Dim Sum Feast in Puchong
Braving the potential political storm in KL, this blogger and a couple of friends decided to head away from KL to Puchong for breakfast.
We decided to go for a Dim Sum feast.
Hope this set of photos get your saliva flowing down out your mouth after this…
Dim Sum restaurant in Puchong
Green chili filled with fish paste
Fish cake with huge prawn serving
Chicken feet in soy sauce and chili
Fried carrot cake with bean sprouts
Plain fried carrot cake
Fishpaste in wanton skin
Prawn paste in soft skin
Siew mai (Minced prok with small shrimps
Another version of small srhrimps paste in soft skin
Super-size my Big Mac please…
What do you call a super-sized Big Mac?
A Mega Mac meal, of course.
It is available in Malaysia for a limited time only.
Four beef patties in a normal Big Mac burger going for RM13.50 for a medium sized meal.
Had to share the other two beef patties with friends to watch the waist..
Soshiok.com beta goes live
Finally, you can find the shiokness at soshiok.com though the site design looks like classical web1.0.
soshiok.com via kwout
Wrote The Straits Times on Friday,
Instead of tossing a coin to determine between the usual choices of office cafeteria and the nearby hawker centre, try clicking on SoShiok.com
The snazzy food and wine website will recommend a new breakfast, lunch, dinner and supper spot every day, and even offer directions to the eatery, when it is launched on Friday.
The new site is a complete makeover of the current Wine, Dine And Unwind, a food and beverage guide in AsiaOne, an information and lifestyle portal by Singapore Press Holdings (SPH).
The folks at Blogger’s Treat have also launched the second episode and are using a new video player. Viewers have been highlighting that the Viddler player loads faster than the earlier Vimeo player.
The critics are also out on Blogger’s Treat.
k r i s a n d r o - Life is a Joke, Laugh at it!!! via kwout
Wrote Krisandro,
I thought Sabrina did pretty well in the 1st 20 seconds of the 1st episode but throughout this one, she appeared nervous and uncomfortable when speaking and disinterested when not. Before tucking in, her reactions to the food were not of interest but of “Ah…. So much food ah. I don’t wanna eat leh.. I scared I will grow fat”. Not that it implies that the food sucks, but it still makes the viewer reduce his/her interest in the food.
I am not asking the bloggers on the show to act till they point where they put food in the mouth and then flip over screaming, “OH MYYYYYYYYYYYY GOD!!!!!!” while having orgasms, but it’s good to show enthusiasm and interest in the food that you are presenting and eat it with gusto.
Bloggers heat up food content market in Singapore
Everybody loves food, bloggers included.
It seem a group of bloggers have decided to launch their own food videocast that might take online players like SoShiok.com.
Wrote Sabrina,
Blogger’s Treat is about a “food show” that looks to showcase bloggers and their favourite eatery. (It could be your neighbourhood Kopitiam or it could a small cafe that the blogger frequents or likes the most.)
Due to certain “restrictions”, and of course, to not bore the audience. Each episode is designed to fit into a 10 minutes time slot.
It seems like Sabrina has teamed up with Michael Cheng’s newly launched Podfire.tv to produce Blogger’s Treat.
In their first episode, Sabrina got Daphne of www.daphnemaia.com as a guest blogger to bring them to a noodle stall at Smith Street, right at the heart of Chinatown in Singapore.
Wrote Daphne,
Yeah yeah, I know that Blogger’s Treat has been talked about to death on the blogosphere of late. But this is going to be a fun post!
And you should read it because I’m Hello Kitty.
No, I’m kidding. Though I really think that’s a great enough reason. I put in a lot of effort for the photos, so please read!
So the story goes… On the Saturday of 19 April (the day after I return from Chiang Mai), I dressed myself in my Hello Kitty polo t-shirt (I’m not kidding - I bought it from Chiang Mai’s Hello Kitty Boutique at the Airport Plaza Shopping Centre for THB 375.25) which you will see in the vodcast… which will be launched…
The first episode is up at Treats.sg but it is strange that the team has decided to Vimeo as their streaming source.
While Vimeo do provide good quality, but the buffering really took some time.
Here’s their YouTube version:
Puchong Yong Tou Foo in Malaysia
themediaslut managed to get out of the hostel to travel to Puchong to have a taste of their famous Yong Tou Foo.
For the uninitiated, Yong Tou Foo is a soup based dish of vegetables with stuffed beancurd and pork paste.
