Happy Day:)

Papa said few days ago" mama esok pancakes okay",then mama tak buat2,asyik masak udon etc.This morning mama pun tunaikan request papa,pancakes and macaroni with smoke turkey for everybody.It's a happy and Alhamdulillah day....very much Alhamdulillah:) Why????

The golden brown pancakes,spread butter while it's still hot..so yummy:)

This is a perfect match...if you don't have the original maple syrup..this is good enough.

We don't have strawberry in our fridge this morning so mama added few slices of sweet plum for papa

Yummylicious fried macaroni with smoke turkey breast.

Papa enjoyed his breakfast..he ate 5 pancakes!

Auntie Zubye tanya mama buat sendiri ke pancake mix tu..hee..heee..tak de la rajin camtu sekali zubye,Mr Pillsbury ni jer..so easy,just add milk according to the box,whisk,whisk..wallaaaa a perfect pancake any day,anytime:)

Semalam semua orang kat pejabat mama gumbira dapat envelope ni..yeayyy bonussss..not that much, a big chunk went to tax..but Syukur Alhamdulillah sesungguhnya atas rezeki yang Allah Sbt beri.No doubt on..Alhamdulillah.

Hmmm kaki ni macam nak jalan2 jer..pandai ye awak kaki:) ingat awak ada banyak kaki kat rumah tu :)

Grengggg..kenangan manis kau dan aku...

Fringe,fringe where are you? Kemana pergi pun masa tu bawak fringe..Hong Kong saksi kan fringe ku:)

"...tak kan terluput..duri ranjau dalam bercinta lumrah dunia..sayang menyanyang cinta di kenang.."..haaaa..haaa itu lagu dari filem Azura..mama masa baru kerja zaman filem "Puteri Impian" Amy Mastura lah. Itulah mama sibuk memasak anak2 mama pulak asyik menyepah buku dan album jer kerjanya..habis gambar lama berterabur dah tu dua2 orang siap buat jual2 buku kononnya,Tia bagi buku kat Mia cakap ' give money adik"..Mia pulak pergi kerobek kat tepi kerusi kononya ambik duit and bagi kat Tia " i give you coins Tia".Dah beberapa minutes main terus bertarik rambut buku pun melayang-layang..hishhh sungguh pandai menjalankan business dua orang ni.

Tu lah ceritanya terjumpa gambar2 lama masa mula2 kerja dulu,zaman rambut mesti ada fringe kalau tak tak boleh keluar rumah,lawa sangatlah kononnya ada fringe tu siap atur lagi and lipstick semestinya matte:) Duit tak banyak (sekarang pun bukan banyak) tapi hati gumbira tiada batas (sekarang pun hati gumbira tapi ada batas bila kena cuci taik sengih hilang sikit..hee..hee). Zaman tu apa sangat di fikir,dapat baju baru malam2 asyik belek,try dua tiga kali sebelum pergi office,siap gosok gantung,esok nak pergi office tiba2 tukar baju lain pulak.Hujung minggu tidur sampai matahari naik,kan jimat lepas tu terus buat maggie telur yang double jadi lah "brunch".Malam duduk mengadap peti Tv14 inchi pun heaven,intai orang dating dari tingkap bilik sambil mengutuk-ngutuk maklumlah diri sendiri tak keluar dating. Hmm banyak kenkawan duu dah hilang,ada yang dah meninggal..kenangan yang manis tak kan terluput:)

First time ke Hong Kong bersama fringe yang tak boleh tinggal itu..pas tu sungguh berani untuk compare diri dengan Demi Moore..haa..haa

Mengayakan fringe dengan sun glasses di Victoria Peak.

Dengan kak ita di Hong Kong..rindulah kak ita...ingat tak kita bercanda-canda dalam bilik di hotel 3 bintang kat hong kong,dah tu kak ita turun pergi 711 and naik bawak majalah ###..saya kononnya tutup mata..haaa..haaaa

Malam dinner TV3..zaman dulu2 adalah dinner2 ni haaa..lepas ekonomi merosot buat family day kat sunway jer kerja..

