Curry Chee Cheong Fun

One day at work, my sister had curry chee cheong fun that was tapau-ed for her by her colleague and started raving about it. So of course I had to get her to take me go try it! Have this thing for dry curry anything, noodles, chee cheong fun, wan tan mee... hehehe.... 

Off we went to Damansara Kim, it's the area behind the Damansara Specialist Clinic opposite to TTDI. There's this cheery li'l lady who mans her stall in a coffee shop (didn't get the name of coffee shop)... who managed to up sell us RM12 worth of chee cheong fun goodies, as pictured below: 

 

▲ the chee cheong fun stuffed with turnip and dried shrimp with kari sauce

▲ view from the top of the stuffed chee cheong fun

▲ the other chee cheong fun stuff which i'd much prefer to be all mixed 

together with the kari sauce but she made it dipping style instead

▲ the little boy sitting at table behind Yen who kept flirting with her... hehehe

he would look at her and when she looked at him, he would look away, playing

hard-to-get... hekeke... will be a charmer

Conclusion: curry sauce was yummy... next time we go, will get aunty chee cheong fun to mix everything up together with the sauce and add extra sauce too :)

Chicken in a Biskit

Lookie what we have here:

Was strolling in the Village Grocer yesterday night picking up some things quickly just before heading back home after dinner when I saw the box of chicken in a Biskit pictured on the left. What was this - a new packaging? The picture of the biscuits in the front of the box certainly looked familiar. But I was more used to the friendly green packaging seen in the right picture. It looked... slightly wrong? And I couldn't help the slight feeling of betrayal as a consumer. 

Having spent a good number of my development years living in Sydney, Australia, I kinda grew up on Chicken in a Biskit in a green box. So there was something about me (well, not just me...) and Chicken in a Biskit. It used to be a sure item on our grocery list for Woolies (short for Woolworth's) while living in Australia, but back here in Malaysia, it's such a luxury. When it was first made available in the Village Grocer in BV, it was a piece of news worthy of an sms from my friend when she saw it selling there. And, of course, it's also a luxury in terms of price - the price for one blue box was RM17.90!!!!! OMG! *faints* 

Just.couldn't.justify.my.chicken.in.a.biskit.craving.for.that.price!

And because I haven't had it in such a long time, I had to borrow this photo of the actual bikkies inside the packet from here: 

I always ate them by putting the whole piece into my mouth and then slowly suck the salty chickeny flavour off each piece of biscuit while it melted in my mouth. hahahhaa... so anyone coming back from Australia with suitcase space to spare for some salty bikkies? *puss in boots pleading eyes*

Note that this it THE Chicken in a Biskit by Nabisco, not the one by Arnott's.

Premium Parking

Did you know that most of CIMB's premium/preferred customers rode motorbikes? Nor did I, but it certainly looks that way from all the motorbikes parked at the TWO spots supposedly reserved for premier customers of the bank. Check out the photo below:

It's taken with my camera phone, so you have to squint a little to see round 'CIMB Preferred Customers Only' sign at the sidewalk, right behind all the bikes. Just in case you were wondering, this is the CIMB Lucky Garden branch.

CIMB was thoughtful - they reserved TWO spots! but alas, two spots are obviously not sufficient, not even for ONE car. 

Wonder what's the demographics of the preferred customers at other CIMB branches? 

My First Painting

Have finally started on my painting project! hahaha... i've been wanting to do this for a while. I bought a small canvas quite a few months ago (maybe at least 6 months?) but didn't buy the paint at the same time. Coz I figured that I'd want to know what I was painting first before splashing out on all the colours of paint in the store So that meant requiring me to decide on what to paint and then drawing it out first. 

I finally drew my picture last week and went to Czip Lee Plus in Bangsar to get paint brushes and acrylic paint. Urm why acrylic? I just got the impression that they were 'solid' colors, cause I know I didn't want to do watercolor style painting. That's about all I knew about acrylics. And as i started on my painting, I mixed the color in with some water and then wondered - hurm, do acrylics take water? hahaha.. that's how much I knew about acrylics. Anyways, i later wikipedia-ed it and yes, you can thin out acrylics with water. But once it dries, there's no way you could thin it out again with water.... quite different to paints I used when I last painted in school for Art - more than 15 years ago!

Anyways, here's a photo of my finished product (on the right) and one that I had started but not yet finished (on the left). I need to get blue paint to finish up the butterfly one on the left. I think the butterfly wan looks rather pretty with the colors. Oh yea, i can't really take all the credit, cause I generally draw out a copy of a picture I want to paint after googling images. :)

Conclusion: it's been really enjoyable.... as I am not very good with sitting still doing nothing - actually this 'restless' feeling happens on and off. Like for example, i couldn't just sit still and just watch tv, i would have to be doing something else, like maybe paint my nails or something. And now, doing the painting really allowed me to use up that energy. Guess I just have restless fingers.

Maybe after i get the hang of some techniques, will graduate to a bigger sized painting :). As you can see, there's not much artistic ability involved so far, just merely making sure I apply colors within the lines. hahahaa... :P and that's what my husband said - why so commercial wan? not artistic at all.. humph....

Egg tarts

It's soft on the inside, it's a fluffy pastry on the outside, it's about the same diameter as a good sized mandarin.... it's.....

John King Egg Tarts

Food, food, food!

warning: non-halal and mentally disturbing photos of food to follow, ie, may cause cravings. 

Am not so much a foodie as someone who just likes taking nice photos. So, I never really do food reviews about places I've eaten at, although I may take photos of the food. I don't really do photography reviews either, since am not a pixel peeper (learnt this term from my brother, who is more of a photography geek than I am... he certainly has more gear than me! :P). And I am a canon user through and through... so the conversations with Nikon DSLR users also pretty much stop when they say, "I have a Nikon". No point me asking what model, cause I can't/don't keep track of the different digits and numbers for the Nikon dslrs.

