Petola(Luffa) With Carrot And Egg

Ingredients: Onion/Garlic, 1 Petola, 1 Carrot, 1 Egg, Corn Flour, Water

Petola (Luffa)

Cut cut cut..

Carrot

Egg, slightly beaten.

saute onion or garlic with oil.
add in a little bit of soy sauce.

pour in the carrot.
saute for a minute or two.

pour in the petola.
saute for 2 minutes.

add in some oyster sauce & water.
let it boil for 2-3 minutes.

pour in the egg.
saute..

add in the corn flour mixture
(1 teaspoon of corn flour + water)
saute..

ready to be served!

Eclipse Mints (Sugarfree)

I've always wanted to try this Eclipse Mints,

why? haha, partly is becos of the name..
(the java ide that i'm using also named 'eclipse')
it's not cheap, RM5.50 (50 mints)
the box is nice, the quality is quite good too...

if you like mints, i think u will like this too.
the smell of mint is very strong..
try to eat in an air con room.
haha....geng!!
i think i'll take quite some time to finish
this 50 mints lar..

Ginger Snaps from Marks & Spencer

bought this @ Marks & Spencer

few weeks ago, RM 8

I love ginger biscuits.. hope it's nice...
when i opened it,
the smell of ginger is quite strong...

it's actually quite nice if it wasn't too sweet..
there's just too much of sugar, you can even
see the sugar on the surface of the biscuit..
the biscuit is hard and sweet..
but the ginger taste is there...
hmm, just too sweet for me la..

Sore Throat? Try this!!

When you feel your throat is a bit uncomfortable, that's a signal.. a signal telling you that you gonna have sore throat. Sometimes we ignore the signal, we continue to eat spicy food or fried stuff and that leads us to sore throat. What happened when you have sore throat? some ppl choose to drink lot's of water, some choose to gargle mouth with salt water. Yes it helps, but very slow.. The sore throat got worst when you have ulcer on your throat.. when that happened, the only thing you can do is to go see doctor and get some antibiotics.

Let me introduce you this... my way of curing my sore throat. It works! If i drink this when my throat is feeling uncomfortable, i won't have sore throat. But sometimes we can't get the signal, so when we drink this after getting sore throat, it works too, but it'll take longer time.. so what's this amazing cure for sore throat?

yang shen xu - 洋参须
('yong sam sou' in cantonese)
+ salt
(for 1 person)

Put everything into a thermal mug, add in hot water, and drink it. Normally i will keep refill and refill the hot water till the taste of the 'yang shen xu' gone. I once had ulcer on my throat, i drink this for 2 days and my ulcer gone... I don't even need antibiotics!! It is very good when you feel heaty. Try it and you'll know it works!

Izzi Pizza, Pasta & Coffee @ PJ, Damansara Utama

FL told me about this pizza, pasta place when he's flipping through the brochures that comes with the maybank credit card bill. He said he went with his colleagues once and the food taste quite ok.

There's a promotion for maybank credit card holder. If your bill exceed RM60, you will entitled to get a 50% discount (of cos must pay with maybank credit card lar...). 50% discount? quite worth while wor.. therefore we decided to go try it out. We went to the PJ shop @ Damansara Utama, same row with the OCBC bank, 2 shops away from star bucks (or just beside, hehe i cannot remember.. ). There's also one in KL, but i'm not sure where. hehe..

Izzi @ Damansara Utama
we were there quite early, around 6pm..
there's only a few tables occupied.

the environment quite nice..
but i feel that their lights are too dim...
hehe... oh ya, they got free WIFI too..

this is their so called lemon tea..
basically is a cup of hot water + a tea bag..
RM6.80 leh..very the expensive..

very not nice lar the smell...
it's a herbal tea bag from lipton..

smell not nice, drink of cos not nice also lar..
but already ordered, so no choice lar.
die die also must finished it!! :p

Iced Cappucino, RM7.80
looks a lot nicer than my lemon tea rite..
taste normal lar.. like cappucino. hehe..

Chicken Steak with Pasta, RM 21.80
Looks nice, smells nice and taste nice too.
but very small portion..

