Q Thai (again!)

Back in KL! Adam is still not too well after that insiden tercekik susu (read here). The other two, Kakak and Iman tinggal kat kampung dengan Atok & Wan. Dari pagi sampai ke malam asik main kat bawah je. Berlemoih, sampai petang, bau badan tu mak aihh....

Anyway, sampai KL, lepas Maghrib bawak Adam pi klinik. Kena nebulise sekali lagi. Payah betul nak hilangkan phlegm dia tu. Lepas tu pi makan. Mula-mula ingat nak makan kat Penang Classic, which is very near to Klinik Kita tapi tutup lah pulak. Then, Q-Thai, again...

Kali ni tak pegi eat-all-you-can cam last time (read here). Makan a-la-carte pulak. Adam sama Bibik Ros ikut sama. Adam takmau langsung duduk, asik nak meronda je so we took turn to eat.

Net Fish French Beans atau nama melayunya kacang buncis sama habuk ikan (kot?)


Crabmeat Ommelette. Order untuk 3 orang makan. Apalagi, bila sampai kat meja, terpegun kami dengan saiznya.. serius besar lah sangaaaatttt!!


Dancing Fish. Sedap.

Claypot Tofu. For Adam.

Hari tu ada yang tanya exact location so here goes the address. Kat Taman Tun Perak. Boleh ambik exit nak masuk Bandar Tun Hussein Onn of you're travelling from highway Cheras Kajang tu.

No worries peeps. Halal.

Mandi Kolam (Lagi!)

2 girls on the left and 1 one the right tu anak2 my sister.
semua girls.

Budak-budak dengan main air memang tak boleh dipisahkan! Memandangkan kolamnya sempit, maka penuh sendat kolam dengan 6 orang adik beradik, sepupu sepapat. Mana hak yang nak jadi duyung, mana nak jadi ikan lumba-lumba. Adoiyaaii. Cabaran terbesar ialah nak menangguk keluar sorang-sorang dari kolam neh. Kaut sorang, sorang masuk balik.

Si Adam pulak confuse. Dia ingat mandi cam shower nun. Dia dok bukak seluar. Orang pakaikan balik, dia pi londehkan sendiri. Sudahnya... bogel (bak kata Bibik Ros - bugil!)

ops Adam!
we can all see your willy!

Back To My Roots

It's good to have gone back. To the place where I first had my breath of life. To where my nights were once lighted up by pelita and shower meant having to pave through morning coldness and had our bath at perigi or telaga. To get back to your roots, they say.

I grew up in a kampung. I, was a kampung girl and still am very much of it until now.

Masa saya kecik, tak ada paip air di kampung saya. Our source of water for washing, bathing or drinking came either from perigi, telaga or the great Sungai Pahang itself. I loved the river, obviously for the many activities could be done while waiting for our mothers to finish washing. Especially bila air cetek and a small island of sand appeared in the middle. We erect makeshift pondok made from dahan-dahan pokok which could be found in abundant along the river bank. Or kutip remis and at times, kijin from the sand and mud. Since almost the whole kampung did those related activities dekat sungai tu, makanya the mothers had to take turns washing. Sabunnya pulak sabun ketul cap buruh where the seller cut the big chunk into small portions depending on how much you want to buy. I didn't do much washing back then, being no more than 5 or 6 years old but funny, I can still imagine the smell until now.

If it was not the river, the other option is telaga. I loved the telaga comparing to perigi. Reason being, I had more friends while waiting and it was very near to paya (sawah). When it dried up we could walk on it and played in lopak air. Or just watched kerbau-kerbau lazed around. At times, one or few of us brought tangguk and we had splashsing time trying to tangguk udang kecik from the paya.

