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Monday 28 December 2015

Gulai Sotong

Salam bahagia,

Dah makan tengahari ke? Tak makan lagi? Ehh..tak percaya saya.. dah hampir pukul dua. Pasti perut dah berkeroncong kalau belum makan lagi.

Hari ni saya buat gulai sotong. Gulai ni lebih kurang cara yang sama dengan gulai udang jugak. Tapi tak pa lah, untuk memeriahkan blog saya, saya masukkan juga resipi ni.

Bahan yang diperlukan :

Semestinya sotong  (kuantitinya ikut keperluan kita)
3 sudu makan rempah daging + 1/2 cawan air + 1sudu teh serbuk kunyit
1 sudu kecil jintan manis
1 batang kecil kulit kayu manis
Daun kari
2 biji ubi kentang di potong kecil
2 biji tomato
sedikit kcg panjang
1/2 cawan santan
1 cawan air
1 keping asam keping
2 butir cili hijau dibelah dua.
1 batang serai dititik
Sedikit garam
Sedikit gula

Bawang merah
Bawang putih
Halia
(Semua bahan ini dimayang)


Penyediaannya :

1) Mula-mula sangai jintan manis didalam periuk atau kuali tanpa minyak.

2) Bila dah naik bau, masukkan sedikit minyak untuk menumis.


3) Bila minyak dah agak panas, campak masuk bwg merah, bwg putih, serai, halia dan daun kari.

4) Tumis sehingga agak kekuningan.


5) Setelah itu, tuang masuk pes rempah bersama ubi kentang dengan menggunakan api sederhana.
    Biarkan sampai pecah minyak.

6) Sekarang tambah secawan air dan biar lagi sehingga ubi empuk. Waktu ni masukkan tomato.
    Mungkin ambil masa 10 minit utk ubi tadi empuk.

7) Bila dah empuk, baru masukkan santan, garam, gula dan asam keping.
    Biar sampai mendidih dan kuatkan api.

8) Terakhir, dan paling penting, masukkan sotong juga kcg panjang sejurus sebelum menutup api.
    Sotong tidak perlu dimasuk terlalu lama. Ia akan menjadi liat kalau terlebih masa.
    Cukup selama lebih kurang 5 minit.


9) Tutup api dan keluarkan dengan segera sotong dan kuahnya sekali kedalam mangkuk supaya
    sotong tidak terus masak didalam periuk yang masih panas.

10) Gulai sotong siap untuk dimakan.

Anggaran costing :

Sotong 5 ekor    - RM 5.00
Santan              - RM 0.50
Semua rempah
ratus                 - RM 4.00

Jumlah             = RM 9.50 (untuk hidangan 4 ~ 5 orang)

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Salam dari saya,
Rose
29th.Dec '15

Wednesday 23 December 2015

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I had just realized that all my articles had been copied page by page by the above blogger. He or she had been vandalizing my blog since 2012. There was no credit given to me and all the articles were copied word by word and made it looked like beautifulwomenthink.blogspot owned this blog.

I am telling you, whoever you are to bring down all my articles immediately. Failing to do so, I will seek an authority to remove your blog permanently.

Rose Rahim
24th.Dec '15

Tuesday 22 December 2015

Makan Di Paratha Crispy Popiah

Assalamualaikum,

Kalau di lihat pada nama kedai ni macam bunyi kedai mamak, tak gitu? Bila saya Google cuba cari siapa pemiliknya, apa yang saya dapat adalah, kedai ini dimiliki bersama oleh Cimb dan Mapletree Management.

Kalau tak silap saya, ada 4 cawangan Paratha Popiah ni. Yang saya pergi hari tu terletak di Jaya Shopping Centre di P.J.


Sebab saya menulis tentang outlet ini ialah sebab makanannya agak memuaskan. Saya order Signature Rice dengan Ayam.


Sara pulak minta Nasi dengan Rendang Ayam.


Sebagai side order, kami minta popiah basah. Ok sekarang the review, Nasi signature yang saya order, saya boleh kata memenuhi citarasa saya. Sedap walaupun makan nasi kosong tanpa apa-apa.
Nasi rendang ayam yang Sara order, kurang menyengat. Rasa biasa biasa saja.
Popiah pun bagi saya tak boleh lawan popiah basah Tanjong Tokong, Penang. Banyak tempat yang saya dah cuba makan, tetapi yang di Penang tu jugak menjadi pujaan hati ku.

