Ushering in the Year of Fire Rooster 2017 🔥 🐓

A couple of months before welcoming the Chinese New Year 2017 (according to the Chinese Lunar Calendar), traditionally and as according to culture, we would do some spring cleaning around at our homes for the preparation, Cleaning away all those dust is believed to welcome more good luck in our homes. To add to it, cleaning those windows and put up new curtains. 

Something small fr the security guards, pak cik cleaners and auntie cleaners to quench their thirst in conjunction with #cny 2017 #mandarinoranges #packetdrinks How could I forget those simple and genuine smiles and cute waving from the pak cik cleaners everytime they saw me driving into the organisation. A colleague also came to tell me happily that some cleaners got mistaken and thanked her instead~ Indeed, I managed to make everyone happy in a way.  I don't expect anything in return for this purpose 😀

Happy Year of #Rooster 2017! 

Our lucky pick #toyvendingmachine#softtoy costed us rm3 with only 2 games a few weeks before ushering in the new year with ah boy's luck.  😘🐓😍 Playing this kinda game could be at times addictive too~

Pretty purplish yellow hybrid of #daisies -like #chrysanthemum #plant in which I bought fr #cny decoration at home. 🌻 🌿

Not sure how long it would be able to sustain in a small pot after buying from the supermarket. I fancy supermarket pottery flowers can't last long. Maybe the flowers would love to be in an air-cond environment. >.<

My second #Yeesang#lousang of the year! 🎍🎋🎉🎆🎊

#success #health #wealth #prosperity #sushiking #precny #celebration#HappyChineseNewYear

Tossing to prosperity in all aspects: Heng ahhh, Ong ahhhh, Huat ahhhhh!!!!

A Japanese good luck charm. It is traditionally in red, different colours are used to signify good luck in different facets of life. 🎍🎋

#red fr #luck 

#pink fr #love

#yellow fr #business 

#white fr #achievements

On the Chinese New Year eve (27th January 2017), we will be preparing lil' steamboat reunion for our lil' family gathering during dinner. Some family may have bigger group, some may have a smaller group, just like us :) However, our food preparation may look like serving a whole group of giants with a big appetite! hahaha~
Around noon, I helped my mommy to put up the red cloth above the main entrance door to usher in the new year at midnight. I believe that every single Chinese in the world does that for their homes, regardless of whether they are Buddhist or Christian. ;)

After dinner, if there were to have any floors that are dirty, sweep and mop it up before the clock strucked 12am as on the 1st day of Chinese New Year, we are banned from sweeping and mopping the floors to avoid luck from getting out from our home.

Steamboat preparation by mommy is in progress~

Our lil' reunion fr #cny 🍻🍜

#steamboat (soup was pre-boiled with pork bone broth) #reunion 

#precny 🎋🎍🎉 #HappyChineseNewYear #FireRooster 🔥🐓

#fishballs #crabballs #cuttlefish #prawns #greenvege #eggnoodles #tofuballs #friedgarlics #manyotherballs

Lil' giant me had this 3 rounds! :D :D :D

Trying out this #wheatbeer #1664 #France #kronenbourg#precny #FireRooster #2017
Note: Almost similar to Carlsberg taste, but more on a diluted side. Therefore, not so bitter.

#mandarinoranges is a must fr #cny (for praying to the deities aka Gods and for eating.

I don't fancy tis type of fruits 😅 #honeyponkan 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

Immediately clock strucked 12am (midnight- 1st day of CNY), we prayed to usher the Fire Rooster for the year 2017. 
This is also a custom and religion that mom followed each year, which is to pray to the Gods. 
We worship to God of Heaven, God of Prosperity, God of Kitchen and God of Soil Ground/ Floor Guardian. 
In general, we are Buddhist. But we are more towards the Hokkien culture who follow the Taoist worshiping.Complicated. Don't question ppl's religion! :P
#FireRooster #popipopi #LightgivesusHOPE

Chu yi (1st Day of CNY) which is today (as of 28th January 2017).
Snacking on this (US gift by the boy) while waiting for auntie and cousins to visit the parents! :)

Pesto for dinner, anyone?! ;)

1. Boiling the spiral pasta for about 8 min (add in a tablespoonful of cooking oil and half tablespoon of salt). Drain off the water after that.

2. Then, start cooking the chopped garlics with a tablespoonful of cooking oil. Add in prawns and cuttlefish (leftover from steamboats).
3. Next, open and put in the powdered premix pesto sauce and add a quarter to half cup of water and let it simmer at a medium fire. If it is too watery, add a teaspoon of cornstarch to make the sauce sticky.  Add in a teaspoon of sugar to taste.

