RAYA LONG HOLIDAY

It has been quite some time since I last enjoyed such a long holiday. I guess the only thing to be happy of being a FTWM (or being a working mad cow in the corporate world, to be precise) is a long holiday for free!!!

4 days off in a row, what are lining up in the plan? Well, nothing much actually... besides a little celebration for my big baby boy's 33rd birthday! We have not claimed for candlelit dinner, movie date, shopping date, tea time since we have our small baby girl. Yeah, for as long as 2 years now...

The first thing that comes in my mind is - what's for my girl for breakfast, lunch, tea and dinner? I have to ask myself the same old cracking head questions on every Friday or the eve of holiday. Hahahahaha... Preparing food for a kiddo is just too not me :)

Let's gao dim our Saturday first before we head for more exciting days after. Hmm...

Breakfast: Cheese stick that I bought from cake sense, KLCC this afternoon + milk

Lunch: Hub suggests broth from anchovies, baby carrots, tomato and onion for soupy baby pasta. I am gonna add in some cubed potato, maybe stir fry the cubed potato a little bit.

Tea: Milk and cheerios

Dinner: Broth from lunch to cook porridge, served with fried egg and green beans (kacang buncis/鬼豆).

Done deal! Planning for Sunday and I am sure the menu will be more appetizing since we will be going to the wet market in the morning. Yay!

Goodbye Friday and we are welcoming a beautiful Saturday in 25 minutes :)

The little baby is sleeping soundly now though she had been crying to sleep. Her crying to sleep behaviour has been happening for 2 nights consecutively. Hope that she is well, hope that she is just being cranky and not tummy flu or whatever. Pray...

Good night folks!

13.12.2012 - PROSPERITY BURGER IS BACK IN TOWN

McD's Prosperity Burger is back in town. 

I swear I gonna make a set into my stomach before my labour. 

Let's make it tomorrow, 14.12.2012, after my routine pre-natal checkup. 

Yahoo!!!

THAILAND KUAY CHAP

 



Other than Thai clear tom yum soup, I guess this is the second Thai food that I am so so in love with - Thai kuay chap. 

The taste of the soup is so concentrated, like it has been boiled for hours and hours.  The add in of spring onions and coriander leaves do so well with the taste of the soup.  The texture of the kuay chap is something like our kuey teow. It has two types actually, one is like our kuey teow but more broad and the other type is like scrolls.

Some kuay chap are served with beef lean meat, chicken breast, duck breast and/or braised pork knuckle.  I particularly like the serving with duck breast, the combination is too fine to describe although kuay chap is nothing than a super ordinary soup noodle that Thais have for their breakfast / lunch / tea break / dinner / supper, just like our clear soup noodle.

Another special thing about this food is the seasoning.  It is served with a combination of seasoning of your own choice - chili flakes, chopped peanuts, fish sauce and sugar.  I can accept the first three but not the sugar.  I normally will only choose chili flakes.  The addition of chili flakes is just to add up the spiciness of the soup.

I found a neighbourhood food stall that sells Thai kuay chap.  I tasted it on last Friday, quite similar to the ones that I had in Thailand.  Nice...

CAN SHARE YOUR DIET?

 

There are a lot, a lot of people asking me about my pregnancy diet.  Could be of the extra weight I put on my body that triggers all the concerned parties to ask me this question.

 

Well, I don't specifically plan on a pregnancy diet as planned prior to my pregnancy.  After I got pregnant, I try to keep to the principal of moderation.  I don't particularly eat more green leaves, I don't particularly take in more dairy products, I don't particularly remind myself to at least eat an orange or apple a day, I don't particularly do a specific thing throughout my pregnancy (so far).

 

Luckily 囡囡 & I are carbo eater, we love rice, noodle and bread.  Because of this, we end up with extra 100+ gms and 5kgs in a month!  Hahaha...  Another lucky thing is 囡囡 loves oranges, be it fresh oranges or fresh/chill orange juice, she just loves it!  Not to mention Milo, we both love it and it's a norm for us to at least a cup daily.  In despite of its super sweetness, we just love it, sometimes we even have it as our supper.  Our sleep after Milo is the sweetest, we sleep better than nights without Milo, really...

