Thin rice noodle in gravy or Hor fun or Kwetiaw siram... I have a lot of fun preparing this delightful dish. Don't be fooled by the look of this simple dish though cause it requires a lot of preparation. but, Once all the ingredients are prepared, cooking it can be done in a jiffy. Two things that you have to do to prepare this dish.. first is frying the thin rice noodle, then make the gravy. ^^

Ingredients:
100 gr thin rice noodle or kwetiaw
1 tbs vegetable oil
1 tbs minced garlic
2 tbs cooking wine / rice wine
1 tbs oyster sauce
1 tbs dark soy sauce
1 tsp salt
1/2 tsp white pepper
some bok choi/ yu choy
How to prepare:
Heat up vegetable oil, stir fry garlic until smell good. add rice noodle, vegetable, chicken stock, cooking wine, oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt, and pepper (you may a little water if it too dry). mix it well.

Ingredients:
1-2 eggs
75 gr beef/ chicken/ shrimp/ squid
150 cc chicken broth/ water mix with chicken stock
50 gr maizena/ tapioca flour
1 tbs vegetable oil
salt and pepper
How to prepare:
Heat up oil, stir fry the meat until done. add mixed maizena/ tapioca flour with chicken broth, salt and pepper. boil until the water become gravy. Off the stove, add eggs and stir it around (don't boil it, if you do.. bad thing will happen and you won't like it Hehe) and pour on the fried rice noodle that already cooked previously.

Ingredients:
1/2 pounds jasmine rice
3/4 tsp turmeric
1/2 tsp galangal (laos) poweder
2 bay leaves
1 1/4 cup coconut milk

How to prepare:
Place rice in rice cooker and pour the boiled turmeric, galangal powder, bay leaves, and coconut milk mixed with some water, just like cooking normal rice.

Other options:
To make your life easier, there are also instant nasi kuning available from Asian store. I will recommend Munik, indofood, and kokita brands. All you need to do just mix the ingredients with rice and water (maybe some may need additional coconut milk). Hehehe as easy as ABC.

Here I am with my new Ice Cream Sandwich molds from Carol L. Jamison... Thanks Carol "bule" ^^ Last week she got me a cute piggy and moo-moo ice cream sandwich molds, that's turn on my desire to start baking again. So I manage to get my favorite ice cream and a ready made cookie dough in supermarket then start to bake it.
If you want to make your own cookie dough you can do that to, it's pretty easy and you can modify it yourself.

PREPARATION:

In a large mixing bowl with hand-held electric mixer, cream together the butter and sugars. Add eggs and vanilla, beating well. In a separate container, mix together flour, oats, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
Place small amounts of dry mixture into blender or food processor and process until mixture turns into powder.

Mix the creamed mixture with the flour and oat mixture until just blended. Add chocolate chips, grated milk chocolate and chopped pecans, if using. Shape dough into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and place two inches apart on non greased baking sheet. Bake at 375° for 10 to 12 minutes. Makes three to four dozen soft chocolate chip cookies. (http://southernfood.about.com/od/chocchipcookies/r/blcc92.htm)

Here's some instruction for Ice Cream Sandwich assembly:

1. Choose your favorite cookie dough. When choosing a recipe, keep in mind that soft, chewy cookies work best.
2. After mixing the dough, spread it evenly on a cookie sheet to approximately 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick.
   
3. Bake dough according to recipe, then allow the cookies to cool for 3 to 5 minutes, or until just warm. Use the cookie sleeve to cut desired shapes. remember to cut two cookies for each sandwich. Do not let the cookies cool completely before cutting. After cut, allow cookies to cool normally on a cooling rack.
   
4. Slide a cooled cookie to the bottom of the sleeve so that it rests in the base. Snap the cookie sleeve into its corresponding base.
   
5. Place one scoop of ice cream into the sleeve and on top of the cookie. Place a second cookie of the same shape on top of the ice cream and press down.
   
6. Remove the base form the mold. Use your thumbs to push complete ice cream sandwich out. Serve ice cream sandwiches immediately, or wrap them and place them in the freezer to serve later.

