Brussels, Belgium

Arrived at Kak Shikin's mansion at 6 pm. Besonya rumah org kedutaan ni yer...After tea, went straight to Grand Place and Mannekin Pis as the roads around the city will be closed for Brussels Marathon tomorrow.

Infront of Kak Shikin's house

Kak Shikin's backyard

On the wall is the famous Belgian tapestry, beautiful isn't it?

Grand Place at night.

Grand Place just before sunset

Bonjour Paris

Woke up as early as 4 am and started preparing mee hun for our lunch boxes to Paris and Brussels today. Our VW Sharan had a flat tyre so we had to travel to Europe with one car instead of two. Aiman and Anas were quite happy to be left with their cousins Shasya, Rina, Nat and Aqil at Daddy Yoh's place. Journey from Egham to Falkestone took one and a half hours. Alhamdulillah boarded the eurotrain safely on time, we were ahead of time infact. Journey across English Channel took 30 minutes. Arrived at Calais, France at 8.20 am and continued our journey to Paris which took almost 3 hrs plus stopping for mee hun, keropok lekor and sandwich break.

Driving into the eurotrain. Our car was at the back of this car. Fascinated with the smooth system of getting on board.

In the eurotrain.

Stopping for lunch at one of the roadside parks.

City of Paris, crowded with tourists, hot and rather dusty.

Mama, Wan and her 3 grandchildren. Long Qs to go up the Eifel Tower. So went straight to Brussels.

Arc de Triompe, one of the famous tourist attractions in Paris.

3 pm, headed towards Brussels. After 1 hour, had to replace the sleepy driver. Drove all the way to Kak Shikin's place in Brussels. Alhamdulillah for the smooth ride.

Welcome aboard Mak and Bak

29 th May 2009

Dream finally came through. Mak and Bak arrived at Stansted Airport at 12 midnight with Yazid and family. Tears was dripping on my cheek when I hugged Bak. Never thought that I miss both of them so much. It has been a year since their previous departure. How time flew. Reached Egham at 3 am.

Potato bread

Peeping into the oven.

Today is history, first time in my life baking potato bread. Was initially rather anxious to see the outcome, but when the bread started to rise in the oven I was so convinced that the recipe worked alhamdulillah, just that I felt I should have added a little bit more sugar to the bread dough. It was so soft with delicate texture. Emm pas ni projek meroti la pulak...hehe.....Recipe from Hana Yappoon. Halal ye Hana.

Potato bread


Bahan-bahan
250 gram tepung roti/tepung high protein
70 gram kentang yang telah direbus dan dilenyek baru ditimbang
120ml susu segar ( klu takde leh ganti dengan air suam ataupun bancuhan susu pekat manis ataupun susu kacang soya.)- masukkan susu skit2 sbb adunan agak lembik klu masuk semua.
2 sudu besar susu tepung
2 sudu besar gula
2 sudu besar marjerin
4 gram yis ( 1 sudu kecil)
1 biji telur (dipukul sedikit)
(untuk bancuhan sos kastard ) 2 sudu besar tepung bird custard
1 cawan susu segar
2 sudu besar gula Cara-cara

1. Buat bancuhan kastard dulu- Campurkan semua bahan sos custard dlm periuk dan kacau hingga pekat, guna api perlahan ye, kacau sentiasa supaya tak bergentel, klu jadi terlalu pekat boleh tambah lagi sedikit susu, sejukkan dan akan di piping atas bun nanti.
2. Kemudian buat doh roti pula, kalau ade BM tu leh lah masukkan semua bahan dan pilih menu Dough dan On je, kalau takde masukkan semua dalam bekas adunan dan uli hingga tak melekat pada tangan. Pastikan Doh betul-betul lembut ye.
3. Kalu guna tangan untuk menguli, tips untuk dapat doh yang lembut, ambil plastic bersih dah letakkkan doh di dalam plastic tu, ramas-ramas beberapa minit, lebih kurang 5 hingga 10 minit, keluarkan dan uli semula dalam bekas adunan, anda akan dapat doh yang elastik.
4. Kemudian perap doh dan tutup bekas adunan dengan plastic wrap dan biar doh naik dua kali ganda. Selepas itu tumbuk-tumbukkan doh bagi mengeluarkan angin. bahagi doh pada 10-12 bahagian kecil dah susun atas dulang pembakar.Biarkan naik sekali lagi, kemudian paipkan sos kastard di atas permukaan bun .
5. Bakar pada suhu 180 darjah selama 25 minit atau sehingga permukaan nye perang. Glis permukaan bun dengan sedikit marjerin supaya berkilat. Anda akan dapat doh yang lembut dan gebu walaupun bun ini tidak menggunakan bread softner, Ok dah siap.

