The Discovery of Kienokuniya

Din Tai Fung 鼎泰丰 @ Mid Valley The Garden

2008-10-15T06:49:00.000-07:00

The first time i went to Din Tai Fung was months back in Singapore. It was nice and i decided to check out the one here in The Garden, located at lower ground floor.

The crowds

Dried chilli & ginger in vinegar

Xiu long bao!!!!! i think this is the best in town

closeup

erm... this one... vege dumpling, very dry.

pork bun, delicious

I love the pork chop, pork chop fried rice

wan tan ramen

Good quality serviette

Overall it was very nice, but a bit too expensive, can't remember how much liao.

Dragon One @ SS2

2008-10-02T11:03:00.002-07:00

Dragon One, located at SS2, few shops away from Murni.

Wanted to come here long ago but never have a chance, it's so difficult to find a parking around especially at night, most occupied by Murni's customers.

Well, Murni was closed today for Hari Raya, plenty of parkings are available...

The menu, the foods are similar to Dragon-i, Shanghai 10 etc...

Inside the restaurant

Another view of the restaurant

My favorite Jasmine Tea

Shanghai Dumpling... Xiu Long Bao. The taste was average

This is not bad, fried Cheong Fun

Dumpling in Soya Sauce

Chef recommendation, Crab roe Ramen... YUM! Taste like shark fin soup.

Dumpling Ramen... ermm... so so only

Not too expensive huh?

Noble House, Jalan Delima

2008-09-29T01:44:00.000-07:00

wowowo... a beautiful Sunday... a beautiful lunch... a beautiful buffet....

Noble House Restaurant (Chinese Restaurant), located at Jalan Delima, near Imbi, buffet @ only RM39++ per pax, come with a bowl of Braised Shark's Fin with Crabmeat & Crabroe... fantastic

The buffet table

and more

and more

and more...

and more (lobster salad)

and more (sashimi)

and more

and more.... and many many more.... aaaaaa.....

the shark fin soup

Peking duck wraps

Roaster pork...

Fried radish cake, fried cheong fun, fried dumpling

baby octopus

pork roll, this is super nice

chessy scallop

fish ball

Roasted duck

and what to call this

and more...

and more

and more

and more

and more... aaaa, i know this, lamb

sashimi

siew mai..... where's ha gao!!!????

fried pigeon

shark fin

grilled salmon

vege...

pork soup, it was nice, trust me

Fu chuk soya bean

Ai yu bing

watermelon...

and many many many many many many more...

Min Hong, Kelly & Gloria

full and satisfy!! i'll be back.

Re友nion

2008-09-29T01:07:00.000-07:00

20th September (not 6th), pot luck dinner at Chin's house. Re友nion, a very unique and creative theme for the night, by Chin... haha...

Here's the food....

Chicken wings and Jelly by Chong Zai

My favourite... Roasted duck... by Maggie

dang dang dang dang... my caesar salad!!

OoooOOooo... sushi by Leelee and Jackie.

Nuggets and cookies by Chin...

Yea... this is what i take, for the first round only.

I left early... need to rush back for MR2+, heard they had fun playing cards after dinner.... :(

Carbonara

2008-07-01T20:25:00.000-07:00

As requested by Miss How, here's the easy way of carbonara-ing your pasta..

Cheesy Carbonara (pic by unknown)

Ingredients:
Spaghetti (for 2 serving)
1 large egg
1 small pack of whipping cream (around 250ml or 300ml)
Bacon, sliced
Chopped onion
Salt
Black pepper
Parmesan cheese

Whipping Cream

Direction

1. Heat 4 quarts of water in a stockpot.

2. When water comes to boil, add in spaghetti or pasta and a tablespoon of salt, stir.

3. Cook until soft, drain the pasta.

4. Beat an egg in a big bowl, add in hot drained pasta and stir well.

5. Transfer pasta to warm serving bowls or plates, sprinkle well with parmesan cheese.

6. Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat until shimmering.

7. Add bacon and stir occasionally until lightly brown.

8. Remove excess oil and add chopped onion to the skillet and fried until fragrant.

9. Pour whipping cream into the mixture, cook and stir well.

10. Season the mixture with salt and black pepper, cook until boil.

11. Pour the mixture onto the pasta.

12. Garnish and serve!

Glutinous Rice

2008-06-17T03:56:00.000-07:00

After Lee Lee’s homemade glutinous rice, I decided to DIY my own too. I was trying to get some recipe from the internet; there are various methods which I have no idea which one to follow. Finally I choose the one with the best picture.

The evening itself after work I went to Cold Storage in Ikano Power Center to do my shopping for raw ingredients. Since Ikano is the nearest to my office.

Ingredients

I followed exactly the instructions in the recipe, it turned out to be a total failure. The colour is not dark enough, no taste, and too watery… yiak…

yiak...

The second attempt… I decided not to soak the rice overnight (while the recipe instructed to soak overnight), and not to sprinkle so much water on the rice while steaming. More soy sauce and dark soy sauce needed to make it darker and tasty of course. It works!!! It was so good…

Wow... yummy...

The recipe is as below, modified from the original one:

Ingredients
· 300g glutinous rice
· 6 medium-size dried mushrooms (sliced before cook)
· 1 spring onion, chopped (garnish)
· 1 Chinese sausage (lap cheong)
· 40g of dried shrimp
· 2 to 3 cloves of garlic, chopped
· 1 tablespoon of oil
· 3 tablespoons of soy sauce
· 3 teaspoons dark/thick soy sauce
· Salt
· A dash of sesame oil
· Water

How to make Glutinous Rice
Note: Wash and soak the glutinous rice in cold water for 30 minutes. Also soak the mushroom until soft before sliced.

1. Heat the wok to medium heat and add one tablespoon of oil.

2. Add garlic and sauté until it is aromatic.

3. Add mushroom, dried shrimp and Chinese sausage. Stir for a minute.

4. Add in the glutinous rice and stir for another 2 minutes.

5. Add soy sauce and stir well. Then add in the sesame oil and salt (little bit)

6. Add dark soy sauce. Make sure that the rice is evenly coated with the sauce.

7. Turn off the heat and transfer it to a heat-proof container/bowl/tin. Add enough water to cover one quarter of the rice.

8. Cover and put in a steamer for 30 to 40 minutes. Check the rice at least a couple of time in between cooking to make sure that the rice is not too dry. Sprinkle some water by tablespoon if the rice gets too dry.

9. Garnish with spring onion and serve it up!