CNY #5: Dinner with the extended family, Grandpa and Grandma

Well, if you think i have a BIG family. You should see my extended family. It's even bigger.. So, last Chinese New Year, we had dinner at the Region, Seremban.

Place: Regent Restaurant
Food : Chinese dinner
Location : Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Food Taste: Not Bad, 70%
Service : So-so, 80%
Ambience : Too Chinese New Year feel, haha!


Me, hungry @ car
(yes, we had to buckle up at the rear seat)


My cousin, Kian Tiong bought a new DSLR (Digital Single Lens Reflex) camera.
So the nicer pictures were taken by him, and the not-so-nice ones were taken with my modest Sony Ericson K750i camera phone.
See whether you can figure out which is taken by which camera.

(p/s: i took the picture of the fish. the picture which he took tinggal bones only)

Before we proceed with the delicious food,
i'll like to take this opportunity to introduce my beloved family....
i never actually blog much about them, have i???
Funny, i was such in a family mood, this year round...

Anyway, behold to meet all the Leng Jais and Leng Luis

That's my happy Daddy and Mummy...
My brothers and sisters...
From left: Nice Tuan Ren, The Evil Tuan Yuan, Cute Yoon, Pretty Ling

Maternal Grandma & Grandpa..
Uncle Peter & Auntie & cousins: Kian Tiong(Eric), Ying Ying, Yen Ying
Uncle Frankie, Auntie and cousins: Ting Yee, Jian Ming, Jian Ning
Uncle David & Aunt & Cousins: Hong Wei, Chiu Yen, Chiu Peng, Chiu Yi
Aunt Cynthia & Uncle Darren Lai

Pretty Ying Ying Jie Jie

Cute cousin Ting Yee

ahhh.... this is my very VERY cute cousin neice... so chubby.. 2 months saja, you know..
so pandai to follow ppl around the room liao....
and very manja pun...

Anyway, let's go to the food...
i wanna make you all feel hungry.. hehe...

The Menu of the day

Lou Sang

Uncle Frankie said: must put some wine on the salmons..

Lou-Lou-Lou
(think picture so blur not because my camera skills are bad, it's because they lou too fast liao! :P)

My aunts and uncles...

Lou clean clean liao~ yuhuu~

~4 seasons~
This one very nice :)

~4 seasons~

~Roasted Crispy Duck~
oh... soooo juicy the duck....~shark Fin's soup with crabmeat~
(i hope there's no aquatic-protective-enthusiast seeing this)

~Happy prawnss~
hoho.... i loved prawns....
(don't worry, i'm again, i have my bestfriend, Mr Anti-Histamine to support me)

~Every year got fish~
not bad... very fresh...
(i took this picture!)

the picture Kian Tiong took... haha!!
he was like: i tak sempat take picture... they makan too fast liao...
^_^|||

~united glutinous rice~
nothing special... like biasa punya Loh Mai Fun lor...

The desserts in Regent Restaurant a little cheap leh, this time round....
i think if they were to serve ice-cream,
they should at least serve it in a serving cup..
rather than just give ice-cream in paper cups...
siGh...
(i know, shinLoo is calling me picky liao... hehe..)

but i did remember i used to like cup ice-creams when i was little....

Anyway, everyone had a great time!! ^^
and i drove back to HUKM the same night...
had to prepare for exams.. siGh..
friends all back in HUKM liao pun...

CNY #4: How to make Pineapple Tarts?

FLASHBACK: 2 days before CNY
I spend the few days before Chinese New Year not with my books, but with this:

Yes. Baking is fun!! i think it's better and easier than cooking....
Everything is so standard, you just have to follow the recipe....
How hard can it be?
And you don't have to worry over getting the food burned...

So, today's post is about: Pineapple Tarts - How to make them...
Why Pineapple Tarts, you may ask?
Well, after my last orthosurgery examination, it was proven that Pineapple Tarts brings GOODLUCK!! as in (ONG LAI!!!)
so, how can you still NOT want to know how to make Pineapple Tarts???
It may change your luck and your life!!
and you can thank me for that later..
hehe...

okay, let's cut the crap..

