Any Questions?

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009
I suddenly got inspired to do this from various blogs I've been reading all these while.

Ask me a question and I'll answer you. You know the drill, nothing too private or too... un-answer-able, geddit?

Ok whatever. You know what? I'll just pick the questions which I want to answer and ignore the ones which I don't think make sense, period.

So, come on people. Ask me something ok! :)

Black Pepper Udon with Pork

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Monday, September 28, 2009
Ok, so thank goodness the pain has subsided. Time for a proper post! Before I go to the cooking part, let me just show some random pictures that's in the camera.


We did some grocery shopping a few days ago. As you can see, his kitchen cabinet is STILL filled with instant noodles because when we shopped, he threw in more instant noodles into the basket -_-


Finally, the fridge's filled. FYI, it was almost empty when I came.


Traces of me: my shoes which actually is a ridiculous amount considering I'm not the one who's staying permanently in the apartment. I have 6 pairs there while the other 3 is Wk's. What can I say? A girl can never have enough of shoes right?


The dressing table in the toilet. As you can see, I basically took most of the area hahaah! Like 90% are my stuffs.

Okie dokie, here comes the Black Pepper Udon with Pork.


Ingredients: Marinated pork (with salt, soy sauce, sugar, corn flour, black pepper and sesame oil), fresh udon, some vege (I used bokchoy), onions and capsicum all sliced. Oh and a packet of Lee Kum Kee's Black Pepper Sauce. Basically, just get any black pepper sauce you can get. Sorry I'm not that geng (yet? lol) can make my own black pepper sauce. Oh also, the amount is based on 2 servings. So just cut down or build up the ingredients according to amount of serving la.


First, heat up some oil and saute the onion.


After the onion has turned slightly brown, throw in the capsicum and saute it too but not as long as the onion.


Throw in the marinated pork and add a little bit of water and fry for a while until all the pork is cooked. Continue adding water bit by bit whenever the pan becomes too dry and stir till the pork is cooked.


Push the pork++ aside, for a space to lightly and quickly fry the vegetables.


When the vege has turned a little softer, toss in the udon. Again, if the pan is too dry, add a little bit of water.


Stir the udon and mix it well with the other ingredients.


Pour in the black pepper sauce and add some water. I used the same packet (Lee Kum Kee) to fill in water after I emptied the sauce into the pan. You can add salt/sugar/pepper to taste but I didn't need to cos 1. The pork is already marinated prior to cooking. 2. The black pepper sauce itself has enough of taste already.


Tadah! Serve it while it's still hot!

You can always use other meat instead of pork like chicken, seafood, beef (which I wouldn't recommend unless you know how to make them tender and not a pain to chew), lamb (same as the beef case) etc.

And for dinner that same day, I made

Bokchoy with bacon (very good combination in my opinion, didn't even have to add salt cos the bacon's really salty by itself) and BBQ Chicken with potatoes and capsicum, which was kind of a failure because it was burnt T_T I forgot that it's barbecue sauce and it burns really easily if it's cooked for too long so I left it in the microwave and didn't check on it and by the time we smelled the stench of something burning, the stuff was already black. The middle and bottom were still edible so I spooned them out otherwise we'd have only vege with our rice for dinner T_T.

Next up,


#208 - Breakfast at the Globe Cafe
#209 - Softlips, best stuff ever

Agony

on
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Love is when he cooks you a bowl of Campbell's Mushroom soup and added milk to make it taste better because he knows you're having a bad toothache and cannot chew a single thing.


Sorry can't do a proper post now cos I need to sleep before the painkiller wears off in my system. I couldn't freakin' sleep because of the freakin' toothache yesterday night. The whole freakin' night. Ok I had enough of this shit. I'll go see a dentist and get the surgerIES done. Notice that it's plural? So many people have been pushing me to go get my tEEth fixed/extracted/whatevers but all these while I kept thinking "if it's not aching anymore, then it's ok I'll pass". I am such an idiot for thinking that way. It's aching so badly I wish I coould just rip those freakin' teeth off now.


Chocolate Goodness

My first visit to Lindt's Cafe was when Wk and I were in Sydney and we had a great time there because I love chocolate and their stuffs tasted amazing. The Hot Chocolate Lava Cake totally blew me off. I raved so much about it in this entry.

A few months ago, Aileen told me that there's a newly opened Lindt's Cafe in Melbourne and I was so damn excited because finally my favourite Hot Chocolate Lava Cake is within my reach! I mean... not exactly near since I'm not living in Melbourne or anything but at least, I visit Melbourne more than Sydney that's for sure.

So I've tried the one in Melbourne finally, at Collin's Street. Sadly, it's kinda different from the one I had in Sydney but still good enough to cure the longing for that yummy melt-in-the-mouth flourless chocolate cake.


Tried their Iced Chocolate (which was nothing to shout about) while Aileen had their Hot Mocha. We shared a Hot Chocolate Lava Cake and the macaroons which is called the Lindt Delice.