P.S. If you are wondering where you can get the Ice Cream Sandwich Molds.. you can find it in Walmart, Williams-sonoma, Amazon.com and more.

All this time I've been posting main dishes, desserts, and appetizers. Now I'm gonna post some vegetable side dishes.
First I'm gonna introduce Yu Choy, Chinese flowering vegetable, has fairly thick but tender stalks and yellow flowers. It is easy to confuse Chinese broccoli and Yu choy since they look similar. The two main distinguishing features are Yu choy has yellow flowers (Chinese broccoli has white flowers) and Yu choy has a thinner stem. Yu Choy is heat tolerant but not cold tolerant. So it's very good to have for a side dish and eat with plain rice.



Next, is Iceberg lettuce. you can fine this easily in the market, it's the best enjoyed when it fresh and crisp. This food is low in Sodium, and very low in Saturated Fat and Cholesterol. It is also a good source of Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Iron and Potassium, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin K, Folate and Manganese (www.nutritiondata.com). Every time I saw this veggie it reminds me to Jin-jin (Anita's rabbit), I used to buy this to feed him Hehehe.. however, last week I went to my friend's place, she cook this veggie and it turn out very nice. She cook it on the non stick pan until soft without oil but still crispy when you bite it.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
2 cups water
1 tbs tung choi/ preserved vegetable
1 tsp chicken stock
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp white pepper
6-8 tbs Ebi cut into small pieces (dried salted shrimp)
Chinese parsley
vegetable oil

How to prepare:
Stir fry Ebi with 1-2 tbs oil until it crispy.
Heat up water in steamer. beaten 2 eggs, add water, preserved vegetable, salt and chicken stock, white pepper and mix it well . than put in hot steamer and steam it for 8-10 minutes.
When it done, sprinkle fried Ebi and Chinese parsley on the top of the steamed egg.

When I heard about Korea, first thing that I came into my mind is the food. Korean popular grill gourmet, Bulgogi is my next yummy yummy dish. It's Like US's steak BBQ, but the marinated meat is grilled on flat pan, and enjoy with rice, and kimchi (Korean preserved Napa cabbage).

Ingredients:
200 gr Pork/ beef slices and beaten
1 tbs cooking wine
3 tbs dark soy sauce
2 tbs sugar
1 tsp black pepper
1/2 onion, sliced
1 piece green onion cut into 2 inches
2 tbs sesame oil
2 tbs minced garlic

How to prepare:
Marinade sliced pork/ beef with dark soy sauce, sugar, black pepper, sesamme oil for 30 minutes.
Heat up margarine, cook marinated meat until half done then add onion, and green onion then cook until done. sprinkle some sesame seeds.

Bakmi Ayam Jamur GM known as "Chicken Mushroom Noodle". GM stand for Gajah Mada, it's the name of Indonesian Historical kingdom. I'm don't really know how they come out with this name.. but I guess it's because they open the restaurant at the Gajah Mada street, so they call it GM chicken mushroom noodle.

Noodle Ingredients:
Egg noodle
1 tbs soy sauce / per bowl
2 tbs vegetable oil /per bowl
green onion
Bok choi

Chicken Mushroom Ingredients:
1 Chicken breast fillet, cut into small piece
2 tbs sweet soy sauce
2 tbs oyster sauce
1/2 can of mushroom
1 tbs sugar
1 tbs soy sauce
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs minced garlic
2 tbs vegetable oil
100 ml water

Soup Ingredients: (mix everything and boil)
Pork/ beef/ fish balls or dumplings.
Fried minced garlic
150 ml water
green onion
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp chicken stock
white pepper

How to Prepare:
First we make the Chicken mushroom. Heat up oil, stir fry garlic until smell good. Add chicken and all sauces, cook until chicken done. than add mushroom and water (you may add quail egg too ^^ [optional]) , cook until it's half dry. (we can use the chicken liquid to give more taste on the noodle later on).
Heat up water, to boil noodle and vegetable. when the noodle done. mix it with soy sauce and vegetable oil. put vegetable on top of noodle then put the chicken mushroom and sprinkle some green onion.

La la La .. Froggie Froggiee legs yummy yummy.. For some of you, it may sounds yucky.. but don't skip it until you try it.

