Sekinchan Road Trip (Part 2)

Lunch @ Restoran Bagan Sekinchan 鸿运海鲜饭店
As featured on a blog, the good review truly caught my attention so we decided to give it a try. We usually avoid tourist places (this restaurant isn't in the tourist map) as it may cost us much more than it should be. We reached there around 12 and it was rather crowded already. By the time we leave, the restaurant workers were advising the customer to come back an hour later! My advise to savour the mouth-watering seafood is to come as early as possible, first to avoid the crowd and before the restaurant runs out of any of the dishes. We didn't have the chance to try their mantis prawn which all of us will love to indulge in the wholesomeness of the salted egg mantis prawn.

Steamed Prawn (RM20)

A type of mollusc, resembling the shape of a bamboo, cooked as Kam Heong style. (竹滩/竹蛏)

(RM18)

Fried baby sotong with salted egg (RM15)

We also ordered a shark meat soup (RM14) and a claypot tofu (RM12). The portions were all very generous and the flavour were superb! Don't forget to try their rice as Sekinchan is famous for their 'paddy'. I will strongly recommend this restaurant and for sure I will be back again!

Total bill for 5 pax (including 3 drinks and 3 rice) : RM 85.50

Restoran Bagan Sekinchan

Taste: 5/5

Price: 4.5/5

Service: 4/5 (slightly slow, have to wait for some time for the dishes)

No.168-C, Lorong 5, Jalan Bagan, 45400 Sekinchan

Selangor, Malaysia, 45400 Kuala Selangor

Operation Hours :

Breakfast and Lunch only.

 

 

On the way to the Redang Beach 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Redang Beach

 

Seashells everywhere, I wouldn't call it a 'beach'. There's not much of sandy area.

 

 

"Outbound Love" is a famous Hong Kong Drama among Malaysians as it was filmed mostly in Malaysia and several local artistes were involve din the filming. There were a few shots taken at Sekinchan on treehouse but sadly it was recently burnt down.

 

Temple opposite of Redang Beach

 

 

The End :)

Sekinchan Road Trip (Part1)

A quick update on today's road trip to Sekinchan. I won't be explaining in depth as I'm on pretty hectic schedule now but pictures will speak a thousand words!

A very simple and handy guide to all tourists. (credits to Sekinchan Tourist Web)

First stop: Tian Fu Temple
Right opposite of Tian Fu Temple is a vast paddy field and there's ample parking space at Tian Fu Temple in the morning when we just arrived around 10am. It wasn't the right timing for us to visit as the paddy were harvested so most of the paddy fields lie bare.

(credits to Sekinchan Tourist Web)

Second Stop: PLS Marketing

It's not an end, it's a beginning

First all, I will be away for a couple months till SPM (an exam which marks the end of my highschool life!) is over so bear with me. Stay tune, I will be back very soon.

This is going to be a lengthy post. Continue to scroll down if you're interested :)

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Oh well, it's July now, probably less than five months away I will be leaving highschool. Whenever I think about it, my heart literally sinks. I can't accept the fact that I will be leaving these whole bunch of mates who I treasure the most and they have made the best out of my entirety of five years in high school. Without every single one of them, I won't know how to pull through the problems that I have faces. Not to forget the besties I have. Through the countless time of argument, the thick and thin, our friendship is still as strong as before. We embarked on the journey of our high school, and throughout this journey, you guys are more like the angels that I am blessed with. I will know that if I needed help or even a listener, none of you fail to do so. There's this saying that the friendship you have made in highschool is the one that will stay with you through years. In fact, I will say that the I will cherish this forever. Five years of friendship and still counting!

Next up, trials is less than two months from now. I don't feel panicky, that's too extreme. I'm plainly struggling to cope with it because to complete the syallabus and do revision ain't as easy as I thought. I know I don't live for others, I live for myself but I'm never as selfish. I strive for the best for myself and for my family, teachers and friends. Even if they don't ask for it, I will do my best. Deep down their heart, they feel proud for me at the very moment I acheived success though words seldom come pouring out of their mouth. Asians are being asians here haha. Anyway, this doesn't matter the most. All the constant hard work that I have put in will pay off when the results are released. However, I'm nowhere near to the best yet, there's this gap for me to hurry my steps before reaching the finishing line so double, triple up my effort it is! 

