the one about badrul and wwwwaahhhh, banyak nyer...

wwwwaahhhh, banyak nyer mee goreng...

today's breakfast was mee goreng... muhahaha... my blog dah jadi blog makanan dah... takpa, as long as i'm happy kan... i know some of you complaint *not in a bad way* sebab pagi-pagi tengok gambar makanan... i know how you feel sebab i pun rasa benda yang sama jugak everytime i melawat blog-blog makanan lainnya... but atleast you guys still boleh makan breakfast kan... imagine during fasting month nanti bila you bukak my blog and the first thing you see is going to be the recipes for buka puasa lengkap dengan gambar-gambar... muhahaha... harap maklum i'm planning to do the kitchen tour again... sekarang nih pun dah ada a few recipes yang i dah kumpul and of course some yang tengah testing nak buat and bila dah pass the standard, i will post it in my blog... get ready to tahan lebih banyak sabar bulan puasa nanti...

wwwwaahhhh, banyak nyer petai...

in fact earlier i've made the best chicken kung-pao and sambal petai udang kering ever! giler punya sedap if i have to say it myself... i just change a few things from the way i used to cook it and there you go! berselera sungguh makan... and the good thing was that i memang dah siap sedia ambik gambar masa i nak prepare the chicken kung-pao... rasa tak menyesal langsung sebab kena buat extra work sikit... yalah kan, lepas potong ayam kena basuh tangan and ambik gambar... lepas potong bawang and other stuff pun kena basuh tangan ambik gambar... and everytime letak ingredients dalam kuali pun kena basuh tangan and ambik gambar... the cooking process yang ambik masa lebih kurang 20 minutes pun jadi sampai almost sejam... yang penting i puas hati... that's what count... tapi i will not post it in my blog just yet... nanti bulan puasa tunggulah recipes like beef kueyteow, ayam masak halia, chicken kung-pao, gulai lemak udang, bread pudding, sambal udang kering and macam-macam lagih... some you memang dah tau macam mana nak masak those dishes tapi takpalah kan... sama-sama berkongsi ilmu...

wwwwaahhhh, banyak nyer teddy bear...

like i said in the previous posting, my relaxing days dah makin surut sikit... on monday a few days ago, diddy ada photoshoot dengan majalah mangga bersama farawaheeda untuk hari raya... this friday we will be at universiti putra malaysia for digi d campus uni-tour, on saturday and sunday we will be at the hot fm booth for jom heboh in padang mpk2 kuantan, pahang and on monday there is a photoshoot with b*pop berita minggu... on wednesday pulak there is a concert for digi d campus uni-tour in universiti malaya, follow by a company dinner show in petaling jaya on friday... then on sunday it's diddy fc bowling tournament at the summit usj and the next morning on monday we are driving to universiti perguruan tanjung malim for digi d campus uni-tour... that coming weekend pulak we will be flying to kota bahru, kelantan for digi superstars meet and greet plus the concert digi gegeriuh di kota bahru kelantan... after two days rest, we will be going to multi media university in melaka on wednesday for the concert and on saturday to a dinner show in seremban... and insyaAllah diddy will be performing for malam kemerdekaan in melaka... hopefully i will be getting the confirmation this week...

wwwwaahhhh, banyak nyer note books...

earlier in the day pun my schedule was packed with meetings and jumpa client... i went to an event company to collect some cheques, then to the printing company to check on a new batches of postcards that we print for diddy... then i went to meet up with sultanmuzaffar to collect something from him since he has agreed to sponsor one of diddy's postcard... this is for diddy fc bowling tournament on the 10th of august... then i went to damansara perdana to collect some merchandises they have sponsored also for the bowling tournament... on the way home, i stopped by at ioi mall to bank in some cheques and cash and decided to have lunch there... so i ordered black pepper beef kueyteow that i thought could use less black pepper and more beef in it... sampai rumah i decided to do some hot-day *berpeluh tak ingat* super duper cleaning of my car yang orang nampak lebih kepada tong sampah bergerak than normal human being vehicle... i can assure you that, sama ada diddy akan gelak tak ingat dunia sampai muntah-muntah bila dia tengok kereta i nanti, or dia akan terkedu terdiam and on friday hantar satu lori pisang pergi masjid... well, the first one is more believable...

