Burger craving striked last week and this is what I've got. Attempted a Burger King "Mushroom swiss" styled one with melted cheese and mushroom on top of it. Simply chopped the onions fine and mix it with the minced meat (pork used here), seasoned with salt and pepper, dusted with a bit of flour and pan fried.
Had to make mini burgers instead as I overstuffed them with onions and they wouldn't hold together, hehe
A long (seriously) post next only after I finish my dissertation, hopefully by mid of next week!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
Craving for Burgers
Thursday, March 15, 2007
End of Term
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
All things Italian
Phew we're nearly there, and taking it easy (slightly)
The weather is getting much more cheerful with the suns up, though the strong wind follows too. Nevertheless, pleasant all the same as long as the sun is up :) If only we can ignore now till summer starts :P
Haven't been cooking anything exciting lately, as the mad rush comes towards the end of term, but this is something I had roughly 2 weeks ago, inspired by the farfalle we got from Rome, which (probably is hard to see), comes in the colors of the Italian flag. A funny idea came up to coat them with the exact colored sauce as shown below: pesto, seafood cream sauce and a simple tomato paste/ragu. One might wonder what happens when you mix the 3 different sauces together, which is commonly a separate pasta sauce on its own. Rest assured the combined version is really yummy as well, just remember not to overpower the pesto as it might be too pungent!
The weather is getting much more cheerful with the suns up, though the strong wind follows too. Nevertheless, pleasant all the same as long as the sun is up :) If only we can ignore now till summer starts :P
Haven't been cooking anything exciting lately, as the mad rush comes towards the end of term, but this is something I had roughly 2 weeks ago, inspired by the farfalle we got from Rome, which (probably is hard to see), comes in the colors of the Italian flag. A funny idea came up to coat them with the exact colored sauce as shown below: pesto, seafood cream sauce and a simple tomato paste/ragu. One might wonder what happens when you mix the 3 different sauces together, which is commonly a separate pasta sauce on its own. Rest assured the combined version is really yummy as well, just remember not to overpower the pesto as it might be too pungent!
This reminds me of all thing Italian, and spotting a Vespa (it's pale green!) outside a restaurant in Cambridge got me all excited again, I don't mind a Vespa even if I don't (cannot afford/not feasible) get my Fiat 500 in the future! It'll be so cool to have one sometime, probably not in Malaysia though as it's too unpleasantly hot and humid. Anyways, it looked something like this:
This is also the latest GranTurismo (GT) model.Eco friendly, vintage style and sporty.
The perfect urban scooter.
I like ;)
Sunday, March 04, 2007
Colorful Yee Sang
Happy Chap Goh Mei everyone!
May the year of the pig bring lots of luck by oink-ing all the bad omens away! :D
(& please de-clog my brain for the remaining 2 weeks ... )
Friday, March 02, 2007
Junk Foods
MmmMMmm, despite the name conjuring up a sense of guilt :P, what's your favorite?
Com'on, sharing is caring ;)
Well, 'telinga biscuit' is mine. Always fall for it no matter how hard I resist.
It's not found on Wikipedia, so please be patient while I try illustrate/explain what I mean.
Telinga is the word for ear in the Malay language, and it's called so simply because the biscuit is ear-shaped. I don't really know what and how it is made, and perhaps won't want to find out anyways just in case it destroys my love for it :P All I can say that it's savory, and if you look closely enough, you can see little black pigments which I believe is some sort of spice (5 spice powder? Not sure). It tastes slightly sweet and salty at the same time, and is extremely crunchy, its main selling point. It's way beyond boring popcorns mann
Sneakily, there is a stash of this precious commodity brought to the UK, and thankfully, out of my sight (& mind), or else it'd have disappeared in seconds ...
Here is a picture of it:
Com'on, sharing is caring ;)
Well, 'telinga biscuit' is mine. Always fall for it no matter how hard I resist.
It's not found on Wikipedia, so please be patient while I try illustrate/explain what I mean.
Telinga is the word for ear in the Malay language, and it's called so simply because the biscuit is ear-shaped. I don't really know what and how it is made, and perhaps won't want to find out anyways just in case it destroys my love for it :P All I can say that it's savory, and if you look closely enough, you can see little black pigments which I believe is some sort of spice (5 spice powder? Not sure). It tastes slightly sweet and salty at the same time, and is extremely crunchy, its main selling point. It's way beyond boring popcorns mann
Sneakily, there is a stash of this precious commodity brought to the UK, and thankfully, out of my sight (& mind), or else it'd have disappeared in seconds ...
Here is a picture of it:
Goggling it online landed me on this awesome biscuit manufacturer's site, which produces all the types of cookies and biscuits so typically found back home in Malaysia, missing the CNY atmosphere there. Though I don't really agree with the concept of mass production of food (especially if it's within your own ability to make it or at least attempt to, given the time), this site gives an idea of the mass array of biscuits in Msia, though there are many non standard Westernized variations there as well. Surprisingly, the telinga biscuit here is different from the one I mentioned, it's called 'biskut kerang' (shell biscuit) instead.It's Chap Goh Mei soon this weekend, and of course nearer towards holiday and end of term! PHew, can't wait to sit down and heal the essay-o-phobia and start working frantically against time for my dissertation!
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