 

The bad part is I still love coffee and carbonated drinks.  I drink either coffee, tea or carbonated drinks everyday and I try to be keep the combination up to 300ml daily, that means...  erm...  either one daily  :)

 

The only diet that I'm worrying is my sugar intake.  I have sweet tooth throughout my pregnancy and it's kinda hard to resist ice-cream, cakes and stuff like that.  心裏很明白, gestational diabetic is not a joke.  Although most of the diagnosis will subside after baby is born, it'll definitely increase risk in my pregnancy and baby health in the future.  As I'm entering the third trimester, this is the one thing I'll try to control, for the sake of both of us.  囡囡 & 媽媽, 一起加油吧!

SARAWAK KOLO MEE

 

I never know myself would love this food so much.  I can have this for breakfast for 3 consecutive days.

勁!!!

SEOUL GARDEN @ TAMAN DESA

Free side dishes - Almost 10 dishes.  The ones that I really like are the anchovies and marinated cucumber.

My favourite among all - Kimchi soup.  Very thick in texture, perfect match with Korean white steamed rice.  Yummy!

Bibimbap - Not bad, not bad...

Squid - This is what I couldn't eat.

Yesterday dinner was so so good, Seoul Garden @ Taman Desa.  Rainie is right, the best and cheapest Korean food that I ever had.  But...  I have 保留 for its BBQ.  My ultimate orders were actually pork and chicken BBQ.  Hmm...  Not to say they are no good, I prefer KNK in Mon't Kiara.

I was not suppose to have Kimchi as it is considered a 'cold' dish.  But after having the first sip of the Kimchi Soup, I couldn't stop scooping it into my bowl.  So thick in its texture, so powerful in its taste, the best I ever had!  Having it with steamed rice just the perfect match!  Gosh...  Yummy!

Besides the shown, we also had Kimchi Pancake, pork and chicken BBQ, So-Ju (lemon and cucumber flavoured) and beer.

And so coincident, a friend was recommending this restaurant to me via Whatsapp.  I said, 'Guess what, I am going there now!!!'.  Hahaha~~~

My advice, for dining for more 5 pax, please book a room/table in advance, to avoid disappointment.  A booking requires minimum order of RM200.

Address:
No 1-1 (1st), Plaza Danau 2, Jalan 4/109F, Taman Danau Desa, 58100 Kuala Lumpur.
Opening hours:
11am - 10.30pm

Telephone No:
603 7982 4607

WAKE UP TO MASSIMO

I prefer Massimo than Gardenia. Why??? Very simple, the texture of the bread.

Gardenia has only 2 types of bread loaf, white and whole meal. Majority says white bread is no good, whole meal is better. But I don't like whole meal, too coarse, quite hard to chew and swallow. Hahaha...

Massimo has 3 types, white, whole meal and one in between - with wheat germ. It is in between the white and whole meal, more yellowish than the white, more refined texture than the whole meal. Suit my taste, meet my requirement!

Nice... It can definitely steal Gardenia's tagline, 'So good you can even eat it on its own'!

一日一BLOG 之 STRAWBERRIES

TODAY'S CRAVING - STRAWBERRIES!!!

I must go buy tomorrow when I am out for Mother's Day Dinner!!!

Berries, Berries, I am coming!!!

Do you know that 144g of strawberries contain:

a. 20mg of Calcium

b. 0.55mg of Iron

c. 14mf og Magnesium

d. 1.44mg of Sodium

e. 0.19mg of Zinc

f. 82mg of Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)

g. 0.09mf og Vitamin B6

h. 25mg of Folate

i. 0.2mf og Vitamin E

一日一BLOG 之營養早餐

Not much choices at home.  I will try to have as nutritious as possible.

Normally nutritious food are not taste  :-s

Gambate, Mama!!!

一日一BLOG 之 HOME ALONE

Today is the official first day home alone.  I started my day with a nutritious breakfast.  Hmm...  This could last me to lunch!!!

There was a friend who experience bleeding during pregnancy responded me on FB, asking me why I am taking Duphaston.  Hmm...  Same problem, hehe...

I am gonna rest well after the breakfast  :-)

SHOPPING @ JUSCO ON A TUESDAY

The biggest challenge for getting 5 days off from work is... my 6 meals a day!

We share a car, hubby drives to work, I am left alone at home, nowhere to get food!!!  So I decided to buy some raw and store in fridge.

We went to Jusco for a short shopping trip after dinner.  We bought dairies, juices and greens with a hope that I'd at least have the spirit and strength to cook for lunch.

Let's see what my meal plans are:
Breakfast - Fried egg, sandwich ham, bread with butter/tuna or cereal with milk.
Brunch - Milo, cream crackers.
Lunch - Rice with one dish.
Tea Time - Milo/juice, bread/cream crackers or cereal with milk.
Dinner - Eat out with hubby.
Supper - Anything!!!