wwwwaahhhh, banyak nyer dvd pouch...

in the evening i went to shah alam to meet up with komuniti diddy yang in-charge for the bowling tournament... i met up with tre and arin... the rest tak dapat join sebab masing-masing kerja ditempat yang jauh antara satu sama lain... our best meeting place was at paksu sebab sup tulang kat kedai tuh is to die for... seriously memang sedap giler... kalau diddy ada show kat shah alam especially after muzik muzik, we will definitely end up at paksu for diner... i remember lepas habis abp road show kat shah alam, mila and segerombolan mila fc plus diddy and sekumpulan kecil komuniti diddy *yang memang kecik jer pun* went to have dinner there... farah asyikin joined us later and it was fun! hot, stuffy but fun... anyway, we've iron-out a lot of things to ensure everything insyaAllah will go on the right direction... melihat kepada betapa hard working each and everyone of them, insyaAllah i'm sure semuanya will be okay... next week i will try to squeeze some time to update on the bowling tournament before the bowling tournament... will talk about the sponsors, the goodie-bags, the prizes, the lucky-draws, the performances, the little donation project and other stuff... all i know is that siapa-siapa yang join bowling tournament nanti insyaAllah tak akan menyesal...

okay, dah two updates for this week... not bad! hopefully i can keep it up... smile always and have fun...

announcement: a little donation project

from august 1st, we are doing a special promotion for diddy's album. get it at a discounted price of RM25 (original price is RM29.90) and RM5 from each sales will go to Rumah Anak Yatim Baitul Fitrah, Rawang, Selangor.

you will also receive a set of four (4) postcards free with each purchases. these postcards are also on sale for RM1 each. 30sen from each sales will also go to rumah anak yatim baitul fitrah, rawang, selangor.

please note that this promotion is only valid on locations where diddy is performing. diddy will be at universiti putra malaysia, serdang, on friday, aug 1st (4pm), and at hot fm booth for jom heboh at padang mpk2, kuantan, pahang, on aug 2nd & 3rd (from 12noon). do check diddy's page on facebook for updates on location from time to time.

let us all lend a helping hand to the less fortunate ones.

thank you.

the one about badrul and bblaaahhh weekend...

bihun goreng siam...

astro sucks big time! until today i masih tak boleh tengok astro... bengang giler! dah berapa kali call complaint pun tak ada apa-apa lagih... and paling best, dia orang pulak cakap we can send someone to check on it but you have to pay rm50... heellloooo!!! apahal pulak aku kena bayar?!? so i ended up watching friends dvd dari mula sampai habis! macam nak termuntahlah pulak mengadap tv jer... muhahaha... and lebih sakit hati, my strymyx pun down! from thursday i called and complaint... at last, hari ahad baru okay... tuh pun i had to call everyday... sekejap cakap my modem rosak, sekejap cakap port down, mana satu pun tak tau... nasib tak baik minggu nih pulak takda show so terperap kat rumah jer lah...

thank god kat puchong nih ada beberapa tempat yang boleh pergi without so much cost... tak payah bayar parking macam pergi klcc, tak payah bayar toll kalau nak pergi ikea or the curve... mana lagih, tesco puchong dengan giant puchong lah... muhahahaha... trust you me, i have changed... i have different mused now... checking fresh vegetables, seafood and poultries... that was what i did on friday and saturday night... on friday night i went to both giant and tesco just to compare prices... tengok yang mana lebih murah and fresh... lepas tuh on saturday night baru i pergi shopping beli barang dapur... in term of vegetables, giant menang but for chicken, beef and seafood, tesco lagi fresh... and i like the new section at tesco now... ada spices jual timbang kilo... anything you want from rempah kari, jintan manis, lada hitam to serbuk cili and other stuff... in fact, ada choices lagih between fine-blended lada hitam and coarsely grind...

with prawns, squids and chicken... and udang kering...

