Trip to Krabi-June 2010

I wanted to post this blog but I never got to do it. So finally, I have disciplined myself and sat in front of the computer. Last year, I made a trip to Krabi, Thailand, thanks to Air Asia and its Go Holiday packages. Fortunatel,y we went during the off peak season so we had the island to ourselves.

Penang Hawker Food- Coffee Shop on Penang Road

A couple of weeks back,  we all went back to Penang for a short trip. Our palates were, by then deprived of good, tasty food, and in an attempt to devour the best of Penag food, we stopped by Penang Road.
All Penangites know about the famous Penang Road Cendol, and the shop next to it (a corner shop) serves one the best Ais Kacang too. No need for me to rave about the Cendol, so just enjoy the pic. The size of the red bean says it all. I have never seen such huge beans in any other state. Just the right amount of coconut milk and gula melaka, makse it a perfect tasting dessert.

10th Wedding Anniversary Dinner in Krabi, Thailand

For our 10th anniversary, we went to Krabi, and had a rather romantic dinner by the beach. The food was nothing to shout about, but the ambiance was just perfect.

Fussy Kid, Happy Meal (Home-style)

There are days when kids just get the worst out of you....they just don't want to eat. How to handle this fussy eater, my of my ? My son loves Italian, and I can't afford taking him to the restaurant everyday.

So, I have "my friends to save the day". These are my "safety stocks", and add on with some spaghetti, cloves of garlic and a little butter, you can cook up a meal of pasta. Hurray!

 It is so easy that there is no need for a recipe sharing here. Just some photos, and to share the idea with other moms who face the same dilemma as me.

There you go, the results....

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Exotic yet simple dinner : Thai basil Chicken with steam rice

There some types of food that forces you to eat, even though you are not hungry. And this is the kind of food- Thai Basil Chicken, not your everyday food, exotic and nevertheless tantalizes your taste buds. The key player here is the Thai basil. It has a more assertive taste than many other sweet basils. The herb has small leaves, purple stems and a subtle licorice or mint flavor. Thai basil, which has an anise flavour, is used as a condiment in Thai and Vietnamese dishes.

I was just shopping around in Tesco, and to my luck, I found it, so I decided to make this recipe for the very first time. I would like to share this simple recipe with you.

Home Made Chicken Rice, healthy and delicious

My boy just loves chicken rice. Take him to any Chinese hawker stall, and he will choose chicken rice as his meal. As we know, hawkers do not really emphasize on good hygiene, and is neither are health conscious. So I thought, why not cook up something on my own. You get a not only delicious, but healthy meal in a jiffy...

My humble recipe listed as below :

Simply Delicious Eggless Semolina cake

It was a boring weekend, and I wanted to created something different. Surfing through the facebook, I came across my cousin's wall where she made this cake. It was a unique using semolina as the base instead of the common flour, so I thought I try it.