Groupbase at Sri Damansara

Just came back from lunch with my longkor at Groupbase Bandar Sri Damansara.

I felt the business was not like last time anymore. Not many customers even though lunch time. There was full house 6 years ago I came here.

I had cincai Bandung, it was so watery and tasteless. It costs rm 2.20.

I had mee Bandung, again, the soup was watery, the portion of yellow noodles was small with a few pieces of chicken and extremely small prawn. It costs rm6. One word, not worthy.

Longkor had nasi USA. It was just the fried rice, with 3 small broccoli, chicken masak merah and a fried egg on top. It costs rm9.90.

I don't think I will go back again. I think they have changed the chef. Last time it tasted so delicious and tv3 Jalan-Jalan Cari Makan also came here for introducing the food.

Address:
Groupbase Restaurant
No 7&8 Jalan tanjung SD13/2
Bandar Sri Damansara,
52200 Selangor.
Tel: 0362721184

Happy Solstice Day 冬至快乐

Yesterday, suddenly decided to make some tang yuen after reading so many blog post regarding self made tang yuen.
This is the first time I made the tang yuen myself without any guidance or help from others. Still remember last year I made the tang yuen with Chai Shen.

This year, I on the skype, making the tang yuen while chatting to mom and dad. So happy to have the technology that link us together.

I made the red colouring tang yuen and the black sesame tang yuen. I am so pround of myself that the tang yuen that I made was so Q. Mom taught me to use the plain water to boil the tang yuen until it floated, then put into a bowl of cold water to make it Q.

As for the black sesame tang yuen, since it is the first time I made it, the look was not good, there was some holes of leaking. I kept in the freezer for a few hours until it harden, then put into boiling water, turn to small fire to boil it until it float.

As for the soup, I used Molassess Sugar boiled with ginger. MPig said it tasted great!!!! I am contented!

My reference is from here:
http://singmei1218.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011.html

KFC VS Burger King

Initially, I was so excited about KFC offered the free Zinger combo set with any purchase. I printed out the coupon and planned to go to KFC at night for dinner. However, I felt so dissappointed when KFC announced that this promotion has finished and it just lasted for half a day only. What a shame. The coupon stated that the promotion is until next year January and suddenly it declared that the promotion ended.

Then I saw a lot of KFC lovers aka fan voiced their dissappointed in KFC facebook page. Truely dissappointed with KFC now.

A week later, Burger King introduced the promotion of the week, where you just have to buy a value meal and pay RM 1 for the deal of the day. It was cool. I immediately printed out the voucher, and went to the nearest burger king at our nearest BK branch.

MPig ordered the Supreme Angus Steakhouse Flame Grilled Burger (black pepper flavour) value meal costed RM 16.95, and I had the ala carte Grilled Chicken.

I loved the Burger King Grilled Chicken so much, the chicken meat is so juicy and tender. It is not dry at all.

For those of you who have missed it, you can visit Burger King for the RM1 Grilled Chicken  next Wednesday or any other ala carte that they are doing promotion until early of January 2012.

I have confidence in Burger King that they will not be like KFC who will have the promotion for only half a day!  My advice to KFC is that if you really cannot commit to such a big promotion, why don't introduce something like buy a snack plate free a zinger burger????

Cookies

My first attempt to make cookies, not very successful but it was a good try.

Recipe:

200g Caster sugar
200g unsalted butter or margerine
400g plain flour

cooking time: 8-10mins for 180 degree

1. Place the caster sugar and unsalted butter in a mixing bowl, mix them together until fluffy.
2. Add in vanila essense
3. Crack one medium egg into a jug and beat it lightly
4. Add the beaten egg into the mixture followed by flour.
5. Mix them together until it form a dough.
6. Place in a plastic bag, freeze it for 2 hours before use.

Make into shapes and bake.

Marble Cake

Recipe from Amelia's Dessert:
Ingredients

200gm Self raising flour
230gm butter
220gm castor sugar
5 eggs
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/2 tbsp cocoa powder
2 tsp cappuccino coffee powder
2 tbsp hot water

1. Pre heat oven 180 deg c
2. Mix coffee powder, cocoa powder with hot water. Mix well and keep aside.
3. Sift self raising flour.
4. Cream butter and self raising flour into a smooth paste. keep aside.
5. In a separated bowl cream egg and sugar until spongy. Add vanilla extract.
6. Mix the egg mixture into the flour paste and beat until smooth. 
7. Scoop out 1 medium bowl of cake batter, add the mocha mixture and mix well.
8. Line 8 in cake pan with grease proof paper, scoop 4 tbsp of the white 
batter in the center of the pan, then scoop 2 tbsp of the mocha batter on top.
9. Alternate the cake batter 2 tbsp of white and 2 tbsp of mocha until finish.
10. Bake for 40 to 45 mins or until cooked.
11. Cool cake on wire rack to cool completely.



