Another milestone?

Little button has high temperature on and off during the weekend ... we thought it might be due to frequent fall as he is in the process to learn to walk. But it could also be another tooth coming out ... having said that, we thought of making him a breastmilk popsicle ... so as to relief his teething. we bought an ice cube tray that is long and skinny shaped for sports water bottle at Ace hardware shop earlier, so we made the popsicle but it may need an overnight to freeze well. The tray look like this:

Apart from that, we made kerabu and steamed golden pomfret today. I ate kerabu taugeh a few days ago at Bank Rakyat's cafe and been thinking about it ever since. Tried Kak Nannie's recipe (as pasted below) and it was yummy.

Kerabu taugeh campur kerang

Bahan-Bahan :

2 cawan taugeh  
5 batang kacang botol  
1 biji bawang besar - boleh kurangkan 
1 biji cili merah - boleh tambah  
1/2 cawan udang kering  
1 cawan isi kerang rebus - boleh tambah 
jus limau nipis secukupnya 
sedikit belacan 
kerisik secukupnya  
Garam dan gula secukup rasa

** Boleh ditambah cili api kalau nak pedas lagi . Anda boleh tambah atau kurang ikut pada selera masing-masing ya..

Cara Penyediaan:

Bersihkan kacang botor dan dipotong nipis kemudian bersihkan taugeh dan dicelur dalam air panas selama 5 saat saja .
Mayang bawang besar nipis-nipis dan ketepikan dulu .Tumbuk udang kering dengan belacan dan cili merah sampai lumat , perah limau kasturi dan ambil jusnya.

Masukkan semua bahan-bahan ke dalam mangkuk yang sesuai dan digaul rata . Jika ada bahan yang terkurang boleh la ditambah ikut pada selera masing-masing.

Bawal Emas Kukus

Bahan-bahan:

1 ekor ikan bawal emas

2 ulas bawang putih - ketuk

Halia 1 inci - mayang

lada hitam

sos tiram

perahan lemon sket

air sedikit

garam

Cara Penyediaan:

Bersihkan ikan. Kelar perut ikan.Lumur semua bahan-bahan ke seluruh ikan dan kukus dalam 15-20 minit.

Weekend Project : Lasagne

It's soooo long since we last main masak-masak, kan .... !

So we had a weekend project today. We cooked lasagne. Recipe was from this blogger who was kind enough to guide step by step.

Ingredients ... mahal la sket kot kalau first time nak stock up cheese, etc. kalau dah ada, breeze je

 Cara-cara:
Beef Bolognese:
1. Panaskan minyak. Masukkan garlice (5 ulas) dan bawang holland (1 biji) dan tumis hingga translucent.
2. Masukkan minced meat (400g) ... masak sampai dia turned warna chocolate. Masukkan semua sos Kimball ...  botol yang sama, tambah sket air, and masukkan dlm kuali tadi tu. Gaul sebati dgn daging.
3. Perisakan dengan garam, oregano, sos cili 1 sudu besar dan black pepper.
4. Lastly, masukkan sliced button mushroom.

Bechamel Sauce:
1. Panaskan butter/fat spread (2 sudu besar).
2. Masukkan 2 sudu besar tepung  gandum. Gaul sebati menggunakan api kecik.
3. Masukkan susu full cream 250ml .... then masuk cheddar cheese/2 keping cheesedale sehingga sebati.
4. Perisakan dengan garam dan kalau dah ok. siap! 
* Buat double pasal lasagne lagi sedap kalau white sauce ni banyak

To assemble:
1. Grease pan with olive oil.
2. Senduk beef bolognese dan amek kepingan lasagne, takyah celur or rebus, just susun dalam loyang.
3. Senduk lagi beef bolognese on top of lasagne sheets, dan tuang white sauce onto it.
4. Tabur mozarella cheese. kalau suke, boleh sprinkle grated parmesan cheese jugak.
5. Ulang step 2-4 a few times ... kalau dapat 4 lapisan tu kire cun dahh...
6. Make sure lapisan last tuang white sauce dan cheese yg sangatt banyakkkk....
7. Masuk dlm preheat oven 180 deg, for 30-40 minutes, ikut oven masing2.
8. Bile dah masak, biar dulu for the cheese to set. dah siapppp...