satu lagih yang i tengok kat tesco nih, bila udang fresh berebut-rebut orang kutip... macam seronok lah pulak... haiyyooohh, sedihnya my life!!! muhahaha... but like i said, i'm a different person now... i like the smell of fresh herbs, or the look of fresh fish... i geram tengok udang yang segar or sawi yang hijau... just imagine, i spent about three hours pilih barang-barang yang nak dibeli... takdalah sampai penuh trolley tapi i rasa puas hati giler sebab dapat pilih satu-satu and not like before, selalu rush jer... dulu masa ada kerja tetap, manalah pernah kira berapa harga barang-barang... pakai ambik jer... sekarang nih sepuluh sen pun berkira... muhahaha... dulu kalau ada balance sepuluh sen ker, dua puluh sen ker, "never mind, you can keep the change..." sekarang nih "err, you have not given me my five sen balance..."

seddaaapppnnnyeerr...

on friday i cooked bihun goreng... the whole family puasa... ada yang puasa sunat and ada yang puasa ganti... so berbuka dengan bihun goreng... my mom buat sirap bandung dengan selasih... memang sedap sesangat... anyway, this coming week is going to be a very busy week for me... starting from tomorrow ada photoshoot untuk diddy, and ada show back-to-back on friday, saturday and sunday... rest one day, then another show the week after on tuesday and thursday... rest for two days, then bowling on sunday follow by another show on monday... best! best! best!

you would not believe me dengan apa yang i buat on sunday... i have to attend mesyuarat agong umno cawangan taman puchong utama! my dad was *he letak jawatan today to give way to newcomer* ketua umno cawangan, so semua anak beranak kena paksa hadirkan diri... funny thing is, my dad is not the type yang cakap banyak... dia jenis pendiam, so bila tengok dia bagi speech today, i was surprised... not in a bad way, tapi slightly terkejut... yalah, kat rumah takdalah cakap banyak... it was kind of sad speech jugaklah since dia letak jawatan dan taknak bertanding balik sebab nak bagi laluan to fresh blood and at the same time kesihatan pun dah tak mengizinkan... anyway, jangan pikir pulak i nak terlibat dengan politik... i was there because of my dad, nothing else... like i said before, i exercised my right to vote and to choose siapa yang i rasa boleh beri kemajuan, and not to terikat dengan mana-mana party... phhhewww, this weekend was weird lah!

so guess what's for breakfast monday morning? yup, you're right... bihun goreng! hiks!

the one about badrul and cerita semalam dan hari ini - the story...

i think i'm ready to put it down in my blog... dah lama rasanya i tangguhkan... it's always at the back of my head but i sajer taknak fikirkan pasal perkara tuh... in denial ker, takleh accept ker, not ready to accept ker, hard to accept ker, macam-macam excuses tapi yang i tahu, sebelum nih i was not really ready to talk about it or to say it out loud... anyway, sejak i'm working on my own, i have more time with my family... kalau dulu kerja, walaupun tak busy macam mana sekalipun, i still have to be in the office... tapi sekarang kalau busy macam mana sekali pun, i still have a few hours to spend with them... kalau tak drop by at my mom's place for breakfast, it will be lunch or dinner... or anytime yang i rasa nak drop by... i have time to either drop kids to school or pick them up after school... okay, lets begin, shall we...

11 feb 2008 (monday)
my mom called me at nine in the morning... she said aiman tak pergi sekolah sebab he has slight fever... i told her i will come by in the afternoon... i woke up quite early that day because i need to prepare some proposals... lepas update diddy's schedule for the week, i drove to my mom's place... check on aiman but his fever has gone down lepas makan ubat... after lunch, i spent my time watching tv with aiman... and petang, lepas ambik ellisya kat sekolah, drove to seven eleven to get some icecream... i went back to my place after magrib... aiman pun nampak okay...

