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Sunday, 25 November 2012

Must try this out - Rose Apple tart

Saw this in http://tikkido.com/node/750

Here are the photos to tempt u to visit their site for the recipe, or until i get to try it out & post my own version of this tart.

What do u think? Yummy & good presentation!

Sunday, 30 March 2008

One NOT SO HEALTHY, but..... YUMMY treat!!

If you go to the roadside 'goreng pisang' (banana fritters) stall, you get the usual deep fried sliced bananas, sweet potatoes & yam. I came across this stall in Pandan Indah (in front of the former Fajar Dept store, now The Store).

Guess what this is !!

"KREPEK DAUN BAYAM " (Spinach Leaf Fritters)

Take note, though... you don't always get it at the stall because they operate alternate weeks ('time share' with another vendor). I got it on the Nike event Sat (22 Mar 2008). They will also not fry this during the 'cempedak' season, ie. when they fry cempedak, they can't fry the spinach -- something to do with a difference in temperature!!

Saturday, 22 March 2008

More durian cakes! (2)

Durian, an acquired taste! As mentioned before I don't eat durians but I was attracted to this little shop "HAPPY MEAL", near Petaling Street, by the sheer smell of its durian butter cake! Its at the traffic light junction where you can find the large Popular Book shop, Hotel Malaya, flower boutique (wholesale).

It had freshly baked cakes & tarts (I saw them mixing the batter & baking it, right behind the cashier). .... I got carried away and bought durian butter cake, banana butter cake, plain butter cake (all@ RM1 per slice- worth it); durian tart, almond tart (@RM 2.50- a bit pricey there); durian cream puff (@RM2.40 per pack of 6 pcs), pineapple tart, chocolate cake slice and mixed bean tart.

My friends loved it, especially the durian butter cake & durian cream puff.. It had REAL DURIAN pieces inside, not just the bottled 'essence/flavour'! Only one problem... I wanted to buy some for the Arts & Crafts Guild AGM mentioned in the Crazeepatches craft blog. http://crazeepatches.blogspot.com/

I went at 11.30am .. the durian cakes where not ready.... I hanged around until 12.00noon... it was not baked yet... maybe 12.30, they said! Well, I had to go to work, ... so no cakes :(

I went @12.00 noon a couple of days later... again they said.. may be later in the afternoon... My friend went in the afternoon and .... Oh! it's all sold out!! Apparently, they only bake one large square of the cake a day!!

So, durian lovers and butter cake lovers... Try your luck when you are nearby, around lunchtime! It's a hit with the tourists too! One American backpacker I spoke to bought a slice of banana butter cake. When I recommended to him the durian cake, he said has tried durians & liked it, but wanted to try the banana cake (or maybe his GF didn't like durian). However, minutes later, they were back.. to try the durian butter cake !!! One more plus for tourism !!

Sunday, 17 February 2008

Brickfields food adventure

During the Chinese New Year, I decided to take a stroll along Brickfields and I stumbled upon a place which sells 'puttu atta' and 'puttu ragi'.

Well, most of us are familiar with 'puttu mayam' - those strings of beehoon-like snack served with coconut shavings and brown sugar.

Well, there's also 'puttu bambu (bamboo)' where the powdery white rice mix is steamed with a few raisins in bamboo sections and 'puttu piring' where the mix is steamed in slightly flat metal plates with dark brown sugar inside.

Now, there's 'puttu atta'

where the mix is wholemeal and 'puttu ragi' has a darker mix made of ragi (not sure what that is). Communication with the staff was difficult, punctuated with lots of head shaking and smiling.

However, they we

re nice enough to let me take some photos. One even offered to pose for me!! Guess they are used to 'tourists' (ha, ha)!