The Delice in Pistachette and Hazelnut. Very nice! I've never tried a macaroon before so... I can't compare with anything else.

I figured it's probably because I've already tried the cake once which was why the second time I had it I didn't find it as amazing as the first? Or maybe the stuffs at the Melbourne branch really aren't as good as the one in Sydney... despite having a more luxurious and posh interior. I dunno. Anyhow, I think it's still good to have a Lindt's Cafe arount the corner in Melbourne.


Before going out.

That night we had a drinking session with a few of Wk's friends and gosh, the amount they drank. I think there were close to 15 jugs of beer. Of course, I kept myself looking freakin' innocent so... :) Wk on the other hand was made to drink mugs after mugs by the time we got back he collapsed onto the bed immediately and snored like a freakin' machine LOL!

As for yesterday, a picture of dinner I cooked. I finally cooked! Hahah. I mean, ever since I reached I haven't been cooking until yesterday.


Just the usual Chinese dinner. Soup, vege and meat. Made ABC soup, stir fried long beans with anchovies and cheesy ham omelette which I'm proud to say, tasted really good! The omelette I mean.


A close-up. Mmmm I'm hungry now.

Hahaha damn tak tau malu praise my own cooking. But honestly, when I don't like something, whether or not it's my own cooking I'll say it's not nice. I most of the time complain my own cooking when strangely Wk think it's fine. So when I do say it's nice, I really mean it.

Ok done. Next up,


#207 - A step by step on how to make Black Pepper Udon with Pork

23rd birthday on the 23rd

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Before leaving the house. Mmm I love my soft and warm muffler.

So on the 23rd, it was Wk's 23rd birthday haha I know, what a number. If you don't know who that is, please do some homework by clicking on the "About Me" tab at the top ok? :)

Had dinner at The Meat & Wine Co with Kyle, Aileen and How Keat. Food was awesome.


Some beer called Little Creatures.


Birthday boy wanted the half pork ribs + half beef ribs combo. Would you look at how massive the platter was?


Lol


Dunno what's wrong with my face


L-R: Me, Wk, Kyle, Aileen & How Keat


My rib eye steak which was really good but nothing compared to the ribs mmmmmmm. Instantly reminded me of Hurricane's Lamb Ribs we had at Sydney. Now I know pork ribs are the god of all ribs hahaha.


A clearer picture of my steak


See see mun mun


Chou chou lou lou!


Look at the beast savaging the pork ribs.


Another beast haahha.

Call other people beasts actually I was also one of them cos I totally enjoyed and licked every drop of juice off the pork ribs hahaah!




Wah look I so thin! Hahah no la its the makeup plus my stupid mouth chewing something.


Aileen said he looked like a caveman when he eats. So I told him, "Must act more see mun wan! Like me, I only use the first two fingers. Take out the last 3 fingers when you eat!"


HAHAHA FAIL!


Seriously too funny cos it was damn not natural.




This looks more sissy than see mun haha.


Carnivore!!!

Then, dessert at Greco in Crown Casino.


Clockwise from top left: Honeycomb Cheesecake, Mars Bar Cheesecake, Apple Crumble and Hazelnut Meringue.


The yummy cakes and their respectful owners lol!

Ok done. Next up,


#205 - A visit to Lindt's Cafe.
#206 - Home cooked dinner for today.


Greetings from Melbourne

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Thursday, September 24, 2009

#202 - My 13 kgs luggage. Oh btw, I made a mistake. I actually only bought 15kgs of allowance haha! And 20kg for return. So I'm actually all good.
#203 -


#204

Hello!

Ok I know it's nothing new anymore but yes I'm in Melbourne (againnn) and it's still freezing cold blehh. I packed all my summer clothes cos I thought it'd be warmer during spring but it's not huhuhu T_______T Today's 11 degrees and that's like winter ok? Crazy. And the wind's always the killer. It may not be that cold sometimes but when there's wind, you'll regret not wearing an extra layer. Like today. I only had a really thin top and a really thin cardigan, with my muffler, mini skirt and just my flats out to Safeway for some groceries shopping cos I thought it'd be ok but I regretted SO MUCH when I was halfway to Safeway. The wind was so freakin' strong I was blown away! Of course not literally blown away but I seriously felt the 'push' when I was walking.

Damn. When I reached Safeway I was like "hallelujah!" man. And dread walking back after I was done shopping T_____T The journey was again, like hell.

I'd really love to update with pictures and even a video I made cos I was really bored and the internet was down this afternoon, but uploading files seems to be taking forever. The internet here's pretty ok but the uploading process sucks big time. Downloading on the other hand's the total opposite. Damn stupid la the system. So I guess you readers have to deal with wordy entries for the moment haha. Unless you KNOW what I have been up to here in Melbourne eg. people like 'Ham Jing' =D

So today's (ok, technically, it's yesterday since its 3am already now) Wk's birthday and we had a small gathering with Kyle, Aileen and How Keat and had a great, hearty dinner at The Meat & Wine Co just now.

That's pretty much it. Hopefully my stuffs will be uploaded when I get up in the morning.