FOODlog #147: Korean Fried Chicken @ 4Fingers On Monday my family brought me out for a birthday dinner at 4Fingers, a shop that serves Korean fried chicken. I've never been to there before so I wanted to try it out. We got a few different types of chicken for our meal. We ordered their wings, boneless cubes of fried chicken, and chicken drumsticks. All of them are coated in the same sort of sweet garlic soy sauce. It had a really crispy and tasty exterior however the chicken…
FOODlog #148: Sweet Dessert Soups @ Sweet Bowl Cafe After having some Korean fried chicken for dinner, we headed to a cafe called Sweet Bowl. They are the only stall in this whole shopping mall that are a local cafe and they serve local favorites and have both sweet and savory food but they are known for their local Malaysian Chinese sweet desserts. They are closing their shop for good at this local mall on the 1st of October as the mall doesn't want to renew their tenancy…
FOODlog #149: Best Wantan Noodles In Kuala Lumpur Last week after sending my son to school early in the morning, I went to buy some breakfast for my family and a friend who lives nearby my house. I headed to a place called Shuang Ling that serves local Malaysian Chinese breakfast. One of the things that is really delicious there is their wantan noodles. This post isn't so much of the dish itself as I've written and posted about it before. I'll be sharing more of the…
FOODlog #150: Double Cheeseburger @ McDonald's Last week after picking up my son from school with my wife, we went to McDonald's to have our lunch. My son was having tuition after that so we had to have a quick lunch and there's a McDonald's on the way to his tuition center. So we headed there as it would be both quick and also convenient for us plus our son likes fries. We bought a Happy Meal for him that came with a drink, a piece of fried chicken drumstick, and fries. For…
FOODlog #151: How-To-Cook Chinese Stir Fry Stir frying is one of the ways we cook our food on a regular basis. A very basic pantry is needed. The items you need are salt, white pepper, oyster sauce, soy sauce, and dark soy sauce, and of course, oil. With just these few items, you'll be able to cook basic Chinese food in the comfort of your own home. Here is a lunch meal I cooked last week for my family. It's romaine lettuce that's been roughly chopped up and stir fried with…
FOODlog #152: Pork Burger @ Uncle Don's After picking up my son from school the other day, we went for lunch at a nearby shopping center at a restaurant named Uncle Don's. They have some branches around Kuala Lumpur and Klang Valley and are expanding at a steady pace. They serve Western food and also some Filipino dishes such as like sisig. Whenever I go to Uncle Don's I will order the same thing which is their 'Pork Burger'. It is one of their better items on the menu and…
FOODlog #153: Hash Wrap with Creamy Mixed Herbs Dressing Last week before my Mum went on a trip to south of Malaysia, she cooked a hash for dinner which we ate with wraps. The hash is made with luncheon meat cut into cubes, potatoes, minced pork and onions. All these are stir fried in a pan with some oil and seasoned with salt. It's a simple dish to make and full of flavor. The onions give it sweetness, the luncheon meat gives is a salty and savory flavor, and the potatoes…
FOODlog #154: Chicken with Ginger & Wood Ear Mushrooms My Mum cooked a super delicious lunch the other day. She made 2 dishes which were stir fried chicken with ginger and wood ear mushroom and a vegetable dish of long beans with dried anchovies and ginger. The chicken is cut into slices which you can use either chicken breast or chicken thighs. She used chicken breast. First some oil is heated in a wok and garlic and ginger slices go in. After they get fragrant, add in the…
FOODlog #155: Gochujang Egg Fried Rice Last week I cooked for myself some dinner on Sunday. I had some leftover rice from the previous day in the fridge so I decided to whip up a simple fried rice for my meal. I prepped some Chinese sausage as well which I removed the casing and cut them up into slices. I then heated some oil in a pan and cooked some minced garlic which will give it the fried rice a nice fragrance, then I add in the Chinese sausage and cooked them for about…
FOODlog #156: Malaysian Street Food Breakfast On the way back from sending my son to school, I stopped by a roadside stall to buy some breakfast home. These illegal roadside stalls are pretty much at every street and corner here in Malaysia. Of course although illegal, the authorities doesn't really enforce removing them as it's become synonymous with Malaysian street food culture. As you can see there are so many people getting their breakfast meals before they go about…
FOODlog #157: Sticky Pork Ribs Chinese-Style Last week I cooked lunch for my family. My Mum was outstation so I made lunch instead. I cooked 2 dishes, a meat dish and another vegetable stir fry. I cooked some Chinese style wok fried sticky pork ribs. First I washed the pork ribs by soaking it and rinsing it multiple times with clean water and the final round of the rinsing I soaked it in water that I added some corn flour in. I saw it somewhere where people selling steamed…
FOODlog #158: Fish Soup & Stir Fried Spinach On rainy days it's really nice to have a bowl of warm soup for meals. We've been having rainy season here in Malaysia and my wife cooked some really delicious soup for our meal the other day. It's a premix flavoring that you need to just add in water and you get an extremely delicious and flavorful broth. After which you can add whatever you like into the dish. For us we had loads of different fish meatballs and crab sticks which…
FOODlog #159: Rice on Banana Leaf with Curry Last Sunday I went for lunch at Banana Bros after church with 2 friends. It's been awhile since I last had banana leaf rice but it's definitely more often than before as now there's Banana Bros restaurant which is located nearby where I live. Used to have to travel to Bangsar for good quality rice on banana leaf but now after Banana Bros has opened in shopping malls around the area, it's so much more accessible to get good quality…
