Chinese New Year (2009) 30th night before CNY

Tuan Yuan Fan 团圆饭, where all of our family member and relative comes together to have a enjoyable dinner. Below are the menu of my house de 团圆饭 ^^


Like Dim sum?

More Fried thingy ^^

Abalone and broccoli

Roasted Prawn (Super Size)

Sea Cucumber~

Roasted Duck

Pork meat ( I nt sure wuds it called )

Pork meat also ( not sure the name )

Buddha jump wall ^^ HAHAHahaha Direct translation

Woot, inside the 佛跳墙 got a lots of wonderfull stuff :)

Pork leg

Eat up guys ^^ Got 2 table because too many relative edi I got :) This table u see-ing now is the children section =)

Foodgelicious IV

Hello guys.

Welcome again to another episode of "Foodgelicious".

On today chapter of Foodgelicious, I will be taking you guys to City of History and City of the South to have a closer look on their delicious foods. Let have a look on the menu below:

1. Satay Celup a.k.a Satay Sauce Steamboat

This is the famous Satay Celup from Malacca. You can choose from a variety of "Satay" and dip inside the Satay Sauce. This is much the same as "Lok Lok" except the sauce is Satay Sauce and taste much more Juicy with the nuts inside the sauce. But the wonderful thing about this Satay Celup is you can take as much as you want while eating a part of that without dirty the others, the price is just counted by the stick you ate. Wonderful e? See the picture above, we 4 people above also cannot finish it all.

Foodgelicious Meter: 7/10

Try it, they won't bite.

P/s: Dun throw "Si ham" inside unless all of your friends like it :)

2. Chicken Rice Balls a.k.a Fish Ball?

Another Malacca delicacy, the famous Chicken Rice Balls. As a Malaysian I sure that you all must have heard of this Chicken Rice Balls. What make it so special then? I have taste it and felt quite the same with other chicken rice I usually had, but the special part is the Chicken Rice Balls really looks like Fish balls as you can see in the picture above. Oh ya, their black soup are also famous for their weird color. But sadly I didn't get a chance to taste it because we got there late for some reasons. 

Foodgelicious Meter: 7.5/10

Better try it, or you will miss out the weirdness of this delicacy.

P/s: Chicken Rice balls REALLY looks like Fish balls la. Argh, no one believe me.

3. Cendol a.k.a Malacca Baba-Nyonya Cendol

Malacca Cendol? This not just any Cendol, It is the famous Malacca Baba-Nyonya Cendol! For me, this just plain cendol because I'm not really a Cendol fella. The special about this Cendol is that they use Gula Melaka (Malacca's Sugar) to make that Cendol and they are Baba-Nyonya. According to my friends at Malacca, Baba-Nyonya is last time before our Country even "Merdeka" yet, Malay and Chinese get married and have their children and they are called Baba-Nyonya. Oh, dun ask me about their religious cause I dun have a slightest idea.

Foodgelicious Meter: 6/10 

If the weather is hot, try it and it will taste more than 6. If rainy day, better go have a cup of hot "Ipoh Kopi".

P/s: Every one likes Cendol? Haiz I prefer Ais Batu Kacang "Kosong". Jom K.B friends let go Nasi Kukus and ABC when the weather is much more normal ok?

4. Mee Hoon Kueh a.k.a Hand-made Mee Hoon and a bunch of leaves.

There you have it, Johor Bahru famous Mee Hoon Kueh. I hardly believe it located just outside my friends house :) As they say looks can be deceiving, this plain Mee Hoon Kueh taste just awesome. The best part is the meat balls, we even call 1 more bowl of meat balls. Unlike the meat balls I usually ate, this meat balls inside are well cook and taste wonderful for every bite. 

Foodgelicious Meter: 8/10

Drewz:"Guys, lets call another bowl of meat balls ok?"

P/s: Sadly that shop not air-condition, most of my friends dun dare to touch the chili padi cause scare of sweating, except me. :)

5. Kueh Tiao Kia a.k.a Small Size Bowl of Kueh Tiao

The reason it called Kueh Tiao Kia is obvisiously the size of the bowl. Originally I wanted to share with my friends but they all said it is so damn little only. Other than the wonderful taste it offer by itself, there are a lot of side dish that can be ordered. There are "Pipe" (Pig intestine), Taufu, Pig Stomach, and much more Pig parts. This make this delicacy Very non-halal, sorry for some people that cannot taste it.

Foodgelicious Meter: 8.5/10

Taste marvelous, try it!!

P/s: J.B rocks because midnight they have supper can choose from a veriaty of food.

