Halal food outlet in Brisbane : latest update

New update ---Pizza Lane and halal Brumby's---

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Though I have mentioned before that we seldom eat out, we did visited a number of Halal Food outlet that we would like to share to those of you who are looking for Halal food around Brisbane.
1. Abra kebab, Toowong (lamb, beef and chicken kebab, turks delicacy).
2. Azra kebab n pizza, Edward St (CBD) (kebab variety, turks delicacy, pizza (we love the pizzas).



3. Little Malaysia, West End (most Malaysian sought after food).
4. Tomarco pizza, Indooroopilly (pizza and steak) - I found out recently that the shop is now close. A new restaurant took over the place.
5. Golden splendor, Buranda (chinese, seafood).

6. Ispa kebab n pizza, Moorooka (kebab, pizza (large and cheap), roast chicken).
7. Nandos - West End, St Lucia, Myer center in Queens Street Mall, @ Charlotte St, Clayfield, Cooperoo, Harbour Town, Underwood.
8. Indian kitchen, West End (Indian food).
9. That briyani shop in the Myer center in Queens Street Mall, near Nandos.
10. Makanan Indonesia, West End (Indonesian food).
11. Flaming grill, Darra (burger and steak).
12. Magic kebab, Edward St (CBD) next to Azra (kebab n pizza, we love the shish kebab).
13. Satay Club @ Charlotte St.
14. The Grill House at 2892 Logan Road (opposite Underwood central) - served steak, burger, pizza, chicken tandoori etc.
15. 1001, St Lucia (Middle East and Western)
16. Miss India, St Lucia (Indian food).
17. Dreamy Donut (franchiese).
18. Krispy Kreme.
19. Indonesian Tucker, 1981, Logan Road, Mount Gravatt (thanks Maryam for the info).
20. Scherhazade at Kenmore (Indian food; tandoori, naan, lassi, etc.).
21. Hanaichi, @ Queen St. (Sushi, Udon, Tempura) - not Halal certified, but they don't served pork.
22. Country Chicken, McWhirters, China Town - fried chicken, burgers, fries.
23. Get it India, Twin parks shopping centre, shop 18, 1534 Wynnum Rd,Tingalpa.
24. Pizza Lane, 2922 Logan Rd, Underwood - pizza, pasta, waffle, milkshakes, etc.
25. Halal Brumby's, only at Logan Rd, Underwood.

I was browsing for more halal food outlet in Brisbane, until I stumbled into this "Halal Maps". Great maps, it shows not only halal restaurants, but butchers and mosques too. Good for visitors and people who like to travel, and looking for halal food in particular (like us :D). I wonder how can I make fully use with the map?!

Will update again when we visit/venture new outlet...

Ramadhan day 2: Day 1 success for Yaya

Today is the second day of Ramadhan. Alhamdullillah we managed to complete the first day easily, especially yaya. She even helped me in the kitchen, beating eggs for telur dadar and coating the donut with the sugar. She was energetic through out the day, including teasing adik a little too much. Adeh, I tell you they can really get on my nerve sometimes. But I must admit, without them around life won't be meaningful.

Kids spent their 1st day of Ramadhan playing PS

Anyway, back to the Ramadhan story. It was chilly yesterday, the wind was strong and we could hear the wind howling outside. I think that was one reason why we didn't feel like we were fasting. Plus the day is shorter. Lucky for us, so far we experienced fasting during winter and spring. That is the positive part of it, the layback is, we have to get up early, around 4am for sahur if atang is not working. On atang's working day, we have to wake up at 3am for sahur. Just imagine on that wee hour we are eating rice. Hahahahah... well that is the consequence we have to take. Things always run in both ways. If you look around, you will see everything is two-side; up and down, front and back, left and right, etc. Can you tell me anything that is not? Ok..now I am drifting away from the topic.

Today Yaya is at school,hope she will manage another day of fasting. For iftar today, we are having potluck with our closest neighbours, just three families get together for iftar. Meriah sikit, especially for the kids. Each family will prepare some dishes. So I am cooking ayam sambal with bubur jagung today. Yummy.

