Lifestyle & Leisure
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Shabu-Shabu Kajang
According to Wikipedia, “Shabu-shabu (Japanese: しゃぶしゃぶ), also spelled syabu-syabu, is a Japanese variant of hot pot” or steam-boat as we call it here. In Kajang, there are lots of places for Steamboat, especially in Chinese restaurants. Usually, it is not very hygienic, as up to ten people share a table with one steaming pot, so in goes everyone’s chopsticks, spoons and all…. In Sg Chua Kajang, there’s a new Shabu-shabu restaurant, and what’s really neat is that every one has their personal pot. The tables are special made, with holes in them, and underneath each hole is an electric stove, or digital inverter. At Wong’s Kitchen Shabu-shabu, you can order…
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Hard to Get KCH food
CNY is the only time I get to go back to Kuching, yet it kinda sucks because all the good shops are closed, I’m talking about the food here. The best of Kuching’s Kolo mee, Laksa etc are all closed for business a few days before CNY and goes on a few days more after. Obviously, being the best, they’ve already made enough money to survive not running the business for more than a week. So, on the day before I had to come back to Kajang, which was the 5th day of CNY, supposedly when most businesses are opened, we went hunting for Laksa. One shop to another, they…
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Hamper goodness Koci
A couple of days ago, John’s boss gave him some stuff from a hamper the company received, and some of the food he brought back had very nice packaging. Amongst them is this cute box of Kuih Koci. What is Kuih Koci? Malaccans would know, since that’s where it originates. The nice box had all the stories and history written on it. Kuih Koci normally looks like this, wrapped with banana leaf in a corn shape. This being a packaged product, it comes in plastic wrapping. There are even four different flavours of Kuih Koci inside the box; Green Tea, Red Bean, Black Glutinous Rice, and Black Sesame. In truth…
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Open house during CNY
In Malaysia, it is common for most major festivities to have open houses, from Hari Raya Puasa, to Deepavali, to Christmas, and Chinese New Year as well. I remember having a day of major open house during the Chinese New Year celebrations for as long as I had been living, and I had never missed it. My parents usually invite all their buddies to our house on the first day, and tonnes of people would come. My mum would cook up a storm and serve the food ala buffet style. This year, my mum cooked, Curry lamb, ‘Ka ca ma Chicken’, Red wine chicken, fried brocolli, Ham rolled chicken and…