Spaghetti with White Sauce

My kids love this. Usually made this for breakfast.

White sauce

1. Stir fry chopped Holland onion and garlic.

2. Add chicken pieces, carrots, broccoli, cauliflower, celery.

3. Add 3 tbs flour and fry till yellow.

4. Add milk and lastly cornflour to thicken the gravy, salt and pepper.

5. Serve with spaghetti or any othe types of pasta.

Cheeky Monkey Pancake

Had this pancake in London last few weeks, it's yummy, so made some for the kids's breakfast and lunch boxes. They love it.

Ingredients:

4 cups plain flour

2 cups fresh milk

1 cup water

1 tsb salt

2 tbs melted butter

2 egg

Fillings can be choc spread, peanut butter, jam, honey, kaya, golden syrup and lemon.

Method:

1. Mix all the ingredients together and blend till smooth.

2. Place a tbs of butter onto a non stick pan and pour about a ladle of batter.

3. Swing the pan around to form a pancake.

4. Brush some chocolate spread on the pancake and slice some bananas on the choc spread.

5. Fold the pancake into half and then into quarter. Done.

Moist chocolate cake/ muffin

MOIST CHOCOLATE CAKE (from Mamafami's fp)

Ingredients :

250 g butter

2 cups castor sugar

2 3/4 cups flour

4 eggs

1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

1 teaspoon vanilla essence

1 cup cocoa powder (I add 1/2 cup cocoa powder, 1/2 cup milo + 1 tbs nescafe)

1 1/2 cup warm water to mix with cocoa powder

Chocolate coating

1/2 can condensed milk

1/2 cup cocoa powder

1 tbs melted butter/ corn oil

Method :

1. Mix cocoa powder with water and set aside.

2. Sift flour and bicarbonate of soda 3 times and set aside.

3. Cream butter and sugar.

4. Beat egg till fluffy.

5. Pour the eggs into the creamed mixture a bit at a time.

6. Add in vanilla essence.

7. Fold in the sifted dry ingredients into the mixture.

8. Pour in the cocoa mixture and keep folding.

9. Bake for 1 hour 15 minutes or till done.

10. Allow the cake to cool before applying the chocolate coating.

Pandan Chicken

Indonesian Pandan Chicken

Ingredients:

500gm chicken fillet

1 tsp cumin powder (jintan manis)

1 tsp fennel powder(jintan putih)

thumbsize galangal (lengkuas)

1 stick of lemon grass

3 cloves of garlics

salt

sugar

Thai Pandan Chicken

Ingredients:

500gm chicken fillet, cut approx 3cmx3cm

1 tbs thick soy sauce

1 tbs golden syrup/sugar
1 tbs chilli paste

1 tsp sesame oil

1 tbs oyster sauce

4 cloves of garlics

1 shallot

1 tsp white pepper

screwpine leaves

thumbsize ginger

2 buah keras

1 tbs brown sugar

Method:

1. Wet blend garlic, shallot, buah keras, lemon grass, galangal, ginger and brown sugar.

2. In a large bowl mix the above ingredients with chicken, cumin and fennel powder.

3. Marinate for one hour or more.

4. Wrap chicken with screwpine leaves and deep fry until cooked.

Mum's Cottage Pie

Aisay blurr pulak...

The mince..