For yesterday's iftar, I fried some karipap and donut, and cooked ayam padprik (yang tak jadi sangat, boleh dimaafkan sebab puasa..hahahhah) and telur dadar. Alhamdullillah, we also had some cupcakes given by our neighbour. It was her daughter's birthday yesterday. Kat sini kena la buat sendiri cuppies, kalau kat Malaysia boleh main tunjuk-tunjuk aje...heheheheh... but I wonder if I will buy or make the cuppies when I am back in Malaysia? You can save a lot if you make your own batch, tapi yela, time will be the issue then (eh macam la kat sini banyak masa...hahahaha). Pardon my crooked donut, tangan keras, huduh ada, tapi untuk sendiri makan maaa hehhehe...

Kuih for iftar day 1

Although masjid around Brisbane hold iftar and tarawih, but I perform tarawih at home. Ada budak tecit, so solat kat umah aje la. Kalau gi masjid, nanti ganggu jemaah pulak dan solat den tak kusyuk pulak nanti. OK, till next entry, selamat berbuka, biar sederhana.

yours truly,

Busy busy pun dapur den totap berasap

Iyo...gitu la kironya citer kali nie... sangat-sangat busy akhir-akhirnya...nak jadi penglipur lara pun tak sempat...jangankan nak jadi...nak karang ayat pun tak gheti dah... takpo takpo...mana yang penting kita dulukan..yo tak...

Busy busy pun...den totap kona masak gak...la nie dah sebati dah...dah jadi sebahagian rutin seharian... Dah lamo den tak lotak gamba makanan yo... sebelum masuk bulan Ramadhan nie...baik den tayang dulu...huhu...

Cucur udang....first time buat dia jadi kembang kembung naik camtu....nie resepi jiran den...mokasih la yo turunkan resepi kat den...hehehhehhe....puas makan...tapi perut cepat sebu laaa..sobab lotak bi-carb-soda...tapi pastinya puas bila makan...alhamdullillah

Nasi goreng Pattaya....pun first time buat...siap ikut style tukang masak kat restoran, terlangkupkan pinggan atas nasi tu...lepas tu terbalikkan flat pan...ahahahha...

Nie den saje bolah..kasi nampak isi....

Haa yang nie den tak masak laaa.... choc paling best kat anak tokak den....sini harga dia AD1.10.... murah betul.... tapi kalau makan, boleh naik jerawat..... dah tuo2 pun ado jerawat lagi....hahahhahah

Malam nie den tak masak, banyak left-over dlm peti sojuk den .... perhangatkan yo malam nie...bagus2..malam nie jugak den nak rehat.... rehat betul2...layan anak2... besok tgk balik paper nak submit hari isnin... harap2 laaa dapat publish satu lagi paper....

OK..happy weekend you all....


p.s. terima kasih yo wish birthday utk abah den :D

yours truly,

Only in Brisbane

Tolong promote bisnes kawan...

Nasi Lemak every morning (except on weekend)... but only in Brisbane. Free delivery within St Lucia.

Sodap ...memang sodap...den dah order dua kali...siap bawak gi Oz Zoo aritu.. sampai kan lizard yg besar yg ada kat zoo tu pun cakap sodap (lizard makan sisa2 yg jatuh ke lantai) hahahhaha...lizard mmg besar2 kat sana...den risau aje dia memanjat kaki den, makan nasi lemak aritu mmg kurang kusyuknya...ahahhahaha

yours truly,

Bur-ger portugis

Penat minggu nie. Keje bny tp puas ati. Dah mula sakit-sakit belakang, akibat duduk lama dan membongkok. Kalau dpt urut nie best ooo.


Tgh dinner kat nandos, layan portugese bbq chicken...nikmatnye





p.s. saje nak capture gambar burger nie, antara fav meals di Nandos...kat Nandos Mesia ado tak ekk... seingat dulu takdo

Potang yang memonekkan...

Petang-petang nie, kepala dah buntu untuk menyusun ayat. Fokus pun dah makin hilang. Susah tul bila nak menulis nie, lagi la dalam bahasa asing. Tapi payah ke, tak suke ke, kena la buat kan... den takdo pilihan. Tu yang maleh nak cakap pasal study.