12 feb 2008 (tuesday)
my mom called me again early in the morning and told me aiman demam teruk this time around... i cepat-cepat mandi and rushed to my mom's place... muka aiman pucat and pernafasan dia tercungap-cungap... i decided to take aiman to the clinic near by my house... lepas check-up doctor refer aiman to the hospital sebab fever dia tinggi jugak... kalau ikutkan pengalaman, bila refer to the hospital, nanti mesti kena admitted, so i went back to get some of aiman's clothes... i have a meeting scheduled that day at 3pm so i told my sister suruh ambik cuti and meet me at subang jaya medical centre... as expected, aiman kena admitted, tapi nak tunggu semua siap ambik masa jugak... i thought i can leave him to my sister and rush for my meeting but my dad called and cakap my grandma jatuh tangga...

i rushed back home macam orang giler... at the same time i called off my meeting... sampai rumah, my grandma was on the floor downstairs... my mom was wiping my grandma's face with wet towel... kepala dia bengkak and ada kesan calar pada kaki dia... my mom told me that my dad went to pick up ellisya from school and she was outside tengah jemur baju... when she came in she saw my grandma dah terjelepuk kat bawah... you see, my grandma tak pernah turun bawah sorang diri... usually every morning my sister akan pimpin dia turun bawah so that she can have breakfast with the family... lunch and dinner pulak diaorang akan bawak naik for her... dari awal dulu i nak suruh my grandma duduk bilik bawah and my sister will teman her but she doesn't want to... dia nak duduk kat atas jugak dekat dengan cicit-cicit semua... anyway, lepas tuh i dengan my dad angkat my grandma to her room upstairs... a few people from surau come to help as well... my dad memang dah tak larat... we called doctor to come over and check... he gave some ubat for my grandma to rest... malam i pergi hospital teman aiman...

13 feb 2008 (wednesday)
my sister came to the hospital to release me... i nak balik mandi and all but i dropped by my mom's place to check on my grandma... i was shocked to see that kepala dia yang terantuk dah benjol and around her eyes ada kesan lebam macam kena tumbuk... i was so scared and in tears so i told my dad we have to take her to the hospital... bila i tanya my grandma she said dia sakit sikit jer but she doesn't want to go to the hospital, tapi i don't care... since it was difficult for us to carry her down and since i was scared that kalau ada apa-apa yang patah, i decided to call an ambulance... half an hour later, an ambulance from hospital serdang arrived... they were so professional, and dealing with my grandma as delicate as they can... i called my other sister and asked her to go to hospital serdang temankan my grandma...

i went back to see aiman so that my sister can go back and visit my grandma... sebelah petang doctor datang and cakap aiman kena viral fever... they managed to bring the fever down and kalau my tomorrow morning temperature dia dapat stay normal, dia boleh discharge in the afternoon... Alhamdulillah... around 8pm my sister called and cakap diaorang kat hospital serdang dah buat x-ray and check up on my grandma and takda internal bleeding atau apa-apa yang patah, but they need to keep her in the hospital a couple of nights for observation... Alhamdulillah...

14 feb 2008 (thursday)
early morning lepas doctor buat check, aiman can be discharged... kena rest banyak-banyak kat rumah and kena minum air banyak... my back ached so bad sebab tidur kat atas kerusi malas tuh... so in the afternoon lepas bawak aiman balik, we went to visit my grandma... she seems okay... nampak letih tapi tenang... ada hari my grandma will remember semua orang... she can recognised me from my voice sebab mata dia dah tak berapa nampak... but some days dia tak ingat siapa-siapa... at least kat hospital dia dapat rehat... lebam dekat area mata pun dah surut dan bengkak kat kepala pun dah kurang...

balik rumah i start packing sebab the next day i have to go to terengganu for anugerah bintang popular road tour... keadaan kat rumah i pun berterabur sebab beberapa hari asyik keluar masuk rumah jer... since i have to be at berita harian bangsar around 9am, i decided to go to bed early... lepas packing and called to check on aiman and my grandma, terus masuk bilik and tidur...

15 feb 2008 (friday)
my phone rang at 4.45 in the morning... my heart skipped... the memory of that dreadful night years ago came rushing in... then i heard my dad's voice... "yoe, tok dah takda..." i terus bangun, mandi and ambik air sembahyang... i sembahyang sunat dua rakaat untuk tenangkan hati... then i drove to my parents house untuk jemput diaorang ke hospital serdang... dalam perjalanan, banyak perkara yang bermain kat kepala... i remember those days masa mula-mula my grandma datang tinggal bersama kita orang... she always complaint that my mom masak tawar *because dia ada darah tinggi* and once in awhile i curik-curik titik kan setitik dua kicap dalam bubur dia... i remember the time i cooked the whole meal for her sebab dia rindu sangat masakan kampung... i remember tiap-tiap kali raya she will give me duit raya as well eventhough i dah besar panjang...

