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Abra , Oooohhh that looks like what we call 'Begger's chicken' ! Did it taste sort of herbly as well? SheenaGreene, Pak Chan is this vile soup Chinese women drink after uh huh you know, getting her period because it's very 'nourishing' BLA BLA BLA. It's the most disgusting thing ever, so thick, so black, so smelly , puke material really... Bad news, not going to Germany anymore. Gtg. Farmboy wants computer!

herbie is giving me a headache hehehe

Abra, I think in Malaysia, it's usually spelt as Bak Kut Teh ...it must be one of those things... Ludja, What you said is very interesting. I think you're probably right because Markus and my mum went to the market together and he picked cumin, probably because it looked like the caraway seeds he's used to?

Abra, wow! It looks very authentic! I can't believe you like it... I like Bak Kut Teh too but Pak Chan is...urghhh.. My mum tried to feed me this 4-5 times before she gave up and every single time, I poured it down the sink when she wasn't looking! Regarding the Herbie, my spacecake , I've just pop 1/9th of him in my mouth. Have to wait 45 minutes or so before anything happens *giggles*. Oh but it didn't taste so bad, I couldn't really taste the hash (probably because of the walnuts). The brownies were quite fudgy but I reckon this is because I didn't bake it long enough ...

Markus' Bavarian Roast Pork/Beef For approx. 1kg of meat (the part between the neck and shoulder) Ingredients: Mustard jintan putih (cumin) 2-3 shallots (chopped) 1 clove garlic (chopped) 1 chicken cube (or your own) some carrots and potatoes (I didn't put this because I made mashed potatoes as a side dish) salt and pepper 1) Cut some slits on the fatty part and rub a little salt and pepper all over the meat. Then slather the mustard ( any kind really..my mother uses American mustard, I used Honey Mustard the first time I made this and French Mustard today.. Honey mustard is less strong though) all over the meat (Don't drown it but don't be too stingy either!) 2) Lightly sprinkle some cumin 3) Mix in the onions, garlic,carrots and potatoes and bake at 200 degrees celscious for 30-45 minutes (until the meat is a bit roasted and the onions have turn brown). 4) Melt the chicken cube in some hot water. Pour this over the meat (the mixture should be about 1 inch high), reduce the oven to 100-120 degrees celscious and bake for another 2 hours (about 45 minutes-1hour less for beef). Again, if anyone tries this, please PM me or tell us here. No one has ever tried ANYTHING of mine and I want to know!

The roast beef recipe will be posted asap. Those jellies are (or were) really popular in Malaysia. Putting some kind of seed in them is also common (they look like kiwi seeds). My mum sent me some Konnyaku powder along with the molds via my friend. I added sugar ,lemon essence and of course the fruits.

Texas pizza is really what Americans term 'peperoni pizza'..or at least that's what Malaysian Pizza Hut calls it anyway Fish pizza is uh fish pizza! Cheese,tuna flakes, onions.. I like it a lot. --------- My mother's family moved here in the early 1900s but my father's family...hmmm.. I really don't know but most Baba Nyonyas (also known as Straits Born Chinese) originated from Princess Hang Li Po's (somewhere in the 1400s) contingent of male servants (I believe there were 200 men). These men married local (Malay) women and the descendants speak Malay with a sprinkling of Chinese words (and some words of their own). However, they are not Muslim and practice ancestor worship ..but again also visit 'bomohs' (Malay shamans) and in some ways are so much more Chinese than Malaysian Chinese They have developed their own unique cuisine throughout the years, utilising local herbs,spices and fruits. Most of the dishes are time consuming Baba Nyonya families are very very protective of family recipes You can see some pictures on this thread I started more than a year ago.

Farmboy eats plenty of pre-fab food. Actually, they don't vary at all (the same every single week!!)- packaged lasagna, Dr. Oetker Texas pizza (maybe twice a week), supermarket pannekoeken (pancakes) and sometimes fish pizza. He's hovering over my shoulder now saying "I sometimes make spaghetti and in the winter, stamppot!" (btw , his spaghetti comes from Knorr but ok, he does make stamppot from scratch-minus the rookworst that is) He does have some kitchenware: 1 non-stick pan some horrid pots (they smell) 3 plates 2 small plates 1 half-melted spatula 1 potato masher (this one is very good ) a few microwave containers (we use the lids a lot in replacement of plates!!!) Farmboy has stated that he will NEVER allow his picture to be posted on the internet. Ah vell.. ETA : I have judged Farmboy a little too unfairly. He DOES have a rather varied taste when it comes to beer He usually drinks Grolsch (Dutch brand) or Schulten Brau (cheap German beer) but this is what is in his fridge at the moment:

