A GOOD BREAKFAST

I'm a person who believe in family unity. And personally going out for 'makan' is one of best way to improve it. Breakfast is always a good time to go out and have a good 'makan' session with the family. Our favourite breakfast spot is a simple eatery stall not far from our house in Jalan Surau Sebaya.

Their speciality is traditional Javanese food including Lontong, Tempe and others. It's a simple setup with a kampung surrounding just like any 'kampung' scene in the local tv drama. The owner is really generous when it comes to the food serving. A budget as low as RM 15 could feed the whole family.

I've told friends who're staying around puncak alam , saujana utama and setia alam about this place especially if they're looking for a cheap and good makan place which a kampung feel.

CHICKEN PIE @ JALAN REBUNG

the main ingredients (i think a bit of chicken , bit of mayo and some secret herbs ..betuii ka)

this is to make sure it fits on the aluminium cups


the masterchef providing helps (more to doing the damages)

ok ....now it's ready for the fillings

almost ready ....

a bit of white egg for finishing touch

in the oven (this oven has been with us for the past 12 years)

now that's a bunch of 'sedap' chicken pie .......(lapar la pulak ...)

Thanks to the emergence of food blogging sharing their secret recipe on daily basis, my wife has been doing lots of 'trial and error' cooking following the printed recipes. Last week it was the caramel rainbow cake ...this week it's the chicken pie !!!

The best thing about these recipes is the simplicity ...something that can be done by using what you have in your kitchen. In our case utilizing the 'veteran' oven. The steps was not that difficult, we even had WAFI to help us ....

The chicken pie was really good (bukan nak bodek ni ) and not sure what will be the menu this week but we're hoping that the house Masterchef will go for something Mediterranean ..;)

BBW 2011 : I'M LOVING IT !!!!!!

WELCOME ......

crowd was not as big as opening day ( gelap sikit la photo)

huge number of books to choose from

this is my section ....I can spend the whole day just by galncing through this collection

JOE TORRE in the house

some of the 40 books (hasil rampasan) ...notice the 'pasar malam' trollley

cheap ...big hard cover bios at RM 20 ...

this atlas was one of the hootest item ..from RM 320 reduced to rm 60 !!!

please buy .....

time to whack the wallet ....

I've been planning this for the past few months especially on topping up my books fund ( the $$$$ la). Due to some negative experience during the last BBW (that was 2009 ..I miss the 2010 :( ) ...I've decided to go during week day to avoid the massive crowd.

Going there is not really a big problem since it's the same direction going to my good friend house (mr Azhar Omar) and also because the organizer has done a very good job in putting up the direction banner along the way.

I was there around 11 am and since this is my first visit to MAEPS ...I'm impressed with the facilities. Parking is a breeze and the organizer also has prepared a feeder bus to assist visitors to the exhibition hall ....the distance is not very far but coming back with loads of books might be a big problem without using the feeder bus.

Pergggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh ....was my first reaction ...this is much bigger than I expected. The crowd was not as big as the weekend crowd. The books ..alamak !!! massive numbers ...the organizer did a good job in grouping it based on the genre or group of interest. My plan was to concentrate on biography especially adding up my baseball (yankees) collection.

Probably this is my day because in the sport section 70% is about baseball and most of the books is about yankees player (ada la jugak a bit of red sox) ...and since this sport is not really popular here ..this section in MINE ...:)

After 2 hours ....with the damage of RM 250 ...I'm back to my car with additional 40 books ...Thanks BBW ...this is by far the best ...BBW 2012 ..I'm expecting no less than this ..pleaseeee ...

KEDAI MAKAN PUAN HALUS

It's Puan Halus not Makhluk Halus tau !!!!!

Makan Time .....



The famous Mi Kari ...(the best in Port Dickson :) )

The towering nasi lemak ....

Hmmmm , what a very interesting name and it's nothing to do with the Makhluk Halus. This wonderful kedai makan was located not far from Army Museum in Port Dickson. If you're from KL and using the PD highway you should notice the signboard on the right.

During my time working with Exxonmobil I've few projects that requires me to drive down to he PD Refinery, sometimes even 3 times a week and I remember coming across the kedai makan sign board . Although Puan Halus name do catch my attention but due to working commitment I've no reasons to stop by.

So when we were in Port Dickson few weeks back for family vacations , I took the opportunity to make sure that I stop by at Kedai makan Puan Halus to have breakfast. and it was wonderfullllll ....

BIG BAD WOLF 2011: A MUST GO BOOK SALE

THE POSTER ....

THE MAP. THIS YEAR THE ORGANIZER MANAGE TO SECURE A BIGGER LOCATION

We've few good book sales event in this country. Payless Book Warehouse, MPH , Times Book Sales and few others. However my all time favourites will be BBW (Big Bad Wolf) Book Sale and for 2011 they will have the biggest sales ever. I was told the numbers of books to be cleared are estimated at 1.5 millions ...

My personal target for this year will be 30 books ....although my inner voice do recommend 50 (hmmm it will certainly depends on my budget on that day itself). I'm hoping to come across biography probably of some yankees player Derek Jeter, Mariano, A Rod and others

So friends the durations of the event is 1 week plus , so please plan your trip well. My personal advise is try your best to avoid going there during weekend unless your addicted to massive crowd ....

A MUST GO EVENT FOR 2011 .....

MAKAN-MAKAN @ CHE ANN'S CRIB

THE BOYS ....

GOOD FOODS DO ATTRACT PEOPLE ...

MR JALAQ IN THE HOUSE ....

WAFI IN A VERY GOOD MOOD ....:)

CAKE OF THE DAY ..I TRULY RATE IT BETTER THAN SECRET RECIPE PUNYA ...

Thanks to CA for organizing (and also masakla ...) the gathering. The food was awesome ...still remember the cheese cake. The tapai was also fantastic (i'm not really a tapai lover ..but i like it).

It's not easy to organize such event and in this case the cooking was 100% done by the 'tuan rumah' ....I was told later that CA was not feeling well on that day ...I can imagine doing the dishes while not in the best self condition and for that we SALUTE you ...

p/s : due to some unforeseen technical reason the organizer was no in the photos (my mistake ...)