Stir Fried Curly Lettuce With Fermented Beancurd

I love greens and I know for sure I don't have the name of this veggie...I gave it a name though..curly lettuce :) but I know for sure that I heart this curly lettuce especially just lightly stir fry it. It is sweet and has a crunch. But for today, I stir fry these curly lettuce with chillies, garlic and fermented beancurd. This is the family favourite dish. The aroma of the fermented beancurd being saute was enough to set my stomach drumming away. The garlic and chillies added flavor to the lettuce and combined together it was really a wonderful dish. This dish is best served hot with a plate of hot brown rice. :)) a very appetizing greens dish.

the 4 important ingredients that made this dish delicious

bottom : chopped garlic

top : the 'curly lettuce'

left : chilli pad

right : the fermented beancurd

I don't like my veggie to be overcooked so I normally

just stir fry them till they are just cooked

and dish up...they still look green and crunchy

the fermented beancurd sauted together with the

garlic and chillies truly add flavor to 'curly lettuce'

Stir Fry ' Curly Lettuce' With Fermented Beancurd

ingredients:

300 gm of ' curly lettuce ' - washed and drained

2 pieces of fermented beancurd

3 pips of garlic - chopped

2 bird eye's chillies - cut into halves and remove seeds

2 tbsp of olive oil

Preparation:

Saute fermented beancurd and garlic with 2 tbsp of olive oil in a wok under medium heat , add in the chillies and stir fry till fragrant. Add in the ' curly lettuce ' and continue to stir fry till the veggie is cooked. Dish up and seve hot with rice.

Enjoy!

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Sea Clams In Chinese Wine Soup

Wow..such big sea clams and knowing this Momsie who could never resist them, bought a kilo back from the wet market . I love cooking them with chinese wine...it was so tasty and sweet due to the factor that it was very fresh. The meat was succulent and every mouthful makes me crave for more. It was so scrumptious that I had forgotten that I must not tuck in so much of these delicious clams and after that the guilt surfaced.... ohhhh why must I succumbed to such sinful temptation :p but wth just walk a few more rounds , that's it , what's the problem LOL!

look how meaty those clams are.....mmmmm yumm

I love the natural sweetness of these clams...

I would normally cook them in soup with chinese wine

simple yet delicious!

Sea Clams In Chinese Wine Soup

Ingredients :

1 kilo of sea clams - soak in salt water and cleaned, drained

a few slices of ginger

2 bird's eye chillies

2 stalks of spring onions - cut into 1/2"length

3 pips of garlic- crushed

1/4 cup of chinese cooking wine

1.5 litres of water

sea salt to taste

1 tbsp of olive oil

Preparation:

Boil 1.5 litres of water in a pot over medium fire. When water boils add in the garlic, ginger, chillies and olive oil and continue to boil for 20 minutes. Add in the sea clams and cover the pot with a lid. When the shells open up, add in the chinese cooking wine and salt to taste . Garnish with spring onions and serve hot.

Enjoy!

Quote of the day

"We must eat to live and live to eat "

~ Henry Fielding ~

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Korean BBQ Buffet At 'Riche Montana'

I will let the photos do the talking this time :)) I managed to snap a few pictures only for most of the time I was busy cooking for them to eat...see how lucky they are. Take the home chef Elin to the restaurant and they will be served well :p In our family, the birthday person will get to name the place they want to dine out and this time the birthday boy chose this korean restaurant- Riche Montana in Ipoh Garden South - coz this is the only place we have not been. So we had the celebration dinner at ' Riche Montana ' a restaurant which served korean bbq buffet. I would say the food was nothing much to praise about...common korean dishes but one thing I would want to praise about is their Kimchi...they have 5 types of kimchi....sorry I am not able to tell you the name coz I just could not remember the names :p getting older , memory shorten :)) Piggy gal and myself took many helpings of the Kimchi..... and most important we had a great time together. We didn't stuffed ourselves full even though there were lotz to eat becoz we still have the birthday cake waiting to be chomp down at home so we kept some space in our stomach for that decadent cheesiness :))

finger food for starters....bread sushi and maki sushi was nice

and the mini burgers and veggie tempura was good

I love this mini fish burgers with cheese....delicious!

the sushi rice are flavored...can't identify the taste though

I heart these cute bread sushi filled with ham and omelette

and cheese...for once I don't have to roll them but to

chomp them down in comfort :p

mouthwatering indeed...

Daddy went for the korean hot pot....lotz of veggies and tofu

beef slices , shrimps and fish fillets

dory fillets.. well marinated with wine and ginger juice..yumm

seafood delights....shrimps, dory and squids

while it was being grilled..the aroma sets our stomachs

growling......

the beef slices were well marinated with korean chilli paste

and fermented beans...tasted good

this is our favourite for the nite...

assorted fresh mushrooms stir fried on the grill pan

with kimchi......this is the best ever kimchi mushrooms

by Elin of course...put the home chef in front of the grill pan

and this is what you get * wink

mouthwatering enough for you ? :P

we had many rounds of Elin's kimchi mushrooms...:)))

Added the marinated squids in together with the mushrooms

and it tasted even better this time...flavorful and very korean-ish

try cooking kimchi with all the fresh mushrooms and

veggies available ...I am sure you will love it especially after

each grilled sessions...the aroma will

take you to heaven and back

time for some photos taking while waiting for the

food to be cooked.....just look at the birthday boy!

where has the smile gone?

Gals are somehow different...they smile more :))

I think they were both really hungry....see the way

they attacked the food!

see Piggy gal was all smile...why???

coz she knows the kimchi mushrooms will be ready

for chomping down soon....

