Creamy Chicken Sopas

Many many years ago, when my sisters and I were still kids (my sisters were probably still in pre-school), we had Filipino maids at home while my parents went out to work. Those were the better days where maids are more trustworthy and most parents will leave their children at home with the maids so that they can work peacefully. Although I am still very young at that time, I do remember that my Filipino maids speaks English and they have their Sunday's off where they can go out to Pudu, Kota Raya, Bukit Bintang and dance at discos or hang out with their fellow Filipino friends. They will be out since morning and will be back around evening. I had Filipino maids for quite many years, and there is no doubt that I would remember some of their Filipino cooking. One of them, which my sisters and I have a particularly strong memory of is this: Creamy Chicken Sopas.

I didn't know it was called Chicken Sopas until my sister accidentally bumped upon a site which had the recipe for this. When I look at it now, I can totally remember how my Filipino maid used to feed us this, and I think I didn't really like it back then. She would always give us a gigantic bowl of this and make us finish it. Now, many years later, I think it is so creamy and heartwarming that I promised myself I am going to cook it a second time. Sigh, the good old times of running away from the feather duster in her hands because I refuse to eat :P 

Ingredients: Serves 5-6 people

400g of dried elbows pasta

300g chicken breast meat (thinly sliced, marinated with some salt and 2 tbsp of cornflour)

5-6 stalks of celery (thinly sliced)

1 large carrot (thinly sliced)

3-4 cloves of garlic (diced)

1 large onion (diced)

1 can of evaporated milk (about 300ml) 

50g of butter

3-4 tbsp of fish sauce (approximated to taste)

1/2 a cube of chicken stock

Black pepper

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Fried Nestum Chicken Recipe

Today I am going to introduce one of my boyfie's signature dish: Nestum Chicken! It is similar to frying chicken fillets with a coating of breadcrumbs. The only difference is, the chicken fillet are coated with Nestum oats and they taste and smell ten times better! Oh my, I can literally smell the aroma of the Nestum while blogging about it. Such a dish, it is a crowd pleaser. This I can definitely assure you. It is good for picky kiddos, hungry teenagers, and even the elders! Usually I serve Nestum chicken as a side dish with rice but we can always just make it as a fun snack.

Ingredients: Serves about 4-5 people

3 pieces of chicken keel (de-boned and the meat is cut into bite size fillet strips like above)

200g of Nestum oat

300g of all-purpose flour

2 large eggs (beaten)

Oil

Marinade:

2 tbsp of soy sauce

1 1/2 tbsp of oyster sauce

Pepper

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One Whole Tomato Rice [一个番茄饭] [Rice Cooker recipe]

Hello, I finally found the time to blog again! Since I am having dinner alone tonight, I've finally made this whole tomato rice which is all the craze now. Truth to be told, it is VERY EASY to make this meal and it did not taste as yucky as I thought it would be. Nope, it turned out to be quite yummy considering I only used such simple ingredients.

Ingredients: (Serves about 1.5 medium sized bowls of rice)

1 medium size tomato

1 cup of rice

2 medium size dried mushrooms

1 tsp of salt

1 tsp of sesame oil

Pepper

Water

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Loh Mee Recipe [ 卤面 ]

Hello! It's been a looong time since I posted a new recipe despite the fact that I went through a long holiday. I had been super busy all holiday that I didn't have much time to experiment with new recipes. Two days ago, I was shopping for groceries in Tesco and I saw the thick yellow egg noodles for sale. My immediate thought was, "Gosh, I miss having Loh Mee...". The Loh Mee that I crave for isn't the type that we can usually find in northern Malaysia where they use thin yellow noodles and have a darker broth. The Loh Mee that I crave for tastes a little bit like shark-fin soup as it is served with black vinegar and it looks like this! 

Ingredients: (Serves 2 big portions)

400g of thick yellow egg noodles

150g of sawi bunga (choy sam， 菜心)

350g of boneless chicken breast meat

2 eggs

80g of fish cake

2 small garlic whole bulbs

1 cube of chicken bouillon cube

Light soy sauce

Black vinegar

Salt

Sugar

Cornflour

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The Cafe BBQ Chicken [One City Mall, Subang Jaya]

Around 3 months ago, I celebrated my Yeobo's 21st birthday with her at One City Mall. Of course, dinner was my treat. We had a good time, talking about her job, her work relationships, her love life etc. Oh, she even brought me up all the way to the 10th floor of One City Mall which is where the SkyPark is located. It was a place so high up, you can practically see most of USJ, Subang Jaya :D I totally loved it.

