Archive for July, 2009

Paper Steamboat At Verinice

We made a special trip to Verinice, located at Jalan Petanak, to try out its new dish, the Paper Seafood Steamboat. This is what the actual dish looks like: Paper used to fill the seafood and soup   The seafood ingredients included mussels, fish fillet, squid, prawns and also vegetables like slices of carrot and mushroom. [...]

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

Roti Canai

Roti canai (pronounced “chanai”) is a type of flatbread sold in Mamak stalls. It is also known as roti prata in Southern Malaysia and Singapore. Basically, it is made from dough with the combination of ghee (clarified butter), egg, flour and water. The mixture is kneaded, flattened, and then oiled, before being folded repeatedly. It is then left [...]

Saturday, July 25th, 2009

Grilled Tuna Zucchini Pasta and Artichoke Sauce

Damon Stainbrook, former sous chef of French Laundry, is leading the charge in a new “conscientious cooking” movement. He’s working with mercury certification program, Safe Harbor, to ensure the fish used in his delicious recipes meets strict standards for mercury content and is caught using only sustainable methods – verified through its traceability program. Thanks [...]

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

Samosa

Nowadays Indian food is popular not only in India but all over the world. The British, especially, cannot have enough of their favorite dish of curry, ever since the “Chutney Mary” restaurant was opened in London. This restaurant specializes in Indian dishes and cooking methods. The words ‘Indian cuisine’ can be very misleading. This is [...]

Monday, July 13th, 2009

Chicken Tikka Masala

Indian food has become one of the most sought after ‘exotic’ cuisines nowadays. It is known for its generous use of spices, aroma and for its delicate mix of flavors. Many people find Indian food too rich or too spicy for their taste buds, but the truth is that the Indian food served in restaurants [...]

Tuesday, July 7th, 2009

First Visit To Stove Kitchen

 No prize for guessing – My all time favourite Kangkong Belacan with rice ($7)  MixedVege Rice Fried Crispy Tomato Noodles Stove Kitchen is a new outlet located at Jalan Song, amongst the new row of shophouses. You can’t actually view it from the roadside and have to drive in. The outlet is fully airconditioned, one [...]

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009