bila sampai hospital, my sister told me that my grandma passed away around 4am... my sister terjaga dari tidur dan tengok my grandma pun terjaga dari tidur... my sister rasa sedikit lain dan terus ajar my grandma mengucap... lepas my grandma mengucap, dia terus pejam mata... lepas uruskan jenazah, terus bawa balik to surau near my parents house... my dad cakap semua dah selesai and suruh i pergi jemput diddy to go to bangsar untuk ke terengganu... i kucup my grandma for the last time and went on my way... Alhamdulillah jenazah my grandma selamat dikebumikan selepas solat jumaat...

my dad told me later that it took him setengah jam before he managed to call me... my mom and dad tak tahu macam mana nak cakap dengan i... maybe diaorang bimbang i susah nak terima macam dulu jugak... i sebenarnya bersyukur kerana Allah s.w.t. memberi peluang kepada my grandma untuk melihat cucu dan cicitnya... i think kehidupan my grandma penuh dengan warna... dan semoga Allah s.w.t. menempatkan my grandma bersama-sama dengan orang-orang yang beriman... Amin... if you have time to spare, sedekahkanlah Al-Fatihah to my grandma and to all muslimin dan muslimat yang telah pergi...

the one about badrul and ka-ching...

well, not really ka-ching lah kot... muhahaha... but the first batch of breakfast business just took off early tuesday morning... 17 packs to be exact! oh before i forgot, i want to make one announcement to muzaffar - i watched awani earlier... the debate between anuar ibrahim and the minister of information... okay... dah! i dah tengok awani! i was watching ugly betty but my dad called to ask me to switch channel... i'm not into politics but every five years, i did exercise my right to vote...

anyway...





i spent a lot of my time in the kitchen... sejak kebelakangan nih i seronok giler memasak... like the night before, i cooked the simplest food ever tapi banyak kenangan manis yang mengingatkan i to that particular dishes... early that day i pergi shopping again untuk my breakfast business and i saw anak ikan kembong *some people call it mambong* yang sungguh segar... murah pulak tuh... sekilo hanya rm2.50 jer... so i beli about sepuluh ekor which cost me only rm2... i tak payah nak fikir susah-susah macam mana nak masak... letak garam kunyit dan goreng... itu jer... a little tip to those people yang suka ikan saiz kecik, tak payah kelar sebab nanti isi dia jadi kering... another good tip that i learned, lepas letak garam pada ikan tuh, biarkan lebih kurang sepuluh minit... the salt akan keringkan air kat bahagian kulit luar ikan... so your fish will be garing on the outside tapi tender and nicely cooked inside... at the same time i masak sotong dengan cili padi dan bawang putih... memang sedap giler makan dengan nasi panas...





lunch tadi pulak i goreng udang and buat nasi goreng pedas... satu lagi bila i goreng udang garam kunyit, i takkan buang kulit... jaranglah kecuali kalau udang tuh tak berapa fresh or i nak masak different style... i cuma potong bahagian kepala sikit jer... i love udang goreng kulit garing tapi isi lembut... tersangatlah sedapnya... entah kenapa i suka pulak ambik gambar... maybe nak lepaskan geram because masa i buat food testing hari tuh tak sempat ambik gambar... muhahaha... sekarang nih bila masak jer terus capai camera atas meja and snap sekeping dua gambar...





alamak, blog i dah jadik macam blog makanan pulak... but i don't care, i like it... diddy pun tengah bercuti kejap balik kampung sebab ada hal keluarga, so i ada banyak masa to do other stuff like the breakfast business... so pagi tuesday untuk menu pertama i masak fried loh see fun! i woke up around 6.15am... nothing much to do since i have prepared all the ingredients at night... cuma tinggal nak goreng and do the packing jer... paling best, i bought this small container just to put cili dengan kicap or sambal... best giler! masak pun i boleh excited... the first order was for 15 packs tapi i buat extra sebab nak hantar two to my parents... 10 packs goes to astro, 2 packs goes to wisma genting and 3 packs goes to my sister's office in kl sentral...