So, for dinner, we went to this place called The Cafe BBQ Chicken which I can't really tell what it specializes in. My guess is it specializes in some Korean flavour chicken thing, so we went in and tried it anyway. 

So, we started by taking a veryyy long look through the menu.
Sometimes, the hardest decision is to decide what to eat.

After I decided what I would eat, she was still deciding what to eat.
So, I used the free time to take pictures of the interior of the restaurant.
This picture is the section deeper into the restaurant. The glass door at
the other end opens to the exterior of the mall. 

Well, you also have a stairs which leads to the upstairs dining area.

But, it was not open for seating that day.

We were seated right next to the counter. It makes calling for service easier :)

So, after we ordered and stuff, it took about maybe 15-20 minutes at least for our food to come. The drinks came before that of course, so no complains about that.

Dear Yeobo had this nice little mug of Caffe Mocha ♥ RM 8.90 

and I, well... I like cold drinks so I chose Pineapple Mint ♥ RM 8.90

Next up, Yeobo's Korean Charbroiled chicken meal that comes with 2 or 3
side dishes ♥ RM 17.90

This was my Original Barbeque meal that comes with 2 side dishes ♥ RM 18.90

To be honest, I personally think this cafe is charging an above average price for the portion of food that they're serving. No doubt, their food tasted okay. Oh wells :)

Location of the store:

One City Mall,

A-GF-03, Jalan USJ 21/10,

Subang Jaya, Selangor.

Happy eatin' ☺

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Assam Fish [Rice Cooker Recipe]

Hello! I've been out for a long looong time with no updates at all since I was really busy the past few months. I had multiple exams, went for a long holiday, and had some personal issues to settle so I really had not much time left to cook something. It is my study break now before I head on to my final exams at the end of June, so I'm taking a little spare time off my study to update this blog again. Today, I'm gonna be sharing how I make Assam Fish using my little rice cooker :D

Ingredients:

About 500-600g of ikan tenggiri (Spanish Mackeral)

2 large potatoes

2 large tomatoes

6 pieces of lady fingers

1 medium sized eggplant

1 packet of assam fish paste

200ml of water

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Simple ABC Soup [Rice Cooker recipe]

*drumrolls* MY FIRST SOUP MEAL DONE RIGHT IN MY LITTLE RICE COOKER ♥

Okay, I am so excited about this post because I finally figured out how to make soup using my rice cooker. God only knows, how MUCH I heart soup. Lotus soup, arrow root soup, herbal soup, seaweed soup, onion soup, miso soup, egg drop soup, ABC soup, any soup! You name it. I am a huge fan of you, soup. ☺

ABC soup with corn ♥♥♥

Ingredients:

1 medium sized corn

1 medium sized carrot

1 large potato

1 large onion

3 medium sized tomatoes

1 cube of chicken stock

1 bottle of Brands Essence of Chicken

1 liter of water

Pepper 

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Sushi Cake [Rice Cooker Recipe]

Today is the 20th of March! Today is his 21st birthday! Hurray!!! *partypoppers*

To mark this special birthday, I planned ahead and made a special cake for him. Yup, it is the sushi cake. The reason why I thought of making a sushi cake is that: he has this constant craving for sushi. Every 2 or 3 days, he will be whining about wanting to eat sushi, pleading me to just give him some sushi rice and seaweed so that he can satisfy his weird cravings! Therefore, I just thought like, "Hey, maybe I can do a fusion of something like a cake and also like sushi?" I did try to Google for sushi cakes but all I get are pictures of sponge cakes decorated with fondant sushi. That's not what I am trying to look for, and I couldn't find a recipe and tutorial available online. In the end, I just decided to create my own version of a sushi cake. 

Tadaaa! This is my sushi cake! ♥♥♥

Ingredients:

2.5 cups of raw Japanese rice

1 cup of sushi vinegar

Mayonnaise

1 can of tuna in brine

1 small avocado

Several cherry tomatoes

21 medium-sized prawns

1 packet(box) of Korean roasted seaweed

Salt

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Shunka Japanese Family Restaurant (Sungai Petani branch)

This restaurant can be called on of those high end Japanese restaurants that you would find in Sungai Petani. I usually don't eat here often because the price range is above average, but I do come here for special occasions. For example, I'm here this time to celebrate one of my roommate's 21st birthday!

