Archive for July, 2005

Breadfruit/Buah Sukun

Friday, July 8th, 2005

This is another funny looking fruit. The other day when I wrote about the Chempedak, I received comments like :
“Gosh, that looks like something from outerspace”
and another person mistaken it for breadfruit.

I know breadfruit because it was mentioned in the children’s novel Robinson Crusoe or is the the other title where the whole family [...]

Terung pipit dan nangka muda

Thursday, July 7th, 2005

Terung pipit

I have not seen this tiny brinjal for a long time and was surprised to see them being sold in Tesco supermarket. It is called Terung Pipit or directly translated into English as sparrow brinjal. The size is slightly larger than green peas.
When I was small, my mother used to ask me [...]

A little bit of dimsum

Tuesday, July 5th, 2005

Dimsum needs no introduction. So, I shall just post some photos that I got recently.

This is the Hongkong Chee Cheong Fun with fresh scallops. To those who are not familiar with the making of chee cheong fun, let me explain the unique way of cooking it.
A watery batter of rice flour and water [...]