After being topped with mashed potatoes and cheese.

After baking..

Potatoes are quite cheap here in the UK, everytime I shop for potatoes at my favourite East and West Grocery, I would always buy the 5 kg pack for better value of money. Today suddenly felt like eating cottage pie.

Here is the recipe:

5 big potatoes

1/2 kg mince meat

2 tbs kurma powder

salt, pepper

1 cup green peas

close cup mushrooms

3 carrots- cubed

2 celery sticks- cubed

1 Holland onion

1 inch ginger

3 garlic

2 tbs butter

1/2 cup fresh milk

grated ceddar cheese

Methods:

1. Peel the potatoes, cut into cubes and boil till soft (about 10-15 min).

2. Drain the water, mash the potatoes and add salt, pepper, butter and milk.

3. Stir fry the chopped onion, crushed ginger and garlic.

4. Add the kurma powder, mince meat and simmer for 1o min, then add carrots, celery and abit of water to soften the veges.

5. Add the green peas, mushrooms, salt and pepper to taste.

6. Scoop out the mince and spread into a baking dish, top with the mashed potatoes.

7. Sprinkle grated ceddar cheese and bake for 30 min at 180 C till the cheese turns golden yellow.

Tazkirah Jumaat

This week I have been reading a motivational book entitled Life Is An Open Secret- You, Me and We, second book by Sis Zabrina. Finished her first book weeks ago. What amazed me the most was a chapter about how much we care about our family and close relatives. Just to share with you the gist of it.

Riwayat Bukhari Muslim ' Whoever would like to have his provision increased or his lifespan extended, let him uphold the ties of kinship'.

Another hadith is' Whoever believes in Allah and the last day should maintain good relation with his kindred'.

Kindred here means family and close relatives- brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews, grandparents, uncles, aunties and their children from both of our parents side.

After reading these hadiths, I asked myself how much have I shown my love to my kindred? What did I do to maintain my ties with them? When was the last time I visited them? What did I do to help my relatives who are in real need? It realy touched me deep down.

Another hadith from Bukhari Muslim, ' If one gives in charity that equals one date-fruit from money that is earned in lawful manner, and Allah only accepts what is lawful, Allah shall take it in His right (hand) and then enlarges its reward for that person just like any of you who brings up his baby horse, so much so that it (the charity) becomes as big as the mountain.

So the formula is..work..earn..charity...wealth..work..earn..charity..wealth. Got what I mean? Allah akan gandakan setiap apa yg kita sedekahkan sebesar gunung just by giving a date...

Upon reading this, last Friday I immediately did some transfer of sadaqah of only 20 pounds on line, saja nak ambil berkat hari Jumaat. Guess what, three days later, I received some good news that a reward of more than 1000 pounds is in the pipeline, alhamdulillah. That goes well with the quote 'Earning is not yours in control but spending is'. Maybe it is just a coincidence but we have to bear in mind that Allah always keeps his promise.

Last hadith from Bukhari muslim 'If anyone fulfills his brother's needs, Allah will fulfill his needs, if one relieves a muslim of his troubles, Allah will relieve his trouble on the day of resurrection'.

Well hope that is enough to inspire us to continue giving charity especially to our kindred.

Caesar salad

Ingredients:
1 small head of Romaine lettuce, torn into small bits
Garlic croutons
3 large cloves of Garlic
1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce
1 tablespoon of Lemon juice
1/4 cup Olive oil
1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
1 Egg yolk
2 fillets of anchovies

Directions:
Combine all ingredients, except for lettuce and croutons, in a blender.
Blend to an even consistency.
Combine lettuce and croutons in a large clean salad bowl.
Add bacon bits if desired.
Add dressing and mix well.
Add pepper to taste.

