Cooking with Jackie: How to Boil An Imitation Sharkfin Soup 😉

Boil the #water with #chicken bones, slices of #shiitakemushrooms #fishmaw fr an hour.

Get ready 3 tablespoonful of #cornstarch and dissolve it in water until homogenise. 

Add a pinch of #salt , #pepper , a teaspoonful of #thicksoyasauce to the boiling broth.

Take out the chicken bones and shred the pieces of meat frm the bones to add into the broth. 

Add the imitation defrozed sharkfin and stir the broth, add in the homogenised cornstarch and stir the broth and lastly add in 2 beaten eggs into the broth while it is boiling and stir gently.  Switch off the fire and serve the sharkfin broth or soup.

Garnish with some fried minced garlics, if needed. 

Tada! Yummy goodness golden soup on a rainy day! 😉

Feels so #cny 😅😆

Imitation shark fin made of seaweed!

                         

     Boil the #water with #chicken bones, slices of #shiitakemushrooms #fishmaw fr an hour.

When the broth is almost done! Looks alike like the one at the restaurant? ;)

Yummilicious bowl of soup or broth! Serve when it is still hot!

#jackiecanboil

2015: Memorable Irish The Script World Tour Concert @ Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam with a Bang

We flew down to KL and then hopped onto this Cheetah ERL Express at the KLIA2 airport to meet our friends at the Bandar Tasek Selatan station.

Our friends took us to a restaurant at Sentul, called Lau Heong for lunchie. They said this place is famous and recommended by everyone. My verdict: Yeahhhhh~ Sooo yummy~
Salted Egg Fried Mantis Prawn (left pic), Salted egg squid and prawn (top pic) and Fermented Fried Chicken (right pic)

Yummy Stingray Sambal @ Lau Heong Restaurant, Sentul

A must captured landmark pic, KLCC tower!!

Coffee break @ RGB Cafe before our friends dropped us at my relative's place!! >.<

Dinner with the relatives @ Tuck Kee Restaurant, Jalan Kuchai Lama area. Yummy place for eating too.
#ClaypotSeafoodVegetables #StirFrySambalLongBeans #StingRayCurry

Went to loiter around at Midvalley Mall, KL before meeting up with friends.
Trying out this US Garrett Macadamia Nuts Popcorn. Purchased from Midvalley, KL.
Yummyyyyy first few bites but not too much, It will make you feel too cloying. Must share out indeed. Else, diabetes :P

Met up with friend's friends for lunchie @ CCD.
Blush Berry Frappe @ Cafe Coffee Day @ NuSentral Mall
Reminded me of the days in Hyderabad, India. The ones at India was indeed superb, better than the one at NuSentral though.
#CCD

Our print out e-tickets! Hoorayyyy~ Cant wait!
It was raining heavily in the afternoon right before the concert. Fortunately it stopped as we reached the stadium. I drove there, still remember the roads to Shah Alam, nearby my first job at Hicom Glenmarie industrial area.

Before the concert started. Us with the Hotlink props. So excited!
Can't wait to see Danny O' Donoghue, Glen Power, Mark Sheehan and the rest of the band members that would create an unforgettable concert for us all :*   <3 td="">

The concert started with a bang, Paint the Town green and they were a group of fans marching in with the green saber lights flags.

If Only You Could See Me Now. Love tis song of theirs too! Very momento tune and so is their lyrics.

The concert ended with a bang too, Hall of Fame song! I especially love the repetitive introduction tune of Hall of Fame, it cannot be found at the normal records of theirs. Only at concert *love*

Us!
Music can create moments. It create theirs and ours :*
We love you #ForTheFirstTime since #TheManWhoCan'tBeMoved days.
#liveinMalaysia #TheScriptFamily

De Tai Tong Cafe @ Cintra Street, Georgetown: Dim Sum for Breakfast

Here comes a short introduction on dim sum. 
Dim Sum refers to the Cantonese style food with small bite-sized food served in a saucer plate which is then placed in a wooden golden colour steamer basket. 
All you may need to do is to find your table to sit and wait for the carts to past by your table. Just stop those senior citizen aunties pushing the carts and order the choice of food placed inside the shelves.

