vivien writes: Evelyn Gan of SilverGlobe Bird Nest sent me a bird nest to be reviewed. Above is bird nest package sent by PosLaju, it takes only 1 day to reach KL from Kuching, Sarawak. There is a recipe on how to cook bird nest attached to the container. Bird nest drink is a chinese delicacy known for its health and beauty benefits, it is essentially saliva of certain birds which lives in caves, its nests are made of their own saliva. Raw bird’s nest, above is 2 pcs worth RM130 which weight only about 10g, talk about expensive, but it would ...
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vivien writes: Cheese and grape Salmon Gravalax Sushi and sashimi, no salmon! only tuna, butter fish etc. Their butter fish is good though Make your own salad in a parmesan cheese “barrel” pizza, some with creamed corn topping, at least use some frozen corn/fresh corn… Creamed corn just sounds so desserty… Jacket potato, the pototo is a bit dried out...
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vivien writes: Edo Ichi, a new Japanese restaurant in Solaris Dutamas, located same floor as Pappa Rich Mini Shake Oyako Don to Nabeyaki Udon set, RM35, very big portion and nice chawanmushi, comes with the set, very smooth Nabeyaki Udon(comes with the set too), yummy, soup base is good Mini Salmon belly don(comes with the set), fish is fatty and deliciou...
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vivien writes: I love browsing in supermarket and also departmental store selling kitchen ware. One of the kitchen ware i wish to have is microplane, zesting orange and lemon going to be much easier. I read somewhere that microplane originally are metal equipment used to smoothen surfaces, but later it found its way into kitchen being a sturdy zester for parmesan cheese, citrus fruit etc. digital kitchen scale, yet to have one… measuring cups, wish to have a set of these too, just found out they are digital measuring cups too maybe a Le Creuset too, a french manufactured cookware, it can be put inside oven, sorta like pyrex. Other than the normal orangey color Le Creuset ...
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vivien writes: MAIU Japanese Restaurant, previously called Umaiya. I think this branch of Umaiya is sold off, and taken over by new management who renamed it MAIU, but the chef, menu etc remain the same. Shop Front Appetiser: Edamame is plump and good Shishamo is perfectly grilled with no burnt bits Saba...
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vivien writes: Movenpeak Steamboat in Ipoh Parade Set for single person Seafood Set, RM19.80, too big for a person portion, can be shared, comes with crab, balitong, mussels, squid, crabstick etc Overall, i never like steamboat where each person having own soup pot, i find the soup of such places are usually just full of seasoning/MSG… Address: MovenPeak (also a branch in Ipoh Parade) 12A, Jalan Chin Choon Sam, Greentown, 30450, Ipoh, Perak. Telephone: 05-2532 218/2533 218 Website: www.movenpeak.com.my
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vivien writes: Macaron Class taught by french chef Nathalie who heads Nathalie Gourmet Studio in Solaris Dutamas(near Solaris Dutamas Pappa Rich) We were taught to make 3 kinds of macarons: Chocolate Macaron with chocolate ganache, macarons with raspberry fillings and those with salted caramel fillings. Love the selection, had been wanting to know how salted caramel taste like. Macaron base has 4 main ingredients: ground almond, icing sugar, egg white and caster sugar. Almond meal + icing sugar which has been broken up in a blender and sieved again to make sure it is airy and lump free. We start off making a paste using ground almond+icing sugar+cocoa powder+egg white + valrhona chocolate! valrhona is like the Creme de la Mer in the choco-world, ...
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vivien writes: I was given 3 packs of Sri Kulai products to try out, above is their best seller – dim sum with chicken soup(prawn and chicken siu mai), RM7.90. taste quite good, ready after popping into microwave for 4 minutes Limited edition Ramadan dishes: Ayam Gulai Lemak Tradisional (Traditional Gulai Lemak Chicken) and Ayam Kurma Tradisional (Traditional Chicken Kurma) RM7.90 each, still in their frozen state ready to be eaten, i cooked it for approx 11 minutes in the microwave to get it really warm and defrosted, although the package ...
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vivien writes: easy-to-wash citrus juicer from Kenwood, only RM98 in Jusco. The motor(lower right) will turn when pressure is applied on it. my favourite, much easier to wash than the conventional juice extractor.
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vivien writes: mag published by the delicious group food ingredients sold in “Delicious Ingredients” gourmet food store in Dua Annexe branch(Jalan Tun Abdul Razak) and Bangsar Village branch Website: The Delicious Group
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