Entries Tagged as 'Food'

May 14, 2008

Teak 5

Gendang gendut tali kecapi
Kenyang perut senang hati

That is always the feeling I get after dinner at our favorite cafe, Teak 5. Birds of a feather flock together as the saying goes. If back home I like to eat Nasi Rawon, Nasi Jenganan, Nasi Ambeng, Mee Siam, Nasi Sambal Goreng etc, it is not that easy [...]

May 8, 2008

A shack in Kampung Bharu

‘… I feel like having Nasi Lemak Antarabangsa @ Kampung Bharu. Want to come ? ‘ So said the sms from BroN. BroN is in town to attend the MIHAS trade fair, and as usual, he needed his fix of non-sterile eating places which have since extincted from our hometown.
BroN and I went back a [...]

May 7, 2008

In liberal doses

Many thoughts are going through in my mind that need to be consolidated. I have not been having good sleep for the past 4 days post fever and I am not quite sure why. I have been falling asleep at around 3 almost daily and have been having really tired days.
Today, after belly dancing class, [...]

May 2, 2008

Chicken Rice Story

Chicken Rice is a fool proof dish. If there is nothing I fancy at any eating place here or back home, I just go for the safe choice of chicken rice. Basically knowing what to expect when the dish comes. But there isn’t any chicken rice that I can say THE chicken rice.
When I was [...]

April 26, 2008

Under the Rain Tree

I was about 10 minutes late for my class this morning. My Lehrerin, Frau L does not take it well to people being late. She blasted us many times before that Germans value punctuality and if you cannot keep to the timing, you have already ’spoiled’ your image to the Germans. Oh well, sometimes or [...]

March 17, 2008

Big Boys DO Bake

I love eating, cooking and baking. I love food. Period.
It was a good Sunday learning from the Big Boys at their baking studio. It was Mont Blanc and Gula Melaka Cheesecake session and I now know why oh why my cheesecake top always crack and also why the cake itself is always very heavy and [...]

February 28, 2008

Beyond My Wildest Dream

Some years ago, to even attempt to cook was beyond my wildest dream. Everything changed in early 2006 when survival was imperative and that the husband prefers home-cooked meals more than anything else. Hence the laborious effort of metamorphosis of myself from a Kitchen Goondo into a Dewi Dapur took place. With much success, I [...]