dishes like bibimbap, korean vegetable pancake, kim chi soup, noodles, and not to be left out the korean rice wine, Chum churum soju to warm up. Sister Nancy recieved a birthday gift of a bottle of special longevity rice wine from the owner of Korean BBQ. What a nice gesture from the newly open restaurant.



Chum-Churum Soju- Korean rice wine..........


Korean cutlery..........................


Barbeque stove..............


Fresh lettuce for wrapping the slices of BBQ meat........

Side dishes in little plates.............

Kim chi to whet the appetite...............


Seaweed soup....................


Korean pancake with mix vegetables............

A hotpot of Bibimbap..............

Korean glass noodles stirfried with mix vege and pork slices.....



Seafood kim chi soup.......................



Octopus stirfried with veges and spicy sauce...........

Daorae Korean BBQ Restaurant is located @:-
Penang Bayan Point
15-2-G, 15-2-1, 15-2-2, Bayan Point,
Medan Kg. Relau, 11900 Bayan Lepas, Penang.
Penang Queensbay Mall,
lF-17,23,24, 25, 26, Queensbay Mall, 100,
Persiaran Bayan Indah, 11900,
Bayan Lepas, Penang.

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............