Fried Vermicelli

I requested husband to buy some local dried food when he called back from China last week, one of the items was a pack of vermicelli from Fujian province(福建蒲田)! As husband always comment about how good the texture was, whenever he comes home and start talking about the fried vermicelli he ate there... ....

So...he brought back what I wanted and a huge pack of this vermicelli which I think more meant for those running vermicelli business! ^o^

The vermicelli are extra fine as compared to those we commonly buy from our local supermarket. It 'survived' from the very much tossing during my frying and did not disintegrate like some local brand which we use; despite the extra fine texture! Thumbs up! (^o*)

Vegetables Invention

I recalled having this dish at one of the hotel wedding banquet years ago, but just couldn't remember where!!! This is a so-called copied version of it as I only remember the main ingredients were asparagus, fresh lily bulbs and wolfberry.

Bought a packet of the fresh lily bulbs at the local supermarket and decided to try out my version with added ginkgo nuts, Japan white Shimeji mushrooms.... so this is purely vegetarian!! And the overall taste was good!! ^^

Ingredients

some asparagus (I used Thai asparagus)

2 whole fresh lily bulbs, peeled individually

a handful of wolfberry, wash and soak slightly

50g Japan Shimeji white mushrooms

some ginkgo nuts

2 cloves of garlic, roughly chopped

2 tbsp canola oil

some fish sauce

some pepper

Salad

My sister-in-law gave me the idea for creating the new style of salad presentation, instead of mixing everything like "rojak".

So, this is what came out from me today... (I layered them and wrapped everything up like a 'burger'). This is also part of luring husband to eat more vegetables as he has an unhealthy eating habit lately and has 'bloated' like a 'pregnant man'! (*o*")

Self-Wrapped Hamper for friend

This is not related to food at all; friend of mine wanted to know what I did to the few packs of cookies and chocolate meant for gift to my ex-colleague, for the invitation to Deepavali open-house! Here's what I did to make it presentable and with a DIY gift tag hung on it too! ^o^

I actually wanted to bring my camera along to take the photos of food which the host has cooked for us (but I forgotten about it)! The lady host (my ex-colleague) is a very good cook of Indian food, I am always looking forward to Deepavali as we will all be invited and she will cook very nice dishes... I mean all by herself without any domestic helper!!! And as usual, I have had a wonderful Indian food today!

By the way, thanks again to Tamy, Suresh & Family for the warm hospitality and delicious home cooked Indian food! (^o^)

Bunny Agar Agar

I made this Agar Agar for my niece Amanda's birthday as she simply loves bunny! It was prepared last night and took me four over hours to make this.

Partly due to the fact the I have not made any agar agar for a long....time! And also I did not plan anything ahead for the design....it was everything last minute!

At last, this design was made.... two bunnies hopping on grass field with pink flowers falling on them.

Carrot Walnuts Muffins

Ingredients

3 eggs

150g milk

250g sugar

1/2 tsp salt

180g vegetable oil

1 tsp vanilla essence

280g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

11/2 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 tsp ground nutmeg

200g carrot, shredded

120g walnuts, chopped

Method

1. Whip eggs, milk, sugar and salt until creamy. Add vegetable oil and vanilla essence and whip until well blended.
   
   
2. Sieve in flour, baking powder, baking soda, ground cinnamon, ground nutmeg and mix until well blended.
   
   
3. Add carrot and walnuts and mix well.
   
   
4. Pour the batter into individual muffin moulds. Bake at preheated oven at 160C for approx 35-40mins.