Beef Bo Luc Lac, Rm 22.80
this one taste like normal fried beef with
white rice. not worth for the price.
beef very little, rice a lot..

The food there are quite ok but quite expensive. we purposely ordered expensive stuff so that our bill exceeds RM60. Take note, the maybank credit card promotion does not include beer & desserts. Therefore make sure the food you ordered exceed RM60 without including the beer & desserts.

The total of our bill is RM62+, luckily we asked them, else i really need to pay for RM62+. Why? The total bill is RM59+, only after added the 5% gov tax then it only becomes RM62+.. and of cos the maybank promotion does not include tax as well.. therefore we were forced to order another thing, just to make our bill exceeds Rm60 (excluding tax).

so we ended up ordering the
garlic bread, RM4.80.
we requested to take away..

So how much now? After 50% discount we need to pay RM33.60. I personally think it's quite worth to eat IF there are 50% discount, else, the food there are way too expensive, small portion and expensive!! Do you have maybank credit card? If yes, you shall go try it out.. but remember, RM60 must exclude the beer, desserts & tax!!

Husked Lotus + Ginkgo Biloba + White Fungus Tong Shui (莲子+白果+白木耳糖水)

White fungus are very effective in nourishing lungs and healing dry cough(润肺止咳). Eating white fungus with rock sugar and red dates helps prevent cold. It can also keep us healthy and keep our skin soft and young (健身嫩肤). The ingredients below are enough for 5-6 people. Let's see what we need..

Husked Lotus (莲子)

Ginkgo Biloba (白果, 又称银杏)

white fungus (白木耳, 又称银耳)

Red Dates (红枣)

soak the white fungus in water till it's soft.

wash the husked lotus, ginkgo biloba & red dates.
fill the slow cooker with water, pour everything in
and start boiling..

when the white fungus is soft and expanded,
we can removed it from the water.

the yellow part need to be removed.

when the husked lotus is soft, it's time
to add in the white fungus.

add in the white fungus.
you will only need to boil another 10 minutes if
you're using gas. As for slow cooker,
boil for another 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Add in rock sugar.

ready to be served!

Another cough remedy!! CUCUMBER!! ~ Part 3

I used 20 minutes to finish the cucumber that i cut into 8 pieces, so yesterday (the 3rd day), i decided to eat the cucumber just like tat, without cutting it. haha, oh yes, i finished it within 15 minutes time.. so for u guys that dislike cucumber, make sure you don't cut it into small pieces, else.. u'll suffer.. hehe...

so after eating cucumber for 3 days, erm, i'm STILL coughing.. guess this doesn't work for me, but as i said earlier, this works for ppl that cough at night, (i cough in the morning mar..) so cannot say anything lor..

for those of you that cough at night, probably you can try this lar. simple and cheap ..

Another cough remedy!! CUCUMBER!! ~ Part 2

After i ate the cucumber yesterday, i stop coughing already!! ya, i wished too.. of cos i'm STILL coughing la.. you think this cucumber so amazing meh.. eat one day can heal my cough!! hehe... I told my colleague i took 45 minutes to finish that cucumber, then she said, maybe you cut into too many pieces already. why don't you eat the whole cucumber just like tat?

hmm, maybe what she said is true.. i really cut into too many small pieces, ended up eating until very 'sun fu'.. so today, my 2nd cucumber i decided to cut into 8 pieces..

and guess what, it really works!! this time it only took me 20 minutes to finish the whole plate of cucumber! yay.. one more to go... :p

新万利 Bak Kut Teh @ Aman Puri Kepong

A lot of ppl told me Kepong is famous of Bak Kut Teh, but I was quite disappointed after trying a few @ Kepong. Well, to me it's just normal and it's more expensive. I still prefer the Bak Kut Teh @ Puchong.

