Wednesday, 6 November 2013

Nice Food in Nibong Tebal

On our way to Penang, we dropped by Nibong Tebal for lunch. This restaurant was recommended by my colleague - Mr. Boey, who's hometown is Penang.

These are the three dishes, I wanted to recommend to all :

在我们去槟城的途中,转进了Nibong Tebal吃午餐,这家餐厅是我的同事介绍的,Mr. Boey, 的家乡就在槟城。

这是我们点的三道菜肴,特别推荐给大家 :

1. Crab Porridge 螃蟹粥
    Very fresh crab make the porridge really tasty.....with the taste of home cook food. Very delicious! Must       try!
    螃蟹特别新鲜,让螃蟹粥又鲜,又甜,有家乡的味道!赞!一定要试!




2. Steam Octopus 清蒸八爪鱼
    This is their special snack, only available around that area. Steam octopus must taste together with their         special source.
    这是他们的招牌小吃。听说只有那附近有这道菜。清蒸八爪鱼一定要配他们特制的酱料,       特别爽口!



3. Spicy bean Lala 辣豆瓣Lala
    This is very tasty dish for white rice. I like the spice and salty taste on the lala.
    这是一道很开胃的菜肴,我喜欢它那咸咸辣辣的味道!
   

Other than the above three dishes, we ordered one plate of vege, drinks and one big pack of prawn cracker as well, all in is only RM53, cheap and tasty.....must go again!

除了以上三样菜,我们还叫了一碟青菜,茶水和一大包虾饼,全部才RM53。超便宜,又好吃!一定要再去啦!

Restoran N. T. Cheang Kee (璋记饭店)
No. 60 & 62, Jalan Besar, Air Lintas
Taman Merbah, 14300 Nibong Tebal
S.P.S Penang
Tel : 04-5943728

12pm-3pm
6pm-10pm
(Tuesday off)

Monday, 4 November 2013

Homecook Curry Chicken( 咖喱鸡)



After two times failed in this dish, finally.....this is my homecook version. Due to Monday off for wet market, I have no choice but to use the instant curry chicken paste....surprisingly, it was delicious!!!!

In this recipe, I have used the most simple ingredients : chicken drum stick (chopped in slices), one red onion (minced), three potato (cut in cubes), one pack of instant curry chicken paste (i used Qi Xiang brand) and one pack of coconut milk.

连续次失败的经历。。。这次终于成功了!因为星期一的巴刹没开,我只有用即时咖喱浆料,没有想到还是可以很美味的呢!

这次用的材料也很简单:一只鸡腿(加二度),一粒洋葱(切碎),三粒马玲薯(切颗),一包即时咖喱浆料 (我用的是奇香牌),最后当然是椰浆了。


1. Add some cooking oil into a deep pan to fry the potato. 加一点油,把马玲薯炸一下。


2. Take out the fried potato, then fry the minced onion. 把马玲薯拿起,留下油,再倒下碎洋葱,炒至香味出来。


3. Add in chicken. 加入鸡肉。


4. Add in curry chicken paste and cook for 3 minutes. 加入即时咖喱浆料, 快煮3分钟。


5. Add in fried potato. 加入炸好的马玲薯。


6. Add 100 ml water and cook for 25 minutes or until the potatos turn soft. 加入100 ml的水,焖25分钟或直到马玲薯变软。

7. Add 100 ml coconut milk to cook for another 5 minutes. 最后加入100 ml 椰浆, 再煮5分钟。



7. Finally......here you are.....the delicious curry chicken!!! 美味好吃的咖喱鸡上桌啦!




Friday, 1 November 2013

Kota Kinabalu Trip, Sabah, Malaysia (亚庇旅游,沙巴,马来西亚)- Day 2 (第二天)


In second day, we rent a car (cost RM120/day) to cover some outskirt attraction spot e.g : Upsite Down House, KDCA Cultural Village, St. Michael Catholic Church, Monsopiad Cultural Village and Tanjung Aru beach.

