:+: Happy Birthday Pa :+:

Belated post...

Won 4 tickets to the movies, Pirates of the Caribbean 3. Thanks to DiGi Fu-Yoh!, we celebrated Daddy's birthday differently this year. ^^ We had a SIMPLE dinner opposite Star Cineplex, Green Hill Kopitiam. We ordered lots of food, but only the Chu Bi (Glutinous/Pulut Rice) is worth blogging.

The Ang Tau (Red Bean) and Oh` (Yam) Chu Bies are the sweet type. The chu bi is sweet and chewy. The middle is soft and sweet. Everything sweet, makes you feel sweet too. *_*

The Toh Tau (Peanut) Chu Bi is the salty type. The chu bi and its peanuts are salty. I don't like this one because I prefer the sweet type ones. Hehe... In short, the Chu Bies are really DELICIOUS! The Taukeh-Nio just peng the chu bies and it has really nice fragrance. Yummylicious! Sangat SEDAP & WANGI! Gosh.. I want some now. *craving*


The Cha Kueh is just okay. I still prefer the Cha Kueh from Kenyalang Old Market. That's the best! Nombor Satu.

The inside of Green Hill Kopitiam are all green. All the sign boards are sponsored by Milo (Green)

The movie starts at 7pm, so we had our dinner at 6pm and hopped into the cinema at 6.30pm. Early birds get the worms. It's free seating, so, if we got there earlier we could get good seats (middle of the theatre). I wanted to grab the good seats to watch my favourite Jack Sparrow and Monkey Jack.

Overall, it was a great movie! Just as I expected. Now, I shall wait for POTC 4 (if there is). ^^

Although it was a simple evening, I'm glad my Daddy enjoyed it. Some of you even asked me, "Your parents can catch the movie meh? 1st and 2nd already watch ka?"

Haahaha.. I got some DVDs for POTC 1 and 2 and made them watch it. Otherwise, they 'no head no tail' keep asking me in the movies sure very pek chek. So, prepare them for the movies first mar.. ^^

Happy Birthday Pa~!!
(28th May 2007)

:+: Waiting at the entrance :+:

When I was editing this picture, I was laughing the whole time. Why?! Look at my Daddy. He pouted!! LMAO.. Tak Sangka!

:+: My Fav KY Cafe :+:

K. Y. Cafe is one of the Kopitiam I like to go ever since I was a young.

History:
*Dug some history from my parents*
KY Cafe was once a Chinese Traditional 'Pharmacy'. I guess Mr Kiu is a chinese tai fu. He of course came from China. In 1970 or 80's, because business was not doing well and also Mr Kiu's son came back from Taiwan, they Mr Kiu changed business to a kopitiam.

:+: KY Cafe :+:

Located in Sekama area, it's a corner shop and it is impossible to miss it. Very easy to find. It's right opposite the Sekama Dangdut, Karaoke centre. *ghey place*

Don't look down on such kopitiam. It has the best local food, ok?! The kolo mee, moi and liang teh are their best! Their business is so good that you will have to wait up to 1/2 hour for your meal.

:+: Noodles section :+:

These are the Kiu Brothers. The one on the left is the one that went to Taiwan. He went there to learn masak masak.

:+: Moi, Kueh Chap & Tang Hoon section :+:


:+: Moi with Egg :+:


:+: Moi with Century Egg :+:

Normally, I would come for supper. To enjoy moi of course. Their moi is the best I tell you. I still prefer the moi cooked by ah pek, Snr Kiu.

:+: Their Special Liang Teh :+:

Their Liang Teh is one of the best in Kuching. It tastes like cin cau without the jelly.

Now, I'm craving for moi and the liang teh.

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:+: Special Chew Chew Kopitiam :+:

Met Sam at the cafeteria this morning. I wanted to have some porridge for breakfast but tak ada stock. Cis! Sam suggested we hunt for some laksa at some ching chong chiew?! chew chew?

:+: Chong Choon Cafe lar.. Chew chew ._________.'' :+:

Something wrong with my ears...

