FOODlog #119: Prawns & Mince Omelet Mum cooked one of my favorite dishes and we eat it quite often as it's inexpensive, nutritious, and most importantly, delicious! It's and egg omelet cooked with onions, carrots, prawns and minced pork. About 6-8 eggs are whisked and beaten then seasoned with some soy sauce. We normally season eggs that are beaten with soy sauce and not salt as it dissolves better and seasons the eggs more evenly. First oil is heated in a wok/pan and then…
FOODlog #120: Nasi Kandar with Ayam Vanggey After basketball the other day, me and my friends went for dinner at a nearby 'mamak' restaurant we've been frequenting. So far I've tried their 'maggi goreng', naan bread, and fried chicken. It was all quite good and this time I ordered their 'Nasi Kandar'. I saw a queue there of some of the regulars I've noticed that go there whenever we are there too. They were all queuing up to get the 'Nasi Kandar'. The curries all looked good…
FOODlog #121: Steamed Pork Belly with Salted Fish & Ginger One of my favorite dishes that my Mum makes from time to time is this steamed pork belly slices with salted fish and ginger. It is a popular Chinese dish that is not only delicious to eat but easy to make. You only need 4 ingredients to make this dish which is pork belly, salted fish, ginger, and sesame oil. First you'll need to fry the salted fish and ginger in some oil. Thinly sliced ginger is added into a wok/pan…
FOODlog #122: Clams with Mix Vegetables Last week when my Dad came back home, my Mum cooked some delicious food for us for lunch. She cooked steamed pork belly with ginger and salted fish which I wrote about yesterday, clams with mix vegetables, and a soup dish of old cucumber with pork bones. Every Chinese New Year we get some 'luxury' canned food items from our relatives and friends. This past year we got a can of clams which my Mum cooked with a mix of vegetables of…
FOODlog #123: Spaghetti Bolognese Cooked for my family some spaghetti bolognese the other day. It's a fairly easy dish to prepare and all you need is good quality ingredients for it to taste delicious. I didn't have any beef so for this recipe I only used minced pork. I've always wondered why my bolognese sauce is on the reddish side and not brown or deeper in color then I remembered that I normally don't cook bolognese with any red wine. It just makes it less inexpensive…
FOODlog #124: Korean Beef Bulgogi Cooked lunch the other day for my family some Korean Beef Bulgogi. My wife bought some beef cuts that we don't know what cuts were they but they were going super cheap. Turns out when I defrosted the meat and was prepping that it was leftover trimming of the better cuts of meat. It didn't have a lot of meat but it was still good to eat and I guess suits the price ratio to quality of beef. I've made bulgogi quite a few times and this time I…
FOODlog #125: Nasi Goreng Pattaya Special Before writing this post I had to try and remember what I actually ate 2 Sundays ago. I have the pictures and I still can't remember what I ate coz the food was so below par. So be warned that this is generally a negative post XD I'm thankful for food to eat but that doesn't mean all food is tasty to eat. This place was at a food court in a shopping mall where I don't frequent. I ordered 'Nasi Goreng Pattaya Special' which Nasi…
FOODlog #126: MASSIVE 5kg Highland Patin Fish! After a very horrible lunch on Sunday, immediately I had one of the most memorable meals ever with some of my friends. One of our friends of 10+ years is going back to his hometown for work and he had a meal together before he went back. He's been a great person to me and not just someone who has been around so it was really great that we got to share a meal together. We went to Bentong to a restaurant called 'Wonderland…
FOODlog #127: Vietnamese Beef Pho Celebrated my wife's birthday last week with family. My Dad treated us for lunch at a Vietnamese restaurant called 'Super Saigon' located at a mall nearby where we live. Most of us had their signature Beef Pho which is a rice noodle dish with a beef broth and cuts of beef like the brisket and tripe. The broth was rich and flavorful yet clean and refreshing at the same time. You'll also get a refillable plate of beansprouts and Thai basil. I…
