: : Errata on the Blogspot Hijack : :

As with cases of inaccurate translation, here is an errata for the previous posting.

Comments from posting :

so stupid! this girl wasn’t asking for a laptop….(LaptoP is not the SAME as PORtOlA!!!) portola is the can where the sardines live!!!…. please get a translator and don’t say stupid things!…

Well. My apologies then for posting the wrong information since I got it from another posting who refer it to another posting where a translation was posted up by an anonymous reader who volunteered for the translation.

Anyway, I’ve had enough of this matter on my blog. The comments for the previous 2 posting about Ailin’s blog is now switched off. Any future comments about this matter will be deleted.

: : Quack quack : :

Duck stew with dark soy sauce, eggs and mushroom.

It’s fairly easy to do. Granny took a wok and on a medium fire with some oil, she put a whole duck into the wok. She then kept turning it until it was half cook. After that, she added in some water and some dark soy sauce. Turning the flame down to a low level, she simmered the duck in a wok. The wok also needs to be covered. The duck was cook for about 30-60 minutes until it was completely cook.

The duck was then left to cool down so that it was easier to cut it into smaller pieces after that. The smaller pieces were then put into a claypot which was filled some water, more dark soy sauce, sugar, Chinese 5-spice and some dried orange skin. Also, a pinch of MSG was added in as well. The whole stew was left to cook for about another 30 min.

Oh, the egg was boiled separately until it was hard. Once cook, she put it into the claypot as well. As for the mushroom, the Chinese dried black mushroom was soaked in hot water until hydrated. Throw away the water to get rid of the preservatives. Repeat a few times until the water is clear. Cut the mushrooms into smaller pieces and throw it into the claypot.

The duck stew was eaten during the Mooncake Family Dinner. Nice.

: : Blogspot Hijack Saga : :

Blogger came to AiLin’s rescue and resetted her userID and password. Good for you hon!

And surprisingly, the hijacker left a message in my Comments Box. Here it is below :

pinches malasios de popocita verde… me qitaron mi blog robado, al carajo, ya no los quiero!

ah, y tu blog también está de hueva… igual que el de chia… que mamadas son esas… esas fotos de comida me provocan ganas de guacarear

Translation anyone? The babelfish translation doesn’t come out so well.

For reference, please goto this posting.

It’s also not very nice to call her a b*tch in the first place and then attempt to be nice about it later. Ah well. Reap the consequences afterwards.

Although, it must be said that the quickest way to fame is to be bad than to be good.

: : Diary : :

Two new places that I heard that just opened recently. Mind you, recently as in the past few months. That’s how long I’ve haven’t been out eating.

Bollywood Cafe at Carpenter St. : Heard that one of my collegue’s Dad opened up a little cafe along Carpenter Street that serves Northern Indian cuisine.

Mango Tree at Crookshank Road : Previously know as Kikyo-Tei @ Japanese Restaurant, it is now the posh Thai restaurant that is a franchise around the world. One thing about having a food blog is that one always ends up arranging for gatherings. Am arranging for a farewell dinner for some friends. Here is their UK website. I remember finding their corporate website but now, can’t seem to find it again! Google is giving out too many hits on reviews rather than their official site! Although it is an expensive place to dine, they came up with a great menu within the budget that I asked for which was RM30 – RM35 per head (USD7.90 – USD9.21). It’s what you order that gives you an indication of the final bill. The ambience has been raved about a lot so worth to check it out.

BTW, if anyone is impatient for updates on food places in Kuching, check out Huai Bin’s site. He’s been going around to more food places than I have recently.

On another note, I heard a rumour that some shipments of freshwater prawns @ udang galah to the USA were rejected by the FDA. Reason being is that there were too much antibiotics in the prawn that was deem more harmful to health than normal. Hence, a lot of freshwater prawns are going really cheap in the market. Note that this is an UNVERIFIED RUMOUR so it’s anybody’s guess. I heard this from a colleague who mentioned it to me after I recount my dinner at the Junk with Baked Prawn (yeah, freshwater prawn) and Cheese. Both the freshwater prawn and tiger prawn is cultivated in “farms” in Sarawak. Suffice to say that I’m still hale and healthy.

: : Nonya Otak-Otak : :

What to do with a freezer full of mackeral.

Granny : Nah! Here! Try this!

Granny : Better than outside one. Put in oven or panggang (grill) not so good. This better. This is Nonya style. Cook like this in Penang one.

Haven’t posted up conversations like this in a long time. Hope you enjoy it folks. And for those who are new, Granny does talk like this. It’s always fun to talk to her like this. Sound very coy. LOL!

: : Blogspot Hijack : :

Looks like Chia’s blog has been hijack since October 5 and Blogger has not responsded yet. The layout has been change.

He’s since change her layout and posted up observations of how he took over her blog via blogger’s dashboard. Goto babelfish to get a translation (Spanish to English).

Scarey, isn’t it? To have one’s blog hijack.

Still, the hijacker is giving a bad reputation to other Mexican bloggers out there. Sigh. Kids. According to Jeff’s posting, seems like he is asking for a laptop in return for her blog.

For Blogspot users, you can send your concerns via their Help feedback page.

Chia, I do hope you’ll get your blog back soon.