Dah petang, anak-anak pun resah gelisah. Kesian kat Thirah, sebab seharian duduk kat rumah. Mano lai nak poi kan. Dapat kuar 2 kali aje la sehari. Pagi hantar kakak sekolah, petang jemput kakak. In between, bila tinggal dengan den, dia tido sampai la masa nak jemput kakak. Kalau dengan abah eh, boleh la dilayan. Tu yang bila potang, adik dah mula ngarut. Semua serba tak kena. Den pon poning kepalo nak buek kojo. Sib baik routine masak potang. So poning time masak nasib laaa kan... Tak sodap pun, kono tolan...wakakakkaak... Time buat keje poning, aiyah susah, nak2 tengah menulis, kang balik-balik kat ayat tu je...taip sikit..backspace...copy sanun, delete sinin. ahahhahaa ado ko perkataan sinin nie....

Den tengah bakar ayam nih, anak-anak den eksport ke bilik mandi, suh mandi bubble bath. Haaa...berendam la korang lamo-lamo. Paneh lai kek sini, seronok la berendam yo. Bagi maso utk den berehat, sambil pekena teh tarik, dan mengarut kek sini....hahahhaha... Tetibo angin cakap nogori la pulak.

Anyway, last weekend, den goreng ayam rangka. Haaa... terkejut den bila satu hari, gi makan-makan rumah kawan, dia jamu ayam rangka nie. Issshhh tak sangka ada jual kat sini. Murah aje tau, 50 sen satu. Den boli duo...haaa....tapi aritu goreng terlama sikit laaa...jadi tulang dia jadik keras sikit. Takpe, next time boleh buek lai.

Wahhh...orang kat malaysia cuti lamo yo minggu depan. Selamat bercuti la....Takpo maso den akan datang nanti untuk cuti-cuti sakan (aarrrghhh.... nie nak pujuk diri nie). Ok sekian la den berceloteh potang nie, nak suh anak-anak bilas badan. Kang kocut pulak...

yours truly,

Pau inti kelapa

... order kat kawan nie, sekali dgn bun kelapa, bun kacang merah dan pau kacang merah... Fuh sodap, kalau ada kopi o lg sodap. Tp dah pekena secawan kat opis tadi.

Yaya second day at school

Semalam pagi hantar yaya gi school, kena tukar kelas lagi.... aduhaiiii.... so what did the DP told me is true (nie mesti kerani sekolah pening-pening lalat prepare senarai tu). So, yaya is now back to the first class that we went to on the first day of school. Takpe laaa....biasa la kelam kelibut minggu pertama. Hopefully there is nothing missing during the moving/changing/swapping (in term of her stationaries and books). Did asked her class teacher about the clipboard (barang yang tercicir kelmarin), and the teacher told me that she has all of yaya's things.

Oh ya... FYI, all yaya's books; excercise, scrap and text, stay at school. Yaya bawak balik keje rumah, itupun kalau ada. Sometimes she will bring home newsletter or notes from school. Senang macam tu, tak la berat bag, tapi susah jugak nak keep track dengan her stationaries, and books. I need to remember when to bring back her homework, library books, folio and all, on certain days.

I hope her school matter settle by next week. Then I can just drop her off and go home. hehehehe (panas ooiii...muke adik pun dah macam udang kena bakar bila balik rumah).

Panas panas nie, rasa nak makan nasik kureng sikit. Tapi kena masak jugak kadang-kadang, sebab dalam rumah nie, ada 3 orang akan sengsara kalau tak jumpe nasi lebih dari sehari...hahahahhaha... excluding me laaa. Dalam seminggu, akan ada 2 atau 3 hari that I declare "no nasi" day. Apa nak bising-bising kan, I do all the cooking, and my beloved family would happily eat whatever I cook (uiissshhh bunyik cam diktator la pulak). Cuma lately nie yaya dah pandai complain kalau masak not to her taste bud....like recently I cooked sardines, one of my fav dish (ooohhh plz don't trust this statement that came from a food lover), and she just ate a little bit...eh since when yaya doesn't like sardine nie...hmmm... anyway, so one day without rice, I cooked Kungfu Kuay Teow.... this is one simple and delicious dish. Dah lama tak masak nie since the kids are away. So aritu masak, rasa macam nikmat nyee...alhamdullillah.....

First day, first week and rolls

Yesterday, schools reopen in Australia. I woke yaya early than usual, prepared her breakfast, her lunch box while yaya took her bath and wore her uniform herself. Then I woke adik up, who have half woken due to the commotion, bathed her and prepared her breakfast as well. I wanted to go to the school early, so that we don't have problem finding a parking space. But the only space that we could find was about 300mtrs to the school (nie kes malas nak pusing-pusing lg). Dah la berbukit, so we have to climb up and down a small hill...mengah-mengah laaa...lamo tak exercise... hahahha... when we finally arrived at the school, I got almost 5 minutes to help yaya settling down.