We always passed by this 新万利 Bak Kut Teh @ Aman Puri Kepong but we never tried b4. So yesterday, we decided to try it, hopefully it's better than the one we tried @ kepong. We were there quite late, around 9pm... sat there for quite a while but nobody serves us.. there's not a lot of ppl.. after waited about 10 minutes, a gal with black face come served us. black face? ya, she showed us her black face and was very impatient while we ordered. I think if we asked a few more questions, she probably will hit us with her pen.. hehe... so we did not try any new things like big bone, or small bone. we ordered a vege, and normal bak kut teh for 2 person.

a very small plate of vege..
RM5, very expensive oh...

and the bak kut teh..
surprisingly, it's nice!! hehe...
the soup is boiled with 枸子, therefore it's very sweet,
and i don't feel thirsty after the meal...
so far it's the best bak kut teh i've tried
@ kepong area!!
(i still think the puchong one nicer. hehe..)
just one thing, the soup is not hot enough...

We paid RM 24.50 for a vege, bak kut teh for 2 person, tea ('hiong pin'), and 2 white rice. hmm, i definitely will visit this shop again, hopefully will not be served by the black face gal lar.. (other staff seems ok, just this particular gal!!)

Another cough remedy!! CUCUMBER!!

cucumber can cure cough?

I guess it's a coughing season, a lot of ppl coughing nowadays. one of my colleague told us that he used to cough at night, but after eating cucumber for 3 days, his cough cured!! are you serious? ya he said no more cough... well, although mine is morning cough.. no harm trying mar.. right?

I already tried the barley cough remedy, but it doesn't work for me, well, i guess my cough is not dry cough gua.. he said eat cucumber with the skin and seed together with some salt continuously for 3 days and tah-dah.. no more cough cough cough.. so this afternoon, i went to giant and bought 4 organic cucumber. why 4? well, in case 3 not enuf for me, can eat one more lor. hehe.. one packet - 2 cucumber = RM 2.39. I bought 2 packets. I don't really like cucumber, sometimes i don't even eat those cucumber that comes together with the chicken rice.. well, should be ok gua, eating cucumber just like tat...

cut cut cut and eat with salt.
at first i thought it'll be pretty easy to eat
one whole cucumber by myself. but I WAS WRONG!!!
it took me 45 minutes to finish this plate of cucumber..
argg...i hate cucumber.. :p
whether it works for me? well, i'll tell you 3 days later..
hehe.. (~sigh..still got 2 to go.. )

17 plastic containers for only RM ??

Guess how much are these plastic containers? It's only RM15!!!!! 17 plastic containers from IKEA, comes with different sizes only costs RM15!! The quality of the containers not bad except the lid, hehe.. microwave oven safe (exclude the lids), dishwasher safe.. it's really worth it.

I like the small small containers, it's very useful for storing chopped garlics or onions or even chili paste/belacan!! Of cos you can't compared these containers with tupperwares lar.. different price mar.. but then again, i think these are quite good for storing things in fridge, like seasoned meat and etc. I used the big ones to store the opened meehun & mee. Looks nice and neat in my cupboard too.

Check it out at Ikea, not sure whether still got or not. hehe... oh ya, this is NOT a sponsored post.. :p

The Corn Soup (Jagung Soup)

Let's prepare this simple jagung soup, it's easy, simple and tasty!! Let's see what we need...

well, u need jagung!! hehe..
cut into small chunks..
I used 2 jagung here..

put everything in a pot, add in some red dates.
you can use either chicken ribs or pork ribs to boil.
to me, pork ribs taste better!
boil for an hour or two. add some salt.

there you go!! simple and yummy..
but remember, don't eat too much jagung,
it's very acidic!!

Lover's Fruit (Buah Cinta)

Have you seen this?

It's called the Lover's Fruit (Buah Cinta).
Ms.Q bought this @ Cameron,
5 for RM 1 and she gave me one to try..
Well, I heard of this fruit but i never see or
eat b4.. let's try...

she said the skin needs to be removed.
so i peel off the skin...

hmm, it's bitter.
let's see what's inside.
wow, a lot of seed...all can be eaten.
i used a spoon to korek the inner part of this fruit.
it's sour and bitter!! wow, totally
unacceptable.. hehe...
well, at least now i know how buah cinta
looks like and how it taste. hehe..
go try if you never taste b4!!