: : Granny’s Cooking : :

Dinner always look good when one is hungry after a long day at work, even if it’s a no frills dinner.

Stir-fried Ketola

Stir-fried Mushroom Chicken

Stif-fried Tom Yau

Stir-fried Ketola

The uncooked veggie looks a bit peculiar. Very hard to describe. A picture tells a million stories but yours truly hasn’t yet begun to dig through the fridge to take pictures of vegetables yet. It’s a very soft veggie but very sweet. Always cook with egg. Very watery though. Comes from the veggie alone.

Stir-fried Mushroom Chicken

The stir-fried version of chicken with mushrooms. A bit oily from the cooking oil. Granny just stir-fried with onions. A pity that no straw mushrooms were added in. Or the black mushrooms. Oh well. Beggars can’t be choosers.

Stir-fried Tom Yau

Granny : English name? Soya bean plant.

Uncle Cyril : No lah! Another version of alfafa sprout!

Granny : No lah! Bean plant! Looks like green bean plant!

Uncle Cyril : Hmm… more like soya bean plant.

Oh well. Local name is tom yau. Slightly crunchy and very chewy. Good for digestion, etc., etc.,etc. Sometimes cook with white rice wine (Chinese version). My favourite.

: : Moving website : :

Yay!! Mr. T and Lol got the website working!! Will be moving hosts over the weekend. Massive move though. Will take time to move all the pictures over. Blogger doesn’t allow for file upload on websites outside their own. Cheh!

: : Granny’s Cooking : :

Steamed fish!!! With strips of garlic, chillies and chop garlic. Pity that she didn’t put any salted vegetables inside. That would have been really nice.

Picture was a bit messy ‘coz I came back late from work and Uncle Cyril wallop part of it already.

: : Chilli Peppers : :

Went back to Chilli Peppers for lunch again. The only different addition was the otak-otak patties. It’s actually grilled mashed fish wrapped out in leaves. However, we had the burger version minus the burgers. Tasted really good.

: : Snacks : :

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Anyway, Granny got some snacks over the weekend. Was munching on them while preparing this post.

Phong Pia

This is an excellent pastry. The filling is a sweet green-bean paste. Yep, the famous green beans that you-must-eat-else-you’ll-kill-by-midnight. This one was brilliant : paste was not too sweet and the pastry was not too salty. Note that the pastry crumbles easily so need to eat it with a plate.

Love Letters

This version does not have any designs on them. Love letters is very sweet and crunchy. Found in abundance during festivals but you can still find it at the market or small grocery stalls. It is made by pouring some batter onto a pair of metal plates welded onto a pair of tongs. The metal plates are pressed tightly together and then heated over a small fire. Once the batter is cook, the round layer is quickly rolled up to the shape above.

: : Dinner at Auntie M’s : :

Had Sunday dinner with my auntie, cousin and his gf. The main course was done by my cuz but the appetizers and veggies were done by my Aunt.

Stuffed squid with mince chicken and carrots

Mixed veggies (sweet peas, baby corn, carrots)

Roast Chicken in Orange with Pork Stuffing

Stuffed potatoes?

Stuffed squid with mince chicken and carrots

Smaller disaster because the bread crumbs wouldn’t stick to the squid. Think it’s because the skin of the baby squid was too smooth. Also, Auntie M suspected that she put too much stuffing in that they started coming out while she was frying them. It still tasted good and the slightly burnt parts just added to the flavour. You have to be there to understand what I meant by burnt.

Mixed veggies (sweet peas, baby corn, carrots)

Yummy yum yum. I love sweet peas. They are so sweet and crunchy. However, to prepare it, you would need to remove the ends by a little bit and pull a little ‘string’ that comes off the skin. Also, the carrot was so sweet after cooking it that it was very yummy.

Roast Chicken in Orange with Pork Stuffing

No picture of the Roast Chicken. Yep, absent-minded Ms. Wena totally forgot another time. Couldn’t taste the orange, much to my cousin’s dismay. Suggested to him to use mandarin oranges rather than Sunkist. He put in the orange peel as well as the juice. 2 oranges, in fact. Think it’s something to do with Sunkist oranges that we get it. It’s always SO sour. However, the highlight was the stuffing. It tasted so delicious! He got it from Smart Supermarket, King’s Centre. Minced pork will not taste as nice. Probably because we didn’t know how to make it properly.

Stuffed Potatoes

This was nice although I thought that the potatoes needed to be roasted until it was brown before serving. It was too pale. However, it still tasted good because of the bacon bits insides. The sauce was easy to do : a mix of salad cream and mayonaisse. Quick filling though so be forewarned.

It was a nice end an interesting weekend. Can’t wait for the time when Auntie M is cooking. She makes a mean tiramisu that is absolutely the best in Kuching. Sorry, by invitation only.