Tid-bits Tid-bits Tid-bits.........

How do we welcome the coming new year? Oh well.....no countdown prog but Jesper & I bought lots of tid-bits. Dunno izzit due to stress that we need to go to tis extend.

Erm....not too bad afterall. Accordingly to Jesper, the new year resoulution will be, all 3 of us inclusive of Adam to get heaty & fall sick over the new year after eating all these. haha....To mi, its more like gaining fats & weights! keke....

All sorts of tid-bits we have. Chips, chocolate, gummies, biscuits, cakes, nuts etc... Maybe we can set up a temporary tid-bits booth! Happy 2010!

Spicy Sweet Potato Leaves

Ever since our family's recent eating out experience, sweet potato leaves had been on the request list for our family dinner. Mum kept thinking bout it days & nites to a extend that when we askd her wat breakfast would she like & her reply is sweet potato leaves. Oh come on, where would pple eat sweet potato leaves for breakfast? Sounds so funny & since that reply of mum's, its been a joke of the family. haha....

Ingredients;
1 bunch sweet potato leaves
20g dried shrimps, soak & chopped
1 tsp chili paste
1 clove garlic, chopped
1 chili padi, chopped
1 tsp taucheow, chopped
Pinch of salt
1/2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp water
Oil for frying

Method,
-Peel off "skin like tissue" from the stem of sweet potato leave, cut into 5cm length section.
-Soak & rinse in water.
-Fry dried shrimps in oil for a min, stir in chili paste,chopped chili padi, taucheow & garlic.
-Stir in veggie a min later, fry till soften.
-Add seasoning & water, continue to fry for a min over high flame.
-Serve immediately.
-Enjoy!

肉酱双宝

所谓的宝可不是选用了昂贵的材料，而是这两宝是这道菜的重要角色。如果说豆酱是
媒人，那肉丝和豆干条就是被媒人撮合的一对。每样食材在这道菜里所扮演的角色
是缺一不可的。

所需材料；
肉丝 200克
豆干 一块，切成条状
香菇肉酱罐头 一罐
清水 120毫升
菜油少许
蒜蓉 一茶匙
糖 一茶匙

做法；
-将油锅烧热，把豆干条煎至金黄色，捞起备用。
-锅内放入2茶匙油，爆香蒜容。
-加入肉丝，把它炒熟。
-把煎好的豆干条和罐头肉酱一起倒入锅内。
-加入调味和清水，盖上锅盖，焖5分钟。
-请享用。

Kailan Stem Stir Fry

Kailan stem?! Wat was that? U mean onli eating the stem part of a veggie? Well, i was being introduced to tis veggie during the teenage stage of my life. I dun reali like it in the 1st place, but as i grow older, i start learning to appreciate it.

I cooked tis dish for the 1st time, recalling the steps & procedures from the very little memory of mine during the older days.

Ingredients;
2 stalks kailan stem, sliced
5 button mushroom, sliced
Few slices of lean meat
1/2 carrot, cut into strips
1 clove garlic, minced
20ml water
1 tbsp oyster sauce
Pinch of salt
Oil for frying

Method;
-Fry garlic in oil till fragrant, stir in carrot & fry for 2 mins.
-Add kailan steam, fry for 2 mins.
-Stir in mushrooms, seasonings & water.
-Cover & simmer for few mins.
-Stir in meat slices, serve when meat is cooked.
-Enjoy!

*Do not overcooked the kailan steam, otherwise they will lose the crunch.

Threadfin Shun in Taucheow Sauce

This is 1 of my favourite childhood dish where mum used to cook. Its a practise of cooking fish in either dark soy sauce with ginger or in taucheow sauce. We simply love it. Recalling the taste of the fish makes mi think & wanna eat it again.
Since dad bought some threadfin shun last nite, decided to refresh my childhood memories tonite.

