The menu..
And more table/food shots.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Ladies Tea - Fri, 13th March 2009
I had 3 beautiful ladies (and 1 extreme cute little young lady) over for tea this afternoon. We had a leisurely afternoon of food, fun, laughter and GREAT conversation. We sat in the living room and with the laden dining table close by, each of us made little trips to it for plate top-ups. Thank you for coming, ladies, I had a wonderful afternoon; and thank you again for the gifts you brought.
Here is the tea station which I set up near the dining table; I served 3 types of coffee (Ipoh White Coffee, Instant 3 in 1 Nescafe and Nescafe Gold) and 6 types of tea (Camomile & Spearmint, Lemon & Ginger, Green Tea & Jasmine, Peppermint, Japanese Green Tea and Chinese Dragon Well Green Tea). I had prepared fresh mint tea in the kitchen but forgot to serve it earlier so I'm drinking it now!
After this picture was taken, I set up a kettle on the table. There are 2 bottles of water for cooling down very hot coffee or tea and the xtra large coffee mugs will suit someone who loves a big coffee. There are little sachets of brown sugar in the basket, and a little jug of milk and my sugar pot became a little receptacle for used teabags and wrappers. Very much, an all in one service station. I was almost sad to put everything away this evening.
Cold drinks - orange juice with bitter lemon, ice lemon tea with fresh lemon slices and bottled green tea with plenty of ice to cool us down earlier in the afternoon when it was sweltering outside.
The menu:
Homemade Kolomee - extremely fresh - I bought the fishcake and noodles this morning from the fishcake factory in Menglait. And I made the meat sauce, kolomee sauce, fried shallots, blanched vegs, fried shallots, egg omelette myself at 11 am.
Cucur Udang and Fried Chicken Wings.
Crispy Cucur Udang with Shredded Carrot, Cabbage & Chillies
Salmon & Cucumber Sandwiches. Bread was bought this morning from SS and the salmon mayonnaise was made from a tin of wild sockeye salmon with skin and bones removed, Hellman's mayonnaise, grainy mustard, sweet red onion, a tiny sprinkling of parsley and salt/black pepper and some thinly sliced cucumber.
Spicy Boneless Chicken Curry with 'roti jala pancakes'. The helper deboned the chicken legs but I skinned and diced the meat myself, carefully trimming off the fats under the skin. Added one diced potato too.
The Tumeric Flavoured Pancakes.
A teensy serving.
DESSERTS
Almond Jelly with Longans - icy cold and refreshing.
Chocolate Fudge Cake and Carrot Cake - bought.
Wm made 10 individual portions of sago. We served them chilled with coconut milk and gula melaka.
More.
Here is the tea station which I set up near the dining table; I served 3 types of coffee (Ipoh White Coffee, Instant 3 in 1 Nescafe and Nescafe Gold) and 6 types of tea (Camomile & Spearmint, Lemon & Ginger, Green Tea & Jasmine, Peppermint, Japanese Green Tea and Chinese Dragon Well Green Tea). I had prepared fresh mint tea in the kitchen but forgot to serve it earlier so I'm drinking it now!
After this picture was taken, I set up a kettle on the table. There are 2 bottles of water for cooling down very hot coffee or tea and the xtra large coffee mugs will suit someone who loves a big coffee. There are little sachets of brown sugar in the basket, and a little jug of milk and my sugar pot became a little receptacle for used teabags and wrappers. Very much, an all in one service station. I was almost sad to put everything away this evening.
Cold drinks - orange juice with bitter lemon, ice lemon tea with fresh lemon slices and bottled green tea with plenty of ice to cool us down earlier in the afternoon when it was sweltering outside.
The menu:
Homemade Kolomee - extremely fresh - I bought the fishcake and noodles this morning from the fishcake factory in Menglait. And I made the meat sauce, kolomee sauce, fried shallots, blanched vegs, fried shallots, egg omelette myself at 11 am.
Cucur Udang and Fried Chicken Wings.
Crispy Cucur Udang with Shredded Carrot, Cabbage & Chillies
Salmon & Cucumber Sandwiches. Bread was bought this morning from SS and the salmon mayonnaise was made from a tin of wild sockeye salmon with skin and bones removed, Hellman's mayonnaise, grainy mustard, sweet red onion, a tiny sprinkling of parsley and salt/black pepper and some thinly sliced cucumber.
Spicy Boneless Chicken Curry with 'roti jala pancakes'. The helper deboned the chicken legs but I skinned and diced the meat myself, carefully trimming off the fats under the skin. Added one diced potato too.
The Tumeric Flavoured Pancakes.
A teensy serving.
DESSERTS
Almond Jelly with Longans - icy cold and refreshing.
Chocolate Fudge Cake and Carrot Cake - bought.