FOODlog #160: Sarawak Kolo Mee Last week my sister-in-law came KL for a concert so she stayed at my house a couple of days before she went to the concert and then back to her campus for studies. She was in Kuching at the time and when she came to KL, she brought along some packed Kuching local food here for me and my family's dinner. I only go back to Kuching with my wife once a year so it was a real treat that we got some delicious food delivered right to our doorstep :D…
FOODlog #161: Mainland Chinese Muslim Food Last week when my sister-in-law came to stay at the house, we bought some food from our favorite Chinese Muslim restaurant to have for dinner. It's been awhile since we last ate food from this restaurant so it was really a treat! We ordered their famous lamb ribs which are boiled then till tender then deep fried for a nice crispy exterior. It's then stir fried in dried chili, onions, spices, and peanuts. The flavors are extremely…
FOODlog #162: Chicken Rice & Roasted Pork Rice There was a public holiday last Friday here in Malaysia, so me and my friends went to play badminton together at a local badminton court. After playing we went for lunch together. We ate a hawker stall area nearby where I live. There weren't many stalls open maybe due to the public holiday so I ordered for myself and my son food from the chicken rice stall. I ordered for myself roasted pork and barbecue pork with rice (Siew Yuk…
FOODlog #163: Hakka-style Pork Stew Last week my Mum cooked a Hakka dish for our lunch. We don't eat this very often but whenever she cooks this, it's a real treat for us. It's a dish made with pork belly and preserved vegetables. She uses two types of preserve vegetables, a sweet preserved vegetable and a salty preserved vegetable. There are places that sell this dish but mostly only use the salty type. My Mum uses both and it gives more complexity and flavor to the dish…
FOODlog #164: Spinach Lasagna Last week I cooked my family lunch and dinner. I made a special dish that I used to serve for deliveries. It's my spinach lasagna. I really love both eating as well as making this dish as it has many different layers to the dish which I find very fun to make. This time though I made it with a little twist. Instead of lasagna sheets which I normally make from scratch using flour and eggs, I wanted a easier way to do it and was inspired by a dish…
FOODlog #165: Malaysian Roti Last week for lunch my Mum went out to buy lunch for us. She was craving for some 'Roti Telur' which is pan fried dough with egg (or without) that's a specialty of Malaysia. She bought them from this place nearby why we live which up until today we feel it's the best 'Roti Telur' anywhere. It's slightly crispy on the outside and fluffy and chewy on the inside but not only texture is great, the flavor of the dough is really nice as well. Like roti…
FOODlog #166: Black Pepper & Onions Lamb Stew I had a friend who's girlfriend's birthday was coming and he asked me if I could cook him some stew. So happen my brother had lamb chops that were in the freezer and already fully marinated ready so I cooked some lamb stew for him. The lamb chops were lamb shoulder cut into steak cuts and marinated with soy sauce, dark soy sauce, oyster sauce, black pepper, salt, and dried rosemary. I then prepped 500g+ of onions that I sliced…
FOODlog #167: Fried Rice Vermicelli (Bihun) My Mum cooks super delicious fried noodles. Whether it's thick noodles or rice vermicelli like this one she did the other day, they are super delicious. This 1 she cooked was with shiitaki mushrooms which gives the noodles a nice earthy savory flavor. Slices of pork tenderloin are also stir fried together with the noodles as well as some vegetables like carrots, garlic, onions, and some green vegetables. It's all stir fried in oil…
FOODlog #168: McDonald's Burger VS Malaysian Street Burger Recently McDonald's introduced their revamped beef burgers and had a promo on the day of release which was 15th October. I decided to go and have a try of their double cheeseburger as well as compare it with our local famous streetside burger - Ramly. The double cheeseburger tasted like how it always tasted only the buns looks little "nicer" but it'll take some getting used to as I'm already so used to the previous…
FOODlog #169: Soong Kee Beef Noodles 2 Sundays ago after church my family and friends went for lunch together at a beef noodle shop nearby our church. We found a nice spot to park our car nowadays whenever we go to that area for lunch as its always very jammed with traffic. We're now parking at a nearby park and walking to the eateries. For my lunch I ordered my go-to item which is egg noodles with minced pork and side bowl of beef meatball and beef broth. I added extra…
FOODlog #170: Sausage Wrap When my sister in law came over last month, she brought with her some frozen food made by her aunt. She made this super delicious meat roll that's stuffed with pork and mackerel fish and wrapped with bean curd skin. It freezes really well and all you need to do is pan fry it to eat. So you can actually premake this in larger quantities and it keeps in the fridge for up to 6 months or even more. My wife usually uses a hassle free way which is to…
FOODlog #171: Eggs on Toast Here at this cafe called Superluna which is located in Bangsar, they serve breakfast and lunch crowds. They have around 10+ items on the menu and a popular item that people order here are their toast. Since they are serving the breakfast crowd their toast is often what people order in the morning. They have 2 different types of toast which are their jam and toast and also eggs on toast. The toast they use is Sourdough bread and 2 slices are…
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