Online games are good..errr bad for you!!

I'm so embarassed to admit that I'm addicted to online games. The ones in facebook. So addictive that it's part of my daily routine already!! So if you're on Facebook, you might get bombarded with games invites, annoying to those who don't play but a delight for those who play!! you get gifts or something that will get you a reward in the games.

So what games do I play. Gee..I've lost count haha. Cafe World was the first game I've played on fb (I'm on level 95 with 8 million coins, real hard work hehe). Thanks fhamz for getting me started hehe. Then the list goes on to Fishville, Petville, Farmville (I'm giving up on my farm!). With all the cafe and farm, you would need a hotel and a restaurant, hence the game Hotel City & Restaurant City haha.
Right now, I've decided to open my own bakery - Baking Life & my own dessert cafe - Cafe Life, oh and why not have an own a town - Supertown Fun. haha.
Yeah, I know you gonna say that I'm lifeless! I need help!!!

Not enough with playing games all day long, yesterday night I hijacked my husband's Iphone & download free apps. PandaMania is so much fun haha. There are soo many useless games apps for iphone like making burger game, sushi making, grilled bbq haha.
I should get the new Iphone4, which is out today (hubby been calling from 8am & still waiting haha) just to play games, herrmm or maybe just get Ipad..bigger screen, great for games! LOLs

so back to clicking.


p/s: that's not my hand, just a picture from google although I have chunky hand haha

Signboards

While I was roaming around the city to take pictures, I stumbled on this alleway full with signboards. It wasn't 'No Entry' or 'No Parking' signboards. It was a word of wisdom alley, full with signboards with lots of sentences ehehe. I can't remember where was this place though.

oh and remember

and a checklist on the door of one of Myer's toilet.

Max Brenner-ing

I was out on Friday to take pictures for my blog. Just when I was clicking my camera away like a true tourist in da middle of the city, i got a sms from my friend, Majidah (my only friend in Melbourne hehe). Haven't seen her for 3 months after our netball competition. She's really busy since she got married hehe i understand.

So where else do we meet? Max Brenner! We love our botak man so much! I had my Tutti Frutti Waffle with Banana Milk Chocolate Frappe. She ordered Chocolate Cinnamon Babka & White Chocolate Chai. Had a great time gossiping and updating stories. She's leaving Melbourne at the end of the year! I'm so sad, I have no more friends left next year ;(

Oh well, here are some pictures to make you..errr me..happy, at least for now.

the venue: Max Brenner, Melb Central

Chocolate Cinnamon Babka (like a cinnamon roll)

Chocolate makes you happy, at least makes her happy hehe

p/s: i will miss max brenner-ing with gda ;(

Seafood Feast

Every weekend we love to try cooking something different from my usual mon-fri meal. So last weekend we went crazy in buying seafood. There were crabs, trout, salmon and more fish hehe. So my dear husband, cooked me a Seafood Feast.

We had Grilled Trout & Chilli Crab. So easy, so yummy and so messy (the kitchen will be upside down after he cooks!). Served with Jasmine rice, it was so mmm yummm.

Here are the recipes, just in case if you want to try it.

Grilled Trout

Ingredients:

• 2 trout.
• 1 tablespoons fresh parsley.
• 2 tablespoons olive oil.
• Juice from 1 lemon.
• Salt & teaspoon black pepper to taste.
• Coriander to garnish.

Method:
Lightly salt the interior and exterior of whole fish. Mix together parsley, olive oil and lemon juice. Spread evenly on the inside of the fish. Cover and refrigerate to infuse the marinate. Preheat the grill. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper for extra seasoning and grill for 4-5 minutes on each side over a medium heat. Carefully remove the fish from grill and serve. For the sauce, use the left-over from marinade and add few cloves of pounded garlic and heat it on stove for a minute and toss on top of the grill fish and that’s it.

** Credit to Fhamz

Chilli Crab
Ingredients:

• Crab, well washed and chopped into sections

• 2 brown onions, peeled and roughly chopped
• 
8 red chillies
.. Belacan (shrimp paste), thumb size piece

• ½ tbsp vinegar

• 6 tbsp oil

• 1 tbsp tomato paste

• 400ml tomato puree

• 2 tbsp tomato sauce

• 4 tbsp light soy sauce

• ½ tsp salt
4 tbsp sugar
• 
Water

• 1 egg
• 
Coriander leaves, to garnish

Method:

• Blend onions and chillies in a food processor for 30 seconds.
• Heat oil in a wok and add onion and chilli paste.
• Add belacan and continue to cook until most of the liquid from the onions evaporates.
• Add vinegar, tomato puree, tomato paste, sugar and salt.
• Add tomato sauce and light soy sauce.
• Add crab pieces and continue to cook over high heat until shell turns red. 
Add egg and stir through gently.
 Garnish with fresh coriander leaves.

* *Credit to Fhamz
** There's a good video that I found. Click here

this is the result of eating crab! ahhh was worth it! ugly inflated lips alert!!

oh and for dessert, we had Baklava. That completed our lovely feast.

