Makisuzhi

25 februari 2009, rabu

Hari ini ada 2 temen datang, mo belajar bkin makisushi. Pagi jemput ke stasiunnya, lalu sama2 pergi belanja deh. Pulangnya sekalian jemput Mei dah...nyampe di rumah da jam 12an..wak...uda kelaperan, blom bkin apa2.

Bikin telur dadarnya, bkin persiapan ini itu, akhirnya dimulai deh belajar gulung makisushi nya...Ternyata setelah berapa kali nyoba, akhirnya berhasil juga ngegulungnya. Gampang kan ya???

I think Missy Robbins is glad to be back in New York

February 25

Last night I tried to get Missy Robbins to say nice things about Chicago, but I couldn’t do it.
Missy was the chef at Spiaggia in the Windy City for five years or so, working under chef-owner Tony Mantuano. But she’s from the New York area and is clearly very happy to be back.
She has a good job. She’s been the chef at the critically acclaimed A Voce for about the past six months, replacing Andrew Carmellini, who left late last spring.
I ate there last night with one of her publicists, young John Weiss from the Susan Magrino Agency. I don't think John would like me to call him young, as he is a five-year veteran of the New York PR world, where five years is a lifetime. And he’s spent it all at the same agency. But I mean, come on: He’s 27.
Nice guy, though. Good dining companion.
I have always found Chicago to be a great restaurant city and I told Missy so, but she neither agreed nor disagreed with me. I asked if she missed it, and she said she thought Spiaggia was a great place to work and that Tony Mantuano was still a good friend of hers.
Well, all-righty then.
I imagine New York’s as glad to have her back as she is to be here.

What we ate (after I took the day's edge off with a Negroni):
Ricotta di bufala with extra virgin olive oil, mint, thyme, chiles and thick crusty bread.
Pugliese burrata with grilled broccoli raab and basil
Roasted trumpet royal mushrooms with fonduta, truffle and hazelnuts
Chestnut pappardelle with pork sausage and treviso
Pecorino and ricotta filled pasta with Savoy cabbage, bacon and black pepper
One other pasta; I believe Tagliatelle with oxtail ragù and Parmigiano-Reggiano
Roasted monkfish with purple artichokes, baby fennel and sweet green olives
Grilled lamb chops, braised lamb neck, borlotti beans and root vegetable sofrito
Chocolate Zuppa Inglesa with hazelnut brittle
Vanilla panna cotta with Meyer lemon and thyme

Perlis Indera ka....

A month ago, I was in Perlis. 

Emm, for the first time. 

It took me around 9 hours to get there, and 10 minutes to visit the whole state, which is as large as Bangsar shopping complex. Well, that would be too much of an exaggeration isn’t it. 

Oke Two Bangsar Shopping complexes!

Literally, if you move very fast from one end to another, you would not finish saying Perlis Indera Kayangan, you would probably stop at kaya.

But yes, It took us 8 hours to go there, after we missed a turn in Bidor, (then we missed a few other turns as well, let say around 6 turns and, the distance between the turn I should make, and the turn I actually made was around, let say 150 KM. 

Hik, on the way to Perlis, I am supposed to pick up a friend in Lumut, but I was too busy looking for the signage to lumut, I forgot there isn’t any. So instead of taking the Bidor Intersection, we went all the way up to Taiping, and then make a turn to Lumut. 

So that explains the extra 4 hours.  

It was a fucking waste of time and money, but at least I know places now. Places I never know existed such as Changkat Jering, Terong and whatnot. 

But, I was in Perlis, for the very first time. I meet Abun there. 

Thank god I did not drive, and thank god the driver did not know that we were supposed to turn in Bidor to get to Lumut. 

All he said was “rasanya dulu gih lumut 3 jam dah sampai, ni kenapa tak sampai-sampai lagi ek”  

Hik. 

I was there for a Misi Akademik. Misi Akademik is just one way to send lecturers for free vacation, all expenses paid and got paid extra allowance for it just to meet some SPM leavers and tell them why they should apply our university and not somewhere else.

Of course we don't lie, but we exaggerate every facts. 

If you learn marketing, you would understand. 

