Showing posts with label chefs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chefs. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Sajian Tradisi bersama...

Read about the launching of this new Recipe book by Chef Wan at Avon outlets in the papers.

This book won the Best In the World cook book Award in the fund raising cookbooks category.



Zila bought one for herself. We all oggled over the beautiful pictures of the many many traditional recipes compiled. She was kind enough to go to the Avon outlet across the street again to get us our own personal copies each. Hmmm so now, we are flipping the pages over and over again trying to find some inspiration for our buka puasa meal this evening, myself excluded. Why? Well, because yours truly here is still staying at mom's. Zaim is not 2 yrs old yet, so we are not moving out just yet. In the mean time, I am enjoying mak's home cooked meal daily a.k.a no cooking for me. Less headache especially during Ramadhan! I have never bought any of his cook books, though I have leafed through his other books at the book shops but always ended up putting the books back down. Don't know why. Perhaps I should start collecting, to add to my Nigella's & Jamie's books. After all, he is now the Best Celebrity Television Chef in the World!!


So, since I am not gonna be cooking this coming few days, instead of me coming up with a checklist of what I plan to cook, I'm listing a few dishes here that I wish to have for my buka puasa one of these days...

Gulai Lemak Siput Sedut

Sambal Goreng Kacang Botol
(maybe minus the prawns, since I am no fan of prawns)
Kerabu Pucuk Paku bersama Kerang

Urab Nangka dan Tempe
(before buying this recipe book, I have never heard of this word Urab.
But I love nangka muda and tempe, I'm sure it tastes as good as it looks)


On the last page, there's like 10 handy cooking tips from the great chef.

As for the rest of the recipes in the book, PGYO* to find out!
Pictures courtesy of Zila's wonderfully amazing but really not cheap Nokia N97, thanks babe. I surrender to your 5 megapixel camera! best giler!


*please get your own


Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Can't get enough of cook shows.











I have always been a big fan of the AFC, as in the Asian Food Channel. I enjoy watching the differents chefs at work, the different ingredients that they use in their cooking, the utensils that they use, even the knives, the chopping boards, strainers, leomn squeezers, the food processors and even the mixing bowls. I would notice everything, the hobs, the ovens, the counter top even the kitchen sink or sinks for some shows!


The latest that I have started following is the French Food at Home with Laura Calder. It started early this month, every Mondays at 9 p.m and weekend repeats at 6p.m on Saturday I think. I am not that familiar with French Food, the closest I got to really experiencing the full course French meal was during one of our Company Dinners, many years ago, probabaly before I even started blogging. I loved it, and still talk about it. Hmm, about time, I learn a bit more about French Food and perhaps start learning how to prepare it too. So far I have only watched two episodes.


I like her style. Simple and relax, Last night, was about Morroccon Inspired dishes that can be found in Paris. The blog describes her as witty and charming, I totally agree. Looking forward to learn about French Food. Keep coming back and check out my updates, you never know, there might be some on French Food cooked by yours truly soon. Au Revoir!