FOODlog #128: Chinese Mix Rice Stall When my Mum goes to the market to buy our food supply for the week, she would often buy back lunch from this mix rice stall. It's my favorite mix rice stall as their food taste really good compared to others around the area. They have around 30-40 dishes in the stall and I've never eaten anything I didn't like so far. My mum bought back braised pork and hard-boiled eggs in soy sauce. It's a very popular dish that can be found at almost…
FOODlog #129: Oven-Baked Chicken Thighs With Vegetables Recently we celebrated my wife's birthday. Some of her former high-school friends got as a her birthday present a brand new electric oven. It looks so nice and shiny and I get to use this new oven to cook as well. We recently cooked a meal of a 1 tray meal. Super easy to cook and easy to clean up as well since everything is cooked all together in 1 tray. We made oven-baked chicken thighs with carrots, bell peppers,…
FOODlog #130: Dinner at 'The Public House' Took my wife out for dinner to celebrate her birthday. Whenever we celebrate each other's birthday, we often don't have a very good experience coz we always try out a new place that we haven't been to and then discover that the food isn't good. This time though, we also spontaneously had dinner at a place we never tried but it was a really good experience. We went to this place called 'The Public House' that serves Malaysian local…
FOODlog #131: Spicy Fried Chicken at McDonald's 2 Sundays ago me and my family went to takeaway lunch from McDonald's. We needed to head back home to take a rest before heading to my grandma's wake service. So we got the most convenient and quick food to get which is McDonald's as we have one on the way home to our house. I got for myself their Spicy Fried Chicken. The one here in Malaysia is extra spicy and I really love the fried chicken at McDonald's. The crust is crunchy…
FOODlog #132: A Memorable Egg Fried Rice & Curry Chicken Meal At my grandma's wake service we had some food for the family, relatives, friends, and guests to have for dinner. We had some food catered to the venue and had local pastries and finger food, some fried rice, fried mihun, curry chicken, stir fried mix vegetables and mushrooms, and stir fried tofu. It seems like a lot of food but knowing my grandma, she would've wanted to have people well fed whenever it was a…
FOODlog #133: 8-Course Chinese Lunch 2 weeks ago my last remaining grandma passed away in to eternity. We had her funeral at a nearby parlor and then had the body cremated. haha doesn't sound like a food blog post ---- After the funeral, me and extended family went for lunch at a nearby Chinese restaurant in Cheras called 'Brotherhood'. We managed to get a table at a private room which perfectly fit the amount of people we had which was about 25+ of us. We had a wonderful…
FOODlog #134: Chicken and Mushroom in Soy Sauce Gravy 2 weeks ago during the school holidays, my wife and kids went for a staycation with some friends. We met up for dinner one of the nights and ate at this place called 'Daily Kopitiam' located in a shopping mall below where they were staying for the staycation. I wasn't really feeling like eating local food so I didn't know what to order. I randomly picked something which was a rice dish that came with a side of hardboiled…
FOODlog #135: Nasi Kandar Utara @ LunchBear Went for lunch at Lunch Bear again. This time with my Mum. My mother's mom (my grandma) recently passed away, so wanted to spend some time with my Mum just to keep her company and give some emotional support. What better way to do so with some good food. We ordered 4 different dishes to share amongst the both of us and the portions here are generous at a very very fair price. We ordered their curry fish which came with some ladies…
FOODlog #136: Yi Mee & Roasted Pork Belly (Siew Yuk) Last Saturday my Mum went to the market to get some food supplies. She bought back lunch for me which were Yi Mee and Siew Yok (roasted pork belly). I don't usually eat Yi Mee if I was the one buying the food but every now and then my Mum buys me Yi Mee which I actually do really like. It's a noodle dish that's made with egg noodles sort of having the texture like Japanese Soba noodles but thicker than Soba noodles. It had…
FOODlog #137: Homecooked Clay Pot Chicken Rice The other day my wife's youngest sister came to our house for dinner. She's having her internship here in Kuala Lumpur for 6 weeks so we had her for dinner. We made clay pot chicken rice without the clay pot and in a rice cooker instead. We also made roasted chicken thighs that were marinated with the same marinade as the sauce for the rice which were soy sauce, oyster sauce, and dark soy sauce. I oven roasted the chicken at 200…
