Category Archives: Food

celebration, Food, mid-autumn, mooncakes

Teochew Mooncake?

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Received a box of biscuits which printed with the name of “Healthy Mooncake” from a friend whom purchased it from Bukit Pelanduk, Port Dickson. However in a box of 4; there’s only 1 piece of them is  teochew mooncake . The remaining 3, it looks rather like ‘kah lui peng’ or wedding biscuits. I assumed it might be quite popular over there kua….. =p

the box of 4

printed the address & contact number

2 big & 2 small

the smaller one – tasted like tau sah piah(mung bean filling)

the bigger one – crispy skin with moist red bean paste filling (I preferred this)

This is the teochew mooncake. The filling is alil bit salty & alil bit sweet. Contains pig’s lard, tiny pieces of winter melon, tangerine peel, shallot


Overall the taste is fine. Not too sweet either.  😉

*NON-HALAL*

celebration, Food, mid-autumn, mooncakes

mooncakes from YONG SHENG

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Mooncake/ mid-autumn festival is just a within few days. Alex bought a box of mooncake from YONG SHENG; Taipan’s outlet. My first time heard of this name was during my wedding preparations. I was told that their ‘kah lui peng’ has nice packaging or nice gifts set. Am trying their mooncakes now. It does have unique flavors. Allow me to intro and comment each of it.  😉

the box and the reusable bag

a box of 4

containing mix fruits nuts, nyonya sambal, moonlight kiss, passion for life.

nyonya sambal mooncake

This is the best seller mooncake. Contains dried shrimp sambal with lotus paste filling. Initially I thought the combination is weird; but after tasted it….its quite nice actually.

moonlight kiss mooncake

This mooncake has purple sweet potatoes filling. I like the taste of it.

mix fruits nuts

contains alot of nuts. somehow; I don’t like it. May be cos I’m not used to the taste of it…It tasted abit like ‘kai jai peng’

passion for life

This is a very unique one. The filling of first layer is white lotus, second is ice-blended and third layer has the taste of braised pork, which I thought it was ‘mung bean’. Not bad too….

celebration, Food, mid-autumn, mooncakes

The colorful JELLY MOONCAKE

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Nowadays; there are so many types of mooncakes. So many types of flavors or filling too. Sorry; I do not bake nor made any mooncakes. I just know how to eat only….muahahaha…

Ordered a box of jelly/agar-agar mooncake from my colleague’s friend. Its a homemade basis. I assumed it should be non-preservative. It comes in a box containing 4 pieces of mooncake with different flavors and fillings with the price of RM15. Quite cheap right? I like the texture of it. Not too sweet though.

a box of 4

It look so colorful & attracting

red bean paste filling

green peas paste filling

mango flavor skin with mango extract filling

dragon fruit filling

I like this the most! very fruity taste

Food, Instant Food

Instant Udon

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The easy peasy instant food always gets the popularity as its fuss free and time saving. Yea; and its not healthy though. We used to have instant noodles with assorted flavors; instant soup; instant rice and etc….(too many to list).

Here; there’s instant udon (with kimchi flavor); my first time encountered it. Bought it from Jusco Midvalley during the Korea Fair. Another place which you could get it is at Isetan. (Spotted it last weekend). This instant udon is just similar to those instant noodles which we usually sees.

Net weight of 210g. Comes with seasoning sachets. It printed there; its 98% fat free. Wonder how true is that. Add in your desired ingredients (meat, vegetables). Cook it for less than 5 minutes.

So; what do you think? Looks tempting though??

I personally feels that its quite nice….but again; don’t eat too often. Not healthy lar….  😉

celebration, Food

My favorite ‘Shanghai Moocake’

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It’s already month of 8 according to lunar calender. It’s the month to celebrate mooncake festival. Called up Jessie to  place an order & collected it from her aunt. I ordered a box of ‘Shanghai Mooncake’ (4 in a box). Its my  favorite mooncake. Hardly get something similar nor taste similar from the shop. The aroma of these freshly baked mooncakes never fails to attract me. I like the buttery taste of its skin. Pastry like skin with the moist lotus filling. This is indeed a homemade mooncake. Jessie’s aunt is very good in baking. She only accepts order during the lunar month of 8.