Anyway, Adi and Rosdin, my colleague was there too, but they took the plane, instead. I wanted to drive (which I regret the whole journey right after we reached Alor Star, and all the way back to Shah Alam) 



Perlis is so colourful. Everything is very colourful there. When you were in the town, you feel like you are in a very enormous open air kindergarten. 



The people, the food, the culture, I mean everything, including the building.  

colourful road

colourful building

colourful people, colourful culture 

I met Sweet Abun there.He works in the immigration department there. So he took Rosdin and Adi to Hatyai, while I have to stay in the Hotel because the driver complaint that he was tired. So I cannot possibly leave him in the hotel alone. 

It is so unfair, how come he can be sicked and tired at that moment, when he only droves from KL to  Taiping to Lumut to Kangar to Penang to Kangar to  Alor Star to kangar and back to lumut to Shah Alam. 

Huh... some people are so ungrateful.

Anyhow,



I love the food in Perlis, everything taste so delicious. Probably because the Siamese influence in cooking to the local food accentuate the taste of food there. Every restaurant that sells lunch we went to, prepared an excellent arrays of food.



For a great lunch, I recommend this café under a very tiny hotel which I’ve forgotten the name of the hotel. But the hotel and the restaurant are situated just on the left side of the Sri Garden Hotel. 

Oke that is my Perlis story.

p/s: i give myself 10 days, and after that i would most probably just go gaga. 

koleksi sy lagi!

ni komik - komik sy plak! hee.
tp. nih sebahagian je la.
sebahagian lg, masih d rumah lame!

dlm pics nih ade 32 je. should be more n more!
x dela sebanyak keychain lagi! huu.

most of them from gempak starz collections.
and. sy kumpul CONAN jgk!

lain - lain adalah a few of doraemon. XD
nih kumpul sejak, form 3 x silap.


nanti nak tunjuk collection lain plak!
haha. ye. sy nih...
semua bnde pon kumpul!

niteZzZzZ everyone!
[x seda diri esok kene bgn awal...]

saya, si sahabat

this might be a very long post. but. this is it.
i have to tell u. da truth behind everything.
listen to me. this is da real situation. of what.
exactly happened to me. and what do i feel!

1st of all. sy nak betulkan semua yg awk fikir ttg sy. kenapa?
awk boleh terpk sampai mcm ni skali? hey. benci sgt ke awk dkt sy?
baeklah. sy bace blog awk. mmg sy trase sgt3! awk ckp jgn sdeyh.
maaf sy sdeyh. sy kecewa. sy benci DIRI SENDIRI.
dan tlg. sy menulis post ini setelah sy tenang. dan bersedia.
tlg. kalau awk bace. tlg! sy merayu! bace dgn tenang!
dgn pkran yg x serabut. dan juge fahami diri sy yg mmg kejam ni.
awk pun taw kan mcm mane sy pnye perasaan, bile sy mengalah.
tlg. sy mengalah dgn awk. tlg. bace tnpa rase sy benci awk.
sbb hakikatnye. sy syg awk. syg sgt3!!! pergi la tanye org lain.
x de sape pon xtaw bertape sy syg dkt awk. awk. x nmpk. kan?

