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! ★★★★

 

seoul garden paradigm mall.

oh hai.
its been long enough with no post!!!

i've been busy. really busy. i've quit kinokuniya and now with a new job at putrajaya.
but today its deepavali so its a public holiday here in kuala lumpur!
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anyways, i made plans with my "adik angkat" (with dad and bf joining in too) to go eat at this newly opened steamboat bbq franchise Seoul Garden (i'm sure some of you are already familiar with this restaurant) at Paradigm Mall Kelana Jaya, the oh-so-famous mall that made headlines on the internet (mainly facebook) because a "light-fixture" or "air-conditioning" or "something" fell from the ceiling at the starbucks outlet....

ok. i'm not a very good reviewer but...here's the pictures...hehe (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

ok. that's me. hehe...

tyra. she's going back to bintulu to continue her studies. reason why we're eating out here :)

anis. the "happiest" person to be bbq-ing!

the food. i got myself mostly varieties of chickens and some beef. there are tons of choices. 

but we cant really take any pictures at the food aisle, so...........

always got time to cam-whore! 

my dad! hehe

my cousin.

like i said...she LOVES bbq-ing!

my bf in the middle of my dad and my "adik angkat" hehe

oh my the varieties! there are atleast 4-5 types of marinated chicken, beef and seafood. basic steamboat food, like those balls and stuff...tons of fresh vegetables, white rice, coleslaw, fried food like rice and noodles, kuih, fruits, and at least 10 choices of dips and sauces. plus the free flow drinks (carbonated, ice lemon tea and hot drinks) and desserts (create-your-own ice cream sundae, ice kacang or cendol).

oh the price! its not cheap let me tell you that! my bill was rm214.60 (for 5 person + 1 senior citizen)/(including taxes/which was a whopping rm19.60) >>>mind you, free-flow drinks and the steamboat soups are priced differently.

>>>click here please for official pricing!

oh my belly! but to me its worth it if you eat like there's no tomorrow....which i did. it was hard to walk back to our car......it was hard even, to breathe right... （ﾉ´д｀）

oh the verdict! if you don't mind spending some money, go ahead, this is a very good restaurant for a steamboat-bbq-style food. well, at least it was good when we were there (there weren't a lot of people at that time...so the service was fast and the food was a lot)

oh kay! last but not least info...we "checked-in" at 12.50 or so and "checked-out" at 2.30...we spent at least an hour and a half there to gobble up as much food as we can...and let me tell you an advice, TRY THE BLACK PEPPER BEEF AND AVOID THE COFFEE CHICKEN. haha...

is this a good review? I DONT KNOW..haha

P/S: this is my 3rd steamboat-style restaurant. my family used to go to kelana seafood, but most of the restaurants are now out of business. don't really know why...but the food there was good...

i have also tried shabu shabu twice and it was okay lah, and cheap but the variety was really so-so and the portion was little...

Kerang and Mystery Drink!

Hello! Today's berbuka is kerang goreng cili or fried cockles with chilies and kerabu ceylon 

(ceylon is the name of the leafy green, and kerabu is sort of like salad where the ingredients are fresh. malay's traditional kerabu is usually spicy and are made with fresh coconut.) 

and the mystery drink....! there are lots of ingredients in it too! 

can you guess what it is???? 

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SIX ingredients! 

1. kidney beans

2. sago pearls

3. brown sugar syrup

4. coconut milk

5. ice

6. cendol!

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oh ho ho...the 6th ingredient sort of gave the mystery away.....

mix it all together!

and........

yummy yummy cendol drink! yayy!

Grilled Rendang Chicken.

Oh hi again! I've just finished grilling chicken (again)..hehe. Today's grilled chicken recipe is different from all the previous versions me and mom made. This time mom made a "rendang" grilled chicken. Yep, first we cooked them "rendang" style and then we grill it.

What's RENDANG? It a traditional dish usually cooked during Hari Raya or special event (such as weddings, kenduri, etc.) And this is my mom's easy version. My mom is the kind of woman who always comes up with a simpler easier version of any typical Malay dish.

Ok this is what Rendang is supposed to look like. Spicy. Yum!

BUT, instead of cooking the chicken through, we take them chicken out of the gravy and grill them! Like this...

And then they become this! OH!

Yes yes yes. IT IS SIMPLE, TRUST MY MOM.

Here is the recipe.

