Fong Keow (Pottery) Bak Kut Teh Restaurant @ Taman Intan, Klang

September 22, 2011
Bak Kut Teh

Finally I’ve tried Fong Keow Bak Kut Teh. This restaurant is situated at the corner taking over 3 shop lots. It’s beside the famous Teluk Pulai (Claypot) Bak Kut Teh Restaurant (though on a different block). When I reached there at 11am, the eatery was practically empty. Where are the customers? I almost change my [...]

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Osmanthus ‘Gui Hua’ Beancurd

September 15, 2011
Osmanthus 'Gui Hua' Beancurd

When I saw this recipe in my favorite Beancurd Flavor book, I knew I gotta try it. Osmanthus ‘Gui Hua’ Beancurd is sort of a replica of Osmanthus Shark Fin dish that I so loved. Typically you can find Osmanthus Shark Fin as one of the ‘season’ in the four season dish served in Chinese [...]

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Stir-Fry Sweet 4 Color Vegetables

September 9, 2011
Stir-Fry 4 Color Vegetables

This delicious 4 color vegetables dish is a joint effort ‘invention’ by my dad and yours truly. Dad chooses the 4 vegetables while I cook ‘em with no direction in particular. I ended up with a sweet dish and this beautiful dish works really well with rice that are wrapped in Korean dried seaweed sheet. [...]

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Steamed Pork Cake

September 3, 2011
Steamed Pork Cake

When fellow blogger Jason Mumbles tweeted about a cake that his mom is making called Steamed Pork Cake, that got some of us;twitter followers REAL curious. I’ve never heard nor seen anything like it before. It’s indeed unique and interesting. Thank you Jason for posting the recipe. You’re so kind. :) The actual recipe call [...]

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Healthy Roselle Juice

August 24, 2011
Roselle Juice

I was first introduced to Roselle at my local wet market earlier this year. This lovely maroon color ‘fruit’ from the hibiscus family caught my eyes as I was exiting the market. I’ve never seen anything like it before. Pretty and mysterious! Unfortunately I didn’t buy any at that time because we were busy planning [...]

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Deep Fried Beancurds With Minced Pork

August 19, 2011
Deep Fried Beancurds with Minced Pork

Hmm what can I say? I’m having beancurd fever! Of course that doesn’t explain why I’ve been idle for nearly 10 days. I make Perilla Leaves Kimchi again and also experimented with some new recipes; resulting in 2 successes and 1 failure. Deep fried beancurds with minced pork is one of the successful experiment. This [...]

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Dates Milkshake

August 9, 2011
Dates Milkshake

I got hold of 2 packets of premium Arabian dates from Tupperware purchase recently due to the coming Hari Raya festival. Dates (or kurma in Malay language) are aplenty right now in Malaysia as they are a must among Muslims once they break the fast during Ramadan. The reason? I guess it’s due to the [...]

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Perilla Leaves Kimchi

August 3, 2011
Perilla Leaves Kimchi

Perilla leaves (kkaenip 깻잎) is the leaves from the herb plant-mint family perilla (shiso, deulkkae 들깨) with distinct serrated edges. Beautiful leaves I must say. I’ve seen the used of perilla leaves or shiso leaves in Japanese cuisine but never before in Korean food until recently (thanks to my visit to Korean marts, Maangchi and [...]

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