Happy 2011

it's a new year!
hope it brings us endless
happiness, prosperity and continued success
all year long!
amin~

Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan - Edisi Sungai Petani

An hour left to 2011 ... so lets update the blog with this entry before the year ends!

Kan baru-baru ni pwincess baru balik dari SP ... haa ... SP tu Sungai Petani, bukannya Special Preview apa-apa taww ... punya laa syiok makan. siaplah jenuh nak exercise pasnih! orang kata, kat kedah ni susah btui nak cari makanan yang tak sedap .... betui kaa ....

So meh pwincess list down mana tempat yang pwincess jalan-jalan cari makan sepanjang berada kat sana eh :

1. Nasi Kandar Hussain

Kebanyakan bloggers kata nasi kandar yang paling sedap kat sungai petani ialah yang dijual kat kedai Nasi Kandar Hussain. Kitaorang pun pi lah nak try. Kedai dia dekat dengan pasaraya billion. Nasi kandar and naan tandoori dia .... marvelous! ;p

2. Char Kuey Tiow Chik

Ni pun based on bloggers' recommendation. Gerai ni open, berhampiran dengan stesen minyak caltex. Memang sedap arr char kuey tiow dia tapi seperti sedia maklum, portion size adalah sket, dan harga rm3 sepinggan.

3. Mee Udang Sungai Dua

Yang ni memang kena drive jauh sket ah .... pasal dia kat sungai dua. naik highway. restoran ni siap ada plaque JJCM TV3 tuh.


Kat sini ada udang and ketam, korang pilih la berapa ekor yang teringin nak makan, saiz besar ke .... kecik ke, pastu bitau dia korang nak udang/ketam tu dimasak kuah atau digoreng. Udang kat sini udang kertas tau. so, bestlah tu. tapi kena ingat! jangan main sedap je amek udang, pasal dia ikut berat kat penimbang. Mee kuah dia pekat dan sedap. Cuma sayangnye dia tak buat tempat tu cantik sket and letak papan tanda yang baru.

haa ... pilih ... pilih ...

mee kuah

big, fleshy, yummy

kucing gemok - maybe sebab hari-hari dapat makan udang?

4. RFC

Kata orang, tak sah kalau pergi sungai petani tak makan RFC. he he. tau ke ape tu RFC?

jeng jeng jeng ....


RFC tu Radix Fried Chicken. Ni ala-ala KFC la ni. bezanya antara dua tu ialah, RFC keluaran 100% tempatan, ayam yang digunakan bebas antibiotik dan dtg dari HPA farm sendiri, dan yang menariknya, semuanya ialah produk HPA. resipi tersendiri, cola HPA, sos cili/tomato HPA ... etc etc


ye pembaca-pembaca sekalian, saya bukanlah seorang ahli HPA. ;p

the meal looked similar to KFC, rasa pun hampir serupa. tapi sayangnya ayam spicy tu kekurangan seasoning, otherwise it would have tasted almost the same as KFC. harga? lebih kurang KFC gak aaa...

Ada satu lagi tapi tak dan nak try

5. Ikan Bakar Pengkalan

sedap, sedap, sedap!

tempat makan ni kat tepi sungai, dan kitaorang memang sampai waktu malam, tatau la caner rupa sungai tu, ok ke tak. tapi yang pasti, sepanjang kitaorang makan kat situ, takde bau.

we ordered ikan merah bakar, sotong goreng tepung and kepah cabai. sotong goreng tepung dia out, better makan kat Ana Petai kat Tg. Lumpur. tapi the other two dishes memang ooh la la betul lah.

6. Restoran Khaireez

Fuuuhhhh .... yang ni memang jadi tempat favourite pwincess sepanjang kat sp. i love their bihun sup utara special and kopi khaireez. gila babas sedap. kalau nak pekena bihun sup utara dia, mai waktu petang-petang naa, kalau datang awal sangat, dia tak siap rebus lagi segala kelempung, perut, daging. Restoran ni just in front of Parkson Ria.

7. Restoran Cendol Pulut Jo

Tried makan laksa kat sini ... menang lagi laksa Jitra mai. Tapi cendol pulut dia not bad. dah nama kedai pun cendol pulut, memang nak kena la kalau cendol pulut tak sedap kan. kan. kan.

Okaylah, that's the last entry before the year ends...Happy new year!