I am most happy seeing him eating heartily

my baby boy has grown !

and he is 19 now :)))

** Josh , hope you enjoyed yourself tucking in all those korean dishes

and of course Elin's home baked cheese cake topped with fresh raspberries **

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Happy 19th Birthday Josh

HAPPY 19TH BIRTHDAY JOSH :)

Once a year I get the chance To wish you birthday cheer.

It pleases me no end to say, I wish you another great year.
So happy birthday to you Josh, From the bottom of my heart.

And may your good times multiply, Till they’re flying off the chart!

By Karl Fuchs

Joanna: Quick... make a wish first before you blow the candle

Elin : Hey, watch out dude, you nearly drop the cake!

Joanna: Yo...quick, I can't wait to chomp down the cake
Josh: hey, wait a minute...my birthday or yours?
Elin * shaking her head

Elin's birthday present for her Piggy Josh
a delectable cheese cake with raspberries topping :)

every bite burst with cheesy richness mmmm
the two Jos enjoyed themselves much with
slices of heavenly cheesiness :))

truly a slice of heaven on earth
see the shines on the cheese cake?

even the dessert fork glimmers in anticipation
it can't wait to fork its way into the rich cheesiness

of this slice of heaven :p

Today is Piggy boy's birthday but we celebrated his birthday earlier . We had it last Saturday. I made him this beautiful cheese cake which I learnt on one of the baking lessons I attended. I was too lazy to frost the cake with chocolate and instead topped it with lots of fresh raspberries. The raspberries were not that sweet...slightly sourish but it somehow complements the cheesiness of the cake.

We took him to Riche Montana for a korean bbq buffet. We had a great time there savouring korean dishes and grills. It's not the food so much but the great time we had together. I will be posting up on some of the food we had there , so stay tuned for more food photos :))

* To Josh...enjoy your youth while you can.....you will be 21 in no time :p

May God continues to bless you with good health and happiness

all through the year and give you wisdom in your studies!

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Pineapple Fried Brown Rice

I love pineapple eaten fresh or in fried rice or in curries. I bought one the other day and being lazy to cook anything elaborate, I went for something easy and fried rice is such a versatile one dish meal. You throw in anything you want and yet it will turn out delicious. And lately we have changed to eating brown rice and I was curious to know how brown rice will taste like when fried with other ingredients. I fried it with pineapples cubes and it was good for a simple meal :)) the tangy pineapple adds flavor to the fried rice Mmmmm simple to prepare and good for people who are laazzzy busy to cook or for those who have no time to cook becoz they have to blog ! LOL!

food taste better when you dress it! :)

a very versatile rice dish....throw in anything or left-overs from dinner

it will still taste good :)

dash some cajun and paprika into the fried rice...makes it more flavorful

enjoy every burst of flavor in each and every mouthful..mmmm yummy!

Pineapple Fried Brown Rice

Ingredients :

3 cups of cooked brown rice
1 cup of fresh pineapple cubes
2 black pepper sausages - diced
2 pips of garlic - chopped
2 eggs

1 tsp of cajun
1 tsp of paprika

sea salt to taste

3 tbsp of olive oil

garnishing:

lettuce
kumato - sliced

Preparation :

Heat up olive oil in a wok and saute garlic till fragrant. Add in the diced sausages and pineapple cubes and stir fry for 3 minutes, add in the cooked brown rice and fry it till well mixed with the pineapples and sausages. Push aside the rice mixture, add in the eggs in the center of the wok and fry till eggs are half cooked, push back the rice to cover the eggs and continue to stir fry the rice till every ingredients are well mixed with the rice. Add cajun and paprika and sea salt to taste. Dish up on a plate decorated with lettuce and kumato slices. Serve hot.

Enjoy a hearty and simple rice dish!

Quote for the day

" the same food may be consumed in a happy or

an unhappy atmosphere, but only in the

first will it be a feast "

~ Margaret Willes~

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Stir Fry French Beans With Shimeiji

I love veggies and I love all kinds of edible spora, so you can imagine when I stir fry two of my favourites together what would be the reaction from yours truly….imaginable ….happily waiting for dinner to be served! I stir fry french beans and shimeiji with dried shrimps….oohhh the aroma of the fried dried shrimps with garlic and bird’s eye chillies is enough to accelerate the salivary glands into action. This is so simple a dish and yet so deliciously satisfying for the gastro.

Both have crunchy texture and I love it! Chomp chomp chompy....and yum yum yummy...hahaha so happy that at times yours truly can behave like a child or in her second childhood

simple dish yet delicious Mmmm.....

the dried shrimps, garlic and chillies

gave the whole dish the oommph..oo-la-la

french beans and shimeiji are my favorites

so put them together makes me happy...real happy :))))

I will fry this again for sure....

Stir Fry French Beans With Shimeiji

Ingredients :

200 gms of French beans – cut into 1.5 inch length

200 gms of Shimeiji mushrooms

50 gms of dried shrimps – soaked in hot water for 5 mins- crushed

4 pips of garlic- chopped coarsely

3 bird’s eye chillies

sea salt to taste

2 tbsp of olive oil

Thickening:

1 tsp of corn flour

2 tbsp of water + 1 tsp of chinese cooking wine

Preparation:

Heat up the olive oil in a non-stick wok, sauté the dried shrimps , garlic and chillies till fragrant. Add in the french beans and shimeiji and stir fry till cooked, add in thickening and sea salt to taste. Dish up and serve with hot rice.

Have a delicious day :)

Quote of the day

" Life is too short to stuff a mushroom "

~ Shirley Conran ~

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