But this post is a bit about both food and photography, as it's mainly a post about foods we've indulged in over the last week or so... food makes such good photography subjects - they always look good!

▲ the deconstructed salmon yee sang at Sun Yau Tak Ding, TTDI

▲ marble cheesecake we had for Larry's birthday at Secret Recipe

▲ have u seen a more perfect slice of roast pork? roast pork on mustard 

sauce at Grand Imperial, Bangsar Shopping Complex

▲ two little dumplings sitting in a basket.... ho hum ho hum..... 

xiao loong bao at Grand Imperial, Bangsar Shopping Complex 

(not that good - bit dry, not much soup inside the dumpling)

▲ smoked duck breast salad at Dish, Dua Annexe

▲ Foie gras at Dish, Dua Annexe

▲ apple fritters with vanilla ice cream, Dish @ Dua Annexe

▲ molten chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream and some strawberry compote, 

Dish @ Dua Annexe

▲ complimentary passionfruit marshmallow and chocolate truffle, 

Dish @ Dua Annexe

oh ya, like any other photographer, I don't like it when people use my photos :P. So no stealing and all credits please. :)

Heatwave

▲ it's so hot, mommy! where's the air cond? 

Our air cond compressor has been out of action for the last week and a bit!! :( our air cond man has diagnosed it as being a faulty compressor, and since it's still under warranty, we have to wait for the technician from Panaasonic to come inspect the damn thing.

Coincidentally, this is also the first time am experiencing the full blown CNY weather in KL! aargh... it is hot hot hot hot!!!!!! husband and I managed a few nites sleeping without the air cond in our room. But i gave up after sweating through my pyjamas one night. So we are now camped out in the other room which has a working air cond unit! *relief*

Picture above of the pooch was when she suddenly rolled over onto the back as if she was too hot lying in the room without the a/cond. After that i opened the door and she beckoned me towards the room with the air cond - she knows it from having slept in it the last few nites. She walked right into the room, had her drink of water and then headed under the bed.... :)

▲ think it'll be cooler under the bed... 

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Just realised that I hadn't been sitting still whiling away the hours of the day of CNY for a long time. My family and I have been holidaying during CNY for the last many years. Anyways, here are some photos to mark the festivities so far:

▲ roast pig for CNY Reunion Dinner at Pik Wah Lau at MABA

▲ cutest ang pow packets from Bangsar Village, my favourite this year

Oh ya, today, Valentines' Day, also marks the day that husband and I got together a whole decade ago. There were no flowers, no fancy dinner, no other fancy presents.... and photo below depicts what our relationship have become: 

▲ hehe.... cyber love... what to do, the internet permeates our lives

Anyhoo, spent the day playing games - Wii, cards and mahjong :) ... conclusion: was a rather "productive" day today. :) Wouldn't mind if this kind of an 'income stream' lasted for a bit... :)

Happy New Year, Gong Xi Fa Cai, San Lin Fai Lok.....

Lunch was....

Kari wan tan mee at Old Town Kopitiam

Did you all know that Old Town Kopitiam started serving up wan tan noodles? they come in various combinations, there's the normal usual dried stuff, but I go weak in the knees for good dry kari wan tan noodles.... so had this for lunch for the 2nd day in a row now.. :) yumm *slurp*

From left to right, you can see loitering above the egg noodles: deep fried wan tan (translation: dumplings), halal char siew (translation: kosher roast pork @ chicken), taufoo pok (translation: fried bean curd puffs) all sitting on yummy kari (translation: curry - ok ok, so i use my kari and curry interchangeably) sauce.

▲ slurped all the sauce up... yummy

  

▲ the egg noodles banner at old town                   ▲ that's how my father's shirt looked after

New Colors

Yea! Just got new colors from Color Culture, Bangsar Village II :). Went with sis with the intention to buy 1 bottle of new colour. Mom came along and we ended choosing 2 colours, until the sales girl said, if you buy 3 bottles, you get 1 free! So those are the 4 colours you see in the photo - from right to left: Kinky in Helsinki, Meet & Jingle, Royal Flush Blush and can't remember the name of last bottle, since it wasn't printed on a sticker stuck to the bottom. 

The middle 2 bottles were the first 2 colours we agreed on first. And then, we ended up with the other 2 bottles on the sides. My mom is now wearing Meet & Jingle on her feet and my sis just got Royal Flush Blush on her fingers. I've got the last color on the left - all very pretty colours! :) 

In case you all didn't know, buying colors from Color Culture is great because you get to test the colours out on your nails! Love it! That's one the hardest thing about buying nail polish colours, just like lipstick, because you never really know how they actually look like when you wear it, or whether or not you would like it on you. And the girls at Color Culture were very accomodating, didn't show any attitude about us trying so many colours. :) 

So, the 4 bottles ended up costing us a total of RM177 and with the 15% cashback with the Maybank AMEX credit card, it worked out to be RM37.60/bottle, compared to the normal retail price of RM59/bottle. For the price of 3 manicures, we got 4 bottles that we can keep reusing :). Am starting to get the hang of DIY manis/pedis too :). 

So now my collection of OPI stuff are as follows: 

▲  6 bottles (normal sized) and 3 small sized bottles in the Teeny Bikinis

 collection that I bought earlier. the blue in the front is sister's colour. 

Will be redoing the mani for a few of my finger nails before the CNY this weekend :). That way, I get to keep my mani on for quite a long time.