Ikan Patin Gulai Tempoyak Pak Usop

Baru-baru ni, masa on the way back to KL from Cherating, our conversation went like this:

Mr Prince: Lapar tak?
Pwincess D: Hmmm .... entah. biasa-biasa je.Kalau lunch, kat mana?
Mr Prince: Next exit, Temerloh. Ada apa ek kat Temerloh?
Pwincess D: Kalau Temerloh .... ikan patin lah. aper agi.

pastu pwincess pandang Mr Prince, Mr Prince pun pandang pwincess.

Mr Prince: nak?
Pwincess D: jommmmm!!!

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Temerloh memang dikatakan bandar ikan patin. ada orang tak makan ikan patin ni ... pasal dia ikan darat. Tapi since dah alang-alang kita dah lalu kat sini, nak rasa lah masakan ikan patin kat sini. Kitaorang decided untuk pegi ke Gerai Makan Pak Usop. Jenuh mencari lokasi dia ... tanya orang kat kedai-kedai pun depa tak pasti. ye ke depa tak pasti ... heheh. Seb baik terjumpa koordinat lokasi, thanks so much to dvpro, brother ni memang suka kumpul koordinat and helpful. At last, jumpe gak kedai ikan patin ni.

Kedainya terletak bersebelahan dengan sungai pahang, berhampiran dengan tapak pasar tani. Dibuka dari pagi hingga jam 5 ptg cenggitu dan tutup pada hari ahad. Masa kitaorang sampai, nampak ada satu periuk belanga yang besar tu ...and dia charge fixed price RM8 untuk sebahagian ikan patin. Sedap wooo ikan patin masak tempoyak Pak Usop ni .... pekena pulak dengan air jagung. Tapi Pwincess pesan awal-awal la ye, masak tempoyak dia pedas giler hokey ... swollen lips la korang pas makan, hehe.

*credit to ikanpatintemerloh.blogspot.com

So sape-sape nak try Gerai Pak Usop yg jual Ikan Patin Gulai Tempoyak ni, dia kat kawasan Gerai MPT Lurah Semantan, Temerloh. Koordinat GPSnya ialah: N3.44917 E102.42285.

Ni map untuk sape-sape nak refer :

*credit to dvpro

Fruit Tartlets

Here's yet another bake order!

Just thought of putting up another new blog entry for today ... and that makes total entry of 3 for this morning!

~ cutey fruit tart ~

Cheesecake with Graham Cracker Crust

I baked cheesecake 2 weeks ago. It was merely to experiment my precious graham crackers that we bought in Bintulu. The graham crust turned out well, it tastes better than the digestive biscuit crust that I normally do. This is a picca of the graham crackers that we bought, inside that container there are maybe 30 (i didnt count!) small packets containing 3 pieces of crackers. Very convenient, kan? Aritu pegi sekali lagi ke supermarket tu, graham crackers ni dah out of stock :(

And this is the cheesecake, yummeh yummeh :


Here is the cheesecake recipe that I used the other day:

Simply Sinful Cheesecake

2 cups crushed graham cracker crumbs (about 9 packets)
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 cup margarine or butter, melted
2 (8-oz.) packages cream cheese, softened
1 can condensed milk (I like Alaska Condensada because it doesn’t leave a “milky” aftertaste)
3 eggs
juice of 2 calamansi or 2 tsps. lemon juice (if available)

Preheat oven to 300ºF. Combine crumbs, sugar and margarine; press firmly on bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake for 10 minutes. Set aside.
With mixer, beat cream cheese in large bowl until fluffy. Gradually beat in condensed milk until smooth. Add eggs and calamansi or lemon juice. Mix well.
Pour into prepared pan — it doesn’t matter if crust is still warm. Bake 50 to 55 minutes or until center is slightly jiggly but perimeter is set. Cool 1 hour. Chill at least 4 hours to let flavors develop. Will keep in refrigerator for two weeks (but do you really think it will last that long?)

And this is my niece, eating the cheesecake. Dia sekarang tengah kemaruk dengan princess character ... semua bende nak princess. apa, berebut takhta lah pulak dengan beta?! hahahaaa.... ;p

Second Wedding Anniversary

Yesterday was our second wedding anniversary. yeah baby .... two down, infinity to go! tehehe ...

