Past few day's photos: MALAYSIA+EGYPT

Kat Malaysia skrg. Dah menghirup udara Malaysia sejak 3 hari lepas. Sampai2 je di Trg, jadual penuh sebab kena tolong2 for my sister's engagement ceremony esok. Driving to KT twice already utk beli barang2 persiapan pertunangan. Sempat jugak menjejak kaki ke Giant yg baru siap di Gong Badak tu, haha. Ada abalone kat seafood section, scallop.. haha. Tak pernah jumpa org jual abalone, tapi kat Giant Gong Badak ader. uish..

So sekarang, photo sharing session:

Sebelum balik Msia, keluar beli barang utk di bawak balik dgn my bro. Beliau belanja makan di Chicken Tikka. This was my 2nd time at Chicken Tikka. First time pegi dulu masa baru sampai Egypt 1st year.

Roti apa ntah for starter.

I ate lamb with rice. Takde sos/kuah. Sebenarnya taktau daging apa, lembu ke kambing tapi I assume ini kambinglah.

My bro ate boneless chicken dgn nasik jugak. Ordered spicy chicken, rasa dia masam2 sikit.

Price? LE 110 with tax + 2 can of pepsi (LE 7 each. brrr). Taste? Hurm... so so. Mari kita lihat makanan seterusnya plak:

Sehari sebelum Chicken Tikka, me and housemate yg sedang kelaparan makan di Hadramawt kat Tir'ah tu. Tak jauh dari rumah. I ate a chicken dish I haven't tried before, sebab tiap2 kali pegi Hadramawt makan nasi mandi ayam. So, di bawah ni, nasi MADHBY (DH- dho') berbelit gak lidah kitorang membacanya dlm arab. Ayam nasi mandi lebih lembut sebab dibakar, ayam madhby lebih sedap for me, rempah dia rasa ala-ala sate.

Conclusion? ayam nasi madhby ni lagi sedap. so next time pegi sana mesti makan nasi madhby lagiii.

My housemate makan nasi mandi seperti biasa. Kejap je nasik saya tu habis, banyak kan portion nasik dia. haha lapar punya pasal, mmg laju je makan.

dlm bekas polistrin tu depa punya complementary jeruk. yang merah tu, sos cili saya bawak dari rumah kekeke. bersama set nasi ni, depa akan bagi sup yg dicampur pasta, dan kuah tomato (takde dalam gambar sebab dah habis masa kami pergi tu)

Price? LE 35 without tax+2 can of 7UP. Taste? Puas hati makan. Sedap. Portion banyak. Konyang. So, Chicken Tikka yg mahal, no more after this (kecuali ada org belanja laa)

Moving on... the day of my departure to Malaysia. Naik Qatar Airways, route: Cairo-Doha-KL. Gambar di Terminal 1, Cairo Airport, tengah tunggu kaunter check-in beg bukak beramai2.

Gambar makanan dalam flight takder. walaupun saya gemar ambik gmbr makanan, tapi tak pernah ambik gambar food dlm flight haha

Sampai di KLIA pukul 8.30 pagi, 29 May. Flight ke KT sepatutnya flight terawal at 2 p.m. tapi member yg balik sekali ada masalah dgn flightnya so saya temankan dia naik flight 7.45 p.m. ke KT. 6 hours more utk berfoya-foya di KLIA. so Hasni belanja makan di restoran apa namanya dekat surau dekat dgn departure tu

I ate nasik lemak supreme. paling mahal tak silap, hahaha. Taste? oklah.

Hasni makan mi kari.

7.45 p.m. departure to KT, arrived at 8.30 p.m. my family fetched kat airport. berjayalah sampai rumah setelah menghadapi rintangan nak balk 9 jam sebelumnya.

At Giant KT, selipar baru. matching sandals colour with my sister. kaki adek yg darjah 6 pun sama besar dgn kakaknyaaa

last night, Eleen made an oh so vegetarian pizza.

hantarans i made for my sister

sup tulang campak ala thai

i contemplated about naming this soup 'ala thai' but this is the kind of soup they usually serve in thai restaurants- hot, sourish, the colour is a bit reddish, so let's call it sup tulang ala thai, shall we? ;)

as for the campak, it is because i pretty much dumped everything that i like into the pot together with the ribs- sup bunjut and the four spices that comes together with it, celery stalk, stalk of leek with roots (cleaned, of course. can't find spring onion), crushed tomatoes and chillies, and a dash of black pepper. let the ribs boil for a while first before adding other ingredients, then remove the scum floating at the surface. i then fry until fragrant grounded onion, garlic, ginger, extra 4 spices in a separate pan and then add them to the pot. i let them boil using very low fire for almost 2 hours, seasoning and tasting it a few times (amateur cook here) and done! before eating, garnish with usual condiments- celery leaves (typical malaysian daun sup is not available here), leeks, bawang goreng, chillies and a squeeze of lemon (no lime). dah siaaap, boleh makan. the meat was so tender, kudos to metro. their meat never disappoint.

