Product review: White Milk Tea

 

 

The 1st time i had the Old town Milk Tea was in KL which is known as
Xi Mut Milk Tea
I am not someone who enjoy strong milk taste in my tea.. this one.. though it tasted nice but i wish the tea taste can take over the milk taste instead. Yeah am crazy la.. its called MILK tea NOT TEA milk.. I don't mind having it again if someone is sharing with me...
 
Last week, @ NTUC...  saw THIS product which caught my attention while buying the white coffee for 我们家的老爷。He is an OLD TOWN WHITE COFFEE FAN while my MIL is a Fan of the Black Kopi O.... NOW me getting crazy of the MILK TEA!!!!!! Its more expensive then th coffee lo. 12 pack for $6.20
When buying it..I am hoping it taste better then other brand of milk tea which i kind of dun like its milky taste. If i can't take it, haha 老爷 will drink it cause he MUST have TEH almost everyday as well.. whenever we dine out. *Evil plot* if its nice... i will drink it myself... *haha wat a GOOD wife i am* :p
 
AND its the last pack!!!! haha Faster grabbed it...
 
NO REGERTS!!!
Love it Heart it!
The milk Tea isn't as strong as the store bought ones...
The Tea taste is stronger then the milk!!!!
HURRAY!!!! I don't mind drinking the whole cup to myself... *smile* It tasted good when its hot or with Ice in it...
 
For those who like Teh.. can give it a try BUT one man's meat might be another's poison too...

update: 3/10/10

I went looking high and low for this.. finally found it @ P supermarket...
SO
Bought 1 pack for my dad to try... he told me S.S supermarket had this too and its cheaper...
XXX super market: Without promo $6.45 with promo $6.20
S.S  no Promo already selling $5.45 -_-"

My mum went, NEXT time if u need to stock up.... ask dad to buy it for u.
 
*Disclaimer:
The opinions expressed here is entirely based on my personal tastebuds and may vary for others. This review is time sensitive; changes may occur to the place later on that can affect this opinion. I did not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from this place for writing the review.

chicken Congee

 

 
 
 
 
Mmmm yeap after my previous post on congee
YEAP we are having congee today :p
Congee is our comfort foods. So today... we are having chicken congee. Not my usual style. But i just felt like having some today. So Mr sim doesn't get to say NO to it.. haha

I decided to steam the chicken meat instead of boiling it. Just like how i did the 冬菜。皮蛋。粥
steam it then pour in the juices that came off from the chicken into the congee i had prepared.

                               Her share                                                                       His share

Errr yes there's nothing wrong with your eyes... i added chilli into my congee... mmm weird??? Last time my colleagues will said i am CRAZY but after tasting it.. they did it this way too... haha i just love my congee this way especially when its chicken congee.

He love congee with egg. Added some ginger for mr. sim... Tasted richer in taste. He had 1 1/2 bowl himself.

Let's talk about Congee

粥（或稱糜），是一種把稻米、小米或玉米等糧食煮成的稠糊的食物。不同地方的粥有不同的濃度，而不同地方對其他地方的粥也有不同的別稱。其他常見別名還有：稀饭及撩命汤。


廣東粥


廣東人（潮汕地區人士除外）煮粥一向都愛把米開花（煮爛）水米交融，使粥變得綿滑，部

分人會在白粥中加入適量去殼去芯的白果(銀杏)，以增加清香口感，亦容易消化。


廣東粥有時不加配料，稱為「白粥」（俗稱米皇），或只加少量陳皮、白果（銀杏）及腐竹

伴煮，吃時以幼鹽佐食；亦有配以乾瑤柱絲的瑤柱白粥，以增添香味。白粥配油條是廣東常

見的早餐。


廣東粥還有其獨特的生滾粥做法，就是在大粥窩裏搯出少量粥到小窩內特別加熱翻滾後，加

入新鮮的肉類、海鮮、動物内臟等煮至緊緊熟（剛熟）以保持其鮮嫩香滑。下述的鯇魚（草

魚）片粥、魚雲（鱅魚頭）粥、水蟹粥和及第粥等都是馳名的廣東生滾粥.


