Little Chumsy’s Blog

Buka Puasa Fare

Every year during Ramadan, hubs and I never fail to visit the Ramadan Bazaar at Seri Petaling.  We love the ayam perciks and ikan bakar.  Yummy!  On Sunday, after checking out the rackmount lcd display at a store, we  visited the bazaar for the first time since the Puasa month started.  Here’s what we had….

Chicken murtabak on the top left and roti bom (something like roti canai but very sweet).  My first time having murtabak and roti bom.  Fattening!

chicken satay

Ikan bakar (grilled fish).  The bigger fish cost rm5 and the smaller one, rm2.

The only thing that was good were the satay    The flesh of the ikan bakar were hard and there weren’t much chilli stuffed in them.  The roti bom was too sweet for my liking and the murtabak was just so-so.  Sad to say, I didn’t enjoy the food at all.   I think we should try other Ramadan bazaar before the puasa month is over.

the king of fruits

Hubs friend gave him some durians last week.  They are the famous “Mao San Wong“  aka Durian Raja Kunyit.  Since all of us are not durian lovers, hubs only took 2 small durians home.   On the same day after he had done watching a documentary on motor home repairs, I asked him to open up the durians to try.  I didn’t touch any though (it’s fattening!).  Only he and my mom finished the 2 durians.

Mao San Wong

Yellow flesh.  Smelled really good.

This is the reaction from Ashley when we asked her to take a bite….hahhahahahaahahahahahah.  She kept running away and said “Pu Yau“

my comfort food

Last week, Annie posted in Facebook that she was having B-A-G-E-L-S for lunch and I quickly asked her where she bought them   In case you don’t know (for those who know..please don’t roll your eyes), I love bagels.  I don’t know why.  There’s just something about this bread that made me love it so much.  Maybe because they remind me of my stay in Toronto.  I used to eat bagels often when I was there.  My favorite is poppy seed ones.  Ok..sorry, side-tracked a bit.  So, Annie told me that she got it from TMC and she offered to get me a pack. Bless her heart.

So here are my Sesame Seed Bagels

Took one out from the freezer

Toasted it and also fried an egg.   This was my lunch last Thursday.  Yummy eh?

Muffins in a jiffy

So the other day when we were in Daiso, I spotted this interesting box which looks like some hot chocolate drink.   When Ashley saw me looking at it, she asked what that is.  Luckily there were instructions in English on the shelf and it was actually a ‘magic’ microwave muffin mix.    I told Ashley what it was and she said, “Please mommy, I want to eat muffin. Please buy, please please please“.  She kept repeating it and before my ears start to fall off, I bought it.  When we got home that day, she asked me to make her a muffin and she wanted to help me.

Chocolate muffin mix

Get a microwaveable cup and break an egg into the cup

a packet of the mix

Pour everything into the cup and mix them together.  Ashley helping me to stir

Microwave it for about 10 minutes I think…I forgot how long.

Tadaaa…a chocolate muffin fresh from the microwave.  Ashley loved it.  I tried some and it tasted a bit like ‘fatt koh’ (steam rice cake)

a giant

Last week, we decided to have dinner at this new kopitiam/cafe in Kuchai Lama called K3K Benta Kaya.  We have seen this place a couple of times and what attracted us is their humongous curry puffs.  Like some depression sufferers who have found the right depression treatment, I was so happy to see these curry puffs  because I love them.

a giant curry puff

Can you believe its size? What surprised me was that the curry puff’s not spicy at all.  We liked it a lot though it’s darn fattening.  K3KBenta Kaya (K3K stands for Kwai Sam Kee) has a few branches in KL and it originated from Kuala Lipis, Pahang.  They started off in the 50’s selling it’s Benta Kaya and coffee.    We have yet to try their kaya though.  We’ll definitely return for more yummy food.

A Bite Of Heaven

A few weeks before Ashley’s birthday, I was looking around for her birthday cake.  We have tried novelty cakes and jelly cakes in the past so I wanted something different this year.  While facebooking, I discovered Sincerely Yours by Suanne who specializes in homemade cheesecakes. Her cheesecakes do not contain any preservatives or artificial colouring.  They are made with 100% love, 100% cream cheese and there are no sponge fillers in between   One bite of this and you think that you have died and gone to cheesecake heaven!