maaf. jujur sy meminta maaf. kalau sy mmg menyesakkan dada awk. sy risau. awk asma. d sana, sejuk. awk. jage diri elok2. jage diri sendiri. sy taw awk x berharap dgn sesiapa d sane. plz, ingt org yg tersyg. kalau ingt sy menyesakkan awk. bencilah sy habis-habisan. sape kate awk x punya ramai kwn? ramai. mungkin x semuanya fhm awk. tp. sy taw. ttp ada yg syg awk. sy taw die syg awk. sy pon syg awk. tp. awk da x syg sy. tu,apa sy rasa dan nmpk. sy x pernah ungkit apa2. sy lepaskan semua yg terjadi di antara kita. bila sy ungkit? awk xtaw sy jgk seorg yg jealous? tp. sy taw. awk ttp ada utk sy. n sy jg ada utk awk. sy jeles dgn seorg sahabat itu. yg tiba2.
mcm menggedik. ya. dan juga seorg lagi. yg seolah2 mengumpan awk. tp sy biar! sbb sy da x bwk apa2 makna utk awk lg. awk. lepaskan sy. ya. mmg bnda ni patot dah di 'let go'. babe. cant u c i'm trying so hard? cant u just see it? all OTHER ppl can see how hard i'm trying to let u go. do u think it's as easy as A,B,C? gosh. u know it rite. kalo i da syg org. sy akan syg sampai bile2? ingt 1st love sy tuh? mcm mane sy seksa nak lupe? ape tah lg awk? BFF? ingt senang2? sy xtaw la kalau awk senang2 lupe sy.
mungkin sy jahat sgt. sbb tu, awk lupekan sy terus.
yes i'm fine without u! i have to push myself to be fine without u.
or else. i might b dying rite now! yesss! i've to tell myself.
"life goes on. life goes on. life goes on". its hard!!! plz! its hard!
kenapa sy gune english? ini lagi 1 bnde. hey. sy x marah pon awk.
ok fine. awk pon ckp sy akan ckp english if sy marah.
tp sy jgk akan ckp english d dlm sesetgh situasi. awk pon taw kan?
gosh. habis tuh semua yg sy tulis dlm english tuh. sy marah la?
babe...plz. tlg jgn slh fhm mcm nih skali mcm mane u benci i pon.

terima kasih sbb taw sy mmg syg awk.
n thanks jgk sbb masih ckp awk syg sy jgk.
era kita dah habis? ya. itu yg awk nak! sy ikot jgk ckp awk kali ni. y?
sbb sy dah terlalu sedeyh! itu yg awk nak jgk n 1 je pk. ok,i let u go.
as long as u happy. tu yg i pk!
awk2...awk x nmpk sy enjoy cite bride wars tuh?
awk x nampak air mate sy bertakung time ending cite tuh???
time anne hathway dah serang kwn die tuh,
and mereka same2 jatuh dgn gaun.
and anne hathway da x larat dgn semua pergaduhan tuh. and.
mereka say sorry to each other n how they love each other.
awk taw x. sy rase sdeyh part tuh. sbb ape? sbb sy syg awkkk!!!
sy sebak sbb cite tuh. mmg seswai utk kte tgk. its about best fren!
sy suke cite tuh! tanye nora. die nak tgk cite tuh n sy suruh die tgk.
sy pesan. part friendship die sebak. sbb ape? sbb sy hayati!
sape ajar sy friendship itu? awak! sy tgk cerita tu dgn rela hati.
bkn dgn paksaan. awk pon taw sy mmg jenis x kesah. bukan?
bile mase sy benci awk? awk pon taw kan sy x ske nak benci2 org!
awk kenal kan semua2 org yg baling taik dkt sy? sy kawan jgk kan?
sy mungkin x suka sesetgh mereka sbb buat sy begitu.
tp sy x pernah benci kan?
sy mmg x ske nak benci org! apetah lg awk?
sy syg awk! walaupon skrng nih awk da benci sy! oh yeah. obviously~
awk. xyah minta maaf dgn sy...awk x pernah buat slh dgn sy.
awk. menjage sy dgn baek. terlalu baek. mungkin sbb tuh. sy still.
syg awk. even. sy nmpk...awk. da btol2 lepaskan sy. ya.
4give but never 4get. awk taw kan itu prinsip sy kpd.
mereka yg baling taikkk dkt sy. awk mcm tataw ramai sgt
yg baling taikkk dkt sy. tp sy biar. lupakan kte jd kwn? x mungkin.
sy mungkin pelupa. tp. x mudah utk. sengaja melupakan kenangan sy.
awk pon taw kan. sy mmg mcm tuh. sy x pernah provoc awk.
sy x mention ape2 pon ttg awk. ape tah lg ketegangan, kesedihan
dan kekecewaan yg berlaku ini d blog!
tp hari ini. sy terpakse. sy juga. berhak menjelaskan kebenaran.
"sumpah!" itu mmg ayat sy. yg mungkin baru sy gune. tp sy gemar.
dan itu sebagai penekanan. seperti "sungguh" jgk. awk kurang gemar?
maaf. serius maaf... sy terlalu baik? atau awk yg terlalu baik?
sy jahat. sy sedar tu da lame. and awk buat sy lebih sedar ttg itu...
pandangan awk. mmg penting bg sy. tak perlulah ckp "siapalah sy"
mungkin sy yg patut ckp. siapalah sy dlm hidup awk skrng. kan?

