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my current fav lunch

I had leftovers of the kueh sarlat topping so I made these.

braised pork with tau pok and hard boiled eggs. typical hokkien dish, right? baby bok choi with shrimps apple pudding shrimp fried rice Nah, mai kong boh lah

Good morning

I was making 9-layer kueh and had some leftovers. Did this.

Our first bbq (with friends) of the year! It would have been perfect, to enjoy the yard, the swing, the garden but then the rain didn't cooperate. Anyways, the company was great and so were the food (ka ki kong eh) We had satay pork, satay chicken (didn't get the chance to grill 'cos friends were filled up) tiger prawns, scallops, beef ribs, salmon and fried bee hoon. Thanks a kind soul who made me this rempah for the salmon. Here' what was left of it by the time I remembered to take a picture for evidence. The fried bee hoon which how come looks like in an aquarium. Lighting no good or photographer's fault? Hee hee...... I am a satay man, come and buy from me.......... Before grilling: It was indeed a wonderful evening! :)

What do you do with leftovers bbq sausage? This lor. Hmm...yum yum......

Summer veggies are available liao. So, grabbed a bundle of kangkongs and made this:

Look!!!! Yam cake~~~~woohoo~~~~It was totally delicious!!!! No, no, no....not me, not me. My friend made it. She gets a 10 for both presentation and taste ~~~~ :D

Company's coming. How's this for dinner?

Hmm....yum yum.........but *cries*.........see hum see hum, where are thou?

Erm, friends tell me that they like my bee hoon. It's really plain, almost vegetarian if not for the eggs. I like it too. :P

Piangz....nong time no come, almost forgot password liao ah. Okies, by popular demand, friends asked for ambon again. This time round, I make the ambon bigger.

The boys are back from campus. A humble meal to celebrate. :P

Okay okay....getting feedback that this blog is getting quiet. Here's one for a start. Been busy with "other" matters. :P

My sis in law gave me this recipe. Yummlicious....yum yum.....

Thank you to all who made 2008's bday a wonderful and memorable one! Many special and pleasant surprises!!!! Thank you so very much!!! *muack muack* Here's one for the memories:

We started with sharks fins soup. I soaked the fins in chicken stock for 2 days. The end results is actually not clear like this. I added chopped coriander leaves, a dropped egg and thickened it with corn starch. Can be seen in the last picture. We like this version which our aunt cooks it really nice and well. Pre-cook sharks fins soup. Bought a packet of jellyfish. All I did was added sesame oil, seeds, soya sauce, chopped coriander leaves, shredded carrots and cut chillies. I picked lettuce 'cos lettuce in Cantonese is "sung choi". "Sung" has the meaning "live". Hee hee...so pak kua hor? Anyways, this is lettuce in braised dried scallops and sliced abalone. But somebody has to tell me "I prefer abalone on its own." Okay okay, get the hint. Next time, it'll just be out of the can and dip in chopped red chillies. :P SO's favourite dish, assam fish aka assam nanas pedas. Heh heh....the lady at the check-out counter commented "wo

My kueh tart My maiden effort with kueh mahmod.

In line with the coming CNY, I started to bake cookies. Here's my frist up. Peanut sugee. This year, the end results were really yummylicious! One could really feel the icing sugar melts in the mouth before getting to the core to finish up the cookie. And it's really addictive!

Look what I got for my birthday!!!! What a pleasant surprise and birthday prezzies from my 2nd sister. So sweet and thoughtful. Love my prezzies very much......THANKS a gazillion!!!! I am using Pooh with his honey pot pad as I type. I thought I was going to use the other for the office but sekali kena kapo! Better not. I'll keep it for home use and perhaps put it in the study! Again, xie xie.......sister!!! :-D

Erm, I kinda remembered eating coconut-filled buns in S'pore.

One of my fav desserts. Cools the body system and I heard good for complexion too!

Heh heh....somebody loves this dish till he thinks about it even in his dreams. :P

One of the family's favourite dish. Easy to cook too and yummlicious! The generous amount of mi chiu aka rice wine is sedap nia!

Sonny's favourite snacks. Gotta make this treat before he leaves. This style is somewhat the Old Chang Kee version. My friend did a baked version which perhaps is healthy but I prefer the deep fry version. You leh?

This is my favourite hawker food. I ate half of it and was secretly hoping that no one else wanted it. Heng ah, boh lang ai jiak so I ate the remaining half for dinner. :-P Haiz....if only we have see hum here. :-(