Herbal Eggs / Iron Eggs

I love herbal eggs a lot. Love the herbs but the herbs taste of the herbal eggs selling in shops are too blunt. Therefore, I decided to try making it myself. I encounter a webpage making iron eggs. Iron eggs are the delicacy in Taiwan. I love to eat that too, thus decided to try that out. I can't remember the webpage though.

The recipe:-

2 packet of quails eggs
6 chicken eggs
6 cups of black tea (I used good grade of Pu Er)
4 tbsp thick soy sauce (I used A4 brand)
6 tbsp soy sauce (I used Lee Kum Kei)
50g rock sugar

Herbs
2 Star Anise
3 pieces liquorice
1 piece of tangerine peel
1 piece of cinnamon bark (3 cm long)
7 cloves
2 pieces of dong gui

Cooking Steps

1. Put in eggs into a pot of tap water/
2. Boiled eggs with low fire. After it is cooked, put in cold water. Peeled them after a minute or two
3. While the eggs is being boiled, prepare tea. 
4. Mix all the herbs, rock sugar, soy sauce and thick soy sauce into the tea.
5. Put in the eggs into the mixture and boiled it with high fire.
6. After it is boiling, put it to low fire and simmer for ten minutes.

Let the eggs sit in the tea mixture for a day or two (simmer it once or twice in a day)

If you would like to prepare iron eggs, after number 6, cooled eggs under electric fan. Then repeat number 5 & 6 for ten times.

 

Gu Lou Yuk (Sweet and Sour Port)

My friend taught me how to make her special Gu Lou Yuk:-

 

Tenderize the pork. My family loves less fat so I get leaner meat. Below is the tenderize meat. I been hitting it for about half hour.

Put the pork into a bowl and mix it with juice (Salt, lemon, celery and onion)

Marinate it for at least two hours. While it is being marinated, I prepared the sauce using :-

1. Hoisin Sauce
2. HP Sauce
3. Lea Pearins
4. Tomato Sauce
5. Salt

Deep fried the meat after it is marinated. Before deep fried, I dried the meat with paper towel.

Cook the sauce, after it is boiling, put in the meat and cook it.

Served in a plate

TADA!!!!

Guddo Japanese Restaurant

Yesterday, we went to a newly open Japanese restaurant situated in Metro Town.

Ambience : Comfortable, not so noisy and love the seat.
Food Taste : 6.5 / 10 (the taste is so so but it food is fresh)
Waiting Time : Fast
Price : Slightly high for such portion

We try out the food via groupon. However we are told that all the set menu having 15% discount. Thus we ordered the only noodles set menu and others were groupon paid food.

This is salmon bento. The sashimi is very fresh but what I love most is the salad. I am not a fan of veggie, however, this salad is too good for me to resist. Aside that the fried rice is hot until the last bite as it was served in a hot pot.

The lemon tea is too sweet though. It tasted nice only after we added one cup of hot water

We had a 15% off this RM18 bento. This is the only bento with noodles. The noodles portion is too small though. It is suitable for those who eat less.

The food is so so but the environment is good.

Patrick's Signature

We bought a groupon coupon which give discounted meal at Patrick's Signature. It seems to be a good deal according to my mom. We went there weeks ago (only now I have the chance to upload this, sorry for the delay).

First dish out was the salmon. It was sashimi kind, mixed with lemon or "kit chai", chillies and basil leave. It was very refreshing and tasty. This was a very very good dish. Next was the pork belly (it was stewed). It tasted just like a home cooked dish that my mom always made. however, the meat was quite fat to my liking. Another dish that was served was the snapper. I forgot the name of the dish however the gravy was very delicious and spicy. My brother like it though.

The vegetable that was served was the kailan with oyster sauce and there is nothing to shout about. Our Next favourite was the steamed chicken. It was very good. The meat was succulent. The timing of the steamed chicken was just right.

We shall be coming back for more. :)

Lido Food Court

I miss eating at Lido market so much. I heard there are a lot of new stalls being set up, thus, decided to eat there tonight. I saw the famous Sandakan UFO Tart. I bought a packet to try it out. It was slightly different from the normal tart. I dun really like it as it is very sweet, however, a good try though.

I also give a try on its dumpling and it is not bad. I still prefer the one in Damai
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I saw a lot of people ordering the bak kut teh. Can't help myself ordering it. It was not as good as I expected. The peppery taste is not that strong.

The only food that will attract me back to Lido Market is the bbq Lamb. I got the rib part. The meat was moist and juicy. Even the gravy goes so well with the meat. I bought it again right after finishing the first purchase. It is the best ever Lamb!!!

Dinner at Din Tai Fung, The Gardens Mall

My Boss brought me to Din Tai Fung for a dinner. It was located at The Gardens Mall Mid Valley City, Kuala Lumpur. It is originated from Taiwan. When we reached, the place was nearly full. I saw that the tables are arranged close to each other maximising the space. The food looked delicious through the pictures with pricing that is reasonable according to the location of the shop.

Condiments

We ordered a cold dish, Shanghainese Drunken Chicken. This is cooked with Chinese wine, and the meat is tender. I even drink up the gravy. Way too good, definitely will recommend to others. We also ordered the prawn cake. I felt slightly oily after eating the whole lot, however, it is a delicious dish.

 

 

 

 Although only two of us, we decided to order more as the food look too tasty. We heard that this shop is famous for its dumpling, thus we ordered the basket of Xiao Long Bao. It is nothing to shout about as I tried a better one in Shanghai before.

The other dish that I recommend a must to try is the pumpkin cooked with salted egg yolk. Wow... it is so delicious that I stop talking just to enjoy this dish. The outer part is crispy and courted with salted egg yolk. Inner side which is pumpkin strip is soft and sweet.

I shall be visiting this shop everytime I go KL!!!!

Breakfast at Fook Yuen Bakery Cafe

Fook Yuen opened a Fook Yuen Bakery Cafe near Kolombong. My friend has been inviting me to this place for quite sometimes stating that the bread is really good, definitely eat non stop after the first bite. The shop looked slightly difference compared to the others. It has a bakery and a mini market compared to the others.

I bought a few type of buns and my parents love it a lot. Will come back for more :)