Robyn Eckhardt writes: So, you've chopped down a fifteen-year-old sago palm, scraped out its insides, bathed them in water and kneaded and squeezed them dry, collected the starch from the bottom of your processing vessel, crammed it into waist-high cones you made from the base of the palm's leaves, left it to drain for a few days, and ended up with more sago flour than you'll ever eat in a year. What to do with it? If you're in Banza Barangay,Mindanao (Philippines), you might cook up some sago flatcakes called tumpi. You'd begin by heating some sago flour - which is sometimes white and sometimes brick red and sometimes a shade in between - in a dry skillet ... read more

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teckiee writes: When I read BBO's pasta challenge, I knew I had to find time out of the crazy geek's schedule contest. (hahaha macam election pulak ;p) The challenge is (the challenge is still on going, quick, you still have time to submit your entries!) to make something fusion with spaghetti, San Remo's to be specific.Anyway, after thinking of the challenge on the LRT to and from work for the whole week, I finally decided on the recipe. I had no name for this thing.., but I ended up with Caramelized Pork with Spaghetti Omelet aka Pork Dessert. There is two parts ... read more

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Lyrical Lemongrass writes: The dashing hero (Coz heros are usually blithe and dashing) Heard the princess shapely (Coz princesses are normally shapely and blushing) Her screams were piercing (And how can they not be piercing and shrill?) The dragon looked menacing (Far from the dragon in Shrek if you will) St George our mighty hero Saves the lady, his princess And pubs the world over Cheer the hero’s boldness And that’s how The George And Dragon appeared To celebrate drunkenness Inebriation revered. And what of our hero and his princess you ask? A man’s appetite is wanton So she hummed and ... read more

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teckiee writes: KONG HEI FATT CHOY! HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR!...I know it's late, but better late than never ;pThis year is my second time not going back to my Dad's hometown for the Chinese New Year Eve reunion dinner. Things have been busy at home, this, that, so we had a small and simple dinner with the whole family. Mom, Dad, Bro, Sis, me ... and a family friend. Everyone was still working or studying on the CNY eve, so we all had little time to prepare for dinner. I told my mom about the Pun Choy dinner that I missed, so this year for CNY eve dinner, she prepared her ... read more

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teckiee writes: We have everything all planned out for the last day. Eat everything we have been eyeing for, eat everything that we like, and do our last minute shopping.We head to the market again hoping for that particular packed noodles stall to be open and with less people. We were in luck to find three empty seats for us to squat. I had the rounded noodles with minced pork balls and bambo shoots soup. (10,000 Dong) The soup was just so so but I like the bambos shoots itself. Some might not like the bamboo shoot smell as it might smell too pungent. I'm used to it because I love them in my ... read more

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boo_licious writes: Oyster on iceI first caught wind of the Latest Recipe, Le Meridien Hotel's new cafe at last year's Food Bloggers gathering from Riz of Fried Chillies fame. Oozing praises for the new concept, he made it sound so tempting, I wanted to abandon the gathering and bolt straight away for the cafe. The magic word, he kept repeating was "Teppanyaki Ice Cream". Hold on, my brain was working out, "one can't fry ice cream on a teppan since it will melt right???"Prawns My curiosity was piqued hence, when I received an invitation to dine with Paprika, Lyrical Lemongrass and Cheryl Lum (thanks so much, ... read more

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boo_licious writes: Adorable tea cupI have been a fan of Fong Lye's food at their Desa Sri Hartamas outlet and even blogged about it twice. Recently, they have opened a new outlet at The Gardens. Looking modern with white furniture and flower motifs in purple, it is a good place to relax after some shopping. 3 Cup Chicken (RM18.80++) Unlike the other outlets, which serve cooked dishes with rice or porridge, this outlet features more snacks and set meals. Every set meal ordered is served with a variety of items.Pork Rice (RM18.80++) One of the items ... read more

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teckiee writes: Of all places at Pavilion KL, we all ate at Wong Kok Char Chan Teng. When my colleagues suggested the place I went "Harrrr why there? Nothing better to eat already meh?" in my head. Sorry folks I'm not a fan of Wong Kok.. at all.But, better not complain so much lah hehe because if it's your birthday, and you have at least six person with you, (I am sure the bill will come way over RM30) the birthday person is entitled a huge bucket of iced milk tea.I tell you, that's a really huge bucket because it was enough tea to for nine of us! ... read more

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teckiee writes: *Thank you all for the birthday wishes, SMSes, emails, cakes, dinners and pressies! Had a totally awesome birthday day and I believe things are just going to get better until end of the month. Hua hua hua.. I'm not done celebrating yet ;p*After dinner at Sit A Spell the other night, we heard music in the middle of the quiet street. We had no idea where it was coming. We continued walking until we noticed this cafe.Pirates Ice Cream and Coffee House.The lovely voices were from live singers! ... read more

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teckiee writes: Finally! The el cerdo have gone to El Cerdo KL in Changkat Bukit Bintang. LOL! El cerdo means 'The Pig' la ;p After hearing a lot of good stuff about the place from my colleague, reading Babe_KL's older post, and especially after seeing that pork knuckle at Lots of Cravings, I decided that is something I just have to try.There was only three of us at dinner, so when we ordered the Spanish ham platter, the paella, the German crispy ... read more

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