i'm not doing this for a living... i cuma nak habiskan some time doing something that i love and of course dapat duit sikit untuk petrol and tolls or apa-apa yang simple... but the best thing is i got to eat breakfast for free... isn't that cool?

the one about badrul preparing, cooking, eating and cleaning: times ten...

bubur kacang hijau with durian...

actually i'm too tired... but if i don't do it now, i will put it off until, hhmmm... forever kot... so nak taknak, i better update malam *or is it pagi already?* nih jugak... a couple of weeks back, i have this stupid idea in my head... okay, lets start from the beginning... everyday i bangun awal but usually after subuh i will go back to sleep since i have nothing else to do *so now you know why i didn't pick up your calls before 11.00am* and my system will only start fully functional lepas pukul 11.30pagi... i remember years ago masa i kerja kat advertising agency, i cooked breakfast and sell it to the staff... it started off with my friends from the same agency and soon after that to the client in the next building... bermula dengan 15 packets until it reached 70 to 80 packets a day... i stopped after three months sebab tak cukup tidur dan rehat... bangun pukul 4 pagi untuk masak then lepas tuh sambung kerja sampai lewat petang... pergi pasar pulak lepas tuh and the routine pusing balik...

but now since i tak buat apa-apa in the morning i rasa macam nak buat balik masak breakfast untuk jual... lepas fikir macam-macam cara including pada siapa i nak market kan the breakfast, i decided to start with the people yang i dah kenal dulu and yang dah pernah merasa my cooking... siapa lagi kalau tak those yang kerja kat astro... so, today, sunday, i decided to do some food testing to choose makanan yang paling sedap dan sesuai untuk breakfast... shonny, hafiz, jolyn and bashir will become my food tester and critics... on saturday i pergi pasar to shop... macam-macam i beli... behoon, mee, kuey teow, daging, ayam, udang dan macam-macamlah... i picked and choose everything carefully... quality is the most important thing for me... dari pasar besar ke pasar borong... nak meniaga nih pun kena tengok harga jugak and kalau i nak buat betul-betul, the taste and the quality mesti sampai to a certain standard...

at 1.30pm i mulakan preparation... tension jugak sebab i took out my camera tapi sebab at that time i sibuk fikir pasal ingredients and other stuff, i lupa pulak nak ambik gambar... anyway, my first dish was black pepper beef kueyteow with ginger and spring onion... i received high marks on the taste but not so much on the presentation... the reason being there was no 'exciting' color to it... there was some concerned about packing the kueyteow that has gravy in it... i received 8.5/10 for taste and 7/10 for presentation...

next dish was siam fried behoon with shredded chicken and shrimp... they seem to love it! the presentation received 9/10 and i received perfect 10 for taste! this is definitely going to be one of the breakfast menus... jolyn requested some accompaniment to go with it so i decided to make sambal udang kering... well, i might change it to sambal ikan bilis depending on which one cost cheaper... muhahaha...

the next dish was fried macaroni with chicken in spicy tomato sauce... they all love it but the problem was, they were not a macaroni fans! susah jugak kan kalau customer memang tak minat dengan makanan tuh, macam mana nak jual... i'm trying to find something yang susah nak carik atau nak dapat but at the same time kalau makanan tuh something yang diaorang tak minat, i don't think it will be a hit... the macaroni received a 7.5/10 for presentation and taste! mungkin kalau jual kat mat saleh laku kot...

bread pudding yang dah nak habis...

then i cooked fried yellow noodle with chicken and dried shrimp... well, what do you know... i received 10/10 for presentation and taste! hhhhhmmmmm...diaorang nih easily amused lah! maybe next time i kena carik food critics yang tough sikit... muhahaha... actually, not really! i'm glad that i choose them sebab every details pun diaorang ambik kira... what kind of vegetables i used, the amount of chillies, sweet, sour, pedas, masam, masin semua ada... bashir wrote "for a mee goreng, ianya sedap!" hhmmmm... he should go out more! jolyn wrote "yummy!" yup, it was a great compliment from a corporate communication senior manager of a satellite tv that wrote 10 pages of proposal or whatever everyday! hafiz and shonny?!? lets not go there!!!