When I saw the Disney Character 4″ Mini Cakes, I knew I had to order a Disney Princess Cheesecake for Ashley this year.  So, when I told Suanne that I would like to have a Disney Princess sugar paper (which must have Princess Aurora) for the Chocolate Cheesecake,  she went out to look for the specific sugar paper for me.  I am so glad that she found it.   Ashley’s eye lit up the moment she saw her birthday cake.  The chocolate cheesecake was so delicious and everyone in our family enjoyed it.   If you are a true cheesecake lover, then you should check out Sincerely Yours.

her favourite food

is Wanton Noodles and they have to be the dry version.  Every Sunday, Ashley gets to eat noodles.  I would either cook pasta for her or buy her wanton noodles with char siew and wanton.  Whenever I get her any noodles in soup, she’ll grumble and ask how come they are not brown in colour   Last week, the wanton seller at the coffeeshop near my house was closed so I bought her Pan Mee instead.  I specifically ordered the dry version and in thin strips.

pan mee with shredded mushroms, minced meat, vege and one fish paste

When I asked her if she likes the pan mee, she said no but she did finish it.  This girl doesn’t know what she’s missing This pan mee stall is very famous  and it’s one of my favorite food.  I can eat pan mee everyday without getting bored.  Of course, I would need to get the elliptical when that happens

Ipoh Food Again

When we were back in Ipoh recently for the “Qing Ming” (All Soul’s Day) festival, we of course went around town looking for good old Ipoh food Right after we have paid our respect at the Sam Poh Tong temple, we headed to the Big Tree’s Foot (called Tai Shu Keok in Cantonese) hawker food in Pasir Putih.  This place is famous for its yong tau foo aka ‘char liu‘ (fried beancurds).    This time we didn’t eat there because I don’t quite like the hygiene factor of this stall   I went down pack the ‘char liu’ and proceeded to another coffeeshop for lunch.

As soon as I reached the hawker stall, I saw many people standing around.  Guess what?  Local celebrity, Xandria Ooi was there filming the Tai Shu Keok’s famous yong tau foo.   I don’t know what programme she’s on  but if you happened to watch this episode on tv and saw a plump woman dressed in black, furiously picking those yong tau foo into a bowl, well, that’s me    These were what we had that day….

20 pieces of Fried Stuffed Sar Kok (turnip).  Simply yummylicious and they are the best.

I also bought a few pieces of  fish paste tau fu pok and fish paste long beans.

If you would like to check out these delicacies, here is the address :

Haji Samuri Kajang Satay

Last week, hubs suggested that we try the famous Haji Samuri Kajang Satay which has a branch at the Awan Besar rest stop along Kesas Highway.  It’s quite near our house actually

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Hubs ordered some chicken and beef satays.  The satays were not bad but unfortunately they were cold.  Would be better if they reheated them.

The satay came with a generous bowl of peanut sauce, chilli, cucumbers and some ketupat.  No onions though

Hj. Samuri’s satay come in large chunk of meat and ost RM0.60 a stick.  There is a whole range of other kinds of meat such as deer and rabbit. ……….eeewwwwww.  I can only stomach chicken satay.    Hubs think their satay is the best and will be going back for more.  I think I better get ready some phentermine without a prescription if he is going there again.  One thing that puts me off is that there are many cats roaming around the eatery.  Some even sat on the chairs and jumped onto the table to eat the leftovers *slaps forehead*

Pun Chun Restaurant, Bidor

Another backdated post.  On our trip back to KL after the Chinese New Year holidays, my husband suggested that we have our lunch in Bidor since most of the shops in Ipoh were packed.  Well, at first I thought (assumed) that he would bring me to eat the famous Duck Drumstick Noodles in Pun Chun Restaurant, Bidor.  I was wrong.  He brought us to a little air-conditioned cafe called Coconut Island (or something like this) for Chinese/Thai food.  He ate there before with his friends and they all liked the food.  However, I find that the food was quite bland.  Really didn’t enjoy it at all.  I asked hubs why he didn’t take us to Pun Chun since I haven’t been there before and he thought I wouldn’t like it as it’s packed

Anyway, we did go there after our lunch.  Yes, the place was indeed packed.  However, the noodles do look delicious.   At one corner, I saw many people queuing to buy some food.  When I took a peek, I saw that they were actually lining up to buy some Wu Kok (Taro Dumpling).   I decided to buy some to try.  Boy, the wait was long because there is only one person manning the stall and it was an elderly man.  He is probably the owner or one of his relatives.  I heard that the Pun Chun Restaurant was established in the 1940’s and this place looks more like a old coffeeshop.  Maybe they have some kind of Amish fireplaces back then.

Wu Kok from Pun Chun

I bought 4 pieces.  They are not too bad but so fattening

What’s  a trip to Bidor without buying some guavas?  I was tricked actually.  I asked the stall owner located outside Pun Chun restaurant to choose a few for me and he gave me some not-so-good ones   I’m planning a trip there soon to eat the famous Duck Drumstick Noodles