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We ate Maccurtis for dinner !!!

Anis's got a souvenir from a friend coming back from Kota Kinabalu. A a big frozen lobster. Almost 1 Kg I think.

(Please disregard the Maccurtis part beacuse the writer has never had a lobster before :p uu.. peraknya aku ...)

This is a Maccurtis :

This is how big it is compared to Ultrasaurus, see i've told you it's big :

This is Maccurtis bathing in a hot tub , oh BTW, the stock makes one mean Tom Yam :

Being sliced in half with the help of Sword Impluse Gundam :

Spicy Herbed Butter (modified from a recipe i've found on the net)

• 100g Butter
• 2 medium chillies
• 3 cloves garlic
• 2 small shallots
• 2-3 tablespoon fresh chives / 1 tbs dried if available
• 1 tbs lime juice
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• salt to taste

Throw everything into a spice mill (the short blender accessory thingie). Blend well.

Now brush it with some spicy herb butter, and grill it on a hot plate :

Here's the result :

Spicy Herbed Butter Grilled Maccurtis >:)

Very nice and (uber-)spicy (damn cameron chillies !!). Flesh tasted like a jumbo prawn but amplified by 5X. The tail part was a bit though. Normal for an overgrown shrimp :p

For otak udang lovers (not the black laksa stuff), that the biggest i've ever eaten :p

Must be very expensive to get. till then, I'll stick to normal prawns ... :p

Mud Pie MK. II

It's been a long time since the last Vanilla Mud Pie experiment. Here's the upgraded version. It's actually a slightly modified & frozen version of this recipe : http://fatboyrecipes.blogspot.com/2006/10/caramel-banana-pie.html

Behold , Banana Strawberry Vanila Custard Mud Pie a.k.a Mud Pie MK. II !!! >:)

Notice Deathsaurer standing in the background :p

A frozen dessert featuring a rich chocolate cookie base topped with Cadbury's Dairy Milk Chocolate ganache layered with strawberry and banana chunks smothered with vanilla custard and whipped cream with cocoa powder dusting ...

Actually the base was made with leftover biskut raya :p Didn't repeat the last mistake last time overpacking the cookie crumb = stone hard base :P

Used white sugar instead of brown. Who uses brown sugar in daily cooking anyway ?

Best mud pie up to date, though a bit hard to cut. Those strawberries are really hard when frozen. Broke a knife in the process :p

Fast foodz

I've tried 2 new burgers this week.

Burger King's Chicken Rendang Burger. Had this last Saturday at Mid Valley. See the 'R' on the wrapper ? hmm ... BK Broiler Type-R ?

Hmm.. sesame seed bun ...

What's inside ...

Basically a BK Brioler patty, with rendang sauce and fresh onion rings. Don't need extra chilli sauce for this.

Looks good, but tastes rather bland. Yeah, bland and a slow lingering peppery after taste. The rendang sauce doesn't quite taste like rendang at all. More like a curry to me. They should've put some serai in it and daun kunyit to the sauce.  Then only i'll call it a rendang burger. Disappointing ...

McDonald's Spicy Chicken Supreme. Had this last Monday at The MINES. Can this burger dethrone my favourite Chicken McDeluxe ?

The thing came in a rectangle box.

'Butt' type bun like Chicken McDeluxe. Instead of corn meal on top, this one uses wheat bran I think. Kinda like the one you'll gei in a wholemeal bread.

This is what its insides looked like ...

An oblong McChicken like patty, tomatoes, lettuce and mayo. Tasted pretty much like the McChicken, but with hell of a lot of pepper. It was really good, but not in the same league as  Chicken McDeluxe (uuu.. the joy of munching into a moist and tender chicken fillet ...). And its not as filling as McDeluxe either. Gimme 2 of these and I'll be satisfied.

Even though I'll be having Chicken Supreme again, but then again, Chicken McDeluxe RULES !!!

Siputz

Went to watch 'Over the Hedge' last Saturday. Anis booked 'early bird' ticket on that day. The movie was enjoyable.

Since there was nothing else planned for that day, we decided to go merayau from Dengkil straight to Bagan Lalang (talk about nothing to do ...)

On the way back from Bagan Lalang I spotted a small stall selling shellfish(siput le tu...). The Pakcik there was selling lokan. Very big ones too. RM 2.50 for a kilo.

Look at the size of it. It's lala on steroids.

Throw it all the spanking new Hanabishi portable stove (got it for free ~ Bonuslink 6000pt). Let it cook like kerang bakar (yeah, like the one at most of the tomyam joints)

Very plump and juicy. Albiet a little bit salty.

Experimented with garlic powder and pepper. Garlic powder was a bit overwhelming though.

Next time I might try doing Portugese style barbeque. Should be nice.

