Herbs Crusted Steak With Mashed Potatoes.

 

It was a random idea to make steaks for lunch during the last sem break. I love cooking and especially, baking. I guess there will be more and more recipes on my blog next time! =)

Ignore the antique radio that my dad has. LOL! I’m lazy to get a good picture of the course. Teehee. It’s rather easy to make this steak. All the tools you need for this steak is a grill pan and slice. =)

 

• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 1 teaspoon marjoram
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

 

Any parts of beef will do I guess. I prefer to have smaller flank steak. =) I got this from here! You can visit the hyperlink for the instructions. Very easy to do. Teehee. Me loves easy peasie recipes. =P The herbs might be a little tough to get in Malaysia but no fred ‘cause you can easily found them in Carrefour or Jusco. You can give Tesco and Giant a skip since they only sell few types of common fresh herbs and spices. I got all of them in Carrefour Bukit Rimau since it’s very near to my place. Later then I found out that Jusco (One Utama) actually sells them at lower prices, and even fresher too. I love to have grocery shopping in 1U when it comes to ingredients for western cuisine!

FYI, it’s okay to not able to get all the ingredients. You can google for spice substitutions! It actually taste almost the same. =) To add on, it’s better to preheat the grill pan for 5 – 8 minutes so the steak won’t stick to the pan. You can always let the beef marinate for longer hours to have a stronger taste. =) 

 

I know it doesn’t look appealing here but hey, it’s super damn tasty! All you need is a pot to boil the potatoes, a spatula to get those potatoes up, a bowl to smash the potatoes and a potato smasher. Egg beater or fork can be a good replacement for potato smasher if you don’t want to get one in the supermarket. =)

 

• Potatoes 
• Milk
• Pepper (white)
• Salt

All the ingredients are based on your own preference. Beware that a potato may look small but it can make quite a portion of smashed potato. The milk can be full cream, fresh milk or low fat, all based on your preference again. I prefer full cream milk as it’s smoother and richer for smashed potatoes. You can replace milk with sour cream too! Both milk and sour cream is to create texture for the smashed potatoes because it would be course and hard to smash if it’s too dry. =) Salt and pepper is for seasoning use. You can add some butter too, so the smashed potatoes can be smooth and melts after you put it in your mouth ;)

 

Unlike baking, cooking is like doing an experiment. =) Sometimes, it’s really based on your own preference to make the right taste for you. The smashed potatoes can be in lighter taste to match with the brown sauce or you can spice it up so you can eat it alone.

 

I got the brown sauce from my aunt =D Teehee. It’s available at Carrefour and Jusco. It’s quite troublesome to cook brown sauce so I opt for the instant one. All you need is to put the brown sauce powder in the pan and gradually adding water in it while stirring. Remember to add a little water at a time so you can control the thickness of the sauce. =)

 

Hope you’ll enjoy this!

 

Till then.

Restaurant Boston Baru, Klang

 

My family loves good food (who doesn’t?!), one of the many reasons I love to go home. =D Big big love to Daniel too, for bringing my family and I to hunt for gooood foooddd.

 

This time, I’m penning (keyboard-ing) down my experience in one of the Godlike Chinese style restaurant: Restaurant Boston Baru in Kapar, Klang!

I was kinda shock when Daniel drove us to Klang because we don’t usually go there to have our dinner, especially Kapar. The places in Klang that we usually go are Bukit Tinggi and Berkeley only. So, I’m actually very excited about it! Teeheee. Besides, Daniel keep repeating that they serve good butter prawn which is one of my favourite dish! =D

 

It would be better if you arrive earlier to avoid the crowd =S I’ve waited for 2 freaking hours to get my meal. LOL! And, it’s very suffering because you can smell the aroma when the food pass by! Daniel said it’s normal to wait for 1 hour or 2, so better get yourself prepared. LOL!

Kong Pou Style Prawn Paste

All the pictures are not in very good quality and you can see there are hands flying here and there. lol. We were all too hungry, couldn’t help! LOL! Frankly, this Kong Pou prawn paste is one of the best. The prawn paste are still crunchy when it arrives on our table and the salty-spicy taste is right to the portion. Besides, it’s not too dry like any other Chinese restaurant yet it doesn’t have too many sauce too, so the prawn paste won’t go soft.

Signature La-La (Clams) Soup

This taste good but VERY spicy. LOL! You can see lotsa ginger and chili on the plate. I can only tolerate low level of spiciness so I only ate few. Teehee. Daniel is a spicy food fans, he thinks it’s very spicy too. However, he love it so much that he finish almost half of it all by himself. Haha!

 

Signature Butter Mantis Prawn

MY FAVOURITE DISHHHHHH! Viewing this picture made my saliva drips. It has a lot of fried butter to mix with rice and it has a very buttery taste, adding a pinch of curry leaves aroma. It’s crispy crisp that I think it makes a good snacks for me! Teehee. The size of the mantis prawn is very big and fresh too. Seriously, this is definitely the best butter Mantis Prawn so far. It made my 2 hours of waiting worth while!