Ingredients;
1 threadfin shun
1 pc old ginger (3 inch)
1 1/2 tsp taucheow
Oil for frying
1/2 tbsp sugar
1-2 drops dark soy sauce
150 ml water

Method,
-Wash & clean threaadfin shun, cut some slits on fish's body.
-Shallow fry fish on both sides till lightly browned, drained.
-Fry ginger in 2 tbsp oil for 5 mins.
-Add taucheow, sugar, dark soy sauce & water. Bring to boil.
-Return threadfin to wok, cover & simmer till gravy dries up.
-Serve immediately.
-Enjoy!

Chinese Leek With Sea Cucumber

Chinese leek is in the season again. Every year in between year end to chinese new year period, there will be plenty of chinese leek for sale. What are the main concern to look out for when choosing leek? The bulk muz be big & fat, bit of reddish & purplish below, greenish leaves on top.
Since its in the season now, y not eat it 1st even though i still get to eat them during chinese new year.

Ingredients;
5 stalks leek
120g pork belly
1 small pc tau kua
Some sea cucumber
Pinch of salt
Water
Oil for frying

Method;
-Peel off the outer skin of chinese leek, wash clean. Cut them diagonally into 1 cm apart.
-Cut pork belly & tau kua into small strips, sea cucumber into slices.
-Heat some oil in wok, pan fry tau kua until golden brown, drained.
-Fry pork belly with 1 tbsp oil till pork change colour.
-Stir in leek, fry for 3 mins or until soft.
-Add seasonings, tau kua, sea cucumber & water.
-Cover with lid for about 8 mins or when sauce dries up.
-Serve with plain rice.
-Enjoy!

黄金三角

This finger food is actually another version of prawn wantons being wrapped in a different way, deep fried & serve with chili sauce or mayonnaise. It makes a great snack to be serve with fried noodles or bee hoon. Aunty Sarah came over to my place with some mee goreng for our family & the combi is fantastic.

Ingredients;
Some square shape wanton skin
10 medium prawns
Some corriander stem, chopped
4 water chestnut, choppedmix all ingredients together
1 tsp light soy sauce
Pinch of salt
Dash of pepper
2 tsp sesame oil
1 tbsp egg white
Oil for frying

Method,
-Mix all ingredients(except oil & wanton skin) together, set aside for at least an hr.
-Place 1 tsp mixture on the center of wanton skin, fold over to form a triangle, seal with water.
-Continue until mixture finish.
-Deep fried in hot oil till golden brown.
-Serve with dips.
-Enjoy!

WaffleTown + X'mas Lightings

Christmas is round the corner, too bad Santa claus is not coming to town. :-P Tab decided to bring Merrill to town so that he can catch a glimpse of tis yr's christmas lightings. We decided to drop by Waffletown for a quick bite after dropping aunty Margaret at St Regis for a wedding dinner.

Look at Merrill's blur face, guess he haven got an idea that we are bringing him out to enjoy.

We ordered a black pepper chicken chop

Fish & chips

A egg and bacon egg burger, erm....plus Merrill's little finger.

Say ahh....
After a delightful dinner, as we were bout to leave the place, Merrill caught attention on the christmas decorations in the building.

See, so happy to c all the lights...

Say cheese.... a nice photo of the Godma with godson.

In comparison, a giant x'mas tree and tiny Merrill.

I reach i reach i reach for a wishing star.

A shot of us inside the lift.
Get into the car & its time to start our X'mas lighting ride in Orchard rd.

Here we are at Orchard Ion.

Next, we are at Wisma.

Make a turn & we are at Orchard Paragon. Wow...Merrill is so delighted to see X'mas tree.

A 360 degee turning giant santa claus figuring.

Next we went to Tanglin mall there were some display outside the mall. Too bad we missed the foaming or "snowing" session. Haiz... however, there were still plenty of pple around.

Ah ha, a candy house.

Another santa claus of the day.

