Delicious tak .. ni yang bahaya nak pandang lama2 nie. To Noorul and Syu, I know what u guys are thinking ...
Initially I thought that he might be using the Tom Yum paste like most of us and his story of using fish sauce and chili paste was just a myth. Then I pun macam impress when he REALLY bought the fish sauce, galangal, tomato, lemon grass, coconut milk, kaffir lime and leaves at the Pasar Borong. Dia siap suggest brand chilli bean oil yang dia pakai that is Mae Pra Nom. However, recently his Thai friend suggested another brand but he doesn't know how to pronounce it. But the truth is I pun tak pernah masak Tom Yum from the scratch. So I don't know what the heck to put in the pot to make Tom Yum soup.
Haa, lupa plak nak story. While waiting for him that Sunday, I singgah sekejap lah at this one Indian shop near his apartment area. I impress giler when I found out they sell rice wrappers (Banh Thrang) that the Vietnamese use to make their famous Spring Roll (Cha Goi). Murah pulak tu, just RM 3.40. The one I bought at Midvalley's Little Vietnam cost about RM 10.00.
Yesterday, I woke up at about 11.00 am to kemas-kemas rumah a bit before Sam arrive for our cooking session. Biasalah I mesti akan ambik gambar punyer so set penggambaran kena lawa lah sikit. Haa... the tikar tuh my mum import khas dari Sarawak tau. My mum nie terer lah pasal tikar kelesah nie. The one she bought bukan setakat better quality malahan lebih murah dan lebih halus buatannya berbanding the one I bought. Untuk memujuk hati, I letak tikar yang I beli kat dapur, as it blends with the deco. Ni side track a bit lah yer, sebenarnya saja nak show off macam mana I blend my Sarawak heritage into the modern contemporary theme. .. ahakss
So masa my Take Home Chef masak dia punya renowned Tom Yum. I buat lah I punya Vietnamese Steam Spring Roll. Since Sam nie "carnivourous" I buat yang takde sayur lah menggunakan minced chicken yang digoreng dengan bawang, halia, a bit of fish sauce and hoisin sauce. BTW, these spring roll nie better buat masa hari nak makan not the day before atau simpan dalam fridge sebab this will cause the wrapper to dry. Nanti not nice lah.
Anyway back to Sam's, the moment Sam add the fish sauce, galangal and lemon grass into the boiling water, I could feel I dah berada kat Thailand. Then whwn he put in the chilli oil paste, the tomatoes and the kaffir lime and leaves I dapat rasakan nie bukan calang-calang Tom Yum nie. Bau pun dah lain. Kalau yang kita makan kat kedai tuh penuh "sampah-sarap" jer. So malas nak cakap banyak so nie lah hasil tangan kami hari tuh.
Ramuan simple jer.
My parent and my god parent came over for the blessing ceremony of my new H.O.M.E. I specially flew my godparent over as they were other very,very important people in my life other than my own parent. Especially my godfather lah who has been like a father to me. Ever since I bought my apartment I memang nak my godfather to do the honour of blessing it as he is also the layreader (macam tok imam lah) for St. Patrick Chapel. Kira kalau priest lain segala makhluk halus, kasar, portergeist tak nak lari lah dari rumah tuh kecuali hantu2 yang menunggu house warming ... ini banyak "teluk" punya hantu.
Errr... sekali kala insaf pulak mengenang kekurangan diri ini. Ahaksss...
Jangan jeles ... kari kepala ikan ala peranakan nie I masak tau...
Sayangnya my godparent flew with my mum to Penang first to visit my dad. Orang Sarawak nie bukan jenis yang makan pedas2 and my dad dok bantai bagi depa makan kari kepala ikan lah, nasi kandaq la, pasumboq lah that by the time they arrived in KL I berdepan dengan major casualties... semua kena cirit birit dan muntah-muntah. Kesian sangat sampai kena ambik emergency leave that Fateful Friday. Yang lucunya ubat2 kat klinik yang mahal2 semua tak berkesan, pil Chi Kit Teck Aun yang RM 0.99 jugak berkesan. And walaupun belum pulih sepenuhnya boleh tahan jugak dia orang nie jalan2.... hahaha. Bak kat my godmother, apalah sangat jalan kat KL nie berbanding panjat gunung nak gi kebun kat Beson Re'dien (a name of a place in my kampung).
