| Thursday, May 25, 2006 |
eating out alone.. as I stroll around Pyramid, I was thinking "die lah die lah" cause I keep seeing college-girls.. who are, well, if i were to compare, pretty also prettier than me, hair.. also longer than mine, body also thinner than mine.. make up also thicker, eyes also bigger.. skirts also shorter.. HAHA.. ok... while me.. nothing to shout about, just a year or two elder than them. boo hoo.. Anyway, I love Manhattan Fish Market. I Love seafood. (but not squids). I so needed to have some better food after the visit to Jack's Place which was quite disappointing. and also, after spending almost 2 hours on cardio machines (cause watched American Idol Results show In Gym from 8.30am) and also Yoga class, I'm pretty much.. as hungry as a cow.. Again, they had some Set Lunches to choose from, Garden Salad with Fish, Grilled Norweigan Salmon, Baked Fish and NZ Mussels, etc etc.. So I got the Baked Dory fish with mussels served with Garlic Butter Sauce .. with chips or rice. Lunch Sets of course.. has a soup to start with
Minestrone Soup.. yahoo.. nice !! I got to peep the SEafood Chowder on my next table.. thats cause I overheard them.. haha.. it looks so much better than Jack's Place soup..
Yummyy.. garlic butter sauce rocks!! only thing is, if u're out on a date or something, dont eat this (or any garlic butter sauce based dishes), cause when u burp, u taste like garlic.. And that's gross. All for RM 25 + tax... pretty much expensive since it's only DORY fish, which u can get in Giant or Tesco or Jusco or other co.. Might be the mussel then.. But, I love it! haha.. I Will Be Back For More !!! Plus, their service's quite good.. The manager (or higher waitress position) went around table to table to ask how's the food.. blablabla.. u know all that kinda stuffs. Mmmm, satisfied..
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While shopping the other day, I just had to go for lunch, even if it was alone. haha. Hungry lah! Anyway, eating alone is a pathetic thing, I walked around 1-U's new wing figuring out, what should I eat. Peeped into the cafes, there's no one, cause it was still half an hour to lunch time.. It's so hard to decided a place to eat. But alas, I went into Jack's Place. They were offering a Set Lunch for only Rm13.90 (excl tax). Set lunch always make things easier.. be it the chef, or the diner (if u have a fickled mind..) So, I ordered the Chicken Chop in Plum Sauce..Let me tell u my honest opinions, I thought that Jack's Place's ambience would be abit more jazzy, cafe-ish, modern kinda thing (well, as to observing from outside). But it wasn't as jazzy or cafe-ish.. To me, it kinda felt like a 80s style restaurant where they start serving western dishes because it was the IN thing (sorry man, just my opinion, no offence) It probably was because of the chequered multi-tone green 'laminated' table mat.. They could have been more creative in setting up the table.. the green mat thingy was a total turn off.. Ok, back to the food.. It was a full course meal, with Soup, main course and dessert. (once again, camera phone quality pics, sorry)  Garlic Bread was quite good. haha. and the seafood chowder soup. Ok, I dont think I'm much a fan of seafood soup. It tasted like corn soup to me with some fish meat and crab meat.. I think I'll stick to mushroom soup.. or onion..  Portion wise, it's actually quite huge. Oh yeah, because of the soup and bread i've eaten earlier, i couldnt finish the chips, carrots and peas.. PEAS !! once again, i'm not a pea-person.. OH, and the sauce.. It was FAR TOOOOO LITTLE !!!!! *shakes head* just too little.. I had to eat my chicken with ketchup...  Then they served Tea as well.. I didn't touch the milk, because it doenst look milky to me. Ice cream was just vanilla.. not too bad (how can u go wrong with ice cream right???) Apart from the not-so-nice ambience and the green table mat and the small serving of sauce, i think it's ok la.. at least their service is good.. But this place is famous for the steaks... maybe the steak could have more sauce.. =P *aiyo, suddenly miss eating in Danny's Cafe..* |
| Wednesday, May 24, 2006 |