Dinner was so good! My family back in Malaysia regularly host exchange students. One day, a Rotarian from my sponsor (they subsidised my 1-year Japanese exchange trip) Rotary Club called my mother that a German guy just turned up at his office and if we could please ,please host him for 3 months from that very night! There was a misunderstanding of some sort - this intern had sent this Rotarian (this has nothing to with Rotary Club but through this Rotarian's private company) his CV and this Rotarian had expressed interest but the Rotarian's internet access was cut off and he didn't get it repaired. I think they had sort of set a date but as internet was down , the Rotarian figured the intern wasn't going to turn up. 2 months after the last e-mail, this poor German student really did arrive at the office! Anyway, we hosted him and he was very nice. A few weeks before he left, he taught my mum how to make Bavarian roast pork (his grandfather's recipe). This has become a regular on my dining table back home (Mum makes it at least once a fortnight). Today, I used beef because of what I told you happened at the butcher's Raw meat Ready to go into the oven Dinner! Lekker! For dessert, we had Konnyaku jelly / jello with strawberries, tinned peaches & mandarins I am so full! ETA: Recipe posted below

Hi Shaya & Jen !! Shaya: I live in Petaling Jaya ,about 20 minutes (if there's not traffic jam ) from central KL. My Dad is a Baba from Melaka and Mum is Hainanese. I have yet to go to Pulau Tioman but have been to Pulau Perhentian twice. Those east coast islands are gorgeous,aren't they?! I miss proper beaches (you get gray ones here) Jen : Farmboy absolutely refuses to have his picture posted here! He's too shy but you know what, I'm going to make him let me post a picture of him and I in Germany tomorrow. I promise to try but he is so very stubborn markemorse : So true about the supermarket workers not bothering to move! I mean, hellooo I'm the customer and you're putting it up for ME to buy it so move aside please!

This is the moment you are waiting for! I hereby present..... Operation Spacecake This is the so-easy-even-sebastiaan-can-do-it version because I don't have a cake pan (or anything really) here and am too poor to buy anything else until Wednesday... Ingredients: 4 grams hash 1 Dr. Oetker Brownie Mix 50 grams butter 100ml water 100ml milk (to combat the dryness?) 1 small packet of Walnuts (I think it was maybe 20 grams?) 4 bars from a small block of Cote d'Or intense dark chocolate Sorry that this picture wasn't taken up close. i) Melt the hash and crumble it into the butter ii) Mix everything (notice how I had to use a 25-year old tupperware container I found hidden in the cupboard under the sink?) iii) The batter is now ready to go into the oven (I had to interrupt my roast for this!). I put it in for about 30 -35 at 165 degrees celscious. iv) Voila! We will have this after dinner Oh , but first I want to say that if this is illegal where you live, DO NOT TRY THIS! Also, I'm not sure if this recipe works because I just read the guide earlier and it stated "light hash" (whatever that is). I bought normal hash so this might be a little too strong. I'll update you later (or tomorrow ); you may just have to read a very garbled post at 2a.m.... Dinner post later!

Yes, I have! There are times when I HATE The Netherlands (mostly when people look at me weird , when people stop in the middle of the street when they meet their friends so that you can't move-and they really won't move even if you're waiting!- or when ...well you get the idea ) but the Dutchies can be very nice too ( helping me when I was stuck outside the house one night because the lock expanded due to the cold and my key wouldn't work; host family not in etc.) . Also, as is well known, Dutchies are very straightforward which I've come to terms with and even enjoy because I grew up in Malaysia and was an exchange student in Japan for a bit and Japan (and to a smaller extend Malaysia-depending on whom you hang out with) drove me crazy ! Another thing I enjoy is that people here are somehow less ...hmm..what's that word.. status conscious than in Malaysia (in Malaysia, once you have money, you wear Gucci, carry LV and drive a Mercedes whereas Sebastiaan for instance wears 2nd hand clothes eventhough my host family is far from poor, because babies grow fast).

Wowzah! Farmboy was really nice and gave me some flowers I guess that means I'm the best girlfriend ever The kitchen I have to put up with when I'm in Arnhem! (and this is after I did a huge pile of dishes) The slagerij (this one is a cured meat butchershop though. There was some confusion at first because the butchershops I've gone to in Weesp have huge hunks of meat while this one was more pretty with more cured meats etc) My visit there was somewhat uneventful. The lady couldn't speak a word of English (not even "I can't understand English") so I used my very pathetic , broken Dutch ( Ik wil graag vlees uh...er.... between de nek en schouder ). On the way home, I realised that in the confusion, I had somehow forgot to specify which meat (PORK) I wanted so she gave me beef So dinner tonight will be Bavarian Roast Beef instead This is the bakery and supermarket I usually go to when I'm in Arnhem. This specific supermarket branch (not the company though) is the most expensive supermarket I've been to in the Netherlands. Everything here is at least 10% more than the Albert Heijn 20 minutes away by bus but it's only 400 metres from the apartment so... Breakfast (from the bakery above)for me was (Farmboy had eggs with cheese and bread rolls) : Coffee Vanilla Roll and this great cake. It has little sugar lumps (similar to suikerbrood ) on top. Yoghurt Cake with Peaches I also bought these from Bakker Hilvers Zwarte Piet chocolate and Marzipan Pig ETA: I'm also the proud owner of a chopping board, knife, sieve and a casserole dish!!