 

 

 

Buffet, Family, Food, Hotels, Japanese, Seremban

Yuri Japanese Restaurant, Seremban

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Yuri Japanese Restaurant has been well established for more than 10 years. Brought my family to Yuri Japanese Restaurant in Klana Resort Seremban on Sunday for their lunch buffet. With an affordable price of RM48++ (price has revised. its now RM50++ for adult & RM34++ for kids) we gotto enjoy the good Japanese food in Seremban. The restaurant, despite its relatively small but cosy interior, allowed seats of 85 pax and has three traditional tatami rooms for those who prefer privacy.

It comprised 80 varieties of Japanese salad along with fresh sashimi, tempura, unagi,  chicken and beef sukiyaki , variety of tepanyaki, prawn, scallop, fresh oysters, grilled crab, California roll, sushis and chawanmushi. The buffet is only available on Sundays from 11.30am-2.30pm. Kindly make your reservation. Luckily I made my reservation a day before it, as it was full!

the teppanyaki corner.

yes! These are from teppanyaki corner. unagi & salmon.

For Unagi lovers; you can eat as much as you can.

you can have fried rice too…

tempura corner.

the prawn tempura is good! prawns are fresh though…

cold noodles

cold soba noodles

cooked mussels.

very fresh & yummy!

grilled prawns

crabs

fresh cooked squids in mayonnaise with sprinkles of roes

Miso soup

udon soup

sukiyaki chicken/ beef

dessert corner.

with assorted cakes, puddings, fruits & ice cream. too bad; there aren’t any green tea ice cream 😦

an array of food

the striking color of kiwi

the colorful sushi

along with wasabi & soy sauce

sashimi

chawanmushi (steamed egg)

-taste is ok, but I felt that the egg ain’t smooth enough-

fresh oysters which got snapped up within minutes. Indeed very fresh!!

Vernice enjoying her meal too

Apart from that; it was such a coincident to bump on Yin Yee and Pei Ling, both are my high schoolmates. (as though it was a planned gathering). Yin Yee; whom I have not met for a decade…am so delighted to meet her in person. Moreover her baby gal is so CUTE! Look so much like mummy. Yea; Pei Ling and her lil Issac boy, whom always looked adorable & his ‘good’ signature.

Yin Yee & her baby Hayley

Myself, Pei Ling & lil Issac

Myself & Pei Ling

Overall we had a satisfying meal. Everyone enjoyed it pretty much. Valued for money.

Address:

Yuri Japanese Restaurant,

Klana Resort Seremban,

PT4388, Jalan Penghulu Cantik,

Taman Tasik Seremban,

70100 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Tel: 06 – 766 7888


Chinese, Food, LOT 10, Malay, Non-Halal

I’ve tried food in Lot 10 Hutong

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After watching the food programme which aired on Astro; visited by the popular ‘Choi Lan’….being longing to try the food here; at Lot 10 Hutong. Hutong means lane or alley in Chinese. But it also represents a form of community that exists only in China, particularly in Beijing. Here is a food court with total of 27 food stalls; well known all over the country.That’s the pros of it. You can get all the famous food from different states under one roof.

There were so many food that we wanted to try. Unfortunately we are unable to do so, since there’s only 4 of us. Bear in mind, the prices are rather high compared to hawker stalls though they are mainly hawker food. Wanted to try the famous Mo Sang Kor’s bak kut teh; but its sold out by the time we were dining there….6+pm. So sad…  😦

the famous hokkien mee from Petaling Street (RM8.90+)

yes! its tasty & yummy…the most crowded stall

roast duck. the plate on top right (RM23+)

meat are juicy & tender, but expensive to eat

Oh Chien/ Fried Oysters (RM9.90+), Singapore Hokkien noodles(RM7.90+)

I felt that both of these are fine. Acceptable.

