Little Chumsy's Blog

what’s for lunch?

I remember that I used to dislike eating Instant Noodle when I was a kid because my grandmother cooked it for us every other day for lunch *blek*  Now, I like having instant noodle once in a while though it’s not very healthy   Just felt like having one today and when I went to my cupboard, I found this Instant Japanese Noodle which I bought from Daiso a few months ago.

I added some fishballs and veges into the noodle.  I accidentally put a wee bit more water than I should thus it became soupy.  Still delicious though.  Yum Yum.

What’s your favourite noodle?

Can’t Leave Ipoh Without These

Each time when we make a trip back to Ipoh, I would stop by this place to buy some delicious cakes.  JJ Cakes is getting pretty famous now and the shop is usually packed with customers.   The delicious cakes and swiss rolls are homemade, low in sugar and contain no preservatives.  The cakes are very fresh, soft and fluffly.  JJ Cakes’ bestsellers are Fresh Durian, Coffee Walnut, Choc Hazelnut and Durian.  My tummy is growling as I type this post. Wish I can stuff myself silly with these cakes every day and maybe take the hcg shots for weight loss after that

JJ Cake Shop

I bought a durian and a chempedak roll. I always say that I want to try the other flavours but each time, I’ll end up with the same ones.   They also have mini cake rolls in a few flavours.  I got a box for Ashley and she loves the chocolate, coffee and vanilla, not the pandan ones though.  It has a pungent pandan smell.

This is the Chempedak roll.  Check out the generous amount of chempedak filling.  Yums!

Here is the address and contact number if you would like to get some of these delicious cakes when you are in Ipoh.

JJ Setia Enterprise
36, Jln Chung Thye Phin,
30250 Ipoh, Perak.

Tel:  05-2415796
Opens daily from 9am-9pm

have you tried these?

I was at Starbucks the other day for my usual Java chip frap and right after I placed my order, the barista asked if I would like to get some of these Cake Pops.  They look lovely, don’t they?  I think they just came out with these not too long ago because I don’t remember seeing them before.

I wanted to say ‘No Thank You’ to the barista but guess what?  Ashley saw them and her eyes lit up as if she just spotted a scott kay diamond ring.  She quickly said “Oh please mommy, can you buy it?  I want to eat it.  It’s pink“.  She kept repeating “oh please oh please” so I bought 2 Cake Pops for Ashley and her friend who was with us.  The 2 girls happily went to the table and started eating them.  Ashley took one bite and said, “Mommy, can we keep it for tomorrow?”.  No price for guessing who finished the Cake Pop in the end.  It is very sweet with a mix of vanilla cake and icing on the inside and a pink coating with sprinkles on the outside.  Cost RM6 each.

a very short trip

We went back to Pomelosville yesterday for Qing Ming festival which is also known as All Souls’ Day or the Tombs Sweeping Festival.  It is a day trip for us to go back and pay our respects to hubs’ grandfather, father and sister.   First stop was Sam Poh Tong Temple.

Ashley posing at the entrance of the Sam Poh Tong temple.  It was packed with people because it’s the last weekend for everyone to pay their respects.  The whole place was filled with thick smoke due to the burning of joss sticks.

Right after Sam Poh Tong temple, we head over to the “Tai Shue Keok” aka Big Tree Foot in Pasir Pinji which is famous for its Yong Tau Foo.  I have blogged about this before.

I don’t like to eat there because of the hygiene factor (hubs always roll his eyes when I say that), so I just went down to buy some of our favourites – Sar Kok Liew (deep fried stuffed turnip) and stuffed fish paste with long beans.   Hubs wanted to have lunch at the popular Mee Kari Ipoh Garden along Jalan Pasir Puteh but sadly, it was closed yesterday.  Then when he turned to look at Chuan Fatt which is across the road, he decided to eat there because it wasn’t packed.  Chuan Fatt is also another good place for curries in Ipoh.  Hubs grew up eating there a lot as he used to stay nearby.

This is how the shop looks like.  It is on Jalan Pasir Puteh, just before the market.  Got this photo from gpsfoodfinder.blogspot.com.  What’s so special about the curries here?  Their sinfully delicious curry noodles (wet or dry) come with fried chicken, roasted pork or char siew.

A plate of fried chicken and fried pork

We always order the dry curry version.  Yummylicious!

Ashley is having her ‘kon loh’ noodles with the sar kok liew we bought earlier.

We went back to KL after lunch.  It was a short but good trip as we got to eat our favourite food.  Brings back lots of memories   The address of Kedai Makanan Chuan Fatt is 294, Jalan Pasir Puteh, 31650 Ipoh, Perak.

Food Foundry, Happy Mansion

After hearing so much about Food Foundry, we decided to try it out last weekend with our friends.   Food Foundry is located at Happy Mansion, a place which we haven’t been before, despite staying in KL for so long.   We were a tad surprised when we reached Food Foundry because it was located on the ground floor of an apartment block and it wasn’t an air-conditioned restaurant   Nevertheless, it is a cozy place and food is good.  We ordered a variety of food which include their famous Chicken Cordon Bleu, Nasi Lemak, Nasi Ulam and Mille Crepes of course.  Alas, my digital camera died on me before I could snap photos of our food.  Never mind, we went again yesterday night because hubs wanted to try other things in the menu.