My godparent had never been to KL before. So I pun excited lah tunjuk diaorang places of interest kat KL nie (including places yang kita memang tak terfikir pun nak pergi) dan macam mana I drift la kat KL nie (as if). From 22 Nov to 23 Nov, I bawak diaorang gi Midvalley, The Curve, tgk bangunan KLCC, Muzium Negara, Istana Negara. The following day, my nephew pulak bawak diaorang jalan2 ke Batu Caves, and Putrajaya.
My nephew ni when he is not flying dia volunteer kat Zoo Negara so at first dia plan nak show off harimau (which actually dia volunteer to help to clean the kandang) kat Zoo Negara. I was against the idea after that incident at the Singapore Zoo. Mana tau tiba2 harimau tuh tgk parents aku delicious sangat macam Tony Romas rib steak ... hehehehe. Dia pun ada cakap, first day dia volunteer kat Zoo Negara the tigers were restless with his presence. In my head I rasa the tigers were thinking of him as "dinner" barangkali ...
25-26 November 2008
Tuesday and Wednesday I brought my parents shopping baju untuk anak2 buah I. My mum said sekarang baju Gina semua dah sexy2 sebab dia dah besar. So kenalah laksanakan tanggungjawab beli baju yang menutup aurat. Tapi kalau ikut hati baby girl memang kena bagi pakai baju seksi ... bagi nampak betis yang tembam tu. I geram betul when my sis hantar mms gambar dia pakai legging hitam ... Gina pun baru gemuk balik lepas Hand Foot and Mouth Disease scare last 3 weeks. I love the look on their face when I told them kita try LRT today from Bukit Jalil to SOGO hehehehe. My godfather said, selama nie tgk LRT ni kat TV jer. Skg nie bukan setakat tgk. Siap boleh naik sekali. Plus tercapai jugak hasrat both my mothers nak beli handbag baru kat SOGO.
27-30 November 2008
After dinner we went to see Gina at my cousin's house. Hehehe... mula2 tuh my little girl jeling2 malu "pusa" kat aku. Tak sampai setengah jam, terus taknak lepas minta aku peluk cium dia. Baju I habis kena tarik masa mummy dia nak ambik. Daddy dia nak ambik pun dia taknak. Yelah, lama jugak aku tak balik Kuching so sure la dia rindu dengan Mummy KL (panggilan oleh anak2 buah I) dia nie.
Nie I nak share lah, selain mi kolok dan laksa Sarawak, sebenarnya u all pun kena try Teh C Peng Special kat Kuching nie. Kat Kuching, this is pesaing utama Coffee Bean and Starbuck. Teh C Peng special nie ada 2 layer, 3 layer, 4 layer dan yang paling hebat lah 5 layer. Haaa... nie I ambik gambar 5 layer - gula cair, susu sejat, gula apong, jus pandan dan akhir sekali cincau... haa.. tgk betapa hebatnya orang Kuching buat air teh.
Haa... masa I sekolah dulu I suka makan kat satu tempat nie, depan Electra House. Nama dia Open Air Market. It has section yang halal and non-halal. Of course bagi tujuan melepas geram I gi yang tak halal lah hehehe... Kat sini selain ABC, satu lagi minuman yang kira time tuh hebat lah dikenali sebagai Air Batu Special. Ramuan dia senang jer, susu cair, susu manis, ais kisar, laici atau longan, jeli, tembikai, nenas, nata de coco and buah kabung (or buah enau).
Yang herannya, auntie gerai no. 39 yang berjual kat situ sampai sekarang muka dia sama jer. Rambut pun masih hitam lagi. Suspect betul...
I went back to KL on 30th Nov on an Air Asia flight. Honestly, that was my scariest flight experience. U see, I think due to demand and maybe sebab mengejar volume, Air Asia punya flight biasanya macam very fast. Kita boleh dengar bunyi deruman pesawat tuh moving on high speed dari dalam pesawat.
About an hour on the flight, the plane collide with a clear air turbulence sampai pesawat tuh bergegar teruk, flights attendants lintang pukang cari tempat duduk. Then kita boleh rasa pesawat tuh tiba2 menurun ... Gegaran tuh went on for about 5 minutes and tiba2 suasana tenang macam malaikat lalu. Nobody in the flight say a word. Even the babies tak menangis sehinggalah we heard the flight captain made an announcement few minutes later.
