Lok Yuen Restaurant

KonTse visited us last Sunday at my parents' home at BW. We took them to this famous chu char at Bukit Tengah (near the Bukit Tengah roundabout) named Lok Yuen Restaurant.

Well, there are 2 shops, with one that has 2 floors. If you go at dinner time, you will be sure to see that all the tables are mostly occupied. The waiter actually took your order using PDA :). Eventhough there were a lot of customers, our food was actually served in less than 15 minutes. That is also what I like about this shop, they are fast! Besides that, their price are known to be reasonable as well.

These are the dishes that we ordered that day.....

Curry Fish Head
Pork's Leg
Belacan Chicken
Claypot Taufu
In cantonese, this is called 'Ham Yu Fa Lam Pou'. Err...literally translates to Claypot Meat with salted fish.
This is for me :). Stir-fry potato leaves.

They have other signature dishes like sambal prawn etc etc. So, if you come to BW, do remember to try this :).

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Dumpling! Dumpling and More Dumpling :)

Hello.....I'm back :). Was tired yesterday so didn't post anything.

It seems that my dumpling story is yet to have a full stop until I completed this post. Have something for all of u :). Read on and you will find out what is it :)

Was very lucky last Friday. When we reach YH's house, his mother and sister still haven't finish wrapping the dumpling. So, I took this opportunity to learn from his mother on how to wrap dumpling :). Have always wanted to learn it. Seems easy but trust me, it is not that easy after all. Probably because I have no 'talent' also :)

Here's the ingredients :

Glutinous Rice with nuts

Pork
Mushroom
Mixture of mushroom, dried prawns and preserved lettuce (diced)

Fold the leaves, put in the rice, then add other ingredients and top up the rice again

Wrap it and here's the one that I have wrapped myself..ha ha

YH's mom showing us how to tie the dumpling. Oh, I failed miserably here.....his mother is so fast. This is the hardest part for me.
For those who may not understand Cantonese, here is the translation :
YH's sis : She is very fast one like machine. See, done already
YH's mom : I'm used to using left hand to tie the dumpling

So what have I brought back from Ipoh from all of you? YES, dumpling :). Can't send to all of you so got to be contented with the virtual one lor.......

Nice ar?

Piggy will be away :)

Piggy will be out of town till Monday :). So will not be able to visit your blog these few days.

Mom told me this coming Sunday is the actual day for Dumpling Festival. So will be going to YH's hometown as his mother will be making dumpling for us :). Am not sure I can eat or not coz some people said I can, but some said I cannot.

To all fellow bloggers :

HAPPY DUMPLING FESTIVAL

HAPPY DUAN WU JIE

Till we blog again, take care :)..........

Instant Koay Teow Soup (KTS)

A lot have been told about Penang's food. PG has long been well-known for its splendid food. Though we are talking about PG, but mostly it will concentrate on the island food. Few have been mentioned about mainland food, yes, Butterwoth's food. My hometown is Butterworth and I can tell you that there are plenty of nice food at Butterworth too :). I will try to recommend BW food as much as possible.

First let me introduce this well-known instant KTS at BW (at Raja Uda). Though KTS is just a normal food but I have got to say that I am really impress with the progress of this KTS shop that I know of. My family and I have been a frequent customer to this shop. When we were little, mom used to take us to its humble stall not far from where it is today. From that small stall, it progressed to 2 shop lots and recently, the owner extended its shop further to another lot which is equipped with air cond. Imagine this, 3 shop lots and most of the time, it is full with customers who are there to sample a simple instant KTS.

When we went there last Sunday, we have gotta wait for our table!!. Though they have added some side dishes to their menu eg lobak, vege, fried squid etc but still the main attraction and meal of the day is KTS.

One of the side dishes : Kong Chiang (Not sure what to call in English but it is a Teow Chew delicacies. A type of kuih with nuts.)

They have their own uniform and have changed it recently. See a bunch of people in blue with hat at the back? That is their uniform

The cleanliness of this shop is graded as 'A' by the municipal.

What goes around.........

At first, I wanted to post something about food today but something happened to me that make me change my mind. I feel that I really need to write this down.

During this period while I m on medical leave, there has been numerous calls and visits from my colleagues and friends, asking how I m and how's my progress etc. Those who did not come will also send their regards thru someone or drop me a mail to know my latest condition. Every time they ask how am I doing, I will be deeply touched as I feel that, amidst their busy schedule, they still remember me and they do care.

Today, SL and BN came to visit me. They brought along fruits for me. To my surprise, they told me the fruits was a gift from our office cleaning lady. I was so so touched. The auntie notice that I have been absent for quiet sometime and she got to know from my colleague that I m currently on leave. She has been asking them about how I m and knowing that SL will be visiting me today, she bought the fruits and asked them to pass to me.

I still remember that before I went on leave, the auntie was admitted to the hospital to undergo a surgery. We managed to collect some money for her hoping that it will help her financially. Though not really much but at least we hoped that it will be able to help her ease her burden.

Today, what she did really make me believe, what goes around, comes back around. Though she doesn't earn much, she still managed to give me something. And our office is not small either. For her to notice I m not around was enough to make me understand how much she cares.

For my friends, colleagues, relatives who have been dropping by to see me, to ask me how I m thru mail or phone etc, I sincerely thank you and your caring gesture does really make this healing process easier. To YH, my parents, sis, bro and YH's family, I thank you all for the support and for being there with me throughout this trying period. I m forever grateful to all of you and I am deeply deeply touched.........THANK YOU..........

Rubik's Cube

YH loves to play Rubik's Cube. I used to play with one when I was small. All the memories that I have on the Rubik's cube is, it was a multi-coloured cube and to solve it, we gotta arrange each faces of the cube with the same colour. I can say that I have never solved one before. Not even getting one of its 6 faces to be in the same colour.

I always thought that there is only one type of Rubik's cube, the common 3 X 3.

But when YH came back from US, he bought 2 new ones which is the 2 X 2 and a 4 X 4.

Actually it is quite challenging trying to solve the Rubik's cube. There is a lot of tactics and steps that you need to remember for different kind of situations. If you are interested to know more about Rubik's cube, you can go to the Rubik's Official Online Site. There, you can get to know more about this magnificent cube, learn how to solve the cube and there is even an online forum where you can discuss the magic of this cube.

And it is amazing to know that some people can actually solved the cube within seconds and there are some whom can actually solve it blindfolded!!!!!..*clap* *clap*.

As for me, no matter how hard YH tried to teach me the tactics, I still cannot remember them and sad to say, I can't even solve it till today. I think I enjoy looking at the colours rather than squeezing my brain to solve it.....

So which one do you like? :)