The restaurant is divided into two sections as it occupies 2 shoplots.   We sat at this section which has a lovely hand painted wall.

“Where’s my food mom?”

Ashley’s Chocolate Mille Crepe.

Yummy

Hubs ordered the Mediterranean Chicken.  A rather small portion and nothing much to shout about.  He said he prefers the Nasi dishes.

I ordered the Ham and Mushroom Carbonara.  It was pretty good but fattening *yikes*

We including our friends like this place a lot so I guess we will be eating there more often

Nancy’s Kitchen In Melaka

I’ve been reading a number of reviews regarding Nancy’s Kitchen so we decided to have dinner here when we were in Malacca.  Nancy’s Kitchen is famous for Nyonya food and is located near Jonker Street.  This small restaurant is usually packed and we were lucky to be able to find a table that night. However, if you have a big group, it is advisable not to eat there because the service is rather slow and the restaurant is congested.  I was so looking forward to eating Babi Pongteh (Braised Pork with Salted Beans) but alas, they told us it was sold out after we placed the order.  Bummer.  Anyway, we managed to try something else and the food was delicious.  I won’t mind going back to try its other dishes next time.   Here are some photos of the food.

Nancy’s Kitchen

Pai Tee

Stewed Nyonya Pork replacing the Babi Pongteh.

Lobak & Cincalok (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cincalok) Egg.

Nyonya Curry Laksa

Tamarind Chicken

Good Food In Melaka

Continuation from the Malacca post earlier As soon as we arrived in Malacca, we headed to Geographer’s Cafe for lunch, upon Elaine’s recommendation    I love this cafe.  Food was delicious and staff are friendly too.  Located at the intersection of  Jonker Street and Jalan Hang Lekir, this cafe is one of the main attractions in Malacca.  A must try if you are there. Geographer Cafe promotes healthy food and all food is prepared without MSG and they only serve white meat.  Can’t find any red meat here.

I got this photo from their facebook.  Below are what we ordered…

Chicken Satay

Tandoori Chicken with Naan

Tempeh

Ashley had Fish & Chips but I didn’t take a photo because she was famished and her meal came last

Charlie was hungry too but only get to drink her milk, according to her mommy   Stay tuned on where we went for dinner 

Peanuts Cause Acne

We went for a birthday dinner at a Chinese Restaurant on Saturday and when they serve peanuts at the table, I couldn’t resist not taking a few of them.  Guess what?  The next morning,  I noticed a pimple on my chin and one on my ear.  Without fail, whenever I eat peanuts, I get pimples.   Luckily there is no major breakout.  Just one or two pimples which is caused by Androgen hormones.  I read about this some time ago but have forgotten where.   Acne is a big problem for many people.  If you suffer from them and would like to find the best acne treatment, you may want to go through the acsonix reviews for more information.

V-Day Dinner

We don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day, even during the courtship days.  You can tell how unromantic we are.  Hubs said it’s because we are Capricorns, who are known to be practical and prudent   I wanted to have steamboat after seeing a new restaurant in the flyer last week.  Therefore, we decided to give this new place a try.  Unfortunately, we had misplaced the flyer but hubs said he knew where this restaurant is. Off we went and after 30 mins, we still couldn’t find the restaurant.  So we gave up and went to another one.  Should have looked up the gps map as soon as we saw the flyer.  Anyway, we went to this place …..

Shabu Garden.  Our first time there.

The assorted sauces to go with the steamboat

I ordered the chicken soup base.

This was my set.  It cost rm27.

I forgot to take a pic of hubs’ order.  He took the beef set which consist of a plate of 20 slices of beef, vege, mushrooms and tofu.  The steamboat was ok, nothing special about the food.  We were out for almost 2 hours and on the way back, the lil missy who was at home with her grandma, called me on the handphone.  She asked why we were still not back yet and why we were taking so long to have our dinner.  Doesn’t she sound like a mother-in-law?

When Grandparents Spoil Their Grandchildren

We all know that the grandparents’ job is to spoil their grandchildren.  My mom and dad are no exception.  Ashley is their only grandchild so they really spoil her till no end.  What do they do?  They stuff her with junk food, especially my dad.  My mom knows that I don’t like Ashley eating junk food because it is bad.  She would buy her ice-cream once in a blue moon.  My dad on the other hand, buys Ashley loads of gummy bears, sugus sweets and ice-cream.

Since Ashley goes to the office every day after school, she sees my dad daily.  The office is like the junk food heaven for a kid.  Then he started giving  her chocolates on top of the gummy bears *sigh*  Chocolates are baaaaad, especially when she’s the heaty type. Dad would give her a kit-kat secretly and let her finish it in his room.  He thinks that since I couldn’t see it so I won’t know but Ashley who knows that she is not allowed to eat chocolates would feel bad and spill the beans later.  This went on for about 2 weeks.  Ashley developed an ulcer on her lips.  Not sure if it’s due to the chocs or virus.  So I took the opportunity to tell my dad to stop giving her chocs.  Just stick with the gummy bears.  I also warned Ashley that she better not take anymore chocs and only can have 1 gummy a day.  I told her I have eyes everywhere and she can’t hide from me….hehehehehehhe

I believe that spoiling the grandchildren is their right as a grandparent, but there should be some limits

Ashley having ice-cream in her grandpa’s room