Have a nice weekend everybody~

I'm off to take more pictures for the blog & tomorrow is my groceries day..blerrghhh!!i hate groceries day, it takes da whole day! this is when you don't have a car when you need to do groceries!

Anyways, have a nice weekend everybody ;)

Let's put the sadness away!! Everyone should download this song 'Billionaire' by Travie McCoy feat Bruno Mars. I have a new aim in life!! (not that I'll ever be one!) haha.

[Bruno Mars]
I wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad.
Buy all of the things I never had.
Uh.
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine,
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen.

[Chorus]
Oh every time I close my eyes,
I see my name in shiny lights.
Yeah, a different city every night.
Oh I - I swear, the world better prepare for when I'm a billionaire.

[Travis "Travie" McCoy]
Yeah, I would have a show like Oprah.
I would be the host of, everyday Christmas.
Give Travie a wish list.
I'd probably pull an Angelina and Brad Pitt,
And adopt a bunch of babies that ain't never had shit.

Give away a few Mercedes like "here lady, have this",
And last but not least grant somebody their last wish.
It's been a couple months since I've single so,
You can call me Travie Claus minus the Ho Ho.
Haa, get it?

I'd probably visit where Katrina hit,
And damn sure do a lot more than FEMA did.
Yeah, can't forget about me stupid,
Everywhere I go Imma have my own theme music.

[Chorus]
Oh, every time I close my eyes,
(what chu see, what chu see bro?)
I see my name in shiny lights.
(uh huh).
Ahh, yeah yeah.
(what else?)
A different city every night.
Oh I - I swear, the world better prepare..
(for what?)
For when I'm a billionaire.
(yeah!)
Oh oooh oh oooh,
(Sing it)
When I'm a Billionaire.
Oh oooh oh oooh.
(let's go)

[Travis "Travie" McCoy]
I'll be playing basketball with the President,
Dunking on his delegates.
Then I'll compliment him on his political etiquette.
Toss a couple milli in the air just for the heck of it.
But keep the fives, twentys, tens and bens completely separate.

Yeah, I'll be in a whole new tax bracket.
We in recession but let me take a crack at it.
I'll probably take whatevers left and just split it up.
So everybody that I love can have a couple bucks.

And, not a single tummy around me would know what hungry was.
Eating good, sleeping soundly.
I know we all have a similar dream.
Go in your pocket, pull out your wallet, put it in the air and sing...

[Bruno Mars]
I wanna be a billionaire so freakin' bad.
(So bad)
Buy all of the things I never had.
(Buy everything, haa)
Uh.
I wanna be on the cover of Forbes magazine.
Smiling next to Oprah and the Queen.
(What up Oprah? Haaa!)

[Chorus]
Oh every time I close my eyes,
(what chu see, what chu see bro?)
I see my name in shiny lights.
(uh huh).
Ahh, yeah yeah.
(what else?)
A different city every night.
Oh (yeah yeah yeah)
I - I swear, the world better prepare..
(for what?)
For when I'm a billionaire.
(yeah!)
Oh oooh oh oooh,
(Sing it)
When I'm a Billionaire.
Oh oooh oh oooh.

I wanna be a billionaire
(uh huh)
so freakin' bad.

King of sorrow

It hasn't been a good week to me. Everthing's wrong, nothing is right ;(
Whenever I'm sad, I always have a sad song that I listen to, I'll feel better after listening to the song ( usually, after a session of crying ;p ).

So this is the lyrics of the song by Sade - King of Sorrow.
It sums up my feeling for this whole week.

I'm crying everyone's tears
And there inside our private war
I died the night before
And all of these remnants of joy and disaster
What am I suppose to do

I want to cook you a soup that warms your soul
But nothing would change, nothing would change at all
It's just a day that brings it all about
Just another day and nothing's any good

The DJ's playing the same song
I have so much to do
I have to carry on
I wonder if this grief will ever let me go
I feel like I am the king of sorrow, yeah
The king of sorrow

I suppose I could just walk away
Will I disappoint my future if I stay
It's just a day that brings it all about
Just another day and nothing's any good

The DJ's playing the same song
I have so much to do
I have to carry on
I wonder will this grief ever be gone
Will it ever go
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
The king of sorrow

I'm crying everyone's tears
I have already paid for all my future sins
There's nothing anyone
Can say to take this away
It's just another day and nothing's any good

I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
King of sorrow
I'm the king of sorrow, yeah
King of sorrow

Sizzling Mee

How I wish I can just get this from any food court in Malaysia!!aigoooo...
I tried making this since my husband wanted it. It's easy! I don't have a hot plate for the noodle to sizzle though hehe.

Here is the recipe.