潮州粥


蠔仔糜潮汕及福建人的粥稱為「糜」（潮语拼音:muên5;国际音标:[mũẽ˥]），大概水滾加米後

十分鈡左右，米粒剛煮得爆開後，要馬上收火，蓋上蓋子侷五分鐘，所謂白心米粥是也。其

貌似湯泡飯，粥身較稀，水量比廣東粥多，吃時佐以乾花生、菜脯或梅菜；潮洲喜以海鮮加

到粥裏煮海鮮粥作早飯或夜宵。也有一味蠔仔糜，在粥內放入新鮮蠔仔，味帶鮮腥，常以芫

荽和胡椒辟腥。傳統上，潮洲人會直接提起粥碗，以口啜喝熱氣騰騰的粥水。

福建粥


粥在福建稱為「糜」，水量比廣東粥少，如日本粥一樣濃，甚至可以單以筷子食用。福建白

粥材料只有白米和清水，著重米香和外觀，與廣東粥相反，不能把米煮爛，不能過分攪拌以

免破壞米粒的形狀，由於水量少，必須長時間監察爐火，輕輕攪拌以免燒焦，吃時佐以菜

脯、炒花生、肉鬆、小魚乾、煎雞蛋或蚵仔煎等等。福建鹹粥就是加入了其他材料的粥，粥

身比福建白粥稀，但還是比廣東粥較濃，材料隨個人喜好，例如香菇、魚和瘦肉等等，通常

會用醬油調味，因此稱為「鹹糜」，顏色多為淡棕色，吃時加上蔥花，佐以菜脯和炸花生，

鹹糜容易食用，特別受兒童和老人歡迎。


台灣多數人口是由福建移民而來，故福建粥在台灣是相當普遍的早點，吃法與福建省類似，

除了直接吃外還會搭配蘿蔔乾、肉鬆、醬瓜、麵筋、花生、鹹蛋、魩仔魚、豆棗等東西.


江南粥


江蘇、上海及浙江等地用稻米煮成濃稠的白粥，一般不加高湯、澆頭等。有時加入白糖煮

制，稱爲“糖粥”或“甜粥”。 相傳范仲淹早年求學時，食用冷卻後結成凍狀的厚粥，這樣

比較便於等量切割及攜帶。江南人民至今還這樣操作。


錢塘江以北地區（“浙西”，包括蘇南、皖南、上海）用剩飯（吳語叫“飯糍”）煮成的稀

飯，稱爲“泡飯”或“水泡飯”，有獨特焦香，是這些地區通常的早餐主食。江南人不把這

種食品歸入“粥”的範疇，但在北方有時混淆。浙東地區（舊紹興、寧波兩府）民俗早餐不

吃“泡飯”，只吃現煮的米飯或粥。


枣庄粥

在山东枣庄一带，用大米、小米等煮成的粥被称为稀饭，而“粥”专指当地特有的用大豆和

小米做成的糊状早餐食物。大致做法是：大豆和小米浸泡数小时，然后用机器或石磨磨成

浆，加水烧开后即成。

Source: wikipedia

沈老爷和沈夫人都是爱粥之人。经常吃的都是

潮州粥 和 廣東粥 。

要煮一碗好吃的粥 ，可真是不容易。煮不好就会烧焦。

真是没想到原来，

有这麽多不同籍贯/国家的人吃的不同种类的粥。

真有趣，

Swiss Rolls

今天想吃一点小点心。。

就做了一些 Swiss rolls 然后在它的表面做了些装饰。。

看起来还不错。。

沈老爷，明天有早餐吃了。

来看看我的精心装饰的swiss rolls ba ....

你喜欢那一个呢？？？

    

P/s: Recipe won't be shared. Thank you for your understanding.

