Comments for When the Mood Strikes http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com Adventures in the kitchen, well, mostly. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:32:35 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Friday Fun by No milk today… « …Still crazy after all these years! http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/friday-fun/#comment-237 No milk today… « …Still crazy after all these years! Tue, 30 Jun 2009 22:32:35 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=8#comment-237 [...] I read about that in Gerrie’s blog sometime back, I went to the shops to check and true enough, they only have sweetened creamer these [...] [...] I read about that in Gerrie’s blog sometime back, I went to the shops to check and true enough, they only have sweetened creamer these [...]

]]> Comment on Mood-less by gerrie7 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/mood-less/#comment-236 gerrie7 Tue, 05 May 2009 07:38:15 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/mood-less/#comment-236 Hahaha... Hahaha…

]]> Comment on Mood-less by kpenyu http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/mood-less/#comment-235 kpenyu Mon, 04 May 2009 10:21:11 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/04/26/mood-less/#comment-235 ok la bozo!!!! will wait for the blue moon. ok la bozo!!!! will wait for the blue moon.

]]> Comment on T’was Christmas Past by suituapui http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/twas-christmas-past/#comment-232 suituapui Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:22:03 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=505#comment-232 Drool! Drool!...Pot luck, was it? Now everybody can come in and claim ownership - who cooked what? If got yellow light in the house, I think should use flash...so pic not so yellow. <strong> Nope, not pot luck. Except for the leg of lamb, and roast turkey, everything else was home cooked. I took some with flash, but it was very over exposed. I think I didn't use the correct setting that night, too busy with other stuff. Maybe Fiq can take next time with his super fancy DSLR. My turn to hint,hint! Actually I never realised there's a whole slew of literature on food photography!!! Drool! Drool!…Pot luck, was it? Now everybody can come in and claim ownership – who cooked what? If got yellow light in the house, I think should use flash…so pic not so yellow.

Nope, not pot luck. Except for the leg of lamb, and roast turkey, everything else was home cooked.
I took some with flash, but it was very over exposed. I think I didn’t use the correct setting that night, too busy with other stuff. Maybe Fiq can take next time with his super fancy DSLR. My turn to hint,hint!
Actually I never realised there’s a whole slew of literature on food photography!!!

]]> Comment on A Distant Aussie Memory by suituapui http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/a-distant-aussie-memory/#comment-231 suituapui Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:19:24 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=518#comment-231 In Kuching, can buy at Choice Daily, Stella. In Sibu, cannot buy...hint! Hint! Hahahahahaha!!!! I'll have a chicken pie in tomorrow's post...so do drop by to have a look! Hehehehehehe!!!! <strong>Stella, do you need further prompting? hehe. I think that hint is for everyone in Aus and Kch, right stp? Chicken pie...yummy!! In Kuching, can buy at Choice Daily, Stella. In Sibu, cannot buy…hint! Hint! Hahahahahaha!!!! I’ll have a chicken pie in tomorrow’s post…so do drop by to have a look! Hehehehehehe!!!!

Stella, do you need further prompting? hehe. I think that hint is for everyone in Aus and Kch, right stp? Chicken pie…yummy!!

]]> Comment on A Distant Aussie Memory by Stella http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/05/a-distant-aussie-memory/#comment-230 Stella Fri, 06 Feb 2009 02:16:22 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=518#comment-230 I always took pies for granted here but recently i found out that a lot of 'home'visitors likes to buy them to take back. I only eat pies once in a while but my son loves having them for after school snacks. One brand which I quite like is Sargeants,grainfed beef n also Herbert Adams. Alot of new ones in the market nowadays,fourntwenty of course is one of the pioneers. <strong>I know of some folks who used to lug the pies all the way back as well! At least we have them in constant supply now, also some Sara Lee's danish, croissant (which I love!). Now that the aussie dollar is "friendlier", the prices have come down as well.....phew! I always took pies for granted here but recently i found out that a lot of ‘home’visitors likes to buy them to take back. I only eat pies once in a while but my son loves having them for after school snacks. One brand which I quite like is Sargeants,grainfed beef n also Herbert Adams. Alot of new ones in the market nowadays,fourntwenty of course is one of the pioneers.

I know of some folks who used to lug the pies all the way back as well! At least we have them in constant supply now, also some Sara Lee’s danish, croissant (which I love!). Now that the aussie dollar is “friendlier”, the prices have come down as well…..phew!