lepas tuh i tried to do something different sikit... well, something yang maybe for us malay yang not really use to it... dried chicken curry noodles with black sauce... i should have stick to my plan... which is i who decide what to cook for them, but instead i asked what type of noodles they want... padan muka sendiri... hafiz and bashir wants behoon, jolyn wants kueyteow and shonny wants all behoon, yellow noodle and kueyteow in one bowl... so instead of buat sekali gus, i have to do one by one! you have to understand one thing, up to this stage, i was doing everything on my own, preparing, cooking and cleaning... dried chicken curry noodles was a hit too... i received 8.5/10 for presentation and taste! not bad!

while preparing for the dried chicken curry, i thought of throwing in some dish untuk makan later... so i prepared beef stew... well, beef stew nih i selalu masak dulu-dulu masa remaja... muhahaha... taklah, tapi dulu i memang suka masak beef stew so takda yang surprising apa-apa pun... anyway, lepas this stage, bashir helped to do the cleaning... thank you... at least i ada some breaks in between... so apa lagih, online lah pergi facebook... muhahaha... sempat jugak fluffy race dua tiga round...

my usual beef stew...

then reza, his wife and their newborn daughter drop by... comelnya puteri aida!!! since diaorang belum dinner lagih, i decided to continue with my cooking so i prepared fried rice with ginger chicken and dried chillies! i honestly love this dish... kalau i masak sorang-sorang, i boleh makan tambah beberapa kali... maybe because i love rice kot... muhahaha... tapi the review yang i dapat not so good... only 8.5/10 for presentation and taste... still tak boleh beat behoon goreng and mee goreng! apalah diaorang nih...

my plan is to cook breakfast three times a week, every tuesday, wednesday and thursday... so i just need three breakfast dishes to cook... earlier on friday, i've already cooked fried loh see fun for the whole group and they have decided that it will be in the menu... jolyn has promise to order 10 packs every week! since i've already had three menus to cook, i decided to stop cooking for the day... but noooooooo! you think they let me?!? bashir decided that he wants some dessert and nicely 'ordered' me to cook bread pudding... so i told him to go and buy bread, milk and sultanas... i thought that after makan so kenyang already dia malas nak pergi beli, but noooooooo!!! hafiz decided to go out and buy... bagus kan ada kawan-kawan best macam nih... muhahahhaa...

well apparently at the shop, hafiz had his own agenda... he thought that since i was in the cooking mood and mode, he wants me to cook bubur kacang hijau with durian... so bila dia balik, dia bawak sama empat biji durian, gula melaka and kacang hijau... so i had to make two desserts... let me tell you, i tak pernah masak bread pudding or bubur kacang hijau in my life *i think!* in fact, bila i masak bread pudding tuh, i was having this mental picture on the menu from the cooking show called chef at home that i watched last friday... i pun terkejut jugak sebab tak sangka giler that i can make bread pudding... walaupun recipe tuh salah sikit *instead of using full cream milk, i used condense milk* but it turn out really okay... in fact, i received 9/10 for my bread pudding though it was not in the breakfast menu... muhahahaa...

my pride and joy...

and the bubur kacang hijau with durian! well, i have to say this... i'm very proud of myself too! mula-mula tuh panic jugak sebab i really tak tau macam mana nak masak... but one thing when it comes to cooking, i really do trust my instinct... to the extend that i remember to include the daun pandan and santan... and guess what? my bubur kacang hijau with durian received a full mark! 10/10! first timer tau!!! hhmmmm... maybe i should start jual bubur kacang pulak... hhhmmmm...

so all in all, i cooked 10 items in the duration of 8 hours... black pepper beef kueyteow with ginger and spring onion, siam fried behoon with shredded chicken and shrimp, fried macaroni with chicken in spicy tomato sauce, fried yellow noodle with chicken and dried shrimp, dried chicken curry noodles with black sauce, fried rice with ginger chicken and dried chillies, dried shrimp sambal, beef stew, bread pudding and bubur kacang hijau with durian... anyway, i managed to take picture for three items... and the only presentable one was bubur kacang hijau, which i purposely *with the energy that i had left* carefully took time to decorate... muahaha... itu pun sebab i was really impressed with myself... boleh!!!