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My wife's delicious bak kut teh

Dinner was great today. My wife cooked bak kut teh. There’s nothing better than a superb simple home-cooked meal. You not gonna believe this… Kayu mamak nasi kandar fragrant white rice for just a mere RM1.50 really goes well with bak kut teh. The aroma of banana leaf, karuppuleh leaves and ghee…. its better than yam rice, butter/greasy rice or the normal plain white rice.

1 packet of Claypot brand bak kut teh stock, 1 clove of garlic, 8 pieces of tong kuai.

Lots of coriander, mushrooms (golden needle, shitake and buttons), garlic, wolfberries, and pork ribs (put in spare parts, and other fat pork for your preference), taufu pok.

1 pot of hot jasmine tea (a must).

Voila.

Thanks Szer !!

Ha.. my favourite noodle these days…. bittergourd noodles at Restoran 126, Bukit Mayang Mas, PJ (same row with Restoran Wong Poh which is famous for crabs).

This is no ordinary bittergourd noodles. This is a must-try for anyone who eats bittergourd. The soup is great and unique and you won’t find this anywhere else.

Bittergourd with “min sin” and fishpaste is my favourite. I go there every other day for my breakfast and eat the same thing everytime.

They started off at a stall in a coffeeshop. Now they have a shop just a few doors away from the coffeeshop.

Ok… the 3 of us… my mom, aunty and I went to this shop called Restoran Triple Happiness (Claypot Specialty) in Kota Damansara. It is situated next to an eatery called Ho Chiak. Yeah.. nowadays there’s a lot of eateries there worth patronising and to try out.

However, we were very disappointed by the service rendered by this claypot shop. And the food is not that good. Their Oyster Vegetables (choy sum) is so long I can make an 8 loop. I think they lack of man power and and kesian the pregnant lady at the cashier counter, she have to run up and down and help in identifying the dishes of every table.

One of the cook even have to come out and help in serving food and collecting payments. The same lady that take ordershave to help the cashier, making up tables, serve dishes, serve drinks. Then there’s 2 more guys apparently burmese or cambodians…. also kelam-kabut.

A real kelam-kabut shop. Mess. Some patrons were too fed up they walked away when food was not serve after probably 30 minutes. Man… this is just claypot food. How long will it take to cook?

The 3 of us are very unhappy. That will be our first and the last time going there. Damn tu lan.

Ok…. a real post now. Just had the exam today and I’m a lil bit free now to sit down and blog. Went to Ipoh last week for the Sky God Day at my dearest’ place, just like last year. And of course eating will be part of the Ipoh trip. The salted chicken was GREAT. Ayam garam.

I was lucky enough to be able to visit some place that otherwise I won’t be able to visit… in KL. Alright, I went to this “roast pig house” to collect 2 roast pigs with my dearest’s mom. I was able to see how roast pig was roasted. There were 15-20 slaughtered pigs hanging upside down, waiting in line to go into the old skool oven. Too bad, I didn’t have any picture of it.

Then, we all went to this heong peng shop… err.. I mean house. Yeah… these people manufacture stuffs in the backyard. Roast pigs and heong peng. I will post some of the heong peng experience in the next post hopefully.

We also went to this soy sauce factory. Pak yau chong. And I was amazed by the processes undertaken to make the pak yau… I mean soy sauce that we all take for granted. Again, this I will blog about it further in the next post as I need to process the pictures first.

Oh yeah, my Szer and I also went to Sungkai hot spring while on the way to Ipoh. It was a nice place. But I can also get hot spring in my hometown, Selayang which is just 20 minutes drive from here. You can swim, take a dip, boil eggs etc there too. Selayang Hot Spring is just 30 minutes drive from the heart of KL.

Found this at Giant supermarket in Cheras. The boxed package is expensive and only have  around 15-20 pieces of biscuits. But this one in a bigger container and its just RM13.90. I’m hooked to this one. Yummy.

Chicken rice (white chicken + roast pork + cucumber + a scoop of ginger) for one (1) person; 1 glass Chinese tea.

Guess how much the bugger charged me? A whopping RM 9.60 ! Just for a fucking plate chicken rice. Arrgh. Even Chicken Rice Shops in shopping centres are cheaper.

RM 7.80 for chicken
RM 1.50 for roast pork
RM 0.30 for chinese tea

Con shop ! Con shop ! Then later at nite I told my mum I was charged RM9.60 for chicken rice and a cup chinese tea at Jalan Ipoh…. she quickly asked “is it the corner shop… where dad used to take us for dim sum at 3rd Mile??? “. I was like “eh.. how you know, mi ?!”. Then she said that shop is famous for “cut throat” because they are famous kopitiam on Jalan Ipoh since the 70s. (Restoran Tin Hoe Hweeh)

Oh I see. Now I know. Its just next to the red/orange tall building. Usually, me and my hommies go for dim sum a few shops further down the row… next to Hong Leong Bank.

I always loved Him Heang’s and everytime my aunty came to KL from Penang, she’d buy a few boxes of Him Heang’s. But now, my uncle bought another brand and I loved it immediately. I can wallop half a box in a few hours of TV.

Its better than Him Heang’s orginal recipe. This one is coffee flavoured. Yummy.

But…. Drangonball anyone?? Ghee Hiang? This is definitely war of the tambun biscuits. Whats your favorite tambun biscuit brand?