Archive for January, 2005

Dessert - Ee nya kueh

Monday, January 31st, 2005

Have you seen this before? It tastes great. Made of rice flour and alkaline water. The green one is made with pandan leaves and the yellow one is the natural colour left by the alkaline water. It is something like the yellow dumpling, called karn sui chung/kee chang. The gula melaka syrup cooked with coconut […]

Wantan Mee (non halal)

Saturday, January 29th, 2005

A bowl of wantan mee in Hongkong cost HKD24 = RM12
It has noodles, a few vege and a few wantan.
(kstang, you just returned from HK, tell me correct or not?)
A bowl of wantan mee in Penang cost RM2 only
It has noodles, wantans, some slivers of chicken, char siew, green chili preserved in vinegar, mushroom and […]

Best Hainanese Chicken rice

Friday, January 28th, 2005

Everyone knows chicken rice, eat chicken rice and love chicken rice. It is the most convenient and tasty too.
But real chicken rice is hard to come by. Those fast food outlets are a o.k. but still not authentic enough. The chicken should be the park-cham-kye/white chicken. Not roasted or fried or soaked in soya […]

Loh Bak

Wednesday, January 26th, 2005

What is Loh Bak? It is not lobak putih/merah but meat rolls.
Loh = anything soup that is made sticky with tapioca flour. Bak = meat. Shown in the photo is a plate of prawn fritters and squid fried in batter. The real loh bak is hidden under the pile as […]

Chai Kueh (vegetable cake)

Sunday, January 23rd, 2005

I have this for breakfast and since one of the KL blogger asked for a picture, here it is.

Chai Kueh or simply translated as vegetable cake is made from tang meen fun or gluten free flour and turnips. Not everyone can make this as it takes some skill to knead the dough to […]