You know what, when the bell rang, adik and I left yaya and went home. But before we left the school, adik as usual, nak ke sana and ke mari, naik turun tangga kat sekolah tu. Until we passed by the school's office. There was a list of the pupils displayed on a softboard. So just to know yaya's classmate, I went up to the board and read the list. To my suprised yaya's name is not in the class that we sent her. Oh my oh my...did I sent her to the wrong class? But I was told by the deputy principal of the school that yaya will be put under 2D. But her name is not in the class list. Instead, her name is in a different class. So apa lagi, we went up to her class, I told the teacher what is happening, and she checked her list. "Yup, yaya seems not to be in this class." So I repacked yaya's things, and together with yaya we went down the stairs to her so called designated class. Tapi....bila check nama kat list, still her name was not in the list. But the teacher (a very young teacher), told us that, she was informed that there will be a new student arriving today. And so, she wrote yaya's name down in her class list....phewwwhhh.... Help yaya settling her down, again, and then we left the school.



Yaya with her new school uniforms. I love the skort, nampak cute. Yang bezanya, yaya's hat is now in blue, instead of gold when she attended prep.



Another posed by yaya. Si adik tu tengah confuse, "apo hal pulak nie?" ahhahaha

So what was my baking project last weekend. Dah lama nak buat sardine roll, I think for ages la jugak. The first and the last time I made sardine roll was with mak. And that was when I was a teenager, 13 or 14 yr old, can't exactly remember laa. But for sure before I went to boarding school. I ate a bunch ahahhahah straight from the oven. Panas panas tu yg sodap tu, pastri dia pun lembut dan rangup.

I found this recipe from Mamfami's. Dah lama simpan, baru sempat buat last weekend.

SARDINE ROLL (copy from Mamafami's blog)
Sumber : Kak Teh
Pastri 250 gm mentega sejuk
500 gm tepung gandum
Secubit garam
Air sejuk

Kaedah penyediaan :
1. Gaulkan mentega dan tepung dengan tangan sehingga menjadi seperti breadcrumbs.
2, Masukkan garam dan air sejuk dan uli sehingga menjadi doh.
3. Balutkan doh dengan plastik dan sejukkan di dalam peti ais sementara membuat fillingnya.

Filling 1 tin sardin dalam sos tomato
Bawang besar dicincang
Hirisan cili
Perapan limau/lemon secukup rasa
Garam secukup rasa

Kaedah penyediaan :
Hancurkan ikan sardin dan masukkan bahan-bahan lain.

Kaedah penyediaan Sardin Roll
1. Keluarkan doh dari peti ais. Gelekkannya dengan rolling pin hingga nipis. Potong kepada ben
tuk segiempat tepat.
2. Letakkan filling di atas doh dan roll.
3. Hiris-hiriskan bahagian atas doh (jangan sampai putus) sebelum sapu telur kuning di atas doh tersebut.
4. Bakar selama 40 minit dalam kepanasan 175 C

Tak rata sapu telur...so buruk sikit...ehehheheh

I used 1 can of sardine, tapi tak cukup la pulak, jadi tambah dengan sedikit tuna. Best jugak guna tuna nie. Sodap... the pastry melt in your mouth. ahahahah...adik just love eating just the pastry, sardine tu die letak tepi.

p.s. yaya balik sekolah semalam dah cicir satu barang...adeh....mmg careless sikit anak den yang sulung nih. Dan automatik siaran "bebel" berkumandang petang semalam.

yours truly,

nasi campur di Brisbane

Seperti yang telah diceritakan...hujung minggu baru nie sibuk dengan barang-barang sekolah yaya. uniform, textbooks, scrap books, exercise books and stationaries; that we bought at the school. On Saturday, we went out to buy yaya's shoes and socks. Dah biasa sangat dengan mall dekat-dekat rumah, I suggested atang to go somewhere outside Brisbane area, so we went to Westfield at Garden City.