So, I think we were their first customer that day for the dinner shift. We chose to sit in the box because we find it a bit uncomfortable to sit at the dining chair outside of the box. Not that the chair is made of pins or whatever, but it is just that the space allocated for one chair is pretty small and it is quite hard to get on and out of the chair =.= Sometimes, I feel that a person who is slightly bigger in size would find it difficult trying to squeeze in and have a seat. A box, on the other hand, is more spacious.

So, skip the talk and I shall show you all what I ordered that day. I don't really remember the price of each and every item but I can tell you the price range for each dish is around RM 7-RM25. 

Tamagoyaki ♥

Seasoned Fried Tofu ♥

Ddukbukki ♥

Katsudon set ♥

Fish and Chips ♥

Kimchi Fried Rice ♥

Ishiyaki Bibimbap ♥ This was my dish!

By looking at the dishes above, you can totally notice that this restaurant is not entirely Japanese cuisine. They have some of the Korean cuisine and also Western cuisine. I think it is kind of like a mix. If you frequent this place, you can apply for a membership where you will get a card and you can get 10% discount off your total bill! I think if you go on members day (which is either a Tuesday or Wednesday), you will be entitled a 20% discount. For more info, you all can visit their website by clicking here.

Location of shop:

16, Jalan Jati 1/1, Pusat Perniagaan AmanJaya, 

08000 Sungai Petani, Kedah.

Opening hours: 11.30AM - 11.30PM

Landmarks: Nearby Amanjaya Mall, next to Domino's Pizza.

Contact number: 04 – 440 0895

Happy eatin' ☺

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驰名桥下云吞面 [Alor Setar Famous Wan Tan Mee]

This post will be about a family-business which sells Wan Tan Mee at their own house. Uh-huh, if you're finding for this Wan Tan Mee restaurant, do think of a single storey terrace house ☺

This is the plate of Wan Tan Mee which really looks small in portion when it
first arrived on our table. But as we all know, Wan Tan Mee is pretty standard.
If you order small, you get 1 ball of noodle. If you order big, you get two balls!

Now, this is the add-on soup that we ordered. Unlike the normal dried
Wan Tan Mee, you do not automatically get a bowl of free soup together
with the noodles. You have to order it separately like this.
PS: THIS IS TO DIE FOR. YUMMMMMS!

I remember that we reached the stall around 6.30PM in the evening. Since we were there before the opening time, we had to wait before they take orders. By the time they took our order, there was already a small little crowd sitting around waiting for food. To order, just go to the stall and tell the person what you want to eat. There's not much choice really. Just Wan Tan Mee, Wan Tan soup, white chicken and also char-siew. After ordering, be prepared to wait patiently for your food to come. I think boyfie and I waited for like more than half an hour before that mini-plate of noodle was placed on our table.

This shop is located below a bridge, the Jalan Alor Mengkudu bridge. Well, I call it that way because I saw a road sign labeling the road towards the bridge as Jalan Alor Mengkudu. I am not from Alor Setar so I can't really describe the place well. 

We parked the car right outside the terrace house, so I was able to take a shot
of the front of the shop. Well, the shop is on the left side, not the gated right side.

We gave our order to this uncle. He has been cutting chicken and pork ever
since we set foot in the house. But he remembers our order well :)

The boss of this stall would be the man behind there, holding the super
delicious looking piece of char siew! In this picture, you can also see that
they also bought the other house on the right hand side. Many customers
found a table and sat there to wait for their noodle.

Location of the shop:

Stall 1001B, Bee Bee Park

Jalan Alor Mengkudu,

Alor Setar.

Opening hours:

7.00PM - 11.30PM

(CLOSED ON SATURDAYS)

Happy eatin' ☺

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Spaghetti Aglio Olio

It's been quite some time since I last posted a recipe. To be honest, I didn't really have the mood to blog about anything as I was really busy with Chinese New Year. I did manage to cook some dishes during that period so I took some pictures while cooking and decided to save it for later. So, today I am going to post about my favourite pasta dish, Spaghetti Aglio Olio ♥

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil

2 medium-sized garlic cloves

400g of spaghetti

3-4 chili padi

A sprinkle of black peppercorns

A few stalks of basil

Salt 

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Han Woo Ri Korean Restaurant [Taipan USJ]

Back in the holidays, I brought my Yeobo and also my old classmate Yong Qi to have some Korean food because Yeobo was having this samgyupsal craving since months ago. We didn't want to go back to Daorae because we have already tried that several times. Despite the fact that we know Korean barbeque probably has all the same stuffs and taste pretty much the same anywhere, I guess I just wanted to try a new place. I googled around for Korean restaurants in Taipan USJ and to my surprise, there is another Korean restaurant located at the other end of the building where Daorae is situated. So I thought to myself, "Han Woo Ri, it is."