Yang bestnya, tengah kami mengadap makan, tetiba, pelayan membawa rojak buah ke meja kami. Saya katakan tak order sebab dah tentu-tentu tak boleh habis kesemua makanan yang ada. Rupa-rupanya, rojak tu complimentary. Free lah kira nya tu. Rojak memang sedap, bukan sedap free aja, tapi memang sedap!

Sebab tu hari ni saya masukkan tempat ni buat tatapan semua walaupun selalunya makanan di mall ni rasanya lebih kurang sama.

Saya lupa harga kesemuanya tapi rasanya tak melebihi RM 50.00 untuk 2 jenis nasi, popiah dan juga air.

Jadi kalau nak cuba rojak buah yang sedap tu bolehlah ke sana atau mana-mana cawangannya yang lain.

Salam dari saya,
Rose
22nd.Dec '15

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Makan Makan Di Pantai Cenang

Assalamualaikum semua,

Semalam (15/12/15) saya berpeluang balik sekejap ke Langkawi. Yayy..dah setahun saya tak kesana, al maklumlah sibuk sedia kala di Sg Buloh ni.

Sebenarnya saya ikut Soffian balik sebab dia nak attend wedding best friend dia jadi saya pun ikut jugalah. Sampai di Langkawi, kami berpecah, dia ikut kawan-kawan dia yang berkodi-kodi di Langkawi ni manakala saya ikut anak sulung saya, Ariff yang sudah pun menunggu setibanya saya di sana.

Tanya Ariff pada saya, ma nak makan apa malam ni. Jawab saya ma nak makan yang simple tapi tempat yang selesa. Biasalah, saya kurang makan sebelah malam. Mana tau tiba-tiba dia bawa saya ke satu tempat di Pantai Cenang, The Brasserie nama restaurant tu. Pemilik dia mat salleh. Kalau dah mat salleh punya dah tentu semua makanan dia western dan dah tentu-tentu mahal.
Tapi tak pa lah since Ariff yang belanja bukan saya.



Pada yang teringin nak kesini, anda harus ke Pantai Cenang dulu. Agak susah saya nak describe jalan nak masuk ke restaurant ni sebab ianya terletak dibelakang, iaitu menghadap ke laut. Apa-apapun cuba cari Cenang Mall dulu, bila dah jumpa, kena cross the road, meaning restaurant ni bertentangan dengan Cenang Mall. Dari situ jalan masuk sehingga ke pantai. Anda akan jumpa restaurant ni di situ.


Disebabkan kami berdua sampai pada waktu makan malam, berpeluang juga tengok kerlipan lampu-lampu di tengah laut yang meriah. Tahu kenapa banyak lampu sebegitu? Ini masa mencandat sotong. Musim menangkap sotong di Langkawi.


Ini yang saya order, seafood pasta. Harga RM 32.00 kalau tak silap.


Ini yang Ariff punya, Chicken Breast with Spinach. Saya tulis biar senang di paham, kalau ikut menu rasa nak makan pun tak tahu apa ke benda nya yang dia orang hidang ni. Yang ini kalau tak silap RM 36.00

Di samping itu, ada complimentary side dish iaitu multi grain bread, garlic bread dengan sosnya minyak zaitun dan bwg putih.

Hidangan ni dikira starter belum lagi main course. Kalau main course kopak jugak kot.
Apa pun, saya enjoy spaghetti udang tu dan ayam yang Ariff order pun sangat sangat sedap. Ayam tak kering dan di masak sempurna.

Harga semua sekali lebih kurang RM 96.00. Apa pendapat anda? Kalau anda inginkan suasana yang santai dan romantik, ini adalah tempat yang sempurna. Cuma satu yang menjadi masaalah buat saya, tempat ni terlalu gelap sampai nak baca menu kena buka cahaya dari handphone. Ingatkan saya sorang saja begitu, rupanya berderet-deret mat salleh yang datang selepas kami pun terpaksa berbuat demikian.