At Cintra Street in English or Lebuh Cintra in Malay language

De Tai Tong Cafe for Dim Sum (opens whole day long)

If you feel like having a nice recommended dim sum for breakfast, do drop by at the city centre area, whereby the street is located directly opposite the Prangin Mall building. 
When you've turned into Jalan Sungai Ujong, go straight and you will reach a small crossroad, continue to go straight into the next road called Cintra Street. Then, be a bit alert and look to your right side, the cafe is located at the corner of the prewar olden days building. One can easily spot the dim sum cafe as there will be many customers either standing up waiting for their vacant seated tables or they could be sitting right up to the entrance area.

If you reached the cafe before the usual peak hours for breakfast, say around less then 8.30am, probably you don't need to queue for a table. This cafe is not air-conditioned. So, probably you might feel quite stuffy & warm in a later day.

Hong Kong style Chee Cheong Fun which is made of rice noodle has several shrimps inside as the filling. The noodle is lightly folded and made into a roll. Soy sauce is poured over the plate to be mixed together before eating it.
The top part in red colour is the sweet & sour sambal chilli paste for an extra kick.
This is my favourite chee cheong fun!

Small bite-sized food that I mentioned earlier.
The left side is the chicken legs dish (be warned, I know most Westerners might not like eating chicken legs, there are plenty of other choices to choose from), followed by the top is the pai kuat ong or pork ribs meat and the right side is the crabstick with pork meat filling rolled with seaweed.
Most dim sum uses pork meat or prawns as their fillings.
So, technically, this type of food is non-halal which is not to be eaten by the Muslims.

If I'm not mistaken, the auntie told me that it is called Ti Huang Pau. I'm just guessing on the translated name, I think it means Emperor's Steamed Bun.

This is the filling. It is exactly like Lo Mai Kai, the sticky glutinous rice with pork meat, mushrooms and etc.
I think it is really sinful with a lot of carbohydrate. It is also covered with buns. You don't only eat the sticky rice, you have to eat the external buns too. o.O
It's not the kinda my liking though the auntie fully recommended it. It's the most expensive as compared to the other steamed buns.

Top left pic is some rolled kind of meat filling dish.
Bottom plate is the deep fried yam dish.
Top right pic is the Ti Huang Pao (Emperor's Steamed bun for the emperors??!?). 

That's all about dim sum. It may look small bite-sized dishes in small saucer plates, but after a few plates ordered, you'll definitely feel really full! *fat die me* :D

Map direction to the dim sum cafe

Golden Gate Steamboat Restaurant @ Cantonment Road, Penang: Family Dinner

If you have a family reunion/ gathering/ rendezvous or you're in the mood craving for a hot bowl of clear soup, do drop by at this steamboat restaurant which is located next to Gurney Drive, off Cantonment Road, Georgetown, Penang! I bet this restaurant will definitely make you going back for more. Trust me, I'm a food specialist! :D LOL~wtf~

Golden Gate Steamboat Restaurant
*taken with my new phone, Samsung Galaxy S5. Sorry, phone is good, however, the photographer is still no good. haha~* 

This restaurant has been existing for more than 25 years and it is actually in an old, big bungalow. They only serve a pot of clear yummy broth steamboat soup~ It may appear to be an ordinary restaurant to you as most steamboat restaurants nowadays serve either with BBQ grilled pit alongside or they have a combination steamboat pot which could accommodate half clear soup and Tom Yam spicy soup too. So fancy~ 

