: : Granny Humour : :

Coming back home tonite to an excited 73 year old grandmother who couldn’t stop gushing. 🙂 This was what she said.

Granny : Ah yo! Pipeman (the person in charge of the house renovations) so notti one! I win 4D RM200 so he ask me chia (treat) him makan (eat) KFC and Pizza ah! Aiyo! The Pizza people so notti one!

Granny : They wanna makan (eat) chicken so order KFC lor! Then order pizza ah!

Granny : The gal so notti one. Ask me to order Pizza Chicken (Wena note : BBQ wings) so I say okay lor. Didn’t know so many chicken mah!

Wena : Wah! Pipeman also eat salad meh? Thought he dun (don’t) makan (eat) veggie one.

Granny : Aiya! The gal ask me whether I want so I blur blur order lah!

Granny : Then ah, I order the cola. Thought small small bottle (gesturing wildly) but come big big liaw! So you must finish one!

Granny : Ya lor! First time I order from phone mah!

: : Interesting Reads : :

Table of Condiments that Periodically Go Bad : Hahah! So appropriate. What more, at MIT! :p (via techtick)

Lolly is out to torture me with this picture. And she did such a good job. Oi! Hard to find good western food here in Kuching, you know!

Asian Vegetable Forum : where my picture of cangkuk manis created so much attention. Another name of the veggie is mani chai a.k.a. money veggie.

egullet (India, China, Japan, and Asia Pacific) forum : I seriously got lost in there. There’s just too many conversations going on that it’s easier just to . But if you want to search for more information on cooking or seeking advice on cooking, this is a good place to start.

makansutra forum : they like the custard apple. hee hee!

: : Granny’s Cooking ~ Pork Stew : :

Obviously non-halal. Pics were taken while Granny was cooking Pork Stew for the workers carrying out the renovation work. Which was on Saturday, I think. Can’t remember when I took the pictures.

Fry the garlic and purple shallots in oil until it softens and fragrant. Then, add in the pork. Granny uses a combination of lean pork as well as belly pork (hence the fatty oily portion). Fry until the meat surface is partially cook.

Add in some light soy sauce and stir fry.

She also added in some sweetened dark soy sauce as well. Quite a fair bit. Think it was equivalent to half a small Chinese bowl.

The picture above is when she finish mixing everything together. Pretty dark eh? Anyway, continue stirring until the pork meat looks cook on the outside.

Add in some black mushroom and stir fry a bit more. Then, transfer everything into a pot to be cooked completely. Why fry first? It brings out the flavour and also ensures the seasoning gets into the meat.

While it’s simmering, Granny added in some sugar as she likes it sweet. The usual pork stew found outside is seldom sweet but rather salty. She also added in some pepper.

Finally, the finished pork stew. A variation to this is that Granny would cook a whole slab of meat until it’s really cook. Then, just before serving, she cuts the meat into slices and then cooks it in the gravy for awhile. Nice effect with the meat very white on the inside and dark on the outer layer. Another variation is hard boiled eggs. She would boil the egg in the gravy and then later half it just before serving the dish. Ooohh! Very nice! Slurp!

: : Hotplate : :

Didn’t have lunch until late. So no lunch pics from today but one from another lunchtime. Hotplate noodles.

Location : Da-Light Hawker Center, King Centre, Kuching.

Unfortunately, non-halal. Can’t see the egg as it’s covered by the noodles and chicken but it’s there.

Too tired to say more. Night people.

: : Pasar Malam @ Perth : :

From mum-mum’s gallery of pictures. 🙂 A friend in Perth is making the posters for Pasar Malam (Night Market) fest in Curtin University, Perth. Sounds gastronomous!

Looks good, doesn’t it? 🙂

: : Tea-time : :

Granny : I smell in supermarket so nice one!

Well, she then took up to find out what it was, leaving me at the cashier counter with bags of shopping everywhere. She finally found out what it was : Herbal eggs.

Doesn’t look like much but it did taste pretty good and not so bitter. Granny was pestering me to eat it as it is good to ‘throw away wind’ and make the body better and stronger. She had 2 eggs and so did I. Tasted pretty good even though the eggs have been boiling for a long time such that it was a little bit tough. We bought the eggs from Big Fresh Supermarket in Tabuan Jaya. 60 cents an egg.

We also bought some tasty and crunchy pisang goreng (banana fritters) from a stall just outside the Big Fresh Supermarket in Pending. The banana was very sweet and the batter was still crunchy and warm. 🙂 20 cents per piece. Granny muching and crunching the whole afternoon. hehehe…