Durian fest

Durian season is here….and we are out to look for durian, the king of fruit.


As our objective of our blog is unity through food, it sound so impossible for not posting about this Malaysian favourite food….For some, durian is smelly but for majority of us, we think durian is delicious.


SS 2, Petaling Jaya was one place famous for its durian. There is 3 stalls selling Durian namely the Pahang Durian Stall, Donald Durian Stall and DurianSS2.com.my stall. All the stalls offer all you can eat durian buffet costing RM 10.



We choose to settle ourselves at Donald Durian Stall and opt for RM 10 durian fest. One can pay extra RM 10 if wishes to taste D24 durian.



Of course D24 durians are much more delicious compare to the durian kampong. The taste and texture of durian meat was incomparable with the durian kampong.


5 of us eat at least 15 durians and we got ourselves a free D24 durian. The staff is so busy that we ourselves help ourselves with opening the durian using the knife

Cutting an Orange

Orange is one of my favorite fruit and is packed with Vitamin C.
The many ways to enjoy an orange.
1) Cutting it into 6-8 slices, then juice it out using the teeth, leaving the flesh intact to the orange peel to be thrown into the rubbish bin (which i consider as very wasteful)

2) Creating lines on the orange peel, then using a spoon to skin out the orange peel (this is not a practical approach as the flesh might stick to the peel sometimes, resulting in a poorly skinned orange)

3) I discovered a more practical approach to enjoy the orange to the fullest.

First, cut off the top and bottom of the orange as shown:
Then, start to slice off the peel (half first) around the orange
Flip over and continue with the other half till the orange is fully peeled/skinned
This is how it looks like when its nicely peeled using a knife
Leaving you a whole orange to be enjoyed. (The fiber/flesh of the orange is not wasted and is actually good for your digestive system.)

ENJOY...

A trip to Tanjung Sepat - Part 2 (Places to visit)

A trip to Tanjung Sepat will never be complete without a visit to the few famous tourist hotspots.
Although the journey takes around 2hours to reach there, but it worth every minute to me as this trip has strengthened my family bonds. Hence, this is a prove that we do not need to spend an enormous amount of money to obtain happiness, and to support local tourism

Please allow me to post some artistic shots taken from the trip...(actually i dont wanna waste the 5 image slots allowed by blogger, so just added 2 more to fill in the space..haha)




Here are the few places that we've visited

Hai Yew Hin
This place produces "pao's" stuffed with a varieties of different ingredients such as "mui choi","pork with half of a fully boiled egg","peanut paste","black sesame paste","mixed vegetable" , and steamed butter bun. These fillings are quite unique and not widely available in Kuala Lumpur.
The process has been machinised since orders have been flowing in non stop after a visit by the "God of Eatery" from Hong Kong (the fat guy that appeared in a lot of food related tv programmes)
The black sesame paste and mixed vegetable at the back
The "mui choi" paste
House wives part time job, this is a small factory but u wont believe that the number of paos they sold per week, especially weekends when a lot of aunty local trips frequent the shop.
See the amount of paos that we bought from there...filled the boot area to the max...1 bag = 6 paos..

Lingzhi Farm
There are many varieties of fungus/mushroom grown in this farm, and you can get different types of fresh or processed mushroom/lingzhi related foodstuff in its shop.
The glaze from these Lingzhis seemed like it has been polished..haha
Oyster Mushroom
Monkey Head Mushroom
Yellow oyster mushroom (looks more like flowers to me)
Dragon Fruit Farm

These fruits are certainly rare in Kuala Lumpur and i have never tasted it before. The boss said its not ripe and will only be harvested 2 weeks after.
So many fresh Dragon Fruits, and you can buy dragon fruit wine from them too...it tastes more like " Whisky + Red wine +a lil bit of Dragon fruit taste" in it...

There are actually lots of pictures that i've missed such as the durian that we ate(very nice and orangee in color), the actual Dragon fruit farm....i dunno why i missed them...but anyway, hope that you guys enjoyed it...

Pros: Fresh fruits and unique paos which tasted not bad

Cons: Each farm are quite a distant away from each other

Mangoes from AndhraPradesh(India)

Mangoes are common in Malaysia due to our tropical climate. Mangoes from our neigbouring countries such as Thailand and Indonesia are widely available in wet markets country wide. The more premium mangoes from Australia and India need to be sourced from upscale supermarkets(eg.Cold Storage).

These mangoes here are bought from Restaurant Sri Paandi in Kajang. These mangoes from India can usually be found in Indian restaurants provided that the imported stocks are available. These mangoes are very very sweet and need to be chilled in order to enjoy the aroma, taste and texture of the fruit.

The box with 5Kg of mangoes costs RM 50 ringgit, pretty cheap for such delicacies


Look at its size...


Nice platter to be chilled in the fridge before consumption


Another way to enjoy the juicy delicacy...yummmm...


Pros: Very sweet(if eaten warm will not be nice..imagine eating warm ice cream)
Nice texture and aroma

Cons: Price is slightly on the high side

Result: 9/10 (must be served chilled)