Clock changing kinda fun!!! (I’m very ulu)

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Yeap, clock changing can be quite fun for a first timer like me!!! Yesterday (Oct 31st), UK time goes backwards for 1 hour at 2am. I stayed up till 2am to see the clock goes back to 1am, it’s so cool!!! That never happened in Malaysia!  Sounds like an ulu woman now…So you actually have that extra one hour to do anything! But of course during spring the clock will go forward for 1 hour, and yes, I will stay up late to watch that too! hahaha…

And I read the news that the workers in the palace has to change like 1000s of clocks :s, well we only need to change 2 clocks at home. Computer clocks are auto-tune, so that you don’t have to do anything.

To my Malaysian frens and family, remember UK time is slower by 8 hours now ah.

I manage to meet up with Jamie Koh and Eileen for lunch at a Japanese buffet restaurant. For £13.50 per person I would say that is really really cheap. The sashimi was so fresh. Salmon, tempura etc…In London, if you order like one plate of salmon suhi, that’s gonna cost you like £2-3 already, so for that kind of price, it’s so worth it! We had a good ‘girls day’ yesterday, Shern was lazy to come along because he said it’s far :s It only took me 1 hour, and it’s food, so why not??! hahaha…We chat about everything, mostly about London since Jamie and I are new. To my observation, no matter where you go, which country you are at, it is only ‘complete’ when you have your family and friends with you. I can say thousands of nice stuff about being in London, but ultimately I still miss being with my family and friends back home.

We have started going to cg, and I have been scouting the options to work in church too (HTB has over 200 employees!). I have not been cooking that much of new dishes, have complains back home that Shern is getting fat! So I have to cut down and go green! I still manage to do a Thai Green Curry chicken! (its green 🙂 hahah…just joking) I will be uploading that recipe soon! Till then, will update you guys as the days go by. Cheers!

 

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Congratulations!!! To Shen & Ayse Yap

 Yesterday Shern, Jian and I went to attend our cousin’s wedding (Oct 16, 2010). It was my first time meeting the Yap siblings. Shen, Ngen and Sue Yap. I must say the wedding was absolutely beautiful (well, because the groom and bride are so beautiful) and fabulous!

It is also our first time (at least me) to have Turkish culture in this wedding. They have lots of dancing and music. Very touching and beautiful moment for the family.

I also get to meet Jamie, Sue and Seng Huat’s son, he was the page boy for the ceremony. He looked so cute and handsome.

Shen and Ayse will be flying back to KL to see popo. I’m sure she will be very happy to have so many grandaughter in laws.

We really wish the Foo family were here too to celebrate. There were lots of food to eat.

It was really a great day for the family! Congrats again to Shen and Ayse Yap. May you have a great honeymoon and a great journey as husband and wife!

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Autumn…autumn…

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I have also learned some new recipes too. Some of it are from my parents. But most of it are asia cuisine. I have yet venture into the world of currys…hehe…

Can’t believe time flies by so fast, in 2 months time, we will be celebrating Christmas. In fact all the store in London are selling Christmas stuff. Sweets, chocolates, christmas trees, deco and etc…

Can’t wait for Christmas…and snow! Only wish my families are here… 🙂

 

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Lotus Root soup

We were in China Town doing our usual shopping when Shern spotted this Lotus Root, so he asked me to boil some soup with it. I really like this soup. My parents always boil this soup for us. I added some peanuts too.

This is abstracted from Rose’s Kitchen. She’s really a good cook! Shoud check her blog.

1 section lotus root

500g pork ribs

a handful of peanuts

20  red dates, stoned

2 litres of water

Seasoning:

1 tsp salt

1 tsp light soya sauce

Method:

1.  Remove mud from lotus root.  Wash clean and cut into slices.

2.  Blanch pork ribs in boiling water.  Rinse and drain.

3.  Blanch peanuts in boiling water, wash and drain. (You can skip this step if you want to. I did!)

4.  Bring 2 litres of water to a boil.  Add in the sliced lotus root, peanuts, red dates and pork ribs.  Boil on high flame for 15 minutes.  Lower flame and simmer for 2 hours.

5.  Lastly, add seasoning to taste.

It’s really good, and it reminds us of home too…

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Thai Salmon with Sweet chilli dipping sauce

Manage to get 2 slices of cheap Salmon Fillet from the supermarket, so decided to do this dish. The mistake was that I did not fry this fish long enough, and the dumbest thing I did was to fry the marinade sauce together with the fish… :s

The recipe is below: (BBC GoodFood)

4 salmon fillets

1 thumb sized red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped

2 garlic cloves , finely chopped

1 tbsp fish sauce

1 tbsp sesame oil

2 tbsp honey

1/4 cucumber , diced

red onion , diced

4 tbsp sweet chilli sauce , mixed with a squeeze of lime juice

coriander , handful, roughly chopped

*You can adjust the ingredients according to your liking.

1. Put the salmon in a bowl with the chilli, garlic, coriander, fish sauce, sesame oil and honey. Season with pepper and refrigerate for at least 20 minutes or overnight.
2. Grill or barbecue the salmon until it is crisp at the edges. If you like it cooked all the way through rather than rare in the middle then keep cooking until the fish feels very firm to the touch. Serve with the cucumber and onion sprinkled over and the sweet chilli dipping sauce.

I will give this another try again next time!

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