Chicken Salad on Homemade Bread

One of my favourite filling for bread is chicken salad. We had some leftover chicken breast from a roasted chicken the other day ....

And I shredded the meat by hand, before mixing it with a pinch of salt, pepper and mayonnaise ....

I then served it on a slice of homemade bread, topped with some cucumbers ....

Yummy 

And that made a wonderful breakfast for me. :))

Popiah @ Chen Fa

It was noon, and we were looking for kolo mee and laksa to buy, so on the way home we dropped by at Chen Fa @ Premier 101.

"Sorry, finished already," piped the lady behind the laksa stall when I approached. It was the same for the kolo mee stall ....

But there was still popiah ... and they were sold at RM3.00 per piece.

Popiah

I bought 2 pieces. They looked quite good, compactly filled with shredded jicama, french beans and bits of tofu. Taste wise, the popiah was rather balanced in flavour too - sweet and savoury and very pleasant to eat. I liked it!!

The popiah stall is located just outside the coffee shop. You won't miss it.

In Need Of Real Food

After snacking for so many days, of course, I'd be craving for substantial food. Because of the festive season, it was rather difficult to takeaway food from outside .... Kolomee and laksa were sold at a premium RM5.00 or more. And the amount was rather limited as well. We went a bit late, and everything was sold out already.

Hence, the easiest way was to cook our own food at home ....

Vermicelli Stir-fry

We merely stir-fried rice vermicelli with some vegetables, meats and prawns ... and that made a wonderful meal. My stomach appreciated a break from all those festive junk food!!

Premium Snacks

My Fourth Aunt buys all the snacks that I haven't eaten before ..... and these are my favourites among all.

Top : Crunchy fish crackers with lots of seaweed on top ...

Bottom right : Crispy pork crackers

Bottom left : Crunchy lotus seeds

Us cousins hanged out at Fourth Aunt's place for a loooong while, watching movies while munching on these goodies .....

Melt In The Mouth Pineapple Balls

I saw this picture on my FB wall two weeks ago, posted by my cousin.

He'd written this :

OMG! This is a bliss! Literally melts in mouth. The best pineapple tart without a doubt! Simply couldn't resist once started eating! Thanks to my Fourth Aunt .... 

And so for 2 weeks, I had been anticipating eating this cookie which had been made by my Mom. Mom had given my cousin a container full of these pineapple balls ...

And once he had finished them, he came to my house bearing 2 blocks of butter, requesting my Mom to make more. Lol.

I finally got to try them only yesterday ..... I popped the whole ball into my mouth, and enjoyed the pastry melting in an explosion of rich, buttery flavour before chewing on the sweet and tangy pineapple jam ...

It was yum indeed. I dun remember Mom making these before .... it must have been a new recipe. There are only a bit left now ... for I too keep going back for more.

CNY Cookies

My mom's homemade cookies for CNY ...

The most priceless is the pineapple jam tarts. 

Every year, Mom would cook pineapple jam from scratch and then making the pineapple jam tarts. My cousin S, who grew up eating my Mom's pineapple jam tarts, said those are her favourite! 

This year, Aunt A bought some premium cookies from Singapore. They all cost a bomb and come in beautiful containers ...

Premium bakes 

Of all the cookies, my favourite would be the black sesame one ;))

Happy CNY 2014!

Homemade Chilli Acar

People don't normally make the chilli acar anymore ... not sure why. I asked my mom ... and she said that chillies were expensive and that this type of acar was difficult to make. I remembered mom making it a long time ago when I was younger, but she too had not made it for years.

So because SIL and I liked it, Mom said she would make some for us this CNY .....

Mom's Chilli Acar 

Each chilli was slit lengthwise and stuffed to the fill with grated young papaya .... and then the pickled in vinegar. I loved the crunchy chilli, the very textural filling, and of course the combination of spices which certainly made the acar very appetising. 

At Eldest Aunt's house yesterday, there was a portion of chilli acar too, and also homemade by somebody ..... 

Yummy and so green ... 

There was enough to go around .... and Fourth Aunt could even have 2 pieces! Lol .... 

 Served with keropok 

Much of the filling in the chilli had fallen off. I loved the chilli acar with keropok. 

Happy CNY 2014! :))