Hi all, I've people telling me that they have only a measuring scale, and some of the recipes uses 'cups' .. But no worries, to convert those, all u need is ... A Calculator Ok. To convert litres to cups, multiply the number of litres by 4.224 (1 litre = about 4 1/2 cups; 2 litres = about 8 1/2 cups), and to convert cups to litres, multiply the number of cups by 0.237. Litres are the same as kilograms.. then u'll just need to do some mathematics and it's done.. 1 tablespoon = 3 teaspoon = 1/2 fluid ounce = 14.8 ml 1/4 cup = 4 tbsp = 2 fluid ounces = 59.2 ml 1 cup = 16 tbsp = 8 fluid ounces = 236.8 ml Means, if u need 2 cups of flour and u dont have a measuring cup, just multiply 2 to 0.237 and u get 0.474 Litre.. which means, 474 gm of flour. And to convert grams to ounces, divide grams by 28.35 grams to pounds, divide grams by 453.6 To convert them the other way round, just multiply the number 1 pound = 16 ounces = 453.6 gm 2.2 pounds = 1kg I hope that helps  P/s : remember to write the conversion at the recipe book / paper. So if you need to bake it again, you'll save the hassle of calculating them again Have a nice day |
| Tuesday, May 23, 2006 |
I was just thinking if I need to bake my own Birthday cake or not. that would sound sad if no one buys one for me.. Haha. And, so, I decided to make one for myself, just incase i really didn't have any. (and also to finish off the cream cheese + cream) Ok, cheesecakes has gotta be my favourite among other cakes (that I've eaten). So, Birthday = cheesecake = Nigella This one's baked in water bath, and trust me, the texture was superbly soft! It really is better than the non-baked cheesecakes. Plus, it's not that hard after all. you just wrap 2 large layers of aluminium foil around your tin. So, firstly, prepare the base. 150g of digestive biscuits processed till theyre like crumbs, mixed with 75g of melter butter. The ratio is 2 : 1. But 150g of biscuits would give u a just-thin base. I settled for 200g biscuits 100g butter. Press the biscuits onto the base of a Springform tin, put in the fridge to set. Beat 250g cream cheese gently till it's smooth, then add 75g caster sugar. beat in 2 eggs and 1 egg yolk, then finally vanilla extract and some lemon juice. ( I secretly added 1/2 cup of whipping cream, ha) Line the outside of the tin with strong foiled so that it covers the bottom and sides in one large piece ( you might wanna get the extra-large foil) then do it again. Then put it into a roasting dish (should be larger and deep in depth). Pour in the cheesecake to the Springform, then pour in boiling water into the roasing dish, about halfway. Remember not to overfill, u don't wanna risk burning your feet with HOT WATER while lifting it up.. Put into the oven and cook for 40 minutes at 180 C. When it's done, it should feel set but not rigidly so. Whisk in 1 tub of sour cream, 1tbsp caster sugar and 1/2 tsp of vanilla extract till smooth and pour over cheesecake. Put it back into the oven for another 10 minutes. When it's done, take the roasting tin out from the over, gently remove the SPringform and put on a rack to cool. When it's cooled completely, put it into the fridge (yes, still with the tin). Bring it out 20 minutes before serving. Plunge a knife into hot water before cutting it. And you get.. this
If you want to double the amount of cheese, make do with 600gm of cream cheese, 3 eggs and 3 egg yolks, and double the rest (sugar, vanilla, lemon juice)
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| Saturday, May 20, 2006 |
Went to Desa Sri Hartamas to pick up flowers for a pre-wedding shoot this sunday (i'm not getting married lah...) then, had lunch next door at Fong Lye Restaurant. They serve Chinese / Taiwanese cuisine. *photos from camera-phone. 0.3 mp. what to do...* *hint hint*  It's just next to As You Like It Flowers. It's behind Fondue House  Knowing that everyone would call tea, they already have mini tea pots fill with tea leavevs and hot water. Before they even take your order, it's on the table already  The cute chopstick holder.  em... not nice.. It was said to be abit spicy. but I can't taste any, I'm sure it's not because of my running nose.. I could still taste other food.  Ok, this one, the sauce is some kinda tomato sauce. the oyster was in moderate size.. New style of oyster omelette I guess, tasted not bad well, I think their dishes should taste better. We ordered noodles cause there were only 2, and we're kinda rushing for time. |
