MENGIDAM MINUM PETANG

Hari ini, Sabtu 31st May 2008, langsung tidak keluar rumah. Terasa sangat nak makan somothing di waktu petang. Teringat kalau kat kampung... ada saje .. goreng pisang ke, bubur kacang ke, pengat pisang ke, keropok lekor ke .. emm tak pun colek buah pauh. :-)
Terfikir nak makan apa...

Option 1: Goreng pisang yg dibeli kat bawah .. emmmm kena turun and goreng pisang yg tak sihat .. rasanya baru je makan goreng pisang yg tak sihat .. nanti la dulu .. makan lain kali.

Option 2: Bubur kacang ... tak ada kacang .. nak kena ke pasar mini tingkat 3 beli kacang tu pun kalau ada..... tak leh ..

Option 3: Pengat pisang ... pun kena turun beli pisang

Option 4: Jemput-jemput aka cekodok pisang .. ahh .. turun juga pisangnya enggak ada ...

Last2 .. terfikir beras pulut ... and santan dlm freezer pun ada .. gula melaka pun ada ... kapur makan pun ada .. apa lagi .. option

5: Bubur beras pulut. (idea ni dapat waktu solat asar ... boleh ...?? makan punya pasal)

Teringat dulu2 mak kat kampung suka masak ni... rindu .... nak balik kampung la ..

Bagi salam je ... terus ke dapur ... beras pulut diambil dan di basuh .. rendam dlm air kapur.

Keluarkan santan dari peti ais .. nyah beku kan dia .. biarkan dalm periuk sekejap .. then pergi mandi ... (1st shower of the day .. at 5pm) hahahaha

Sedudah mandi .. dah pakai baju cantik2 .. sikat rambut ala2 waktu sekolah rendah (sbb nak masak bubur yg di makan waktu sekolah rendah) ....

santan dipanaskan ...tambah gula melaka (tah kenapa Kelantan punya gula ... Melaka dapat nama) ... anyway .. gula melaka tuu .. kat Kelantan .. namanya .. nisae :-)

Alamak .. daun pandan .. korek2 dalam drawer peti ais .. nasib baik ada saki baki daun pandan yg dah kering ..lebihan rakan serumah buat nasi lemak zaman bila tah. Pedulikan .. janji ada bau ...

Kacau santan .. bila dah mendidih ..beras pulut yg dah ditoskan tadi di tambah ... teruskan pemanasan ..setelah mendidih kuahnya .... tunggu sekejap .. lepas tu padamkan api ...

Tunggu sejuk .. then boleh makan .. yum yum ... Sungguh senang .. dan menggemukkan .. hahahaha

BECAUSE of YOU

Because of you ... I would not mind all the hassle and obstacle
Because of you ... I do not being sleepless
Because of you ... I will do it
Because of you ............

Who is this YOU?
What is the thing?
Why so willing?

Who .. What .. Why .. Where??? Emm all these basic question need to be answered …

YOU ….. my lovely officemates … To name some … AP Rohi, Niezam, Abang, Zul, Madam Sexy, (Sham, Ferraa and Nyek .. I miss U guys so much .. really … )

These people are meaningful and significant person in my life.

They been missing my “air tangan” since I let them tried that about two years back before I left to … ahhhh .. can not mention the name(errrr can I use this ‘left’?) emm anyway … these people know where the place is.

In conjunction with Zul birthday (a week late anyway), I decided to grant (with the God will) their wish J

Date has been set up, Wednesday, 28th May 2007, lunch time at level 2 Block H. Invitation done by Abang and cooking part went to me. This is the answer for the WHAT mentioned above.

Menu,
Nasi dagang Arapaima (newly given name by Abang)
Chicken curry
Ikan tongkol Albacore tuna. Kam Cheong Yee with thick coconut gravy
Cucumber salad (hahah acar je namanya)
(I prepared these 4 dishes)
Fermented glutinous rice aka tapai pulu (by Kak Aida..emm buat ke beli??kekeke)
Sago with cream and brown sugar syrup (by Abang)

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Cooking part (sambil menyanyi lagu Francisca Peter ..Kerna Terpaksa)

Nasi Dagang Arapaima
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Beras lembut - brown glutinous rice
Thick coconut milk
Charlottes and Ginger
Fenugreek seed
Sugar and salt to taste

Wash the rice till the water become clear and fill the water till about an inch over the rice level. Soak overnight. Wash and soak the fenugreek seeds about 1 – 2 hours before the actual cooking. Boil water in the steamer, drain the rice and fill into the upper part of the steamer and steam it till finely cooked. Take it out.. put it into a mixing pot, pour plain water and fenugreek seed and mix it well till no more visible water. Transfer it back into the steamer and steam it again.