KO Reese's Peanut Butter Cup

Last Saturday, I was dead bored. Anis went back to Kuala Kangsar, so no dating on that day :P. Wanted to go out, but I was afraid I'd buy more toys. Must refrain myself ... must simpan duit for car insurance ... must get Sonic Bomber ... nooo... +_+

Must find something else to do.

After digging deep in to the fridge, I found some cooking chocolate and peanut butter that's due to expire in the next 2-3 month or something like that. The cooking chocolate was leftover from my last Vanilla Chocolate Mudpie experiment.

Hmm.. chocolate and peanut butter .. Reese's Peanut Butter Cups .. mmm ... last time I had those were like 10 years ago. My cousin brought back some from US. They were yummy :p~ Can't seem to get them here though ...

Let's do a KO version then. Went to the neighborhood mini market to get paper cups and some colorful chocolate rice.

Here the stuff that I found in the fridge

What I used (the measurements are not entirely accurate, based on perception only :P ):

50g Cooking chocolate
100g Cadbury Crunchie Chocolate Bar (not the long candy bar, this one is 90% chocolate 10% honeycomb stuff)
1 Tbs Butter
Peanut buter (I used the one with the chocolate stripes)
Chocolate rice

Break the chocolate into small pieces. Add butter. Don't overdo the butter. Too much and your chocolate won't set/solidify. The buter acts as an emulsifer for both type of chocolates to bind. Hey, I may be software programmer, but i took food science as an elective subject too.

Now, put everything into a microwave-safe bowl. Shove it into a microwave oven. Nuke it on HIGH for 2 to 2.5 minutes. Stir well when half way through. No microwave ? Use the boring double-boil technique instead.

Stir the chocolate mix well. In my case, the unmelted honeycomb stuff from the Crunchie bar gives it a slight grainy texture.

Put half a tablespoon chocolate into a paper cup. Level the base chocolate. Put in a blob of peanut butter on it. Cover with more chocolate mix on top of the peanut butter. Sprinkle with chocolate rice on top.

Put the completed ones into the fridge. Takes around 10-15 minutes to set. If you're impatient, shove it into the freezer compartment >:)

There you have it. KO Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. The one above are pictured on top of a spring-form tin base - an artifact from the mudpie experiment (a good investment too :P ).

nyum nyum ...

See the peanut butter oozing from the center ... The Crunchie honeycomb stuff added some pleasant sweetness and some small degree of crunchiness to the bite. The peanut butter didn't burst/squirt as imagined (too much imagination here..)

Fetched Anis later that evening. Went to Nelayan Titiwangsa to celebrate her birthday. Went back home. Gave Anis some of the chocolates. She liked it :D

Next time I'll try Nuttella as the filling or maybe the yummy banana + hazelnut/chocolate spread that I bought last time at XTRA (now Giant) The Mines.

Drool....

Training Lunch

Went for ePassport training at Axalto Wisma Rohas Perkasa. Training was super boring. But the food rocks.

First day, due to some technical errors, we had lunch outside. We had lunch at the Beach Club. Everything was on Axalto >:)

Ice lemon tea in a doubtful glass

Kampung Fried Rice - Mak Siti's secret recipe (mak chef tu kot..)

The Kampung Fried Rice was quite good. Loaded with sotong,prawns and ikan bilis. Got lots of cili padi hidden in it (Hmm.. i forsee some long toilet sessions coming...)

Came with 2 sticks of chicken sate and some keropok too. The serving was a bit small. Costs RM 18.50. Don't know how much the lemon tea costs. Not to worry, i'm not the one that's paying :p

My colleagues getting hyper for the food (or is it the effect of spiked ice lemon tea :p )

On the second day, the we got 'tapau'ed fried rice.

yum yum ..

The thing came in 2 containers. The first one was fried rice, sunny side egg, sambal sotong, some pickles and banana leaf lining .The second one was fried chicken and papadams.

Tasted good, not to spicy. Hmm.. kedai mamak won't the so generous to line the plastic container with banana leaf and pack everything seperately :D. My colleagues suspects that Axalto ordered it from Equatorial Hotel since we also had pastries from them for tea break and breakfast too.

Hmm.. bila lagi nak training kat Axalto nih ...

Kelapa Jelly Drink

Hmm.. seemed like this think is appearing everywhere. So, last night I gave it a try.

The thing came in a tall glass. Comes with a big straw too. Using a normal sized straw will end up wtih a clogged one.

Inside was a combination of liquid and blobs of jelly. If you're lucky, you'll also get some bits of the coconut flesh. Pretty much like a young coconut water + its flesh (the transparent hingus type).

As for the jelly, i think it's made with agar-agar + cocounut water. Very soft, which is most likely more water to agar - agar ratio.

Mmm.. blobs of jelly ....

Tasted almost like coconut water. The jelly adds some adventure while drinking (eating?slurping? +_+") it. I wish it comes with a bit more ice, but then more ice = less jelly. Absolutely great on a hot day.