Breakfast : Wanton Noodle

It was a heavy breakfast .

The wanton noodle was given by my neighbour Fang- J.
And you will never get such a big portion of wanton noodle from the hawker or from the restaurant !

Breakfast Menu :

1. A bowl of wanton noodle with various ingredients - Chinese mushroom, wantons, braised chicken feet and mustard green

2. A mug of sugarless black coffee

Fei Bo Snow Beer Cafe

Beside cookies, great dishes and soft drinks, beer also become a popular drinks during the festive season.

Friends back from Kuala Lumpur invited us to have a drink at the "Fei Bo Snow Beer Cafe" （肥波雪花啤酒 ）in the night. They have Facebook link here . 

I met them after my gathering ( on the second day of Chinese New Year).

It is called "Snow Beer" because the beer will be served in the frost beer mugs and creates some snowflakes effect for beer drinkers. 

"Fei Bo " serves some Chinese cuisine and snacks too.

Menu :

1. Beers 

2. Gold-coins Chocolate which come together with beer that you order.

Fei Bo Snow Beer Cafe

Add:  8 , Jalan Medan Ipoh 3,

Bandar Baru Medan Ipoh

31400 , Ipoh

Peark

Businse Hour : 6pm -2am ( everyday )

Email : snowbeercafe@yahoo.com

Phone : 014- 3033600 or 05-  545 4430

Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken and It's Ingredients Needed

This is the Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken (Ga Xao Sa ) ingredients that I prepared for my reunion dinner 2012.

There are many different version of the dish.

Some don't add in onion.

Some have no curry powder.

But I have decided to learn from  Rasamalaysia's Version.

Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken:

Ingredients of Vietnamese lemongrass paste:
6 stalks of lemongrass ( even use the upper part of lemongrass to make thicker paste as its upper part still has the aroma of lemongrass)
1 clove of garlic
4 medium size onions
20-25 pieces dried chilli
50 ml water

1 tbsp curry powder( * not too much of curry powder or it will become chicken curry paste)
1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp fish sauce
* no salt is needed as fish sauce is salty enough
2 extra stalks of lemongrass cut into the length of 4 cm.

Method:
1. Marinate chicken with fish sauce + 1 tbsp sugar - 2 hours before cooking.
2. Grind all the ingredients. Fried the ingredients until fragrant.
3. + 1 tbsp curry powder.
4. Fried chicken +  5 tbsp of Vietnamese lemongrass paste + 2 extra lemongrass ( 4 cm )
5. + 50 ml water to simmer until the chicken is tender for about 15 mins.
6. Garnish the lemongrass chicken with basil while serving.

Desserts In The Buffet

The dessert corner of a buffet is the most attractive part in the menu to me.

But I only had some after having 2 plates of dishes this time and would take the opportunity to take photos for friends in the gathering.

Dessert Menu: 
1.  Swiss Rolls - Orange and Pandan Flavour

2. Slices of Sponge Cakes

3. Fruit Platter - Papaya , starfruit and watermelon.

4. Agar-agar (jelly)

5. Red Bean Soup

6. Mango Pudding 

Dessert corner

Swiss Rolls

Sponge Cakes

Fruit Platter - Papaya , starfruit , watermelon.

Agar- agar

Red Bean Soup

Mango Pudding

Buffet Dinner At Ipoh City and Country Club

There were about 50 of us , an ex-classmates' gathering at Ipoh City and Country Club.

We then have got the chance to meet those long lost friends. Some of them even from the primary school too.

We were at the Banquet Room by ourselves.

Time : 7.30pm

RM50 per pax.

Buffet Menu :

1. Salads Corner -  Potatoes with mayonnaise sauce, salads，beansprout, long beans, deep fried eggs ,and deep fried potato wedges - you can eat this with rojak sauce.

2. Fried Rice - garnished with deep fried onions.

3. Hokkien style Fried Noodle (chow mien) - fish cake. 

4. Chicken curry - for those who didn't take mutton curry.

5. Mutton Curry - I liked the most.

6. Deep Fried Potato Wedges - a lot of potatoes were appeared in the menu !

6. Fish Fillet.

7. Gong Pao Squid ( sotong,宫保苏东）- Those squids were not fresh.

8. Spaghetti Bolognese Sauce -but with minced chicken 

9. Mustard Green with Oyster Sauce - (蚝油菜心），the only dish that has no left over.

10. Dessert - with Swiss rolls , sponge cakes, agar-agar, mango pudding and red bean soup. 

Potato salad with mayonnaise sauce and garnished with  green and red capsicums.

ICCC Berhad

283,Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun

30250 Ipoh

Tel : 05- 242 2233 , 241 6188

Fax : 05- 241 7012

Reunion Dinner 2012

I was the chef of the reunion dinner 2012.

But，but I usually cook simple meals for myself .

And now, I  needed to cook for 4. It would be too complicated for me . Could I make it ?

I even could't figure out how much food should I prepare for 4 ? 

Therefore, there was some food leftover after dinner.

Reunion Dinner Menu 2012 团圆饭:

1. Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken 越式香茅鸡

2. Pickled Cucumber 凉拌青瓜

3. Sweet and Sour Fish 糖醋鱼 - tomato sauce, sugar, vinegar, water and shredded onion. 

4. Braised Pork Trotters + 4 eggs 卤猪脚（前腿）-I cooked two trotters

5. Chinese Cabbage Soup 黄芽白汤

6. Fried Prawn with garlic and ginger 姜蒜煎虾碌

7. Coffee Walnut Cake + Mixed Fruit 咖啡核桃杂果蛋糕- I made 2 big loaves and 2 small loaves ( for sister and neigbour too)

8. Vietnamese Coffee 越式咖啡and Champagne Rose Tea 红茶.

(This is the big loaf)

Happy New Year !

Vietnamese Cuisine In Ipoh

I have never been to Vietnam.

So, I don't know what the authentic Vietnamese cuisine taste like.

The Vietnamese food here in Ipoh were crowned with "Vietnamese " ( 越式 ) for each of the dishes.

Vietnamese Dinner Menu For 4 :

1. Vietnamese Salad - with some shredded chicken ( 鸡肉丝）

2. Beef Teriyaki.

3. Vietnamese Platter Combination （拼盘）- There are spring rolls, pork chop slices , chicken chop slices, fish fillet and some noodles too.

4. Vietnamese Tomato Soup Noodle.

5. Vietnamese lemongrass chicken Chop Rice - But my taste bud told me that there was more curry spices (coriander powder) than lemongrass. 

(It tasted like a Malay style fried chicken).
6. Vietnamese Special Beef Noodle Soup - But they don't name it as "Phở" here.

7. 3 cups of Jasmine Tea. ( I only drink water).

Beef Teriyaki - RM8.90

Vietnamese Platter Combination - RM24.90 （ small）

My portion of DIY spring roll wrapped with rice sheet - Before wrapping.

Spring roll which is in the Platter Combination.

Vietnamese Tomato Soup Noodle -RM8.90

Vietnamese Lemongrass Chicken -RM9.90

Beef noodle -with some reflection of lighting !

Some photos from the restaurant.

Vnam Kitchen Restaurant 越南小厨:
32, Jalan Seenivasagam
30450 
Tel: 05- 254 2633