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FOODlog #91: Mee Goreng & Malaysian Iced Milk Tea The other day after sending my son to his Chinese extra class, I went to a nearby roadside stall to have my lunch. It's a small stall that opens 24 hours and doesn't close except 2 days a year during Hari Raya. I haven't eaten their food before as normally I go to the stall next to it that sells Northern Malaysian food like 'Nasi Dagang'. That place was close by the time I went there so I decided to try out this stall…
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FOODlog #92: Sourdough with Fried Egg & Cream Cheese Every now and than a friend of mine that likes to bake recently made some sourdough and gave me 1 loaf of it. It was on a Sunday too which I normally don't have a heavy dinner since lunch is late after church so it was perfect timing. Sourdough is not something very easy to make as you need to take care and feed the sourdough starter which he does so I really appreciate every time he does give it to me and my family. So…
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FOODlog #93: Indonesian Ayam Penyet with Rice Last week me and my wife got to go out together on a date while my Mum took care of our children at home. We don't get to go out just the two of us as frequently as before we had children so we really treasure these times we do get to go out. We even got to go to 2 separate places for dinner since I wanted to eat 'Ayam Penyet' and she wanted to eat some Taiwanese street food. I've been wanting to eat 'Ayam Penyet' for some time…
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FOODlog #94: Nasi Goreng USA I have been craving for some 'Nasi Goreng USA' which is fried rice (nasi goreng) and USA, not United States of America but an acronym for Udang, Sotong, Ayam which is prawns, squid, and chicken. This dish has somehow evolved to not include the USA too though and instead is a fried rice dish that has a fried egg that has a creamy yolk topped on the fried rice and it comes with a serving of beef slices that has been fried in a wok with onions,…
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FOODlog #95: Mustard Greens with Pork Belly My mum cooked us one of her favorite hometown dishes last week. It's a Hokkien dish that uses mustard greens as it's primary ingredient accompanied by a meat often pork, chicken, or duck. If you get this from stalls outside they will use meat that has been roasted to boost the flavor of this dish. So if they are using pork they'll use roasted pork or if they are using duck, they'll use roasted duck. Since this is homemade, we…
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FOODlog #96: Beef with Thai Red Curry Me and my wife cooked lunch and dinner for our family the other day. Well I did some preps but she did the cooking. We made 2 dishes. One was a Thai beef red curry and another was some stir fried ladies fingers (okra) with dried prawns and turmeric. The curry was a premix Thai red curry that is super convenient and easy to prep which is just open the box and mix in whatever protein or vegetables you like. For this round we used beef…
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FOODlog #97: Mutton Curry and Masala Potatoes Last Saturday I had dinner with one of my closest friend that I haven't had a meal with for a few months. He has a girlfriend now and I also have a family so we don't get to hangout as often as we used to so this was a great meal together and always feeding each other spiritual food while we have our natural food. We went to one of our favorite places for some 'Nasi Kandar' which is basically white rice and you get to pick your…
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FOODlog #98: Mutton Stew with Potatoes and Carrots Time to cook with the trusty pressure cooker once again. This time I made mutton stew with potatoes and carrots. It was super simple to make because I got pre-marinated mutton chops from the supermarket. They were at the reduce to clear section and was going for 50% off which was a steal. We normally check the smell on these reduce to clear items before purchasing them as some of them might have spoiled. So for this 2 packs…
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FOODlog #99: Malaysian Maggi Goreng Ayam Last week after basketball me and my friend went to have dinner at a nearby 'mamak' restaurant. They serve the usual stuff like any other 'mamak' restaurants here in Malaysia which is Indian and Malaysian cuisine. We ordered something called 'Maggi Goreng' which is fried instant noodles. So what they do it, they boil the instant noodles like how you'd make it at home, then when it's soften, they drain the water and add the noodles…