Once can see the steam coming out from the steamer (traditional steamer work this way) it is a sign that the rice is cooked or almost cooked. Take it out and put it into the mixing pot again … pour the thick coconut rice, sliced charlottes and ginger, sugar and salt. Mix it well. This is the important part.. have to make the coconut milk is finely mixed with the rice. Put aside.

Chicken curry
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Chicken
Charlottes
Garlic
Ginger
Spices (cardamom, cinnamon, star anise and clover)
Curry powder
Cooking oil

Clean and drain the chicken
Charlottes, Garlic, Ginger, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Star anise and Clover)

Heat the oil, put the spices and fry it until the aroma comes out.

Add in the ginger
Once it turns into golden and add in garlic then charlotte. Stir till all become golden add in water and curry power. Cook until the oil is visible, covering the curry paste mixture.
Add in coconut milk, stir it well and once it boiling add in chicken. Tips : add the coconut milk first if using normal chicken. Add in chicken first if using “ayam kampung”. Add in salt, dried garcinia and sugar to taste.

Ikan tongkol with thick coconut gravy
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Ikan tongkol
Coconut milk
Dried garcinia
Galangal
Tumeric
Charlotte & Dried chili

Cook the fish with salt, sugar and dried garcinia.

Blend the carlotte, galangal, tumeric. charlotte and dried chili.
Transfer it into a pot together with coconut milk and add in some water. Boil it, add some dried garcinia, salt and sugar.
Once it boils, add in the precooked fish. Let it boil again and it is ready.
Cucumber salad, the last I prepared. Sclice all cucumber, carrot and red chilli. Add in vinegar, salt and sugar.

My friends aske dme how did I manage to cook all of these at nite .. emm the asnwer is this ..

This are my company that nigt .. hehehe Earl grey tea with chocolate cupcake.

Inilah tukang masaknya. Hahahaha

COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET part II

This entry just to meet the purpose of posting pic duirng that nite .. :-)

PRE-SHOW PICTURES

So called cafe or lounge for Alliance Francaise .. I guess .. it is more to multi purpose room .. looks like class room turn into temporary cafe.

Cant remember what Fauzan was saying that time ..

After the play .. Fauzan and Murni suggested that we go for dinner as both of them had not had their dinner yet...... like helloooo dinner at 11.00pm! .. emm anyway .. since I'm not the driver .. just followed them.

We headed to Kg Baru and park along Jln Raja Alang. As always .. I wont just sit and watch others eating ... I had my keaw teaw kung foo (never sure how to spell "kuih tiouw").

Fauzan had nasi goreng USA .. do not know why on earth they call it nasi goreng USA .... it just nasi goreng biasa with mix vege (wow .. must be bcause of this ingredient) come together with daging masak merah and telur mata kerbau .. not to miss .. SAMBAL BELACAN.. emmm USA enough huhh ... hahaha

Murni had nasi goreng cendawan. Oppsss forgot to introduce .. Murni is Fauzan's friend whom I met few times about four years ago at our old gym. That nite only I knew .. Murni had the thought that I was so kekwat (stuck up) ...

Kesian si Murni hanya nampak pipi sahaja

Tu dia . Cik Murni .. the person who helped me to get the RM2o ticket.

Not bad yeah .. KLCC view .. I was wondering .. if YTL, IJM or any developer get the KgBaru land .. build a condominium there .. emmm KLCC view .. surely price will rise up to milions/unit. and surely too .. the KgBaru people will only get very minor profit while developer will maximise theirs. ;-)

ps; Murni.. I kekwat lagi ke?

COMING OUT OF THE CLOSET

What am I gonna do ??? Coming out? Not out enough? emmmm How out shall I be?

Anyway ... it is not about me .. it is not about coming out or anything with that .. it just a bout a play that I watched on Sunday night. (Thanks to Fauzan for making me say yes .. and to Murni for tikect booking).

The play titled "Coming Out of The Closet" a comedy by Adlina Amiruddin, Loiusa Marie Low & Alex Chua. Performed at Alliance Francaise, Lorong Gurney.

At first, when fauzan and me arrived there .. wer were asking ..are we at the right place.. hence he called Murni .. yeah .. thats the place. It is look like a haunted mansion anyway .. the reason why .. we went through the back gate. hahahaha no1 to blame beside we ourselves.
First time at Alliance Francaise....an old bungalow renovated into a art and cultural center. A bit hidden at the back of TM HQ building.

