: : 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.

: : Dessert at the Junk : :

Dessert : Pavlova

Ingredients : Sugar base with whipped cream on top and a smattering of delicious fruits.

Beautifully done at the Junk Restaurant. Had dinner with David, Jack and Garnet. It was an interesting evening where we spoke about many things.

One of them was how the British “unionized” West Malaysia before 1957. Not literally, of course.

As for the main course, it was Baked Prawn with Cheese @ Prawn Thermidor. Two pieces of King Prawn (the huge ones that are as big as your hands) @ Udang Galah. It came with a huge portion of fries and salad for about RM32 @ USD 8.42 . Yummy, tasty.

For those hoping to go and have it there, it’s not from the regular menu but rather, the dish of the day.

: : Magenta, Again : :

I was bringing around a KL tourist, treating him to a nice dinner and all. Apparently, he’s here with a whole bunch of people from the same college on a 3 day tour of places in Kuching.

Since he was into architecture and interior design (so-so lah, according to him), I wanted to take him to The Junk. Unfortunately, it’s close today so I took him to Magenta instead.

He ordered this : Grilled Salmon which came with potato ragout and salsa on the side. I’ve always love the food presentation at this restaurant and it’s always so eye-catching.

I ordered the Chilean seabass which came grilled. It tasted really good : tender and juicy. Same side dishes as the salmon except that the decorative orange sauce had some sumboi @ plum powder mixed with it. Now that tasted different, very different.

We had a delicious fruity Riesling wine, the Royal Bleu Rheinhissen, 2001. It was a sweet and fruity white wine made from wineyards in Germany. I’m pretty sure it’s this one that we drank tonite but it was definitely NOT priced as high as that. The wine was RM78 (USD20.50, &#163 11).

Who was the Kuching city tourist?

😉

After that, it was desserts and coffee at bing! He’s off tomorrow to check out the Sarawak Cultural Village with the rest of the group. Now, hopefully, it doesn’t rain too hard in the afternoon. According to him, part of the group were grumbling about having to bring raincoats and yet it didn’t rain today. They’re lucky. It’s been raining cats and dogs every day for the past few weeks with turbulent winds with thunder and lightning. Let’s see what tomorrow brings for this group.

: : Magenta, Again : :

I was bringing around a KL tourist, treating him to a nice dinner and all. Apparently, he’s here with a whole bunch of people from the same college on a 3 day tour of places in Kuching.

Since he was into architecture and interior design (so-so lah, according to him), I wanted to take him to The Junk. Unfortunately, it’s close today so I took him to Magenta instead.

He ordered this : Grilled Salmon which came with potato ragout and salsa on the side. I’ve always love the food presentation at this restaurant and it’s always so eye-catching.

I ordered the Chilean seabass which came grilled. It tasted really good : tender and juicy. Same side dishes as the salmon except that the decorative orange sauce had some sumboi @ plum powder mixed with it. Now that tasted different, very different.

We had a delicious fruity Riesling wine, the Royal Bleu Rheinhissen, 2001. It was a sweet and fruity white wine made from wineyards in Germany. I’m pretty sure it’s this one that we drank tonite but it was definitely NOT priced as high as that. The wine was RM78 (USD20.50, &#163 11).

Who was the Kuching city tourist?

😉

After that, it was desserts and coffee at bing! He’s off tomorrow to check out the Sarawak Cultural Village with the rest of the group. Now, hopefully, it doesn’t rain too hard in the afternoon. According to him, part of the group were grumbling about having to bring raincoats and yet it didn’t rain today. They’re lucky. It’s been raining cats and dogs every day for the past few weeks with turbulent winds with thunder and lightning. Let’s see what tomorrow brings for this group.

: : hoops’ & yoyo’s Favourite Food : :

You just gotta love these things.

And heck, they don’t take international orders!

…bah…

Now this plushie would sell like hotcakes in Asia. We love cuddly toys…