Plans were thought weeks before, but yet to execute due to unforeseen circumstances. Kalau umur panjang, maybe next week. But nevertheless, we celebrated it within our means ... iaitu ..... makan bihun sup utara special ... then makan char kuey teow ....sedap! nama kedai tu Chik, dekat dengan stesen petronas sungai petani. and jenjalan kat parkson. pastu ingat nak main bowling but unfortunately ada tournament so ditutup. seb baik ada karaoke kat sebelah dia .... best aa kitaorang melalak ;p

Happy Anniversary, mon~

Bintulu, Sarawak

Hey-lo~

I've been putting off updating my blog for quite a while ... but nevertheless, I have loads of pictures to upload.

Bintulu is a nice place to live in. It takes about 2 hours and 15 minutes to go there by flight from KL. We stayed in Parkcity Everly Hotel during our stay there. Although halal eateries are relatively scarce especially nearby the hotel area, there is a supermarket that we go to regularly.

The hotel is superb as well. I love my room so much, it has a seaside window view. But the downside is, aircond dia terlalu sejuk. kuasa kuda ke apa...mengalahkan kalau pegi negara musim sejuk. Brrrr~

Anyway, to be honest, there are not many happening places in Bintulu as compared to KL. It's more of a place where ppl come to find jobs rather than shopping. despite that, Mr Prince rented a car for us to go sight seeing for a day. yup, 1 day is good enough to cover everything here ;p

The day started off with a fine bowl of mee kolok. There are 2 choices; mee kolok with soup or without soup.

mee kolok without soup

mee kolok with soup

Our first stop was the Tugu Dewan Undangan Negeri The monument commemorates the centenary of the 1st meeting of the council of Negeri Sarawak held on 8th Sept 1867.

Tugu Dewan Undangan Negeri

Next is Tamu Bintulu. A quite interesting place I should say. Apart from the veggies, fruits, etc, you can also find a few sellers selling phytons, tortoises and ulat mulong. geli lak teringat ulat mulong tu tergedik gedik ... huhu~

Pasar Utama & Tamu Bintulu

cili antu ... pedas giler

pucuk paku midin

kitaorg perasan kat bintulu byk jual sayur2 family sawi, as above

ingatkan buah salak sarawak...hihi rupenye asam paya

ikan uji rashid as they are notoriously known

baby ikan todak!!

Best kan pegi pasar....hahaa... kat pasar tu lah kitaorg jumpe sharks banyak gila ... mcm orang jual ikan kembung tu, melambak-lambak haa. next we went to pantai tanjung batu. tapi signboard tulis pantai temasya bintulu. layan~

hehe try bawak kete manual ...

Taman Tumbina ... short for taman TUMbuhan dan BINAtang. cute kan nama dia? mcm thumbelina

ohhh besar sgt paruh dia...lenguh tak tengkuk dia agak-agaknya

flamingo with their shocking pink feet...woot woot

ha. this one is not what we were supposed to see. ular daun resting freely on top of a tree



flowers

menara kidurong ...
ada pantai kidurong gak, tapi tak singgah bcoz it was raining

MLNG

BDA building

watching the beautiful sunset

where we had our dinner ... kata orang, terbaekk di bintulu

Ada mcm pondok-pondok kecik with its own names i.e teratak cili padi, teratak serai, etc where you can bersila and eat

There are set menus with reasonable price (RM10), senang kalau korang tatau nak makan ape..... pilih je tu. mr Prince ordered set Puteri Santubong

i just don't fancy anything to do with pais tapi takkanlah dtg bintulu nak order western food. last2 i ordered pucuk paku garlic and ikan siakap assam nyonya. terbaekkk!

oh. on a side note, this is another dish that is new to us. nasi lalapan. sedap. ada jugak makan nasi lalapan at another eatery tapi yang tu tak sedap. rupa pun lain.

we ended the day by strolling at the bintulu waterfront promenade

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Cabbies

this morning, i woke up early. more of tak dapat nak tido actually, and so i took that as a sign for me go to pasar tamu today. tapi saye sangat malas, ari-ari procrastinate until dah takde ari dah nak tangguh. so today is the last day pasal esok nak balik dah.

baru je nak melangkah kua bilik, skali tgk, ujan turun. ah great! alasan utk tak payah pegi la kan? so duduk2 tapi ujan tu kejap je. alahai. so, okaylah, lift your butt and lets get going. oh ya, i plan to walk to and fro pasal rasa mcm tak jauh pun pasar tamu and otel. lgpn walking is good kan .... hey, sexy legs.