Chicken Jalfrezi

30 ml vegetable oil
1 onion, grated
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1/2 kg boneless skinless chicken thighs/ breasts, dice
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 tsp chili powder or 2 fresh red/ green chillies
1 can peeled and diced tomatoes ( 4-5 fresh tomatoes would be fine)
30 ml ghee (clarified butter) optional
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander
1 tsp garam masala
1 inch grated fresh ginger root
a handful of chopped coriander leaves

1 tsp sugar

1 red pepper

1 green pepper

salt

Methods:

1. Heat the oil in a large deep skillet over medium-high heat. Add onions, ginger, garlic, green chilli and cook for about 2 minutes.

2. Add the chicken, and season with turmeric, chili powder and salt. Fry gently, scraping the bottom of the pan frequently and turning the chicken.
3. Pour in the tomatoes with their juice, cover the pan, and simmer over medium heat for 20 minutes. Uncover, and simmer for another 10 minutes to let the excess liquid evaporate.
4. Add cumin powder, garam masala, ground coriander and simmer for another 5 to 7 minutes. Add green and red peppers and onion wedges. Sprinkle the fresh coriander leaves. Add salt and sugar to taste.

5. Serve with rice or naan bread.

Capati with Chicken Jalfrezi

Ingredients:

1/2 kg capati flour

1 glass of warm water( agak2 la ni)

1 tsp salt

Methods:

1. Place capati flour in a bowl and pour warm water admixed with salt in the middle and start kneading till it forms a soft consistency (just like making the pizza dough). Adjust the amount of water accordingly.

2. Make into small balsl as big as the fist.

3. Flatten the ball with a rolling pin (Madeehah's favourite task)

4. Take a round plate and place it on the flattened capati. Trace the shape of the plate with a knife.

5. Fry the capati in a hot pan (without oil) till it turns slightly brown. Remove the capati from the pan and place it directly on the fire for a few seconds till it swells (menggelembung).

6. Serve with curry. I serve them with chicken jalfrezi.

Pandan soft cotton cheese cake

The recipe is similar to my previous entry of Japanese soft cotton cheese, just add the pandan juice, that's all.

250 g Philadelphia cream cheese (ASDA sale £1/ box of 250g)
1 cup of milk
1 cup of sugar
4 tbs butter
4 eggs (separate the egg white)
1 tbs lemon juice
1 tbs cornflour
4 tbs self raising flour
1 tsp cream of tartar(tak taruk sebab tak dak)
3 tbs of pandan extract/ pandan emulco (maybe 1 tbs je kot)

Methods:

1. Melt in a double boiler the cream cheese, butter, lemon juice, pandan juice and 2 tsp of green colouring and milk. Let it cool.
2. Add egg yellow, cornflour and SR flour in the cheesy mix.
3. Whisk egg whites till it forms a soft peak/ stiff (tonggeng tak tumpah), add sugar bit by bit, then add to the above mixture.
4. Bake for 1 hour at 160 C in a waterbath (au bain marie).

Ayam goreng kurma

Found this recipe at Inahar's blog, tried it straight away since it looked so tempting. Emm memang sedap but I added some green peas to make it more inviting. Ampun yer Inahar kita copy paste heheh..

INGREDIENTS:

8 pieces Chicken

1-2 Potato - cut wedges

1 Tomato - diced

4 tbsp Kurma powder - mix with some water

1 tbsp Kerisik

3 Shallots*

2 cloves Garlic*

1" Ginger*

1 Green Chilli* (*blender)

1 Big Onion - sliced thinly

1 Kasturi LimeSalt & MSG ( I added some sugar as well)

3 tbs green peas

METHOD:

1. Rub chicken with salt & turmeric powder & deep fry.

2. Deep fry potato wedges until cooked.

3. Heat up oil & fry sliced onions until golden & dish up.Stir fry the blended ingredients until fragrant.

4. Add in Kurma paste & stir until fragrant.

5. Add in kerisik, chicken, potato, tomato & fried onions.Stir until well mixed.

6. Dish up & serve with rice.

Daging masak hitam

Pulut kuning served with daging masak hitamSedap dimakan dgn nasi or pulut kuning. Recipe improvised from Shima Fadhil of BBP. Used to cook this recipe at Surau At-Toyyibah for annual Qurban.Gambar masakan ni yg display atas pulut kuning tu ye...