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FOODlog #100: Malaysian Ramly Burger This is my 100th post here on read.cash and really am thankful to be part of this blogging and social platform. Looking forward to greater days ahead for BCH and the read.cash community! A friend of my recently treated me and my wife some delicious burgers and a popular sandwich here in Malaysia called 'Roti John'. 'Roti' means bread and 'John' simply someone's name. I'm not sure if the person that invented this sandwich was named John…
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FOODlog #101: Meat Hash Wraps Last week we had some wraps for our dinner. With some simple ingredients and fairly easy prep work, we had ourselves a delicious meal. My wife cooked some stir fried sweet potato leaves with dried prawns as the vegetables for the wrap. For the protein she made a meat hash with minced pork and luncheon meat stir fried with potatoes and carrots that were diced up. She added some ketchup towards the end of stir frying the meat mixture and it gave…
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FOODlog #102: 'Anora' Stuffed Tofu with Potatoes Last Saturday my brother bought for me and some of my friends this snack called 'Anora'. It's a sort of finger food that is tofu stuffed with mash potatoes. It is a unique dish that was founded in 1995. They usually open a stall at a bazaar nearby where I live during the month of Ramadhan. But now it seems they've expanded to take orders throughout the year and it's packed in a nice box with their logo on it. The tofu pockets…
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FOODlog #103: Whole Ayam Percik Last Saturday on my way home from practice I stopped by 'Baker's Cottage' to get their roasted chicken which was going on an offer of 2 whole birds for RM30 (+-6.7 USD). Every now and then they'll have this offer running which is a really good value for money deal. They used to only have 2 flavors which are black pepper and barbecue. I think they just released the new flavor which is 'percik' flavor and also why they are having this offer for…
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FOODlog #104: Chicken Sandwich 2 Sundays ago after church, me and my family went for lunch at Burger King at a shopping mall nearby where we live. We've been to a couple of other Burger King outlets recently and due to lots of F&B outlets being under staffed the service at Burger King has been really bad. At 2 other outlets I've been to, they had 3 workers in one and other had 2 workers, not to mention the one with 2 workers had a drive-thru. So this Burger King at the mall…
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FOODlog #105: Roti Telur with Dhall and Curry Usually after going for basketball, me and my friends go to a nearby 'mamak restaurant' for dinner. It's located about 3-5 minutes drive from the basketball court that we play at so it's very convenient and the place also serves their food very fast like within 5 minutes. So far it's our go to spot as the place is quite clean and the food is also quite good. Last week I ordered a 'Roti Telur' which is a flour based 'roti' that…
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FOODlog #106: Nyonya Cuisine at 'Peranakan Place' It was my Mum's birthday so me and my brother's family took her out for a day trip to a fruit farm in Selangor. It's around an hour drive to the outskirt of the city from where we live which isn't too far away. After the visit to the fruit farm we headed for lunch at a nearby town called Rawang. We went to a shopping mall there and had our lunch at an eatery called 'Peranakan Place'. There isn't one located anywhere near…
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FOODlog #107: Northern Malaysian Cuisine at LunchBear Finally got to spend time with my brother after he had covid and quarantined for 1 week then was recovering for another week. We met up over lunch at this local eatery located nearby where I live called 'Lunch Bear'. It's a place that serves Northern Malaysia cuisine run by a young couple in their early 20s. I've been hearing some good reviews about this place from friends and finally got the chance to try it myself. They…
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FOODlog #108: Tandoor Naan with Fried Chicken After a basketball session the other day we went for dinner at a 'mamak restaurant' located nearby the court where we play. We've been frequenting that place after our basketball sessions and the food have been quite nice. This time I ordered their naan bread to try. It was cooked in a tandoor oven and had a lovely roasted char sort of aroma to the bread which was fragrant and delicious. After cooking in the tandoor oven it was…
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FOODlog #109: Rice & Curry On Banana Leaf 2 weeks ago we went to the park with some friends on a school holiday. It was a park that we haven't been to before and it's built at an area where it has a natural stream to play at. The kids enjoyed themselves and our short morning trip, we went for lunch at a restaurant called 'Banana Bro'. They don't actually serve bananas though. It's a place that serves localized Indian cuisine on banana leaves. They serve really nice curries…
