Pisang Goreng Pontianak

Those who lives around Bangi area may have come across this goreng pisang stall. This is located on the way to Bangi Lama from Bandar Baru Bangi, a place called Teras Jernang. We drove across this stall quite a number of times but only managed to stop last weekend.

My better half under estimated the price here. He requested for RM2 of pisang goreng, RM2 of chempedak goreng and another RM2 of keledek goreng. And what did he get...So much food to feed the entire BSP. Sape nak makan bebanyak nie.

How was the taste? Really dissapointing.

The goreng pisang was soggy, the chempedak goreng was bitter and the keladi was over fried. No wonder we don't see ques anymore. Previously, whenever we drove by this place, the que will surely be very long.

Pisang goreng buat sendiri kat rumah gak sedap. Lagi berhantu dari pontianak!

Durian time!

It's been quite sometime since we had eaten durian. Was waiting for the season cause the durians during that time would taste better, at least that's what I think.

Last weekend, my better half suggested to search for durian, I think it's the season already.

We went towards Bangi Lama to do this search. And we were lucky, just after 5 minutes drive, we found what we are looking for.

We got a good deal, 8 durians for RM40. And, the durians were all delicious!

I love durians but never I can eat a lot, the most about 10 slices. Unlike my better half and the cuties, they can really eat and will not stop until everything is finished.

And I don't like food made of durian, like bubur kacand durian, kuah durian etc....macam tak natural lah....

And I hate burping after eating durian, either my own burp or other people's burp....Tak tahan baunyer!!!!

Chilling @ Bandar Baru Bangi

Last Sunday, we wanted to go out just to search for goreng pisang. We thought, perhaps going to BBB makes more sense. Semenyih seems like so far away.

We wanted to search for stall that has tables and chairs so that we can enjoy our goreng pisang there and then. Panas2 baru best kan. However, carik2 punyer carik, tak jumper le pulok!

We then thought let's just buy the goreng pisang and then find a place to sit. We remembered this nice cendol and rojak stall at BBB and made our way there. Baby was very excited, she loves that rojak.

Too bad, the place was about to close so we keep on searching for another spot. Finally, found one next to the BBB lake. The view was very nice, kanan tasik and kiri another dream house. So, while the cuties berangan they can run around and play at the tasik, I can berangan to have a house like this one day. Don't get me wrong, I am very thankful with our current house, but you can't blame me for keep on wanting more kan? Baruler keje kuat skit.

The cendol was oklah...nothing to shout about. No rojak though. They are selling fruits and cucur udang instead.

Our final outing before the school opens....And the kelam kabutness begin......

Cravings finally satisfied

My frequent readers would know my hero went through this thus he has to serve his so called confinement. Which means no tasty food, at least not for another week.

So, let the picture tell you the whole story how he was so berselera that night...

Sebelum makan kena basuh tangan dulu

Baca doa dulu....

Start dgn tom yam duluNow meratah the fish....
All are done, except..........
We are ready to go but...somebody is not done yet

You should see how satisfied he was....Kenyang...BURP!!!

2 nights before Raya

Hi, I'm back after a wonderful Raya celebration thus far. We had so much fun and banyak giler gi jalan2 beraya.

But, let's start with the 2 nights before Raya.

As promised made to the cuties, we baked some Raya cookies 2 nights before Raya. The cuties were very excited and were really into this baking this.

I only guide them on what to put, what to stir and so on. The cuties did all the work except for the part which involved the oven since it's dangerous.

I was sleepy and tired but the cuties can go on and on with this baking. If not because I called it a night, I don't think we are going to get any sleep at all!!

The taste test, which the cuties claimed they have passed with flying colours...hehehe....

Nevertheless, the fun factor was still very much intact!

The fountain - The new look

Early Sunday morning, right after taking a nap after sahur, my better half woke up quite early. He planned to do something around the fountain area. He bought some small pebbles, some small trees and some steps.

He is so into this fountain. He has been arranging, re-arranging and more re-arranging the fountain alone. And we are not even come to the fish stage yet. I think once we entered the fish stage, the obsession will increase...

When I have finished cleaning the house, I was quite impressed with the outcome though he keep on saying "Tak siap lagik lah!!!". Cantik lah sayang...maybe you can consider landscaping as a career...hehehe....

Another wish list accomplished - The new gate

Alhamdulilah, another wish list was fulfilled yesterday, our new gate is completed.

Now, just waiting for the machine to be installed after Raya for the new auto gate to be fully operated..

I know some people may be thinking I am spending so much for the house. I have 2 version of answers to them :

The polite version

Kalau kita tak buat for the house, duit yang ada tu habis gak and benda tak nampak


The not so polite version.

Rumah aku, duit aku, suka hati aku ler...


HAHAHAHAHA - evil laugh

The grass is greener on myside of the fence

Our garden is 70% complete. Yesterday, the vendor came to place the stone for the foot steps and also planted a "pokok rhu"(don't know what this is called in English) since my better half said it goes well with his English theme...Whatever!!!

The fountain is also nearly completed, just missing the fish and to place some flowers(in pots) around it. My better half also planned to put some small pebbles around the pond. What I love about the fountain is the sound of water running, somehow this has a calming and soothing effect towards me.

There are some work will be done for the backyard, will blog about it soon...

On another note, BESTNYER NAK RAYA!!!!!

The Garden

Finally, we have grass on our garden. It was so soothing and breath taking. The work is expected to be completed by end of this week. Meaning, rumput raya lah akak yer...

After few round of negotiations, arguments, sulking session yada yada yada, we finally came to an amicable agreement on the fish pond. It will not be a permanent kena gali tanah fish pond as per my better half wish lists. It will be like a water fountain kind of fish pond which is big enough to have 15 japan cab(ke cub or is it cup, confuse akak) swimming around comfortably. Okey lah tu kan bang...