The bf and I have decided to go to Germany tomorrow instead (this is why I love Europe, nothing is too faraway!) but in conjunction with our trip, I've decided to make Bavarian Roast Pork for dinner . This will take quite some time in the oven so I should be going to the slagerij (butcher) in an hour or two...

Kouign Aman : The spice cake is a great idea. I'v been hankering to try Indonesian layer cake for ages but it's so time consuming (and you never know when the baby is going to wake up and start screaming ). I'm going to use a packaged brownie mix this time because I'm now at farmboy's place in Arnhem where there are no bowls, no large spoon, only 1 lousy POTATO knife..well you get the idea;) I'm dragging him to the local store to grab a chopping board, a knife and a casserole dish MizDucky , I'll be using hash because that's what the recipe I found said (and mostly because I already bought that lump of 4 grams on Tuesday. What I will do is melt the hash with a lighter into the butter, tralala Let's see if this work! If things go as planned, it will be done later today. If not, on Saturday afternoon!

Tonight , we had a casserole with 5 layers (mashed potatoes, red onions, sauerkraut, minced meat and cheese). Simple but yummy. Typical comfort food . Have to send girlfriend to airport! She leaves tonight!

wow, Parmhero! Great pictures ! Nice pie! I've never eaten an orange pumpkin (only kabocha) before

How could I have forgotten this!! Sebas is going to Eindhoven to stay with his grandparents for a few days. Walter thought he'd make poffertjes for Sebas as a treat. Poffertjes are cute but personally, well.. they're just mini pancakes ,aren't they? Poffertjes are eaten with a knob of butter and lots of confectioner's /powdered sugar. Walter ,in his favourite shirt Sebas giving the thumbs up! (he cracks me up). Strangers at the supermarket or on the street always touch his hair and say "Curle bol " (Dutchies, feel free to correct my spelling) . Dinnertime now! Dag!

This is for Markemorse Wau

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You can see me on my avatar if you squint! But here's a picture (I generally hate taking pictures of myself!) so that you know I exist Enjoy. Or die Miladyinsanity : What will you be studying? Did you ship box-fulls of Maggi Mee to UK yet?

Hi BarbaraY and johnnyd It's time for another game Guess what liquor this is: Hints: i) This is not known as the Green Fairy ii) It's produced by a Japanese company and is often used in cocktails. Winner receives : i) a chocolate letter of his/her choice or ii) something Dutch (maybe some postcards,porcelain clogs..that kind of thing..this is for users whose countries have food restrictions ) Let the guessing begin!

Selamat tengah hari ,Pakcik Pan No, he has never been to Asia . Honestly, I think he would hate it. He's such a Dutch farmboy (Like I said, he's not at all adventurous with food and that cancels a lot of Malaysia's charm!) and I reckon he'd die after a few weeks there (ie public buses are never on time, nor is there even a timetable-i think- stuff like that ) But if I do stay here, we plan to go to Malaysia in June for vacation so that he can meet my parents and understand me better I'd like us to move there but he has a contract (work) of at least another 2 years (which if he breaks ,he'd have to pay thousands of euros) and I think I'm more flexible in this sense than he is so it looks like the Netherlands is the only option . For now.

Today is a HORRID day. It's freezing and windy (The Netherlands is flat so ....). I have a treat for you guys. Chufi's already given you a tour of this place in her foodblog but I was there this morning and decided to snap a few more pictures. I hereby present..... The Albert Cuypmarkt This is a wonderful spice shop. I've never been here and I've never seen such an extensive variety of spices! Torakris , if you happen to read this and if you're still hankering for daun salam , I can buy them for you here Coloured and Flavoured Sugar (My friend bought a bottle each of Strawberry and Jamaican Rum flavoured sugar ) All kinds of tea Spices ( half of K and half starting with L) You know how eGullet-ers are always saying how Ling , Chufi, Patrick S and Daniel post food porn? THIS is REALLY food porn Lunch was patat met (fries with mayo) from this shop on Damstraat This little boy from Brussels has gone far, hasn't he? Malaysians might recognise him in front of Atria Shopping Centre doing that exact same thing....

Chufi, I have been to a few tokos but I've never seen fresh pandan leaves yet . Have you? Care to point me in the right direction? KatieLoeb : Leiden is a beautiful city! My host mum grew up in Leiden so we've gone there a few times. Unfortunately I have yet to see the city up close because we hop in the boat at Warmond and always go on a canal cruise but that's in the summer. I hope to walk through Leiden sometime soon