DELICIOUS DINNER 26.

A series of home cooked dinner by my wife.

The julienne "snake" Long bean and Brinjal are deep fried for awhile, colander and set aside.

Wok fried the finely Chopped Garlic, red Chillies and dried Shrimp until fragrant and add in the "snake" Long bean and Brinjal.

Stir fried for awhile and it's ready to serve.

Pan fried sliced pork loin eye muscle marinated in light and dark Soy sauce, pepper, sugar, honey, Worcester sauce-meaty and flavorful..

Herbal soup-double boiled with Yok Chut, Kei Chee(Wolfberries), red Dates and sliced Wai San (Burdock root)-earthy flavor and very nutritious.

PUN CHUN CHICKEN BISCUITS & RESTAURANT SDN BHD-BIDOR.

We stopped at Bidor, Perak for our breakfast on our way to Penang.

Pun Chun Biscuits and Restaurant Sdn Bhd need no introduction for it's chicken biscuits and Duck Thigh Noodle.
Besides that there are many varieties of packaged snacks and pastries.

Be there early to savor the herbal Duck Thigh noodle or you will be serve other parts of the Duck!

My personal favorite are their steamed Fish balls, Wu Kok, Prawn wanton and Dry Soy sauce tossed Mee with herbal Duck Thigh soup.

Packed with early morning crowds-and it's only 7 am.

Wu Kok (Yam pastry)-crispy skin, creamy and yammy inside with tasty fillings of fragrant chopped Char Siew (BBQPork).

Steamed Fish ball with specks of chillies-firm with some springiness-Rm2.80/.

Wan ton mee tossed with dark and light Soy sauce, oyster sauce and Lard oil and served with blanched green Choy Sam.

Prawns wan ton-smooth and of bite sizes with fresh succulent prawns.

Herbal Duck Thigh noodle-duck meat and soup was flavorful with herbs like kei chee, yuk chut and Wolfberries-Rm6.60/.

Location:38-40, Jalan Besar,
Bidor, Perak.
Tel:05-434-1554

RESTORAN KING CRAB.

At one time, Restoran King Crab was on our must eat list......then the long queue for tables started, lack of parking spaces and the standard of their food quality deteriorated.

Tonight after a number of months, we went back there for dinner and alas! the hungry crowds are no longer there-most of staff are newbies and there were only a few odd tables of diners.

We ordered the usual fare and surprisingly there were some marked improvement.

Parking is OK after 7 pm.

Crispy Chicken- the chicken was deboned and it's meat spread with a thick layer of fish paste before it is deep fry-very crispy skin but the fish paste was way too firm-the garlicky chillies sauce was a good dip-Rm30/

Stir fried Brinjal with well marinated minced Pork, finely chopped red Chillies, Lard and salted fish-a bit salty but very aromatic-perfect with rice-Rm18/

Polo Pork ribs-lightly batter meaty Pork ribs-deep fried and tossed with sliced Pineapple and red Chillies-hint of Lemon sauce-Rm20/

Tofu-braised with Fish paste, Beancurd sheets, gluten puffs and thick stem Chicken Mustard-a well balanced dish to suit everyone tastebuds-Rm18/

Butter Crabs (1kg +) cooked in a Clay pot which retained all of it's aroma- the thick creamy butter flavored crabs gravy was a good dip for the steamed Mantou (Rm3/)-crab meat was fresh and meaty-Rm43/.

Total bill:Rm180/
Location: 103-104 , Jln SS25/2.
Taman Mewah Jaya,
Petaling Jaya,
Tel:03-7808-2388.

RESTORAN TOON YOON

This Hainanese kopi tiam is situated at the lobby of an old and nostalgic budget hotel known as Toon Yoon, in Tapah town center, Perak.

Restoran Toon Yoon serves only halal food and opens from breakfast onwards.

Their customers are truly 1Malaysia.

Three major newspapers are provided for your reading pleasure and hot drinks like Coffee Tea..etc are available with food like Nasi Lemak Bungkus, Mee Siam, Toast Bread or Western breakfast.

Here, everybody knows each other.

The marble topped tables and wooden black shellac chairs, sure bring back memories of olden days!

This antique grandfather's clock is still keeping time.

Loafs of Bread use for Butter toast or Roti Kahwin.

Banana leaf and paper wrapped Nasi Lemak-Rm1/

Hard boiled Eggs to go with the Nasi Lemak.

Butter toast bread with runny fried egg and oven grilled Chicken sausage-Rm4.20/.

Butter toast with over grilled Chicken sausage and Ham-Rm4.70/.

A cup of Milo after the meal-Rm1.40/.

Focusing on which breakfast set is theirs, lol !

Location-Tapah Road (same row with Pejabat Pos)
Tapah, Perak.

LENGKOK -WATER CALTROP (Trapa natans)

On 20th July 1969, when Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon and described it as "A Sea of Tranquility", my belief of the Moon Goddess went to zero! but the tradition of celebrating the Moon cake festival must go on in the family.

The Mid-Autumn Festival, Moon cake or Lantern festival is celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th Lunar calendar i.e.: 3/10/2009.

The offerings for the Moon Goddess are Moon cake, Taro, Lengkok, Chestnut, Pomelo, Peanuts, Chinese tea......etc.

Lengkok -Water Caltrop (Trapa natans) an aquatic plant that looks like a pair of buffalo horns is only available once a year and it's signifies perseverance.

Of all the offerings, I am fascinated with the Lengkok (water caltrop-trapa natans) which can be eaten and can be make into a spinning top (video).

To savor it's nutty flesh-crack it up with a hammer.