Their price is also reasonable and the environment is air-conditioned too! You won't feel that warm while having a bowl of hot soup! This restaurant opens only for dinner and it is always jam packed with customers, especially the Japanese! They were enjoying their time there, and you could easily spot them by listening to their talk and laughter. 
Steamboat originates from the Chinese, it is also similar to Japanese Shabu-Shabu. 
Anyway, the Chinese and Japanese have a long history together (go check it out if you would want to know more la). Therefore, it's not strange that a lot of things resemble to the same thing or slightly different, but the idea is there laa~~

The pot to do the steamboat.
In the olden days, ppl used charcoal to boil those soup. But nowadays, a gas is being attached and used to speed up the boiling process of the soup and food.
(Photos shot using the S-view of Galaxy S5, therefore it turned out in square frame.)

Seaweed wrapped meat, Mushroom stuffed meat & Beancurd skin with meat filling 

Fish balls, Seafood balls, Crab stick & Squids

First, close the metal lid. Wait for the soup to be boiled. Then, open the lid and place all the ingredients you've got according to the amount you would be able to have at one go. Beware, dumping all the ingredients at one shot and if you couldn't be able to wallop all when it's boiled, I'm afraid your food will be overcooked. Close the metal lid and wait for a few minutes to boil.

White Noodles (Tang Hoon in Hokkien or Glass Noodles in English), Yellow Noodles (I called Boric Acid noodles as the noodles makers use this acid to preserve the noodles and to prevent it from sticking among each other) and Green Spinach Noodle. 

Tadaaaa~ When it's cooked, you'll be able to see the steam coming out from the hollow, middle vent! Then, remove the metal lid and pick your food to eat :-)

Yummy~~Delicious~ Oishi ne~ My bowl of steamboat food & soup!!! *Slurp*

That's all for a bowl of delicious steamboat! You may go for a few rounds too! 

Map directions to Golden Gate Steamboat Restaurant. Turn right at the one way traffic lights from Kelawai Road into Cantonment Road. Go straight and look out to your left hand side. The bungalow building will be on your left. You won't miss out.

Beef Ball Kuey Teow Soup, Cuttlefish & Grilled Fish @ New Lane, Georgetown: Dinner

If you wish to have your dinner or supper from hawker stalls which serve delicious yet local food, do drop by at the New Lane Hawker Stall at the city centre of Georgetown, Penang!
If you couldn't locate where New Lane is, look up for Sunway Hotel, you'll then be able to find these hawker stalls which are put up at along the half of the lane where the hotel is located. You could also easily spot them as they are all brightly lit up in white fluorescent lamps.
However, the prices of the food are slightly on the touristy prices. So, be cautious, look at the signboard first/ ask before you placed your order!
The food are MOSTLY NICE and also you would be able to find a wide range of local food sold at one area!
You name it, they have it there mostly~~ The ones I usually ordered are e.g. Chinese dessert soup (almond & "yau char kwai"/peanut/longan soup), lor bak, char kuey teow, satay, Northern style chee cheong fun, Northern style curry mee.

"Lorong" in Malay language = Lane
"Baru" in Malay Language = New

If I'm not mistaken, these hawker stalls close on every Wednesday.

New Lane

Here are some dishes I ordered when I stopped by for my dinner lately:

Beef Kuey Teow Soup @ RM7/ bowl (small)
The broth was really delicious & quite thick. It was full of beef flavour. The meat was really tender & juicy too. All in all, it was really yummy!

Beef Kuey Teow Soup

Blanched Cuttlefish & Water Spinach drenched in some peanut sauce @ RM10/ plate.

Grilled fish with some sweet sour sauce for dipping.
Not sure what was it, probably a Red Snapper?? @ RM30
The uncle said it's called "kimbalok" in Hokkien dialect though.
Although it seemed expensive to us, but the taste was not too bad. If it was cheaper, then it would be great to us~ wtf! LOL~

So, not sure where to eat and what to do in Penang during the night time?? Feel free to visit this place like I did sometimes! =)

Map directions to New Lane Hawker Centre. It's on the same lane where Sunway Hotel is situated at.

