Banana Walnut Cake

The first choice of banana for making banana cake is "pisang emas" ( golden banana) in Malaysia.
It has a not too "wet" texture and it has the full-bodied smell of banana aroma. 

I will always look for this type of banana for making banana cake.

Banana Walnut Cake: ( 2 big loaves and 1 small loaf)
Ingredients:

Butter / Margarine  300g
Castor sugar 150 g
Flour 330 g + 2 tsp baking powder + 1/8 tsp bicarbonate of soda (sift)
6 eggs

mashed banana (300 g after peeling off the skin)
crushed walnut 100g

2 tbsp water + 1 small drop of banana essence ( even 1/8 tsp will be too much !)
1/4 tsp salt

Method:
1. Beat butter + sugar until fluffy and pale.
2. + Egg, one at a time and beat well.
3. + Flour + baking powder + bicarbonate of soda ( Stir with a spoon)
4. + Mashed banana + walnut. Stir well ( spoon).
5. + water + banana essence+ salt.

Oven  temperature and time of baking:
180 C ( lower heat) , for 1/2 hour.
Then , 160 C ( upper heat) , 10- 15 mins ( until golden in colour)

Breakfast Menu:

1. Banana Walnut Cake 

2. A Mug of Black Coffee without sugar

I added in 1 more spoon of water that day , hence the wetter texture. 

But , I won't do that again as my recipe is supposed 2 tbsp of water to be added.

And I was acting to be very clever to add one more spoon of water!

3-Meals Of The Day

These were the 3-meals of the day.

9am took breakfast.

12pm took lunch.( But I wasn't hungry at all!)

11pm had dinner !

But the timing between the meals seemed wrongly set !

Menu Of The Day :

Breakfast at Ipoh Garden South:

1.Beef Noodle - with radish and garnished with Chinese Parsley 

2. A Cup of White Coffee.

  Lunch at Bercham, Ipoh:

1. Roast Duck and Roast Pork Rice 

2. A Plate of Mixed Fruit

Dinner at 818 Taugeh Chicken Restaurant ,Bercham : 
1.Shredded Chicken Hor Fun Soup ( gai xi hor fun 鸡丝河粉)

2.Ipoh Taugeh ( Ipoh Famous Beansprout) with sesame oil and soy sauce.

This bowl of flat noodle ( hor fun ) was belonged to my friend.

Cheesy Chives and French Bean Pancake

It was raining while I went shopping for groceries in the afternoon.

The photo above was shot from the entrance of Tesco Extra , Ipoh. 

Simple Dinner Menu :

Cheesy Chives and French Bean Pancake.

The pancake mixture was actually prepared by my neigbour , Fang-J. 
Salt and pepper was added by her too. 

I only added in some chilli padi, french bean and cheddar cheese.

Cheesy Chives and French Pancake topped with chilli sauce. 

Late Lunch at 4 p.m.

I actually didn't cook the meal here.

The soup was given by my neighbour , Yu-J( 玉姐).

The other dish was a leftover from the restaurant, I only add in some dried chilli.

Late Lunch Menu at 4pm:

1.  Chinese Herbal Soup - with Rhizoma Polygnati Odorati 玉竹, wolfberry ( 枸杞子，lycium barbarum ), red dates （红枣）,dried squids and pork ribs. 

But the soup had too much oil , I would scoop out the oil floated on the surface. 

2. Mixed Vegetables - Japanese tofu , minced meat, capsicum, carrot slices and Chinese cabbage.

Malaysians' Sunday Breakfast

 

It was Sunday morning.

We were having breakfast at the Kopitiam ( 咖啡店，A restaurant which usually you can have coffee there) when our relatives came visit us from Kuala Lumpur.

Sunday Breakfast Menu :

1. Dried Curry Noodle with shredded chicken, char siew and roast pork siu yuk and lots of peppermint leaves.

2. My bowl of  Curry Beehoon Noodle ( soup type) - with the same ingredients as dried curry. It was too oily and I scooped out those oil before eating !

3. Portuguese Egg Tarts 葡京蛋挞- I think those egg tarts were not " burnt" enough on the surface.

4. Hong Kong Style Chee Cheong Fun 香港猪肠粉- with char siew filling.

5. Soup Noodle - with some fried food stuff.

6. Barley Water.

Fried food stuff 

 Barley water