FOODlog #26: Korean Garlic Fried Chicken Made these Korean Garlic Fried Chicken today for or meals. It's my 2nd attempt making Kkanpunggi 깐풍기 and this time it was even better than my first try. 1 of the reasons being I cooked it deep fried this time compared to the previous time I cooked it with the air fryer. The results are night and day. If you're trying out this dish, deep fry your chicken! Anyway, it starts off with cutting up the chicken thighs into strips then letting…
FOODlog #27: Pan Mee Wife bought some 'Pan Mee' for lunch today. It's a noodle dish that you can either choose to come with the broth or a dry type and the broth seperate. There are many types of 'Pan Mee' and for this type, I like it with the soup. You could say its like the Chinese version of a ramen. You can also choose your type of noodles either thick cut or thin. Today I got thin type. I think I still prefer the thick type as it has more bite to it and I think more…
FOODlog #28: Braised Pork Belly and Vegetables Wife bought some dinner from a nearby local mix rice stall today. She bought 3 dishes. 1 meat dish and another 2 vegetables dishes. The meat dish she got us was Chinese Braised pork belly. It comes with some hard-boiled eggs as well. The pork belly is Braised in soy sauce and dark soy sauce. For the vegetables, we got some stir fried celery and carrots with pork shoulder slices. They were cooked with some garlic and although it…
FOODlog #29: Double Cheeseburger Got some burgers from McDonald's for lunch today for the family. Got myself and my wife a double cheeseburger regular set and the kids 2 happy meals with nuggets. Don't really prefer McDonald's burgers but kids want the Happy Meal toy so... Yeah... The double cheeseburgers are 2 patties with 2 cheeses, some finely diced white onions, tomato ketchup, and 2 slices of pickles. Have you noticed that they've removed mustard from their…
FOODlog #30: Fish Porridge Cooked some fish porridge today for my family before heading to church. They aren't feeling too well so I cooked them some hearty porridge. I started with stir frying some diced carrots, slices of ginger and some turmeric powder in oil. This is to give a really nice vibrant yellow color to the porridge but not just for the color, turmeric is warm and gives heat to the body which is especially good to combat a cold. I then wash the rice under cold…
FOODlog #31: Vegetarian Mix Rice Had vegetarian food yesterday for our meals. Wife bought back for lunch on the way back from sending our son to school. She bought some stir fried sweet potato leaves, some celery and snow peas stir fried with seitan, a stir fried broccoli stems, and some deep fried beancurd skin. I think it was my first time eating seitan which is flour that is knead then washed in waster until the starch is removed. It's also called gluten "meat" by some as…
FOODlog #32: Malaysian Wantan Mee Having some nice lunch with my family and my brother's family today. After hanging out at the park, we went to a nearby local hawker center for lunch today. I ordered some 'Wantan Noodles'. This KL style dry noodle dish is very popular and you can find it almost at any Chinese hawker center. It's egg noodles that is mixed with a mixture of dark soy sauce and light soy sauce. It is served with some slices of 'Char Siu' which is roasted sweet…
FOODlog #33: Indonesian Empal Penyet Having some Indonesian 'Empal Penyet' tonight from a restaurant called 'Penyet Jakarta'. Its actually not A restaurant but a restaurant under a ghost kitchen which comprises of many different brands but under the same kitchen. Seems like these ghost kitchens are popping up everywhere in the city probably to save rental cost and because food delivery has increased more and dine-in has decreased. So Empal Penyet is basically beef that's…
FOODlog #34: Indian Curry & Vegetables Went to a nearby Indian restaurant today that I haven't eaten at for more than a year. They used to serve banana leaf rice but when we went today it is no longer on the menu and only the usual Nasi Kandar style food. When they first opened the quality and taste of the food was really exceptionally good. But after time went by the quality and taste dropped to a very low standard and now after lockdowns, decided to give it a try. Its a…
FOODlog #35: Omelette & Cabbage Stir Fry Mum cooked some delicious homecoook food for lunch today. She made 2 dishes today. Fried eggs with carrots and minced pork and a mix vegetables dish that had cabbage, carrots, some greens, and minced pork. The egg is a beaten to make an omelette and the carrots were cut into strips. The carrots and the mince pork go in first and stir fried with oil. After the pork is cooked, the eggs go in to fry and make the omelette. The vegetables…
FOODlog #36: Pepper Pork Soup Had one of my favorite food for lunch yesterday. Its a pork and pork organ Chinese dish that's served at certain hawker centers. It may sound off-putting but man is it delicious. This particular stall did it really well. All the pork organs didn't have any odor but was cleaned very well and tasted savory and delicious. The soup is full of flavor and packed with loads of white pepper. This one was particularly peppery which I absolutely love.…