It is at the same row as The Sun Delight and opposite this Digi-so-called-Centre? Anyway, it's right in the center of the town. It is easy to find if you know where Airasia office is.

:+: Look at the heavy clouds :+:


:+: Their Special is the Laksa. Even got 8TV sticker saying HAO! :+:


:+: The Yummylicious :+:


:+: Their Tec-C-Peng also Special :+:


:+: Tables & Chairs are also Special :+:


:+: The crowd is EVEN Special!! :+:


:+: Special Babe :+:



:+: Laksa Special. Teh-C-Peng Special. Anna Special? :+:


:+: The Taukeh also Special!! :+:

I LIKE THIS SPECIAL CHEW CHEW KOPITIAM! SO SPECIAL!

Thanks for introducing the place, Sam and..

THANKS FOR THE LAKSA!

Treat you nice goodie on our next hunt!

:+: Open Air Gu Bak Mee? :+:

A One Kopitiam in BDC, you know? The kopitiam behind Everise? Just drive to the back of Everise and you won't miss these two kopitiams, A One & B Two Kopitiam. I'll open a small stall beside them and name it C Three. blueks...

Went there couple of nights ago and there is this new stall selling Beef Noodles. The name of the stall is Ah Mei Niu Rou Mien and does that ring a bell? Open air? Ding Dong Ding Dong.. Ah Mui Gu Bak Mee in Open Air? DING DING DING!!

Looks similar with Ah Mui's just the kueh tiaw is smaller and there's no taugeh in the soup!
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:+: LOOK!! Even the sauce tastes the SAME :+:

Branching? Kena Ciplak?!

:+: Spring Beef Noodles :+:

I've been eating at Spring Garden since my kindy years. What's so special there? The 'Gu Bak Mee' (Beef Noodles) lar. Not just any beef noodles, it's Taiwan Beef Noodles. Originating from Taiwan even the tauke-nio is from Taiwan. Her husband is local. Sometimes, you see her son helping around. At times, her son runs the business. I prefer her. Haha.. More generous with the Gu Bak (beef) mar..

:+: The Pink Paper says, 'Closed on Friday' :+:

:+: Reasonable Price :+:

The noodles are all handmade. There are 2 kinds of handmade noodles. The thick penyet that looks like kueh tiaw and the normal round noodles. I recommend the thick penyet ones. More chewy~

:+: The Gu Bak Mee goes nicely with the special sauce :+:


:+: The Spicy Tauchio mixed with the noodles = SEDAP :+:

:+: The Thick Handmade Beef Noodles :+:

I have this very bad habit:
I like to cucuk my chopstick into my food.


:+: I love the preserved kiam chai (preserved vege) :+:

:+: Here's the location :+:

:+: Pan Ki Dim Sum :+:

Pan Ki Dim Sum is located in Sri Petaling, KL.

I like to eat dim sum here 'cause it's one of the best!

:: Cha Kueh :: Oh-Ni :: Fried Har Kao :: Yu Peng (Fish sticks) ::

The coffee is the best too. Unfortunately, when we were there for lunch, their coffee finished already. Only got Nescafe. We had Nescafe-peng instead. haihz...

:: Ta Pao (big pao) :: Nescafe-peng (extremely KAO) :: Lo Mai Kai ::


:: Their Ta Pao is really nice. Has lotsa ingredients in it (ie: egg, cha sio, etc) ::


:: Oh-Ni (Yam puff) ::
It's very good indeed. The outter layer is very very crispy and the inside is very very delicious.


:: Fried Ti Kueh :: Har Kao ::
Har Kao - One of my favourite. The prawns are very 'Q'


:: Chu Cheung Fun - Cha Sio Flava ::
At its best with the soya sauce + sambal

Really miss all these dim sums.. If only Kuching have such great place that serves GOOD dim sum.

:+: Foochow Breakfast :+:

Last time I used to go to this coffeeshop for breakfast every Sunday with my family. They serve Foochow food, Pork Leg Rice and Bak Kut Teh. Now, we rarely go there anymore because the Pork Leg Rice/Bak Kut Teh tauke moved to a new place. His Pork Leg Rice and Bak Kut Teh is very nice. My dad loves his pork leg very much, I like his Bak Kut Teh very very much. This tauke moved to his own shop. The kopitiam is next to the MAS building, the same block as Junction Corner.

