Dinner #25

Ingredients:

• Ladies finger
• Dried Chili
• Chopped Garlic
• Chopped Chili Padi
• Salt to Taste

Ingredients:

• Red Snapper
• Curry Powder
• Salt to Taste

Ingredients:

• Cooked Rice
• Long Beans
• Salted Fish
• Dark Soy Sauce
• Salt to Taste

Dinner #24

Tonight's dinner pretty simple. Coz I only managed to boil the Arrowroot with Corn Soup. The rest were bought from the market.



Ingredients:

• Arrowroot
• Corn
• Spare Ribs
• Red Dates
• Salt to Taste

I boiled the soup on high heat for 2 hours and on low flame to simmer another 3 hours.



Mui Choy Kau Yoke

The verdicts:

• Mui Choy tasted artificial.
• The meat was ok.
• Overall it's salty even it was taken with steamed rice.

Satay - Beef & Chicken

The verdicts:

• Beef was tender (a bit dry due to it was in the fridge overnight and was heated up in microwave.)
• Chicken was still juicy and tender.
• Tend to bite into some bits of blended lemongrass as it was part of the meat marination.
• Gravy very nutty and creamy. Combine with the sambal provide, it make the perfect match.

Dinner #23

Came across some Pucuk Paku (Midin), Watercress and Parrot Fish in the market. So, that's for our dinner on 30 August 2010.



Ingredients:

• Parrot Fish
• Young Ginger
• Scallion
• Parsley
• Light Soy Sauce
• Chinese Cooking Wine
• Sesame Seed Oil

I cooked it on high flame for 5 minutes then flame was turned off and simmer for another 5 minutes. Parrot fish has very soft texture and sweet flesh.



Ingredients:

• Pucuk Paku (Midin)
• Blended Chili & Onion
• Salt to Taste

Ingredients:

• Watercress
• Red Dates
• Salt to Taste

Dinner #22

Since we're on the rush, decided to have Fried Noodle on 27 August 2010.



Ingredients:

• Dried Noodle
• Siew Yoke
• Char Siew
• Dried Mushroom
• Choy Sum
• Carrot
• Chopped Chili Padi
• Chopped Garlic
• Light Soy Sauce
• Dark Soy Sauce

Dinner #21

Dinner we had on 26 August 2010.



Ingredients:

• Lotus Root
• Corn
• Chicken Thigh
• Red Dates
• Salt to Taste

I boiled it on high flame approximately 2 hours and on low flame for the next 3 hours. Outcome... superbly sweet!

Dinner #20

Had Fried Bihun on 25 August 2010.



Ingredients:

• Bihun
• Prawns
• Carrots
• Chives
• Fish Cake
• Dried Mushroom
• Chopped Garlic
• Chopped Chili Padi
• Light Soy Sauce
• Dark Soy Sauce
• Fried Egg

Dinner #19

Ingredients:

• Mee Suah
• Chicken Meatballs
• Fried Onion
• Salt to Taste

Dinner - 17 August 2010

Spicy Mushroom Soup & Black Glutinous Dessert.



Ingredients:

• Oyster Mushroom
• Enoki Mushroom
• Baby Radish
• Chili Padi
• Lemongrass
• Chives
• Scallion
• Parsley
• Salt to Taste

Ingredients:

• Black Glutinous Rice
• Water
• Sugar
• Pandan Leave
• Coconut Milk

Dinner - 16 August 2010

Salad for dinner.

Ingredients:

• Carrot
• Zucchini
• Romaine
• Avocado
• Tomato

Dressing:

• Orange Juice
• Yellow Mustard
• Honey
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Dried Basil
• Onion

Dinner - 12 August 2010

We had Pan Mee Soup for dinner - His & Her version :)

Ingredients:

• Pan Mee
• Spare Rib
• Dried Anchovies
• Choy Sum

Hubby's with egg and chopped scallion.





Bought these from the market. The round meatballs was tastier compared to the crab meatballs.

Dinner - 9 August 2010

Tonight's dinner - Chinese Cabbage Soup with Meatballs.



Ingredients:

• Chinese Cabbage
• Meatballs
• Salt to taste

Dinner - 8 August 2010

After a long day out, can't decide what to have for dinner. We ended up with INSTANT NOODLE!!!