i was very happy with the result, but next time i will add lemongrass and some galangal to the boil, and coriander to the garnish. the soup will be more delicious i think ;)

soto supper

soto yg dibuat petang tadi.

makan buat kali kedua utk supper sebentar tadi pada pukul 12.30 pagi.

marilah kita menganalisa sedikit tentang soto ini.

pros:

nasi impit segera yg dimasak sempurna (ececeh)

ada bergedil (applause! ini mmg petanda rajin. potato juga digoreng terlebih dahulu, bwgnya juga)

suhun goreng yg rupa-rupanya berbaki satu pek lagi (tdk lengkap tanpanya)

ada cili merah yg pedas utk dibuat sambal (it's not so easy nk dapat cili merah kat sini -_-)

ada ayam (yg berbaki dua ketul dalam peti sejuk. ngam2 nak buat soto)

ada bawang goreng rangup (sebelum masuk kuah la)

cons:

kuah soto org malas. maaf johoreans! rempah ratus soto iaitu serbuk jintan dan ketumbar sengaja ditiadakan. 

bergedil tidak berdaging. kerana stok tiada.

sambal tidak berkicap kerana kicap sudah habis.ngee

tiada kacang tanah pelengkap rasa

tiada daun sup pembangkit selera

that's my version of soto.

make do with what's available in the fridge aje

conclusion:

tetap sedap walaupun serba kekurangan. muahaha :P

"tu je yg nak cakap sebenanye kannnnnn."

*insert trollface*

and lastly marilah sama-sama kita meneliti gambar ini :

gambar diambil petang tadi selepas waktu asar.

pak cik tu sedang membaiki tingkap rumahnya.

betapa hopelessnya aku tadi kerana mengesyaki pak cik ni ada black magic (ok tipu)

sedangkan aku lupa pak cik2 arab juga memiliki semangat kejiranan yg tinggi.

(komen di atas tiada kaitan dgn politik. harap maklum. hehe)

of lamb's leg and nasi goreng ikan

salam.

pukul 1.45 pagi di sini.

lampu bilik sudah tutup.

hanya cahaya skrin laptop menerangi kegelapan.

namun ada limitasi.

dan tiba2....

suara bayi menangis kedengaran di luar.

ya, pada dinihari.

bukan, ini bukan cerita seram.

sebenarnya arab bangunan depan dapat baby baru.

dah hampir sebulan terdengar suara bayi melalak.

dan ibunya membebel.

tskkk..

bukan itu yg hendak diceritakan sebenarnya di sini.
marilah beralih kepada isu sebenar

set paha kambing dengan nasi bersama salatah (salad)

nyum2, dahla tgh lapa ni

paha kambing ala2 drumstick

bahagian tulang dibungkus aluminium

walaupun masih ada bau hamis sikit

tapi sedap sgtttt!!

dagingnya lembut lerai dari tulang

ada nasi arab style dimasak dgn myk sapi

dicampur dgn pasta vermicelli

juga dilapisi dgn carikan roti 'ish dibahagian bawah

kombinasi yg pelik kan

tapi sedap jadinya nasik tu

lapisan roti 'ish menambah sedapnya berganda-ganda

simple tapi genius!

dan juga 4 keping roti 'ish

dicicah tahina (campuran kekacang di blend halus) dlm gambar kedua

tak pernah makan roti 'ish sesedap itu

adakah kerana waktu itu tgh lapar sgt

hurm.. memang pun

sebab biasanya roti 'ish dipandang sebelah mata saja

jika makan di kedai arab

dan ada juga sayur-sayuran

erm. salatah hadramaut sedap lagi

ini salad org malas

yg mcm terung di tepi tahina

kusangka terung, rupanya cucumber pickles

mmg sedap sgt makan waktu ni

walaupun dgn nasik kering tak berkuah

menggonggong paha kambing

makanan pun tak sempat posing cantek punya

ish ish..

hanya dua puluh lima ringgit

berbaloi2

jika difikirkan harganya dlm genih

mau sesak dada juga mebayarnya

tapi takpelah,

orang belanja.

hehe.

nasi goreng ikan, style terengganu

makan dgn keropok yg masih berbaki sedikit

sedapnya

erm.