Water supply was not the only things we did not have. We lacked electricity as well. It meant daily shopping for perishable for the lack of refrigerator. When it was fasting month, ice was sold like hot cakes. Again, depending on how much you want to buy, the big cube was cut using gergaji and kept cold in saw dust, tightly wrapped in suratkhabar. It also meant when it started to get dark, we had newspaper crumpled and used it to clean cempeni pelita from the jelaga it accumulated the night before. On better days we had lampu geselin (gasoline) lighted up and on those nights, we stayed up a little bit longer, playing. Sometime later, LLN (TNB equivalent at that time) erected poles and we had the priviledge of having electric supply from dark till dawn. 12 hours but we were grateful.

Now we have proper air paip and we have continuous eletric supply day and night. The irony is that, althought I didn't want to go through all those again, I missed them all. I am glad my kids always looked forward to spend times back in my kampung. When I see them played with chicken or pick flowers and plants (much to their Wan's nagging), it's like seeing myself back then. Comot, berpeluh, masam and all. Yes, I was like that.

Salam Aidil Adha untuk semua...

My First 3 Itti&Otto's

T.E.R.J.E.B.A.K. jua!

Originally saya plan nak pegi lunch time semalam to this. Tapi partner-in-crime ada urusan ofis jadi kensel. Kendiannya me and my partner-in-crime nak tag along another ofismet tapi member tu balik jam 5.00pm, half hour earlier that my clock-out time and an hour earlier than my partnet-in-crime's. Takkan nak bagitau 'bos, saya nak balik awal sikit sebab nak pegi sale Robinson' So we called it off that day.

Next day masing-masing plan nak ambik half day off and well,.. go for our retail-therapy. My partner-in-crime has got to come back after lunch for urgent matters, while I, En Tebby was coming along. Me and my partner-in-crime, did go, but separately. We updated each other on things we bought nevertheless ha ha.

You all tau lah kan how shopping is when your husband is around. Especially when suami bukan jenis kuat shopping. I told Tebby I wanted some shoes so I went back with just shoes. Tapi... tapi... bukan satu... tapi tiga pasang. I had him sat nicely on the comfy stool while I browse around. Semua Itti & Otto.

I bought a pair of pumps. The very the shiny okay. Buleh cermin muka. I fell in love at first sight with these. Acik sukerrrr sangat. En Tebby pun setuju, angguk-angguk sambil senyum-senyum.

Another pair ni, let's call it 'cik kusam', which Tebby angguk-angguk tapi muka kerut-kerut when I told him I want those in brown. Kusam katanya (hence the name). But black is too 'me'. Brown then. Ni kasut restu tanpa rela lah kiranya.

Last but not least, another pair of flats. Dull, blue-green. You can call them 'cik rimbun' coz when I first showed them to Tebby, his immediate remark was 'eh, rimbunnya'. I took them nevertheless. Ni kasut restu tanpa rela version 2.

'cik kusam' ada dalam kotak tu.. maklum le,.. kusam.. malu nak tengok donia ha ha. acik merepek okay.

Yes people, I can, go overboard at times..

B.A.H.A.Y.A

Apakah?

This brochure arrived safely at my home last week. And since then, saya tak senang duduk. Ada beberapa, iya, read me right, b.e.b.e.r.a.p.a pasang kasut dan sandal yang sangat, iya... s.a.n.g.a.t menarik hati saya. Tolong!!

Inilah bahana YES.

Y-ear E-nd S-ales

Tried putting my kids into perspective. Everyone knows how exorbitant their begin-o-school expenses can be. Tapi.. Tapi.... Urghh...

Ada sapa-sapa nak pegi? Nak ikut....

Extra Class For Iman

Penat jadi ibu kepada Muhammad Iman. Penat badan, penat emosi. Kerenah dia sorang lagi susah nak layan dari kerenah si Kakak and Adam, combined.

And yet, when I write anything about him, he warms me up, emotionally and I melt. As I am jotting this down, hati dan perasaan saya penuh dengan affection. Really.

