I was craving for Malaysian Food (including my mom’s cooking of cos!!!) since months ago and still am now.. So over some weekends, I came out with a few Malaysian dishes..
First is the popiah basah!
Sweet sauce (tim cheong) which I’ve used the Hoi Sin Sauce to start off.
Hoi Sin sauce + chilli sauce
Hoi Sin sauce + chili sauce + yam bean (sengkuang)
Hoi Sin sauce + chili sauce + yam bean (sengkuang) + fried onions
Hoi Sin sauce + chili sauce + yam bean (sengkuang) + fried onions + cucumber
Hoi Sin sauce + chili sauce + yam bean (sengkuang) + fried onions + cucumber + eggs
Wrap them up nice and neatly. One..
Two and three..
Open your big mouth and nom.. nom.. nom…!!
I should have put more filings in there so that it looks really huge!
I had 5 popiah and hub had 2 cos I was just too desperate for popiah at that time.
Tasted very nice of cos! Damn, feel like eating popiah now! How?
Next it’s the Nasi Lemak with Ayam Rendang!
Next I was craving for Loh Pak Koh… I did a SHIT job this time.
I was utterly disappointed and upset with myself.. I was almost in tears when I saw the Loh Pak Koh which looks like a piece of shit to me. Obviously I have put too much water or too little flour when steaming the raddish cake. So I had determine to cook it again this weekend.
Julian celebrated his first birthday yesterday at home. He was born on 30th September 08 and because it falls on a Wednesday hence why he had his birthday party on the weekend.
This is me with the birthday boy. Our godson.
This is the gift we got for him… A Fisher Price walker. He loves it!
Looks like he’s trying to tell me something? Perhaps a ‘thank you’ for the birthday gift?
Last Sunday was Father’s Day in Australia, however we had the celebration on Saturday because Hurricane was fully booked on Sunday lunch time. It was my 4th visit to Hurricane. First time was with my family at Hurricane Bondi and second time was at Hurricane Darling Harbour with hub and BIL’s birthday (their b’day is just 2 days away) and third time was also at Darling Harbour with my cousin’s family who came down from Brisbane for holidays. On Saturday, PIL, hub and I left home around 10.30am heading to Town Hall station by train.
We walked around Darling Harbour as our reservation was made for 12pm.
Pyrmont Bridge
Seagulls and I
Me with extra 5 kilos
We chose to sit at the balcony so we can have a good view of the Darling Harbour and also the Pyrmont Bridge.
We ordered one whole BBQ chicken (my fave!), one full rack of pork rib, one bowl of garden salad, one soup of the day with a complimentary of bread as a starter.
The Pyrmont Bridge is a swing bridge over Cockle Bay in Darling Harbour (part of Port Jackson) in Sydney, Australia.
The foundation stone was laid on 6 December 1899 by the Hon. E. W. O’Sullivan and the bridge was opened for traffic on 28 June 1902 by the Governor of New South Wales, His Excellency Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson KGB.
The engineer was Percy Allan (1861–1930). The bridge had one of the largest swing spans in the world and it was one of the first to be powered by electricity.
Engineers Australia has recognized the bridge as a National Engineering Landmark.
The bridge was closed to vehicular traffic in the 1980s, the traffic having been diverted over new freeway structures built further south of Cockle Bay, and it was then re-opened as a pedestrian bridge as part of the re-development of Darling Harbour as a recreational pedestrian precinct. It now also carries an elevated monorail which travels between Darling Harbour and the Sydney central business district. The monorail track rests on a pivot that allows the track to remain stationary while the bridge swings underneath, so monorails can continue to cross even when the bridge is opened.
This would be my first time watching the Pyrmont Bridge in the swinging operations. Check out the videos!
On Sunday, 6th September 2009 was our first year of anniversary and we celebrated at a korean BBQ restaurant in Eastwood.
Seafood pancake
Sauces and veg
Rice
Marinated squid, chicken, beef and king prawn
Veg
Barbeque with charcoal
Each table has a rangehood
Beloved hub
Such a shame that we do not have a picture together!
Anyway, we made it to our first year and can’t wait for many more years to come!!!
Hub and I occupied the whole unit this weekend. Hub’s bro (who’s staying with us) went to Cambodia for 2 months and PIL isn’t here. It’s so much relax and fun.
Anyway, we both woke up at 9.30am yesterday, had our “bak kua” breakfast and off we went for shopping by noon.
I’m ready for shopping
We went to King of Knives to grab some good bargains – bread knife, kitchen scissor and onion/garlic chopper.
$20 for the bread knife, $10 for the scissors and $8 for the chopper. We paid for a discounted price. I would say between 50% to 60% discount. We also bought some mandarin oranges.
We had a quick shopping cos I was planning to bake banana muffins in the evening.
Later at night, I cooked cantonese fried noodle for dinner.
This morning we woke up for the 10.30am mass and again, we went for shopping at Westfield. I have the Westfield Gift Card which will expired on 31.08 so I will need to spend it.
I had the Fresco Salad for lunch… The green stuffs is not wasabi! It’s mashed avocado! Yummy.. love it! And I spent my gift card on this Brita Jug.
6 filters + free a 2.4L jug for $49.50 from Roy Young.
It has been a long time since I’ve posted a photo of me with hub… Here it is.
We are coming back (to Malaysia) from 17.02 to 13.03!!!
I have officially gained 5 kilos and it’s not funny!
Usually when I know that I’ve gained weight, I’ll go for my veggies diet then my weight will drop like a kilo or two. This time is different. I can’t seem to resist the food temptation. Each time I eat lesser, I will end up eating more than usual. Now, I can’t wear 2 of my fave size 10 pants plus a Levi’s jeans and I’ll be giving it away to my SIL.