Firstly, let me introduce you to this 2 incredible chefs:

1. MY MUM - Mdm Joanne, the super-increrdible Mum
2. The Pineapple Tart Machine - Mr Falcon

Mummy with her expert hands...
*blink* *blink* =)
Yes. This is Mr Falcon. Not Borneo Falcon, though... hehe.. this is the Peninsular Falcon...
i think all Falcons very keng... haha!
With this Machine, you can make ANY biscuits!!
so senang....

okay: Back to Pineapple Tart Making....

1. Firstly, pour the sieved flour, butter, castor sugar into this incredible Mr Falcon
(Mr Falcon is like Mr Muscle.. He'll mixed the ingrediates well and save you from muscle ache..
my hero~)

2. Then pour in the eggs

3. Allow it to mixed well until it appear to be something like this:

(WOW! take a look at those muscles... hehe...)

5. Then choose the appropriate outlet piece according to the type of cookie that you are baking or the shape that you like..

(so many to choose from)

6. For Pineapple Tart, i chose this slit like outlet piece.
7. Allow the soft dough to pass through it slowly.
Cut the dough into short pieces about 3 fingers breathes long.
(palpating too many livers makes me count in finger breathes nowadays, hehe..)

8. Put generous amount of Pineapple Tart filling onto the dough

Apply about this much, but not too much though...

If too much, you might have problem wrapping them...
You know, it's like Vera Wang: You have to fit yourself to Vera Wang, not alter Vera Wang to you.. (if you know what i mean... hehe...)

wrap, wrap, wrap....

Have them arranged in rows in a butter-lined tray

Apply Egg york on the surface
(to gives a nice color and a crunchier coat)

It will appear shiny...

Put into the Oven To bake

DONE!!!

Aren't the Pineapple Tarts simply lovely??
I hope the Pineapple Tarts will bring you all : ONG ah~~ HUAT ah~~


Happy Chinese New Year!

CNY #3: SteamBoat, anyone?

Somehow, every Chinese New Year, i will have steamboat on one of the
days of Chinese New Year...

Mummy would invite our relatives over for steamboat...
as steamboat is so easy to prepare..
see, Mummy so Pandai...

The SteamBoat with the delicious soup....

MUST HAVE: Fishball (big and small) - oh, i love fishballs so very much...
Quilt eggs, meatballs, Crabsticks, Tofu

Lots and Lots of mushrooms!!
The Chinese Cap Mushroom, The Thin Chinese Mushroom, The Button Mushroom, and the Needle Mushroom.
Mushrooms adds a nice smell to the broth...
and the Needle Mushrooms gives a very sweet taste to it....

Toufu, Japanese Toufu,
'he kiao' (fish dumplings) -delicious!
i don't really like hotdogs in steamboat, but my bro likes it, so ya... u can add those too

because it appears too meatful, here's some crunchy French peas..

and shreaded carrots
(me and carrots.. haha.. well, that's another story)

oh yes, you MUST HAVE PRAWNS too!!

(you can imagine how badly i had abused anti-histamines this Chinese New Year, hehe...)

Prawns gives the broth a very sweet taste...
delicious!
You can also have Tom Yam Broth, Chicken Broth, or Herbal Broth...
Too troublesome?
Well, there's always Ayamas Chicken Cubes!!
hehe...

Time for grilling!!
This is fun!
A little like Korean BBQ..
Marinate the meat and grill it... ahh.. they melt in your mouth...

soon after, we discovered that grilled ham and prawns were delicious too!!

and then my sis start to get addicted to the grilling that she couldn't stop..
hehe..


Happy Chinese New Year!

Place: shinyin's home sweet home
Food : Mum's cooking
Location : Seremban
Food Taste: Awesome
Service : Self service
Ambience : The love of home ^^ (hehe)