May 2008

The Archives

• Mashinun

  05.08.08 | Permalink |Food, Travel| 1 Comment

  That’s delicious in Korean. I loved Korean food especially the different types of side dishes called banchan. Side dishes such as Kimchi, spinach salad, glazed potatoes, cucumber pickles and others.

  I went to a nice Korean Restaurant called Arirang @ 11-G-1&2 Jalan Gottieb (aka new Bob Center) Penang. The atmosphere of the place is good with a small room of toys and books for the children to play while we dine.

  My family ordered the Kimchi soup based vegetables set, bbq pork, the fried glass noodles and the ginseng chicken. The bbq pork was really tasty. They provided a free flow of Korean tea. You can also ordered the beef where they bbq on the spot. It has lots of side dishes that come with what we ordered. The Kimchi soup was a little too sourish and spicy. It can be very acidic to your tummy. My advice, eat some rice to fill your stomach before attempting the Kimchi soup.

  I will recommend this place to anyone who is visiting Penang. The owner is a Korean and you get authentic Korean food. It is simply delicious. Enjoy the pictures.

  
  

  

  

  

• Pork Leg Vinegar

  05.07.08 | Permalink |Food| 4 Comments

  After a tired & stressful day at work, I came home with this delicious treat. Thanks to shooi who was so kind to bring some of her mother’s specialty for me. Pork Leg Vinegar is usually cooked as a confinement food. It has ginger, pork leg & meat, vinegar, dry chilies and I believe sugar. The ginger is good to relieve air from your body.

  
  
  

  I had my confinement lady cooked this for me once every week. No matter how big a pot she cooked, it is always finished. I loved to eat it with warm rice. It taste so good and you can drink the sauce too. Although it is vinegar but it is not too sour. It is simply delicious.

  If you ever cooked this, please invite me. 😛

• DownUnder Delight

  05.02.08 | Permalink |Food| 2 Comments

  
  
  

  I am craving for the Aussie Chinese food every since I left Australia. I have been staying there for 5 years and I love every moment of it. When I am there, I get home sick too.

  The Chinese food especially in Sydney is simply delicious. Most of the big Hong Kong chef migrated and start their business there. The seafood like scallops, abalone, king crabs and oysters were the best I ever tasted. If I ever go back there, I will sure spend myself a scrumptious meal.

  During my studies there, I always brought back some huge abalone whenever I came home for summer break. It is really big. I remembered when I was a secondary student, I told my teacher that I ate a big abalone, she wouldn’t believe me. Abalone at that time was affordable. My mom will cook something delicious with the abalone.

  Recently I got my friend to bring me some abalone back which I missed. With abalone, you need to know how to cook it. If it is not cook properly, it will become like rubber. You need to tenderize it. It can be cook with any vegetables like broccoli. You can also make double boil chicken soup with it. It is simply my favorite.

  If any of you coming back from there, please bring me some more abalone!

  
  
  

• iBox Arrived

  05.01.08 | Permalink |iPhone| 3 Comments

  
  
  

  Yeap, it was my 16G iPhone that came all the way from US for me. The last one I got was from my hubby. You must be asking, why I liked iPhone so much. I can go on and on. So far, I have influenced a bunch of people to get iPhone. Apple should give me some commission.

  I like the Safari browser. It is superb, fast and zoom-able using your fingers. It has WiFi, I can surf at home without booting up my computer. I can sync my work meeting schedules onto my phone with ease. Now I get reminder from my phone on meetings. I need that because a few cases, I missed night telecons because I forgot all about it. It has iPod which is great for viewing video, music and sermons. I managed to copy some of my children video in my iPhone. Now I am trying ways to copy CSI series onto my iPhone which I can view when I am travelling.

  I can check my gmail whenever I am connected. I can either use WiFi or Digi Wap to download emails. By the way, there is a free VOIP software too which I haven’t tested out yet. With VOIP, you can dial anywhere in the world without worrying about expensive charges.

  Here are some of the tools I used:

  SimPort – Copy all my SIM contact to the iPhone.
  iZoo – My favorite game.
  eBooks & KJV – Electronic Bible.
  Dictionaries – Concise Britannica & Merriam Webster with pronunciation.
  Converter – Converts all kinds of measurements.
  iToner – Copy ringtones over.
  iTunes – Sync Office Outlook Calender & Mails.

  I am hunting for a WinXP Tool that I can copy files directly to the iPhone. With that, I can change ringtones, wallpaper and copy applications over. Believed me, iPhone is like a palm computer with a superb Mac OS.

  If you are an iPhone user, let me know what other good tools out there.. 😉