Ingredients:
20 Frog legs
6-8 thin slice ginger
green onion
1 tbs salted soy bean
2 tbs cooking wine
1 tbs minced garlic
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp chicken stock

How to make:
Clean the frog legs, marinade with soy sauce, salt and chicken stock.
Heat up oil, stir fry minced garlic and ginger until smell good.
Add marinated frog legs, salted soy bean and cooking wine.
when it almost done add green onion cut into about 2 inches and mix it around. Tadah~~ done done.

Here's another Japanese hot pot dish.. It called Sukiyaki. The joy of having sukiyaki is eating together with family or friends.. you put the pot in the middle of table with raw ingredient around it.. whenever you want to eat it you just deep it into boiling soup..

To make the soup:
Water
salt
fish sauce
sukiyaki sauce (Kikoman brand)
Chicken stock

Possible ingredients:
Slice chicken, pork, beef, fish
Squid, prawn, clam, kani (crab imitation)
Meat/fish/shrimp balls
Enoki, Bamboo, Shitake Mushrooms
Napa Cabbage, baby Bok Choi
Egg, Tofu
Noodle/ Vermicelli rice noodle

To Prepare:
Very easy.. just mix everything for the soup.. and adjust the seasoning. all ingredient is cut and ready to boil. Normally I put all meat in the pot to boil first to get the sweet taste, then add whatever you like to eat in the pot and you can enjoy when it's hot.

Full of flavors and texture soup, Chicken Soto is elegant for dinner and also party. There are many types of Soto, such as Soto Kudus, Soto Banjar, Soto Madura and more.. each area have their own specialty.

Ingredients:
- 1/2 lb Chicken breast
- 4 Eggs
- 1 potato
- 1-2 glass noodle (vermicelli)
- 1 bowl Been sprout
- 1 Tomato
- Green onion / Chinese Parsley
- Fried onion

Powdered Ingredients : (In Asian store you can get all this in a glass can with everything mixed)
- Onion Powder
- Garlic Powder
- Ginger Powder
- Paprika Powder
- Turmeric Powder
- Galangal Powder (ginger root)
- Chili Powder or Cayenne pepper Powder
- Indian Bay leaf
- Lemon Grass

How To:
Boil Chicken until done, then peal the meat into small pieces. boil whole egg until done. boil potatoes, bean sprout, and glass noodle all separately.
To make the soup boil water add about two spoon of powdered ingredients, salt and chicken stock.
To serve put glass noodle, pealed chicken, sliced tomato, potato, bean sprout, and slice egg. pour hot boiled soup on the top and sprinkle some green onion/ Chinese parsley and fried onion.

You also can have it with sweet soy sauce, squeezed lime juice, chili sauce. ^^

Nowadays a lot of people like to eat sushi and there are many variations of sushi type. Today, I want to guide you to make two basic types of sushi, one is called Nigiri sushi and the other one is called Maki sushi. Nigiri sushi is vinegared rice hand-formed into oval shapes and topped with various raw and cooked seafood, and Maki sushi is vinegared rice combined with various raw and cooked seafood and vegetables then wrapped with Nori. Hmmm... What is Nori??? Nori is thin sheets of toasted seaweed. There's one more important thing that you need to have to make Nigiri sushi. you will need Makisu, It's a bamboo mat to roll the sushi in. Haha Interesting??? well it worth your hard work.. and you will enjoy it just like what you have in Japanese restaurant. Ganbatte ne~

Ingredients: (for 2 people)
1 cup of japanese rice
2 cup of water
1 1/2 tbs rice vinegar
1 1/2 tbs sugar (caster)
1/2 tsp salt
4 sheets nori (toasted seaweed)

Sushi Topping (Neta):
- Smooked salmon
- Cooked shrimp
- Unagi (eel)
- Crab
- Very fresh tuna or salmon
- Tofu
- Egg (make into omelete)
- Toasted sesame seeds
- Cucumber
- preserved radish
- Avocado, and more

How to make rice (Shari):
Cook 1 cup of rice with 2 cups of water, when it done. let it cool down for 10-15 minutes, than mix it with vinegar, sugar, salt. To cool and remove the moisture of the rice well, use a fan as you mix sushi rice. This will give sushi rice a shiny look.