4. Switch off the fire from the stove and add in the boiled pasta and toss to mix.

Finally got to find this #Belgian #Belgium #wheatbeer#hoegaarden #hoegaardenrosee#raspberries at places like #tesco 

It was previously sold at limited bar places. 

#happyhour #cnyday1 

Well, it's slightly sweet with fruity berry taste. Thus the raspberries flavour. Alcohol content is also not high, only 3%! Ah boy said ribena alcohol though. But not really that ribena flavoured! 

I love this way better than other fruity alcohol drinks that I've tried.

Cheers~ 🍻

Gong Xi Fa da Chai!

Keong Hee Huat Chai!

Xin Nian Kuai Le!

Happyyyyy Chinese New Year 2017!

*cock cock cock cock* ;)

#prosperityinallaspects

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.

Xuan Xin Restaurant @ Lower Ground Floor, Gurney Plaza, Pacific Coffee & TGI Fridays @ Alfresco Area of St. Jo, Gurney Paragon: Weekend Chillin' Out

Hola in Spanish means Hello! :P

I'm back!! First of all, I'll be blogging about what I had for lunch during the weekend.
I started off the day by eating Fried Ramen with Eel at Xuan Xin Ramen Restaurant at the Basement or Lower Ground Floor of Gurney Plaza. Ordered a starter, which was the Cheesy Crab Meat Rolls. It came with 3 rolls and I ordered a can of Herbal Tea to soothe my throat.
Due to the hot weather, I've been coughing like hell and had a really sore throat. However, currently the sore has been decreasing. I even finished up two bottles of the dry cough mixture and yet my cough still didn't heal. It's like wtf~ Such a rubbish cough mixture! LOL~

A friend of mine recommended me to actually try drinking warm Coca-Cola to heal the cough as it seems that it has the healing component as the cough mixture? Try google-ing "Coca-Cola for cough", there are really links to it. Whether to believe it or not, I do not know. :P
But, I took half a can of Pepsi instead and it was chilled at that time. I even added a pinch of salt. I found that my throat's itchiness was gone for a few hours. I wonder if it was because of my psychological prob. LMAO~  So, if you guys have any throat problem, feel free to try it.

After that, I had tea time at the Pacific Coffee. I will also showcase a couple of pictures of my outfit (the un-modelling look. wtf~ haha~ Not a model & therefore, don't know how to model lah)

Xuan Xin Restaurant @ Gurney Plaza

#makeup by #ShuUemura #prettylook?? (such an unembarassing question) ;-P

Fried Ramen with Eel
(meagre eel meat, the ramen was really oily though & the food presentation didn't appear as what was illustrated as on the menu. Well, it was an illustration though, can't expect much, right? haha~)

Cheesy Crab Meat Rolls
#verycheesy filling (But I didn't manage to taste any crab meat filling. However, it's worth a try.) 

Pacific Coffee @ Alfresco Area of Gurney Paragon

#chillin'out time

#Tiramisu #MangoManiaBlended #AcuppaCappucino #Teatime #PacificCoffee #yummmz #sinful

#Tiramisu #PacificCoffee #HaveANiceDay

#ootd 

#flowerydress #Divided by #H&M 

#bag #BraunBuffel (given to me by my godsis)

#background at alfresco area #GurneyParagon

#ootd #sexyback? (:-P)

#flowerydress #Divided by #H&M 

#bag #BraunBuffel

#background at alfresco area #GurneyParagon

Here comes the dinner time, we were not sure what to have. Finally, we decided on TGI Fridays! I think the last time I had was, when I was in KL back then. 

Anyway, since it was a weekend, so yesss~~ and everyday is a Friday (in my dreams)! ^.^

#TGIFridays #GurneyParagon

#Internaldeco #lighting #riot

#Internaldeco #StatueofLiberty

#Starter #TunawithAvocadoCrisps #freshtunaslices #tortillachips #guacamolecilantrojalapenos #Srirachasauce cuts of #cucumbers #carrots really appetising #yummy

 #Mainmeal #TennesseeChicken&Shrimp #grilledChickenBreasts #TennesseeSauce #crispyCajun-spicedfriedshrimp #CheddarCheeseMashedPotatoes #seasonalvege #delicious #forsharing

Blonde Choco Fudge #dessertoftheday #sinfully #rich & #delicious #cream #chocolava

Lastly, here's my collage-d camwhoring pics to end my blog for now. hehe~
All in all, pictures were taken with my humble & obsolete mobile phone Samsung Galaxy W for Wonder. wtf~
Till then! Enjoy~

#camwhoring #cutesiepie? LMAO~ :-P