Bubble tea in Setia Alam

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May 052012
 

My in-laws dropped by for a visit. About a few days back, I had noticed a new shop opening in Setia Alam and decided to bring them there for bubble tea.

I was disappointed when I was told that they ran out of pearls. I would need to wait about 90 minutes for the new batch of pearls to be ready. *sigh*

Decided to order other drinks instead…
Bubble tea and ice-blended drinks...

The decor is fairly simple but nice.
Shop decor...

They only have drinks. No food. I was hoping the shop would also serve finger food like fries. But I guess they don’t want us hanging around too long. After all, space/ seat is limited.

But all-in-all, drinks are decent. Drinks cost from about rm5.50 onwards (or something like that). Since they just opened, customers ordering large drinks were given a discount voucher (for the next visit). Will I go back again? Definitely… I still want my pearls!!! :)

Ice Cooler at Setia Alam

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Spicy vegetable stew

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Mar 182012
 

Cooked this today for dinner…
Spicy vegetable stew

Wanna learn how to cook this tasty and spicy (not hot spicy but just herb spicy stew/ soup)? It’s quite simple. You need onion, garlic, tomato, potato, button mushoroom… Continue reading »

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Another round of banana leaf rice

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Mar 012012
 

Could not resist and reject the invitation from a few friends to have banana leaf rice for lunch.

So off we went yet again to Nirvana in Bangsar. This is what I had…
Banana leaf rice at Nirvana, Bangsar

Oh ya… Did I mention the mango lassi there is really thick and nice…? Yes, it is… ;)

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Cake feast

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Feb 242012
 

My parents and my brother (together with his wife) dropped by last week… We ended up having a cake feast and had two really delicious cakes at one go!

Black sesame vs cheese cake...

One was Black Sesame cake and the other is a Cheese Cake. Both were tasty in their own way. Black Sesame cake was light and sweet. Cheese cake was heavy but tasty.

Both cakes are from Just Bake, a very nice bakery located in Setia Alam. They make really tasty and healthy breads and cakes.

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Banana leaf rice

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Feb 172012
 

Met up with Jerry and Kim Chuan for lunch. It’s been a long time since we went to Nirvana at Bangsar for banana leaf rice.

The banana leaf rice

More rice...!

Burp...!!! Good lunch!

I think I should not have topped up that much rice… My stomach’s going to explode… But I have to say… It’s a damn good lunch!

By the way, did you know Bangsar is actually the combination of two names – Mr Edouard Bunge and Alfred Grisar. Estate.

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Cooking for bugdies…

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Jan 242012
 

bugdies /bəgdis/
Noun: Plural of bugdy; Combination of bug and buddies; Very good friends who enjoy bugging one another as a way of bonding.

My bugdies from the north and south dropped by my place for Chinese New Year. It is beginning to be an annual thing for us — meeting over the CNY. I wish we could meet more often, but as I said — one lives up in the north (state of Perak) and the other lives in Singapore. But this is as good as it can get for now… And I’m just glad we can still find the time to meet up.

The least I could do was torture feed them with home-made dishes. Just sharing the photos a bugdy took. Please bear with the blur photos… They were taken with an iPhone.
A table of food for bugdies...

A table of food for bugdies…

The failed 'grilled' mushroom The vegetarian belacan-fried four angle beans

L to R: Failed grilled mushroom & vegetarian-belacan stir-fried four angle bean

Green vege in herbal sauce Stir-fried tofu with diced vege

L to R: Greens in herbal sauce & Stir-fried tofu with diced vege

Superior corn soup Multi-grain rice

L to R: Superior corn soup & multi-grain rice

The chef hard at work...

Chef hard at work…
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Eating crocodiles, monkeys and other animals…

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Nov 282011
 

A few days back, my sister-in-law (brother’s wife) gave us a pack of something exotic. It was a combination of dried crocodiles, monkeys and some other animals.

For the past few days, I have been thinking about how to cook them. After all, it would be my first time cooking them. Do I boil it? Do I put them into the soup? Cook it with sauce?

Come to think of it, it would also be the first time eating I am them. I guess it would be the same for Mrs Tai and Gabriel too. As such, I thought it would be better to just stick to the tried and tested method — boil them and have creamy tomato sauce go with it… The result was actually quite good. Gabriel and Mrs Tai seemed to enjoy it too.

Here’s a photo of the dish…
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Pasta dinner at Breeks Cafe

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Nov 162011
 

Had an out of town dinner… Literally out of town — Penang.

I was there on a business trip and managed to try out this place called Breeks Cafe at Queensbay Mall. It was a hectic and tiring day. I wasn’t really in the mood for food but was feeling hungry. I was looking around for some place nice when I came across this Breeks Cafe.

To be honest, I can’t resist anything that has got mushroom and the Pasta Mushroom Cream Sauce listed on the signboard outside the outlet just grabbed my attention. Went in, sat down and waited for someone to take my order, which sadly, too a while. Somehow, no one really noticed my until I started waving my hands (almost frantically).

Ordered the pasta and some calamansi drink. I was expecting the calamansi drink to be something like the lime & sour plum juice, so I was kinda surprised that it turned out to be just some green cordial drink. Nothing to shout about.

About 15 minutes after I placed my order, my pasta came. I had to wait for a few minutes before I could dig in… Because no one had set up my table. No fork. No spoon.

Was the pasta worth the wait? Well… Yes.

Pasta mushroom cream sauce at Breeks Cafe

The mushroom cream sauce is thick… Really thick and creamy. Just the way I like it. I had expected it to be just some watered down cream of mushroom soup added with mushroom bits, so I was surprised when the pasta arrived and the sauce looked really yummy.

Pasta was cooked just nice. It was piping hot. What else can I say…? :)

Will I go back for another round? Well, if I’m ever in Penang, it’s an affirmative Yes!

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Home-made vegetarian sambal

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Nov 122011
 

It was a slow weekend and I had some personal time for myself after breakfast. Gabriel and Mrs Tai were taking the morning nap. Decided to just cook up something tasty for myself…

With some curry powder, sugar, salt, onions, garlic and some sliced mushroom crisps, the result was…
Vegetarian sambal

Home made vegetarian sambal

Sambal. Yummy…

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