Wm made 10 individual portions of sago. We served them chilled with coconut milk and gula melaka.
Here you can see a little plate of Japanese jelly with peaches, some chocolates and some assorted kuehs.
Overall table shots.
More.
More pics on facebook soon!
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Sunday, March 8, 2009
Sun, 8th March 2009
Beef with ginger, spring onions and black pepper.
Some chuck sliced and tenderised by heavy bashing using the back of a cleaver. Marinate with oyster & light soy, sesame oil and black pepper.
Lots of shallots, garlic and ginger in a very hot wok.
Push aside, allow oil to heat up and add beef. Don't touch! Let beef brown before stirring.
Add oyster sauce & dark soy sauce, and extra black pepper. Then sweet mild spring onions. Stir well, add a teensy bit of water for gravy, stir and serve.
Here it is.
Eat watching videojug.
With rice.
Some chuck sliced and tenderised by heavy bashing using the back of a cleaver. Marinate with oyster & light soy, sesame oil and black pepper.
Lots of shallots, garlic and ginger in a very hot wok.
Push aside, allow oil to heat up and add beef. Don't touch! Let beef brown before stirring.
Add oyster sauce & dark soy sauce, and extra black pepper. Then sweet mild spring onions. Stir well, add a teensy bit of water for gravy, stir and serve.
Here it is.
Eat watching videojug.
With rice.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Mon, 23rd Feb 2009
Dinner for 4.
Two types of vegetables cooked on the grill pan, with olive oil, salt & minced garlic.
Wow, he is right - juicy tender meat.
Some golden roasted potatoes.
Some attempt at food styling.
Steak and mustard, anybody? I think I have almost achieved perfect medium rare.
Two types of vegetables cooked on the grill pan, with olive oil, salt & minced garlic.
Then 4 pieces of thick cut sirloin cooked approx 4 minutes each side. With a quarter turn after 2 minutes to create the grill marks.
Allowing the meat to tent (cover with foil) and rest for 5 minutes before serving. I've never tented steak before but my favourite TV BBQ chef never misses this step.
Wow, he is right - juicy tender meat.
Some golden roasted potatoes.
Some attempt at food styling.
Steak and mustard, anybody? I think I have almost achieved perfect medium rare.
With meat so good, all you need is a little sprinkle of sea salt, some freshly ground black pepper and the all essential English mustard.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
Weekend
Thursday, 19th Feb
Oysters and assorted cake at the Sheraton.
Saturday, 22nd Feb
One of my favourite vegs.
With garlic, shallots, dried shrimps, belachan from Hong Kong and chillies.
And a simple no frills fried meehoon, with slice chicken, dried mushrooms, vegetables and eggs.
Proving that good food needn't be complicated to make nor expensive :-)
Oysters and assorted cake at the Sheraton.
Saturday, 22nd Feb
One of my favourite vegs.
With garlic, shallots, dried shrimps, belachan from Hong Kong and chillies.
And a simple no frills fried meehoon, with slice chicken, dried mushrooms, vegetables and eggs.
Proving that good food needn't be complicated to make nor expensive :-)
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Quiet weekend...
Sunday - 15th Feb 2009 - Cooked vegs with coconut milk with tofupok. Made extra dried shrimp with shrimp paste and chillies to dust over the top. The coconut milk gravy was quite thin and not very flavourful, but the topping helped. I made it this way so everyone could adjust the degree of 'shrimpiness/spiciness' in their gravy.
The cucumbers were quite sweet and crunchy.
Saturday, 14th Feb 2009 - we had porridge tonight - yeah, I know porridge on Valentine's night when the rest of the world is indulging in truffles and chocolate and champagne - I could cry :-)
So here are some salted eggs and century eggs.
Kids' activities - Hazel joined a swiming competition and here are the boys learning traditional kite making.
The cucumbers were quite sweet and crunchy.
Saturday, 14th Feb 2009 - we had porridge tonight - yeah, I know porridge on Valentine's night when the rest of the world is indulging in truffles and chocolate and champagne - I could cry :-)
So here are some salted eggs and century eggs.
I deep fried a little meehoon (as topping for the porridge) - made this simple sauce of light soy, sesame oil & white pepper.
Some chopped coriander and sliced ginger. Toasted white sesame seeds.
Cakoi.
Porridge with condiments - the porridge is boiled with carrots, dried scallops, minced meat and moss.
And delicious with toasted sesame seeds. Our helper is really good at making Cantonese porridge - the smooth creamy type. If she went to work for another Cantonese family after us, I think they will approve of her porridge too.
Kids' activities - Hazel joined a swiming competition and here are the boys learning traditional kite making.
And Mark and his friends on the PS3 - this is my bedroom by the way.
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