Jadi, itu saja entry saya untuk hari ini.

Salam dari saya,
Rose
16th.Dec '15

Thursday 10 December 2015

Boys Are Hard To Handle, But They Are Fun To Be With

Hey people!

Going through Soffian's closet the other day, I thought of calling for some help. It was in an immediate call out for help state. I told him before that I was never ever going to tidy up his room or his clothing, but every time I enter his room, I had a perpetual head ache. The smell of cigarette, the cigarette ash that stuck to my feet whenever I stepped inside his room and the bed that was never made up.

How do you think I would react? Yep, goes without saying.. I nagged. But what good does it do? It only falls on deaf ears. When will he grow up, if he ever will!!
He needs constant reminder from me for almost everything that needed to be done. Take for instance, his cell phone. I need to remind him if the phone was with him before leaving the house. He doesn't seem to take things seriously.

For those who have been following my blog, you may have read My Boys Their Antics Gave Me Headaches . From there alone, you can sum up how tough my life is to watch over him. He'd do things you never thought he'd dare to do.
He'd give bad advise and bad influence to both his sisters. There was one day, Sara was driving and he was sitting in the front passenger's seat while I was at the back seat. Suddenly a car came close and tried to overtake us in a dangerous manner. Sara was still quite new in her driving and she was a little intimidated with what the guy did. Soffian on the other hand, sat bold upright in his seat and coached her, "Go to the next lane and drive at par with that driver." To which Sara replied, "Why should I do that?"
"Because instead of getting furious with that guy and him not knowing it, you should confront him. Now go, drive until you're at par with him, turn your face towards him and look him in the eyes. Show him that you're not afraid of him."

I know he sometimes did that just to arouse my anger or to see my reaction, but that is not the right thing to teach his sister who is still a freshie when it comes to driving. What if she was alone driving and she faced the same situation on her own? Would she dare to drive up next to one particular driver and eyeballed that guy? She'd be looking for a deep trouble.

He is and will always be a boy that will keep his mischievousness and bad boy attitude for a long time. I don't see any changes coming in the near future. At home, he'd always pick on Sophie. He'd punch her like she was his little brother and he'd call her names. Most of the time she'd ignore him. Other time she'd retaliate and fight back. At the end of it, my name will be called out, "Ma, look at Pian." And as always he'd go like, "No Ma, she started first."
If I didn't know better.. I'd surely believe him rather than Sophie.

Why am I blabbering about Soffian today? Because he is one of a kind. I've crossed path with mothers who complained about their son's mischief and having difficult time looking after them. I dare say what they went through were not even half of what I had been through.

Boys are hard to handle, yes, I can vouch for that! But they're also fun to be with. Put aside your anger and wariness (of your own child) and try to enjoy having them around.
I mean, you wouldn't see your daughter holding someone else's toddler upside down and swaying back and forth with that toddler giggling away happily. Only boys do that.

 That boy who is afraid of nothing suddenly went white as sheet when a frog leapt in front of him. Man! That was a sight to behold.

That boy who would occasionally lie down next to you and  talk to you about his day at his working place.

That boy who would laugh heartily at my cursing and swearing since he seldom hear me swear. That reminds me of Adam Sandler's Big Daddy movie. Remember, the little boy who would only laugh at
other people's expense?

At home, the three of us girls, Sophie, Sara and me prefer men company than the girls. Call it sexist if you want but we find it much easier to get connected with boys rather than girls. Boys are straight forward species. They say things that sometimes hurt our feelings but it's the fact. Take for instance, I don't look like a million dollar one particular day. An old male friend came by and saw me looking like a typical boring housewife. Instead of the sweet and pleasing greeting, his way of saying hello is this, " You looked terrible!"
Well what can I say. I wanted to be accepted in the men's company so I had to swallow the insult. But at least I know they are being honest.

A few years back, when I was still working, most of my staff were male. On the day when they were free from any assignment, they'd sit around the office and we chat about unimportant things. Sometimes we end up playing cards just to ease the stress of too much work load. (No money involved)

To care for Soffian and not to give up on him was never an easy task. He had done almost everything that could give a mother a permanent nightmare.  I shed too many tears for him all these years but I am proud to say that by enjoying the fun side of him makes me a better mom.

