Dinner at Moussandra

I bought 2 e-vouchers and got bro dear to fetch me to KL for dinner. Poor dear had to wait for me till 8pm before we go. He was growling by the time we left and not only from hunger pangs...his face was turn purplish black. I like the Medditeranean feel of the restaurant and the quaint telephone where I am seated. Too bad my table was not lighted with candles.
I find the food ok only but I love the creme brulee. Got me interested to search the internet and want to make it. It so light and smooth and the thin layer of burnt crunchy sugar top on the creme brulee...hmm heavenly. Drat now I got a craving for it and I am on diet....

My virgin Sangria... Not nice at all better to order the not virgin one.

Cream of pumpkin soup. Ok only. Too sweet for me.

Yummy mushroom soup. Not the can type. But then I am always partial to made from scratch mushroom soup.

I love the Mojito. Very refreshing. This one got no alcohol. Just sugar, lime, sprite and peppermint leaves.

Seafood paella. I like this but it's a little too oily for me.

I am also partial to wood fire pizza. This is nicely made.

The coffee and ice-cream is good. The sweetness of the vanilla ice-cream compliment the bitterness of lavazza coffee. That is till I have my fist taste of creme brulee. The silky smoothness of cream with the waffle thin cruchiness of burnt sugar....oooh heavenly.

But then this is my first creme brulee so I haven't tried any before. So there is no comparison.

Food that I enjoyed last year

I bought a voucher from mydeal.com.my for cajun shrimps in Bubba Gump and got bro dear to accompany me for dinner since mom was out of town. As there is only shrimps, a mango drink and dessert, I decided to get an additional drink, a salad and a cup of soup.
Turns out the shrimps was too much for both of us. It good though when bro decide to stop eating due to his gout problem and while his time away by shelling the prawns for me.
Sometimes bro can be considerate when he stop being pesky.

Decided to celebrate my darling cousin birthday with her one Sunday buy buying her a facial. After that we decide to ease our hunger at Sunway Giza. I remember seeing there was a post in fb by Encik Chee that the river prawn egg sauce noodle was good in Uncle Prawn. So decided to have brunch cum tea in Uncle Prawn. Ordered the River Prawn egg sauce noodle, Halo fried rice, butter sauce sotong.

We love it all. I love the fried rice most of all. I like the wine marinated crab and prawn roe mixed into the rice giving is a crunchy texture and sweetness. After the fried rice, the prawn noodle seem to lack in taste. So my advice is eat the noodles for the the sweetness of the prawn before touching the fried rice. The butter sauce serves as a great appetizer. Just make sure you are a hearty eater if you order this much of food. Both of us could barely finish it. Luckily we skip breakfast so was hungry enough to eat a horse.

At the ground floor of e-tiara apartment lies 2 of my favourite cafe. One is a Japanese cafe called Haikara Style Cafe & Bakery. I love their bread especially when I make my tuna tomato sandwich. It gets finish in a jiffy, only thing is I have to quarter the bread as it is filling. For RM5.80 for 7pcs, it is expensive too. Not all the food here is nice. But I do like the beef donburi and the charcoal roasted coffee. I like the small quaint little creamer pot too.

Can't remember what this is called but it is open hamburger. The meat is ok but the sauce is so sour that I need a second round of dinner after eating this.

Bro had gout so he decide to turn vegetarian and order potato croquette. OK only according to him.

My charcoal roast coffee and it's tiny creamer. I love it.

Green tea eclaire. Too little to satisfy me but I like it.
Stuff IKA. Inside is stuff with rice and must be eaten hot if not the fishy smell of quid will get to you. I kinda of like it. Not enough sauce though and a little dry.

I like the bar and it's deco.

My favourite is the beef donburi. Juice and tasty. A simple dish. Just add RM5.00 for soup and salad and a drink.

Happy New Year 2011

Where did 2010 go. How come time flies so fast. Is it because when I reach a certain age, time just from a mild stroll end up with a quick run? Well at least 2010 has a happier ending than 2009. Glad to have found old friends and new friends in 2010. So glad some of them are my angels on earth. Our friendship after 20+ years are still like those teenages days. Thanks to Fb. Technology is a great thing when use with the right motive.

