Saturday, July 28, 2007

potato patties

got this recipe from mr & mrs ha when they came to our house for potluck last month... and today i tried this recipe and it turned out OK OK onli..... hmmm.. need to improve it next time...

ingredients (served 4-6 persons)

four potatoes(wash & peel off the skin)
cornflour
salt
pepper
one capsicum(any color)- diced it
water chestnut- diced it
big onion(this time i used small onions coz no big onions at home)- diced it

steps:

i) boil the potatoes in a big pot until it cook/ softens

ii) mash the potatos iii) add in and mix the diced capsicum, water chestnut & big onion with the mashed potato. also add in a pinch of salt and pepper to taste
iv) lastly, roll the patties to any shapes that you like, coat it with cornflour and fry it in hot oil

** the finished product **

bb lee hoy mun....

my uni room-mate, Lu Ping just gave birth last week monday(16/07/07) to a baby boy... so happy for her & her hubby, Kong Wai(my ex-classmate)... here are a couple of the cute bb photos...

** bb at Day 2, my hubby & i visited Lu Ping at the hospital **

** a few days later, Lu Ping MMS me this pic..... he has his dad's eyes & his mum's lips **

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

back from singapore

had a short but nice trip to singapore... 21/07/07 till 23/07/07... took some nice pics(mostly food).....

DAY 1- reach s'pore, bugis junction & chinatown

** the 8.00am Aeroline bus which we boarded from Menara Axis, PJ ** per person one way fare is RM 80.00 + 3% administration charge ** the fare comes with a light meal + hot drink + dessert is served too **

** the interior is quite spacious, comfy and each seats come with a cute small yellow pillow **

** the place we stayed in singapore, my grandma's HDB flat at Queenstown **

** from Bugis Junction, this is the TakoPochi which I have been craving for **

** the packaging has improved a lot , priced at S$ 2.20 for three pieces(in one box)**

** and this is the irresistible blended "durian" shake with pearl- priced at S$ 3.20 per cup **
** can't resist from taking a pic of this lovely wedding cake(it's a real one!) **
** didn't know they had a food fair too at Bugis Junction until we arrived **
** one of the cute food stalls **

** so many variety of food, japanese, chinese, indian, western, malay etc... **
** does this looks yummy to you ?? **
** hubby had this, DONG BAO (a slice of pork with special sauce in a soft white bun)- priced at S$ 1.50 per piece **
** my order, sharksfin soup with crab meat- S$ 2.50 per bowl **
** nite view of FOOD STREET at chinatown- BUSY! **
** hubby's order- one set of "char siew" rice + one plate of vege + one plate of yong tau foo + few pieces of wantan in soup- S$ 13.00 **
** my order- "oh chien" fried oyster with egg- priced at S$ 5.00 per plate **
** my fav tong sui in singapore, "tong yuen" glutinious ball in peanut soup- S$ 1.50 for four pieces(diff flavor, can choose peanut, red bean, yam, black sesame, red bean or green tea)
DAY 2- takashimaya, orchard road

** my fav shopping place in singapore, TAKASHIMAYA at Ngee Ann City... not for clothes but for food **

** been a long time since i ate at MOS burger and now after coming back to m'sia, i'm craving for it(anyone got idea if there is any MOS burger restaurant in KL?) **

** for lunch, seafood clam chowder soup- S$ 2.20 per cup **
** hubby's order, yakiniku rice burger(beef)- S$ 3.75 per burger
** my order, ebi rice burger(prawn)- S$ 3.75 per burger ** YUMMY!
** dessert, frozen strawberries- S$ 1.60 for 3 pieces(min order) **
** it's so delicious coz it's frozen with vanilla ice-cream too **
** for tea-time, Beard Papa **
** bought two pieces (no need to fight for it, mah! hehehe) **
** my preferred flavour, cream puff in strawberry cream( i think they haven't promote this flavour yet in m'sia)- S$ 2.30 per piece **
** cream puff in vanilla cream- S$ 2.00 per piece **** found this cute little CHILLI CRAB(bread stuffed with crab meat in chilli) at one of the BreadTalk bakery at Plaza Singapura ** how can I not buy it when it is so CUTE and it tasted so yummy??? - S$ 1.50 per piece **
** for dinner, my aunt and mummy recommended this AJISEN RAMEN which had many outlets in singaore, japan, bangkok etc... but not in m'sia yet.. TOO BAD **
gosh! i'm feeling hungry now after looking at this pic again ** it's the SALMON bento set which comes with a miso soup- S$ 10.00 per box **
** hubby's side order, chuka idako **
** and each time i'm in singapore, this is another of my fav bottled drink, Water Chestnut & Sugar Cane drink - S$ 1.50 per bottle **
DAY 3- early morning went grocery shopping with mummy, then time to go home
** the waiting lounge at the travel agent, Transtar, it's comfy, got TV to watch and free unlimited hot drinks **
** a pic of me & hubby at the waiting lounge before boarding the bus to go home **
** journey started at 3.30pm... hubby watched so many channels while on the way back to KL & I onli know how to sleep **
** this bus is comfy too... comes with multi movie channel on board and massage chair + light meal + hot drink ** S$ 47.00 per person for one way fare **

