wonderful dimsums at maju palace....

I love dimsums (chinese tapas) and am happy that there are quite a few places that serve halal dimsums now, and Maju Palace Restaurant is one of them (the other one I selalu pergi is the one in Quality Inn - they serve buffet dimsums on weekends... sedap!).

Anyway, was at Maju Palace recently with some fun loving and happy eating friends and had our fair share of delicious dimsums. Not bad tempat ni.

This has got to be the most popular and common dimsum

- the siew mai...

 Our table

 Our appetiser... cute and tastes good

 We didn't know what and how to order.

The waitress wasn't helping much.

The menu does not have enough pictures.

And I only know siew mai and chee cheong fun. :)))

 So here's our chee cheong fun...

 Cut into small pieces, so that auntie-auntie

can eat easily. Ayoo... it sucks to be 'old'... hahaha..

 

 Siew mai too? Prawns inside.

 My friend had a tough time ordering this morsels.

She was like 'macam karipap, dalam ada inti daging'. haha..

 Luckily she got the order right after all those sign languages.

Kelakar betul...

 I love their egg tarts. I'm a sucker for egg tarts

and these ones taste good. Not too sweet. Just right.

 This is good too. Not sure what it's called

 but it has crunchy bean sprouts (taugeh) and some eggs.

Taste somewhat like fried kuey tiaw.

I ate the plate clean. Yummy!

 Their porridge has the right consistency

but I'm not crazy about century old eggs.

I asked for salted egg and the waiter pulled a blank face. Ayoo!

I'm an eggplant freak, so naturally

I had to order this dish and it tastes wonderful.

Not sure if it's the done thing but I ordered

 cili jeruk with soy sauce to complement my dimsums.

Orang melayu makan dimsum cam ni kot... ihiks!

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 And here are our foods.

And we ate like crazy...

Some of the dishes we ordered, ada harganya sekali,

just in case you're wondering what's the damage like..

Note : Maju Palace Resto is at Maju Junction.. obviously.. :)))))

meehun sup power!

Another breakie favorite : meehun soup abang misai (soupy noodles).  I love the soup. It's very flavorful.  Tambah oomph kalau letak kicap with the cili padi (soy sauce with bird chillies).  

 

 Having my soupy noodles with my usual kopi iced.

SEDAP!!!!  ;)))))

SEKINCHAN grilled fish!!

After mucho contemplation, me and a few friends decided to check out Ikan Bakar Sekinchan at Setiawangsa. It was our first time there and much to our delights, the ikan bakar are delicious.  Boleh lawan Bellamy ni. 

 The ikan bakar is smothered with special sauce 

and the sauce has just the right amount of spiciness,

sweetness and it's almost a perfect blend.

 

Here's the restaurant.

There are a few other branches here, there and everywhere. 

Besides the grilled seafood, 

there are also other lauk-pauk.

 

Our ikan bakar - sembilang (catfish), pari (stingray),

siakap (Asian sea bass) and red talapia. Wonderful!!

 

With the wonderful sauce smothered generously on the grilled fish, we don't really need to eat the fish with the cicah. Memang oomph!!

 

 ...and for deserts, they have a few types of ice cream.

Rasanya quite sedap. Ala2 trifle. A good end to

a very satisfying meal.... burppp.....Alhamdulillah.... :)))

 

breakfast is the most important meal of the day? really ... ?

Okay, the myth about starting the day with a good breakie might be true. So here I am with one of my fave breakie foods. Malay style, that is.  Mee Jawa Abang Misai!!  (spicy soupy noodles)  Yummy with a capital Y.  Check it out.

I love my Mee Jawa eaten with some sambang kerang (spicy cockles) and a tall glass of kopi beng (ice coffee).

A lovely way to start the day, I would say :))))

 

the making of sambal peria + ikan masin....

One of my favorite lauks is sambal goreng... be it sambal goreng ikan (fish), kentang (potatoes - but of course!), ikan bilis (dried anchovies), terung (brinjal).. you name it, I love them all.

This time my 'the making of...' will be about peria (bitter gourd) and ikan masin (salted fish). It's really a match made in lauk haven... hehe..

Here are the ingredients  :

The main star is of course 

the bitter gourd or peria katak in Malay

Cut the peria any way you like. 

I like to cut it lengthwise and the seeds removed.

Another main ingredient would be the ikan masin (salted fish).

For this round, I use ikan gelama.

Any types of salted fish can be used.. ikut suka hati la...

And the ingredients for the sambal.

A little bit of tomato, fresh red chillies and red onions.

Blend them all with a pinch of salt.

Cut up the salted fish. 

Kalau tak potong pun tak pe.

Soak them up in water to remove the access salt.

If you want them to be real salty, tak yah lah soak.

Fry the salted fish and bitter gourd.

All nicely fried now.

The smell of fried salted fish would be so wonderful.

The chillies, onions are then fried with some oil.

As you can see, all are blended roughly.

When the blended stuff is properly cooked, 

add in the bitter gourd and salted fish.

...and it's all done!!

Best eaten with white rice.. sedap!!!

sup sayur when trying to lose those stubborn kgs...

   When I'm on my ireallyhavetodiettoday mood, this is one of my fave foods...  so simple to make, yet tastes so good (to me la..)

It's a vege soup. You can put almost anything your heart desires. 

On this particular day, I had some squash/pumpkin and ketola (what's ketola in English...? mmm ).. and some fish balls. 

For flavor, I love ikan bilis (dried anchovies). 

And of course some sliced red onions and salt to taste.

  

JAGUNG aka SWEET CORN

One of my favorite snacks - jagung. Jagung rebus, jagung bakar, gelamai jaguang (bubur jagung la tuu..), jagung as in salad.. I love them all... but of course the best one would be corn on the cob... with some salt sprinkled on them, one would be in jagung haven....

My fave jagung seller has got to be this pak cik. He's a cute pak cik with thick Minang accent and I always practice my broken Minang with him... :))

 

His humble gerai (stall) used to be in front of the now-famous Langat KFC (yet to be opened though).  But now since KFC is there,  he has shifted across the road... sian dia.. he said business has suffered somewhat.. coz the new location is a bit obstructed by bushes and such.. tapi insya Allah, rezeki ada di mana2, pak cik...

Pak cik at his stall

(never get the chance to ask his name)

His jagungs are always stacked neatly

 Cooking his jagung the traditional way.

With firewood.. . tambah wangi tu...

with plenty of daun pandan (screwpine leaves)

 

 

 

Jagung Langat have made an appearance in a lot of homes

and have made many people happy and sigh with satisfaction...

...compliment from yours truly :))

 

  

And last but not least, MY jagung.. 

gratis from pak cik to his most loyal customer, ie me la.. :D

jagung eaten right there and then in the car 

while driving home happily (multi-tasking.. huhu)