Archive for November, 2006

Bacon link to bladder cancer risk

The evil but so tasty bacon with lots of streaky fats have earned a bad name.  I normally use bacon in my carbonara sauce or roasting chicken.  Place strips of bacon on the chicken to avoid the chicken’s skin burning.  Remove the bacon when it is crispy and continue roasting the chicken.  Yum, yum.  Other [...]

Posted by lilian on November 30th, 2006 under Pork | 2 Comments »

Penang street foods - Ham chim peng, yau char kwai & hua chee

I have seen this stall doing brisk business every afternoon in Pulau Tikus.  Curiousity got the better of me and I decided to check it out.  Business is still very good as you can see.

They have many types of deep fried stuffs like yau char kwai, ham chim peng and many other types of oily [...]

Posted by lilian on November 28th, 2006 under Eating places, Food | 7 Comments »

New camera that makes lousy food looks good

Last night, we bought a cheap digital camera for my 14 years old son. It is cheap because it costs less than RM700 and yet it comes with 7 megapixels, lots of scenes to choose from, easy handling, takes great supermacro shots, make nice video and well, it is cheap.  The model is Pentax Optio [...]

Posted by lilian on November 27th, 2006 under General | 2 Comments »

No turkey? Let’s roast pork instead!

I bought Jamie Oliver’s books and found that it is so easy to roast pork.  That guy is a genius.  He makes everything sounds so simple and in fact, making it is simple too.
Well, I did not follow his recipe as I can’t afford a whole bottle of white wine for the roast pork.  However, [...]

Posted by lilian on November 23rd, 2006 under Pork, Recipe | 2 Comments »

Who knows how to make Hakka Mee?

I had blogged about this shop selling Hakka Mee in a previous post. However, I did not manage to get a shot of the Hakka Mee.  Hakka Mee is like spaghetti bologna, minus the tomatoes.  The noodles are handmade with flour and eggs, I suppose. It is smooth and still springy.  As for the sauce, [...]

Posted by lilian on November 20th, 2006 under Food, Pork | 7 Comments »

Soft, chewy sweets

Some prefer the gummy bears from Germany.  It is said to contain pig’s gelatine and you can only find it from delis that sell pork.  Me?  I tried it before and it is nothing special.  Too sour for my taste buds.  And I absolutely hate it when my kids buy those coke worms.  You know….those [...]

Posted by lilian on November 17th, 2006 under Dessert, Food | 4 Comments »
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