2011 Year-end Breakfast - Mixed Fruit Pudding

What is to be recorded before the year-end of 2011?

I was so lucky to have a photo shooting of a yellow bird which perched on the clothing line and greeted me before I started my breakfast .

The breakfast item was supposed to be a Mixed Fruit Bundt Cake but it turned out as a disaster as this baker ( Yan )  made the wrong measurement of butter and flour ! 

So , the cake was too oily !

Disaster Management :

I needed to mix 100g of flour + 1 cup of milk + 2 beaten eggs +  the mashed mixed fruit cake, soaked for 10 mins.

Time : 1 hour 15 mins

Oven temperature : 190 C

End result :  Luckily it turned out well and yummy !

The year-end 2011 Breakfast Menu in the Noon:

1. Mixed Fruit Pudding 

2. Coffee with milk 

A snoopy cup of coffee with milk.

After the disaster management for the mixed fruit bundt cake.

Voila !


Happy New Year 2012 !

Two Soups in a Meal

A late dinner at 10pm. 

How did I design this menu ?

Why were there 2 soups in a menu ?

The beef brisket soup was an unexpected dish that was given by my sister.

Two-Soup Dinner Menu :

1. Beef Brisket Soup 牛腩汤 - (from Johor) , was too salty ! 

2. Side dish - salted vegetables and spring onion . 
One doesn't need to eat with those salted vegetable as the beef soup was salty !:)

3. A simple and quick Campbell mushroom soup that I cooked. Chinese cabbage and slices of carrot were added. 

Egg Tart and Kaya Puff

A friend brought me these egg tart and kaya puff.

The pastry puff of the egg tart is too flaky and it doesn't holds its shapes well , it cracks easily whenever you take the tart. 

I prefer those flaky Chinese pastry egg tart( 酥皮蛋挞）.

But, Sonia's egg tarts with  frozen pastry looks yummy and I would like to try to make it one day.

Slices of Pork Curry with Kaffir Lime Leaves

Cooking curry using those leftover ingredients in the fridge.

Those ingredients were tamarind, dried chilli , lemongrass ,ginger ,onion, garlic and the kaffir lime leaves which was quite dry as I plucked them few days ago.

The kaffir lime leaves need to be shredded before cooking in order to bring out the aroma of the leaves.

Lunch  Menu :

1. Slices of Pork Curry with kaffir lime leaves.

Kaffir lime leaves adding an aromatic and astringent flavour to the pork curry and it really made me want to cook this curry again in future.

2. Fried Kangkong (water convolvulus ) with garlic. 

The kangkong was also lying in the fridge for 3 days as you can see that they are yellowish in the leaves.

Easy Pork Curry Recipe:

The ingredient of curry paste for a small bowl of pork curry:

A :

1 onion 

1/2 garlic

1 segment of ginger

(little finger size) turmeric

2 pc dried chilli ( you can put more - own preference )

3 stalks of lemongrass

B:

3 pcs kaffir lime leaves

2 tomatoes

100 gpork slices

2 tbsp curry powder for meat

Seasoning :

2 tbsp curry powder

salt and pepper

sugar

Method：

1. Pound A  with pestle and mortar.  Fried A until fragrant with medium heat to avoid burning.

2. + pork slices + tomato + kaffir lime leaves + curry powder

3. Seasoning - salt and pepper , sugar.

Chicken and Roast Pork Belly Rice

White chicken and roast chicken rice are my last choice for lunch and dinner.

I prefer roast pork if I have a choice of eating these three.

The bonus dish is to have a plate of sour vegetables.

Lunch Menu for 3 :

1. White Chicken and Roast Chicken

2. Roast Pork Belly

3. Two plates of Yellow Oiled Rice and A Plate of Plain Rice ( This was for me).

4. But, where is the Bonus Dish ? We hadn't ordered any that day.

( Actually the stall was to busy and we had been waiting for about 30 mins. The only thing we wished to do was to finish lunch and left quickly !)
RM31.60( incl rice)

Address : Yat Yat Seng Restaurant 

( Opposite Ipoh Garden Post Office / Courts )

83, Jalan Lau Pak Khuan

Ipoh Garden.

Simple Christmas Eve Meal at Syuen Hotel, Ipoh

We had our Christmas Eve Meal at Syuen Hotel ,Ipoh.

It's not a traditional Christmas meal, without any turkey  to be served. 
But it was rather like the Chinese traditional meal instead.  

RM40.00 per pax.

Christmas Eve Menu At Syuen Hotel , Ipoh:

1. Syuen Five Happiness Platters - kidney beans , black pepper chicken fried with green and red capsicum , jelly fish( 海蜇）, prawn salads, omelette，fried fish cake.

2.Braised Fish Lips Soup with Shredded Chicken (鸡丝鱼唇羹).

3.Roast Crispy Chicken with Prawn Crackers.

4.Fried Rice with Salted Fish and Anchovies.

5.Deep Fried Garoupa Fish in Sweet and Sour Sauce.

6.Mushroom with Broccoli , Cauliflower and Japanese Tofu.

7. Dessert : Ice Sea Coconut （海底椰 ）and Longan.

8. Sponge Cupcakes ( as they said that was for the"Birthday of Jesus Christ")

The very dry sponge cupcake, not even had the appetite to finish it ! It shouldn't belong to a 4 stars- hotel standard .

Deep Fried Fish Garoupa Head

The Fish Tail was on my plate.

Simple Christmas decoration at Syuen Hotel ,Ipoh .

Beef Brisket Noodle （牛腩面）

My friend LP who came from Johor still ordered a cup of tea although she was in Ipoh old town , famous for its white coffee. 

Of course , I still stick with white coffee for breakfast.

This beef brisket noodle stall currently run by the second generation in the family. 

It has become my favourite beef noodle in my "Eating list" .

The stall is in Sin Lean Lee restaurant , Ipoh old town.

Breakfast Menu :

1. Dried Bee tai bak ( 干捞米太目 ，lou shu fen ).

2. Beef brisket soup （牛肉，牛腩汤）

3. fish balls and stuffed yong tofu .

4. fried yam bean.
5. White Coffee and tea with milk.

（Tea with milk )