救命啊，我好 DRY!

我好想培養些心情煲下湯水，糖水，燉下補品，慰勞一下自己。

沒有媽媽煲的湯水，很明顯地感覺到自己好 dry。

希望守齋期過後，我可成功購買一個電燉鍋。

我要首先煲鍋老火湯，老黃瓜，怎樣？

一日一BLOG 之沒有咖啡的一天

管哪有新鮮出爐蛋撻，
管哪有鴛鴦燒麵包，
管哪有潤滑乳酪蛋糕，
管哪有香脆新月形麵包，
沒了香濃咖啡一杯，統統都是美中不足！

一天沒有咖啡就比如，
沒了翅膀的鳥兒，
沒了 Minnie & Pluto 的 Mickey,
沒了Daisy 的 Donald,
沒了 Snoopy 的 Charlie Brown,
沒了 Real 的 Miriam,
沒了森美的小儀，
沒了靚靚的智霖，
沒了麗倩的劉華，
沒了大濠的我。。。

那麽一杯咖啡，對我來講，就是那麽的重要！
Latte~~~ 來吧！

一日一BLOG 之一桌兩份

今天我和老公都沒什麽胃口。但是，晚餐也需要吃啊。。。看到朋友在吃老火湯配蒸飯，心思思。。。

落單，兩盅老火湯，一盅蒸飯！這樣就一餐了！

有時候吃得簡單就是最好吃的。什麽山珍海味，一想到就有點膩。。。

林子祥的歌是對的，鹹魚白菜也好好味。。。

一日一BLOG 之迷戀 MIKI OJISAN

I always like Miki Ojisan's Cheese Cake.  It tastes just nice, not over cheesy done.  I just can forget how fluffy the cheese cake is...  Slurp...  Yummy~~~

When I was working in Menara Maxis, I used to buy one every weekend.  The initial price was RM8.90 to RM10.90 to RM12.90 and I don't know how much it costs now.

Hmm...  Thinking to buy one on Wednesday  :)

一日一BLOG 之 THE NIGHT OF HOEGAARDEN

A friend from Aussie has come back to Malaysia for CNY Holidays.  We went out for dinner with another couple @ Puchong and decided to have some drinks before heading back home.  There we go, we went to Geographer @ Puchong Boulevard for beer!

I have stopped drinking for a couple of years and I really don't feel like drinking after I stopped.  Tonight, specially for my friend, I broke the precept.  I ordered two bottles of Hoegaarden (It's always my favourite choice when it comes to beer) and had a joyful night.  We talked, laughed and shared our depressing working life.  Hahaha~~~

I bumped into an ex-colleague from Telelink.  It was great having to meet him and his girlfriend.  The last time I saw him was in last November, in a friend's wedding dinner.  I heard this year would be his turn.  Congrats in advance, bro!

Oh yeah, talking about this Hoegaarden, why do I prefer it than Carls and Tiger and Heineken?  Not because it is 'Hoe', hahaha~~~  For me, it tastes smoother, sweeter and the texture is thicker than those mentioned.  I just love it!

No worries, I won't get addicted again...  Thanks for your concern.

一日一BLOG 之特別好菜

很久沒嘗試過媽媽的 '特別好菜' 了。'特別好菜' 的意思是 '不是平常煮的菜'。通常是為表哥而著的菜。今晚有的是姜汁雞，sambal 釀魚，炒雑菜同滾湯。讚！！！

還有件開心的事。不勞而獲得 RM500。小外甥給房租費。哈哈哈。。。窮到死的時候，突然有筆錢，你話爽不爽呢？？？正！！！

愛心早餐

Yummy~~

一日一BLOG 之云吞面

如果每日要為自己做至少一件事，這一件一定是件快樂的事。那當然啦。。。誰會做一些令自己不開心的事呢？

Hmm。。。 今天的事應該就是。。。吃了一頓好吃的早餐，過了一個愉快的早上！

云吞面，正！

DINNER @ WATAMI, PAVILION

hubby and i had a nice dinner with X-PACS at Watami, Pavilion.  nice food at a slight higher price but worthy.  food tasted so fine and good...  ambiance is so comfortable and warm...  service is so prompt and friendly...  2 thumbs up!!!

hubby had a bibimbap, scallop croquette and miso soup while i had beef udon.  nice nice nice~~~yummy!!!