Walaupun sekarang cuti sekolah dan tadikanya tutup, dia masih dihantar ke taska. Iya, walaupun si Kakak dan Adam ada di rumah. As I said, he can be too handful to handle so dia ke taska. Plus dia ada extra class cuti ni. For those who doesn't know, Iman ada ADHD. Perkembangan mental dan behavior dia tak seperti budak-budak sebaya. Since tadika tutup, cikgunya nak bagi extra attention untuk dia. At least he can catch up a bit. Apapun I want to be fair to Iman as well. After lunch di taska, cikgunya hantar dia balik ke rumah.

But, to get him to go to taska with Kakak staying at home is almost impossible. Everybody has to act normal. Kakak kena bangun pagi macam nak pegi sekolah and then dons herself in baju sekolah. Iman pulak pakai baju tadikanya and we send him to Atfal as we usually do. Only after that Kakak tukar pakai baju biasa. Kalau Kakak tak pakai baju sekolah, Iman tak mau pegi sekolah. Kalau Iman sendiri tak dipakaikan baju sekolah, he gets the idea that he's staying home. Penat? Yes I do. But someone has to do something about him kan.

Jom tengok Iman buat homework tadi...

Pick the color as instructed and kaler in between the lines. Iman ni, seme kaler dia 'kunen' (kuning). Sudahnya kena kasi hint sikit.. red macam epal, then he picked red. Green macam daun, then he picked green. Purple? Gulp? Macam terung? Terung pun jarang-jarang nampak kat rumah tu!


Joining the dotted line. Sampai kat bawah tu merengek suruh Ummi buat. Haiihhh... homework awak tu, buat sendiri!


Siap..

Kikkor setia meneman Iman

Jalan Jalan IKEA

Hari ni hari IKEA. Masa ke Alamanda (baca di sini), cadangnya saya nak ke IKEA tapi sebelum sempat idea bernas dicurahkan, Tebby awal-awal dah rule out - Alamanda.

Kenapa nak ke IKEA? Pasal teko saya yang umurnya lagi tua dari Kakak telah pecah. Macamana boleh pecah? Si Adam main gendang ketuk teko dengan sudu. Habis pecah. Agaknya Adam nak Ummi menang DEKO! DEKO! DEKO! tapi silap terketuk teko. Obviously teko tu alasan je kan ha ha. Dah nyampai kat sinun, ada aje benda lain dicapai.

Kat belah atas nun kami round laju-laju aje. Kat bawah kat market area tu lama sikit. Sapa pernah dengar nak beli teko sampai keluar duit RM300++? Nah, tengok nih resit. Teko dan para pengiringnya he he. Dah beli teko, beli plak mug sedondon. Dah tu tak syok pulak pinggan mangkuk tak sedondon, beli jugak. Adoiyaiii!! Alasan, kan?

Lepas bayo-bayo segala, Tebby sama Kakak dengan Iman pi beli hotdog dan makan dengan senang lenang sementara Ummi gigih membalut segala peralatan kaca yang diborong. Pastu pi The Curve for lunch. Iya, hotdog tu appetiser aje. Sebelum makan ronda-ronda kat bazar bawah tu. Kakak nak handbag, Ummi belikan slingbag. Pastu Ummi beli satu beg jugak. Beg gedik nama dia. Serius gedik dengan juntai-juntai bola-bola tu. Nah tengok..


Lunch kat Little Penang Cafe. I had Penang Curry Mee, Tebby makan Kuetiaw. Iman makan Mee Kari Ummi sama Kuetiaw Abah. Kakak minum air kelapa je. Diet katanya.

seperti biasa, order air nyor

yang ni pulak, makan otromen for lunch
serius lama giler tgu dia pilih menan

Lepas lunch, singgah beli buah-buahan kejap. Acik borong sampai RM20. Ada budak-budak meningkat dewasa ni, kejap aje makanan habis kat rumah nun. Pastu balik. Kakak ngan Iman terbongkang tidur dalam keta dah.

Bangi Kopitiam (Lagi?)