References:

http://ameliade-ssert.blogspot.com/2011/10/mocha-marble-cake.html

Simple Cupcake

Made this cupcake for the first time when I bought the oven, I made this because I do not need any electric egg beater, just mix all the ingredient together and bake.

50g Unsalted Butter
20g caster sugar
1 eggs
50g self raising flour

1. Melt the butter using oven
2. Add caster sugar and mix till even
3. Add in the beater egg
4. Sieve the flour and mix them together
5. Pour into the cup cake mould
6. 180 degree for around 25 mins

References:

http://aik1213.blogspot.com/2010/12/blog-post.html

Sponge Cake recipe

With 4 eggs:
A) 4 eggs yolk, 40g sugar, 60ml oil, 100g flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 45g orange concentrate, 45g milk, oranges zest

B) 4 eggs white, 100g sugar, 2g vinegar

Mix A together using hand beater

Mix B together using electric egg beater until the whole mixture set.

Mix B to A

With 5 eggs: 

A) 5 eggs yolk, 40g sugar, 70ml oil, 120g flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 45g orange concentrate, 45g milk, oranges zest

B) 5 eggs white, 100g sugar, 2g vinegar

With 6 eggs: 

A) 6 eggs yolk, 40g sugar, 75ml oil, 150g flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon soda, 45g orange concentrate, 45g milk, oranges zest

B) 6 eggs white, 100g sugar, 2g vinegar

References:

http://www.meishichina.com/Eat/Nosh/200807/40406.html
http://singmei1218.blogspot.com/2009/04/blog-post_2139.html

My baking life

Learning how to bake is one of my 2011 resolutions. I am so happy that i have fulfilled my resolutions by buying an oven and one egg beater.

After asking around, I bought myself an oven from Jusco, 1-Utama early of October. The brand is Hanabishi. I bought this 26 litre over during promotion, I paid rm159 out of the original price of rm200. I am so satisfied with this oven.

Previously, before I have the oven, I just can steam cake, which did not taste so yummy, MPig did not really like those steam cakes.

After I bought the oven, I baked the cupcake using hand beater, very simple recipe.

In November, finally got myself the egg beater, it is the Tesco brand, of course bought in Tesco. It costed around rm 80. But I am not satisfied with the egg beater because it cannot turn itself when beating. MPig suggested to buy this because the container is not plastic.

Then I started my baking adventure, by baking the cupcake with proper electric egg beater.

Second thing that I baked was the sponge cake, lemon and orange flavour respectively.

Thirdly, I made cookies. But not very successful

Then I learned how to bake marble cake. But the chocolate line was not even.

I am happy that one of my resolution has achieved for 2011.

Granny's Kitchen Restaurant

We went to Granny's Kitchen Restaurant to have lunch after MPig finished his badminton.

Granny's Kitchen Restaurant located at Desa Petaling, next to Plaza Salak Park (SPARK). It is restaurant that sell home made noodles and rice such as the one made by our grandma or mother when we were small. It makes you feel that you back to the old days enjoying home cooked food at home.

The menu provided in this restaurant, ranged from noodles, pan mee, rice, porridge to chee cheong fun and yong tau foo. There is also various type of desserts, or chinese called 糖水.

I ordered Chicken Mushroom Pan Mee 冬菇鸡丝面粉粿. The noodles is very smooth. It will come with some fried anchovies and home made sambal. It is at set meal where it comes with fried wan tan and soya bean milk leong fan. (RM8.80)

The fried wan tan is considered small and with just a few fillings.

MPig ordered Curry Chicken Choo Chang Fen 咖哩鸡猪肠粉 (RM5.90). The taste is really like our home cooked chicken curry with chee cheong fan. 

He also order 鱼翅瓜雪耳红枣糖水. (RM 5.80). 

If you miss your mother or grandma's home cooking, I will recommend you to come to Granny's Kitchen to search back your younger days reminisce.  

At SPARK, there is a Rest and Go Area, provided by Gintell, where you just have to slot in RM1 to the Chair, it will help you massage your whole body for 3 minutes. RM 5 for 15 minutes and RM 10 for 30 minutes. I felt that the power of the massage is not enough to ease my body ache. ;p

After having lunch, we went to SPARK MBO, watched Super 8 with Boon and wife. Super 8 is a movie that shooted based on 1980's way of shooting. It is an American Science fiction movie produced by Steven Spielberg. The story line narrates a group of teenagers, faced some dangerous and met with aliens when filming their own super 8 movie.

Granny's Kitchen

No 5 LG-1 Block A

Megan Salak Park

Jalan 2/125E

Taman Desa Petaling

57100 Kuala Lumpur

http://grannyskitchen2010.blogspot.com/

Kenny Rogers Roaster Restaurant

During FPig holiday at Penang, FPig went to 1-avenue for the first time with mom and Kenneth. There was not much shop opened at 1-avenue. I noticed that most of the shops are selling shoes. It is a bit weird to me.

We had our lunch at Kenny Rogers Roaster Restaurant. We ordered a quarter chicken set meal which comes with two side dishes, a muffin.