sebenarnya rindu masakan mak cikku di kampung

sebab tu masak ini

kalau dulu di kampung

dengar je mak cik nak buat nasi goreng ikan panggang

mesti suruh tukar bahan lain punya

suruh letak ayam ke, udang ke

tapi skrg

tgklah siapa yg merindui nasi goreng ikan panggang ini

semakin jauh dari kampung

semakin tradisional pula selera

hmm.

ini gambar petang tadi

nasi goreng juga

cuma dgn telur dan kacang buncis

ya, kat negara arab juga ada kacang buncis

baru sahaja akur dgn fakta ini sebenarnya

selama ini ku berdegil memanggilnya kacang panjang versi arab

dgn ayam goreng sebagai peneman

tepung salutan ayam jenama bestari dari malaysia sudah lama habis

jadi terpaksalah guna tepung salutan arab iaitu breadcrumbs

ok jelah rasanya

walaupun terlebih masinnya

maklumlah resepi arab

itu je al kisahnya di dinihari

semuanya kerana saya lapar

sepertinya melihat makanan2 ini semua boleh kenyang

lagi 3 minggu boleh balik malaysia

sabar-sabar

ok, saya nak tido dah.

terima kasih kerana membaca.

photos from iPad

hi! in this entry, i want to share some photos that i took/ saved in the iPad:

this was when i want to purchase fennel seeds and cumin seeds few weeks ago. i googled their pictures and this is what i've found. i did ask my aunt how to differentiate them, but thanks to my lack of experience in the kitchen at home in Malaysia, verbal explanation couldn't help much. fennel seeds in malay is jintan manis and cumin seeds is jintan putih. so i learnt their differences from this picture and purchased some, which i believe fennel seeds from Metro. okay, jintan manis, checked! there is only one type of jintan available there, so few days later when i went to souq(market) i saw this herb which is in my opinion, looks like jintan putih, exactly like the one in the picture. back at home, i compared those two seeds and tasted them... they tasted exactly the same! they both tasted sweet! one is greenish and the other one is whitish, but they both are sweet. haha so my judgement had failed me at the souq. it was my fault that i didn't learn their names in arabic. cumin in arabic pronounced as 'kamun' ya. okay okay okay...

i stumbled upon a Japanese lady's instagram and i really like her photos, precisely, the interior of her house. her kitchen in particular is so simple and clean and white, just how i loved my future kitchen to be.

an attempt to draw myself using drawing application on the iPad. hahahaha

Izzad bought me fresh kailan from Makkah and i asked him to cook his famous api besar sayur goreng for me. loads of garlic he put in there, they're not even peeled! this is how boys cook ya, so rustic yet so delicious! 

so i finally had the curtain rail for my room installed. yay! but the curtain itself won't be ready until this summer holiday. i'll shop for the fabric in Malaysia jelah. i can even sew the curtain by myself, tak menyusahkan my mom as i only want a simple straight one.

my new carpet my bro bought me! i decided to remove the peach carpet that i used since Year 1 because i find it's hard to maintain it's cleanliness anymore. the carpet fully covered my room's floor, mind you. it was helpful during winter because the size and thickness increases the room temperature but during summer, only God knows how hot my room can be. if it's not hot, it's not Egypt la kan.. macam sauna jadinya, nak nak my house located at 6th floor, which is pretty high at this neighbourhood. direct sunlight, direct storm, and everything. 

the apple vinegar Izzad bought for me. i take a spoon a day in the morning with empty stomach, like sunnah Rasulullah. i don't have any idea how it works for our body because as what we know, empty stomach secretes HCL which is already highly acidic. However, the best food is vinegar, as Rasulullah said so why not give it a try. 

cereals sedap.

there's a reason i took this photo, hmmph. malas nak cite. maybe next time. the story deserves a full entry.

first time makan cucur badak, my housemate buat. mengidam katanya. bukan kuih tradisi org Trg ni, sebab tu tak pandai makan. ;)

a photo of a bowl of my last Maggi kari. sobs. i made it as plain as i can to savour the taste and moment. sobsssss

lama dah duk usha warna lipstick Miranda Kerr ni. 

tiang lampu di stadium universiti. i took the photo lepas jogging, it was almost sundown. the clouds were beautiful that evening.

my breakfast. i made cheese omelette inspired by Jamie Oliver's perfect omelette video. and that is not couscous ya.... that is my cold mashed potato straight from the fridge to the plate -.-

and what made my day? this rose :) Izzad made me his chicken dish masak pakai api besar (the fire was as high as the ceiling, no joke). hmm, boys.... he cooked and packed the chicken then ran to my house so the chicken was still hot and juicy when i took the first bite. how sweet.