I know it's not the end of the year yet but I just wanna sum up these two months in this post so I can keep the memories with me forever and ever. I have been through the roughest days in June and yeah, I'm still fine now (not perfectly fine). I absolutely love a quote which I have read on Twitter that says after the stormy days, there's still hope. Yes, hope and faith are the one that keeps my rolling. I will take it as a journey, there's uphill and downhill paths, there's winding roads, but afterall, I will come upon a mesmerizing scenery which will be a sight to behold. Similarly in life, without the hard times, the good days will not come. Fallen once, fallen twice. I'm glad to have plucked up the courage and face the challenges head on. I can choose to let it to hinder me from moving on, however I did not do so. It's not the end, it's just a fresh start. All that I have is what I'm blessed with, indeed a blessing. I won't ask for more because I cherish it a lot. I appreciate all the helping hands, the commitment, the trust and the memories whole-heartedly. Without them, I'm not not who I am now. They made me grow stronger mentally because enduring it is a priceless learning process.

Last but not least, as a Malaysian, the MH370 incident has not only grabbed the attention from the press and medias globally but was the most heart-wetching moment for us. And now, the MH17 plane crash again has left us in wretchedness. My condolences to them crews and the passengers' family members. 

To everyone out there, always appreciate your love ones. It doen't require much effort to shower them with your love.

Signing off,

Mish

Happy Father's Day!

A short and quick post to dedicate my love to my best dad ever on earth! He's my all time superhero who teaches me all sort of thing from studies to life lessons. Papa never gets angry when I decided to tease him, play a fool with him or even text him randomly. He always bears with my swinging mood and constantly cheers me up with his lame jokes. Growing up from a little girl to a teen now, I'm the the petite adorbs to him as I'm still very attached to him like always. I love you forever Papa. If there's any Best Dad Award, you deserve it much. --- With much love, from Mish.

This is the cutest photo that I can find. Papa loves food a lot and all of us have inherited the same gene :p

Father's Day Dinner at Betty Midwest Kitchen, Aman Suria
Days before Father's Day, I was scrolling through Openrice (check it out for lots and lots of good reccommendation for eat-outs) and this particular restaurant immediately drew my attention. It was also one of the Featured Restaurant at Openrice and also coincidentally it was the restaurant that my mum was talking about all these time (but she didn't know the exact name of the restaurant). Hence, Betty's Midwest Kitchen it is for Father's Day! I was prettyy excited for it :p

As we are quite familiar with the place, it didn't take us much time to search for the restaurant. For any first-timer there, you can head up from LDP, turn into Kampung Cempaka and take the shortcut to Aman Suria! The restaurant is easily visible from the main road.

Lovin' all these adorable piggies

The restaurant is really a hit now so if you want to avoid the queue, come as early as possible. As we reach around 5.45pm, we do not have to wait for a table but the restaurant was actually quite full already. Stepping into the restaurant, I fancy the cosy interior with many pictures of the pigs adorning the wall.

Significantly ran by a restaurant owner who hailed from America

Father's Day Special: Hogwild

Side Orders: Pig in a blanket (RM 14.50)

Pork cocktail sausages wrapped with bacon, deep fried and glazed with honey. I find that it tastes not too bad but doesn't really worth the money. (probably because I don't fancy sausages much)

Hogwild

As shown by the chalkboard, Hogwild is basically a combination of bacon ham steak, a streak of bacon and pork sausage served with mash potato and coleslaw. The sauce served here is just so mouth-watering and pretty simliar to the mash potato gravy but with a stronger hint of mushroom in it. I personally love the mash potato which is so mushy and silky! And the gravy is just absolutely my favourite. However, I do not like their coleslaw as it is basically shredded cabbage and carrots which are mixed with mayo, nothing tangy on the tastebuds. Overall, the combination is fairly okay to me.

