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Sunday, January 27, 2013

Cari Makan @ Kg Baru Balakong - 黄酒鸡


无拉港瓦煲肉骨茶
Bak Kut Teh Balakong
102 Kg Baru Balakong, 43300 Seri Kembangan, Selangor
03-89611903 / 016-3724210

每星期五休息



小小的一个无拉港新村是客家人的地盘,村里仅有一家规模较大的饭店。
饭店旁的一新村屋,经营小馆。座椅排放屋前,上面有高棚挡风遮雨,地上干净无油迹、亦无食物残渣。馆子三面无墙,通风又不焖热。也无抽风机、电视的吵杂声。
环境一流!

馆子打的是瓦煲肉骨茶的号子,亦以瓦煲肉骨茶为招牌菜。不过也有卖客家美食 : 黄酒鸡、猪脚醋等。

 我是为黄酒鸡而来。瓦煲里放足黄酒、香香醇醇的、亦酸亦甜。菜园鸡咬劲十足。
香、甜、热共聚一锅,边吃边抹汗!



黄酒鸡



还有......

辣子鸡
药材盐蒸鸡

鱼头

黄酒猪腰肝
猪脚醋

肉骨茶
腐竹皮
豆腐卜
油条

葱油豆腐

蒸水蛋

油生菜、菜心、油麦、芽菜

Monday, January 21, 2013

Sea Bird Nest 海底燕窝


Sea bird nest / SBN (海底燕窝) is Eucheuma cottonii, a seaweed of the Areschougiaceae family.  It had been major ingredient in carrageenan production, an important gelatin substitute in food industry, for their gelling, thickening and stabilizing properties.

In recent years, Eucheuma cottonii was gradually introduced to consumer as health product, similar to the highly invaluable birdnest / EBN.   Due to its lower cost, it is widely used in beverages, mixed with fruit juices, eaten as salad, made into jelly, or tongsui.

SBN smells fishy, if not properly washed.  The smell can be remove with prolonged soaking and repeated washing.  After soaking and washing, the SBN will lost its smelly odor, and the coloration.  It is now spongy, chewy and translucent. 


EBN easily costs up to USD 1,000/kg even for the lowest grade, while the best dried SBN costs only a USD 12/kg !

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Acar Sarawak - Recipe


Ingredients #1 :
1. 1 green unripe papaya
2. 10 cucumber
3. 4 carrot
4. 10 red pepper

First, peel the unripe papaya, remove the seeds. 
Without peeling the skin, remove the cucumber seeds.
Cut the papaya, cucumber, carrot and red pepper into 4cm stripes.

Then, add in a generous amount of table salt to the ingredients #1.   The salt creates a hypertonic solution, removing the moisture from the ingredients.   The moisture is further removed by squeezing the ingredients,  or by any other means, be it by twisting or pressing.  Lastly, dry the dehydrated ingredients under the sun.


Ingredients #2
1. rice vinegar 680 ml
2. sugar 600 g
3. red pepper powder
4. turmeric powder
5. garlic, sliced

First, stir-fry the red pepper powder and turmeric powder in oil.  Then, add in the vinegar and sugar.  Bring to boil, then turn the flame down till all the sugar dissolved.  When the broth thickened, turn off the stove.  Let the broth cool down.


After the broth cooled, add in the dried ingredients #1 , mix well.   
Keep the acar in glass containers, in cool and dry place.