Ingredients to blend together:

• 3 tablespoon of chili boh (a kind of smooth blended dried chili / takes about a handful of dried chilies)
• 3 large garlic
• 2 large onions
• 1 inch ginger
• 1 inch galanga (lengkuas in malay, its fine if you can't find it but it will taste slightly different)
• 1 tablespoon turmeric powder

Other Ingredients:

• 8 chicken drumsticks
• 5 lemongrass (beat them once or twice to flatten them)
• 2 turmeric leaf shredded (its fine if you can't find it but it will taste slightly different)
• 1 tablespoon KURMA spice powder (easily found here in Malaysia but elsewhere; try finding them in Asian specialty shops or those that carry Indians spices)
• juice of 5 calamansi (limau kasturi) / or key lime.
• 1 cup of water
• 1/2 tin of evaporated milk OR milk of 1 coconut
• salt to taste

NOW there is NO NEED FOR OIL. i repeat, NO NEED FOR OIL.

1. First, blend all the ingredient that needed blending (my mom usually already have pre-made blended chili boh mixed with garlic, onions and ginger ready in the fridge. PS: this recipe does not use my mom's pre-made mixed chili boh)
2. Toss in ALL INGREDIENTS in a preferably non-stick pan. Including the cleaned chicken.
3. Yes, you read that right, there was NO OIL involved and i did wrote TOSS ALL INGREDIENTS IN.
4. The liquid here isn't enough to fully cover the chickens, so you may have to keep moving the chicken about to cook them evenly.
5. Cook for at least half an hour and until the liquid thickens.
6. At this moment, you may just let the chicken rendang cook until the liquid thickens more and it will be a simple version of CHICKEN RENDANG and you may serve them as it is OR
7. At this moment, you may take out the 3/4 cooked chicken and grill them.
8. If you decide to grill, then the remaining liquid can be used as gravy to be served with the grilled chicken. (You may thicken it more or as is)

That's it! Enjoy!

Beef Rice Noodle Soup

Bihun Sup Daging or Beef Rice Noodle Soup.

This is what i had for berbuka today. Yum. 

This is definitely one of my family's favorite rice noodle+soup. :) 

What's your family favorite soup?

Grilled Chicken plus Sides.

Today's the 5th Ramadhan. Mom heard about my grilled chicken + steamed broccoli lunch combo from Tony Roma's and wanted a similar kind of berbuka dinner for the family. So I googled for some inspiration and came up with my own version.

What do you think? :)

Grilled chicken + steamed broccoli + mashed potato + garlic bread + mushroom soup + vanilla ice cream soda... All made from scratch...NO KIDDING! :)

Easy-peasy Recipes, Yayyy!

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1) GRILLED CHICKEN:

8 pieces of chicken thigh
1 1/2 cup of sour cream
some salt to taste
some black pepper to taste (i used 1 teaspoon of freshly crushed black peppers)
1 teaspoon of seasoning of your choice (i used a local vegetable based seasoning named Sudee)

1. Mix all ingredient in a zip-lock bag or a tupperware and put in the fridge. Preferably in the morning if you want to make this for dinner.
2. Grill the chicken on non-stick grilling pan. (Mine is Tefal's Thermo-Spot Grill Pan and highly recommended!)
3. Keep it on its side until cooked before turning the other side, best not to keep moving them.
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2) Steamed Broccoli:

as much broccoli as you want
water for steaming

1. Well, this is easy! Clean and cut broccoli and steam em!
2. If you don't have a steamer, boiling is okay too...But it can get too soggy.

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3) MASHED POTATO

4 fairly medium sized potatoes (any kind, but i used the russet ones which is not as smooth)
water for boiling
1 cup of whipping cream
2 tablespoon of butter
some salt to taste
some seasoning/herbs to taste (optional) (i didn't use any this time)

1. Boil potatoes to perfection (until your fork pierced through smoothly). Drain.
2. Warm butter and cream in the microwave (or on a double boiler).
3. Mash potatoes in the butter+cream mixture (and seasonings if you want) and mix mix mix until smooth.
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4) GARLIC BREAD

1 loaf of bread (i got mine from TESCO and its only RM1! no joking! see picture)
some butter (depends on how buttery you want the bread)
some garlic (depends on how garlicky you want the bread)