sy sedar awk nak blk sbb sy. sy pun happy sgt awk nak blk.
sape x happy. org yg tersyg nak blk mlysia? berjmpa smula.
setelah lame berpisah. sy sgt happy. sampai sy risau. takot2.
sy x dpt spend bnyk mase dgn awk. kerane kebetolan. time tuh.
sy demam lame. 2 minggu. minggu tu jgklah sy bnyk final project.
ade beberapa hari, sampai malam sy d kolej. betol kegusaran sy.
sy mmg x dpt spend bnyk mase dgn awk...maaf. jadual sy begitu.
kebetolan ia sewkt awk pulang. ya. sy keluar dgn kwn lain jgk.
tp semuanya samada last minute sgt3, atau dah lama di rancang.
sy syg mama dan abah awk. mereka layan sy mcm anak sendiri.
sy segan sbb sejak awk d oversea, sy x berkesempatan melwt mrka.
awk pon taw. sy da ckp bnyk kali dkt awk. sy nak g umah awk.
tp sy x sempat2. frankly speaking. dgn mama pon sy boleh bergaduh.
slh fhm sbb die rase sy x bnyk luangkan masa dgn die.
ape tah lg mama n abah awk. sy syg mereka.
betol. sy hormat mereka. sbb itu. sy pun risau.
bila awk ckp abah x beberapa sehat. sy risau. benar.
sy x pernah terpk. parents sy d kl, maka sy lupekan mereka.
awk taw kan sy d kolej mcm mane.
time sy bz, mmg bz. sy pun ade ckp kan. sy segan nak g umah awk.
sbb awk x de. & kebtlan mmg sy x berkesmptan lg... awk sedih? sy lagi sedih. sangat sedih. tanyelah mereka d sekeliling sy. tanye nora. akid. mcm mane sedyh nye sy. pergilah tanye kalau awk x percaye. akid. die taw sdiri. mungkin terlalu jelas ketegangan ini. nora. kebetolan. sy sgt sdeyh. sgt3. sampai kambink pun sy g ngadu. pdhal. awk pon seda. sy x pernah berharap die akan hadir sewkt sy down. tp. akibat terlalu sdeyh. die pon jd tmpt sy mengadu. rase kehilangan. sumpah sy down! sy bnyk berubah? sangat banyak sampai x terkata? begitu skali. sy rase kalau sy berubah. mungkin ke arah yg lebih baik. lebih berdikari. tp awk. tunjuk dkt sy. sy makin jahat. ttg farewell b4 awk pulang ke oversea. mmg kebetolan jgk sy pnye hp dlm bilik ketika itu. tanye mama. abah. kambink. ye. sy x pernah lupe awk call sy sekerap yg boleh! sy happy sgt! sape x happy bile org yg kte syg ssh payah call dr jauh? sy pon ske sgt borak dgn awk. awk pon taw itu. awk taw kan.
awk gelakkk je. sy happy sgt! pernah kan sy ckp sy ske dgr awk gelak. terima kasih...sbb awk ssh payah call sy. serius. sy terharu... sy pernah tanye awk kan. mama n abah call awk mcm mane. ade ape2 kad yg murah ke? sbb ape? sbb sy nak call awk jgk! maaf...sbb sy x pernah dpt call awk. russia. sy taw jauh.
sbb tu. sy sgt hargai bile awk call...thanks babe...

hari ni. sy da explain semuanya. n jwb semuanya. kenapa?
keadaan memaksa. sy pon tahan semua ini! sy x mau mcm ni.
sy xmau kedinginan ini terus-menerus. sy cuba lupakan semua.
sy x cakap langsong ttg kesakitan ini di blog! sbb...
sy x nak perkara ini dibesar-besarkan. dan. sy cuba utk.
betol2 let go of it. kalau itu yg awk nak. sy cuba jgk.
utk membetolkan keadaan. tp makin lama sy makin terluka.
sbb apa? sbb awk lepaskan sy. tp awk jgk ckp. kte kwn.
sy gembira sbb sekurang-kurangnya awk masih sudi berkwn.
tp. awk taw x mcm mane perasaan sy...bile sy...

