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Today, by the 31st August, is the 58th Independence Day of Malaysia. It is also known the National Day or Merdeka Day. Together we stand for Malaysia! Stand proud.....Negaraku (the National Anthem) Negaraku Tanah tumpahnya darahku, Rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju, Rahmat bahagiaTuhan kurniakan, Raja kita selamat bertakhta, Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan. Raja kita selamat bertakhta

The serabai with sweetened coconut milk, RM0.50 per piece A very nice lazy weekend of the Malaysia Independent Day Holiday (the Merdeka Day 31st August is tomorrow) in my hometown Melaka. Wake up very early in the morning for local favorite breakfast, too many choices in Melaka. Hurmmmm! Why not trying the 'mee bodoh (simple plain fried noodle)'.  The lontong, RM3.00 Drove to the stall located in Tengkera, arrived at around 9 am, huhuhuhu sadly, the queue was toooo loooong and no seat! Too many people standing waiting for seat, ayoooo! cannot wait with hungry tummy. Next option was Warung Siti Idah located at Balai Panjang, Melaka. This will be my first time trying their food. When we arrived, there was lines of cars parking on the road site. It shows a level of popularity of the joint. The crispy roti canai, RM0.80 The hospitality was quite good, only the croud will delay your order but the waiting time is no too long. We ordered three dishes, lontong (c

Choices of reasonably tasty char kuay teow (the saucy type) in KL are limited. Among the popular one is 'Mali's Corner' at Downtown Danau Kota, Setapak. The journey from my house in Sri Permaisuri to Setapak which will crossing the city centre of KL would have killed my appetite.  The nasi lemak with fried chicked As usual, mister know everything i.e. google search, recommended some thing near to me, Pak Teh Stall located at Taman Tenaga, Bandar Tun Razak, around 4 km from Bandar Sri Permaisuri. Without further delay, I went there and ordered TWO dishes, the famous char kuay teow and the nasi lemak with fried chicken. Did I said I ordered both, ohhhh noooo! Tasted both and, yes, the dishes can be a very good option for Mali's Corner. Although the prawn in the char kuay teow not as plenty as Mali's Corner, but it was value for money with reasonable portion. The nasi lemak sambal also taste better not too sweet and not too hot. BUT do remember this is not a

Another baking project for the weekend....."Now anyone can bake". Open my refrigerator and saw two pears that are still firm, just thinking what to do with them. Cake! but how to incorporate the pear with cake? So I just browsed the internet to look for recipe.....looking at what I have some adjusments here and there.....below is the final recipe. For pear topping: 2 medium firm-ripe pears (photo 1, peeled and sliced, photo 2), 1/2 cup of melted butter with some honey. For cake: 1 1/2 cups of plain flour 1 1/2 tsp. of baking powder 1/2 tsp. of ground ginger 1/2 tsp. of ground cinnamon 1/4 tsp. of salt 1/2 cup of whole milk 1 1/2 tsp. of vanilla extract 120 g of butter, softened 1 cup light brown sugar 2 large eggs Preparing the baking pan and topping: Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 180°C. Butter the bottom and sides of a 22 x 5 cm round cake pan. Line the bottom of the pan with a round baking paper and butte

The scone baking project was to fulfill the weekend afternoon, and not because of the "doughnut story".....hihihi. Here I share the basic scone recipe. As I have mentioned earlier "Now everyone can bake", as such the recipe is easy to follow. Ingredients: 2 cups plain flour 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup butter 1 egg (medium) beaten with 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1/3 cup whole milk 1/2 cup raisins 1/2 cup dried cranberries 1:1 ratio of egg:milk wash Method: Pre-heat the oven to 180-200C. In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add in the butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs (photo 2) and then follow by the egg and vanilla. Add in the milk slowly to form a firm soft dough that can be roll out. Stir until the dry ingredients are moistened. Add in the dried cranberries and raisins. Roll out the dough on floured surface to 2 cm thickness. Using a 5 cm round scone cu

Dinner tonight??? No clue what to have? Then I asked "Mr Know All" or google search obviously, who else to ask?. In the list of answers, it showed Mee Ketam KL or KL Crab Noodle. Ohhhh I was so excited to try, when I googled the location, actually this gastronomic place situated in Shah Alam, that is about 30 km from Kuala Lumpur City Centre. Quite far from KL and traffic can be quite bad. Thinkingggg for awhile on the distance issue, but due to my curiosity, just go to try. Several bloggers recommended this Mee Ketam KL, they also listed the prices. The normal Mee Kari Ketam or Crab Curry Noodle (shows in photo) will cost you at RM9.50 or USD2.30, quite reasonable. Other types of curry noodle include the one without crab, with nipah crab and lobster (the later two priced based on per 100 g of nipah crab or lobster). This is my personal review on this gastronomic joint. Location from KL: 3/5 Restaurant feature: 3/5 (quite clean, quite small stool to sit) List