第二天,我们租了车,参观了一些比较郊区的景点:颠倒屋,KDCA文化村,St. Michael 教堂,Monsopiad 文化村和Tanjung Aru 海滩。

Our destination as below :


Upside Down House, 颠倒屋 
Located at Tuaran, Tamparuli. It is 27km from KK town, we took about 30min to reach there. It is a small Malay house purposely build upside down for visitor, there is an upside down car and washroom outside the house. We can only take photos outside the Upside Down House but not inside the house (for it's exclusive). It took as fast as 5 min to finished visit the inside of the house and I personally feel that there is nothing special in it and we paid RM10 for enterence fees.

颠倒屋离亚庇市约27公里,我们用了大概30分钟到达哪儿。它是一间简单的马来屋,故意建造成颠倒式。屋子的外面还有一辆颠倒的车和厕所。我们不允许在屋子里面拍照,其实里面五分钟就逛完了。我本身觉得里面也没什么特别的,但我们已经给了进场费RM10。


a car upside down 一辆颠倒的车

This is the only photo spot area outside the house 颠倒屋外观的拍照定点

The upside down washroom 颠倒的厕所
Operating time : 8am to 10pm (include public holiday)
Address : Mile 21, Jalan Telibong, Tamparuli
Entrance fees : RM10 (Malaysian); RM18 (Non-Malaysian); RM5 (Student/Children below 12); FOC for children below 3.

KDCA Cultural Village (KDCA文化村)

The cultural village is located at Kadazandusun Cultural Association (KDCA) Hongkod Koisaan, Penampang which is about 15 minutes drive from Kota Kinabalu City. This cultural village is specially catered for the Kadazandusun tribes in Sabah. We do not pre-book the trip, and intend to go for the afternoon session trip, but no one is serving us when we arrived there. The hall was occupied for a wedding lunch, a cultural dance was performing for a big group of people and the cultural house is close for visit.

这是卡达山族的文化村,从亚庇市祗需15分钟的行程。我们没有预先预定他的行程,本想说当作没预定的游客来参与下午的行程,结果去到哪儿没人招呼,只见礼堂已被用作结婚午宴,有一群人正看着文化舞蹈表演,文化屋也已被暂时关闭了。

 Tariff
Particular
Non Msian Adult
Non Msian Child
Msian Adult
Msian Child
Full Package Walk-in
RM 100.00
RM 80.00
RM 80.00
RM 50.00
Walk – In (Cultural Houses Own Tour Only)
RM 15.00
RM 10.00
RM 7.00
RM 5.00
Walk – In (House Tour+Demo+Cultural Show)
RM 60.00
RM 40.00
RM 40.00
RM 20.00

The pre-book trip is through an local travel agent there :
Touch Borneo Resort & Tours Sdn. Bhd.
Tel: +6088-715053; +6088-252565; +6088-252567
Mobile: +6019-5819566 (Ms Fay); 6012-8338767 (Mr Fred)
Tel: +6088-715053; +6088-252565; +6088-252567
Website: http://www.touchborneoresort.com

KDCA cultural village entrance 文化屋的进口处(已被暂时关闭)


St. Michael Catholic Church (St. Michael 基督教堂)
Build in 1947. Very charming church. It is only 18km from KK town. We drove there by GPS but it shown us to the grave at the backyard of the church. We reached there in rain and a couples were taking pre-wedding photos there. Unfortunately, the church is lock and we do not managed to go into it.

建于1947年,很迷人的一座教堂。距离亚庇市只有18公里。我们架着租来的车,卫星导航把我们带到教堂后面的坟墓。。。我们到达时已下着小雨,除了我们,还有一对新人在拍着婚纱照呢!很不幸的,教堂的大门关了,我们没办法进里面参观。

St Michael Chruch
Monsopiad Cultural Village (Monsopiad 文化村)
It is a living museum located 16 km or about half an hour away from the KK City Centre. Monsopiad was a fearsome warrior (head hunter) who lived in the village of Kuai nearly 200 years ago.

Other interesting exhibits include the massive monolith which invokes a dozen legends, the traditional restaurant and of course Siou Do Mohoing, or the House of Skulls, where all 42 'trophies' of Monsopiad hang from the rafters.

Actually we reached there was too late to join all the tour. Compare with the KDCA, I will choose Monsopaid Cultural Village for my next visit, which I feel, it is more natural and interesting. The important is, I wanna to see their "House of Skulls" !