Hello all! I was watching a TVB series "Revolving doors of Vengeance" and then, I suddenly remembered that I had a bar of Lindt left, and some cooking chocolates. So, paused the show and dig out some recipes in Nigella's book, looking for some chocolatey stuffs. Oh well, settled on Brownies. cause now, the Lindt bar is gone and so does antoher 200g of cooking chocolate  Brownies are, of all chocolate cakes, the easiest to make. All you really need is, a deep pan (those that u use to cook instant noodles) No hassle on fixing the mixer, or food processor.. Oh, but u do need a weighing scale of course. and some flour, chocolate eggs, sugar.. I actually halved the recipe as I have insufficient butter. So, if u're serving alot of people, just double it =) Melt 190g soft unsalted butter and 190g best quality dark chocolate in a large pan. Then in a bowl or measuring jug, beat 3 eggs and 150g caster sugar (I also reduced the sugar amount) and 1 tsp vanilla extract. Then get ready 110g plain flour... OH DAMIT !!! NOW THAT I REMEMBER.. I ACTUALLY FORGOT TO REDUCE THE FLOUR AMOUNT!!!! i think i actually added 200g ... but the cake was still good.. hrmmm Anyway, when the chocolate and butter has melted, let it cool abit before beating in eggs and sugar , then 150gm of nuts, then seive in flour and 1 tsp salt. Beat to combine smoothly then scrape out of the saucepan into the lined pan. Bake at 180C for about 20 minutes. But really, just check on it. The top should be dried to a paler brown speckle, but the middle still dark and dense and gooey. But since they still continue to cook as they cool, u can just leave them in the oven for another 10 minutes and let it cool.  Now, really... I don't know if i reduced the flour or not ... It was a bit too densed tho, I must have not.. gosh..How careless of me   My dog was looking at the cakes greedily while I brought it out to snap a pic.. But darling, u can't eat chocolate!!!! and then, made some Chocolate Ganache. very easy. just melt chocolate and stir in cream. thats about it.. I got sick of finding double cream or anything.. Just make it..  You know what would have been the extra point!?!? VANILLA ICE CREAM !!! YUMMM *I don't care, I'm buying a tub of ice cream tomorrow* |
| Monday, May 15, 2006 |
Another Mother's day celebration, this time only among ourselves. hehe. We had three choices, Chungdinh vietnam @ one bangsar, Jogoya @ Starhill or Koryo-won @ Starhill. We settled for korean food instead (yay!) The only time I've eaten Korean food is in Hartamas. So, I guess picking KoRyo-Won would be a good choice. Haha. Furthermore, the Feast Village in Starhill offers a grrreat variety of food, so even if we can't make it to korean food, there'll be others to choose from. We wanted Asian cuisine, but not so chinese (has been eating out for the pass 2 months, most of the time, chinese 'tai chao'.. had to take a break) Right, Koryo-won means elegant garden. They offer the finest smoked barbeque cuisine in Klang Valley (as said by starhillgallery.com, but I had to agree as well, it was fantastic!)
some of the appetizers served. there're quite a variety, don't be afraid to ask for more, cause it's allowed!
Korean Pancake. it's really nice compared to the one we ate in Hartamas (can't remember which restaurant though) It was light, crispy and not too starchy. And the sauce u see on the right. They're good as well, but I kinda expected a more generous serving.
oh man! i forgot, there's Lamb too. That's Korean style barbeque. I don't know how authentic is it, but, well, maybe it's their way. The chicken and lamb was peppery, saltiness was just right, chicken texture was just fine. the lamb was just a little bit too tender. probably overcooked or something.
We ordered hot-pot soups as well. one spicy and another one not. just in chicken broth. both were awesome!! *tip* scoop kimchi soup + veges in a bowl, add rice into it, mix, EAT. was darn good. spicy, sourish, sweet. Overall, dinner was great. only thing is, the rice and green tea's over-priced. RM5 for a bowl of rice and RM8 for a cup of green tea (refillable). Ambience was nice as well, I mean, who could resist Feast Village right ? It's so darn beautiful. just at any corner. more pics Here |
