Restoran Makanan Laut, Jinjang Utara

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Sunday 8 February 2009 8:40 am
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Jinjang Utara is between Jalan Ipoh and Kepong, here is a tai chow place which serves food at reasonable price, the quality may not be superb, but it is definitely worth trying.
Here is how you can recognise this restaurant – pastel green colous all over. This place is beside the Jinjang Utara big field(used to be a soccer field etc)
eels waiting to be slaughtered.
steam talapia(fei1 zhou1 yu2, mandarin) in ginger paste, RM9 (so cheap right) The have bigger ones at RM13 too.
clam, RM15 (RM5 for 100g, minimum order 300g)
Address: Restoran Makanan Laut
Gerai No 2, Jalan Kelab Jinjang Utara,
52000, Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 016- 635 0988
Business hour: 5:00pm – 3:00am

 

Curry Chicken

Posted by vivien | Recipe | Sunday 8 February 2009 8:17 am
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So what i did with the leftover chili paste from Curry Puff? Chicken curry of course. First buy half a coconut(grated) for RM0.80
pan fried potatoes so that it get cook faster later. here is 1.2kg, i kinda go over a bit. However, didn’t like this potato, as it is too floury, keep sticking to the pan and not browning properly. All this 1.2kg comes from 4 big potato, next time should buy the smaller ones, less floury ones i guess.
fry chicken in the chili paste, it looks hot here, but it really isn’t
two coconut presses: left it first press, the the right is second press.
put in the second press of coconut (more diluted one)
put in potato
put in the first press coconut towards the end.
Verdict: chicken curry has definitely seen better days. it is not spicy at all, taste like curry, but not spicy at all, taste slightly sweet(could be the onions in the chili paste…), not aromatic. disappointing.

 

Curry Puff Recipe

Posted by vivien | Recipe | Monday 2 February 2009 11:05 am
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Recipe taken from More than Words – Oven baked curry puff. Above is 400gm flour with about 120g of cut butter, an egg whisked up and a bowl of ice water.
Here, butter rubbed into flour, resemble breadcrumbs texture
mix in the egg, and just enough ice water to make it into above.
for the fillings: i use all the above except the curry leaves, use just 3 sprigs of curry leaves, bought the whole bunch for RM0.50. I made double amount of chili paste, and insist on not using any curry powder/pre-made curry paste for this curry puff, which is what i usually do when cooking chicken curry…, but it doesn’t work out too well this time… it is always a pain an guessing on how much dried chilies to use. there is about 4 cloves of garlic, three pieces of lemon grass, small pieces of ginger.
Used about 700gm of potatoes and also shown above is the curry puff mould.
all blended up
cook the chili paste in ample of oil
till it become dried up and fragrant as above, shown above is half of the cooked chili paste, i have already scoop up half of it, save it for curries ;P
mixed in the diced potatoes. and you are all set
no rollers? no place to roll out the dough? no prob, place a cling wrap on top of tabletop, and use mug to roll out dough.
place big dollop of filling
all rolled up
cooked puff, it doesn’t look browned and appetising, and if the temperature is too high, they will cracked open. i fire up the temp to more than 150C in an attempt to brown them, but to no avail, partly also due to not enough egg wash
turn them over, it is brown where it touched the pan
cross section, looks not bad eh? but going back to where i said it doesn’t turn up so well is it taste more like chili puff than curry puff, next time should put some chicken curry powder and more salt, that should be it.
the pastry is not crispy as those fried, fried one still taste better, IMHO, but these oven baked is sure a healthy option if you can work yourself up to make them.

 

Tim Tam, Australia’s favourite chocolate cookie

Posted by vivien | Product | Sunday 1 February 2009 5:59 am
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Have you seen this cookie? bet you have, in fact i only start seeing this cookie less than a year ago. Hearing how this is famed as Australian’s favourite, one day i pick up a packet of it at Giant, selling for RM2.99. However it taste sweet, not as in chocolatey sweet, but sugary sweet. so flipped to the other side of the package…
Tim Tam “not for sale in Australia or New Zealand”? Product of Indonesia, i feel kinda conned, nah, just that i tot this RM2.99 is the real thing.
so, one day, i browse through Tim Tam in Cold Storage, the actual stuff is selling at 3 times the price of the “indonesian product”!
and made in Australia
I didn’t pick up a pack as it is just too pricey… meh
Website: Arnott’s Tim Tam

 

Red Door, Kepong Jaya Jusco

Posted by vivien | Kuala Lumpur and Selangor | Sunday 1 February 2009 5:40 am
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Update Feb 12, 2011
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They have updated their menu and pricing

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Nyonya Main course

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Sambal Sotong Kerabu rice (Spicy Squid with rice). RM9.80

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My herbal chicken soup with rice, RM9.80

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Ummm, love this cendol, RM2.80, reminds me of Melaka cendol, the gula melaka taste yummy although it is not as concentrated as melaka’s. Update 12-Feb-2011: seems like their gula melaka is less thick now :\
Side order which is not on the menu 😉
potato is curry sauce, i think it is RM2, something to keep my tummy warm while waiting for others to come… hehe
kampung fried rice, RM6.80, nothing to shout about
dragon fruit drink, so so, quite sourish, RM3.80
lor shu fun, dry and oily, not what i expected, not good
nice herbal soup(large) RM18.90, there use kampung chicken.
beef kerabu
newspaper clippings
prawn wanton mee and har mee
chicken wanton mee (soup or dry) RM6.80
singapore fried noodle, RM6.80
sambal sotong with rice, RM8.80
kampung chicken herbal soup with rice, RM8.80
nyonya fried chicken with rice, RM8.80
claypot lor shu fun, RM6.80
hainanese chicken chop, RM8.80
kampung fried rice, RM6.80
claypot fish head (2pax) RM22.80, tried this before, very nice
assam fish with rice, RM9.80, tried this before, not good.
thai kerabu fish with rice, rM8.80, taste ok
sambal prawn with nasi kerabu, RM8.80. Tried this before, taste superb, highly recommended
chili beef with kerabu, RM8.80


I highly recomended this place as their cendol, sambal prawn, kampung chicken soup, fish head etc taste awesome, as this is a nice change from usual kopitiam setting, and the price is very reasonable for food in shopping centre too. Mains price from RM6.80 – RM9.80.
Address: Red Door (wholly owned by Impian Bangga Sdn Bhd)
Lot F27, 1st Floor,
Jaya Jusco Metro Prima Shopping Centre,
Kepong,
Kuala Lumpur.
Telephone: 03-6252 6186 or 012-234 6186(Chew M.M)
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