Our 1st Malaysia Drive in Trip!!

This is our very first drive in road trip to Malaysia and all thanks to our good friend Kelvin for lending us his vehicle GPS. We invited Brian, his girlfriend Xinyi, and also Yan jun to join us in our virgin drive-in.

We met up at about 1330 at paya lebar and figured our way to our first stop in JB, City Square. Traffic and clearing the custom was smooth and we made it to JB about 1430. We were pretty confident of the route to City square mall but somehow, smart alek like us reached the shopping mall and went to the wrong side of the road and kalua which means 'exit' in malay to the main road. How idiot huh?! We made one big round, but thanks to our saviour 'GPS', finally reached our destination!!!!!!!

 

We head straight to level 4 'Tung Chen' a crowded small cafe for lunch. We ordered what seems quite popular there the 'Tom yum mini hotpot chicken', which tasted slightly sweeter that normal sweet sour soup base. It was good for a price of 8.90rm. We also had 'french butter toast' and also ice Chendol desserts to go along. It was a good start !

One of our frequent visit would be the 'Watson' shop where most products are valued at half price. We shopped for about 4hrs and finally had caramel banana and toffee nut ice-cream from Mac. We left the mall around 830pm and head straight for dinner!

  

We have finally reached our main objective of the day, makan SEAFOOD, located at Taman Sentosa !!! There are several restaurants and based on friends recommendations, we decided to go to Hiang Kee restaurant and ordered 6 dishes namely:
1.Salted Egg Crab,
2.Shuang Wei Fish (White cord steam and fried fish)
3.Stir Fried Sweet Potato Leaf
4.Meng Gu Pork Ribs

5.Hei Po (Deep-fry butter clayfish) 

6.Hotplate Bean Curd     

  

In fact, all the dishes were simply awesome and the bill was outrageously CHEAP CHEAP CHEAP! Per pax only $20 for a 6 course meal. VALUE FOR MONEY! After which, we went across the road for MORE and MORE FOOD.  We had lok lok (mini van selling various kind of finger-food stick) and 'King of Kings' Durian. Some say its is better that 'Cat of Kings' durians. The seed of the durian was as small as Bryan pinky. WOW! Thumbs up !!

 .... and that's all folks for our virgin trip.
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Rosti the swiss rost

Serves : 2 - 3 pax
Preparation time : 15mins
Cooking time : 20mins

Ingredients
3 pototoes (Depends on your hunger. lolx)
Pinch of salt and pepper
2 tbsp of vegetable oil and 2tbsp of butter

Methods
Peel and coarsely grate the potatoes.
Sprinkle a bit of salt and pepper for better taste
Prepare the frying pan, add oil and butter. Reduce to medium heat.
Throw in the grated potatoes to the pan. Cook for 30-40mins. Press the rosti down with your turner.
Turn over to cook for another 30mins.
Serve while it is hot!

This is the popular fried potato pancake you will find at Marche which could be easily served at home. We tried a few recipes from the web, with egg, without egg, mashed or coarsely grated and concluded that traditional plain rosti tasted the best.
For those who savour the bite of baked potato, above is the recipe of the traditional swiss rosti for 2.
It is that simple and will definitely satisfy you. This dish can be compliment with wurst sausages and mustard ( or mayonnaise). A few branches of blanched broccoli as a side will be good :).

Enjoy!

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Fried Rice with french bean, crab stick and chicken cubes

Serves : 3 -5 pax
Preparation time: 10 mins
Cooking time : 20 mins

Ingredients
French Beans
200g Chicken fillet (cubed or shredded as desired)
10 Crabsticks
5 Eggs (more if desired)
3 cloves of garlic (finely chopped)
1 onion (diced)
Vegetable Oil
5 cups of cooked rice

2 - 3 teaspoon Light Soy sauce
2 - 3 teaspoon Oyster sauce
Salt and pepper - add to own tasting

Methods

Heat up the wok and add oil. When the oil is ready add in the garlic and onion, cook till the garlic turn slightly brown.
Add the diced chicken to the wok to cook. Then, add in the crabstick and french bean. Place the cooked ingredients on a plate.
Heat the wok with about 2 tbsp of oil. When it is hot, add in the eggs and scramble till it is 3/4 cooked.
Add in the rice and mix well with the eggs.
Add 2tbsp of oyster sauce and sprinkle in salt and pepper. Continuously turn the rice over.
Once the rice is coated with the flavours. Add in the fried ingredient and mix well.

Fried rice is an easy quick dish to prepared and is a great way to use left-over rice. This old traditional dish allows you to use your creativity and add in all your favourite ingredients. Mel  chose French bean which I did not like the idea at first, but who knows the fried rice turns out tasty after all.

Simple and quick, your fried rice is ready to serve. Enjoy !!!

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Sweet Cauliflower with carrots and green capsicum

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