Ingredients:

1 kg beef
3 onions-blend
10 dried chillies- fry with oil and blend(Mama tak fry pun, malas)
1 tbs coriander powder
1 tbs cumin powder
1 tsb black pepper
1 tbs vinegar
curry leaves- a handful
sweet soy sauce


Methods:

1. Fry onions till golden yellow. Add curry leaves, blended chillies and fry till fragrant(I added some garlic and ginger)
2. Add beef, coriander powder, cumin powder, black pepper.
3. Once beef is tender, add sweet soy sauce and lastly vinegar.
4. Add sugar or salt to taste.

Pulut kuning instant

Pulut kuning served with daging masak hitam

Bahan-bahan ( 5-6 org makan )
2 cawan beras pulut
1 cawan santan pekat + 1 cawan air panas
1 sdt garam
1 helai daun pandan
1 sdb minyak masak
Sedikit serbuk kunyit

Cara-cara:
Cuci beras pulut hingga bersih..masukkan semua bahan2 kedalam rice cooker
Setelah mendidih..gaul pulut supaya x berkerak..kemudian biarkan hingga masak.

Happy Birthday Papa

It's 11th May again, how supersonically fast time flies. Birthday sapa ye ari ni..emmm ..Mama's big baby kata cik somuffins..so what's cooking? Nothing much just some pulut kuning and another chocolate cake. Look's like I have been baking choc cake every week without fail. Jangan kena kencing manis sudah..nauzubillah.

Prepared the cake yesterday evening before going off to Selly Park for Papa's and the kids' football games. Just shoved the baking tray into the oven and set the timer to 1 hour 15 min. Balik2 tengok cake hampir rentung, coz it was left in the oven for 1 hour after the timer went off, so got to skin off the surface and pakaikan tudung coklat tebal2. Alhamdulillah it turned out to be fine, well at least nobody realised that the cake was slightly burnt. Not even the birthday boy..ha.ha...Luckily the interior was unaffected. Just the external coating turned out to be a bit hard.

This morning, cooked pulut kuning in the rice cooker and daging masak hitam. Blimey, it took only 10 minutes to cook the pulut. Found this resepi at As NZ's blog. TQ AS. Recipe kita copy paste yer, ampuunnn...

To my dearest hubby, happy XX birthday. Emm..tua dah..rambut pun dah banyak uban tu...Anyway, thank you for beeing my other half for 13 years, sharing every sweet and bitter moments together. Thank you for beeing a great hubby. Moga hidup dilimpahi rahmat Allah sentiasa. Amin.

Kuay teow goreng basah

Made this for breakfast and lunch boxes of Mama, Papa and Aiman today. Others do not bring their lunch boxes as they have been begging Mama to pay for school dinner today. Why Friday? Cos Friday is pizza day in school. So Mama had to dig out 5.25 pounds from my purse. Sekali sekala bagi can kan. Boring jugak hari2 makan makanan sejuk kan? At times when I get bored with my own cooking, I would sneak out to Birm U Medical School Cafe for Halal Jerk Chicken or chicken curry. Well I can tell you the chef is quite good. Perhaps one day I can bring you kids for lunch there but this is not a promise yea.

Resepi from Kak Asmah Juri of Dawlish Road. Thanks Kak Asmah, terima kasih daun keladi, lain kali jemput lagi..hehe...

Methods:
1. Fry 10 crushed garlic(memang pakai banyak garlic), then add chilli powder.
2. Add beef and fry till tender. Add water/ beef stock. Add kuay teow and prawns.
3. Add kicap manis, oyster sauce, a bit of garam.
4. Add eggs, taugeh, done.

Fish, spinach and potato gratin

Sorry a bit blurry. Camera tak canggih cam camera Papa.

Made this dish for dinner last night, fish, spinach and potato gratin, actually you can just toss in any vege you like or even substitute the fish with chicken breast. I added green peas petit pois as my kids love it. Can be eaten with garlic bread as well.

