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Sunday, June 20, 2010

Veron: Father's Day Celeb

We gathered for a dinner together in conjunction with Father's Day. Zhuinli cooked us a sumptious western dinner which I always enjoyed. Here are the food list...

Toasting Pizza

Roasting Chicken

Roasted Chicken on the table

Aglio Oglio

Garden Salad WIth Feta Cheese
[*Note the little hand tried to curi tomato]

Stir Fried Mushrooms With Oyster Sauce

Mushroom Soup

Honey Dew

Bon Apetit Tout Le Monde...

Saturday, June 12, 2010

I am all so excited not because of the World Cup but I get to learn how to make Bak Chang from my mom-in-law this year. It is a skill that my mom did not manage to inherit from my late grandma and that is why I feel I need to continue this tradition. Let's check out the fillings...

The main actress - mung beans & stir fried glutonious rice

Salted Duck Eggs

Red-Cooked Pork

Dried Shrimp

Chinese Black Mushrooms

Chestnuts

Fried Sliced Garlic

Fried Shallots

Production Section

Choose a nice bamboo leaf.

Wipe it dry with a piece of cloth.

Fold the leaves into a cone shape.

Scoop some glutunios rice into the cone.

Fill up with fried shallot, fried garlic, dried shrimps...

...mushrooms, salted egg & pork.

Cover up the filling with some glutunious rice.

Wrap it up (yes, this does require some skills..)

Tie the whole package with a string.

Voila! I manage to make a bunch.

Well, it is not my Sifu who will determine whether my Bak Chang passes the test...

..it will be this big pot of water. If the filling comes out, means I seriously need to improve my skills.

This Bak Chang festival is also dedicated to all the men out there, who do not have a decent meal during the World Cup event. (Buttock glued to the sofa, eyes glued to the TV set and mouth filled with Bak Chang...)

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Veron: Qing Ming 2010

We just came back from Qing Ming in Sungai Petani. Well, Anne is the youngest among the family members. As usual, it was super hot, smoky (incense and hell notes burning) and you can see umbrellas every where (just like in F1 circuit). Tai Ngien was not joining us this year as she was observing Kuan Yin prayers in KL the day before. Ok, I am kinda lazy to say more, let the pics to the talking bah...