FOODlog #37: Mum's Homecook Meal Mum cooked some wonderful lunch and dinner for the family today. She cooked us some whole fried barramundi. Its gutted and cleaned well then seasoned simply with salt and that's about it. Let it marinade with the salt for 15 minutes and then it's deep fried in oil. Another dish was stir fried pumpkin that were cut into cubes with slices of garlic, spring onions and seasoned with salt, soy sauce, and oyster sauce. For dinner she cooked 1 extra…
FOODlog #38: Tamarind Prawns & Stir Fried Spinach Mum cooked some super delicious lunch today for the family. She made 2 dishes. A prawn dish and a vegetable dish. We don't normally cook prawns so this was a real treat. The prawns were deshelled and devained but the head and tail part was still intact. She cooked it was soy sauce, dark soy sauce and tamarind which we call 'assam'. This is a popular Penang dish and my mum being from there can cook this really well. The…
FOODlog #39: Mutton Curry & Stir Fried Brinjal Having some rice with curry at a local nearby mamak stall. Haven't eaten at this particular stall in ages because of the lockdown. Took some mutton curry which is one of my all-time favorite curries. The mutton could've been cooked longer for my liking as it wasn't as soft as it could be but it tasted great with all the spices. For the vegetables I had the stir fried brinjal today which is also something I really like. The…
FOODlog #40: Pork Noodle Soup Had lunch at a nearby local hawker center after church today. Man I was so hungry and tired after preaching today so really enjoyed lunch and filling the body with food! I had some 'Che Yuk Fun' today. Haven't had this in awhile so it was a real treat today and best part is this stall that served it really makes some nice Che Yuk Fun. I ordered the dry version which the pork soup comes seperate. The soup was very flavorful but light at the same…
FOODlog #41: Carbonara with A Twist Cooked some spaghetti today for today's lunch and dinner for the family. I used the base sauce which you'd use for making Carbonara for this which is using eggs and cheese. I used 1 whole egg and 3 egg yolks and for the cheese I didn't have any parmesan so I substitute it with cheddar. I also used better quality eggs today which are local free range 'Kampung' eggs. The yolk is creamier and more flavorful. I also substituted the cured pork…
FOODlog #42: Chicken & Dumplings Stew Cooked my signature chicken & dumplings stew today for lunch. Its a pretty simple dish but packed full of flavor and really wonderful to enjoy during a cold and tiny weather like today. I use roasted chicken for this dish but you could use just raw chicken for it. I think roasted chicken gives it much more flavor than just regular chicken. I start off with sautéing onions, carrots, celery and some tomatoes with butter. Tomatoes are…
FOODlog #43: Pork Ribs Soup & Vegetables with Fried Garlic Wife cooked 3 dishes today. Super. A lot of food but will be kept and eaten for dinner as well. She cooked a herbal soup with pork ribs. Super delicious and refreshing. You feel very nourished after drinking this pork ribs herbal soup. It's savory and has all the natural sweetness form the pork ribs and herbs. Another dish she cooked was some romane lettuce stir fry. Its topped off with fried garlic which give it an…
FOODlog #44: Big Plate Chicken A couple weeks back me and some friends at here at Chinese Muslim restaurant nearby our church. It's mainland Chinese food which is totally different from our local Chinese food. We ordered 3 different dishes for our lunch. Which were a soft tofu dish, some broccoli, and the main dish which is called 'Big Plate Chicken'. It comes with some flat noodles which are expertly made by the chef. The tofu dish was slightly spicy and very savory. The…
FOODlog #45: Banana Leaf Rice & Curry Having some delicious Malaysian Indian food for lunch today after church with my best friends. We had some banana leaf rice at a restaurant called Banana Bros where you're served with rice and curry and an assortment of vegetables on a banana leaf. They were serving 3 types of vegetable side dishes today which were snake gourd pacora, curry potatoes and onions, and a cucumber raita. The snake gourd pacora was deep fried to perfection.…
FOODlog #46: Mustard Greens with Pork Belly Mum cooked one of her signature dishes last week for the family. It's a dish that she grew up eating in Penang and that we've been eating since we were kids. It's main ingredient is a vegetable called mustard greens. She first washes the mustard greens thoroughly with water to remove any dirt. Then the base of the whole dish is started off with stir frying dried chili and lemongrass in some oil. Then blanched pork belly and roasted…
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