Ingredients

6 potatoes- mash and add 1 tbs butter, salt, pepper and 1/2 cup of milk

2 slices of white fish/ dory/ haddock- cut into small cubes

spinach/ green peas/ carrots

1 onion- chopped

3 garlic- crushed

salt & pepper

single/ double cream- 1 glass

grated ceddar cheese

Methods:

1. Fry onion and garlic till yellow. Add fish, carrots, spinach, green peas, salt & pepper.

2. Pour these fish vege mix into a baking casserole.

3. Pour 1 glass of single cream.

4. Spread the mashed potato on top, then sprinkle some ceddar cheese and bread crumbs (optional).

5. Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 C for 30 min or till the cheese turns golden yellow.

Lab Bonding Trip to London

Today the whole lab went on a trip to the Hunterian Museum in London as a gesture to tighten group bonding. All 14 of us took the Virgin train at 9.50 am and reached Houston Station at 11.15 am. Paul could't make it at the very last minute as his son was called for laryngoscopy today. First let me introduce you the members of my lab....

In black shirt is our gorgeous Kate, a year 3 PhD student from Chec Republic, next to her is Petra also from Chec, spending 3 months of attachment in our lab.

The ever caring year 2 PhD, Zumla, a British born Sri Lankan, showing her white teeth off. Next to her is Shikha, a post doc from North India but has been working in UK for many years already. Tengoh kelebek gapo dale beg tu mokcik??

In blue shirt, Naheema our new lab technician, and Zuzanna, year 3 PhD from Chec too. Just happen to be here for a week. Terus kena tangkap pi London trip. She was here with us for 3 months before.

In striped shirt was Jennifer, my office mate and Martina from Germany, our lab leader.

Our experienced post doc, also my teacher Karl and his best friend Gary from IBR.

Mama sitting with Aishah, a British born Pakistani, year 1 PhD.



Our lab entertainer, humourous Shelly with Kai, a consultant physician from China but now a lab technician. Kes macam Papa la ni......

Spent 3 hours at the Hunterian Medical Museum, very amazed with Dr. John Hunter who started collecting medical specimens since the 1800s. Wow this man was full of vision. His collections had contributed a lot to the advancement of medicine. What amazed me the most was the skeleton of a man (couldn't remember his name) with gigantism secondary to Growth Hormone secretion from a pituitary tumour. He was as tall as the ceiling. This man was actually aware that Dr. John Hunter had been wanting his corpse when he died. When the man died, John Hunter eventually succeeded in buying the man's corpse for 130 pounds and displayed the skeleton in his museum.

After 3 hours in the museum, started to feel faint. Come on guys, time for food and shopping. So we walked to Covent Garden Market and spent 2 hours there. Treated myself with a huge pancake with nutella and banana filling, then felt guilty after consuming it thinking of the amount of calories I have swallowed. Emm sekali sekala......

Covent Garden, the atmosphere here made me feel like beeing in Europe rather than in UK

Enjoying the huge nutella banana pancake called cheeky monkey, pas tu guilty...........

After jalan2, then makan lagi at a South Indian Restaurant exactly behind University College London. Paul had recommended this restaurant. The food was delicious indeed. Had rice with prawn masala and jadi DBKL tolong Zuzanna habiskan her King Prawn Briyani yang teramat yummy. Habis diet Mama ari ni..heheh.

Mama's rice with prawn masala.

By 8 pm I was dead exhausted, my feet were aching of 7 hours walk today. Train to Birm was at 8.03 pm, arrived Birm at 9.25 pm. Slept all the way in the train. Sorry girls just cannot open my eyes and join your chatting. Thank you Jia (Kai's wife) for the ride back to Harborne from Birm New Street Train Station.

On arriving home, I was shocked looking at the chaotic kitchen. This is what happen when male spouse took charge. Lunch boxes were scattered everywhere. Piles of dishes stacked in the sink, unwashed. Long deep sigh................what to do....I eventually doze off at 12.30 am after cleaning up. On the next day, went to school feeling so groggy. Now, how I wish I have a house maid.