Haaaa..suka betul gambar ni..gambar kenangan kat rumah sewa pertama di Desa pandan,apartment ni maklang yang punya tapi mama sewa,adalah basic things sikit2 kat situ.Duduk dengan 2 orang lagi girls,sorang kawan mama Wan Nor dan niece dia Masrina,lepas Masrina keluar Kak has pulak masuk.Gambar atas tu dari belakang Yatie now orang besar kat FINAS,Pok Ya buat business sendiri,depan mama,arwah sudiro and Saripah,saripah masih ada kat department mama ni. Sian arwah suka sangat mama masak kari kepala ikan,dia cakap paling sedap sampai dia tanya "azu kalau aku beli kepala ikan bagi kau kau nak ajak kita orang makan lagi tak?" Arwah baik hati,suka buat kelakar,usik orang..tapi dia latah..usik sikit terus menari dia.

Ini mama bergambar dalam bilik kat Desa Pandan,seronoknya bila dah mampu beli katil,tiap minggu tukar cadar,bila dah tukar cantik2 sanggup tak tidur atas katil bila siang,baring kat bawah jer..ha..haa..dah tu kat tepi tingkap penuh mama gantung pokok.Sini lah dunia,sini lah bahagia..cuma bila hujung minggu jer..vrooooommmmm kuala pilah kau tetap di hati tunggu kepulangan ku emak,ayam dan itik...gulai maask lomak cili padi:)

Miss orang2 zaman dolu2..

Udon Noodles Soup Step by Step

Dear Girls: Since both of you love eating udon noodles soup mama wanna share mama's recipe here.Nothing great,very simple , definitely not the japanase style but more to mama's style. Dulu2 uwan used to be the great cook,banyak kueh and masakan dia yang sedap, unfortunately all the traditional kueh mama tak pernah ambik recipe dia,now uwan dah lupa and mama rasa really rugi. Mama pun macam uwan masak tak ikut buku but more on the 'campak" and ikut rasa lidah punya method.Udon is one of the famous noodle from japan,udon is made from wheat flour,salt and water,the ingredients are simple but the method of doing it is very unique and stilled very traditional,the dough was kneaded using hand for many many times. Another type of noodle is Soba,Soba is a brown Japanese noodle about the size of spaghetti. Soba is very healthy as it is gluten free and it's a good source of magnesium,fiber and protein.

Okay mari memasak now:

There are so many ingredient that you can put in the udon noodle soup,the soup can be boiled without oil or you can fry the ingredient to get some aroma and taste. Last week kita dah masak boiled udon noodle jadi this time mama masak the later type.Mama used beef,fresh fishballs,soft tofu and oyster mushroom.Tia was really excited to see the tofu,she said "what's this?"

And we need the main ingredient which the udon noodles,mama always used this brand "fresh udon from japan" selling at Jusco for 3.50 each and two packets can serve 4 - 5 people.

Olive Oil (Laleli brand is another great brand for olive oil),vegetraian oyster sauce and local soy sauce (our's is tamim kicap kipas udang masin)

You need 3-4 cloves of garlic and 2-3 shallots,chop the garlic and shallot.Tia and Mia is very smart now since they always in the kitchen and never fail to ask mama many many question,bila main masak2 now they can say "pound your garlic,stir,stir first:)

Then mama boiled the udon.You can actually put the udon straight away into the soup but mama decided to boil and wash it first.If we put straight into the soup it will give " masam' taste a bit which is very common in japanese cooking but mama feels it is better to boil and wash when giving to children under 3 years old,futhermore it tastes better.

dah rebus masukkan dalam strainer..

and wash under the running tap water.

heat the pan with olive oil and stir the garlic and shallot.

add in the beef and stir until brown in colour, sebab imported beef kuat bau make sure you fry it until semua buih hilang and bau wangi keluar.