Punya la susah nak carik kasut yaya nih. Must meet the requirement of white shoes and socks (nih kalau kat mesia senang carik), sini banyak sekolah pakai kasut hitam atau kelabu. To make things worst, we want to find velcro shoes, tak la nanti cik kak nie lambat ngikat. Yaya nie kalau nak bersiap, kalah puteri agaknye, kalau orang dulu-dulu cakap, berjam-jam. Mandi berjam-jam, pakai baju berjam-jam, pakai bedak, sikat pun berjam-jam. issshhhhh.... Velcro tu kira penyelamat masa laaa. 3 4 kedai kasut kami masuk, ada velcro, takde saiz la pulak. Ada saiz, mahal la pulak, AD40++ isssshhhh... Nasib baik ada rezeki kami kat satu kedai nie, dapat la yaya berkasut velcro putih ke sekolah nanti. Kalau tak, terpaksa la beli kasut bertali, sebab tu memang senang nak carik. Selesai carik kasut sekolah, dah pukul 12 dah, perut lapar, tekak haus...tapi kena gi Coles dulu nak beli groceries.

Makan tengahari, di mana arah tuju kami, dekat Garden City tu. haaaa....dah dekat Mt Gravatt. Ada satu restoran halal kat situ. Dan teringat cakap our good neighbour pasal nasik campur kat situ...dah la tengah lapar betul....jadi kami pun ke Indonesian Tucker, 1981 Logan Road.



fuhhh.....alhamdullillah....sedap betul... nasi campur dengan 3 lauk. Tengok, gambar pun ambil bila dah separuh jalan makan....hahahhaha (sebenarnye segan nak ambil sebab ada satu meja tu penuh dengan keluarga dari seberang tengah berdiskusi). Dah lama betul tak makan nasi campur style gerai nih (arrrggghhh tetiba teringat zaman study dulu, asal tengahari, meredah Skudai carik gerai nasi campur yang berbeza2 :D).



Indonesian Tucker nie, a good friend and also my reader Maryam yang bagitau. Thanks Maryam,we had delicious meals. Can't believe I finished the whole plate, tapi memang sendat lepas tu...hahahhahah.... and I think the price is ok, with that amount of serving. But we only had nasi campur, so tak tau la yg lain ye...tapi jangan order nasi goreng ayam, sebab rasa nasi goreng biasa aje. And that was what yaya ordered, asyik dapat yang tak sedap aje si yaya nih...hehehhehe...

yours truly,

Kali nie menjadi....yeessszaaa

Remember one time, or is it two times, that I tried to make donut, but failed. Well, the first time was 50% successful, lembik sikit dough, hmmm the second time, I think, was 50% jugak laaa... rasanye keras pulak donut the second trial.

Last Sunday, as usual, into the kitchen I went, and tried again making donut. I knew what went wrong last time. The biggest mistake I made was, pandai-pandai improvised resepi orang ok....ahahahhaha... Susah betul nak follow instruction nih. Anyway, this time I tried again MamaFami's recipe, and just MamaFami's, but I did make just a tiny changed (pulak... degil lagi tu). Itupun lepas orang bagi cadangan, dan berjaya, kira proven success gitu. And wallah, eehhh...alhamdullillah, kali nie menjadi laaa...best best...

DONUTS

Ingredients:
500g cake flour (I used plain flour)

1 1/2 teaspoons instant yeast (I used 7g=1 sachet of yeast)

1 cup water (lukewarm water)

1 teaspoon salt (I accidentally omit this...hmmm)

1/4 cup (50g) margarine (I changed to 1/4 of canola oil)

4 teaspoons sugar

1 egg

How MamaFami make her donut :

1. Mix well flour, instant yeast and egg.

2. In a small pot, on low heat, melt margarine.

3. Add salt, sugar to melted margarine and finally water. Let liquid be slightly hot.

4. Pour liquid into flour mixture bit by bit and knead till the dough is smooth or developed. For best result, knead using the machine.

5. Allow dough to rise (prove) until it has doubled it's original size.

6. Using a rolling pin, roll dough out to about 1 cm thick. Cut with the doughnut cutter.

7. Leave it to rise again.

8. Fry

9. Coat with sugar or dip in melted cooking chocolate and sprinkle some hundreds n thousands on top.

10. Enjoy!!!!

And this is how yours truly make hers (issshhh):

1. Mix yeast, water, oil and sugar in a bowl. Cover it with cling wrap. Leave it 10 to 15 minutes (until bubbly).

2. Add egg into the mixture and beat it for awhile (using fork, until the egg is will mix).

3. Add in flour, a little at a time. Mix well, knead the dough until smooth.

4. Allow to rise for an hour or slightly more (I was doing something else will waiting, so I think I left it about an hour an half), until the dough has doubled it's size.