Since there were only the 3 of us, we ordered a minimum of 2 person serving. Of course, we ordered the original samgyupsal and the other one was probably some marinated pork belly too. I don't really remember clearly now. Once we were seated and done placing our order, the waiter started to serve us our starter which is soup. Now, this is not done in all places so I think I should give a plus point to this restaurant for serving one of my favourites!

Ooooh, me loves soup! ♥

Then, up comes the samgyupsal and also the other side dishes.

I am hungry, just by looking at this right now.

Oh, not to forget! We also ordered a nice plate of ddukbeokki (korean rice cakes)

I love the rice cakes... but I like the plate even more! It's so antique!

I don't remember the prices of the dishes but I can tell you that it is around the same price range as all the other Korean restaurants. By the end of the day, I remember the 3 of us splitting the bill and each of us had to pay RM25-30. For a meal like this, I guess it is not cheap, so to say, but it is reasonable if compared with others. Oh by the way, I really like this restaurant because their waiters are so polite. Like... they smile ALL THE TIME. Whatever you need, they can get it for you in like half a minute! The service is really good and that is a double plus point! ☺

Location of the restaurant:

3rd Floor

Jalan USJ 10/1J (Taipan USJ), 

47620 Subang Jaya, 

Selangor

Opening time:

Open daily

11AM-3PM (Brunch and Lunch)

6PM-11PM (Dinner)

Contact number:  03-8023 3357

Happy eatin' ☺

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Burger Bakar Abang Burn [Alor Setar]

About a month ago, I went to Alor Setar again with my friends to have a day trip for them to settle some stuff. Once we reach there, we had Nasi Lemak Ong. To my friends, it was their first time having Nasi Lemak Ong and they were all very excited about it. Obviously, they loved it very much too, despite the fact they had to queue very long. At night, before heading back to campus, all of us decided to have burger bakar for dinner. If you're Malaysian, I'm sure you know burger bakar is the 'in' thing now! There is burger bakar everywhere!

So, the one we went to was Burger Bakar Abang Burn. This one is quite famous and I guess many people have been talking about it. When we finally reach there on that fateful night, it was raining cats and dogs. Thank goodness there was a huge umbrella in the car to at least give us some cover but our sandals were totally soaked through. The only parking was at the roadside in front of the shop so I guess there isn't much we can do to avoid the rain.

So this is the exterior of the shop. It was raining heavily so it is unavailable
for seating.

The interior of the shop is brightly lit and clean. Thank goodness, this is
a burger bakar shop rather than a stall only.

So, we took turns to order at the counter. The moment we enter the shop, we will see the grill and cashier anyway, so you can make your order there. 

This is the menu if you guys want to know the items and also the price.

Yup, this is where you order it. 

If they have a few patties already grilled before you arrive, then you need not wait long before your burger is served. If what you order is not yet cooked, then it does take some time for the burger to be ready. So, if you're hungry, ask them which burger can be served up the fastest! :D

This is my friend's burger. I guess it must be one of the Supremo's that comes
with three sausages and also cheese. But I don't remember how much he paid for it!

This is my Burn Cheesy Lamb ♥ RM 11.50
PS: The onion rings on top were pretty much cold, though.

Happy eatin' ☺

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Pajeon [Korean Pancakes]

Basically, I only manage to try out one other recipe during my year end break despite it being two weeks long. Many unexpected situations popped up during the hols which made it really busy and non-enjoyable at the same time. Anyway, I made pajeon which are basically korean version of the pancakes. It is hot and savoury at the same time, so I really love it. Totally my kind of food, heehee ♥

Pajeon ♥

Ingredients:

1/2 cup of All-Purpose Flour

1/2 cup of water

50-100g of scallions

1 large egg

Cooking oil

1/4 tbsp of salt

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