Singgang Daging Mama (Kelantan sour beef stew)

1 kg beef/ lamb
5 garlic
1 1/2 inch ginger
1 inch galangal (lengkuas)
8 bird chillies/ 2 tbs blended red chillies
4 slices of asam keping
2 tbs coriander powder



Methods:
1. Place everything in a pressure cooker, add water just to cover the beef/ lamb.
2. Boil for 20 min till beef is tender. Add salt, sliced bird chillies.
3. Ready to serve with rice.

Tetamu dari Belgium

30 April 2009, jam 1.30 pagi tibalah tetamu yang dinanti-nanti, Dr. A and family from Ghent, Belgium. Inilah tetamu yang rumah mereka kami nak ziarah masa ke Europe ari tu tapi tak kesampaian sebab kereta rosak kat Holland. Makanya kami ditemukan di bumi Birmingham.


Ah and family took a train at 10.43 pm and arrived at Birm New Street at 1.00 am, pukul 1.30 pagi dapat phone call and bila jenguk kat keluar tingkap nampak taxi depan rumah. Akhirnya sampai juga mereka setelah 2 hari di London. Rupanya meke tersalah beli tiket Midland train yang slow tu, so depa kena tahan tak bagi naik Virgin train yang laju itu, tapi Allah nak tolong, supervisor tu cepat2 suruh meke naik virgin train tu sebelum train tu jalan.



Dah lama tak jumpa maka sampai 3 pagi kami berborak sambil temankan Ah and wife makan mee bandung kow Mama (perasan lagik, sori ye) and chocolate cake kow Mama. Anak2 Ah, Hilmiyah and Hilman dah lama lena.

Mama's moist choc cake, taruk horlicks


On Friday 1 st May 209, brought them to Queen Anne, then to Portmeirion and Wedgwood, Stoke-on-Trent. Emm 2 kotak nak kena shipping nih, boleh tahan jugak surgeon kita ni shopping. Mama pun tumpang shopping jugak, tambak koleksi Portmeirion yang dah sedia ada. Beli..... jangan tak beli cik kiah time sale ni, nanti nyosal. Balik dari Stoke which was about 1 hour drive, berjoget lagi kat dapur, masak untuk tamu dinner pulak. Invited Dr. Mimi who is also Ah's friend in USM Medical School. Papa invited Azli and family for dinner as well. Cooked asam pedas sea bass, sea bass masak kicap, sayur campur and ikan masin.



2nd May: After a dose of nasi lemak, Papa brought them to Lea Marston Carboot (tempat Mama kena pickpocket tu...). Mama dok umah jaga budak2 sambil prepare the ingredients for singgang kambing for Birm Malaysian Community Summer BBQ at Cannock tomorrow. We were invited for lunch at Dr.Mimi's house in Aston. Then to ASDA and East and West supermarket, tempat Mama beli halal meat and chicken. Mak oii, harga ayam naik lagi dari 2.89 pounds per kilo to 3.29. Cam mana nak business ni??



3rd May, patutnya bawak Ah pi Studley Carboot, the biggest Carboot in West Midlands tapi ingatkan hujan takut pulak carboot tutup. Anyway Ah and co have got to catch their train to London this morning as their flight to Malaysia is tonight. Sempatlah jamu nasi dage with chicken curry and gulai udang kat kawan baik Mama ni. Tapaukan Mummy Izan and Daddy Yoh of Egham some nasi dage and singge kambing (p.s: See you guys there end of May insyallah).


Ah and Na, this is the carboot sale that U have missed. Lain kali kena datang lagi ni...



Ada 15 lane you, so 30 row sumernya...lenguh kaki berjalan cam nak pitam pun ada...

Breakfast today, nasi dage

Mama's chicken curry, masih berasap lagi, baru turun dapur.

Mama's gulai lengkuas kunyit udang, pucat pulak rupa dia...tapi rasa kow. Opps perasan lagi..masuk bakul

3 families posing, Ah's, Mimi's and Mama's. Family Azli/ Nita dah balik.