Baby back ribs (about 350g) RM37.90

I'm not so much of a meat-lover nowadays as I refrain from eating too much meat especially pork for health purposes. So, I did not give this a try but I can say that the sauce served deserves a thumbs-up. My brother loves it so much that he himself ate three-quarter of the ribs.

Classic Meatloaf  (RM 20 )

I have seen numerous recommendation of it on both the BMK website as well as on Openrice and what not? It was a must try to me. And indeed this dish did not let me down at all as it turned out to be my favourite dish of all! "A classical Midwest-style pork meatloaf. This hearty, wholesome and tasty dish is served with our house mash potato, peas, onion relish and our very own beer-based dip." --- from BMK website
I love every single bits of this dish, from the relish, the dip, the mash potato, the peas and the meatloaf. Yums!

Not to forget, ice water is complimentary here and for refill, it's simply RM0.30. Our bill ends up to be slightly over RM100.

Interior: 4 out of 5
Taste: 4 out of 5
Price: 4 out of 5

Worth trying? Definitely!
Betty's Midwest Kitchen
Address: A-G-40, PJU 1/43, Aman Suria Damansara, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Contact number: 603-78800196

Homepage:  http://midwestkitchen.com.my/web/contact.php

Openrice: http://my.openrice.com/klangvalley/restaurant/bettys-midwest-kitchen/56554/

unconditional love; Belgium Waffles

topped with honey, toasted almond and dries cranberries.

perfectly done with a crispy shell and soft and chewy inside!

the mouth-watering decadent belgium waffles!

topped with honey, dried cranberries and fresh blueberries. a perfect yet healthy combination for myself :)

look at the drizzle of honey (they are finger-licking good)

topped hot chocolate sauce, chocolate chips, toasted almond and dried cranberries (for all chocolate lovers!)

This recipe is definitely a keeper for me! I have tried making once using a recipe from Allrecipe but it doesn't have the texture I wanted. This Belgium Waffle is just perfect, absolutely perfect for waffles fan like me! And.. I forgot to mention that right here in Malaysia, I have only seen one household brand of waffle machine which is Trio. Do look out for it if you adore waffles a lottt (the price is less than 100 ringgit)

Easy Belgium Waffles (from makingitblisful )

1 3/4 cup plain flour  (1 1/2 cup)
1/4 cup corn starch
2 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1 3/4 cup milk (1 1/4 cup)
1/2 cup cooking oil (I used sunflower oil)
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla a pinch of nutmeg (optional) (1 tsp of vanilla extract, I omitted ground nutmeg)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional) butter , for greasing waffle iron before making each waffle (I omitted cinnamon powder)

1. Preheat waffle iron.
2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk all the ingredients together until smooth.
3. Grease waffle iron generously with butter.
4. Pour batter onto the hot waffle iron and cook according to equipment instructions. 
5.  Serve immediately with favorite ice cream flavor. (serve with any toppings of your choice!)

 *words in red are my own adaptation to the recipe

This post is linked to the event Little Thumbs Up (June 2014 Event: Butter) organised by Zoe (Bake for Happy Kids) and Mui Mui (My Little Favourite DIY) and hosted by Jozelyn Ng (Spice Up My Kitchen)

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'The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to move forward is the happiest."
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I'm messy; adapted version of Roti John

Roti John! Yep, my all time favourite! I have been craving for it as I can only manage to get the best Roti John from bazaar during the fasting period. So, here's my adapted version of Roti John. Basically, Roti John is an omlette sandwich using a baguette-type loaf and usually minced meat is used as filling but here I have made my very own adapted version of Roti John which is easy, healthier and scrumptiously-good!

