Irresistable....

Yes, I finally made 'Epok Epok' (Curry Puffs) but it didn't turn out quite well. It was too oily. Must be from the short cuts that I took making it. Oh well, it was my first trial, will try to do better next time. Yesterday for dessert, I made the Chocolate Raspberry Almond Pastry. I had the recipe playing in my head that one night when I couldn't sleep and was hungry. The last photo is 'Sambal Belacan'. I use this in almost all of my cooking anymore. It is sooooooo yummy!! I made a lot as usual as I don't want to go through the hassle of doing it everytime I want to eat it. It's stored in the fridge and ready for me to eat it. :)...drools.

More about food!!

No picture today. Yesterday, I cooked Vietnamese style noodles with soup but I was so starving that I didn't want to spend all that time taking pictures etc. No Yahoo chat with my dear friend in Singapore this morning. She must have been busy. Not sure what I will be cooking today but I am hungry. Have been checking out recipes online for days now and drooling simultaneously. It's hard being far away from home....away from all the good food. Hard to get some of the ingredients in this itty bitty town too. There is only 1 Asian grocery store and it doesn't have enough varieties. Have to make do with what I have and things that I stocked up from my last visit to the Asian grocers in Atlanta and Indian grocer in Chattanooga, TN.

'Cucur Durian' (Durian Fritters)

This is the kind of durian that I get from here. The Vietnamese store here sells the whole ones too but still frozen. I prefer this one as they are seedless and ready to use. I finally made the durian fritters. It turned out ok but next time, I have to use self raising flour instead or add bicarbonate, slightly more salt and of course more durian.

'Nasi Goreng'

Yes I had 'nasi goreng' (fried rice) yesterday. Just a simple one using a ready made paste by Indofood.

As Rachael Ray of FoodNetwork Tv would say "Yum-O"!

I made this yesterday. It's 'tempeh' (check Wikepedia for what it is), fried with anchovies and peanuts with chilli paste.

Bruschetta

I made this for dinner last night and it turned out pretty good.

'Mee Rebus'

So it has been food I talk about and nothing else...can't help it...far away from home, away from all the good food. I cooked 'mee rebus'. It's the 2nd time I cooked this that I can remember since I moved here in 1999. A little oily this time...hopefully the next time round, I'll cook the perfect 'mee rebus'.