I finally managed to hold a little 'do for relatives and neighbours a few weeks ago. Although I would have LOVED to invite a whole bunch of people, this will have to wait till Raya :-)
No pics, but I was really happy that Mak made the (really great) effort to come all the way here from Gombak. I heard she suffered though that evening, as her body was aching from all the travelling and so she could not sleep :-s
Anyway... here are some pics from our recent trip to Penang. Not many pics as this was a strictly "eating" trip so we concentrated more on FOOD :-D :-D :-D
This is our favourite place for baked crabs and prawns. Although this is among the more pricey places to go to, the way the crabs are prepared is unique and there's no other place (that I know of) that serves this. It is located in Tanjung Tokong.
For dinner, we had ikan bakar at the place opposite Seagate, another favourite place for us :-D
This was for the first day.
On the second day, we had nasi minyak for breakfast, then left for Sg Petani (my Uncle's place) for lunch. After lunch, we headed for Bandar Baru, to my grandmother's place. What else.... it was time for durians and rambutans, all fresh from the trees :-D :-D :-D
Dinner was at Nasi Kandar Beratur, next to the Kapitan Kling Mosque in town.
Third day, we had roti canai & murtabak for breakfast before leaving for KL. Our early lunch was at Tapah R&R, our favourite stall which served chicken rice, mee kicap, kway teow soup etc.
Oh yeah... a few weeks ago, I made these..........
Poppy Seed & Date Muffins
you need:
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp. vanilla essence
1/2 cup honey
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 cup chopped dates
1 cup finely grated carrots
1 Tbs poppy seeds
how to:
In a bowl, beat the oil, vanilla, eggs and honey until combined and slightly fluffy. Sift together the flour & baking powder and fold into the egg mixture. Gently fold in all other ingredients, careful not to overmix. Pour into lined muffin trays and bake in a pre-heated 180'C oven for about 12 - 15 mins, depending on your oven.
On Thursday, this was our simple dinner:
Simple Sour Prawn Soup
(no idea what to call this impromptu dish!!)
you need:
10 - 15 large prawns, cleaned and deveined
1 small piece galangal, bruised
1/2 large onion, sliced
1 large garlic, sliced
1.2 inch knob of ginger, sliced
2 - 3 pcs kaffir lime leaves
1 piece asam keping
1 Tbs fish sauce
a bit of sugar, to balance the sourness
how to:
In a pot, pour in about a cup (200ml) of water and add in all ingredients EXCEPT prawns, fish sauce & seasoning. Bring up to a rapid boil and leave to boil for about 5 minutes. Add in the fish sauce and prawns and cook until prawns are done. check seasoning; ready to serve.
p.s. you may add a few bruised cili padis as well if you want to make it spice. I ran out, so that was left out :-)
Oh yes... this is Aina's new 'house', which she's very fascinated and contented with... I can leave her here when I go off to work, and she wouldn't even bat an eye. Otherwise, she'll be crying as soon as she sees Ana!
And yeah... Aina's FINALLY standing, BUT she's still not confident enough to take a step anywhere!!
She loves mimicking us, and will event immitate sounds that she hears. Her latest hobby? To climb all the grilles in the house!!!!
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