 

My family ordered few other dishes too, but it’s not very special. They are like any other dish you can get in a normal Chinese restaurant.  =)

I got my tummy bloated with food that night, and I’m pretty satisfied even though I have to wait for 2 freaking hours to get my meal =)

 

P/S: This restaurant is my family’s top visit restaurant. They have lesser customers during weekdays and other dish are rather normal. Their Hokkien Mee is really good. It’s different from the others cause it’s sweet. LOL

 

Restoran Boston Baru

Jalan Kapar, Klang.

Right opposite of ALC College!

 

 

Till then.

When Travel vs Shopping.

 

I know, I know, I’ve been neglecting my blog. =D Le blogging mojo got lost and I think it has now found it’s way back! I really should start jolting down memories in my life so I can read back in the end of the year! =) It helps reminiscing my past! I look back all of my folders and realised that I left half of my year empty because I don’t really jolt down in my blog and my laptop got stolen. =( All lost, including all my writtings and pictures. =(

 

Anyhoo, I’ll continue my best to fulfil this year’s new year resolutions! =) Fully anticipate good things to happen and am 120% ready for challenges to come, if apocalypse doesn’t happen, that is. xD

 

I guess most of the people is very busy with shopping at times like this. Teehee. I always spend out of budget during mega sales. =( It’s wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too cheap! hehe. Can’t help searching reasons for myself. Everyone thought I will definitely give a vote to shopping if I am to choose between shopping and travel. Hehe. But you are wronnnggg! I love travelling! Max love, although packing and unpacking is a pain in the ass. =D

 

Too many shopping trip this few weeks. Not much picture taken. Hehe. I shall save up some money so I can travel to other places in 2013, again, if apocalypse doesn’t happen! LOL! I don’t have much sem break this year thanks to my internship on coming September/October. =( May’s sem break have to be dedicated to operation. =(

Since I’m on my own for most of my expenses, I shall work hard to realize my dreams! =D

Fight Puiyeng, FIGHT! Life may let you down sometimes but no fret, God will lead you a way when all of the door is closed! =)

 

 

Till then.

 

If you spend too long holding on to the one who treats you like an option, you will miss finding someone who treats you like a priority.

Butter Cake In The Making!

 

I’ve mentioned in my blog that I love to bake. Aside from cheese tarts and various exotic tarts, I baked butter cake too! =) This is a very easy recipe (again) and it goes very well with the afternoon tea. =)

 

INGREDIENTS

• 3 cups of all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups of butter (softened)
• 2 1/2 cups of granulated sugar
• 5 eggs
• 1 teaspoon of baking powder
• 1 cup of milk

 

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
2. Grease the baking pan with some butter.
3. Sift all purpose flour and baking powder together.
4. Cream both butter and sugar together until it’s fluffy.
5. Add eggs one at a time until it mix well.
6. Add in all purpose flour and milk, a little at a time, by folding them in the bowl.
7. Pour into the baking pan.
8. Bake 35 minutes – 50 minutes. (You need to check through the oven window. Test it if it turns brown!)
9. Poke a toothpick/chopstick into the cake, if it comes out clean, then, it’s ready to be served. If it’s not, you have to return to step 8, until the toothpick/chopstick comes out clean! =)
10. Let the cake cool, remove from the pan and ready to serve! =D

 

SCS salted butter is recommended because it’s much more creamy and smooth. It will make a perfect buttery butter cake! =) Butter cake is actually one of the fundamental recipe for beginner so, you can actually adjust the amount of the ingredients to suit your taste. For example, my family and I prefer to have it less sugared and more buttery, so, I’ll reduce around 1/4 cup of granulated sugar. =) My butter cake, shown in the first picture, is a little over-cooked because I’m busy with FB. LOLOL! And, a little dry. You’ll see cracks on the cake surface if it’s too dry.

 

The end product is best served hot. The outer layer of the cake is crunchy crust while the inner is soft and tasteful. It’s sinfully delicious and most important, easy to prepare! =)

 

 

Till then.

Happy Winter Solstice, I’m HOME! =D

 

 

Hello, Love! <3

Happy winter solstice festival! I blogged about it last year and it’s a very sad and clumsy one. =p But fret not, I have a wonderful/powderful Winter Solstice Festival this year. =)  Thank God I ended my Y2S2 before winter solstice. I had a great dinner out in Klang and I’m soooooooo very full, almost like a bloated puffer fish. =D I think I’m having bigger and bigger portion of food eversince KC (Sis’s bf) joined my family! Life’s great, life’s great. =)

 

Returning home is the best. I’m blessed to be the youngest and I thank God for the awesome pawsome family. I am approximately 1 month away from home and when I return, I have a smurf hugging a Hello Kitty multicolour pen on my bed. =D This is LOVE! My sister gave me a set of Hello Kitty stationary when she went to Japan for the first time. It’s Pilot’s and the performance is surprisingly good. I told her to get me another Hello Kitty pen in red this time and she got me this. I never thought a Hello Kitty pen can cost this much. lol. It’s RM20. –.- Which, I think I won’t be asking my sis to get me this as souvenirs anymore. Hehehe. I would rather trade for other things. HAHA! =P

