Holiday is here again !! I’ll be leaving for Kemaman for a bitchy beachy holidays !! Hope the weather is nice for us to boulder, hike and soak up the sun !! 😀
A very, very Happy New Year to everyone of you !!
P/S: Am catching up with my painting. It’s about half done. Is it half done yet? Now I realized that I have so many cherries to paint. 😀
Whoops… I was so excited that I forgotten to snap some photos of the ayam masak merah and pudding that I made for the party. Sorry~. The party was full to the brim with joy and blessing. And food too !! I feel blessed to have all the lovely friends around. Here’s a toast to y’all. CHEERS !! 🙂
Abner and I spent a relaxing morning on Christmas in a Japanese restaurant. We had breakfast, lazed around and watched a funny Japanese show. My cheeks ached from laughing. Gosh. We then headed to Carrefour for some grocery. There we spent about 2 hours to get our shopping done. And we made our way back home for some secret gardening. lol.
Abner’s the chef this time round. His specialty, Olio spaghetti. Where I busybodily suggested to poach some eggs. I felt butterflies fluttering in my stomach because I failed poaching the eggs from my first attempt few months back. Hey, I don’t wanna fail again. It wasn’t nice seeing myself wasting food. (Abner, do not roll your eyes.) Taking a deep breathe I tried again. Slow and steady… steady… make it… make it… BINGO. Yay !! But hey, I need more pratices in poaching the perfect eggs.
Tips: Vinegar, deeper pot and NOT boiling water. Hmp !! Arms folded across the chest.
Dinner was nice. Dessert was nice. The movies we watched, 4 Christmases and Back Up Plan were nice. The whole evening was nice !! Thank you Abner for spending such a lovely Christmas with me. Hugs.
And… (drum rolling)…
Pancake and outdoor climbing on Boxing Day. Hoho~
Indeed, I had a nice climb yesterday. 😀
Oh !! What happen to my painting? Still painting. S.L.O.W.
Evonne: Mel, come and see this!! I bought a few of it.
And so it catched my attention. For the first time I got sooo excited over soft toys. Soft toy postcards that it is. I was at the rotating slat panel display for about 15-20 minutes, choosing for my favourite ones with fascination. I really like the idea where recipients can peel the cloth off and turn it into a soft toy. It’s so adorable. 🙂
I wanted to get a giraffe and a whale but it was out of stock. 🙁 So I got the pink elephant, monkey, lion and t-shirt rabbit at TWD4 each if I have not mistaken. You can check out the website here for more varieties.
And this cute little pink elephant is now in good hand. Hohoho ~
Christmas is coming !! What’s my plan ?? Gonna cook ayam masak merah (spicy chicken) and sweet corn pudding to bring over to Francis’. Will be celebrating Christmas Eve with a bunch of nice and coolie friends this year. I’ll stay at home, relax and paint on Christmas. Yay 🙂
I would like to wish everyone out there a very Merry Christmas !! May your Christmas be filled with joy, peace and love.
And so I have wrapped up some work for the festive seasons to come. Gaw Dung, Christmas, New Year and Chinese New Year~~~ hmmm.
Anyways, I just got to know that Gaw Dung is also known as Winter Solstice Festival. *shrug* And so we had family reunion dinner as usual but a bittttt different this year. It is because the dinner was served by mom and myself. Yeap !! I cooked !! Sweet & spicy prawns and Tangyuan (Glutinous Rice Dumpling Ball) but I prefer calling it Tong Yuen in Cantonese. I have to admit that the prawns tasted good. Har~ har~
It’s happy to see my family enjoying the foodie and guess what? It’s finger licking good !! =D
Would you like to try cooking this scrumptious dish?
No? It’s ok. Yes? Here goes the recipe.
Sweet & spicy prawns
Ingredient A
1 bulb of garlic
1 bulb of onion
1 inch thick of ginger
5 red chilies
Ingredient B
1/2 a bottle of ketchup
5 tablespoon of chili sauce
4 tablespoon of soy sauce
1 tablespoon of sugar
Ingredient C
Prawns or clams. Wash and clean.
Egg (last)
Ingredient D. Optional.
Coriander to garnish.
1. Chop ingredient A and put aside.
2. Heat the pan with enough of oil to deep fry the prawns and put aside.
3. Reduce the oil from the pan, stir fry ingredient A till it turns golden brown and smells fragrant.
4. Add in ingredient B and stir well.
5. Add in the fried prawns and stir well.
For clams, you do not have to fry it. Just add in clams and stir until it’s cooked.
6. Lastly lower the fire, beat the egg, stir well for just 5 second and off the fire immediately.
7. Serve the dish into a serving plate. Garnish with coriander. And voila ~
Good luck and have fun cooking !!