5. Roll out about 1 cm thick using rolling pin. Cut them into desire shape (I used the brim of a mug as the cutter and make a hole using my finger).

6. Leave to rise for 15 - 20 minutes.

7. Fry and coat with caster sugar (would be great if I have cinnamon or melted choc...yum).

Sodap....huhu.... Bising tul budak fazid nie....buat donut pun nak kecoh....ahahhahahha Tapi yaya memang happy sangat. Atang pun banyak gak makan.. For this measurement, I got 20 pieces, waahhhh, great for both atang n yaya lunch box.

Tengok si yaya dan adik nie. Kotak pun boleh jadik mainan. Sampai tergolek-golek. Lebih kurang, macam main hide seek diorang nie, main tido-tido dalam kotak pun ye gak. Janji happy.

yours truly,

Ayam goreng Ayam goreng ala ala kayhepsi di Brisbane

Dah lama tak citer pasal outlet halal kat Brisbane. Kami pun dah lama tak makan kat luar. Towards end of last year, we were sooo busy even to eat out. Bila dah balik rumah, takde nye nak kuar balik, dengan hari yg pendek sebab winter, dan sejuk. Furthermore, there were only two of us, sesak-sesak atau malas giler nak masak, ada alasan pekena maggi kari atang....o la la...
Lagipun bukan banyak outlet halal kat Brisbane nie, ada beberapa tempat lagi yg kami tak pergi.
Country Chicken, located at McWhirters', tempat we all beli daging-daging kat Chinatown. Was not sure how long it has been there, but I believe not more than a year. Selalu gak lalu lalang kat walkway depan kedai tu, tp mmg tak perasan, rasanye dulu kedai lain. Anyway, I knew about this outlet from a friend, just before fasting month. So, have to wait after fasting month to try rite. And we spent two final weeks of fasting and eid at Malaysia, and only in November we able to try it.

The interior of Country Chicken.


And these were what we ordered.


Best...best... the only thing that we are not ok with is the burger. The fillet is too thick. It is chicken breast, jadik bila tebal camtu...cepat muak, mayo pun sikit jek. Tang nie mmg tak bleh lawan zinger burger.... errrkkk sape tau camne nak buat patty zinger burger tu tak?

yours truly,

when lamb meet potatoes

Occasionally, we will have lamb or goat for dinner. It has always been atang's favourite, yaya too has a liking to lamb. But I have a little bit problem with goat, can't eat much, but no problem with lamb. Not sure about Adik, because she has no experience with lamb or goat meat before, until recently. From our groceries shopping last weekend, I bought some chops, to experiment new recipe. I got this not so new recipe book from World of Kitchen, and this is my first time trying out one out of 97 recipes from the book.

Baked lamb with crispy potatoes (from Best Ever Winter Warmers recipes )

Ingredients:
3/4 cup plain flour
10 lamb loin chops
2 tbs olive oil
2 tbs rosemary leaves
1 lemon, skin and pith removed, thinly sliced
650g desiree potatoes (red skin potato), thinly sliced (best if use mandolin to slice these potatoes)
olive oil cooking spray
fresh rosemary sprigs, to serve

Cooking:
1. Preheat oven to 200 deg C. Place flour in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Add chops.
Toss to coat, shaking off excess. Place on a plate. Reserve remaining flour.
2. Heat oil in a non-stick frying pan over medium heat. Cook chops, 3 at a time, for 2 to 3 minutes each side or until browned. Transfer to an ovenproof dish.
3. Add 1 tbs remaining flour to pan. Cook, stirring, over medium heat for 1 minute or until bubbling. Add 1 cup cold water, stirring constantly until mixture comes to the boil. Add rosemary and lemon slices. Pour mixture over chops.
4. Place potato, overlapping slightly, over chops. Spray with oil. Season with salt and pepper. Bake 1 hour or until potatoes are golden and crisp. Top with rosemary. Serve.







For drink, I made chilled mango lassi. I love George's yogurt, it is less sour than any other yogurt, best for making lassi.