Bahasa Melayu

Bahan-bahan ( 2-3 org makan )
2-3 sanggul (gulung) yee mee
5 ulas bawang putih
5 biji cendawan shitake ( cendawan kering)- rendam sehingga agak lembut dan potong 4
1 keping dada ayam- potong mengikut citarasa
3 biji cili kering- potong 2
2 sudu besar sos tiram
3 sudu besar kicap cair
1 sudu besar kicap pekat
1/2 in halia- hiris nipis
Serbuk lada hitam
garam- secukup rasa
Beberapa titik Minyak bijan
1 sudu besar Tepung jagung- dibancuh dgn sedikit air
sedikit minyak utk menumis

Cara-cara
1. Tumis bawang putih, cili kering dan halia sehingga naik baunya.
2. Masukkan ayam yg telah potong sehingga agak empuk.
3. Masukkan 2 cawan air.
4. Masukkan pula sos tiram, kicap cair dan kicap pekat. Masukkan pula serbuk lada hitam. Biarkan mendidih.
5. masukkan cendawan serta sayur2 lain- tunggu 2-3 min.
6. Masukkan campuran tepung jagung dan kacau.
7. Titikkan minyak bijan beberapa titik-jgn banyak2...
8. Akhir sekali, masukkan yee mee- biarkan sebentar & hidangkan panas2.

English

Ingredients
-150g egg noodles (yee foo mein)

Sauce ingredients:
-150g boneless chicken meat
-3 small whole Chinese black mushrooms, soaked
-25g carrots, cut into flowers and parboiled
-1 tbsp ginger juice

Seasoning:
-1 tbsp oyster sauce
-1 tsp light soya sauce
-1 tsp sesame oil
-Salt to taste
-1/4 tsp sugar
-Dash of pepper
-1 tsp corn flour
-1/2 tsp chicken stock granules
-1 cup water or stock

Method
1. Preparation of noodle:Scald noodles in boiling water to soften. Remove and put noodles in a colander and run tap water through it. Arrange noodles on a plate. Add 1/2 tbsp oil and 1/2 tsp sesame oil — mix thoroughly and leave aside.

2. For the gravy: Heat 2 tbsp oil, add ginger juice and mushrooms and chicken; stir-fry well. Add seasoning and stock. Bring to a boil and simmer for five to 10 minutes. Add carrots and thickening.

3. Heat a hot plate over medium heat until really hot. Bring away from heat and place on a wooden base. Place ready-cooked noodles on hot plate and pour sauce over immediately. Noodles and sauce will start sizzling. Serve immediately with sliced red chillies and cilipadi.

Credit to this website :
http://fromthekitchentohisstomach.blogspot.com/2009/03/sizzling-yee-mee.html

Here are some pictures:

Max says: CHOCOLATE IS GOOD FOR YOU!

What a brilliant thing to say Max, well done! Now, you can use this quote 'Chocolate is good for you' whenever you crave for chocolate. A trip to Max Brenner was my 3rd stop during my South Melbourne trip(Refer to my South Melbourne post). Finally we went after 3 months of craving. Click here for the website.

If you see this signboard, please do enter.

Here are some pics of the store.

What I ordered

Banana Milk Chocolate Frappe
Tutti Frutti Waffle
White Chocolate Chai Tea

The sexy bald man

South Melbourne

How was your weekend? I had a cold yummy weekend. It was a cold and windy and rainy weekend here in melbourne. But we still managed to go out and take some pictures for the blog ;)
So I decided to head down to South Melbourne since I haven't taken any pictures there.


South Melbourne is 2km from the CBD, it's really close to St Kilda. Tram number 112 from the city or St Kilda will take you there, you can also take tram 96 and stop at South Melbourne Market.

So to our first stop: South Melbourne Market.

What's there in this market? The normal stuffs.. meat, fruit & veges store, bread store, a food court in here. It's pretty small compared to Victoria Market. My husband didn't like this market, he said the stalls are not in order, eg. a meat store then a bread store then a meat store again.
We didn't stay long in the market, so here are some pics inside the market.

Gorilla Munch only in south melb market haha

Now on to the second stop: Chef's Hat
This is what married couples do, browsing & always sure buying something from a homeware/cookware shop. We bought a really cheap cook book & a stainless bowl.

Yes, me & my teapots ;p
the books were only $10 each!

Third Stop: Max Brenner
This stop needs its own post ehehe.


Last Stop: Old Town Kopitiam, QV Square

My journey to South Melbourne ended after Max Brenner. For dinner, my sister-in-law..nisreen asked us to join her for dinner. So we went to Kopitiam, yes in melb..not the same like in Malaysia. There's 2 outlet & the one in QV Building has Halal cert, not too sure about the other outlet. The place is always packed with students hehe. This is the website.

The food is ok..me don't think it's the best but if you miss mamak then coming here might be your solution. Don't freaked out if you think the price is a bit pricey, AUD$4 for A big piece of Roti Canai..that's like RM12, you can get 10 pieces in Malaysia haha.

Here are some pics of the food we ordered.

Hainanese Chicken Rice
the worse lin chee kang i ever had!!!!
Mee goreng mamak, sedap..
Roti Telur
Chicken Satay