93. Kangkung/Water Convulvus Goreng Belacan
- June
- 27
I cooked these to go with previous dish, the Kalio Beef Tripe. I mentioned here that I usually would cook the same vegetable dishes, so I don’t really bother to put them up here.
But anyway, I decided to put this one up because I rarely, OK so I never, cooked water convulvus for a long time now. And I mean like a year now. Weird because when I go out and see that at a buffet counter, I would usually choose that one, especially if it is cooked this way.
This way meaning cooked with sambal belacan. Sambal belacan is a hot paste, usually eaten with raw vegetables together with rice and main dish like fish or seafood.
And, I fried these juicy chicken pieces, rubbed it with some curry powder, chilli powder, salt and tiny bit of tumeric, and then deep fry until just done. Let it sit for a moment, then sliced.
92. Kalio Beef Tripe
- June
- 23
The idea to cook this dish comes from my Mom. She informed me that she was given some beef and tripes , and she really wanted to eat this one dish that we usually would eat when we were younger.
No, she did not know how to cook the dish, and that is why she asked me to look for it online.
So I searched online. At first, I used the word curry, and it resulted in few results for beef tripe curry. Somehow it doesn’t feel right. Then in one of those search results, kalio babat (aka beef tripe/perut lembu kalio) came up. And I knew that it was the one that I was looking for.
I browsed through few recipes, and most recipes were quite similar to each other. So I came up with this one, using ingredients at hand.
And how does it taste like? Almost like the one we used to eat when we were younger. So my Mom was quite chuffed, really.
And so was I.
Western food at Pantai Robina
- June
- 18
Previously, I mentioned that we were at Pantai Robina in Butterworth to have dinner. We ate the quite cheap western fare over there, and it was not bad. We ate there once before, at another different vendor, and we decided to eat at another vendor this time around.
The first time that we ate there, I took some photos, but it did not turn out that well. So thankfully this time around it turned out OK, so I could post them up here.
Like I mentioned above, the western food served were not expensive. The above lamb chop costs us like 15.00++, not including drinks. Drinks were around RM1.50 for the usual iced lemon tea, to RM3.00 for juices. So not that expensive, yes?
And oh, the soggy fries were quite dear at RM4.00 per serving. It looked OK, those fries, but quite soggy for it to be enjoyable. Thankfully Pumpkin (whom the fries were for) thought that they were fine, and gobbled it up without too much prompting from her Mommy 
91. Dried Sambal King Fish
- June
- 14
Please excuse the blurry photos. The photo was taken around March, and I have not cooked this dish since. I don’t know why, though, since this recipe is easy, just a little bit on the spicy side, and delicious. So why didn’t I cook more of it?
No idea, really. Maybe when we go to the market today, I would get some king fish/ikan tongkol and cook this dish. I am salivating already. Yums.