FOODlog #138: Oven Baked Chicken Breast with Carrots & Potatoes Last week I cooked lunch for my family and my Mum. I bought some chicken breast a couple of weeks back and cooked them last week. I didn't have more ingredients that I wished I had and used whatever I had in hand in the pantry and fridge to make a full meal which turned out tasting really wonderful. For the chicken breast, I marinated them liberally with smoked paprika, salt, and white pepper. I pan seared them…
FOODlog #139: Steamed Pork Belly and Stir Fried Broccoli Cooked lunch for my family last week. My Mum went out with my aunt and she mentioned that she'll be buying back dinner so I made a simple lunch which was enough just for our lunch. Much easier cooking just for 1 meal with lesser prep which saves a lot of time. I also picked easy to cook stuff which were pork belly and pork tenderloin sliced thinly and steamed with salt and white pepper. I simply lined it in a metal…
FOODlog #140: Yong Tau Foo Restaurant since 1974 My Mum bought some delicious 'Yong Tau Foo' from one of the oldest restaurants that's been serving it since 1974. They've been the go-to place for 'Yong Tau Foo' as the quality has always been consistent. The price nowadays has since increased to RM2 per piece which when I was a kid it was 50c per piece. Still affordable in my opinion considering you're getting top quality 'Yong Tau Foo' with lots of fillings in them. They are…
FOODlog #141: Domino's x Genshin Impact Collab 2 Sundays ago me and my family went for lunch at Domino's. Me and a friend wanted to get some of the merchandise of a game we play called Genshin Impact which Domino's had a collab meal with. The meal's name was titled 'Emergency Food Combo' which is quite funny and yet catchy too. We got the 2nd meal which was 2 pizzas, a garlic bread twist, 6 pieces of chicken wings, a 1.5L bottle of Pepsi and the Genshin Impact merch which…
FOODlog #142: Japanese Curry with Chicken & Potatoes Mum cooked some delicious Japanese curry last week. She cooks for the family Japenese curry every now and then coz we love it and it's fairly inexpensive to make since we get a ready made Japanese curry stock block and all you need to do is adding in water and other ingredients you like. For this round she cooked the curry with chicken, potatoes, carrots, and onions. I do make this dish too with the exact same ingredients…
FOODlog #143: Korean Inspired Pan Seared Chicken Breast Cooked the remainder of the chicken breast I got a couple weeks ago for lunch last week. I made some Korean inspired dish but using chicken breast instead of the thighs or wings and instead of deep frying, I pan seared the chicken breast. I marinated the chicken breast for about 10-15 minutes simply with some salt and white pepper. I then pan seared it on a hot pan for about 2 minutes on each side then removed the…
FOODlog #144: Nasi Kandar Malaysia Last Saturday me and some of my friends went for basketball. It's been quite some time since we last went for basketball due to busy schedules as well as terrible weather in the evenings. After basketball we went for dinner at our go-to place we usually head to after playing. I really love their 'Nasi Kandar' which is an assortment of curry and dishes you can choose from to have together with rice. They serve really good curry that's…
FOODlog #145: Chicken Rice Last Sunday after church, me and some friends went for lunch at a newly opened hawker stall eatery nearby. They serve some local Chinese food like fried rice, chicken rice, and a variety of noodle dishes. Since it's our first time there, we don't know what is good or not so we just ordered whatever we felt like eating. I ordered a plate of steamed chicken rice. The meal came with the usual items that comes with a chicken rice like the steamed rice…
FOODlog #146: Neopolitan Woodfire Pizza @ Heritage Pizza KL Some of my friends brought me out for a birthday dinner last Sunday. They took me to this place called Heritage Pizza located in KL that serves Italian food and drinks like Neopolitan pizzas cooked in a woodfire oven, a selection of wine and beer, and also a nice selection of desserts like silky smooth gelato. There were 7 of us that went and we got 7 pizzas in total. Each pizza is around 8" and sliced into 8…
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