Mini Borobudur

This Borubudur is in Shenzhen, Window of the World to be exact. Shenzhen is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, approximately an hour away from Hong Kong. Reportedly, Window of the World has around 130 reproductions of some famous structures, man-made or natural, around the world.

Niagara Falls and Eiffel Tower are there too.

Muar Wanton Mee

We were in Malaysia to attend a family matter last Sunday. Not having the satisfaction from our lunch in a restaurant nearby, Hg craved for his favorite wanton mee. Just our good fortune, a slot of car park was available immediately nearby the targeted stall.

Even though wanton mee is not exactly my thing, I was willing to give it a go. This is not bad at all for RM3.50 per bowl. The wanton soup was served in a different bowl.The stall seemed to be really popular over there. It was really crowded and the waiting time was probably 15-20 minutes or so, we were there around 2PM. They have many people working for the stall with one person does the main cooking and mixing. He prepared the noodles for maybe around 8 bowls at a time if necessary. The people sitting next to our table were no too happy that we got our food first as they arrived before us. Not our fault...... It could happen the other way around, it has happened many times before.

Simply Corn

Gorgeous.... couldn't resist the temptation to post this. I must post this. I got a couple of them from Carrefour.

In the Case of Ice Cream

Without any intention to have these many tubs of ice cream at one point in time, we still ended up with one shelf of the freezer, filled with loads of these tempting Ben & Jerry as well as Häagen-Dazs. We also finished a box of Nestle Crunch and left with one more box. We are well stocked indeed, I don't think we can clear them up within a month. But then again, with hungry teenagers being around, I will never know what exactly could happen....

Keep The Kitchen Smoking.....

It was an incredibly busy week indeed, somehow, I got so excited over preparing dishes after dishes on daily basis. I even attempted to broiled Black Cod with Miso Sauce ala Nobu and baked Ina Garten's Lemon Cake. I was quite pleased that both turned out pretty well.



In between, I also prepared Gado-gado, Indonesian vegetable salad with peanut sauce and shrimp crackers, it's always yummy.

A Busy Day In The Kitchen

English Toffee, with chocolate and almond.


Tea Eggs, Chinese Styled.


Swedish Meatballs with mashed potatoes and cranberry sauce. Yum.....

Always A Favorite

Suddenly, there was an urge to bake a cake that is well liked by everyone, just to make sure that the cake would be consumed before it got bad. Even at 8 PM, we got the oven running.



To minimize the baking time, I opted for wider pan instead of my usual favorite Bundt pan. I used the usual 4-egg recipe.

Back to Routine

Back from the trip, back with muffins & coffee in the morning to start the day. The baking pan was bought in Hong Kong. I thought of giving it a try.

A Little Note From Tioman Trip

This baby turtle was one of those that were released to the ocean as part of the conservation program by students who were in Tioman on their study trip. Engaging in many exciting activities including kayaking and trekking, these students stayed in Tioman for six days.

Waroeng Betawi

An Indonesian food stall was set up at school last night, selling quite an extensive selection of local food, including nasi kuning (yellow rice) and bakso (meatballs soup served with noodles). The stall was named "Waroeng Betawi", loosely translated as old Jakarta foodstall. Business looked great, the money was for charity though!