summary:
--> did not buy any clothes... many discounts available but can't find any that i like... maybe will grab something when the next sales is on again at singapore..
--> but one thing for sure, i am missing MOS burger now and my TakoPochi and my blended "durian" shake with pearl.. i guess i jsut have to go to bed now and dream about all those lovely food that i had last weekend
--> thanks mummy & hubby for accompanying me to singapore!!! and also daddy for sending us to the bus station on saturday, 21/07/07 and picking us up from the bus station on monday nite 23/07/07

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

july 14th '07

had a great saturday night out with my "ji mui"... long time didn't hang out with them... an earlier plan of a potluck dinner at my house was then changed to a dinner at the Curve..... so lazy of us.... hehehe... actually more of, so lazy of ME........ no need to cook or clean up mah.....

we didn't really decided where to eat earlier..... Joanne, Kar-Yee and I were the first three to arrive at the Curve... so, what we did was we browsed through the many eateries there & decided to try out this outlet, TonChan.... it's supposed to be a japanese restaurant.....

hmmmm.... but they don't serve much sushi.... Senn & gf, Linda, William Loo & gf, Sophia then later joined us..... i had the tempura bento set(as usual).... and the ramen that the others have is not that good(according to them) coz both Joanne & Kar-Yee didn't finish eating it.....
after dinner, we joined senn's frens at OneU for two games of bowling... we left the Curve at about 10.10pm and reached OneU at 11.00pm... ya.... onli a few km away but took us almost one hour to reach there becoz of some stupid traffic lights and some cars/taxis parking at the road side near Tesco there...

hmmm... i have improve slightly on my bowling skills..... just slightly onli...... i am pretty impressed though with Sophia coz she can really bowls......

by the time we finished bowling, it was almost 1.00am... it's been a long time since i go out until so late(as in after getting married)....... but we had a great nite... would definitely look forward to another round of makan2 and bowling session with them.....
chung wei @ 16months

just see how much my nephew have grown up.... he is so active... cannot sit still.... really... he's always up and running around (just started to take a few steps on his own)....
july 10th '07

yup.. this is a backdated post... hubby & i took leave to run some errands.... renew car road tax/ license, went to EPF, went to bank, watch the movie, Transformers at MidValley... had lunch and dinner there.....

i can't resist from blogging about the yummylicious assam laksa and nasi lemak "rendang ayam" at Jaya Jusco, MidValley....
overall outing, the movie and meals are great! it feels so nice to take leave once a while for a day out with hubby...

Friday, July 20, 2007

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singapore, here we come...

yup! my mummy, my hubby & I will be heading to singapore tomorrow morning for a short holiday... just 3 days and 2 nights..... to visit my grandma..... and dear hubby definitely deserve a break from his hectic work schedule.......

what else? it is also the last weekend for the great singapore sale.. i wouldn't say that i will shop a lot.... but definitely each time i'm in singapore, i will not miss visiting Takashimaya at Ngee Ann City for the great food court which offers so much variety of japanese snacks.....

my fav being is the famous TakoPochi (dunno how to describe this snack, it's made from flour and as big as a golf ball) prices at S$ 2.20 for three pieces (normally i choose to have the octopus one)......
well, this snack can be found at our own shore too... namely Mid Valley, Sungei Wang, Mines City etc..... but the taste and texture is very much different(bad) from the one that I can get from singapore(at any outlet there, the TakoPochi standard is the same).... it is just not the same... really!
and not forgetting the blended "durian" shake with pearl which can be found at Bugis Junction... it's like drinking the "durian" juice..... too bad that dear hubby do not eat "durian" at all... he just hate the the smell... and i wonder why??? hehehehe

just by mentioning TakoPochi and the blended "durian" shake can make my day!