Haiihhhh... entry saya asik pasal makan je kan? Aritu teman Adam ke klinik, saya naik mesin timbang. Jarum bergerak sedikit ke kiri dari angka 50kg. Kawan-kawan sekelian, sudah lama tak nampak saya pakai kebaya kan? Kebaya-kebaya saya hanya untuk berat 45kg sahaja, mana nak letak yang lagi 5kg itu? Kalau baju kurung, no hal.

Ada alasan nak buat kebaya baru atau beli jeans baru. Tebby aritu kata nanti dia belikan. Belikan i kebaya kah? Atau jeans kah? Bukan, dia nak belikan basikal senaman untuk saya :D

Apapun, dinner tadi di Bangi Kopitiam (lagi?) Mulanya nak ke PapaRicch di Suarasa tapi alih-alih Tebby ke Bangi Kopitiam. Layannn. Kali ni semua pegi. Saya dan Tebby selaku ketua rombongan. Kakak, Iman dan Adam sekalu ahli-ahli dan Bibik Ros jua.

kopi-O. saya punya.
despite that, balik tu terus tumbang zzzzz.

Adam sedang membuat rondaan.
boleh tahan ligat dia tu.
Tebby plak sibuk buat call, jawab call.

network down katanya.

Baby Gadget - What's Worth, What's Not

This is a tag I'm doing for IRA. She's a breastfeeding mom as well as a practitioner in baby wearing, none of which I am a master in. We never met tete-a la-tete but we always do, virtually.

Anyway, worthy or not a buying of baby gadget really depends on an individual. It depends on the frequency of usage and durability etc. Before acik start merepek tak tentu pasal, let's share mine.

What's worth: -

1. Baby monitor

I bought a TOMY from Mothercare when Iman was small. He was a restless baby, cried unnecessarily, a light sleeper etc. In short, he was one grumpy baby. We had no Bibik back then so the best way for me to do my chores when he was elsewhere (like sleeping in buaian or playing by himself) was resorting to a baby monitor. Senang acik nak sidai kain without having to wonder if he was awake or not or whether he was crying. But the worthness lessen with Adam. Adam, relatively easy to care. He's more relaxed and calm. The we took in a Bibik Ros and TOMY lost its appeal even more. Since then, TOMY was sold to my friend Zarid.

2. Baby food/milk warmer

If you believe in breastfeeding and homemade babyfood, this, is a must-have. It helps a lot in warming up frozen/cooled expressed breastmilk and once your baby is on solid, and you do batch-cooking, it helps you to warm up baby food. I bought AVENT IQ. Why IQ? Because the usual one was not available at that time. Tu aje. But this one had advanced functionality whereby you can set the temperature depending on what item i.e food or milk, and its related quantity. I am selling this. If interested contact me via 013 3403108. Only SMS will be entertained yerrr.

3. Breastpump

I owned a manual AVENT ISIS when I was breastfeeding Iman and later when I have Adam, I upgraded to electric-operated Medela. Not one, but two. I had a SWING and a PISA. These, I have sold recently. Between SWING and PISA, if cost is not an issue, go for PISA. It's a dual pumping with 2-phase expression, closely mimicking baby sucking.

Last but not least...

4. Buaian!

I know, I know. People debate over this endlessly. This, really depends. On you, your baby and your lifestyle. I've been using buaian since my first baby, Kakak. She was also a light sleeper. Would woke up to the sound of kami makan keropok. Seriously, she did. La ni, dah besar, kalau dah tido, digolek-golek pun dia tak bangun! Same with Iman. Dengan dia ni, tragedi sikitlah. Sampai naik kereta balik kampung pun, he expected ada buaian dalam kereta. Adoiyaaii. Believe it or not, terpaksa saya hayun dia dengan tangan sepanjang dari KL ke Kuala Terengganu. 6 jam u olsss! Dari dia melalak, baik le umminya aje yang menangis (dalam hati).