How to make Maki-Sushi:
Use Makisu (bamboo mat) to roll sushi.
- First put nori on the top of Makisu.
- Than spread around thin layer rice on top of nori.
- Place long thin strip of cucumber and preserved radish. (you can add anything from variation list)
- Slowly lift makisu in order to roll it while keeping nori steady.
- Make sure both side are even and roll it upward.
- And cut it evenly.

How to make Nigiri-Sushi:
- Slice up some sushi topping/ Neta (salmon, unagi, crab, etc)
- Wet both hands well with vinegar, then take some Shari in your right hand and squeeze the Shari to make it oblong and bite-sized.
- Place the Neta in your left hand; it should rest on the second joint of your fingers.
- While holding the Shari in your right hand, put a bit of Wasabi on the top-side of the Neta.
- Place the Shari on top of the Neta (on top of the wasabi), then press the top of Shari with left thumb gently, and also make a dent on the sides with right fingers.
- Press it together one more time and then you are finished. The Shari part should be in the shape of the bottom of a boat.

In Indonesia, we our own patties hehe we call it Perkedel, not crabby patties, which is mainly made of potatoes and meat. It's yummy yummy food ... can be main dish or side dish.. and also compatible with western food too. Hmmm Interesting~

Ingredient:
3 slices of smashed garlics
2 whole thin sliced shallots
1/2 tea spoon white pepper
1/2 tea spoon nutmeg
1 tea spoon salt
400 gram potatos
100 gram minced chicken/beef/pork
1 egg yolk
1 egg white
vegetable oil

How to:
slice potato about 2 cm and deep fried until it turn brown. separately, with 1-2 spoon of oil, stir fry garlic and shallot with white pepper, nutmeg, and salt. Stir fry chicken/ beef/ pork and stir to break up clumps, fry until meat is no longer red, about 2 minutes. Smash the fried potato, add cooked mince meat, fried garlic & shallot and egg yolk than mix well.
with your hand take about 2 spoonful of mixed potato and make it like a ball and squeeze it.
before you deep fried it again. deep the whole squeezed potato into egg white and fry it until it turn brownish.

My 1st cake... Agar cake, one of my favorite cake that my mom used to made for me and now I have to make it all by myself. It turn out pretty good after 2nd time making it. After several request from friends, I manage to write out the recipe... and here it is~!

cake Ingredients:
Option 1:
14 egg yolk
2 white part of egg
175 gr Butter
175 gr sugar
40 gr corn / maizena flour
80 gr wheat flour
1 1/2 table spoon water
1 tablespoon brandy / wishky
1 tablespoon sweet condensed milk
Option 2:
Yellow butter cake mix (packaged)
3 eggs
1 stick Butter
4 1/4 cups of water

Agar Ingredients:
3 swallow agar agar
800 cc water
300 cc white egg
300 gr sugar
3 table spoon sweet condensed milk
1 table spoon brandy
1 table spoon essen (red or green)/ pandan coloring

How to make Cake:
- Using Option 1:
Using mixer, mix egg yolk with both flour and butter until smooth.
keep mixing, add sugar, egg white, brandy/ wishky, and sweet condensed milk.
mix it well and smooth.
- Using Option 2:
Using mixer, Mix all ingredient listed until smooth (approximately 15 minutes).
* Baking Instruction:
Heat up ove up to 325 Degree Fahrenheit for metal pan or 300 degree Fahrenheit for glass pan (Pirex).
Use non-stick baking spray on the 2 baking pan.
Pour the well mix cake on both pan equally and bake for about 35-37 minutes.

How to make Agar sponge:
Using mixer mix egg white only until it get spongy (about 15 minutes). Add sugar and mix it well.
Saparetly, boil water mix with agar powder, condensed milk, brandy/wishky, essen.
keep mixing the egg white, add the boiled agar little by little and mix it well for awhile.

Combining Both Cake and agar:
using slightly bigger pan. pour a layer agar sponge on the botom and put one layer of cake, than pour agar sponge again, than cake, and lastly the rest of agar sponge.
Keep it for awhile until it get's cold than save it in fridge.