fish & co birthday lunch

hello again! how are y'all? hope y'all had great noms today. i had spicy fried kueteow for my evening noms so i'm pretty full.. ≧﹏≦

i'm blogging again from my phone (cause i'm too lazy to turn on my laptop)..hehee =￣ω￣=

anyway, this update is about another birthday...my bf's ╮(╯▽╰)╭ 

...his bday was feb 9 but since last time we were sort of in a hurry (only had time for a burger, though it was carl's jr/from previous post) this time we had proper sit-down lunch.

i went to his house to drop off Loki, his blind tom-cat..since Paradigm Mall is pratically 2minutes away we went there instead of our usually hang out at Sunway and had lunch at Fish & Co...

we had:

★italian fish&chip rm15.95

→juicy fish with mozzarela stuffing and potato chips

★afrika fish&chips rm15.95

→juicy fish with peri-peri salsa and potato chips

★insomnia rm6.95

→coffee-based drink with vanilla and cream

★lime cola rm6.95

→coke with lemon

+10% service charge.

verdict: the fish was fresh and juicy and delicious! afrika fish peri salsa was really good but the "herbs" in italian was somewhat  missing...

service was really fast and brownie points to staffs for being really nice and polite (*^▽^*)

overall it was a really good restaurant and is worth a second visit! ★★★★

 

Mom's Birthday!

Hi there!

Updating on the celebration of my mom's birthday on 16th Feb (last Saturday) Ｏ(≧∇≦)Ｏ

we had "satay jalan peel" which was AWESOME!

that's all! hehehe

FOUND!!!

alhamdulillah syukur! my baby bond has been found!!!

no words can express the joy my family is feeling... ╮(╯▽╰)╭

JM Bariani & Carl's Jr LOVE

hi y'all. updating on my foodscape yesterday and today from my hp..the layout is gonna be stupid and messy cause the pictures are all at the bottom..and i dont really know how to beautify it from my hp...sorry! ≧﹏≦

so yesterday i had lunch with my family at JM BARIANI, Tesco Ampang. i just got my salary so i decided to treat my mom and dad (and the rest) something special. my mom loves nasi bariani (her fave is INSAF at Jln TAR,KL) but since Tesco is the only place that is easy to go to and accessible to wheelchair, we choose to go eat there.

the food is quite nice, price is as expected from a restaurant like this...and this is what we ordered;
lamb bariani: rm15.70
beef bariani: rm13.70
fried chicken bariani: rm14.00
bariani rice only: rm4.80
iced milo: rm3.00
sirap limau/sirap ais: rm2.20
teh tarik: rm2.20
iced lime: rm2.50
sirap bandung: rm4.00
*service charge is 10%

then today i went to my bf's to pick up his blind cat cause my bf is going balik kampung...and we had lunch at Carl's Jr. i had Western Combo (rm18.00), my bf had Portobello Combo (rm24.30) and our friend had Superstar Combo (rm17.95)

alrightey then...i think that's all for now!

Missing Cat Alert!

my cat is missing since yesterday night (night before CNY)...he is my mom and dad's favorite cause he loves being carried around, would jump on my parents when they're sitting down to hug and give kisses.. ( ╯︿╰ )

and now it breaks my heart to see my mom and dad being so sad...

i heard that a few other cats (including 2 of my friend's) are missing as well...

and i heard that there are foreign people who EAT CATS too! i have seen these people around our kampung before but oh god i refuse to believe they've eaten my baby! ⊙﹏⊙

so if you're reading this and you happen to have a cat/cats AND living among CAT EATING FOREIGN PEOPLE...Be Aware!

and please please pretty please...if you found my baby...

please contact me ASAP!!!

Grandma Paul's Red Velvet!

Sorry for the delay! I was quite busy at home to post this recipe...but since i'm free now (i'm at work!) i'll post this now! ｡◕‿◕｡

I have baked GRANDMA PAUL'S RED VELVET CAKE so many times i've lost count! And everytime, it is a winner both at home (my mom & dad love it so much that i've baked it for them most of the time) and at work (my friends and employees like them too).

I was asked many times why my cake is different from others, the answer is simple. PAULA DEEN. Honestly, i've had other red velvets and other people's recipes but the moment i saw Paula bake this on TV (Paula's Party on Food Network) i knew that i have to try it pronto! I love EVERYTHING PAULA DEEN. Her "Y'ALL", her SONS (oh gosh they are darn cute), her FOOD and most of all her crazy beautiful southern self!

OK. Enough about my schoolgirl fangirling obsession over Paula Deen (in which i myself think is very weird. haha) and on to the real topic, THE RECIPE! FYI:Recipe is altered from original to my average culinary knowledge.

Ingredients
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup buttermilk*
1 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cup cake flour
1 block of butter /250gm
1 bottle red food coloring (i use STAR BRAND)
2 tablespoons cocoa (i use Van Houten)
2 cups sugar
2 eggs (A grade or atleast B)
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1 tablespoon vinegar**

*i found buttermilk in Tesco but if you can't find it you can add one TABLESPOON VINEGAR to ONE CUP of WHOLE MILK / FRESH MILK. Low fat is a no-no! Leave this mixture for atleast 15 minute. The milk will sort of curdle and look like it has gone bad...but it's not! The milk is now ready to be used as a substitute for buttermilk.

**i use variety of vinegar, from pomegranates to dates to plain white vinegar.

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. First sift together flour and salt. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until fluffy. 
In another bowl, mix cocoa and food coloring. 
Add eggs one by one to butter mixture; mix well. 
Add flour to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. 
Blend in vanilla. 
In a small bowl, combine soda and vinegar and add to mixture. 
Pour into three 8-inch round greased and floured pans. 
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tests done.

FROSTING: PAULA DEEN used a rich cream cheese frosting with pecans and shredded coconuts for her Red Velvet, and because i'm a cheapo (i can't afford pecans..tsk.tsk), i used plain cream cheese frosting with either rainbow/choco sprinkles or mini chocochips on top. My version of plain cream cheese frosting can be found here. It's at the bottom of the post.

*picture updated! ヽ(*≧ω≦)ﾉ 16feb2013/12:09am

*the original recipe can be found here!