and so, off i go. jalan jalan jalan. mula-mula i'm loving it. macam iklan mekdi tu kan, "i'm loving it". tapi pastu ... honk!honk! tak terasa lagi. pastu tak lama pastu, segala macam bunyi hon kua, org tgk2 and in fact, ada orang yang nak berentikan kete, ok? now saye sudah start tak loving it. seb baik bawak payung, so bukak la payung, dpt la kaver muka.

last2 sampai la pasar tamu. hajat hati nak beli bumbu bubur pedas je ... and by then, peluh2 byk gile tak hengat, so decided nak balik naik cab. pastu tgk2 takde cab, instead, byk mcm shuttle yang ditulis kereta sewa. call la encik mon. mon kata, kalau takde, nnt dia kol uncle cab yang selalu anta and fetch dia ke ofis. okaylah mcm tu kan. since kire mcm dah ada transportation, kita pun tambah la lagi bende dlm shopping list ...... iaitu pucuk paku. haha. my fav. kat sini melambak2 and murah. mula2 angkut pucuk midin je pasal kat semenanjung susah gile nak jupe, pastu pk pk last2 angkut jugak pucuk paku local. i must be hallucinating because pucuk paku tu was like, pick me up!pick me up! argh. kat sana, setengah cekak ada mau cecah rm3. ha, pastu bile dah masak, dpt secoet aje.

ok, by now, i was sweating like mad, and rupe saya dah takde mcm domestic goddess dah kut ... mcm ah so, most likely. mntkla encik mon call uncle cabbie. alih2.....uncle cabbie berada kat mlng and apa2 tah lagi, in short, he is not available lah. argh! ok fine. pastu dtg la sorang mamat, halo...mau pigi mana? kita pun sebutlah everly. pastu dia tunjuk la kete sapu tu ... katanye, kalau tepi jalan rm2 kalau anta sampai ke doorstep, rm5. still reasonable la kan. tapi ..... i feel uncomfy naik dgn mcm2 org kata atas tu and in fact, tibe2 rasa takut pulak nak naik sebarangan kenderaan kat unfamiliar place. so takpelah, no thanks.

pwincess then tunggu kat bus stop ... jauh sket. by then, mmg rasa SANGAT tak comfortable. almost suma org laki tanye "nak balik mana?" "nak balik masak ke? " "cpt-cpt, kang tertinggal bas." ergh, nyesal beli paku midin!

encik mon yang baik hati pun call la hotel, mintak tlg callkan cab dan fetch wife dia ni. pastu tak lama pastu, hotel pulak call pwincess siap bg nombor plate cab. pastu tak lama tu, encik mon pulak call, kata uncle cabbie dah otw. pulak dah? mcm mana kan. pastu tibe2 dpt pulak phone call dari unknown number. rasanye cab yang otel tlg callkan kot. mana satu ni....encik mon kata, naik cab uncle cabbie. lgpn, i feel very much comfy dgn dia, dia baik, selalu bagi pisang dan oren ... ok tu dah keluar topik, tp pendek kata dia sgt baik la.

tup tup uncle cabbie berenti dpn pwincess ....... walla. mcm princess saved by the frog la! lega nmpk dia and teruslah kita hopped in.

sampai2 je otel ... pwincess pun cpt2 la tanye bellboy tu, ada tlg pgglkan cab tak? dia blur. fine, baru je nak tanye org receptionist, skali tepon berdering ring ring ring. ha, ni mesti cabbie lagi satu ni. ah true enuff, dia la tu. dia pissed off gile beb! marah marah marah. bukan la, masa dia call, kita jawab, tapi dia senyap, mcm mana tu? ah ... dia punye tak puas ati ... dia drive balik ke otel, mintak receptionist pggl pwincess. hoho. korang jgn main2 la dgn org btu okeh pasni, esp cabbies (bunyi mcm kobis kan... lepas ni nak boycott kobis for a while). receptionist pulak call pwincess, inform that the pissed off kobis mintak cancellation fee. oh? geram siot. fine. pwincess pun turun la. sambil dia tulis resit tu, bleh dia bebebebebel? ah lantak ko la kobis.

tapi what should be a healthy event (jalan ke pasar dan balik ke otel) turned out bad ....... just because of pucuk paku midin!!! grrr . kalau tak beli dia tadi dah selamat jalan kaki balik ke otel tanpa sebarang misunderstanding. haha. silly pun ye, funny pun ye. tp dlm hati geram lagi. bleh? sekian la luahan hati pada blog.