Juz as we were bout to leave the place to pick aunty Margaret, we made a wrong turn into a lane and this nice scenario caught our attention. We wind down the windows and admire the sight while i was bz snapping photos.

Cool, there's even Nativity. The owner muz be filthy rich in order to set up the whole decoration!

Time to go home, its Aunty Margaret's turn to drive and we were all happily playing behind the car. See, Merrill is so happy with our fruitful trip.

Poor Merrill muz be feeling so tired that he dozed off in the car. :-)

Pan Fried Tapioca Kueh

MERRY CHRISTMAS to all readers. Wishing all of you & your families a blessed christmas.

I was thinking of baking some christmas treats but since i juz came back from grandma's house & she got mi lots of tapioca, i decided to make gd use of the tapioca, how about something green to do with tis festive season? All rite den, i decicded on my childhood favourite~tapioca kueh.
Still remembers that whenever there's a pasar malam around our area, i would pester mum to bring mi there to buy a few of my favourite tapioca kueh. Ooh....brings back sweet memories ya!

Ingredients;
2 medium size tapioca, bout 800g
120ml thick coconut milk
4 tbsp sugar
30ml water
2 drops pandan flavour essence
Oil for greasing pan

Method;
-Peel & grate tapioca.
-Stir in sugar, water pandan essence & coconut milk.
-Mix well & set aside.
-Brush some oil on a non-stick frying pan, scoop spoonful of mixture onto the pan.
-Pan fried over low flame till golden brown on each side.
-Serve immediately.
-Enjoy!

Christmas Eve Dinner @ Home

Christmas tis year won't be as fun as last year when I celebrated with my catholic frens & their relatives. All my frens will be away with their families on holiday in Europe & China. Therefore, tis will be a lonely lonely christmas for mi. Nothing much for mi to look forward to. I didn't even haf any frens to join mi for christmas midnite mass, so i decided to give it a miss.

Luckily i suggested to mum & dad that i will be preparing a christmas feast at home & everyone is supposed to be back home for dinner in order to celebrate my favourite festive season with mi. Being a traditional toaist family, i'm surprise that dad actually agreed to my christmas family dinner celebration. Wow....its a great feast for all of us (except Jesper who is away on a 2 days chalet trip). Hope that with the begining of this 1st celebration, there will be more to come the next & the following more years to come.

Minestrone soup~erm i used canned soup to save the hassle. Taste not too bad after all!
Grilled hoisin honey porkchop with potato salad & baked beans for mum.

Roasted honey glazed chicken thigh with potato salad & green for Adam & I.

Grilled honey hoisin porkchop with rice & cauliflower for dad. Oh well, dad is someone who muz eat rice for his meals. haha....in the end i whip up a feast consisting of chicken & porkchop for our christmas eve dinner.

Not forgetting the Oven baked prawns.

And a sparkling apple juice to go with the dinner.

Finally...its time for presents!

Chilled Out @ Station 1

As planned, we proceed to Station 1 to chill out b4 we leave JB for Singapore. Our main intention was to have fun till after midnite since it was a weekend. As Tabby will be away to europe for 2 wks, we decided that tis shall be our last JB trip for year 2009.

Outside station 1

Live performances.... singing "Heal The World"

Drinks' menu

Food menu

Mocha Chip Ice-blended~my choice

Banana Milkshake for Jan

Chocolate Milkshake for Tab & Grace

Flourless Chocolate Cake

Boston Cheese

Our desserts.........

I transformed the chocolate sauce bear design into a pig design~ehh....looks more like hog's breathe masscot.

Jan hiding away from the camera. He doesn't wanna be caught for playing cards. haha.......

Tab & i had a 2nd round of drinks~Yestea for us! Its actually jasmine green tea. haha... but wait a min, its a top signature drinks of the cafe.

Tab posed for a shot.

We are calling it for the nite, left the place 2+am with the pack of cards & receipt on the table. Cheap & gd, definately we will be back for more next year! =P