 

One of the happiest thing I love about home is FOOD. Not just that I can have homecooked dinner everyday, I can demand whatever I like to eat. =D And, sister just got back from Japan is a plus point! I love Japanese food. Hehe. Whatever Japan! Sis got home with my favourite Dorayaki that has red bean paste and chestnut inside. Big love I tell you! XD

 

 

Japan’s award winning cheesecake, it is. You can get it in Japan airport. It has a very pleasant cheesy taste, doesn’t feel boring at all eventhough it is PURE cheese. LOL!  Unlike other cake’s crust, the crust is on top of the cake. Haha! Very very yummy, the price too. lol. It’s smaller than my hand and it’s RM50! Japan, Y U NO have cheaper things?! I wonder if I can get it in Malaysia. Am craving for more now. =(

 

 

Another must-have souvenirs from Japan is KitKat. Hehe. They have a lot of flavours like Strawberry, Green Tea, Yubari Melon, dunno-what Tea (the one shown in the picture above, dunno how to read Japanese language. hehe). The one above is my favourite; very milky taste like green tea’s but it’s with heavier tea taste so it’s not too sweet. hehe. It smells really good when you put it in your mouth. <3 I am yet to try Wasabi Kitkat. =( Sis brought one last time but she ATE IT! Argh! It’s seasonal so she can’t buy it when she’s there earlier this month/May. Hope I can get to try wasabi Kitkat since Wasabi is my favouuurrriiiteeeeeee!

 

Being home is blessseeddddd! It’s a very long time since I last become a homegirl. Hehe! It’s time for my true self to reappear! Been hiding that trait in since .. foundation? =D Can’t wait to enjoy this festival season + hiding at home!

 

 

Till then.

Korean Stone BBQ + Steamboat Buffet @ Korea Stone BBQ Steamboat

 

If you’re a friend of mine in FB, you’ll definitely know that this freaking blog post is longgggggggggggggggggggggggggg procrastinated. Haha! The blogging mojo is back so I must done this blog post in light speed before the mojo dies. wtf. LOL.

Fresh food selections

Jeng Jeng Jeng! Varieties of food to be barbequed or boiled, bloating my tummy with FOODS! Another food hunting mission with my friend, feast like a King/Queen and satisfying our taste buds with any luscious food that we are able to get! This time, we set our foot in Ampang, hunting for steamboat/BBQ buffet! =D It’s quite far from my place and I got to know about this restaurant through everyday.com. Teehee. It’s quite exciting because I don’t know about this restaurant initially and thank God that it turns out to be quite good. =)

 

More fresh foods!

Korean Stone BBQ Steamboat has 2 tray of raw foods as selection, it’s quite fresh and they’ll constantly refill the tray that is soon to be emptied. The service is quite good, though. The environment is a little dim, especially for tables at the corner. We got the one in the dimmer corner and it’s quite tough for us to BBQ our food. We end up burning few beef slices. Haha! They have various dry ingredients like mushrooms, seaweeds, eggs and etc at the other corner too. I’m lazy to take photos of every corner since the restaurant is quite roomy. Oh, the bad point with the environment is they have cats roaming around the restaurants. =S The cats scares me with their furry tail. wtf.

 

The drinks corner

Various of drinks available, they even serve dried chrysanthemum and hot water for you to make chrysanthemum tea! LOL. The big love would be the Ice Kacang because you can choose the amount and toppings that you wanna add! This is rare because even the catering service doesn’t really give you the right portion of your desired topping. I had my bowl filled with milk, rose extract syrup, Cola syrup, and without any red bean that day! LOL. I’m so excited with the whole ice kacang thingie that my friend gone speechless. LOL!

 

The soon-to-be-dead section. =S

The fishes are still okay, but the others are quite creepy. It looks perfectly fine for you, right? Wait till you scroll down.

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Fuck this shit

Being a total Jakun, I ate froggies (田鸡) before but I guess I never have taken such BIG froggie. Alright, I only saw cooked frog on the table, never those that are still breathing. wtf. They may look small in the picture, but I need to use both of my hand to hold 1 frog. Imagine how HUGE they are! This creeps me out because you can see them struggling for space in this small tank and they’ll climb over each other occasionally. wtf.

I didn’t get them on my table. I worry that I’ll scream the shit out of every living organism in the restaurant. =S

 

Did you see this in the 5th picture? This is the contrast between the big clam vs the normal clam. I prefer to have it barbequed. It may take longer to cook but it’s worth it. Super fresh and delicious even without adding any sauce!

Just posing =P I only know how to use the AI mode. *laugh loudly* Playing around with our camera after a scrumptious meal, not gonna post any other photos other than this because both of us have a very big belly that night. =D

This restaurant is on first floor. It’s very easy to spot during the night because they have their signboard well decorated with lights! =)

 

 

Korean BBQ Stone Steamboat

33A-1, Jalan AWF1,

Ampang Waterfront,

68000 Ampang, Selangor.

 

Till then.