Foodgelicious - III

Yet again another version of Foodgelicious. Topic today is the food that I had in K.L. Let look on today's menu. Oxtail soup, Escargot, Steak, Ice cream and Meat Balls. Yummy, Let have a look shall we?

1. Oxtail Soup a.k.a appetizer soup.

Oxtail soup? What the hell is that?
The thingy on my spoon is the tail of Ox that have been cooked :)
Despite the weird origin of the soup (from a tail of an Ox), the soup taste good and served as a good appetizer just what you need before dig in the main dish.
Taste are more heavy than normal Cow/Beef Soup but the meat on the tail part are just perfect :)
Dun worry about they cutting of Ox just because of the tail.

Foodgelicious meter show a rating of 7/10
***Note: Not for all culture!!***

2. Escargot a.k.a little snail served with a tons of garlic.

Oh My GoD, Another weird dish!! Snail!!! freaking Snail???
Yeah. Snail on a plate :) actually they are not called snail, Escargot is their NAME.
I love this dish a lot because of the bizare taste and maybe cause it is snail?
You can find this type of dish at those western restaurant.
How do you eat it? You can eat it by simply bite and chew the whole thing including the shell plate and spoon or by using a holding thingy that holds those escargot in place and you use a fork to poke or pull out the escargot meat inside their shell.
1 more thing: "It does not taste like chicken."

Foodgelicious Meter: 7.5/10
Makes you want for more but you will know when to stop because it is freaking expensive :)

3. Chilled Spare-Rib a.k.a Bloody Steak.

You see this piece of meat red red like this is NOT blood pouring out because it is too raw.
This piece of meat is cut from cow ribs, and served with 50% cooked and chili sauce on top of the steak.
How to know it is 50% cooked? The meat is soft when you cut them and you will saw 2 type of color inside the meat, brown surrounding red color.
On the top corner we have Corn, Potato, Beans, and some Broccoli. I ate everything except the Potato, because I just dun like it.

Foodgelicious Meter: 7/10
***Note: Please dun eat the whole rib under the piece of steak, IT IS NOT EATABLE (unless you are a dog)***

4. Haagen-Dazs Ice cream a.k.a 3 little balls of ice cream on a waffer.

Ice cream? What a big deal about ice cream and some honey and a piece of waffer?
Hoho my friends this just not everyday ice cream but Haagen Dazs Ice cream.
You can choose from a variety of flavors and topping and sidedish like waffer or brownie.
Oh ya forget to meantion, it is freaking F*cking Expensive!!!!!!!!! Rm13 over for a single scoop.
Argh...
For me I think that Ice cream from a Company Called McDonald also tasted better than this and more worth it >:D


Foodgelicious Meter: 4.5/10
Not as good as they said it.

5. Ikea meatballs a.k.a "HEALTHY" meal?

Oh yeshh~ From the looks of this picture we can see meatballs, fries, and also some strawberry jam.
Those be fooled by the appearance of this dish, it tasted heavenly if you are a beef lover.

Fries taste so so only.

To maximise the flavor, ones must dip the meatballs into the strawberry jam before chew them down. Until now I also cannot explain why they think of these meatballs match perfectly with strawberry jam. If you know please share with me your thought :)

Foodgelicious Meter: 8.5/10

***Beef Beef as in COW meat, so some of you might be sad now because you guys are missing out all the nice food!!!Just kidding, culture faith more important***

Foodgelicious (Part 2)

Yes, once again another topic of Foodgelicious!! Once again lets invite our judges. Let hear a clap for Mr. Ethan. He will be typing out Foodgelicious score on the Foodgelicious Meter. 

***Disclamir: All this crap about Foodgelicious meter is all made-up for fun :)*** 

1. Chang Mai Restaurant Food a.k.a OMG so FAST??

Oh yeah. A Thai restaurant that located not so far from my house (around 15 minutes driving) that cook out a lot of delicious food. Lets see what we have on the table. There you have "Squid steam with lime", "Coconut Milk Prawn", "Keng Som Fish", "Mix vegetables", "Pork Leg" & "Kam Heong Lala". The best part is that all these food are served after 10 minutes we ordered. At peak period (Thursday/Friday night) this restaurant will be fulled with customer and believe me when I said the food is served Fucking Fast. So if you have a hungry stomach that can withstand Spicy Thai Food, can come to "Chang Mai Restaurant" and try it out yourself. By the way, you can also enjoy weird food like "Volcano Chicken", "Fried BEE", "Pak Prik Eals", "Fried worm thingy", and lots more.

Foodgelicious Meter: 9/10

Good Side: Nice food. Fast services. Lots more.

