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Saturday, May 10th, 2008 |
Last Labour Day weekend was spent back in hometown. Since mum had day off from work and there is nothing much to do anyway, off to Cameron Highland we went.
Our first stop, and the best stop of the whole one-day trip - Green View Garden.
Strawberry goodies - Cakes, strudels, puddings, salad and chocolates.
We had this strawberry cheesecake.
And strawberry strudel.
Fresh strawberry juice.
Chocolate fondue. Served with strawberries, chocolate love letters and marshmallows.
Yummy!
There were so many pit stop cum vegetables/flower/ fruit farm cum rest and relax cum dining cum shopping area scattered around Ringlets, Tanah Rata, Brinchang and in between but this place is by far the best. It was spacious and the atmosphere was very relaxing. The wide array of western food and desserts makes me want to return for more.
The rest of the trip though, was not as good. Remember the Watercress Valley that I USED TO give good reviews of? I retract back my statement. If you happen to pass by there, don’t stop. Move ahead to somewhere else. That place had turned into a money sucking, tourist conning place. I should seen the telltale sign by the brand new Mercedes Benz parked right in front of their place.
They charge for every single thing and the food was cutthroat expensive. They charge RM0.30 for toilets and RM1.00 just for looking at the watercress! I don’t see the reason to charge people for looking at the farm when it is free in other farms. There were nothing impressive anyway, unlike beautiful flowers or fruits. They even closed the dining section so that the view is not accessible unless you dine in.
As for dining in, well for a steamboat meal consist of a soup base, a small basket of vegetables, ten meatballs, three stuffed chillies, three stuffed bean curd skin, ten suikow, two balls of noodles and two glasses of drinks, we were charged a whooping RM72.00. Despite the price stated in the menu, they will over charge you, knowing fully well that once you left you can’t make any complaints anyway.
So, be careful.
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Monday, May 5th, 2008 |
Konyaku jellies are fun to make, and especially so if you have interesting moulds. What you need is a packet of konyaku jelly and fruits. I usually used a can of cocktail fruits in syrup. Be sure to read the instruction behind the packet of jelly and get all the ingredients listed. Different brands require different amount of ingredients.
Flower and leaf jellies. One packet of jelly mixture yields quite a lot of jelly, so keep them in fridge to be consumed for the next few days.
Heart shaped jellies. See the dark coloured jellies? Those were filled with cooked red beans that I ladled from the red bean soup my mum cook. They tasted great!
Perfect snack for a warm afternoon. 
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Friday, December 21st, 2007 |
Do you know that the Winter Solstice Celebration is more important than Chinese New Year for the Cantonese clan? Back then when I was younger, we used to gather at our grandparents house for a sumptuous and elaborate winter solstice dinner dinner and to eat glutinous rice balls afterwards.
This year round I am darn busy with exam, so no time for making glutinous rice balls, so I am gonna make do with all those “creative” glutinous rice balls that I’ve made before and featured in this blog.
Glutinous rice balls in corn soup!
And the one that milked the creativity juice out of me: Green tea rice balls in soybean milk!
LOL! I should really make some decent, normal rice balls. I wonder if the elders would flip with my creativity. Better the traditional ones for the festivity, eh?
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 |
Whoa! It has been awhile since I’ve updated this blog. I’ve been holidaying for a week ate lots of food and right now I am trying to catch up on all the interesting stuffs during holidays.
First off, I visited Sakae Sushi again. Kinda detoured into The Curve since it is on the way. Heh.
Not wanting to spoil my dinner, I only ordered some stuffs that I really craved from this place after my first visit here.
Soft shell crab temaki. Oh-my-God I miss them so much.
These salmon hand rolls are yummy too!
For dessert we took this mochi (I guess, or daifuku? Argh!) from the kaiten belt. This dessert is made of glutinous rice flour and filled with green tea paste (the green ball), adzuki bean paste (the red ball) and lotus seed paste (the yellow ball). Oh boy, they were just so chewy and stretches quite impressively. Its a pity that it is quite pricey though, if not for the RM5.99 per plate I would have grabbed a few more plates.
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Friday, July 27th, 2007 |
Tell me, do they look weird, these green coloured rice balls? They look like mossy pebbles to me, although I must say that they are actually edible, and very tasty in fact, if you are a green tea lover.
They are easy to make, just like this glutinous rice balls recipe except for the water, which I substituted with steeping green tea with as little amount of water as possible and letting them cool off before mixing into the flour.
For the extra green tea “ommph!” I snipped off a green tea bag and sprinkle some of the powderized green tea into the flour before kneading.
I cook the rice balls in a boiling pot of water before dunking them into a bowl of cold water to cool the rice balls. Drain the balls and divide them into smaller bowls and pour in icy cold soybean milk, and they are good to go.
Dig in!
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