What's Not:-
1. Bouncer

None of them liked it. Iman guna for 5-6 months, Adam pulak tak suka. Given away already.

2. Cap

None of them liked baby cap atau topi. Asal letak atas kepala aje, mulalah nak melalak. So I put kain lampin untuk tutup kepala diorang. Loosely. Bila dah pandai control tangan, semua pakai capai buang jauh-jauh. So, no cap.

Girls Lunch Out & Skinfood

Girlssss... we should it more often!

We (read Suzanne, Sikulat, Jah, Zarid, Zue and meself) had a short girls lunch-out time siang tadi. Me, Zarid and Suzanne sort of planned it about 2 weeks back but due to other commitments, it was postponed.

I was looking for a lipstick and was weighing between MAC and Bobbi Brown. Suzanne dragged me to BB instead and after 2 samples (hey, acik ni sempoi jek taww), I got meself one. The way the SG there greeted Suzanne, anda sure tahu bahawa dia pengunjung setia dan dia mungkin telah membeli berbakul-bakul mekap dari sana. She got something for herself nonetheless dan peneman setia, Zarid pula telah membeli berus-berus mekap. I, have yet to upgrade myself to that level, level yang menggunakan berus-berus untuk mekap. Setakat ni, brushes yang ku tau cuma berus gigi, berus lantai dan berus botol susu saja. Penyudahnya, antara kami bertiga, I spent the least.

Sebelum lunch di Delicious, sempat singgah di Guess untuk melihat jam idaman salah seorang kami yang bernilai kira-kira RM6,000! Bukan, bukan saya. Acik old-fashion okay. For RM6,000, I'd rather spend it on watches from Tissot, Rado and tambah sikit duit lagi, buleh dapat Omega atau Rolex yang paling murah. Typical taste makcik-makcik kan. Tapi, satu fakta yang anda perlu tahu, acik takde duit sebanyak tu nak beli jam okay.

Delicious on the other hand, was not as I expected. Maybe the food we choosed. Maybe la kan. I had pasta by the name of Thai Crabmeat something, which I consider a failed marriage between east and west. Tak jadi okay. Sampai acik lupa nak snap gambarnya sebab terkulat-kulat makan. Kawan belanja beb, kena makan jugak. Thanks Zarid. Kalau tahu awak belanja, akak makan kek sekali ahaks!

Cadangnya nak pi Skinfood jugak tapi masa dan mata tak mengizinkan..

Jom layan gambar..

mereka-mereka yang terlibat.
zue posing ayu la tu, sampai lentok2.
panas seh dok kat luar tu.
terbakar belakang acik.
saya di mana? seseorang perlu memfotokan ini semua kan?...

Zarid makan ni.
pasta sama mushroom.
boleh tahan lah rasanya.
just that tak bleh makan banyak, muak!

ni pinggan Zue.
rasa cam megi goreng kat kedai mamak katanya...

ni plak makanan si Sikulat sama Jah.
ni pinggan si Jah.
acik tolong makan kendiannya, hak Sikulat.
dia tak berapa lalu makan.
hak ni sedap berbanding yang lain.

ni lasagne si Suzanne.
yang ni thumbs up.
sedap lalu acik turut sama jadi tukang perabih.

Note to Yati: -
Sekali lagi anda miss outing kami. Tapi awak enjoy sakan jugak kat Melaka kan. Siap singgah Nilai 3 beli frame-frame ayat nak gantung kat rumah. Maybe next time.

Btw, sebelum balik rumah sebelah petangnya, saya dan Tebby singgah di Mines. Mines sekarang dah hebat berbanding dulu. Dah ada wing baru and dah refurbish. Tebby nak cari belt, saya pulak nak teruskan misi mencari kedai Skinfood. Tebby seperti biasa, bab-bab shopping ni dia akan beri laluan kat saya dulu. Lalu, membelilah saya 4 item seperti gambar di bawah ini.. I reserve my comment dulu. Baru pakai sekali..