Down Side: For visiter to travel themself into this area is hard cause the road was kinda scary like you might not believe there is restaurants inside. (around 3 thai restaurant in that area)

2. Kao Jam a.k.a Green Rice

Also a type of Thai Food, sorry about the mistake on earlier post said that this is originated by Malays. (Thanks to Qian on pointing me out). This type of food is easily made by mixing Fish bits, Veges, Onion, Chili, Budu, and also some fried coconut's powder into your green rice. And there you will have it "Kao Jam". Oh to make the green rice, we usually add in green juices (that comes in bottle that are juices pressed from some leaves that I dun have any idea what it called) instead of plain water in the cooking rice process. To enhanced the taste of this dish, you can eat with fried fish crackers.

Foodgelicious Meter: 9/10

Nothing much to add on caused I already write a whole post about this Kao Jam sometime in October.

3. Indian Rice a.k.a Meena Curry 

Yeah, Indian rice. This whole set of indian rice taste nice :) I just ate it yesterday night with my friends. Simple right? Rice + curry and some bean sprouts (taugeh) and some chicken. But now the economy is bad and this simple indian curry rice are expensive :(  

Foodgelicious Meter: 5.5/10

It in the okok zone. But I wonder will I ever have a Freaking Delicious Indian Rice? Cause I look spicy food and this type of food just suit me well.

4. Budu a.k.a Rotten Fish Juices

Every one at Kelantan also know what is "Budu". Mostly likes it, but some dislikes them for their dirty apearances. This is because Budu are made by ferment fish and salt. For more information about this wonderful juices, you can refer to Wikipedia. Just type in "Budu" and there you have it, a well explain definition of this juices. Back to main point, Budu can be enjoyed in various ways like the picture on top, or you can take Durian and eat it with rice plus budu. The taste is unexplainable, you should try it out yourself or you come my hometown I treat you this tasty dish.

Foodgelicious Meter: 8.5/10

Should try it! Dun be afraid of the rotten fish smell (nah dun have any smell) but you better dun watch the process making this juices or I scare you won't have the guts to try it anymore :)

Foodgelicious

In today's topic: "Foodgelicious", I gonna introduce about some food that taste good or bad. In Ethanpedia, Foodgelicious means: "Food that are 2F :"Freaking Fu*king" delicious that are eatable and seldom see at your every day life". Lets have a look at some picture below and try to decide whether it is Foodgelicious or not.

1. Sweet Sour Crab a.k.a Icky Yucky Disgusting Pukey Crab Dish

As you can see this Brown Icky Yucky Disgusting Pukey dish is definitely not categorize in Food Paradise. Actually this dish taste quite nice :) Last few night, my family bring me to this old thai style restaurant and called this so called "Sweet Sour Crab". The Pukey substants is a result of Egg + Tomato. My family member all loved this food except me. Maybe is because of the pukey look, I didn't complain much and take a picture of this Wonderful Dish.

Ethan give this dish a score of 2/10 in Foodgelicious meter due to NICE appearances, small size crab and also blue color plate. (The blue color plus this brown color is sure awful)

2. Korean style steamboat a.k.a Free of Pork steamboat

This dish origin from Korea. It just a pot of plain water that you throw in everything to create this "One Pot of Wonder". Yes, a plain water steamboat. First you just need a pot that is not dirty and then you pour drinkable water into it and watch it boil. When the water is boil, use your finger to test whether it is at near 100 Celsius and after 1 minutes and your finger have no more feeling means the water is boil :) Then just throw in everything that you like to eat inside the Hot Pot. Er, if I am not mistaken we put in the red thingy that said to be good for eye sight (I dun have any idea what it called), Korean sea weed thingy, squid, all type of mushroom, pieces of evenly cut fish meat, Clam, Oyster and Veges. At first the soup taste like plain water, but at the second round, the soup taste very sweat, I think is because the juices/taste of the fish, clam, veges all mix inside the soup. Most important is this steamboat is non-oily, so it is good for those student that studies oversea and lazy to cook, now you got a new dish. Just throw everything inside a pot of plain water and there you have it, dinner for 5 days :)

Ethan give this dish a score of 8.5/10 in Foodgelicious meter because the first round just plain sucks, but it is easy to make and economical :)