- dpt taw awk lepaskan sy hanya melalui blog?
- tgk awk terus delete sy dari top friend friendster awk?
- sy sorang sj awk delete dr topfriend myspace awk?
- gmbr sy da x de dkt blog n fs awk.

awk taw x mcm mane perasaan sy tgk sume tuh?
sepantas kilat awk buang sy mcm tu. seolah-olah.
kta dah x berkwn pon. sdeyhnye sy...tp sy masih diam.
sbb sy x nak burukkan keadaan lg. di blog! sy bukak cite lain.
sy x cite ttg kisah sedih ni sbb sy x nak jd lg teruk jgk!
sy seboleh-blhnye nak slmtkan keadaan semula.
buat seperti biasa, sbb sy syg awk. dan nak.
semuanya dlm keadaan baik. tp benar. sy terase.
melihat semua itu. seolah - olah. sy saje yg cuba utk.
seblhnya-blhnya x nak org taw ketegangan ini!
sy syg sgt persahabatan ini! sgt syg!!!! lebih dr cinta.

baiklah. sy fhm. awk x ade ape2 silap dgn sy. jgn risau.
sy yg terlalu bnyk silap dgn awk sampai begini skali awk dgn sy.
sy jgk x slalu dpt reply comment,sms, on time. sy pun.
kalau d rumah. hp sy merate. awk pun taw. kalo d kolej. sy silent.
tp awk pon taw...selmbt mane pon, sy akan reply semuanya.
drpd comment org yg sy x kenal, sms, dan ape tah lg sms awk.
awk taw kan kalo sy lmbt reply, sy benar2 x sengaje.
kenape... skrng awk blh berpk mcm2 yg x elok.
sedangkan...dgn semua kesedihan ini. sy masih cuba.
utk berpk yg elok2 shja! sbb. sy masih nak slmtkan keadaan ini!
awk. mane ade sy tulis mcm2 d blog sy ttg awk.
kalo ade, mmg semua yg indah sj sy cite. sy kalo blh.
x nak bukak pon ttg masalah dlm friendship kte nih.
tp hari ni sy tegaskan lg. sy terpaksa. awk dah ckp ape yg awk pk.
biar sy jelaskan jgk. ape yg sy rase. sy terlalu kecewa dgn sume ni.
mane ade org boycott awk. sy x pernah terniat pon mcm tu.
sy x pernah terniat nak buat org boycott awk. dgn hasil tulisan sy.
ttg hidup sy. d blog ini. sayang... biar sy dibaling taikkk oleh org.
tp sy x kan baling taikkk d muke org lain. ini kan terhadap awk???
awk??? org yg syg amat sgt syg? tidakkk. teruskanlah.
berprasangka buruk terhadap sy. tp sy tetap syg awk.
sbb sy taw...semuanya hanya salah fhm yg sy x mampu betulkan lg.

hati awk baik. lembut... sbb tu awk cpt sensitif dgn org yg awk syg.
awk pon taw. sy pon mcm tu. x perlu ckp hati awk hitam.
hati awk baeik. sy x tpu... sy nak tnya awk. BFF itu apa maksodnya?
awk taw kan. dan lg satu. sy mmg nak tegaskan lagi.
salahkah sy punya ramai kwn? sdngkan awk taw.
ramai jgk yg benci sy? yg x kenal sy pun benci sy. biarlah~
ramai kwn pon. semuanya berbeza. punyai keunikan tersendiri.
awk lain. mereka lain. jgn samakan. tlg fhm itu. sy x punya kekasih.
tp sy punya awk. keluarga. kwn2... maka. fhmilah. kalian sj yg sy ada.
awk pernah tgk kan mcm mane sdeyhnye sy bile sy putus cinta?
bertapa sy rase bersalah n menangis bila ade slh fhm dgn fmly?
dan juga....mcm mana sy sgt menghargai kawan? sahabat? teman?
awk taw kan sume tuh. kenapa...awk masih berpk mcm ni.
tlg...sy syg awk sgt3. sy x pernah nak buat awk rase bersalah.
awk yakin hidup sy bahgia tnpa awk sebagai BFF? salah.
sy yakin hidup awk yg bahgia tnpa sy sebagai BFF awk.
kita masih kawan...itu harapan sy yg awk katakan.
tp. sy benar2 jujur katakan. sy rasa dan nampak.
dr apa yg awk dah lakukan dan katakan. bertapa.
marahnya. letihnya. bencinya. awk dgn sy... maafkan sy.
buat julung-julung kalinya. maafkan sy...dgn serendah hati.
sy meminta maaf pd awk. atas semua kelemahan sy.
atas segala yg berlaku. bencilah sy. tp ingt.
sy akan ttp syg awk. itu. hakikat.