He had once said to me, ' I told my friend before, if it's were not for my mom, I don't know where I'd be today.' To me that was a brave confession.

I respect my children as much as they respect me. By doing so, I became the center of their lives. They love me for always being there for them, for loving them unconditionally and for simply being their mom.

For mothers with boys who'd sometimes get on your nerves, try to spend some time with them and be gentle. Most of these kids were looking for ways to get our attention. They felt they were not up to our expectations and are not good enough for us. They were bound to commit some nasty or silly mistakes on their way to adulthood.
Do not give up on them. Our love means the world to them.

I should stop now. My back is aching badly. Need to lie down a little. Have a nice evening everybody and be good to each other!

Rose
10th.Dec '15


Tuesday 1 December 2015

Makan- Makan Di Alam Budiman

Salam semua,

Hari Ahad lepas ( 29hb.Nov), saya bersama Sophie dan Sara tidak kemana-mana, kiranya free lah hari tu. Sophie ajak saya dan adiknya keluar makan. Saya tanya nak makan kat mana, dia kata kat mana yang kereta kita bawa kita pergi.

Jadi, kami  jalan-jalan ke arah Puncak Alam ambil tengok rumah-rumah kediaman yang banyak dibina disitu.
Kami ikut sehingga jalan menunjukkan kami menghala ke Shah Alam. Kami melepasi satu lampu isyarat apabila saya ternampak satu deretan shop lot disebelah kanan kami. Di salah satu papan tanda disitu tertulis Restoran Haji Sharin Low.



Restoran ini terletak di Alam Budiman, Shah Alam.  Kami sampai agak awal, iaitu baru pukul 12 tghari. Sebelum kesini, saya dah biasa nampak restoran ni di tempat lain, maknanya ada beberapa cawangan di sekitar Selangor ni tapi tak pernah berkesempatan nak menjamu selera disini.


Apa yang saya suka disini ialah, menu yang disediakan adalah mesra pelanggan. Semua orang boleh makan disini. Kita sedia maklum yang makanan Cina selalunya agak mahal (selalunya melebihi bajet kita), tetapi disini menunya  disediakan dengan cara set menu.

Walaupun jenis setnya ialah satu set merangkumi 1 nasi dan 1 jenis lauk, tetapi kita mempunyai pilihan untuk membuat pesanan mengikut kegemaran kita.


Ini set yang Sara minta, nasi and sour & sour sauce. Kalau tak silap harganya RM 9.00



Yang ini pula Sophie punya, Kung Pao Chicken.


Dan ini yang saya order, Kam Heong Fish. Saya order yang ini sebab waiter tu cakap rasanya pedas. Itu sebabnya saya order yang ini, tapi pedasnya lebih kepada pedas rempah kari bukan cili.


Side order kami ialah lemon chicken. Kenapa banyak sangat chicken sebab budak budak ni hanya akan rasa lebih hidup kalau dapat makan ayam..hai..tak tau nak kata apa lagi dah!

Apa pendapat saya tentang restoran ni? Jawapan nya ialah tidak mengecewakan. Servis agak cepat. Kami hanya tunggu lebih kurang 10 minit sebelum pesanan kami sampai.
Saya kira ada lebih kurang 5 orang waiter dan 5 orang tukang masak. Itu yang saya nampak pada waktu itu. Semua budak lelaki jadi mereka lebih pantas bergerak.

Tentang makanannya pulak, juga tidak mengecewakan. Kalau drp 5 bintang, saya bagi 3 bintang. Portion makanan agak besar dan rasa rempah ratusnya ada.

Harganya? Bagi saya sangat berpatutan. Kesemua hidangan diatas yang kami makan ditambah dengan 3 gelas air, semuanya pada harga RM 45.10.

Macam mana? Harganya agak munasabah kan? Cuma satu yang saya kurang pasti, adakah cawangan nya ditempat lain mempunyai servis yang cergas seperti disini dan bagaimana pulak kualiti makanan di cawangan lain itu?

Apa pun, I was very happy we picked this place for our girl's day out lunch!
Happy makan semua.

Rose
2nd.Dec '15