Soon, Mr. Pork Leg Rice ex-shop evolve from some chinese name coffeeshop to Grandma Klang. Not far from here, there are new shoplots near the appartment. There is a shop called Madam Tang. For those of you who have been to KL or is living in KL, you would know of a popular dining area called Madam Kwan. Madam Kwan? Madam Tang? Madam Grandma Kwan-Tang? Hmm.. Just coincidence or double coincidence. Not like I'm saying they're copying names and all.. but they should try something more likely not coincidence to some people like me. Probably, Ah Ma Kwan or Tang Ah So or something. Just Kidding..

Grandma Klang specialized in Bak Kut Teh as shown:

I specially love their 'Chow Chai Hung Ngan' (in foochow) [Fried preserved vege with big bee hoon]. Simply the best~
Satisfaction: Yes

Look at that little boy. You can know how nice the Kam Pua Mee by the look on his face.
Satisfaction: Yes

Mee Sua [so called long life noodles. Usually we eat it during someone's birthday].
Satisfaction: No Idea

For some Foochow cuisine, I would like to introduce another place that serve great foochow food. It's somewhere in Ang Cheng Ho area called Happy Cafe (I think..) The Chow Chai Hung Ngan (soup) is the best! Very the ho liak (delicious).

Stingray vs. Slipper Fish

We were having a drink at Point One, BDC. Sadly, there's no fruit juice and food there, due to Gawai and they even have the next door restaurant's menu. Lionel ordered Hockien Mee Hoon which looked very dry and tasteless. Angel and I went to the coffeeshop near Point One to hunt for some Stingrays.

There's a BBQ stall and Mr. StingrayGuy insist that we take the big piece of stingray which is like 700g. That is so much, too much for the two of us. We requested that he cut that into half, but he refused and said we can finish it. Grrr.. Mr. StingrayGuy then took a smaller piece but it didn't look fresh so we rejected it. After a short consideration, we told him we'll come back later.

We headed to another seafood stall, called BBQ Seafood (something like that). There's no stingray. There were some fishes and three squids displayed. They were two black & white fish (Oh Pek Hu), some call it slipper fish aka Flounder (I think it's called Flounder). Found some information describes this sorta fish.

My definition: It is called black and white because the bottom side of the fish is white and the top is black.
Google's definition: Flounder keep near the bottom, swimming on one side, and the two eyes are both on the side that is uppermost.

Now at the market, it is RM11 per kilo. Here, it is sold RM3 for 100g, RM30 per kilo. See how people nowadays make money?

Well, I didn't take a picture before eating the fish, but I took a picture of it after we ate it. hehe...

Anyway, I managed to find the simple recipe of Ikan Panggang over the internet. Those of you who are interested, you can try them.

IKAN PANGGANG (Grilled Fish)

All over Malaysia and Indonesia, Ikan Panggang is a common and popular dish you will find, particularly in coastal and riverine areas. Good things come in small packets and using banana leaves is an easy way (and environmentally friendly) for the locals to wrap their fish and grill it. Using banana leaves, which you can find frozen at Asian grocers, semi-steams the fish and retains all the juices. It also allows you to add things to the package, like sauces, and not have them dripping all over your barbeque.

Ingredients:

1 medium sized firm fleshed fish (2 1/2 lb) such as flounder, mackeral, snapper, mullet or bream.

1 rectangular piece of banana leaf, large enough to fold over the fish and have extra room available.

Salt to rub over fish.

Method:

1. Clean fish, make diagonal cuts on each side.

2. Rub a little salt over the fish and into the cuts. This is optional and need not be done if you are using a saucewith a lot of salt in it.

3. Wrap fish in banana leaf, folding it over on three sides and and securing the banana leaf with toothpicks.

4. Grill or barbeque until cooked, turning several times to avoid the banana leaf burning. With a small trout approximately 4-5 minutes on each side.

5. Unwrap and serve with a sauce such as Sambal Assam, or on its own.