mungkin. bnyk lg yg perlu sy jelaskan dan tegaskan.
sy benar2 nak awk tahu perkara sebenar dan apa yg sy rase.
ia jauh sekali seperti yg awk pkkan. tp...
sy pon dah x tahu mcm mane. bagaimane. dan lupe.
utk menjelaskan beberapa perkara lg.
i just cant find the words. and. numb seketika.
lagi satu. tlg ingt...sy x pernah. dan tak akan benci awk.
sy ttp syg awk. x pernah kurang. and. sy sentiase.
doakan awk dr jauh. agar awk terus kuat. sy taw.
d negara org. seorang diri seb pelajar. mmg bnyk cabarannya.
dan lagi satu...entah kali ke berapa sy nyatakan.
maaf...di atas segalanya. benar - benar segalanya.
sbb jika sy senaraikan satu2. terlalu bnyk kesalahan.
kekurangan dan kelemahan sy dlm pershbtan ini.
maafkan sy...buat julung kalinya. dan sy masih berharap.
kita masih berkawan. pdhal sy dah nmpk. awk, mahukan sebaliknya.

awk da taw kan...
sy sedar sy bukan hamba Allah yg solehah
sy sedar sy jgk bkn anak yg baik...
sy dah lame sedar sy bkn student yg cemerlang.
dan sy sdar sy bkn pecinta yg sejati.
tp...awk jgk da buat sy seda.
sy jgk bkn sahabat yg berguna...

maaf. sy bukan setakat jauh dr sempurna.
sy mmg langsung. x sempurna.
maaf sbb sy kecewakan awk...
sy x bermaksud begitu...
terima kasih jgk...utk segalai kebaikan awk.
dan sy taw, bukan senang nak jmpe sahabat sejati.
mcm awk... sy. x kan lupe awk. =]

saya syg awk.
awk pon taw siapa awk.
x perlu sy nyatakan.
take care. 1437.

Crab on the street

Crab off the back of a truck.
10000 won will get you two of these great crabs the king crab is 60 000 won . They are steamed on the tuck .Here is what I did . My good friend Jodie and I ate one with some melted butter mmmm. Then I took one home took all the meat off added some pepper, dill a squeeze or two of mayonnaise . Some chopped onion, some chives and some breadcrumbs . I put it back into the clean body- shell of the crab. Topped with breadcrumbs and some butter ,I wish I had some Parmesan it would go there too. Put in the oven till golden brown .
Served with some fresh salad .
Crab of the back of a truck .

Quick updates and brand new feature

I'm spending the day with a butcher today so not much time to write about anything.

But, plenty to come in the next few days:

1. Part Two of the pork scratchings recipe to come tomorrow, I promise (there's still time if you want to play along)

2. Thoughts and reflections on food writing - what do you think makes a good food writer? What do you hope for when you pick up a book about food? What makes a bad food writer?

3. Last Suppers - What would your last supper be? What would you eat? Who would cook it for you? Who would you share it with? For some inspiration, click here (Charlie Rose interview with four top chefs)

4. And a brand new feature that is provisionally titled 'Nose To Tail Tuesday' (I can just hear my girlfriend sighing at this point - we haven't discussed this yet). Official launch will be next Tuesday but I'll happily entertain ideas from you good people.

The premise? The 'Nose To Tail' philosophy is both economically and ethically preferable but many people are squeamish about the parts of the animal 'beyond the fillet.' Each week will see me cooking and eating a specific part of an animal. Then reporting back. Wish me luck.

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