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