Original Lam Mee (RM8.80+)

noodles and gravy combines well. GOOD!

satay 6 stick (RM20.80+)

the meat are juicy & tender, very lean without any fats. but very expensive

mua chi (family pack with 4 flavors) – RM7+

the flavors are unique, taste fine too…

Address:
Hutong food court
Lower Ground Floor
Lot 10 Shopping Mall
Jalan Bukit Bintang

*NON-HALAL*

Dessert, Food, Pavilion

Snowflake Taiwanese Dessert is my favorite

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Was in PAVILION on Saturday. Purpose of being there was to shop & eat. Alex wanted to return to Calvin Klein Jeans to buy a bag which he aimed earlier. Now that he finally decided to buy it. With mom & bro whom came along; we can order more than 1 type to share among ourselves. Ever since returned from Taiwan trip; this dessert has became my favorite!! The weekend was crowded. We gotto wait for our seat, long queue to make orders.

snowflake in Pavilion

you will be given a ‘beeping UFO once you’ve made your order. lets see what happen next.

when the red flashing lights appear on the ‘beeping UFO’, please go to the counter to claim your order/ dessert.

clockwise from top: Tohua Series(RM5.90), Taroball Series(RM5.90), Snowflake Bestseller (RM6.50)

Taroball Series : Taroballs + barley + sweet potatoes + ‘taiwanese pearl’

Tohua Series : Cold Taufu Fah with kidney beans + sweet potatoes + lotus seed

Snowflake Bestseller : Grassjelly + Taroballs + Creamer

add creamer

Location:

P4.01.00 & E4.01.00
Pavilion KL
168 Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.
(outside Padini Concept Store)

Food, Life

It’s so convenient

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It’s so convenient nowadays. You can prepare a good meal with all the convenient stuff sold in supermarket. (good for lazy people like me..blek).       I cooked a simple dinner yesterday night. I’m preparing stuff for my spaghetti bolognese here. Got the tomato puree with herbs well-packed in a bottle, specially for spaghetti. A packet of mussel, a pack of minced chicken meat and a packet of spaghetti. Got it all from the supermarket.

these are all the ingredients

Ingredients:-

1 packet of mussel

1 packet of minced chicken – any brand

1 packet of spaghetti – any brand

1 bottle of  tomato puree (specially for bolognese) – any brand

2 shallot – minced


Method (a brief one) :-

1) Heat 2 tablespoon oil on pan

2) Brown minced shallot then add in the packet of minced chicken. Stir-fry till brown.

3) Add in 3/4 of the 750g (bottle) sauce into the pan. Add in water as desired.

Slowly boil & stir it well for around 10-15 minutes. If its too dry, do add water.

4) While waiting the sauce to cook; boil the mussel & noodles till its cooked. Make sure you have enough water to boil the noodles. (water must cover up noodles)

5) Ready to be serve.

taaa daahh….this is how it looks

a closer view

Hubby’s comment:- Nice…but abit dry. Can still improve.

Mummy’s comment:- Should add in some fresh tomatoes & tomato sauce for the extra taste.

birthday, celebration, Food, Life, Petaling Jaya, The Gardens

Mel’s birthday – Part 2

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Hubby celebrated my birthday over the passed weekend.

Initially we thought of dining at “Chili’s”. However I changed my mind few days ago. Thought of trying something new instead. Since I know there are plenty of new food or restaurant which I’ve not tried before. Despite of trying something new, I do not want it to be too pricey though. I asked my friend, asked Ashley for suggestion. She suggested Chinoz. Well, since it has good reviews from some food blogger too…Therefore I told Alex, the changed of plan. Alex answered; up to u….’lei wa si…lei tai sai today’ ~  (u decide, u are the host today) :-p

the sauces

Alex’s orange juice – RM13

My Mango Fizz – RM12

complimentary toast bread

crispy potato wedges – RM9

Fish & Chip – RM28

(the fish meat is very yummy)

Grill Chicken with brown sauce – RM25

I like the fries very much though!

CHURROS – RM20 (with hazelnut chocolate dipping sauce)

I seriously miss this dessert very very much. I have no idea what’s its made of. Its like a soft dough, like soft donuts texture, warm, top with cinnamon powder & sugar. Dip into the chocolate sauce when its warm. VOILA~~~

when I looked up; I noticed this beautiful high ceiling right above me.

Mel cam-whoring….

NOTE: Nice ambiance, cozy, quiet. Food are nice. Price is above average.

Food portion size is average.

chinoz @ THE GARDENS (no longer available here. pls head to KLCC outlet)
G212, Ground Floor
THE GARDENS Mid Valley
Lingkaran Syed Putra
59200 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +603-2287 8277