Fried Rice

                                  

   

酥脆江鱼仔

 我们家老爷的最爱。。每次，他会加很多在板面里。。你看了都会觉得可怕。

因为酥酥脆脆的口感。。真令人。开心。不爱它也难。

可是，因为在洗干净的时候。。它的鱼腥味很重。闻得时候很令人觉的很讨厌，尤其是在煮的时候。。全身都会有那股味道。。
可是，吃起来。。就会一口接一口。尤其是配上辣椒酱。。

我看。。这一小份。。今天都会被我们家的沈老爷给吃到一条不剩。。。

还好。。自有在沈夫人心情好的时候才会宠宠他。

不然。。他就慢慢。。等 等 等 等 。。 吧

哈 哈 哈

 

Drink Review: Pokka Pineapple Juice

Managed to see it while buying some grocies today. $0.70 per cent in a supermarket. Yes buying 6 cans will be cheaper but i am not sure if i like it anot. So decided to buy and test it 1st
There's an orange flavour too but this attracts me more...
I been wanting to try out this drink ever since it launched

 Does it attract u too?

My verdict:

Its nice but overall too sweet for me if i had to drink it directly from the can. I had to filled my cup with lots of ice in order to drink it for my comfort. And the pulps is too little. I perfer more pulps in it.
Have u tried it? If you like pineapple ..
can consider it on a hot sweaty day..
kind of refreshing with lots of ice in it.



*Disclaimer:


The opinions expressed here is entirely based on my personal tastebuds and may vary for others. This review is time sensitive; changes may occur to the place later on that can affect this opinion. I did not received any monetary or non-monetary compensation from this place for writing the review.

Peanut soup

J requested for this recipe so did some calculate on what i used.

Please note - i didn't add in cuttlefish which most people will do so as my skin allergy don't allow me to have this nowsaday so i skipped this. You can always opt to add this in if you like it.

For me, in order to have the "seafood" taste. I played cheat and add in 1 tablespoon of fish sauce instead.

Ingredients:

1/2 bowl of peanut - washed

4 pieces of garlic with skin on

350g ribs

1.5L of water

4 red dates

500ml boiling water to scald the meat.

salt to taste

1 tablespoon of fish sauce - optional

Coriander - optional

Method:

1. boiled water in pot.

2. Scald the ribs. I did this so that the rib won't have those bloody water trapped in it. Olso to removed those "dirty" particles in it. After that, marinate with some salt.

3. Once water start boiling, add in ribs,peanuts,red date,peanuts,garlic into it. Turn to high flame to cook for 20min. Then switch to middle flame to cook. To cook till that's the texture you like.

4. Season with fish sauce if you are not using cuttlefish like me. Cook another 10min then off the fire. Can serve with coriander if you like it.

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For us, we love 老火汤.. so i cooked it for 3hrs and more. SOUND SCARY right? 3hrs...

why make life so difficult to just drink a bowl of soup???

haha

Alots will said why don't use a pressure cooker? 15min will get it done..

Mmmmm honestly till now.. i am still very scared of handling it. Due to freaky experience i seen from friends... Freaked me off and so its out of my kitchen till i am ready to bring it into my territory. :p

onion Egg

 Cooked these onion eggs for Mr sim. No more padi chilli in the fridge so added in some of my homemade chilli. I tested abit of it though i dun take onion egg... he finished the whole plate. So should be good la.. :p

Ingredients:

2 eggs - beaten
1 large onion
Chilli - diced ( Optional)

2 tablespoon of oil.

pepper
A dash of salt

Method:

1. Sliced the onion thinly.
2. Pan fried the onion. Add in the chilli.
3. Once the onion turn fragrant. Add in the eggs (with salt & pepper added in).
4. Pan fried both side till golden brown.

Mushroom with Celery

The fresh giant oyster mushroom were on promo. So got a pack of it and cooked with celery :)

Crunchy crunchy...