1. Grate garlic and set aside.
2. Slice the bread according to your preferences.
3. Spread butter on them.
4. Spread grated garlic over the butter.
5. Toast em in the oven (or like me, grill them on a grilling pan)
6. Eat. uhhhh...i mean, set aside in a airtight container until lunch/dinner time...
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5. MUSHROOM SOUP

2 1/2 cups of button mushrooms sliced (about 8 to 10)
4 cups water
1 1/2 chicken stock cubes
1/2 large onion - diced
1/2 whipping cream
1 teaspoon freshly crushed black peppers
2 tablespoon unsalted butter
2-3 tablespoon flour

1. Boil water with mushroom, onions and chicken cubes. After the mushrooms are cooked (telltale is the mushroom is now darker and soggy.
2. Let the soup cool a little, take out a few (2-3) and roughly chop them and blend the rest to bits in a blender machine. (Note: Make sure you cool them out a little 1st or you'll risk the hot vapor bursting)
3. In a nonstick pan with low heat, melt butter and mix in flour. (Use wooden spatula)
4. Pour in the blended mushrooms and mix well. Mix in black peppers and whipping cream and keep stirring until combined.
5. Salt to taste. Add in chopped mushrooms, stir and you're done!
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6. Vanilla Ice Cream Soda

cream soda (F&N all the way baby)
vanilla ice cream (trust me, Wall's is way creamier than Nestle's)

1. In a tall glass, put a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
2. Pour in the yummy cream soda.
3. DRINK IT!

THAT'S IT FOLK! A very "Western-lah-sangat" Dinner. Crazy-easy right? :)

Tony Roma's Lunch Value & IKEA's Most-Famous!

So, last Friday (July 20th - the day before Ramadhan), my boyfriend, me and a friend went to IKEA Damansara to get some juicy meatballs and to see The Dark Knight Rises at e-Curve. But since it was in the afternoon (about 12pm or so) the "canteen" was fully packed, more than usual. I think it's because tomorrow was Ramadhan, so everybody decided they wanted juicy meatballs too...

Anyways, we decided we wouldn't want to wait (cause our movie starts at 2pm) and headed to the many many restaurants just across the street. But as soon as we saw the Lunch Deal at Tony Roma's (well, actually since I saw the deal cause I've been dying to try it since like, ever) we quickly went in and got our table. We were quite dorky and very "kampung" cause we were "..oooh, ...aaah" inside and I'm sure everyone talked about how "kampung" we were. But I didn't care! Ha.ha.ha... (of course I do...)

Anyways here is the LUNCH VALUE menu:

DON'T BE FOOLED by the RM16.90 cause NOT ALL of them are that price. I think maybe 4-5 items is but they were good enough for me :)

View from our table to the bar and kitchen. We waited for about 15min for our food so it aint that bad I guess.. The free-flow drinks came first too. Me and my friend had Iced Lemon Tea and my BF had Mountain Dew. The drinks are inclusive of the Value Lunch. :)

OH GOSH! This is a VERY VERY BAD FOOD REVIEW isnt it? Cause I TOTALLY FORGOT to take the closeup of the FOOD! But instead, there we are camwhoring with our food! Ugh. Anyways, I had MOJO CHICKEN (RM16.90), my BF had BBQ CHICKEN (RM16.90) and my friend had CHICKEN CAPRESE PASTA (RM24.90).

Now let me tell you about the portion and what is it we ate; my MOJO CHICKEN consist of a decent sized chicken breast, a handful of steamed brocolli and pineapple salsa (both which i LOVE!) and (i think) a cup of rice (i resembled our very own nasi minyak). My BF's BBQ CHICKEN consist of a decent sized chicken leg, a handful of fries and some coleslaw. Meanwhile........our lucky friend (notice the big smile!) meal consist of LARGE serving of pasta in tomato sauce and a decent sized chicken breast. (I was jealous, next time I am totally having the pasta!)

OH, then we went and watched TDKR, which in our opinion, was AWESOME!

...after the movie, we sneaked to see if IKEA's "canteen" is still packed and it was..but not as crowded. SO we decided we would get some snacks.

Yeah, SNACKS....yum. Me and le BF had Apple Pie, Marble Cheesecake and a-i-forgot-its-name-but-very-foreign-i'm-sure "tart". And ofcourse, our friend couldn't resist but to have the oh-so-yummeh-and-juicy IKEA's famous meatballs :)

Our wallet hated us that day (well, mine didn't..since my BF paid for the food :p)..

But trust me, IT WAS WORTH IT!

Until next post, love :)