3. Sushi a.k.a Homemade whatever you likey Sushi Roll

Hunger for Japanese Food? Why not try Ethan's Homemade Sushi Roll. It include everything you dream of having except abalone and sharkfin. Oh yeah, ever dream of you can wrap anything sushi roll? Believe me when I said you can wrap anything cause the wrapping is so big. My family used a piece of "Zi Cai" (dried seaweed) size 8" x 8" (eight times eight inches in size) to wrap up the stuffing. On the table, we have fried prawn (Tempura), fried squid ring, fried fish that already been slices into even pieces, veges, japanese rice that already plus some seasoning, tuna, raw salmon fish, little red egg, crab stick, cucumber, baby corn(small un-matured corn), small little octopus, and last but not least Wasabi. Ethan just like to put everything inside plus a tons of wasabi for the great feeling of sushi :) Ha ha

Ok, for this Dish Ethan give a score of 7/10 in Foodgelicious meter because it is expensive to make this stupid sushi roll and troublesome, why don't we just go to Sushi King and eat. But sadly said Kota Bharu (my hometown) dun have any nice Sushi shop, this is why we have Ethan's family homemade sushi roll.

4. Road side Cake house a.k.a the Black Shop

***Location: Unknown; Shop name: Unknown; Car plate: Unknown***
Oh yeah, dun be deceive by the look of the peacefully looked cake house. Last few days, my friends that still in secondary school (Form 6) parked their car here. Some of them driving so a total of 5 cars parked outside this shop and walked to school for some activity after yamcha at that shop. From 10 to 4 o clock like that, then afterward they go back wan to drive back home and guess what the shop owner do? He park his freaking car behind their car and told them to pay for the parking fees or else cannot claim their car cause that spot is "Private Property".The boys argue back said they got drink at his shop before go to school somemore. But what the heck, the shop owner dun care what can they do? As you can see this shop definitely does not have a sign or whatever that state out infront their shop that "YOU MUST PAY RM3 FOR AN HOUR PARKING HERE IN MY FREAKING PRIVATE PROPERTY" or a simple "For Customer Only" or "No Parking". Pity those boys, they didn't bring any money to pay the shop owner and one of the boys RAN home to ask money from his mother to pay the shop keeper RM18. Then RM18 x 5 = RM 90. Woot easy earning for the shop owner right? Haha... Not for long cause the boy's mom are going to report them and soon maybe you cannot see this shop anymore :) So that's why I took this picture to remind myself of this kind of stupid shop also exist. BTW the food and drink here SUCKS, this picture is taken around 10 p.m. (Yamcha Time) but as you can see only 1 car there. LOL

0.00002/10 on Foodgelicious Meter and 10/10 on Stupidity Meter :)

Kao Jam (Green Rice)

Happy Halloween guys ^^ as usual halloween not popular here in Kelantan. You can hardly see any sign of Halloween here. But today my aunty cook a popular type of food at Kelantan called "Kao Jam" and I dare to said that it is the tastiest among other type of food at Kelantan. Here is a Picture of Kao Jam. Mmmmm... yummy ain't it?

The rice of "Kao Jam" is very special. The color of the rice is green, yeah GREEN. haha... last time i bring some friends from INTI to my hometown, they didn't even wanted to try this food out cause of the weird color. 

So this is basically the dining table of my house. As you can see we all use hand to eat this dish cause this dish is invented by Thai, plus the taste not same when you use spoon. I think is because dun have the taste of your sweaty hand and dirty finger nail, haha just kidding. Anyway we all need to wash hand before eat this, duuhhh.. Grown-up like to eat "Kao Jam" with the Green Chili (inside got fish meat). Oh ya, forgot to mention this "Kao JAm" dish is homemade :)
We basiccally include every thing inside our green rice and mix around to make "Kao Jam", but it is up to yourself either you want what vege or even PETAI (smelly bean, bluekkk). But I prefer my "Kao Jam" with a lot of onion. haha...

Then not to forgot to put in bits and pieces of fish meat in the left corner of the picture. Those are just every day's fried fish but remember to take out bones before tearing them to bits. See the right corner? The weird color soup you say? haha... "Budu" again... haha.. If you wondering what is "Budu", it is juice of fish. Hell yeah... You put fish inside a bottle and let it rot to become this juice. But must make sure no flies lay egg in it. Erm.. Yeah it is eatable.
Last but not least, my homemade Chili. Believe me when I said this Chili padi is FREAKING HOT!!!! Even me myself cannot put more than 2 spoon into my "Kao Jam". Oh yeah... then I need to drink 3 cup of water to cool things down. haha
When you got everything inside your dish. You mix everything around to make sure the taste is good. Say not too spicy on the left side or salty on the right side. And there you have it, "Kao Jam". Bon appétit


Remember to eat with fish crackers and with your hand.

Penang Food

Holidays are just around the corner for college Diploma students. 

When you guys feel bored and want to travel. I would suggest you guys go down to Pulau Penang and try out these food. Aren't they just simply Delicious?