Very popular with the Puchong locals
Almost similar to Singapore, you get to choose your ingredients for your soup. Unlike Singapore, the vegetables are only stuffed when it is ready for cooking. This is to ensure the paste remains fresh and tasty when the soup is served.
Choose your vegetables to be added into your Yong Tou Foo soup
The selection of vegetables includes red chili, lady’s fingers, brinja and bitter gourd.
Fried toufoo and toufoo skin are also part of the selection.
Though the selection sounds limited, the portions are big especially after they are stuffed with the paste.
The stuffed vegetables are then cooked in soup of soya bean stock. The oily surface is the result of the boiling of soya bean for a long period of time.
The Yong Tou Foo soup is complimented with a dish of fried tou foo and fried tou foo skin. themediaslut also forgotten that the place also serve fried dumplings and curry chicken.
Young Tou Foo soup is usually eaten with rice though it can also be combined with noodles.
Afternote:
The photos above were taken with the Sony Ericcson W850i at 2megapixel.
themediaslut is indeed impressed with the quality of the camera phone. Click on the image to access bigger resolution.
At 2megapixel, the photo size can go up to 1600×1200.
themediaslut gives her two thumbs up to the W850i.
How fast is Express Teppanyaki?
Five minutes…
The chief at Singapore’s Century Square in Tampinese had themediaslut teppanyaki’s set ready in five minutes.
Sliced beef first, followed by bean sprout and green vegetables.
Crabs… @ No Signboard
Girlfriend was in town and it was her birthday.
themediaslut brought her to the seafood center at East Coast and settled at the No SignBoard resturant.
Girlfriend had bad experience with crabs in a KL resturant where the crab tasted like pipe water.
No SignBoard’s Signboard
When you are at the East Coast Seafood Center, your hunger should be on crabs. Most of the stalls served the classic Singapore chilli crab and pepper crab.
The cost of the crab, on Sunday night, was SGD30/KG. As it is quite competitive, most of the stalls will have the same price.
In comparison, Boat Quat was charging SGD38/KG for crab the night before.
First round: Vegetables and deep fried squid
The vegetable dish was labeled as Luo Han Deep Fried Vegetables though themediaslut couldn’t find any Luo Han. The dish, however, tasted very vegetarian.
If you are thinking of Calamari rings, the deep fried squid are good alternatives. Small but packed a cruchy bite.
Hotplate venison
Steamed clams with garlic
The dishes came fast and furious.
The next round was the hotplate venison and steam clams with garlic.
But wait, these are only starters as the main dish is about to come.
Butter crab
If you are looking for non-spicy stuff, you should go for the butter fried crab.
themediaslut thinks this dish was too salty for her liking but it would the crab meat was rather juicy.
It is also good to know that girlfriend didn’t find this crab to taste like pipe water.
Below is the size of the claw itself, and this is what you consider a medium size crab. The other option would have been large and themediaslut would have only ordered one dish.
The crab itself weighs about 1.4kg - 1.5kg so it only cost about SGD42..
The total cost of the meal was a whooping SGD117, but No Signboard doesn’t charge 10% service charge otherwise it would have been more.
This entry wasn’t sponsored by No Signboard (though themediaslut wished it was and they will soon), but they do have a website here.
If you still do not know what to order at the East Coast Seafood Center, no worries, themediaslut will be more than happy to be your guide there.
Payment by crab only.
Breakfast in KL
What’s the difference between Wanton Char Siew Noodles and KL and Singapore?
While in KL, eat…
themediaslut was in KL recently and had a feast with family and friends.
The place was somewhere in the neighbourhood area with small resturants there.
For a small place, the presentation of the food was good. For a Singaporean’s tastebuds, the food was good and was value for money. However, themediaslut’s Malaysian friends and family commented the taste was just so-so and was rather an expensive place to eat.
Breakfast vs Dinner
themediaslut decided to get the KL Chee Chong Fun (Flat rice noodles) for breakfast today at Amoy Food Center.
Its a dish mixed with a selection of vegetables with stuffed tofu and fried tofu.
The dish, covered with rich dark soya sauce, topped off with sesame seed.
Because of the heavy breakfast, themediaslut decided to just have a sandwich for lunch.
Also, the packed day of three events sort of made themediaslut too tired to eat anything.
After the last event, themediaslut was asked the corp comms chick to have dinner with the foreign media present.
Since it was a chance for themediaslut to meet up with some overseas media friends, themediaslut couldn’t say no.
themediaslut soon found herself at Shangri-la, The Line, for buffet dinner.
For starters, themediaslut decided to go for the see (sea) food diet.