Asalnya nak cari mask sama scrub aje tapi err... saya tambah dengan essense dengan mosturiser jua. Letih acik hafal apa nak tempek lepas apa. Apa nak sental lepas apa. Pulak tu semenya nama makanan je. Yelah, Skinfood kan. Keluar dari situ, cecepat ajak Tebby pi dinner he he.

mula-mula bubuh mask beras tu.
biarkan 10 minit then scrub muka.
then bilas.
pastu tempek plak fresh aloe pack tu.
kasi marinate muka jap dalam 5 minit then bilas.
suker... sejuk aje rasanya.

ni plak essence kobis sama timun.
lepas dah siap step atas nun, bubuh hak ni plak.
pastu tempek pulak rich cream tu.
tu krim labu bersusu he he.
macam labu masak lemak atau pengat labu pulak.

Adam Tercekik Susu!

Dah lama tak ada kecemasan! Not that I want it la kan. Sekian lama hidup kami agak tenang dari musibah-musibah kesihatan anak-anak. Seingat saya last anak kami masuk hospital (warded) end 2008. Adam. (Bacakan di sini). Selepas itu ada jugak kes-kes sakit tapi tak berat.

Malam semalam, Rabu 18 Ocotber, kami bergegas ke KPJ Kajang Specialist Hospital. Adam, terjaga tengah malam nangis-nangis. Kendian batuk-batuk. Semacam ada yang terlekat di tekak dia tu. Dia muntah tapi cuma keluar lendir dan susu. Yang melekat tu tak terkeluar pulak. Saya bimbang dia tercekik. Langsung bawak dia A&E hospital. Risau saya, on the way tu saya dok usap-usap tangah dia, checking for response.

Sampai hospital, Dr on duty decided for suction. Ha tu dia, seketul susu tak hadam sebesar hampir ibu jari terkeluar. Lendir-lendir pun ikut sama. But sorry to say lah, berdasarkan pengalaman saya ada anak-anak asthma dan pernah keluar masuk hospital due to that dan seterusnya menyaksikan proses physio dan suction, I think nurses kat KPJ Kajang tak berapa expert. Maybe sebab it was midnight, nurses on duty bukanlah expert physio bagai kan. Anyway, keluar susu seketul pun dah besar rahmatnya.

Actually, Adam was on ISOMIL sejak-sejak dia wean-off from breastfeeding. Since dia pun dah 1 1/2 tahun, I decided to try changing his formula from ISOMIL, which is soy-based to Enfa, which is cow-based. Dia minum ISOMIL pun atas nasihat paednya sebab it was found out kalau dia minum cow-based, dia mudah berkahak dan banyak lendir. Jangan ibu-ibu sekelian tak beli Enfa pulak ye. It's just that Adam is lactose-intolerant. Kakak dulu elok je minum Bebelac and Iman pulak was OK with Mamex, Mamil and later Anmum.

Thank God, Alhamdulillah it happened masa Tebby ada kat rumah. Walaupun abahnya sakit perut memulas sampaikan on the way nak ke Kajang tu terpaksa turn back. Sakit perut punya pasal.

Adam was still restless after that suction on KPJ Kajang so kami bawak dia ke Klinik Kita di Cheras Perdana pagi tadi. Kena ambik asap sikit to clear his lung. And malam tadi sekali lagi. Nasib baik Dr Azidawati (among doktor yang best kat situ) ada. Adam dah okay sikit tapi still kena closely monitor. Tambahan cuaca sejuk-sejuk hujan ni kan.

Doakan Adam cepat sembuh ya.

Q Thai

Tebby's back. Form Genting dia singgah ofis. Decided for dinner outside. Just him and me. Sampai BTHO dalam jam 6.30pm. Alang-alang dah sampai time tu, ambik Kakak straight from school then bawak dia sekali lah. So the three of us went steamboating in Q Thai.

