: : Johor Biscuit Factory : :

This was told to me a year ago by an electrician from England commissioning some equipment at a Johor Biscuit Factory. He said that the biscuits are sold to Singaporeans.

Brit observing cicak (gecko) everywhere on the ceiling. Speaks to a worker.

Worker : Aiya! Cannotlah! They eat flies mah!

Hmm… after that, I never bought local biscuits manufactured in Johor ever again. The Brit didn’t tell me who was the manufacturer so am covering my bases.

Now let’s see whether I’ll get into trouble for posting this. ;p

: : Kuching Fest Part VIII : :

Wena : Cannot tahanlah! (Cannot stand it!) I’m going to Kuching Fest again. Wanna go?

Granny : (perking up) Okay lah!

Wena : This is nice. Let’s get it.

Granny : (munching) Hmm…. good ah! Okay, I want some.

Granny : I’m going to have some lui cha. Need to clean (cleanse) my body lah.

Granny : Yeah but soup VERY BITTER! 🙁 Still, good good for body mah.

Granny : Kuku (Uncle Cyril) want fried rice one.

Granny : (munching) Hmm… nice. Okay, tapau (takeaway) one order ah.

Wena : Wanna take back some? They just make new pot woh!

Granny : Wah! RM2 per bowl only ah? Okay, we take one.

We only got back home to eat dinner at 8 p.m. Worth the wait. 🙂 Then again, Granny got distracted with all the garden plants. Got herself a RM6 miniature mandarin orange plant. Dirt cheap if you ask me.

: : Fish Bladder Anyone? : :

Wena : Pat, am going home on sick leave. Backache.

Pat : Aw… well, want to have a taste of hu piou soup first?

It looked so good but didn’t have the heart to taste some. The stainless steel set brings back memories to everyone eh? 🙂

I’d always thought that hu piou was fish bladder but a friend argued back and said that it was a fish stomach. Dad could be wrong when he first told me about it. It’s the light brown sponge-looking thinking in the picture. How does it tastes? Stretchy but not tough. Very soft. Not rubbery at all. Yum! Expensive though. Pat’s Mum made it for dinner last night and these were the leftovers.

As for backache, resultant of the two trips to Kuching Fest over the weekend. Think I was carrying 10-15kg during each trip, mostly due to the numerous leng chee kang and tau foo far that we bought. Granny was on a roll!

: : Ain’t it a Corny Day? : :

Granny : Want to take some jagung (corn) to work?

Granny bought some corn on Sunday morning and decided to steam it this morning. So, took two ears (still dunno why a piece of corn is called an EAR of corn) to work. One for breakfast and one for tea-time. Luckily I keep dental floss at the office! All the pieces in one’s teeth. It was very sweet on it’s own, without any butter on it.

: : Mooncake Festival : :

Yep, it’s just around the corner. And I’ve already started eating them. :p

Vt : Here, have some mooncake. Red Bean Paste filling though.

Wena : It’s okay. Will eat with Granny.

This particular mooncake is bought from a shop in Jalan Pandungan called Chin Hiang Chay. It sells a lot of other mooncake with different fillings. I love the plain lotus seed paste wherease my Granny luvs the lotus seed with the egg yolk in the middle. Then there are the fillings with the nuts inside and pandan paste. Unfortunately, this shop makes the mooncake using lard (pig’s fat) so definitely non-halal. However, the local bakeries are selling halal mooncake. Else, you can always order online from Lian Bee. :p

Then again, I’ve yet to try out the ice-cream mooncake at Haagen Daaz! That would be SO SINFUL!

: : Mouseclick = Food Donation : :

Why not do it today? I did.

It’s always saddening to hear how a lot of people out there don’t have enough food for even one meal. And here I am with Granny spending RM50 for every trip we go to Kuching Fest to get food for the 3 of us living here (including Uncle Cyril).

So, do a good deed today and click! Link is on the Slices sidebar just below the counter. One click and you have donated some food to a poor child somewhere in the world. It takes a lot of money just to transport the food over.

Hmm… someone should consider doing it in Malaysia! If not food, then medication and hospitalization fees. What say you?