The doctors have told themediaslut needed to boost iodine intake.
Then the main course, themediaslut decided to go Italian.
themediaslut then decided to go Chinese..
The funny thing was while waiting for the noodles, themediaslut asked for more mushrooms, the chef put in one mushroom.
When asked again, "More mushroom, please…" the chef added ONE more piece of mushroom.
Another round of "more mushrooms" resulted in just ONE more mushroom.
Finally, desserts.. unfortunately themediaslut didn’t take shots of the tiramisu and the vodka-taste dessert in shot glass..
Home cooked Mee Siam
Nothing beats a home cooked Mee Siam after going to the polls.
Grandma prepared her Nonya Mee Siam today after going to the polls and the dish taste even better than it looks.
Grandma, the chef, stir frying the bee hoon (thin white chinese noodles)
Left: Granddad preparing the mee siam garnishing, slicing the hard boiled eggs.
Right: Slicing the prawns.
Bak Kut Teh outside of KL city
When most Singaporeans go to KL, Malaysia, they first thing they usually look for is a place to have a bowl of Bak Kut Teh.
Bak Kut Teh when translated, word by word, means Pork Rib Tea, but its actually pork ribs soup served with Chinese tea.
There is a big difference in the way Bak Kut Teh is prepared in Singapore and Malaysia and its in the soup.
The Singapore Bak Kut Teh takes on the Hokkien style of cooking and is usually brewed with lots of pepper in it to give the hot pepperish taste.
The Malaysia Bak Kut Teh is more herbal to the taste as the dish there is usually prepared the Cantonese way.
themediaslut was brought to Restoran Shen Huat, somewhere at the outskirts of KL City, and is one of the few stalls serving Bak Kut Teh at night.
Most Malaysian Bak Kut Teh stalls will only open in the morning till lunch.
The whole spread cost only RM30 (about SGD15) here at Resturant Sheng Huat and it would cost double at stalls found in KL City.
Restoran Shen Huat served its main Bak Kut Teh dish (left) boiled in claypots and is served with a generous serving of mushrooms.
Customers can also ask for unlimited free refills of herbal soup too.
They also had another varity of Bak Kut Teh where it is served in a bowl of dark sauce (right) with a thick layer of oil on it.
Both dish taste unique and was very delicious thought the mild herbal taste to the herbal soup version could leave one to wonder if the stall saved on the herbs.
American Barbarians Diss Filipino Food
Jollibee is a Filipino success story, kicking Ronald McDonald’s yellow ass with a 65% market share in the Philippines.
It saddens MIke, then, to see uncultured American barbarians diss it like a freakshow.
Mike has the highest regard for that stouthearted race — as Mike has American blood himself — but these guys epitomize the unfortunate "Ugly American" stereotype.
Would Smartbrain like beef noodles at Thaksin’s?
With news about Singapore’s Temasek Group buying over Thailand’s Shincorp, owned by the Thaksin’s family, themediaslut wonders what are Smartbrain’s thoughts on that?
However, if Smartbrain were to be in Singapore one day, themediaslut would like to bring Smartbrain to Thaksin’s for beef noodles at the hawker center opposite the Harbour Front.
Thaksin Beef Noodle also have a branch in Clementi and themediaslut expects this beef noodle shop to sprout around the Singapore neighbourhood soon.
The tagline for the stall was as follows, "We are bullish about beefing you.
Turkish delights
Remenber the few posts ago themediaslut said she had a new equation in life.. should have changed the "Eat Less" to "trying to eat less".
9 days of gym and eating less have seen themediaslut lose close to 800g and should be many more to come..
So what did themedislut do to celebrate…Eat lor….
themediaslut went to Suntec looking for a wardrobe cupboard for the Chinese New Year and decided to have dinner with friends at a little place call Turkish Cusine.
The service staff, which themediaslut think are the owners, demostrated their Turkish smile and service which was rather tops with themedislut.
As the first time virgin to Turkish Cuisine, themediaslut decided it would best if just order the set meal, which comprise of one main dish, choice of salad, soup, bread and complimentary Turkish Tea.
The soup tasted like tomato soup but it has a unique sour taste it.. Maybe its the spices..
themediaslut felt a similar taste to her choice of potato salad..
The main course was a choice of Beef Pida. Looks like a Turkish version of the American pizza. However, the chunky beef tasted fresher and juicy than what themediaslut could have gotten at Pizza Hutt.
Dinner was completed with a expresso shot of turkish tea…
A return visit is definately on the cards till the scales tipp to a more favourable figure for themediaslut.