]]> Comment on Grand Portview Restaurant, KK by Stella http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/grand-portview-restaurant-kk/#comment-229 Stella Thu, 05 Feb 2009 02:22:01 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-229 No lah!Vietnamese always very enterprising but last time they sold mainly viets vegs but now they have more variety which catered for msian tastebuds as well like bittergourd n their papayas a lot nicer than woolies ones. Hopefully they will sell cangkuk manis one day. My sis in Brissy grows them but not me,donno can survive here or not,anyway she has green fingers, my are brown!LOL! No lah!Vietnamese always very enterprising but last time they sold mainly viets vegs but now they have more variety which catered for msian tastebuds as well like bittergourd n their papayas a lot nicer than woolies ones. Hopefully they will sell cangkuk manis one day. My sis in Brissy grows them but not me,donno can survive here or not,anyway she has green fingers, my are brown!LOL!

]]> Comment on Grand Portview Restaurant, KK by suituapui http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/grand-portview-restaurant-kk/#comment-228 suituapui Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:01:31 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-228 Very cheap! Sit-down dinners at big restaurants here same price or even more. Venison and wild boar meat here sold under the counter-illegal. But some claim the venison of local deer rearing farms. Dunno of any around here though! <strong>I remember Ta Kiong here selling deer meat, and I was told that they're from reared deers. I will ask the friendly butcher for more details. As far as wild boar is concerned, chances of getting them here are sadly, very slim. Very cheap! Sit-down dinners at big restaurants here same price or even more. Venison and wild boar meat here sold under the counter-illegal. But some claim the venison of local deer rearing farms. Dunno of any around here though!

I remember Ta Kiong here selling deer meat, and I was told that they’re from reared deers. I will ask the friendly butcher for more details. As far as wild boar is concerned, chances of getting them here are sadly, very slim.

]]> Comment on Grand Portview Restaurant, KK by Stella http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/grand-portview-restaurant-kk/#comment-227 Stella Wed, 04 Feb 2009 11:00:56 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-227 Wow!The prawns pretty pricey considering KK thot to be the seafood place. Over here the tiger prawns some imported n some from Aussie itself,if u go to vietnamese area is around A$30 per kg,so considering yrs,ours is actually reasonable. The vietnamese here now very enterprising so we can get almost everything,the other day i bought papayas which is just as sweet as the ones in sibu. In STP's blog,can't believe the price of cangkuk manis n all the green vegs now,the flood is really doing a lot of damage isn't it!Clams looks delish!Here i bought from viet market n cooked myself. Lots of sand so have to soak them in salt water for a while so the clams can purged it all out .They r also known as pipis n really nice with the 'cha-hu-ngang!If deer extinct,come here n buy,philip Island got a deer farm where u can buy.m not into deer tho! <strong>KK is famed for its seafood, correct, but is definitely NOT cheap. You mean the vietnamese just started becoming enterprising? Late bloomers or different generation now? I don't think deer is going extinct, so venison should still be quite easily available. Wow!The prawns pretty pricey considering KK thot to be the seafood place. Over here the tiger prawns some imported n some from Aussie itself,if u go to vietnamese area is around A$30 per kg,so considering yrs,ours is actually reasonable. The vietnamese here now very enterprising so we can get almost everything,the other day i bought papayas which is just as sweet as the ones in sibu. In STP’s blog,can’t believe the price of cangkuk manis n all the green vegs now,the flood is really doing a lot of damage isn’t it!Clams looks delish!Here i bought from viet market n cooked myself. Lots of sand so have to soak them in salt water for a while so the clams can purged it all out .They r also known as pipis n really nice with the ‘cha-hu-ngang!If deer extinct,come here n buy,philip Island got a deer farm where u can buy.m not into deer tho!

KK is famed for its seafood, correct, but is definitely NOT cheap. You mean the vietnamese just started becoming enterprising? Late bloomers or different generation now? I don’t think deer is going extinct, so venison should still be quite easily available.

]]> Comment on Grand Portview Restaurant, KK by suituapui http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/2009/02/02/grand-portview-restaurant-kk/#comment-226 suituapui Wed, 04 Feb 2009 07:03:06 +0000 http://drivenbymood.wordpress.com/?p=483#comment-226 Is that where they used to have the eat-all-you-can seafood buffet? Heard it's pretty pricey. Looks yummy though!!! That activist didn't say anything about eating venison? Like wild boar, selling of the meat here is banned - going to be extinct! LOL!!! <strong>I never knew there's an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet at the restaurant. Deer not going extinct, is it? The prawn dish was RM180, total bill RM386 or something like that. Is that where they used to have the eat-all-you-can seafood buffet? Heard it’s pretty pricey. Looks yummy though!!! That activist didn’t say anything about eating venison? Like wild boar, selling of the meat here is banned – going to be extinct! LOL!!!

I never knew there’s an all-you-can-eat seafood buffet at the restaurant. Deer not going extinct, is it? The prawn dish was RM180, total bill RM386 or something like that.

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