Adapted Version of Roti John
(served 4 )

• 4 baguette-type loaf/ hotdog buns
• 4  eggs
• one can of tuna
• 2 medium-sized shallots
• lettuce
• tomato
• Kewpie chessy mayo
• butter
• salt
• black pepper
• teriyaki sauce (optional)
• dried basil

1.  Cut the loaves horizontally and spread some butter. Set aside.
2. Slice the shallots and saute them till aromatic and slightly browned.
3. Pour the olive oil/water in the tuna can away. (you may keep the olive oil) Cook the tuna with the onion for around 3-5 minutes to dry some of the water content.
4. Add a pinch of salt, black pepper, dried basil and one teaspoon of teriyaki sauce.
5. Beat the eggs well.with the onion and tun.
6. Heat a non-stick pan with some olive oil over low fire. 
7. Pour the egg mixture into the pan, preferably 1/2 cm thick.
8. Open up the loaves horizontally and face the side spread with butter downwards so that it immerse in the egg mixture. Put as many loaves as you can, depending on the size of your pan.
9. When the bottom of the egg has turned golden-brown and the egg mixture has set onto the loaves, flip the loaves over. Grill the loaves on every side, you may heat longer with more butter for some crisp on the bread. (I have omitted this)
10. Remove the loaves from the pan and served with a generous amount of lettuce and sliced tomato
11. Drizzle desired amount of the cheesy mayo or even tomato sauce. (create your very Roti John with any toppings you like!)

This post is linked to the event Little Thumbs Up (June 2014 Event: Butter) organised by Zoe (Bake for Happy Kids) and Mui Mui (My Little Favourite DIY) and hosted by Jozelyn Ng (Spice Up My Kitchen)

Martha Stewart One Bowl Chocolate Cake with Simple Chocolate Ganache

I am finally done with mid terms last week and finally, here comes two and a half weeks of holiday. I will say that in the past week, I was overwhelmed with much emotion. Never ever in my life I have done so badly in exam, and I knew it was not the best that I could have done Furthermore, the results were not up to my expectation. It is undoubtedly true that every single one of us is struggling with time to prepare ourselves for mid terms while most teachers felt the pressure too to finish the syllabus with us. And there's this saying among teachers and students that most of us will do badly for mid terms. As for me, I feel that there isn't any excuse for me to not do well in any exams. I have tried my best but I knew I could have done better :( I regretted for not putting my best foot forward. My heart wrenched at the moment I got back my papers. Knowing that I have scored so much lower in most of the papers was really hard for me to accept.

I decided to bake an easy-peasy one bowl chocolate cake with chocolate ganache to share my love and passion to my bunch of mates. I am blessed to have met such amazing classmates. I appreciate all the helping hands from every single one of you. From the starting of our relationship till now, the ups and downs. you guys have never left me to face the problems alone. In fact, all of you stood by my side, helping me to seek for the best solutions to the problems, giving me the best piece of advice and forgiving me for the mistakes I have done or when I unintentionally neglected our friendship. I really hope that I will be forgiven.

Martha Stewart One Bowl Chocolate Cake
(http://www.marthastewart.com/340315/one-bowl-chocolate-cake)
Unsalted butter, softened, for pans

3/4 cup unsweetened Dutch cocoa powder, plus more for pans

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda

3/4 teaspoon baking powder

3/4 teaspoon salt

2 large eggs

3/4 cup low-fat buttermilk

3/4 cup warm water

3 tablespoons safflower oil

1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter two 8-inch round cake pans (2 inches deep); dust with cocoa. Sift cocoa, flour, sugar, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into the bowl of a mixer. Beat on low speed until just combined. Raise speed to medium, and add eggs, buttermilk, water, oil, and vanilla. Beat until smooth, about 3 minutes.
                                                                                             
2. Divide batter between pans. Bake until set and a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, about 35 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes. Turn out from pans. Transfer, faceup, to wire racks. Let cool completely.
                                             

p/s: I tried making my own buttermilk by mixing one cup of milk with two tbsp of lemon juice but I have found that mine does not curdle much. The milk didn't thicken much and my batter went wrong. I had to add more flour into the batter, resulting in a chewy texture in the cupcakes. I twisted the recipe to make cupcakes! Cupcakes look much more adorable with all the pretty linings :)

Simple Chocolate Ganache

Melt chocolate in the whipping cream using over low heat. Add sugar for desired sweetness.