The play merely about office scandal and officepolitics (pray to God .. I will never face thise at work ... ) .. then .. duhhh dream on. hahaha everywhere we go .. any office we work in .. damn sure we wont be able to avoid office politic.

As it was a comedy show .. emmm thanks a lot to Ling Ling (Adeline Ong) for making the whole play entertaining. Quite mixing up actually the play .. The boys (Ashley, Marving Wong and Suren, Lau Wai Keat) story ... the Ling Ling and Azhar (Vickneswaran Balasundram)-the boss scandal .. the psycho Hao Ming (Glamoorique Arshad) problem and duno what with Osman (Sani Zainal Abidin) the reporter part. at the end .. Niraini (Valerie Low) the wife somehow rather become the main focus of the whole play .. emmm

This pamplet will tell more .. :-) or simply go to

http://www.livewire-theatre.com/

Beside the seating arrangement ..which make me feel like watching a play during PTA meeting .. :-) I guess not a waste to pay for this ticket ...

RM20 for about 2 hour and half show

List or performers (pictures taken from www.livewire-theatre.com)

Marvin Wong (Ashley)

Lau Wai Keat (Suren)

Adeline Ong (Ling Ling)
Vickneswaran Balasundram (Azhar)
Valerie Low (Nuraini)

Glamorique Arshad (Hao Ming)

MEANINGFUL DINING TIME

A good friend of mine messaged for a dinner yesterday, emm said sorry to him as I got birthday party .. my nephew's 1st birthday party. I can not afford not to attend this .. well .. surely with a birthday present. To be honest .. I don not really like kids that much ... but somehow they like me. Emm I need to change to an evil uncle then... hahahah

Back to my friends .. since I can not make it yesterday.. suggested to meet for dinner today. Agreed and supposed to meet him at the gym ... somehow .. this particular friend cant make it for the gym . but yeah .. makan time .. seldom missed.

After gym at MAXIS, he picked me up .. then like always.. this is our conversation .
He : Aiyo why so many things ...
Me : Hahaha alaways like this what .. so ..just shut up.
(I get into his car)
He : Where are we going?
Me : Dont know ... why always ask me .. I hate to choose where to eat.
He : Do not give me dont know answer .. tell me where to go.
Me : Ahhh .. I hate .. emmm anyway .. why dont we try a place nearby my house.. you are sending me late ranyway.

So .. the place has been decided ... without knowing the name of the place .. I directed him to Bandar Baru Sentul. Yeah .. that the place am renting at the moment.

We stopped at the first shop/stall .. emm too dusty and scary .. hahaha make a U -turn then cruised till we saw a quite OK place. Parked .. and crossed the road. We placed our order .....like always.. err most of the time we will order

Steam fish
Tomyam /Sup Ekor

Daging masak merah
Manggo Salad
Omelete
Kailan or Kangkung
Prawn friter
Rice

and always I'm the one who need to finish all .. so today .. decided to exclude Prawn, Tomyam and omelete.

Daging masak merah ....emmm I would rather call it red coloured meat with oil.

Baby kailan ... I just do not understand why tehy call it baby kailan .. as it is totally different species from the "matured" (normal) kailan....baby kailan cooked with oyster sauce + crushed garlic thicken by corn starch. Taste pretty good .. but I guess too much corn strach (I'm not supposed to eat corn base food .. and oyster as well)

Lime steam fish (siakap). Superb taste .. soury and umpphh just nice and healthy too. No oil at all. I can just order this fish and have it for dinner.
Am gonna enjoy these dishes... yum yum yum

As that time we reached .. the place still bright (well hazey anyway) ... didnt even care to check the place's name ... emmm only when we walked out .. due to Siamese style of decoration ... then only I saw .. the name .. Al-Azmi emm no wonder they keep playing the nasyid song. hehehe too bad they didnt provide surau. Can not read the Al-Azmi word?? yeah .. I know .. sorry for my phone cam.

Hope this tissue holder help you guys to get the Al-Azmi. :-)

Anyway.. the meaningful part was not about the food. It was about our post-meal conversation. It was about friendship .. being honest in friendship.. get things clear. Should tell what we like .. what we do not and is our expectation. Do not assume our friends know all that.

I realised .. I was lacking at that part. Hardly voice out what I do not like .. and what I like. trying to be too nice also not that good.

"Friendship is not a responsibility ..... when we are in trouble .. our friends help us out of courtesy not because they have to do so. Unlike family ....... "

I do agree with you Mr Uncle. heheheh. I need to be more independent .. not too attached ... and be more vocal. Hmmm in other word .. need to be less introvert virgo .. :-) .. I will try.

p;s: no picture of mango salad ... as we ordered it seperately .. but honestly .. the taste was so good. I love that.