Char Kuey Teow & Laksa (Lemak/Assam) @ Sin Hwa Coffeeshop, Burma Road

If you feel like having Penang hawker food for breakfast, lunch or brunch (Wanton Mee, Char Kuey Teow, Laksa & Chicken Rice) feel free to drop by at this coffeeshop which is situated directly opposite the International Driving school, next to the Pulau Tikus Police Station.
I can assure you that their Char Kuey Teow (CKT) & Laksa are really nice and delicious compared to other CKT over at the downtown city centre.

I frequently visit this coffeeshop whenever I have my cravings for both CKT & Laksa at the same time in which I could definitely kill two birds with one stone.:D

Overlooking the driving school on the opposite site of the Burma Road

Char Kuey Teow @ RM4.50
#kueyteow #beansprout #egg #peeledcockles #prawns
It was really yummy when it was served piping hot! :)

Aerial look of CKT
#kueyteow #beansprout #egg #peeledcockles #prawns 

Mixed Lemak & Assam Laksa @ RM4.00
#laksanoodles #pudinaleaves #slicedcucumber #onions #torchgingerflower #prawnpaste (black in colour scooped in the spoon)
#delicious #appetising

Aerial Look of Mixed Lemak & Assam Laksa #laksanoodles #pudinaleaves #slicedcucumber #onions #torchgingerflower #prawnpaste (black in colour scooped in the spoon)

Do wiggle your way there in any case should you have any cravings for those food! hehe~
It's a must have cause it's simply delicious yo! ;-)

Map direction to Sin Hwa Coffee Shop, located opposite Burma Road Pulau Tikus Police Station.
Therefore, the coffeeshop will be on your right side of the whole stretch of prewar houses. 

Hot Bowl for Famous Curry Noodle & Chicken Rice @ Abu Siti Lane, Penang: Moving to Rangoon Road in May 2014 Onwards

      Last weekend, I visited the so-called famous "white" (without the addition of chilli paste yet) curry noodle or curry mee shop. It is currently located at Abu Siti Lane, Penang.
However, we saw a red colour banner hanging directly just outside it's entrance saying that it will be moving to Rangoon Road (just a road next to it) soon.

They are movinggg soon~~

Over in Penang, this curry noodle is known as curry mee. But over in the southern of Malaysia (such as the Johor and Singapore), it is known as curry laksa.

Penang's Curry noodle = Johor's Curry Laksa

White Curry Noodle (with yellow mee & beehoon)
#de-shelledcockles #friedbeancurd (tau pok) #beansprouts #slicedcuttlefish #chillipaste

I think this bowl of noodle is their smallest size.Therefore, one may not be able to find any shrimps in it. Usually, it is served with a couple of shrimps at other stalls. Caution with the chilli paste, it's really spicy even as one added in a nominal amount of it.

White Curry Noodle (with yellow mee & vermicelli rice flour beehoon)
#de-shelledcockles #friedbeancurd (tau pok) #beansprouts #slicedcuttlefish #chillipaste

White Curry Noodle (with yellow mee & beehoon)

Pak Chiam Kai (Deboned Chicken) 

#corianderleaves

This is the side order. One could also order it with the plate of rice. I think the way to cook the chicken is by boiling. Anyway, the black sauce they made was superb to be eaten as a side dish or together as chicken rice. The cooked chicken was tender too, unlike at other chicken rice shops. 

Boiled Bean Sprout

This another side dish bean sprout wasn't overcooked. I seldom like to eat bean sprout, however, over at this shop, I won't turn down the offer to have some. One could also order this to eat it with your chicken rice. I guess the black sauce used was similar to the ones used for the deboned chicken.

Overall, I think this shop deserves my applause, and I think it's way better than our franchised Chicken Rice Shop IMO. I hope the quality and the quantity remain the same despite the rise of our current economy crisis.

Lastly, the total price for all this dishes was at RM23.20 including two cups of herbal tea.