Kami ambik eat-all-u-can, priced at RM22 for adults and RM12 for kids, depending on the height. Kalau tinggi Adam tu, free je lah. The spread, not bad jugaklah. Value for money kiranya. Just RM22 je kan per person. Kalau makan nasi berhidang siap lauk pauk dengan sayur bagai, haruslah lagi mahal dari tu.

Q Thai ni situated in Taman Tun Perak. Kalau orang area Cheras menghala ke belah-belah Kajang mungkin tau area ni. Taman Tun Perak is a small housing area terkepit kat area Taman Minang dengan Bandar Tun Hussein Onn. I thought it is just a shop lot, rupanya it's a building on its own. Ample parking space.

I need to comment on one thing. Sungguh authenthic Thai sampaikan nak berkomunikasi pun seksa. Kakak nak bawak balik shell nak taruk dalam aquarium dia so I asked for a small plastic bag. Budak waiter tu senyum aje sambil bagi jawapan yang tak menjawab soalan Yes, you may have the shell. 3rd person baru le kami dapat beg plastik nya.

Jom layan gambar...

Soupnya 2 jenis, sup ayam and tomyam.
To me, tomyam is bettter.

Jaga kesihatan u olsss!!
Go green okay..

Seafood.
Fresh lagi. Manis rasanya.
These are what I took.
Pepahat tu, not everyone can eat taw.

These are what Tebby took.
Megi tak tinggal.
Anyway, megi tu rendam dalam sup tomyam,
memang sedap.

Pepahat, after berendam dalam air panas.
See, why tak semua orang ada guts makan nih.
Acik layan je okayyy, sedap!

Kakak dengan air feveretnya, air nyor.

Yati, Zarid, Zue... jom ah.. apalagi. Dekat je tu.

A Card To Tebby

Tebby, after coming home last Saturday, is away again, yesterday and he's coming back home today. Kakak missed him and did a card for Tebby.

Kepada lelaki bijak ... it says

Ayah yang hebat ... he is

Lelaki yang kuat ... (kuat apa? :D)

Dan seperti guru MT (maknya tak pandai math okay)

Chef Tak Bertauliah & Sous Chef nya

I decided to try out new recipe at least one every week. Acik beli buku resepi banyak okay. Tak reti masak is one thing. Malas nak cuba is another thing. I believe in 'air tangan' konsep and in my own little family, the way to your loved ones' hearts is through their stomaches pasal depa suka makan. Among other ways lah kan.

I tried Roti Paratha Kentang which I tiru from UMMI ZAIHADI's sweethome blog. She's a great cook. I am nowhere near. To get to know my rave and rant about that Roti Paratha, go to my recipe blog. For lunch I did Gulai Ikan from the book Spicy Padang Cooking. Tebby said it resembles the one he had in Palembang and suggested that we use fish head next time around. My major failure was with the asam keping. I left it for too long and it turned too sourish. Letih acik edjas balik rasa dengan ramuan.

The challenge did not lie in cooking these actually. Bahan-bahan senang. Nak masak pun tak renyah. What made it took longer time was because I had 3 helpers who helped me in a way and helped themselves in so many other ways. Bibik Ros pegi outing sama kawan-kawan okay. Acik kentung kentang kat dapur sama dengan 3 sous-chef okay. Abahnya baca suratkhabar kat depan. Between tengok abah baca suratkhabar dengan mengacau Ummi masak kat dapur, definately the latter one is more appealing kan.

assistant 1
such a darling, isn't she?

assistant 2
yang sokmo bizi
time tu la nak air milo
pastu nak buat sendiri
habis seme bersememeh isk


assistant 3
dah siap sedia dengan mangkuk!

Yang ni pulak Chicken Wing Ala China. Tebby's favourite. Sampai merajuk-rajuk saya tak buat aritu. Eloklah merajuk sebab tak dapat makan masakan kita dari ...... merajuk kalau kita masak!