Did you notice the ugly wall dividing our house to the next door neighbours. We have planted some sort like pokok duit2 yg menjalar tu. But the result is only visible within 3-5 months. We did not want to paint it, it won't look natural so we opted for this method. Hijau skit and mana tau fengshui baguih, pokok duit2 tu...see the connection...Insyallah, kalau Allah izinkan....

Raya with a nice garden...one more wish list taken care off!!

Iftar anywhere

For the past 2 weeks, there were few occassions where the cuties, me and my better half had our iftar in the car. Reason being ; there were days that we need to go back to BSP and can only start to travel once baby is back from school. Then, my better half would pick me up at KL and straight to BSP. Usually, about 5km towards reaching home, the azan magrib will be heard over the radio.

Since I finish work quite early, I will proceed to the food outlet in KLCC in search of food for iftar.

Yesterday, I got them 2 pack of chicken rice, pizza, nasi lemak bungkus, A&W fried chicken and some kuih. Alhamdulilah, the cuties are not that particular about food. I did ask them if they would prefer to have their iftar with their Wan and spend the nite there. They refused to that suggestion and would prefer to have iftar with Papa and Mama eventhough the iftar can be categorised as Iftar the kelam kabut style...So sweet of the cuties...As long as we are all together, susah senang bersama...Chewah!!

All huhu haha about lights

What were the cuties staring at. Why are they still outside after iftar. What are they up to?

Actually, we have just installed the sensor spotlight outside the house. There are 3 all together, one at the front, one at the side and another one at the back of the house. Once the sensor light sense any type of movement, it will shine.

We have tried and tested and can safely say this thing is really sensitive. Even when the guard was doing their round using the motorbike and rode pass our house, it will shine. Which is a good thing, that's the purpose of installing it anyway.

Another huhu haha about lights...while others like to put the some sort like the classic light at the car porch, I insisted to have this some sort like disco light for the porch. My better half was quite sceptical, but I assured him it goes well with the whole house concept. Iyolah tu...

The house is now 50% completed, so another 50% more to go...And the fund has depleted to just 30% left...Camno nie??

Finally, it's here

Remember this entry??

lil^red commented, Di manakah ovennyer...

Finally the oven arrived last Sunday, but it arrived very late! The commitment given was at 5pm but arrived only at 6.30pm, tak tau ke orang nak buka pose...I was angry at first, but after looking at how wonderful the kitchen looks like now, I managed to control my anger...

The cuties and I have planned to bake some Raya cookies and some muffins and if sempat, cupcakes. Muffin's recipe is courtesy again by my dear sista, lil^red...

Of course, my better half asked me what's the contigency plan if katakanlah(and this is if with capital I and F) tak jadi...He answered that question himself, "takpelah, kalau tak jadik sempat lagik nak beli". I told him, "pernah ke Liza buat kuih tak jadik" and then gave him the look and continued, "you bette don't answer that"...Hahaha!!!

External Sahur....

Last weekend, we had planned to make a trip back to Batu Pahat, apart from visiting my in-laws, we also need to collect the kerepek that was ordered for this coming Raya.

We didn't want to travel when the weather is hot, so, we decided to start the trip right after sahur. My better half told me not to cook and let's just have sahur outside so that I don't have to clean the kitchen after that. I think he noticed I became a kitchen cleaning freak, yelah kan, kitchen baru, semua akak sental tau!

Considering within the vincinity of our house, there are few universities, hence food supply during the sahur hour was not a problem. Many of the food outlets were opened to cater for the students there.

Kesian my baby, she slept while waiting for the food to arrive, while my princess was chatting away with my better half and my hero was watching football on TV.

We had nasi goreng with telur mata. We ordered only 2 plates, we saw the portion given to the person next to our table...memang banyak giler!

The time was 5.37am when we passed the toll on our way to Batu Pahat. Balik kampung!!!!!!! Bestnyer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My better half's speciality

Yesterday was Nuzul Quran, the day Selangor employees got to be on leave and the KL people still have to gigih bekerja. The cuties were also not schooling, however, my better half who works in the service industry, still have to work ; it's on rotation basis who works and who's not. However, he got to work only until 12pm. Taking that into consideration, I took the half day off as my better half has made some arrangements to meet the vendors for some work to the house.

My better half knew I was not well for the past couple of days so he volunteered to cook. And of course, we all wanted to eat what he cooked best, Mee Rebus. I'm not saying this because he is my better half but his Mee Rebus is the best that I have ever tasted.

No pictures while he was cooking since yours truly was catching a nap. He was all alone in the kitchen and insisted that I just go and rest. How sweet!

So, this is the famous Mee Rebus.

The cuties love this dish soooo much. Especially my princess yang tambah sampai 4 kali ok!!! My baby and my hero stopped after the second serving...Recipe? Nanti I asked him whether this can be revealed since it's his family recipe kan...

Thanks Sayang, I had a good nap and feel much better now.

Raya mood is here....

It's like a tradition, we will buy bunga api(what's that in English by the way, fire crackers or fire just doesn't seems right, takkan fire flower kot) for the cuties as Raya is about to arrived. And this year is more special since they'll be playing this in the compund of our own house.

When we were doing some shopping at BBB, we saw this small stall selling the bunga api. Mercun is a big NO NO, I want the cuties to celebrate Raya with all the body parts in tact!. So we bought some for the cuties to play after iftar.

Right after iftar and magrib prayers, they couldn't wait to start playing. They started to light the candles and having a blast. While us, the parents, as much as we were tempted to join in, just sat at the side to monitor them and ensure they won't hurt themselves.

On another note, while looking at this picture, I noticed how ugly the house compound look like without grass. Sayang, cepat ler kita tanam rumput yer....