Christmas is on the way

Was at Plaza Mont Kiara for lunch yesterday. After that I went to Village Grocer for a walk. Saw this and was reminded that Christmas is near. Time for presents. yehhhh

Euro Deli

Asked my son what he wanted to eat for his birthday and he said 'Lamb Chop'. So we went to Euro Deli at Damansara Kim. Actually, three of his birthdays were celebrated there. heheh. This place can get pretty crowded especially on weekends, but we went there on a Friday night, so it was still quite OK. The birthday boy initially told me he wanted 'Lamb Chop', but changed his mind after seeing the Menu. This was what he ordered. More like 'breakfast set' right.

'English Plate' - Sausage, bacon, egg and fries.

My girl had Spaghetti Carbonara

Parents took Lamb Chop

Hubby's dish was AglioOlio

Finally, I had Emmenthaler Sausage

and Potato Skin - Cheese and Bacon

Ikan Bakar

A colleague of mine brought us for lunch to this delicious Ikan Bakar yesterday. Actually he brought us here once before, but that time another colleague of mine was on leave. We told her how good it was and she insisted on having it yesterday. So, here we are again. It is just a little shack by the roadside err somewhere near Segambut Dalam or something like that. My colleague and I were planning on remembering the roads and how to get to this place but after I passed the 'Hockey Stadium' then I am lost. It was turn left, straight, right and I forgot. Anyway, we finally reached the place, and we quickly got a place to sit. It can get pretty crowded, so go early. Before we went, one of my colleague already said she wanted to order two fishes.

This is how the place looks like. Anyone been here? The food is on your left and places to sit are on your right.

They have lots of varieties. Beef Rendang, Curry Fish, and lots of green vegetables and also ulams. The last time I came, I took their rendang and 1 ikan pari. Phone camera was out that time so did not manage to take any pics. This time I took rice with a bit of nanka (jackfruit) cooked in curry with santan (masak lemak) - delicious

I took 2 fishes also. A stingray (Pari) and Hardtail Scad Fish (Cencaru)

Half eaten cencary, as I took off the skin before I remember to take a picture. hehehe

The fish cost RM4 per piece for a small fish and the big one is RM5 per fish. My rice is RM0.60. The two fishes cost me RM8.00.

The above is their sauce. Once is black, the other is chilly with onions, lime. Goes so well with the Ikan Bakar.

They even have squids cooked in sambal, which came out later. One of my colleague took it and shared it with us. She took 2 fishes first and when she finished it, she went to take another one, because she says she won't know how to come again, unless, our colleague bring her. So must eat until satisfied.

Bread

Sunday, after fetching the kids from Sunday School, we went to see an 'Old friend'. She is very dear to me and recently her grandaughter told me that she has not been well. So I made it a point to visit her as weekdays was out of the question. Anway, she was chirpy as usual and it was good to see her.

On the way home, asked hubby to drop me at Carrefour as I wanted to pick up some stuffs. Wanted to try baking a BREAD. Got all my stuffs and quickly went home. I have a cake mixer at home. I have used it many times to mix doughs for cakes, biscuits, etc but I have not tried to use it to knead with the 'curly kneader' (don't know what it's called). Mixed all the ingredients in the mixer, and I on the mixer. It was going fine, until I noticed the dough all stuck to the 'curly kneader and going upwards until it was going to spill out from the mixer bowl. I quickly, off the switch, pushed the dough down and started again. Again the same thing happened over and over again. Anyone knows why? Finally, I just removed the mixer and started kneading the dough with my hands. Gosh, its really hard work. My hands really felt like coming out. After kneading, I had to cover the dough and leave it to double in size. This is how it looked like after kneading. Don't look too good as I dint not knead long enough. No energy. heheh

After that I had to knead again. and then leave it for a while and then put it on a tray and leave it again and the finally put it in the oven.

Ohhhh the smell of bread baking in the over was wonderful. The outcome.

Melaleuca

My daughter has very bad eczema on her arms. I have taken her to numerous Skin Specialist, but it still does not heal much. After seeing the Skin Specialist and using their cream, it will heal a bit but after that it comes back. I try not to use too much of their cream because I feel if the skin improves very fast and well, they usually have steriods and I don't want my daughter to use too much of it. Every time we go out, people will always ask 'what happen to her arms'. We happened to be in Petaling Street one day, and one of the vendors also commented on her arm. She even recommended me to buy one cream from one of the Chinese shops around (can't remember what was the name/brand of the cream or which shop) and says that it is very good. Wasn't really paying attention as I know I won't buy stuffs that I'm not sure about.

Anyway, one day at hubby's stall one customer saw my daughter's hand and recommended a cream. He says that he will buy the cream to let her try. The next day he came with the cream and we let her try it. I must say that it helped and she does scratch so much. But of course, its not a miracle cream that will heal you immediately. Anyway, she has been using it and even use their body wash. I have recently joined as a member so that I can buy it whenever I want and not trouble people too much. They have lots of other products too, from vitamins to floor cleaner to skin products and yes its a MLM company. As you can see from my heading, what the company name is. This is from my own experience and I am not doing any promo for the above company.

On the way back home last Saturday, we passed by 'Alisan' - it is or should I say it was a Restaurant by that name - years ago. Anyway it was errr, SS3 or SS4, I am not very sure. But nearby is the Taman Bahagia LRT station. Anyway, 'Alisan' is no more there, it is now called 'Ipoh Road Yong Tow Foo'. Mentioned it to hubby and he says we must try it one day. Told him why not have it for lunch, after picking the kids up from school.

So, after picking the kids up, we ended up here.

Did not order much at first, as we were not sure how it tasted. Well, it was pretty good and we ended up ordering again and again. RM1.10 per piece.

Fried Sui Kow

And a plate of 'Assam Fish'. Tasty. Don't mind coming back here for lunch again. But parking is a bit difficult. We parked opposite near 'Lorenzo' - a place selling furnitures

Butter Durian Cake

Baked a durian cake over the weekend. I actually bought the ingredients a week ago. Last week I baked an Orange Cake, but used a wrong tin size, well I actually did not have the proper cake size tin, so instead used a larger one. The cake turned out soft and moist but it was thin. So did not upload the photo. Anywayyy.....

My 'Butter Durian Cake'. Looks good right, taste good also.