Makan-makan with fren

Since I moved to this home on 27 December 2008, I have yet to invite any of my close friends for makan-makan..yelah, rumah tak siap sepenuhnya lagi and we don't have dining table yet (yes!!I mengada-ngada meninggalkan meja makan lama di apartment utk tenant baru..konon nak beli yg baru, tengok2 budget dah lari pulaknye..penat dah kejar tapi tak dpt2 lagi..)

And Fendi keeps on reminding me, when are they going to have makan-makan at my place...cheh!kata nak makanlah tu sebenarnye nak tengok umah barulah tu, mcm ku tak kenal kawan-kawan ku ini..and kalau tak ku turutkan permintaan tu, mau dijengilkan ye mata kat I pulak..so before my fren fendi turn into a monster and since Monday is a public holiday, so I agreed to cook spagetti and only spagetti..but they are an extra-good-friend that day (maybe they thought my spagetti won't be that tastier or maybe the foods is not enough) so Fendi bring laksa penang, Ija bring lots of fruits and icecream, Fera brings lots of food goodies for the kids and Shah..the bachelor one..so kena maafkan dia sebab bawak perut aje..takpe Shah, kehadiran mu dihargai...

The first one to arrive is Fera at about 1 pm and she had to stomach in 3 plate of spaggeti and laksa penang since whenever the other friends came, she is forced to join eating with them again..tak kisahlah Fera, banyak ruang lagi utk u expand tu..and U needs to eat dear..dah kurus sgt tu..(kata-kata dengki seorang manusia bernama Marina)...

We do lots and lots of talking, laughing, kutuking each other, telling story about our other friends and makan-makan dan makan...dari bersila atas tikar hingga ke ruang tamu menjamu kuaci and kacang..memang meriahlah...my SIS from Bangi also join us later at 4 pm and she left at about 10.30 pm..the son meraung-raung tak nak balik umah, nak tidur umah anjang nye..next time ye Shamil..

I have yet to have makan-makan with my colleague at this opis and also with all my old girlfriends, the ones who I knew since my student years and still keeping in touch through email...though dah lama tak ketemu muka (they knows who they are)..miss u all...nanti I jemput makan-makan ye..jgn tak datang tau..boleh shopping Nilai 3

As usual, these are the pictures that day..

garlic bread..

spaggetti ye...

kuah spagetti ye..

Raif baby Ija..dah besar dah..anak2 I sibuk memunggah semua barang mainan depa letak keliling baby Raif ni...pening si kecik ni nak main yg mana satu..

Adam n Johan with Raif

Kemain suka lagi Abang Johan bergambar dgn Raif...

Fendi and family

Ija and family

Johan sibuk duk ambik gambar Auntie Fera yg vogue ni

Para tetamu yg sudah kekenyangan

Hero-hero Fendi...yg kecik sekali tu, bagus betul mengadap rezeki, langsung tak dihiraukan org keliling...

Syamil dah siap mandi, pakai baju Adam Johan masa kecik...
seronok bermain sampai meraung-raung tak nak balik...

Apa Itu Ikan Kerisi?

Utk Cik Tem and ISHAN and whoever who didn't know what is ikan kerisi...

surely you guys and gals see this fish in the market cuma maybe tak tau namanye ikan kerisi...

So inilah ikan kerisi...tau kan..

Salmon Head Curry

Last week, in the middle of my normal-day-to-day-office work, I received a phone call from Cik Tem..(no wonder she was not around since she was handling a conference at Istana Hotel)..ok, but that is not the story..

The reason why she called is because she urgently needs to talk to me regarding a very important matter..ye kawan-kawan sekalian, she needs to tell me about the BUFFET they are having there..it's have to be done at that very moment, cannot wait one since cik tem have a "dory sindrom" (but Cik Tem, I personally think, you called me because you know how I love foods kan...and you love to have me as your eating companion kan especially when you're dining with all the doctors who keeps on reminding u about fat and cholesterol kan..sabar ajelah!!!)

And in her way of describing food, she told me about this dish they had for dinner..SALMON HEAD CURRY and she get to know the secret of making the dish so wonderful from one of the chef there..and since then, my mind keeps on wondering how does salmon head curry taste..I've made salmon head asam pedas before and I like it..but I never taste salomon head curry yet..

So, dengan semangat wajanye...last nite I cooked salmon head curry with that secret..and let me share with all of you the step by step of cooking the dish..and semalam, first time saya mengambil gambar step by step of cooking di dapur rumahku..

Bahan-bahannye...mcm biasalah cuma takde daun kari, terlupa nak ambik kat umah auntie..
abaikan papan pemotong yang perlu disental itu ye..

fish curry paste + cili giling...nak senang, ku campurkan sekali aje..

Kepala salmon yg dah bersih...

Mula-mula tu tumis bawang merah, bawang putih, halia, buah keras n rempah-rempah tu..

pastu masukkan rempah kari n cili giling tu...goreng sampai garing ye..

pada masa yg sama..ikan salmon tu letak garam kunyit sikit n goreng dgn minyak sikit aje..
nilah rahsia Chef Hotel Istana yg telah dimaklumkan kepada Cik tem..

pastu bila nak makan, masukkan kepala ikan tu dlm kari..dah siap..ops..jgn lupa bubuh garam ye dalam kari tu..
kari versi saya ni memang tak pakai santan, boleh tahan lama sikit..

dah siap boleh makan dgn daun selom

telur asin..

Hubby balik tu bawak pulak sandwich Hoagies...sedap sandwich dia, dia bubuh daun ketumbar dlm tu..
lepas ni bolehlah try mcm tu kat umah..