Just before masuk oven

steaming hot

ready to indulge!!

Encik Mon's 2013 Birthday Celebration

Mon, a thousand apologies ... I had drafted earlier .... but simply could not find time to post the entry ....
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Last Sunday, 17th March,  marked Encik Mon's birthday celebration. I wanted to celebrated earlier but there were so many things happened that we simply could not find time for it ... sorry Mon! Encik Mon requested for a Japanese spread .... so apa lagi .... Fu-Rin lah the answer !!!

Birthday boy with Mr.Junior

Some of the sushi spread

Our first take of sushi ... hehehe

Fresh seafood/chicken/beef

Mushrooms/bean sprouts/green veges for teppanyaki

Mr Junior's first teppanyaki

Choice of noodles - Left:Udon Right:Soba

I love you yesterday, today, tomorrow and days to come~

Ada 5 ketui, me makan 3 pastu sekali orang Fu-Rin tak replenish2 pun pastuh!

Fu-rin Japanese dinner buffet is on Saturday, and lunch buffet on every Sunday. Price rasanya dah turun harga, dalam RM60++ ande the 

Buah hati!!

Happy birthday Mon!

Parenting tips

Salam Ahad!

KHAS UNTUK IBU BAPA SEKALIAN.... TAHUKAH ANDA BAHAWA..

1. Anak tunggal selalunya lambat cakap.

2. Anak pompuan ckp byk 3 kali daripada lelaki.

3. Bermain dgn anak2 meningkatkan kegembiraan emosi mereka.

4. Anak lelaki suke fizikal touch dgn bapak. Main ultraman, pergi padang. Klu anak lelaki x dapat fizikal touch die akan suka bergaduh dgn adik2 dia.

5. Interaksi antara ibu bapa dan anak dgn bermain akan membina bonding antara anak dan parent

6. Anak2 pun stress sbb x keluar rumah. So cuba cari masa bawa anak keluar dari rumah.

7. Anak perempuan mempunyai potensi lebih besar dari sudut kemahiran berbahasa (verbal)

8. Anak lelaki mempunyai potensi yg lebih besar dari sudut kemahiran visuospatial (ruang). Asuh kelebihan ini dengan memberikan mereka peluang bersukan seperti bola sepak, menunggang basikal. Doktor galakan belikan anak basikal kerana ini akan meningkatkan skill mereka.

9. Kanak-kanak yg mempunyai kemahiran membaca akan mempunyai kemahiran bertutur dan berbahasa yang baik.

10. Kanak2 yg sering berdamping rapat dgn bapa mereka didapati lebih berdaya saing dlm byk hal. Lebih berkeyakinan diri, sayangkan diri sendiri, mudah menyesuaikan diri di sekolah, kemahiran interpersonal yg baik.

Source: Facebook

Makanan sunnah nabi - cuka

Salam..

Koperasi di tempat keje pwincess ade buat promosi madu last week. so kitaorang pun g lah tgk...dan ramai gak la yang memborong. madu. Madu tu ade 3 jenis, dari Yaman. Satu tu khas untuk kaum adam (tapi sbnrnye untuk laki dan perempuan 2-2 pun boleh), satu untuk kaum hawa, satu lagi untuk anak-anak yang masih belaja. Dari situ, borak-borak la dengan officemate, ramai yang dah start amalkan makan cuka kurma, pati delima, madu, habbatussauda dan ade jugak yang makan olive oil (raw mcm tu).

Penah terdengar dari majlis ilmu, jika mengikut sunnah nabi, dalam sesebuah rumah, jangan putuskan bekalan tamar, air zam-zam dan cuka.