他是一个活的博物馆,距离亚庇市16公里,Monsopiad 族群曾经是很可怕的战士,他们是出名的猎头族,这是他们200年来的原住址。

文化村里有一些很有趣的展览,庞大的巨石所流传的传奇, 挂着42个头颅骨当作战胜品之屋等等等。。。。

我们到达时已太晚了,没办法参加进去参观。如果和上个文化村相比,我还是会再回来Monsopaid文化村, 我觉得它比较天然和比较有趣,最重要的是我要看它的头颅骨之屋!

Admission fees (includes welcome drink, interactive guided tour)
Entrance Fee Malaysian Others
Adult RM55.00 per person RM75.00 per person
Children 6 - 12 years old
RM20.00 (Agent); FOC (Family)
Student (with student tag) RM30.00 per person RM50.00 per person
Below 6 years old
FOC
Senior Citizen RM20.00 per person RM75.00 per person
Guided Tour at 10:00am, 12:00noon, 15:00pm & 17:00pm
Cultural Dances at 09:00am, 11:00am, 14:00pm & 16:00pm

Operating time ; 9am - 5pm daily
Address : Kg. Kuai/Kandazon, Penampang
P.O.Box 153 Tanjung Aru 89458
Kota Kinabalu
Sabah East Malaysia
Tel : 6 088 774337
Fax : 6 088 761680
Website : http://www.monsopiad.com
Email : info@monsopiad.com


House of skull 头颅骨之屋



Tanjung Aru Beach

We reach there by evening, just the time for sunset....after photo shooting session, we proceed to Welcome Seafood Restaurant which strongly recommend by tourist feedback in web. However, I am really disappointed with the crab we ordered. It is not fresh and tasteless. I think any seafood restaurant in Malaysia can cook better than them although their price is cheaper. The really weird thing is, it was full house.

我们到达Tanjung Aru海边时已是傍晚,刚刚看到太阳下山。。。。赶紧拍了几张夕阳照,我们就跑去找吃。选择了一间网民极力推荐的“大茄来海鲜餐厅”, 结果令我大失所望,我们叫的甘香螃蟹实在煮的太糟糕了,又不新鲜,虽然价钱便宜,但我想马来西亚任何一家海鲜楼煮的都好过他家。让人奇怪的是他竟然满座。

Welcome Seafood Restaurant (大茄来海鲜餐厅)
Address : Lot G13-18, Ground Floor, Asia City Complex, Phase 2A, Jalan Asia City, 88300 Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Tel: 088-44 7866







Thursday, 31 October 2013

Kota Kinabalu Trip, Sabah, Malaysia (亚庇旅游,沙巴,马来西亚)- Day 1 (第一天)

Our Kota Kinabalu (KK) trip from 12/9/13 to 16/9/13.

Due to flights booked almost one year ahead, only 2 out of 6 of us were managed to arrange time for the trip.

We never plan any itineraries but mean for a free and relax trip.

Although our trip from 12/9 to 16/9, but late arrival on the first day and early departure on the last day make us left only 3 full days in KK.

We spend the first day in Filipino Market, KK China Town, Atkinson Clock Tower and Look Out Point.

Sabah is near to Philippine geographically, therefore many Filipinos are migrating illegally to Sabah, some even with Malaysia citizenship with years and generations in Malaysia. Filipino Market is an unique scene in KK in years back but no more in today. It is only few coconuts stalls opened. We ended up visited the handicraft market and local fruits market which is just next to it. I always like to visit the local market to understand their local people's life styles....You can get all sorts of local made crackers, local handicrafts, fresh seafood and grill seafood (in night stalls) here....

因为一年前预定的机票,其他家庭成员都因为迁就不到时间,结果只有我们两人来到亚庇。
虽说行程是从12/9到16/9, 但其实只有3天完整的时间让我们逛亚庇。第一天,我们逛了菲律宾市集和颠倒屋。因为沙巴和菲律宾的地理位置很靠近,历年来很多菲律宾的非法移民迁至沙巴的各个地区,亚庇就是其中之一。现在的菲律宾市集已不如从前般辉煌,如今只见寥寥无几的卖椰水摊位。我们顺道参观了在它附近的本地水果市集和手工艺品市集。我一直都喜欢参观当地的市集,以便更了解他们当地人的生活习惯。在这,你可以看到琳琅满目的当地零食,手工艺品, 海味,新鲜海鲜,烧烤海鲜(晚上的夜市)等等等。。。