Ingredients:

• Instant Noodle (Mine was Mamee Perisa Ayam. Hubby had Cintan Original)
• Fried Eggs
• Grilled Luncheon Meat

Dinner - 5 August 2010

Radish & Old Cucumber Soup which I boiled over 2 hours.

Ingredients:

• Spare Ribs
• Radish
• Old Cucumber
• Dried Cuttlefish
• Red Dates
• Salt to Taste

Stir Fried Vegetable with Dried Chili.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli
• Cauliflower
• Asparagus
• Dried Chili
• Habanero Chili
• Chopped Garlic
• Salt to Taste

Deep Fried Fish.

Ingredients:

• Fresh Ikan Kembung
• Salt to Taste

Dinner - 4 August 2010

Decided to make Pasta ala Wendy's Style for dinner.



Ingredients

• Fusilli
• Asparagus
• Broccoli
• Dried Chili
• Habanero Chili
• Chopped Garlic
• Dried Italian Herbs
• Dried Basil
• Grounded Black Pepper
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Salt to Taste

Dinner - 3 August 2010

Dinner was Fried Noodle.



Ingredients:

• Dried Egg Noodle
• Choy Sum
• Egg
• Chopped Garlic
• Dried Chili
• Habanero Chili
• Salt to Taste

Dinner - 2 August 2010

Tonight's dinner - Seaweed Soup and Fruits.



Ingredients:

• Seaweed
• Egg
• Foochow Fish Balls
• Chopped Spring Onion
• Salt to taste

Dinner - 29 July 2010

Tonight's dinner - Soup Noodle

Wasn't too sure what I was trying to cook. But it turned out quite ok.



Ingredients:

• Pan Mee Noodle
• Spare Ribs
• Dried Anchovies
• Dried Scallop
• Baby Choy Sum
• Dried Mushroom
• Meatballs
• Salt to taste

The verdicts:

• Too much dried anchovies and should remove dried scallop - taste a bit too "sweet" and fishy.

Dinner - 28 July 2010

Simple dinner - Steamed Crabs and Steamed Otak-Otak.

Went to Puteri Mart wet market and got a pack of pre-packed Otak-Otak and 2 crabs.



The verdicts:

• Doesn't have the homemade taste - lemongrass, chili, shallots and santan.
• Has very strong taste of curry powder.
• After a few bites, it's ok.
• Lots of fish fillets in small pieces.
• It's firm even though I steamed it a bit longer than I should.

One of our favorite dishes - Steamed Crabs. Hubby & I like eating fresh steamed crabs. Saw some crabs in market and decided to buy 2 which weight almost 1kg.



Method:

• Clean the crabs and steamed on high heat for 10 minutes then turn off flame and simmer another 5 minutes.

The verdict:

• Sweet and juicy!
• Shell very tough. Meat firm.
• Hubby used the crabs stock to cook his instant noodle :D

Dinner - 26 July 2010

Tonight another so-called diet meal - Herbal Soup & Steamed Fishes. Hehehe...



Ingredients:

• Chicken
• Red Dates
• Dried Longan
• Dried Fig
• Huai San
• Yu Zhu
• Cordyceps
• Wolfberries
• Ginseng Roots
• Salt to taste

Ingredients

• Fishes - Baby Red Snapper, Kamkuey, "Dunno-What-Fish" (probably Baby Grouper)
• Shallot
• Garlic
• Ginger
• Dried Chili
• Chili Padi
• Wolfberries
• Canola Cooking Oil
• Sesame Seed Oil
• Light Soy Sauce
• Chinese Cooking Wine

Steamed fish on high heat for 5 minutes then simmer with no heat for 5 minutes.

The verdict - Fishes:

• Kamkuey (Jack Fish) flesh was a bit dry for my liking. It's like the black pomfret flesh.
• Baby Red Snapper was sweet and juicy. Nice when steamed.
• "Dunno-What-Fish" (probably baby grouper) has the flaky flesh which I like. And it's was sweet, creamy and juicy similar to cod.

Dinner - 23 July 2010

Tonight's dinner Spaghetti Bolognese ala Wendy's style... :D





Ingredients:

• Spaghetti
• Minced Beef
• Fresh Tomatoes
• Celery
• Yellow Capsicum
• Onion
• Tomato Puree
• Dried Bay Leave
• Italian Herbs
• Salt to taste