Favourite of The Day #2: Nasi Kunyit & "Porky" Rendang

Something you couldn't get elsewhere but our kitchen... 



My Favourite of the Day continues with the homemade Nasi Kunyit and "porky" Rendang. 


Nasi Kunyit, the glutinous rice flavoured with turmeric; resulting a golden colour and pleasant flavour, simply goes great with the any Curry or Rendang. For the rendang, instead of wild boar, mum chose the pork to make her rendang, and only the neck part was chosen. The texture for the pork's neck was extremely tender; well-spiced and flavoured. 


Slurrrp! I could have this everyday; as my lunch or tea :)

Kampung Tour, Fruit Farm Tour, River Cruise & Fireflies experience @ Desaru, Johor

Lazying on the beach is a perfect activity while you are on a beach vacation. However, you can't just lazy all day here as there are a lot of interesting activities awaiting you here in Desaru. Pulai Desaru Beach offers outdoor activities for their guests. If you are interested in Malay cultures, do sign up Kampong tour; or fruit farm tour, river cruise or fireflies experiences if you love the nature....


1# Kampung Tour (Malay Village)



This is super fun! The guests will get to enjoy the special kampung lunch homemade by the folks. The most interesting part is... eating with your fingers. My fingers were't the perfect utensil and I'd mess up my plate and my shirt. But well, it was a great experience! 



Love the ikan masin and sambal their prepared! Yum!!!



Curry fish

Beer & Food Pairing @ Spring Garden 荔苑, KLCC - Oktoberfest!!!

What comes into your mind when it comes to Oktoberfest???
Filling pork knuckles, meaty sausages and potatoes to go with the beer?!


Feeling sick of those... How about an oriental twist with the beer?! It is not about having Chinese dishes and beer-drinking but make use of beer in Chinese cooking and then pair it up with the beer.



Spring Garden; a member of Tai Thong Group has collaborated with Guinness Anchor Beer (GAB) and brought out the idea of pairing food and beer through dishes cooked using GAB beers and ingredients, as well as the ideal beverages to complete the gastronomic experience.


Special thanks to GAB for the warmth invite, I get to sample some dishes on the evening with a gang of beer lovers. :)



Deep Fried Soft Shell Crab & Chilled Pigeon with Tiger Beer 芋絲軟殼蟹拌啤酒乳鴿 (RM22 per pax)

Soft shell crab was battered with right amount of curry powder and deep fried into perfection; a great snack to kick start and go with the beer. While its companion, the chilled pigeon was immersed with the Tiger beer overnight; resulted a very well infused meat with the white beer.  

Pulai Desaru Beach Resort & Spa @ Kota Tinggi Johor

After reading all the food-related blog post, let's take a break from them and check out what we (with all my partners-in-crime) did during the Malaysia Day holiday :)


Jeng Jeng Jeng


We actually traveled to south (Johor); stayed in Pulai Group's resorts; for soul and mind relaxing and to take a break from the hectic and annoying schedules. 


Special thanks to Pulai Group :)



The resort lies in the heart of Desaru, is one of the beautiful beaches in east coast of Peninsular Malaysia. Here in Desaru, one can get to enjoy the scenic view of azure blue blue sea as well as the green green tropical rain forests. 



Pulai Desaru Beach Resort & Spa is a 5 storeys high resort with 193 fully furnishes sea / pool and garden view rooms, loft rooms and presidential suites. All rooms are furnished with a private balcony!



Welcome drinks

Herbs & Spices @ Bandar Baru Sri Petaling

As I recalled, Sri Petaling is always a food hub. We used to look around for lunch or dinner after the great walk / exercise in Bukit Jalil Park (that was years back then when the park was still pretty new and beautifully established).


Recently, Sri Petaling has got a new face. It has now expanded; with new restaurant, desserts houses, bubble tea just popped out along Jalan Radin Bagus. Guess there are more than 50 over restaurants along that road. Say, if I wanna try out one restaurant per day, I may need 2 months to complete the task!


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For you who love Hainanese fares, western cuisine and Kelantanese local delights, do check out Herbs & Spices! A simple and cozy restaurant which is manned by a pair of Hainanese husband and wife; while the chefs in the house, they are specialized in both western and local cuisine. 

Special thanks to Herbs & Spices for the invitation and Broughtup2share for the arrangement. 



Hainanese Mutton Soup (Rm 10.90)
The soup was well-flavored; with the additional of herbs like wolf-berries (gei zi), it was quite similar to the Chinese herbal soup but with additional of soft delicate mutton. 


For Western selection:



Hainanese Chicken Chop (RM 15.90)
This was my favourite. The chicken chop was deep fried into perfection and served with french fries and coleslaw. 



You can have chicken chop to be eaten alone or drizzle it with the homemade Hainanese sauce for extra kicks