Add in the fresh fishballs..stir

Add in one spoon of oyster sauce.

Stir and put in the sofu tofu,stir carefully to avoid mashing the tofu,

Add in water,make sure it is not too much,if too much water you can't really taste the sweetnes of the beef and other ingredients. Add a dash of white pepper and a spoon of soy sauce.

Put in your udon inside the soup.

Lastly add in the mushroom,taste the soup and add salt if required,let it boil for few minutes.

if you need green for your soup,baby spinach goes well with udon soup (and the reason mama used it this morning because mama had it in the kitchen,clean and cut for the next dish which is your chicken and spinach soup for lunch)

After few minutes you'll have this lovely udon noodles soup,as mama mentioned earlier the water shouldnt be too much, as in the above picture it is just nice.

Serve while it is still hot and steamy.

Tia and Mia your udon is ready to be "slurrrrrrpppppp'.

Note: sebenarnya semalam papa ada mentioned about pancake,we makan western breakfast esoklah papa yerr..now mama buka kedai jepun dulu:)

Having two girls in the house is so wonderful,they showed interest in all the women's things like cooking,whenever they asked mama will never simplified the terms for them even they are barely 3 years old.They learned about 'garlic needs to be pound, how to peel the shallot,what is strain,stir,boil,colander,thong,pan,pots, different between olive oil and plam oil etc.You might think that those terms are too complicated to them but you ll be surpise when they used back those words in their conversation " mama i want to pound the garlic, mama must peel the onion firs etc,etc''..semua pun proses belajar.

Penuh gambar Food pulak hari ni:)

Salam Tia Mia,blog mama penuh gambar makanan pulak hari ni..sajer jer lah nak bagi kak ikin and kak nur drooling.Dua orang tu kan so busy sekarang,last week kak nur emailed cakap teringat goreng sardin,masak lemak mama lah and kak ikin pun sama tapi tak sampai2 rumah kita busyyy betul. Kak ikin sibuk cleaning her new house last weekend,mesti dah cantik sekarang,kak nur pulak kalau sms ke apa mesti 'nur kat airport lah sekarang maksu"..hisshh busy anak2 sedara mama ni. Jom tengok cerita bergambar kita lah..jom.

Group photo of class 2010,frm left Shirley,Jay,Sensei,Mia,Tia and Henry.Saturday, it was quite sad at Sichida..last picture taken with Sensei Yee Lin,bye bye Sensei we love you.Hopefully the new sensei will be as good and as nice as Yee Lin.

Tia Mia's classmate Henry and Jay.

The girls sayang Sensei..all the best to you Yee Lin.

Balik dari class petang tu ingat nak beli laksa kat gerai..papa pulak tak habis lagi nak makan noodles mama and cakap "boleh tak mama masak maggie kat papa tonite?" Ohh itu bisa saja papa..papa pun request makan maggie ni macam setahun sekali yer..tak pe lah otherwise not good for health ni..so mama buat maggie istimewa super sedap..tengok tu kak ikin ada 3 bijik telur cair2 sikit..sodap betul tu menjilat jari tau especially bila pecah2 cili padi kat dalam..haa..haa.

Sunday we took the girls for train rides kat KLCC..dah lama sangat both teringin naik train..kesian,so we parked at KLCC and took train to KL sentral..the girls were teruja betul..suka kat dalam train especially lalu banyk tunnel..they said 'cannot see,,dark..dark".

Dua orang ni sibuk memungut buah palm yang gugur sebelum nak naik train.

Both were really happy,it was very educational for both,belajar banyak benda..mama pun first time naik train semalam..wahh really happy lah macam kat London punya underground:)

We had our lunch at Secret recipe KL sentral..mama kena ingat next time bawak budak active tak boleh pergi kedai makan yang lembab,see Tia muka berkerut-kerut tu..siap cakap "very slow,i am hungry"..