Cuka tu bukanlah maksudnye cuka masakan tu, tapi cuka yang berasal dari buah. kalau google, byk sgt orang tulis pasal khasiat cuka buah ni. antara yang popular ialah apple cider vinegar. penahlah kitaorang amalkan, tapi pastu tak konsisten. hmmpph. ni sekarang tgh cuba nak start balik amalan, tapi dengan cuka kurma pulak. hopefully konsisten dan nmpkla perubahan positif. kat bawah ni saja nak share link blog yang share lifestyle prof diraja ungku abd aziz. dia pun ade amalkan cuka

http://mashimagho.blogspot.com/2009/04/cara-hidup-prof-diraja-ungku-abd-aziz.html

Legolas versi Melayu

Okey. Semangat membaraku untuk mengupdate my blog on past events nampaknya belum 100% accomplished. Takpa, go steady, katanya.

Anyway. Just wanted to upload this :

Hehehhh. What do you think? Any resemblance to Legolas? We thought ada sket ... but I decided to upload it here ... since not many of my friends knew this blog. By the way, Encik Mon who was the one noticed this resemblance ... little button actually wore a new cap, and that cap fits him snugly ... but somehow, he managed to pull the cap off, that explained his hairstyle. Malaysian Legolas, that's my little button :)

Pekan Sari Chenor - Nov '12

Salam maulid nabi ... as I have a longer weekend, I hope I can update the blog with past events that took place months ago that I never got the chance to record them in the blog. lets cross fingers that my hajat murni accomplish :)

For a start, I'll write about our trip to Pekan Sari Chenor back in November 2012. I was googling, and was somehow got to know about this pekan sari chenor. apparently some towns in pahang have pekan sari - it's actually pekan sehari (one day market), usually from early morning until noon. there are pekan sari temerloh - held every sunday, near the riverbank of pahang river and is said to be the longest one day market in malaysia, pekan sari pekan - held in pekan and pekan sari chenor - held every thursday, at chenor. this is the list of pekan sari that I found so far.

The short trip was on 15 Nov, 2012, and it was a thursday (public holiday in conjunction of awal muharram). Encik Mon and I planned to stop by at the pekan sari chenor, just to check it out and later have lunch at our favourite masak ikan patin tempoyak pak usop at temerloh before heading home. 

The journey took roughly 3.5 hours, chenor town is further up from temerloh, towards Terengganu. To be honest, we couldn't find the gps coordinate of the pekan sari, and the blogs that had blogged about it were not being helpful either. so, it was really based on the driver's instinct heheheh. but, at last we found the place. we arrived there around 11.30am but some of the merchants were about to pack up their stuff and ready to go. 

fresh fish ... including the famous patin

kuih dangai on the left and on the right ... forgot its name

this makcik sells duck and goose eggs. but worst part was, she charged us RM8 for each goose egg....killer!

putu bambu. this is the place that succeeded in making me fell in love with putu bambu

As you can see from the pictures above, pekan sari is the place where most sellers from nearby towns and villages bring their goods to sell. Some of the stuff are fresh picked vegetables, fresh fish, meat, spices, local delicacies (kuih-muih), clothes, parang and even animals i.e. rabbit, birds, etc.

By noon when most of the sellers were ready to go home, we started to head to Temerloh to get our ikan patin masak tempoyak from Pak Usop's restaurant. but to our dismay, the restaurant is closed!! well, what can we do, we have been this far - so we can't afford to go back to KL without eating ikan patin tempoyak.....thus, we ate at the restaurant next to Pak Usop's, seemed like everyone had the same thinking as ours - so that particular restaurant had an upsurge in customers that day...rezeki dia.

Kenyang perut, hati gembira ... so we head back home. on the way, we stopped by to buy durian (there were many stalls selling durian by the highway).

little button fast asleep