Weekend dinners

I have been cracking ideas what to cook for dinner over the weekend and I thought Beef would be nice. Beef with brocoli and lettuce as extra greens since no carbohydrate is involved. First, you marinate the beef pieces with pepper, soya sauce, mixed herbs and left it for 20mins or so. Cut up your brocoli (or yr prefer vege) but brocoli always goes well with beef. Pre-boiled till cooked and set aside on the plate then the lettuce. Pan-fried the beef pieces and then prepare brown sauce and add into the beef and stir in for a short while – don’t overcook your beef. Just make sure your beef is still juicy with some rawness.

Then next day, I have to make do with what I have in the fridge i.e. chicken breast – lean meat. First, cut them into cubes – marinate with pepper and salt. Next add wheat flour and some corn flour with enough water – not too much and mix together with the chicken cubes. Stir well. Next prepare your oil for deep-frying – till golden brown and leave it on the napkin to get rid of excess oil. Then – you can prepare your sweet sour sauce with pineapple cubes, tomatoes cuts and then add some tomato sauce and a little sugar and tapioca flour to thicken sauce. Simple right. If you want the cripsy chicken cubes to stay that way – don’t add the sauce in as it will soften it. Pour over it when you are ready to eat. As always, no carbohydrate – so I prepare pre-boiled french beans. Easy…….

Gurney drive at The Gardens, KL

We had lunch at the Gurney Drive at  The Gardens in Mid Valley.  The entrance was great with the golden door and the above signboard – spectacular place.  The only setback was their waiters/waitress were confused over the setting of table and kept bring food to our table when it it suppose to be the bext table.  Tikus ordered Sar Hor Fun consists of chicken meat, prawns, vege and char siew meat (is this a halal restaurant) and Ngiap2 only likes Nasi-lemak but when it came (above picture) its setting of food is different.  There was no sambal ikan billies but belacan sambal.  As for me I order Char Kuey Teow (kuey teow with cockles,prawns and lup cheong pieces ) – which I think the outside one is much better.  So the question is this is not a halal restaurant as the brochure did not say so…………………….

10th day of CNY

I remind myself that I need to cook the fattchoi with mushrooms with fuchok wrap up to steam for hours – 4 to 5. I also add clams, dry osyters and somehow this dish did not turn up as I expected it to be. Maybe I have to try it again some time.

 

Well the next one -the prawns big ones cost me RM50.00/kg (never buy during the peak season) I seasoned with mix herbs, little salt & pepper and chop up garlic pieces and fry in a non-stick pan with dash of oil till garlic turns brown and then add in the peeled prawns (Ngiap2 is lazy to peel them – I think it taste better if you leave the shelves on). Stir fry till cooked and put it aside. Since we are all non-rice eater – I pre-boiled some spinach and then serve the prawns on the top…..(Spinach is very good in calcium and for those who have constipation problems – this is a good fibre.

I use left over chicken wings and thighs and marinated with chinese wine, little soy sauce and sugar. I also cut up stips of ginger (young ones). Use non-stick pan, add little oil and fry ginger stips, then add marinated chicken pieces and stir it for 3 mins. Do not add water but you can premium osyter sauce. It brings out the flavour and sprinkled chopped spring onions. There you are not that difficult to cook.

 

The end of year 2007

Piggy will be back for the week and spending holidays with mumzie and family after Christmas. Piggy asked what do I want for the season – the best gift is your time with me as nothing else matters. It is not like you don’t like presents (well I am sure all mothers would agreed with me that when their loved ones spend time around you – holding your hands, talking about anything A to Z, laughing, smiling and gaving their love unconditionally – woh what more can we ask, right). I even cook a few good dishes like sharks fin soup with lots of good stuffs in it ( oh expensive) and his favourite lamb chops – this time I grilled it and it even taste better. (by the way, the grill was a gift from my tikus – she noticed at one time when I was shopping at Ikea and looking at the grill for a long time – guess she read my mind. Tks to my attentive Tikus). She also takes time to spend with me too and invited all of us to buffet dim sum at Spring Valley My bro (Ratty joined us too. Ngiap2 take us to Jack’s place at Sunway and where Piggy’s sandals sole gave way and had to get a pair a Bata……..Guess what the sandals were both different sizes…….hhahhahah….the foot did not feel any difference as the meal was wonderful….

Dinner at Bianco, Damansara Perdana

Tikus always have new venues for Mumzie and Rabbit and this time is to try out the Italian cuisine. Bianco is situated in Damansara Perdana. It was such a breezy evening with a little drops of rain and the place was cooling and the people serving you are super. Mumzie ordered a plate of Fettuccine Marinara and cappuccino. Rabbit opt for spaghetti beef bolognese and a cup of hot chocolate and Tikus settled for a pizza pepperoni which is so delicious inside and the crust was soft and thin. Mumzie could’nt resist and starts to roll a piece right into her mouth. We also had garlic bread spread on a thick layer of cheesy mushroom.