Chinatown in London

I finally managed to spend some quality time in Chinatown before salsa classes. I had my duck rice for dinner at a restaurant next to Four Seasons. Four Seasons was always the recommended restaurant to go to for roasted duck on Google and other sites. But, I did not really fancy their roasted duck. Maybe the reviews written were outdated. There were plenty of restaurants selling roasted duck in Chinatown so I decided to try my luck with a different restaurant - the one located next to Four Seasons!

I highly recommend this restaurant which I unfortunately forgotten its name. The roasted duck was so good and the price was much more reasonable. My roasted duck cravings were satisfied that day.

After dinner, I popped into See Woo, the Asian supermarket and lol behold, there were durians for sale! It is durian season afterall back home in Malaysia. I already had my share of durians a few weeks back therefore I did not buy any this round.

The reason I was in See Woo was to buy fish balls. I miss eating something so simple as fish balls  so I just had to get some. Besides that, I also wanted to make dried shrimp sambal because I craved for spicy food too. Dried shrimp sambal was one of my favorite recipe thanks to my mum. Its such a simple dish to cook and it goes well with everything from bread to rice to vegetables or meat. Just yesterday I made pork loins salad with the sambal. The sambal gives the necessary 'kick' to make food taste fab.

Heres the salad:

Five minutes away from Chinatown was where my salsa classes were held - at a Salsa bar. The teacher taught a really interesting dance set that day. It was worth recording. Video at the end of post.

The weather has been a bit chaotic here. It has been cold and wet the past few days. But, the heat will be back tomorrow again. Truthfully, I am not really sure if I prefer the heat or cold.

I learnt a new word: toodle pip - means goodbye 

Rekorderlig cider

A new cider I tried which was absolutely to die for is Rokorderlig cider. It wasn't very sweet like other ciders and it had this crisp to it which was amazing. It was like drinking a fizzy juice or champagne. The flavour was wild berry and best of all, it is pink! So feminine and gorgeous just having it on the table :)

Masjid Cina Ipoh

Selama ni kite tau pasei Masjid Cina di Kelantan je kan???
di Ipoh pun ade satu Masjid Cina yang dibangunkan oleh MACMA (Persatuan Cina Muslim Malaysia Perak)....
Insyallah akan dirasmikan pada 4 Ogos 2013 bersamaan dengan 26 Ramadan 1434h.....
moge2 Islam akan terus tersebar ke semue ceruk alam...
dan kepada semua bangsa......

P/S: Gambo2 kredit kepada pesbuk Xifu Naser II

Bela anjing....

Bela anjing sebagai hobi, suka2 adlah dilarang. Buleh bela kt luar sj, utk tujuan tertentu spt menjaga keselamatan rumah tanaman atau ternakan.
Kalu tersentuh anjing basah dgn basah perlu dicuci dgn air tanah.
Kalu bela luar sekali pun, mcmn dgn najis dan air kencingnya. Kalu dirantai atau di kurung, tau laa tmptnya.
Bela anjing juga dikhuatiri menggangu jiran2 krn bising atau bahaya pd ank2. Kawalan dan pemantauan yg baik amat perlu utk memastikan kebersihan dari najisnya.
Bela dlm rmh lg la x buleh. Malaikat x masuk, jd hlg la keberkatan dlm rumah. Mcmn nk pastikan kebersihan dr najisnya. Tmpt solat, pinggan mangkuk, tandas yg sentiasa basah. Byk sgt benda kecik2 yg boleh terlps pandang, so x pyh la bela.
Nk bela la d kebun. Jgn lupa bg mkn. Di rumah buh rantai, kurung....kejam la plak....
Wallahualam ......

baca lagi....

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Daripada Abu Talha r.a, “Aku mendengar Rasulullah s.a.w berkata, “Malaikat (Pembawa Rahmat) tidak akan memasuki rumah yang di dalamnya ada anjing atau gambar yang berupa dari makhluk bernyawa”.” (Hadis Riwayat al-Bukhari, Kitab Penciptaan (4/54), no. 448)

Filem Seram The Conjuring 2013 (Dipawagam sekarang)

Conjuring adalah sebuah filem seram Amerika 2013 yang diarahkan oleh James Wan dan dibintangi oleh Patrick Wilson dan Vera Farmiga sebagai Ed dan Lorraine Warren, iaitu penyiasat paranormal yang datang untuk memberi bantuan kepada keluarga Perron (Ron Livingston dan Lili Taylor), yang mengalami gangguan paranormal di rumah ladang mereka yang terletak di Harrisville, Rhode Island pada tahun 1971.Kisah didalam cerita ini diadaptasi dari kisah sebenar.

Tau Yew Bak

Waitrose was having discount on meat. Therefore, I bought a couple packs of minced pork, pork loins and chicken. I knew what I wanted to do with minced pork and chicken, but I was not too sure about what I could do with the pork loins.

On the day I decided to cook the pork loins, I googled and remembered That I always wanted to make tau yew bak. I did not have all the ingredients in my cupboard so the taste and colour was not similar to the authentic one. Nevertheless, by just mixing water, soy sauce, dark soy sauce and oyster sauce, it tasted delicious. Adding diced garlic, boiled eggs and mushrooms was also a good option. I also used linguini as noodles because I did not have any chinese noodles.

Simplicity at its best :)

Along the River Thames, London

I took a walk around the River Thames in the evening and it was a sight to behold. London's summer heat has left and the cold and rain has returned. In a day, it rains lightly for ten minutes, stops for 5 minutes, then continues to rain for awhile again. That was during the day. But when evening came, it was breezy and it was raining cats and dogs. I reached home just in time before the storm and on the way home, I saw rainbows.

An evening walk around the River Thames calls for a beautiful colored skye because the sun was setting. Nothing could be more beautiful than a sun set. Even our face complexion looks better during sunset. I took photos of course :)