Salmon Fiesta!!!

Tadadada~~ This was the outcome from filleting an approximately 4kg fresh salmon! We got our fresh salmon supply straight from the wholesale seafood warehouse at Pending. They sell a lot of imported fresh foods including cod fish, prawns, beef and so on. The salmon they supplied was Norwegian Salmon, priced differently according to weight and types (fresh, frozen or fillet).

After getting hold of our fresh Salmon fish, it was sent to JP Mart for the filleting and preparation process. We asked Sanga Japanese Restaurant abt the preparation, but they said it was too rush for them as they had 3 orders upon us. Nevertheless, JP Mart offers a cheaper rate.

After giving them the whole afternoon for preparation, we collected our finished products in the late evening and gathered at Sia Chia's place for the feast!

Closer views of all the salmons:

Sashimis!!

Sushis!

Pan Fried Salmon Head with Teriyaki Sauce

Pan Fried Salmon Fins and Bones Area with Teriyaki Sauce

Everything was so good and fresh!! Loving it!! They returned us the Salmon Skin and little chunks of meat which George and Lit Yen eventually deep-fried them. So tasty as well! Imagine all these to be shared among 8 persons and we were so damn full! I was extremely satisfied thou. Hehe~~

Yuqin's Birthday

Guess where did I have this~~ Hehe..
It's from Howdy Grillhouse. Pork Platter (RM28.80). Tear-off meat from the yummy BBQ pork ribs and pork shoulder. Slurpss~

CAKE! May not look very good, but it's incredibly good! It's not for sale, made by Yee Yiong. Awesome!

Lighting up the sparking candle

Blow blow~

Cake cutting! 2 cakes to tackle.

Look at the inner side of the cake. Topped with strawberry jam and fresh strawberries, the cake was made with layers of mango ice cream and blueberry jam and finally layered with pandan cake below. YUMMY!!!

A group photo at last! With and without flash. :)

Chap Goh Meh Feast

Chap Goh Meh is the 15th day in the lunar calender, signifying the last day of the Chinese New Year celebration. On this particular day, many Chinese families would enjoy and feast as in CNY eve. My family is not an exception and we eventually had a greater dinner than what we had back then. Our initial plan was to have a total of 6 dishes. In the end, we had a total of 9 dishes. Well~~ I played my part in serving 2 dishes for the dinner.

Yam Rice. I was fascinated by the famous Yam Rice back in Penang and so, I looked up for the recipe in the net and tried it out. Besides from yam, I added dried shrimps and mushrooms for better taste. Pandan leaves were used along to give the rice the sweet fragrant smell. Smelling great, but taste just ok. Would be if the dried shrimps were diced and the yam was mashed. 

Mashed Potatoes. As requested by mum, I prepared this western side dish to be served along with all those Chinese food. LOL! I also made Mushroom Sauce to accompany with this dish.

Beef Ribs Stew Soup. Highly complimented dish! Stewed for really long hours...

Assam Fish. YUMMY!!! I could finish the whole fish if I want to!

Oven-baked Chicken. Tasted just like Kenny Roger's! :P I'm not boasting. Even the breast meat was so juicy.

Broccoli with Abalone Slices. Good!

Mixed Vege

Sweet and Spicy Pork Leg. Recipe passed down from my grandma.

No chance to be on diet during CNY~~~

Valentine's Day Celebration ❤ ♡ ❤ ღ

Where would be the best dining place during Valentine's? It is a norm for many couples to dine out in a romantic environment, enjoying their 3- or 4-course meals. You must book early to get you and your partner a place. If not, you would end up being "halau" as the place is full and in the end, you would have to "enjoy" your Valentine's at hawker centers. To avoid being "slaughtered" by these restaurants in this very special occasion, I decided to cook ourselves a 4-course dinner. :D 

I planned our dinner a week ahead, having appetizer, starter, main dish and also dessert. 