You can choose the chocolate, vanila or original flavour muffin. It costs RM 14.90. I felt that the quarter size chicken was a bit too small. The mocha is just nice.

According to wikipedia sources, Kenny Rogers Roasters is a chicken restaurant that was founded by Country musician Kenny Rogers and former Kentucky governor John Y. Brown, Jr., who had also owned Kentucky Fried Chicken from 1964 to 1971. The menu was originally centered on wood-fired rotisserie chicken. After closing all of its U.S. operations, Kenny Rogers Roasters now operates primarily in Asia.

Aeroline Coach to Penang

FPig wanted to go back Penang. MPig afraid that it was not safe for FPig to go to Puduraya to buy a normal coach ticket back to Penang. Even though now Puduraya has already refurbished and there was air-conditioned in the whole building, clean and nice, like airport.

MPig suggested me to try Aeroline, even though it is double the normal price, but at least it is considered the first class coach in Malaysia from KL to PG if compared to the rest.

 


It costs RM60 per journey from KL to PG. There is a lot of departure station in KL. You can either take it in KL, Sunway, the Mines or 1-Utama. Since 1-Utama is the nearest to our house, I choosed the one on Sunday morning. There was only two boarding time per day. One is 10:30am and the other one is 4:30pm.

The journey was considered quite comfortable and fast. It took around 4 hours to reach Penang. It reached Queensbay mall as the first stop and the final destination is the Sungai Dua Bus Terminal. It stopped once after around 2 hours journey.

It provides complimentary water and a subway sandwich of the day. There was a coach crew besides the driver. Hot drinks like coffee, tea or milo will be provided.

The coach has two decker. The lower decker has a few sofa setting with a big LCD screen TV.

The top decker is like the normal coach setting. Some passengers prefer to sit at the low decker, so there will be some empty spaces at the top decker. I noticed that there was some elderly who sat at the lower decker because it was spacious and they did not have to climb the stairs to the top.

All in all, I found that it can be considered worth the price. Even though the sofa and the window curtain was a bit old and smelly.

You can book the ticket online via www.aeroline.com.my, paying through credit card will be charged 3%.The alternative way is go to the ticket selling point to buy the ticket.

This is the waiting lounge at 1-utama. Coffee and tea are provided free of charge. There is free wifi, but I just wonder why I cannot login at all. ;p

One normal Friday

FPig said that she was craving for Tomyam. Hence, MPig decided to take FPig to have Tomyam at Beragas, Bandar Sri Damansara.
I have forgotten to take my camera, so we did not take any pictures. I am sure I will ask MPig to go again. We had telur dadar, tomyam seafood soup, ayam paprik, two nasi putih and a watermelon juice jumbo. It costed us RM15.50 for everything. It is indeed very reasonable price. MPig likes the way Malay do business, they will not cook a lot and charge you expensively, unlike Chinese, they will cook for two person meal and charge you for two person meal. In fact, we cannot even finish it.

Then I said that I to go to Tesco at Kepong Village Mall to have a look. We just realised that there is a cinema and some stores besides the Tesco.

The cinema is quite new, it is MBO. We have another choice of places to watch movie besides Kepong Jusco and 1-Utama. But MBO does not allow online booking.

I signed up Tesco Club card for free. I requested for three cards, it is free. Unlike Jusco card where we need to pay the annual fees. Hence, I like to shop in Tesco. First, of cause I can collect points. Secondly, it is free parking. Thirdly, MPig also admits that the vegetables sell in Tesco is more cheap. He can watch movie at MBO too.

The Stolen Recipe Restaurant

After a hectic week of work, MPig decided to have a big dinner to celebrate the weekend. We went to Stolen Recipe in Aman Puri Kepong. It has a unique setting with extraordinary concept restaurant. There is the live singing performance at night. The staffs are friendly and polite.

This restaurant offer western cuisine with affordable price. But I have to admit that the food portion is considered quite small. Both of us did not feel full after the meal.

I ordered Seafood Pomodoro RM 17.88. There was prawns, squids, clams, mussels with traditional special pomodoro sauce topped with parmesan cheese. It was served with two choices of side dishes. I choosed potato salad and coleslaw as side dishes. To me, I think the pomodoro sauce is just the normal tomato puree. Nothing special at all. There was just less than 5 prawns and mussels in the meal. I don't feel it worth the price.

MPig had Char Broiled beef Steak RM 26.88. It came with mashed potatos and boiled vegetables side dishes. As I don't eat beef, I can't comment on it. But I saw the medium cooked steak was quite tender and juicy. But again, the portion is quite small.

We had cooling passionate soda, RM 7.88. It is just the lime juice in sparking water.

Since we came early, we had no chance to enjoy the entertainment performances. 


Stolen Recipe Restaurant
Kepong Aman Puri
Address: 3-23A, Ground Floor,
Jalan Desa 2/2, Desa Aman Puri,
Kepong, 52200 Selangor.