In the living room, the kids are waiting for dinner to be ready. In a week time, school will start, I asked yaya to make some revisions. Adik was good enough to not disturbing her sister. So we had lamb for dinner, and adik only ate a very small piece. Guess she doesn't like lamb.

And last week, our good neighbour sent us a bowl of mee bandung that smell so delicious. hmmmm....orang memberi kita merasa ye tak...hehehhehe...

yours truly,

Ayam goreng at the park

We had lunch at New Farm Park, and it was breezy today. We bought some fried chickens at Country Chicken, several packet drinks and some cut watermelons. That's it for kids day out today.

yours truly,

Layan anak2 @ new farm park

As usual, today is our groceries day. Done wth the shopping, we are now at New Farm Park, kasi budak2 main jap.

yours truly,

pasar malam food made at home

When one craving for pasar malam food, what else you can do but to prepare it yourself, especially if the craving came from the cook herself...hahahahha.... Mano ado pasar malam kek sini yang serupo macam kek mesia tu... however, I am lucky, because the ingredients are easy to find here. Yup, so far I have no problem finding ingredients to cook our malaysian food, except for one thing, turmeric leaf. Dah la daun kunyit nie bahan penting dalam masakan nogori. Apo nak buekkan. I was told by a friend, the reason we couldn't find turmeric leaf is because Thai's and Vietnamese do not use it in their cooking. I don't know how true this is, but I took it as one logical reason.

OK...enough of that not-making-sense introduction (yup, still fail in this area). Been searching for Yong Tau Foo sauce recipe for ages, until I found this recipe Sos Yong Tau Foo from my resepi site. I tried preparing the sauce yesterday and ok laaa... not fully satisfied, but I guess because I used different type of sauce than the one used by the cook who posted the recipe. The taste almost similar to the pasar malam, but can be improved. Jom try....



Sos Yong Tau Foo (copy directly from the site)


Bahan-bahan ( 1 family )


SOS HITAM:
560ml air 1 kiub stok bilis
1 camb kicap pekat/hitam
2 camb sos kacang hitam ( OR taucu )
1 camb sos hoisin
2 camb gula pasir
1/8 camt serbuk rempah lima
garam secukupnya
3 camb air dicampur 1½ camb tepung jagung (atau ikut kepekatan tersendiri)


SOS CILI:
8 biji cili merah dibuang biji
2 camt bijan goreng/bakar
100ml cuka
2 camb sos plam
3 camb gula garam secukupnya




Cara-cara

SOS HITAM YONG TAU FOO:

Jerang air, stok bilis, kicap pekat, sos kacang hitam, sos hoisin, gula pasir dan serbuk rempah lima di atas api perlahan. Kacau hingga mendidih, masukkan campuran tepung masak. Kacau tanpa henti selama 2-3 minit lagi atau hingga pekat.


SOS CILI YONG TAU FU:

Kisar cili dan bijan hingga halus. Jerang cuka di atas api perlahan. Masukkan bahan kisar dan semua bahan lain, ketepikan dari api, biar sejuk


note : garam & gula - ikut selera
note: kalau nak buat 1 sos saja, Sos Hitam Pedas, tambahkan cili boh ke dalam (step 2) mengikut kepedasan masing2 dan sedikit cuka.



I just prepared the black sauce because I never like pedas in my Yong Tau Foo. For lunch today, I made a little adjustment for the sauce, so I added more Hoisin Sauce (about 2 tablespoons) and more sugar....haaaa.... ada improvement sikit. Can experiment again until I get the consistency/taste that I want.





(this one for our good neighbour :D)


And I also fried Char Kuay Teow, for I was the only one yang suke Yong Tau Foo,

OK laaa kan...ahahahahhaha....sodap ke tidak, pejam mato yo laaa....janji kenyang (yaya said my Yong Tau Foo sauce is OK but "...tak sama macam pasar malam la mak"...) the word OK pun dah cukup...hehehheheh..first attempt maaaaa

Still adjusting with the routine, but everything is OK. Yaya can look after herself well, while adik, can keep to herself very well too. Soon yaya will be in school. Adik will stay with me at home, alternating with atang when he is off duty.

Nie muke budak baru bangun tido terus capai spek kakaknye, "Mama...mama...spek kakaknye...." ahahhaahha... sebijik macam den maso kocik dulu, pakai spek my sistah or abah when nobody is around :D

yours truly,