TQ ye

Tak tau nak tulis apa sebenarnye tapi adalah satu kisah yg berlaku dlm keluarga saya baru-baru ni..

A few days before, masa cuti CNY tu..so adalah masa to really cooked up dishes for the family kan..so dgn sakannye, saya pun memasaklah asam pedas ikan kerisi (ingatkan apa lah ye yg sakan sgt), telur dadar, telur masin dan sayur goreng...entahlah kenapa agaknye tekak anak-anak saya amatlah berselera dgn lauk hari tu..sampai kan Adam cuma makan nasi, kuah asam pedas n kicap..suruh ambik telur pun tak nak..biasa dia tak tolak telur dadar..dah tu siap bersila mcm nak masuk pecak silat tu..

maka dgn bersungguh-sungguhnya anak-anak saya makan..terasa sedikit terharu di dalam hati melihat bertapa khusyuknye mereka mengadap rezeki hari tu..saya pun bertanya lah " sedap ke adam, ibu masak?"...

"sedap sgt ibu" jawab Adam dgn mulut yg masih penuh

"sedap ibu" jawab Johan pula...biasalah anak-anak saya ni, kalau sorang nak jek ibunya, sorang lagi mesti nak jek sama kan..

"oh...sedap ye, pandai ibu masakkan?" cheh jawab saya dengan masuk bakul angkat sendirinye...

"pandai" anak-anakku menjawab dgn patuh sekali..

"cakap apa ye kat ibu..." tanya saya pulak

"ermmmm...." dah tau nak jawab apalah tu kan..

"cakaplah tq"...ajar saya

"oh...tq ibu..." said adam "tq ibu" said Johan pulak..

"Ibu, apasal abah tak cakap tq ibu pun.." dah ayah dia pulak kena..

suami saya yg sedang khusyuk makan tak tengok kiri kanan tu, hampir2 tersembur nasinya & dengan muka malu-malu kucing, suara pun macam berbisik ..."heh!heh! tq mummy"..hah kenalah tunjukkan contoh dan teladan pada anak2 kan..

kah!kah! kah! tersipu-sipu pulak saya menerima ucapan terima kasih itu...

dan semalam bawa anak-anak ku makan di luar..

habis makan tu, si Johan berkata "Ibu, cakaplah kat abang tu..tq abang..dia masak sedap"...dah sudah...lepas ni dgn semua org kedai makanlah dia nak pi cakap TQ pulak..

Laman Seni Ku

Kwang!kwang!kwang! tajuk n3 tak nak kalah tu...walhal taman ye sekakang kera aje..

As I promised in my previous entry, these are the pictures of my mini garden...really mini pun in real life..

I am not a green-hand person but atleast so far, all my green plant did not die yet..hopefully they will bloom as me hah!hah!

and friends...seronok rupanye gardening ni..like someone once said to me, gardening is likes a threapuetic treatment for your mind..and right now, my mind really needs a treatment...

Ni pokok bunga melur ku...dah berputik dah...yg ni I beli di Semenyih tu (RM3 sepokok)

nampak tu putik bunga ye...

pokok bamboo apa tah namanye..beli di Ikea (RM4.90)...my hubby yg nak sgt ye..

Yg ni I tak tau nama..pun dibeli di Ikea (RM2.90 aje)...

pokok pandan yg I ambik kat umah my auntie...masih kecik lagi tapi dah hidup dah..nyaris2 jugak nak mati tu...

hah! yg ni lah pokok palma tu yg beli kat semenyih hari tu..RM45 utk besar tu..murah kan.
ni letak kat my hubby punya side of garden..dia punya takde rumput pasal dia dok berangan
nak buat kolam ikan kat situ..

rumput karpet on my side of garden...yg tanah gembur tu plan nak tanam bunga kecik2..ala-ala ingerisshh lah ni...

ni ambik pagi tadi b4 pi kerja..tengok putik tu dah kembang...seronok nye..

ni saje aje nak interprem...adam buat muka...

yg ni pulak si johan..rambut panjang tapi abahnye tak kasi2 potong lagi..

Day Off + Makan-makan

Yesterday, I took a day off from the office and spend the day with hubby at I-utama...and we had lunch at Shogun Japanese Buffet restaurant..

since it was a working day, there was not so many patrons and the variety of food was really a lot...I think we just tasted about 1/3 of the foods there since we were so full and how much can you gobble seafoods right..

Personally, I think it was worth the money spend since the choices a very wide and the taste is also soo goood..and the ambiance dining environment add the plus point for this restaurant..but I don't think I will come back (unless being treated kan) since right now, I just cannot think of seafood without the feeling of loya dlm tekak ni..(heh!hhe! entah2 bulan depan dah mengidam sushi lagi)...

Ok..let's share the pictures ye...

fresh osyter..sedap tapi hubby memang I tak kasi makan, sebab dia tu ikan pun bau hanyir,
takut dia makan yg ni, terus ke toilet pulak kan..

dessert...tak rasa pun segala kek ye sebab mcm I kata..I really full..

korea osyter..not as good as the fresh one..

lamb chp yg kecik sgt ku ambil..saje nak rasa tapi perut dah penuh sgt dah..

wajah kami yg dah kekenyangan

After the Shogun thing..we headed back to Nilai sebab the matress we bought last sunday was being delivered yesterday too (malam semalam tidur tilam baru..best!!!)...

Later in the afternoon, we bring our twin to a nursery...saje nak tambah rumput karpet kat depan umah tu and my hubby bought a plam tree..muat pulak sumbat dlm keta tu..

and for those who leave near Semenyih and familiar with the Bangi Lama-Semenyih road, there is a nursery by the roadside which offer a very good price for their plants..memang murah...I'll share the pictures later ye..