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FOODlog #110: Aglio Olio Fusili with Cured Sausage I had some leftover fusilli from the day before where my Mum cooked some pasta. I had a quite heavy lunch and for dinner I decided to cook myself something light to eat. I also wanted to make something simple and easy to cook so I made 'Aglio Olio' with some cured Chinese liver sausage that I have in the fridge. I sliced up some garlic into slivers and sauteed it in a pan with some chili oil. I also added 2 pieces of birds…
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FOODlog #111: Coconut Curry Chicken & Stir Fried Watercress My mum cooked some delicious chicken curry 2 weeks ago. Sadly this was my last meal before I had food poisoning not because of her food of course but coz I had an iced milk tea before going home and felt weird after drinking it. Anyway, I remembered that my Mum's curry chicken was super delicious. It was chicken pieces like the drumstick, wings, and thighs that were cooked in a red curry mix that she bought. She…
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FOODlog #112: Soy and Ginger Chicken & Potatoes After getting food poisoning 2 weeks ago, I couldn't eat anything for the next few days. Just had some plain white bread and some porridge but couldn't eat too full as it would make me feel uncomfortable. Thank God I've recovered now and my first meal after recovering was 2 dishes that my often cooks. It's been a staple since I was young until now. She cooked chicken and potatoes with ginger and soy sauce. It's potatoes that's…
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FOODlog #113: Koay Teow Th’ng After recovering from food poisoning I went out for breakfast with my wife on one of the days and we also got lunch for the family on the way back. Since I still wasn't feeling too comfortable yet, I ate a bowl of 'Koay Teow Th’ng' which is flat rice noodles with a clear chicken broth. It's a fairly popular dish here in Malaysia but not one of my go-to food to order. So I guess since I wasn't fully recovered it was a good time to eat something I…
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FOODlog #114: Chicken Rice After having breakfast with my wife, we bought some chicken rice for lunch for the family. Our children love chicken rice especially our eldest son. I too was craving for some good chicken rice. The one here was convenient for us since we were there for breakfast but in terms of taste, it was just average so I'm still craving for some good chicken rice. We wanted to order a whole chicken which we would split it for lunch and dinner but we were…
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FOODlog #115: Croissant with Hash & Mince Cooked some food last week for my family. I think it was one of the worse tasting meals I've cooked in my life. Was a bit stressed out and didn't really pay attention to cooking which I'm never gonna do that again. Cooking needs to be done whole heartedly or just don't bother cooking or else the food will turn out not good which I think from this round of cooking so poorly, I'll definitely wanna make sure to pay more attention to…
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FOODlog #116: Clay Pot Chicken Rice My sister-in-law is in KL for 6 weeks as she's having an internship program which is part of her college degree course. Me and my family took her out for dinner to 'Malaysia Boleh!' hawker center at Four Seasons Hotel in town. This is my 3rd time there and I have to say this is my favorite hawker center in the whole KL and probably the best there is. This time I had 'Claypot Chicken Rice'. A local favorite here in KL which I have been…
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FOODlog #117: Beef Meatball Noodles After having close to a week of food poisoning I was able to go to serve in the worship team and go to church on Sunday. Missing a week of church is seriously no fun at all as it's the only day I get to enjoy being with my fellow brothers and sisters. So I was super glad to be able to go to church on Sunday. After church some of my friends went for lunch at a place called 'Soong Kee Beef Noodles'. They serve really good beef noodles and…
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FOODlog #118: Typical Home-cooked Malaysian Lunch My Mum cooked some delicious lunch the other day. Two simple dishes that we eat every now and then for a typical lunch. We have these dishes with white rice and normally a meat or protein packed dish and another vegetable dish for our needed fibers. The meat dish she cooked is a very simple dish with only 5 ingredients. Slices of pork tenderloin but you can use any cut of meat for this or even chicken slices, fresh tomatoes,…