Yum Cha @ the BOH Tea Centre at Sungai Palas Cameron

We spent our CNY eve and the first day of CNY at Cameron, celebrating CNY with FL's relatives there. On the first day of CNY, after we had our breakfast at home, we decided to go out walk walk. Someone suggested the BOH tea farm so here we go!

There are quite a lot of ppl there..

the entrance of the yum cha place

the menu

a closer look at the menu, hmm,
price consider quite ok also lar..

different types of tea

cakes and drinks

hmm, the egg tarts and pies looks good

my teh tarik, RM 2.80

FL kept making fun of me said where got ppl drink teh tarik up there.. well, what's wrong with teh tarik? still tea what right? if i drink coffee then you said it's weird lar.. :p

FL's mango tea, RM 2.50

FL's brother shares a pot of tea with his wife.
forgot what tea, hehe, RM 3.30 per cup

roti bakar, RM 2
not sure why FL ordered this,
not nice lar, i can make better roti bakar. :)

butter lemon cake, RM 3.5

chicken mushroom soup, RM 7.50
hot dog, RM 3
carrot banana cake, RM 5

We actually ordered chicken pie but they gave us chicken mushroom instead. Their cake all taste ok, the best is the hot dog, it's soft and fresh. The rest just so so only..

Our bill adds up to RM 32.90. After sitting there for an hour or two, chit chat, enjoy the beatiful scenary and also the cool weather, we went back to FL's relative's place.

What a nice place for yum cha.. right? erm, i'm not talking about the food and drinks lar, i'm referring to the environment. hehe..

Homemade Fried spring onion pancake (葱油饼)

I dislike spring onion, dislike dried shrimp （虾米） but somehow, I love this fried spring onion pancake. hehe, strange right? It's actually very easy to make, but it takes time to fry.

You will need spring onion, chop chop chop..

if you like spring onion, you can put more.

shallots, chop chop chop

flour, don't worry, not the whole packet. hehe..

dried shrimp （虾米）

add the flour with water, mix well

(not too thick, not too watery)

add in all the ingredients and mix well. add in a little bit of salt.

We can now starts to fry.. heat up the frying pan/wok with oil preferably use non stick pan.

pour one scoop in, try to make it as thin/flat

slowly turn to the other side when
it turned to yellowish/light brown

Homemade Fried spring onion pancake (葱油饼)

There you go, a bowl like this can have 10++ pieces, it's cheap, it's tasty but it takes quite some time to fry. Taste great with chili sauce, try it out yourself some time!!

Uncle Sun's Chicken Abalone Soup

Uncle Sun's Chicken Abalone Soup

RM 6+ or RM 8+, i forgot.. hehe..

I only know how to cook a few types of soup, and it's getting boring. That is why I decided to buy a packet of this chicken abalone soup to try.

there's a packet of herbal stuff and a packet of
powder?? doesn't smell very good..

What we need to do is to boil a pot of water, add in chicken, and these ingredients. So after a few hours.. erm, I put into the slow cooker before I go to work and i got this when i'm back...

hmm, smells good. so does it
taste good?

erm, i think my boring soup taste better.
hehe...
have you tried any of these packed soup b4?

Let's have a cup of Chrysanthemum tea (菊花茶)

The weather is so hot nowadays, a lot of ppl fall sick. There's really nothing much we can do on the weather, the only thing we can do is try to avoid getting sick!

We probably will start with a little bit of flu, then sore throat, then fever, then serious flu and etc. So in order to prevent this to happen, boil some Chrysanthemum tea at home and drink as often as you can. It can prevent you to get sore throat, to get heaty, to get ulcers..

Chrysanthemum (菊花)
simply wash it with water b4 we boil it.

this is very useful.
i bought this at giant, RM2++
what's this for?

put the Chrysanthemum into the bag.
with this, we don't need to use sieve
to separate the chrysanthemum when it's ready
to drink. nice rite?

when the water boils, put in the bag.
let it boil for 15 minutes..

add in rock sugar
boil for another 5 - 10 minutes.

there u go,
a cup of Chrysanthemum tea (菊花茶)

Spinach (Bayam) with Gei Ji and Dong Guai

I love spinach and I love when it's cooked with gei ji and dong guai. How to cook this dish? Here's what we need.

Spinach (Bayam) 's leaves

Spinach's stem
I prefer to separate the leaves and the stem
because unlike the leaves,
the stem needs longer time to cook.

few pieces of dong guai.

Gei Ji
this is very good for our eyes!!

before we start cooking,
pour a glass of water into a pot, boiled it for
10 minutes together with gei ji and dong guai.

heat up the oil and saute garlic
when the garlic turned brownish,
add a little bit of soy sauce.

add in the stems.
stir fry for a little while..
add in a bit of oyster sauce.

add in the leaves, fry fry fry..

pour the boiled gei ji and dong guai from the
pot into the wok. stir fry for a while..

there you go..
spinach is full of vitamins and minerals and it's
not an expensive vegetable too.
so eat more..
popeye loves spinach too.. :)

Steam Fish with Gourmet Cooking Shao Shing Hua Tiao Chiew

I didn't know we can add the Gourmet Cooking Shao Shing Hua Tiao Chiew when we steam fish until I saw FL's mum using it when she steam fish. Guess what, it taste great too. I decided to try it myself... So here's what we need..

Gourmet Cooking Shao Shing Hua Tiao Chiew
and Sesame Oil

Fish

Garlic, chopped.

Ginger

heat up oil + sesame oil

saute garlic and half of the ginger.
when the garlic turned brown..

pour on top of the fish.
place the rest of the ginger
on top of the fish.

Add a little bit of oyster sauce and
a tablespoon of the
Gourmet Cooking Shao Shing Hua Tiao Chiew.

steam for 10 - 15 minutes.

Steam fish with Shao Shing Hua Tiao Chiew

The Shao Shing Hua Tiao Chiew helps to reduce the fishy smell. The steam fish definitely taste better when there's no fishy smell. Try it out, you will like it too.