Tadaa~~ Prepared Valentine's Menu of my own! :D

I had started preparing a day earlier with my coleslaw and also marinating the beef. On the day itself, it took me 3 hours to prepare all the dishes including Mushroom and Peppercorn sauces, and also some side dishes to accompany the main dishes. Additional 1/2 hour was required for the dessert which I left it in the oven while we were having dinner.

Cheese Mayo Mussels. YUMMY!!

Jalapeno Beef with side dishes of roasted broccoli and carrots, and also mashed potatoes.

Crispy Skin Salmon.. Sedap.. :)

Forgotten to take photos of the Coleslaw, and Mac and Cheese. All the dishes tasted not too bad except the Mac and Cheese. It's not as creamy as I wanted it to be and lack of flavor. Hmm.. Needs to be improved!

Finally, my hot Chocolate Lava Cake topped with cold Vanilla Ice Cream. The cake had a crispy outer skin, but it did not have the overflowing chocolate as I wanted it to be when we cut it open. Sad.. :( Overcooked I guessed.

VERY FULL!!! :p

A BRAND NEW YEAR!

10th February 2012 marks the new year in the lunar calender. After the dragon year, it's the year of the Ssssnake~~ Did not do much on the first day. Went visiting and stayed at my granny's place most of the time. 

My first day look! No "ang ang" (hokkien word for red) this year. It's a belief of the Chinese to wear red on the first day of Chinese New Year as red is auspicious and brings luck.

My denim attire on the second day of Chinese New Year. :DTrying to pose as a model. HAHA!!

Met up with friends and went visiting! :) All looking so lady with their pretty dresses. 

We went to a friend's house where they invited the lion dance team to perform. There were 8 lions, all colored differently! The biggest lion dance performance I had ever seen.

With all the galsss.

With George (left) and Ben (right). LOVE this pic! We were all in blue~~ 

William was showing his "papa" potential. LOL! 

Everyone was snatching the cute little baby to take photo with! Model of the day ye~~

Besides all those tasty cakes and cookies served during CNY, we also got to have this unexpected delicious homecook Laksa! Yummy! 

Some more pics!

 Here ends my 2nd day of CNY and there goes my 3rd day!

My look of the day!

With the pretties!

4th DAY!

With them again! HAHA!

Do I look different in these photos?? :D They were taken on the 5th, 6th and 7th day of CNY respectively.

CNY is all about visiting, eating (which I enjoyed the most and obviously, I gained weight) and gathering.

Last Day of Dragon Year

It’s the last day of the DRAGON year! Time to update my blog~ Have to leave my previous posts aside first. =P

What’s important about the day before Chinese New Year? Reunion Dinner matters the most. It is a tradition that all family members will reunite and have a feast! This is the time of the year when everyone gets together. 

Reunion Dinner is not something easy. There's a lot of preparation that has to be done prior the heavy meal. Been helping my mum out since early morning even though I did not do much.. Hehe.. 

I had a Reunion Lunch with my family, having 6 awesome dishes of curry chicken, sour pork leg(猪脚酸), sweet fried chicken feet, Loh duck, mixed vege, and cabbage soup.

After 2 hours, I had another Reunion Meal at my friend's place. They have really lots of family members, so having lots of dishes as well and we have to eat in buffet style. 

Guess what?! I have a total of 3 reunion meals. LOL! I have my final meal at my granny's place with my uncles, aunties and cousins.

Left out a fish in my pic. Already start eating before the fish came. :)

These sumptuous meals were not the end of the day. 

Counting down~~~~~~~~~~~~

While we were bored

With my hairstylist.. Haha!

Messy hair after all the styling

Supper supper supper!!! :D

As the clock ticks... Tick Tock Tick Tock~~~
It's 12am!!

Happy Chinese New Year!! Wishing all a blessed Snaky Year ahead!

The fireworks and crackers lasted for about half an hour or more starting from 1145pm. Nice! Love all the fireworks!