Macaroni for Breakfast

I really salute people who can wake up early in the morning to cook. Some of colleagues do it daily, because they have to cater to the needs of their husbands and children.

This morning, I had a colleague who sacrificed sleep to cook pasta. As a result, a few of us had a hearty pasta breakfast! Thanks so much, J*!


J* told us it was really quick and easy to make this dish. He sauteed garlic, then added onions, diced chicken breast, and canned button mushrooms. Then he added in Dolmio's Creamy Mushroom Pasta Sauce and let it simmer. Finally, he added grated parmesan to the gravy.

Boil macaroni al dente, and serve hot with the creamy mushroom pasta sauce! It's sure great to have colleagues who love to cook. ;)

Dragonfly Decoration

My friend W**** just passed this cutesy dragonfly decoration to me a few days ago. It is made of metal, and decorated with glitter paint.

Red dragonfly decor

The "head" has got a sharp pointed tip.

Sharp pointed tip

What needs to be done is to balance the sharp tip on a corner of a box, and the dragonfly will stay there, swinging precariously from side to side, yet it does not fall. Amazing!!!

According to the shopkeeper, the dragonfly can be balanced at any corner, like the edge of the cpu or television or anywhere else.

No glue or cellotape ... but it doesn't fall ...

W**** bought this at a souvenir shop at The Peak, Hong Kong. In fact I had wanted to buy one too, at that time, but W**** said she would buy half a dozen and give me one.

Thanks, W****, I love it!

Fisherman's Friend

Open my handbag and you will definitely find a packet of Fisherman's Friend.

I like the Citrus Twist flavour, but it's not available in Malaysia. Just too bad. Was looking for it in Brunei, but it was also not available.

I like the packaging as it comes in a resealable zip lock bag. It makes it easier for storage, keeping the lozenges fresher besides.

Whittaker's Almond Gold

I love Whittaker's, but it's difficult to buy it here in Malaysia. I first ate Whittaker's in New Zealand years ago, and till now, I am still quite fond of this chocolate brand.

If I'm overseas, I will buy Whittaker's chocolate when I see them.

My favourite is of course the Peanut slab, which is fresh roasted peanuts covered in rich milk chocolate in a bar. The last one I had was 2 years ago, when I chanced upon them in Taiwan.

Recently, I managed to buy the Whittaker's Almond Gold.

Whittaker's Almond Gold

It's similar to the Peanut slab, except that Almond Gold had almonds (duh!!) in it, instead of peanuts.

A bar has 1103kJ !!!

The chocolate was smooth and rich with the taste of milk. It was satisfyingly sweet, yet not cloying. The toasted almonds were crunchy. Really indulgent!

Yum ...

But eating a bar of Whittaker's made me feel guilty, as a 45g bar contained 1103kJ! That means, I have to work hard to burn off those extra calories ;(.

Old Chang Kee Snacks

Both C** and I loved Old Chang Kee, and there are OCK snacks kiosks aplenty over in Singapore. In Malaysia, there are only 2 outlets. One is located at BB Plaza, and the other at 1Utama.

I managed to try quite a few items on the menu, like sotong balls, sotong wings, chicken wrap, fish fillet, and mini cheese sausages. I loved most of the items I tried!

C** loved the spring rolls. The spring roll looked compact, and deep-fried till golden brown. Looked delicious, indeed. However, I didn't really like the fact the machine-shredded jicama stuck together inside. ;p I prefer the filling to be loosely compact, you know what I mean? ;))

OCK deep-fried spring roll

See the jicama clumped together ... hmn ... dun like ...

My favourite was Sardine O. Sardine O had a red dot on its pastry, to differentiate from Curry O, the famous OCK curry puff.

OCK Sardine O

Yummy ...

The sardine puff was compact with filling. The sardine was mashed up, and spiced with chilli and onions. Yum, the way I liked it. It's super tasty. C**, who had tried it for the first time, liked it too.

I tried the deep-fried chicken wing too. It was crispy and tasty, not bad at all.

Fried chicken wing

Well, it was really convenient to snack @ OCK's. Except that people shouldn't really eat these greasy food items too often or else they will jeopardise their health!

Mos Burgers

C** wanted to watch football, and so I volunteered to buy dinner. We thought we would have Mos Burger, since I had never eaten at the Japanese burger franchise before.

"You never eat before arrr?" C** asked, taken aback.

Duh. Like we have Mos Burger here in Miri.

Mos stands for Mountain Ocean Sun. Interesting, eh?

C** wanted the Ebi rice burger. I knew "Ebi" was prawn, and I wondered how they would arrange little prawns in a burger. Well, my questions were indeed answered when I saw that it was not little prawns in between the rice cutlets, but a rounded prawn patty. Lol.

I had a bite of C**'s burger, and was quite satisfied with the combination of flavours. The prawn patty was quite tasty, with the taste of prawns coming through. The sauce was slightly sweet, and flavoured the rice and the prawn very well. Yum.

I don't like rice, but the rice "bun" tasted pretty alright, actually.

The burger came packed in a styrofoam wrapper.

C** pried open the burger ... looked kinda weird in the picture ... lol ...

In fact, it's supposed to look like this :

I had the Teriyaki Chicken burger. I liked it, as the meat patty was so juicy and tender, and full of teriyaki flavour - sweet and savoury, succulent and yum. The mayo added a creamier taste to the burger, and the lettuce was fresh and crisp.

Teriyaki Chicken Burger

I did not need to add any chilli sauce to my burger. It was good enough to eat on its own.

I liked the simple chilli sauce packaging

The fries were just ordinary, though.

French fries

I think Mos Burger is no longer available in Malaysia, isn't it? There used to be an outlet at Suria KLCC. It's just too bad that I will have to go to Singapore or further to have my next Mos burger.

Mochi Bun

I inducted C** to mochi buns from Sun Moulin, and guess what, C** loved it too. Lol.

Cheese on the left, and sesame seed on the right.

Both were savoury, the cheese mochi bun packed with cheese flavour. Yum! These tiny little goodness were SGD0.65 each. Buy 3 for SGD1.80. And buy 10 for SGD5.40. Be prepared to queue up for a while at the cashier's though, as this tiny little bakery outside Isetan Scotts was packed with customers.