We took train back to KLCC and both had fun there..vroom..vroom..sampai habis lah coins mama.

We drop by at Isetan and papa bought this set for the girls..tak sabar dua orang tu nak bukak masa tu..puas lah mama pujuk.Bawak balik rumah heni siap letak kat tempat makanan lagi benda ni..mesti ingat cake betul kat dalam tu.

Balik dari KLCC pukul 4.30,the girls tertidur..letak kat bilik atas,hujan pun mula turun..mama turun dapur terus masak untuk dinner pulak,sebelum keluar tengahhari tu dah masak gulai masak lemak ketam untuk uwan.For dinner mama tambah few dishes lagi..walaupun penat,kena rush masak masak masa both tidur aman sikit.

Sedap oo gulai masak lemak ketam ni kak ikin..pagi2 mama bawak uwan pergi pasar besar taman tun dengan papa and the girls,uwan nampak ketam mestilah teringin..so we bought this ketam,masih fresh,sweet..selera uwan makan.

Mama, dah beberapa hari teringat nak makan asam pedai sari ratu style yang guna cili merah besar hidup,so semalam buat lah..taruk terung banyak2..wahh sedap,kalau gulai ketam n i kena ada gulai ikan,papa kan malas makan semua benda yang ada shell ni.

dan yang sedap lagi rebus kerang besar2 ni cecah dengan sambal kicap yang taruk cilipadi,halia,bawang putih,bawang merah and perahan asam limau..ohhhhh sedapnya..pedas dan masam kena kerang yang manis.

Kita orang dinner awal semalam,6.30 dah dinner,dah kenyang Man of the House and the two lady of Leisure duduk layan Tv,dah kat luar hujan tak boleh berlari kat luar..papa tengok tu lampu kat meja makan kita dah terbakar dua papa jangan buat tak nampak jer. Bila dah ada anak2 kecik ni tentang ID tu mama kena lah bersabar buat masa sekarang carpet ke apa ke semua macam ciri2 kindergarten jer lah..sabar,sabar:)

Dah maghrib,both girls tak sabar2 lah bukak toy baru haa.. inilah bendanya kat dalam tu..wahh nampak yummy yummy lah.

Sibuk dua orang tu menyuap ice cream kat mama papa,bear,horse..sian bear kena dera makan cookies,sampai kena cucuk cookies kat mulut macam nak tembus..dasat betul.

Tapi mainan yang ada benda2 kecik macam ni kena pantau..tak boleh dia orang sendiri..kalau tak sibuk bubuh dalam mulut.

Ha..haaaa..sorry lah tak habis cerita masak lagi..pagi ni bangun celik mata haaaa...bau nasik lemak yang harum ada halia,bawang,pandan dan serai memenuhi ruang dapur.Heni dah hampir 3 tahun kerja dengan kita kepakaran dia masak nasik putih and nasik lemak saje.Lauk dia tak pernah masak,kalau ajar pun tak berapa menepati rasa,markah yang almost 9/10 boleh diberi kat dia adalah masak nasik lemak ni..mama dah ajar banyak kali,dia pun pandai buat nasik lemak kukus ni..dia kena masak awal sebab nasik lemak kukus kena lama,bila bangun mama masak sambal,rebus telur etc.

Pagi ni mama masak sambal sotong kering yang makcik bawak dari langkawi..sedap rasanya tu..sebab papa makan bertambah2 tak berkelip mata..dah kenyang dia pun datang hug mama cakap "thank you mama,papa so kenyang":)

Lepas tu mama packed pulak sikit nasik lemak bawak pergi office untuk kawan mama yang nak pergi mekah next week.

Lepas tu baru lah tukang masak ni dapat pergi office..nanti during lunch time sibuk pulak ke supermarket lagi berkira apa pulak nak masak untuk esok kan:)