Address : Jalan Tun Fuad Stephen (Handicraft Market)
Transport :City Bus (50 cents per trip) or Taxi
Operating Time :7am - 7pm daily;after 7pm for night market (grill seafood)

Dry Seafood 海味
Grill Seafood in the night market 烧烤海鲜(夜市)
Local Handmade Handicraft (手工艺品)

The giant pumpkin in the market (超大型南瓜)


Atkinson Clock Tower was built 1903, built with all wood, no nail structure. Landmark for KK.
It is the oldest standing building in Sabah.

Atkinson钟楼,建于1903,全建筑用木,没钉。它是亚庇的地标,也是全沙巴唯一最古老的站式建筑物。

Address:By walk distance from the china town, or by taxi.


Atkinson Clock Tower 


Signal Hill, Obeservatory Platform 瞭望台
Further up from Atkinson Clock Tower, is the signal hill, observatory platform, it is the highest point of KK city, with breezing and wide angle scenery of KK city. It should be a nice place to relax with a cup of tea / coffee, but the only cafe was closed and the platform looks a bit of run down & lack of maintenance.

从钟楼往上走,就可到达全亚庇市的最高点-瞭望台。 那儿凉风习习,还有一望无敌的亚庇市全景图。这可是个看风景,喝咖啡的好地方,可惜建筑有点破旧,缺少保养。



We had our dinner at Old Farm City Park Seafood Restaurant, I was first saw the name of the restaurant in airline magazine during our flight to KK and it was recommended by the taxi driver who drove us from KK airport to our hotel on the 1st day. It is just located on the other end of the china town and the steam crabs with egg white that we ordered is really delicious.

最后,我们又回到唐人街, 这次就是找吃咯!我们的晚餐就在田老爷城市海鲜餐厅,我第一次知道这家餐厅是在飞机杂志的广告上,就在我们第一天乘坐飞机来亚庇的途中。再来,就是载我们从机场到旅馆的德士司机推荐说他们本地人都会到那儿吃,新鲜,价格又不会贵。
我们要的蛋白清蒸螃蟹真的好鲜,好甜!

Old Farm City Park Seafood Restaurant (田老爷城市海鲜餐厅)
Address:Jalan Tugu, KK City Park, 88000  Kota Kinabalu  Sabah, Malaysia
Operating time : 12pm - 10pm daily
Contact : +6012 8618633
website : www.mroldfarm.com


Steam Crab with Egg White 蛋白清蒸螃蟹



Wednesday, 30 October 2013

高海拔之恋II (观后感)


一部海拔三千八百米高的凄惨爱情故事。。。再加上古天乐和郑秀文的阵容。。。吸引了我。

少了那唯美的香格里拉景色。。。。多了一份感动的爱情故事。

秀不曾放弃她那失踪的丈夫,直到遇见了Michael, 一位她从少女时代就崇拜的偶像。她曾是他第033号的资深粉丝迷。

让我感动和印象深刻的是那丈夫对妻子的爱。。。从相遇的情节到迷失在树海里。。。七年来就靠着妻子那甜美笑容的照片坚持着活在那冰天雪地。。但最后还是葬身在树海里。。。超浪漫, 凄惨的。。。

秀对失踪的丈夫的坚持,坚持丈夫只是失踪,她把一切物质和生活习惯保持不变。。。。等待着他回来。。。。

Michael最后执导编剧的电影,叙述着他们的故事,改变了的结局,完了秀的梦想,也让剧情划上了完美的句点。

很喜欢Michael讲过的一段经典对白:因为钢琴的DoReMi key 坏了,所以我想作一首没有DoReMi的曲,结果心里就一直留着DoReMi。。。。作的曲反而特别多DoReMi的key。。。越想遗忘的,心里提着,就变得更难遗忘了!

Michael和秀的恋情反而有点牵强,没有浪漫,不够深刻。

郑秀文也显得有点苍老, 有噢巴桑的感觉。。。

但我还是很喜欢电影的主题歌 - DoReMi。。。看着电影,听着歌曲。。。特别有感觉!