Well I did start a New Year with lots of Bang and bright light. Went for watch night service and waited for the fireworks. But didn't join the BBQ... aged liao got sleepy at 11.45pm and have a hard time staying awake or is it because of the antibiotics? I have no idea.
On thing I do know is that I must no be complacent since the world is constantly changing.
So must I but for better or worse is up to me and which path I choose I must not have regrets.
Life is short. Got to live it to the fullest and healthily.

I can't wait for what 2011 brings me. Be it good or bad, all I can do is learn from it and constantly have a thanksgiving heart. Each year, I am moulded in to a better person and building of a better character by God's grace. God is good all the time. Hallelujah!

My first attempt at pasta baking 11/11/10

Pei Yin posted a picture of her baked Italian pasta and got me salivating for it.
It looks so yummy and a look at the recipe and I am hook.
Vegetables cut, chicken breast marinated, pasta bought. Alarm clock set yesterday!
Oh no! It’s 6.55am, I woke up late…note to self get a louder alarm clock.
Ok boil the pasta with salt.. how much is 3 cups of pasta? How much salt to put?
Nevermind just put the whole 500gm in. Is 1 tbsp of salt enough?

Next brown the chicken with 4tbsp of olive oil, why still not brown yet after 10mins?
How come got more oil come out ??? Er.. better spoon the chicken out.
Ok put the garlic in… next throw the veg (I put 2 tomatoes in cubes, 1 capsicum cut in stripes, Hong Kong spinach & 1 can slice button mushroom) and sprinkle come salt in. Stir fry and let it wallow in the wok while I put garlic butter on the pasta. Note: 3 cups means half a packet. (Hmmm let mom think what to do with the rest of the pasta. Looks like I am having it for dinner and lunch tomorrow.)

Vegs are done, put 2 tbsp of tomato puree and mix. Now spoon the veg into the pasta and sprinkle parmesan cheese on top.
Eeek! It’s 7.45am! Ok set oven to 230deg celcius and bake till 8am. Need to go to work!

Comments from colleques :- Pasta not enough salt, not enough tomato taste… must google how to put more tomato taste into my pasta. Put cabbage better than put HK spinach.

Seafood in Kuala Selangor 5/11/10

We decided to go to Kuala Selangor for lunch on Deepavali. I have been to Kuala Selangor for more than 10 years and the last time I went, it was rainy season. The weather was great, clear blue skies, sunny and hot. We arrive 5 minutes to 12noon and the parking was limited.
Thankfully the restaurant wasn't that full. The food taste nicer now than our later order.
So id you want tastier food, go early before the lunch crowd.
Restaurant riverview. Brother says it is better than Jeti restaurant. He says weekday have set lunch price at RM23 for 3 person. A good deal.

Opposite is 168. Thier prawn cracker is good. RM6 for 5 packets or RM12 for 10.

The crab statue in front of the restaurant.

Riverview. Nice cool breeze. Total relaxation.

Kill germs anyone?

Local coconut. Not as good and as sweet as Thailand but it's great on a hot day.

Dragon fruit juice with cincau. Good and concentrated.

Garlic, ginger scalop... also nothing spectacular. A bit salty. Good as appetizer and the sauce good with rice.

Oyster egg omelette, the wet type. nothing to shout about till you put their chili sauce. Then it is yummy.

Kungpo mantis prawn. Nice but nothing spectacular.

This is the restaurant speciality. It is appetising and goes great with rice. I added rice just for the sauce. It is call 3 taste fish I think. Got sweet, tangy and spicy.

Fried meehoon with crab. Not recommended. Was really dissapointed with this dish. The meehoon had the overcook smell. I think a little longer we will get burnt smell in the noodle.

Luckily the buttermilk sauce and the sweet, tangy, spicy sauce from the fish save the meehoon.

Buttermilk crab is delicious. Eventhough the crab is small but the flesh is fresh and plentiful. Love the sauce, great with bread and we smoother some on the meehoon too.

Egg yolk fried sotong. Tastewise it's nice but the sotong is overdone so it is chewy. We order this dish much later when there werealot of customer.

This is where I got the fish skin dumpling. They have 2 types, fish filing or pork filling. The pork filling is nicer but both very salty. It cost me RM5.00. tupperware.

It hot, look at the sweat....

Olden shop houses...makes me think of my granny days.

The view on the way back home.