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Saturday, December 29, 2012

Crave For Authentic Thai Food? Now You Can Have It Comfortably In Your Home!

Put down your stereotype, tell me what you think of when I mentioned Thai food?



Now, shut up!
Tom Yam drift through your mind, did it?

Nah, I don't blame your for your lack of creativeness.
I did the same.

There are so many nice Thai food around, why do we only know Tom Yam.

If you don't even know Tom Yam....then I can onyl #facepalm.

What am I crapping...
Ouch... All I wanna say is, we might be proud of our own cuisine, being our neighbor, Thailand, how much do you know about them or their food?

I started knowing more about Thai food when a friend of mine start doing delivering service. These are some of the food she offer.


Fried Pork Rice with Egg, RM 5
Front: brown rice with egg

Back: Fried mince pork
The minced pork were really spicy and flavorful. How come Chinese never come out with such similar dish though we ate so much pork. Day in day out, we put soy sauce in everything we ate. This minced pork was saute with onion, herbs and chilies. It might have no sauce, but don't underestimate it's rich flavour embraced by the mined pork. The spicy pork goes very well with the brown rice and sunny side up. This one dish meal might not have much vegies but brown rice can compensate a bit more fiber even without vegetables.    


Thai Fish Cake, RM 7 for 6 pieces
We Chinese has our own kind of oily artificial fish cake while Malay have their authentic Keropok. How about I tell you there is another version of rich, flavorful, solid & healthier fish cake out there?
Yes, Thai fish cake is enrich with chili, lemon grass & garlic.

It goes so well with the sweet and sour Thai sauce we are familiar with, except this one is home made!


Mango Chobi, RM 5
Chobi means sticky rice in Thailand. It has noting to do with chubby, except they are both elastic, spongy, lovely, cute, adorable, sweet.... and.... that's all
This Mango chobi comes in 2 color, which is the white color original (with coconut milk), and blue color (which was color from blue-pea/butterfly-pea/Clitoria ternatea, not from artificial colors)


Not to forget, it came in a very big portion. Hahaha.. I think you can't miss that huge & fresh mango at the back too, right?


Green Curry Noodle, RM 5
Surely, you had your regular red/orange color curry before, either from our Indian or Malay friend. How about Green Curry? Have you even heard the name green curry before?
Nah.... I am not a witch that substitute a red apple with the poisonous green one. In fact, green curry is very popular in Thailand, Asean or even in the States.

And those noodles! Not your regular mee siam thought. You have to try it to know it. I can guarantee, you will go "WOW"


Tab Kim Krob, RM 5

When I first bite into that pink and yellow ball, it gave me a surprise. The water chestnut wrapped in a gooey, springy texture stuff! How can nobody think of this amazing thing ever except Thai? Those balls are soaked in a liquid of cold coconut milk with Jack fruit and corns too. Totally addictive.

So, what do you think about these Thai dishes that I introduced? Tempted? Well, you can always tried it our yourself too. My friend Chutipond is doing delivery service of these dishes, within Sungai Buloh, Kepong and PJ on anytime of the day with the condition to pre-book 2 days in advance, withi RM 1 delivery charge on everry delivery (eg: if you order 2 dish and deliver to your place on the same time, you will only charged RM 1 delivery for those 2 dishes)
So, please email or Facebook this girl: Chutipond @ chutipond@facebook.com. Please state that you wanted Thai food deliver too! 


Thursday, December 27, 2012

Coffea Coffee [Food Review]

I never know anything about coffee even when the Korean Drama "Coffee Prince" was a hit few years back.

I always though Coffe was a western thingy. So I was like, Meh.... Korean Coffee #bitchplease. When I know Coffea Coffee was a franchise from Korea, that has over 50 shops, including some of high class places, such as Gangnam, I was shock. Just like when you hear Japanese curry for the first time, you will laught at these arrogant Japanese, but once you tried, you can never stop. And Coffea Coffee might be the same case.

What's more is the barista that flied from Korean to make us coffee that night was some renowned award winning barista.
Left to right: Timothy, the founder of Coffea Coffee; Lisa, barista and translator, Sean barista.
  
Both Timothy and Sean won a few award, such as WLAC (World Latte Art Champion), WBC (World Barista Championship), KLAC (Korean Latte Art Championship), KBC (Korean Barista World Championship), Korean Aeropress Championship etc.

They have a wide variety of drink, ranging from their signature coffees, tea, smoothies and many other kind of beverages.


I am a tea person, rather than coffee, so my favourite of the night would be the teas.
Lemon Grass Tea (front), Earl Grey Tea (back left) &  Green Tea Latte (back right)


While this peanut butter beverage is my most memorable drink of the night. The smooth, frothy, bubbly, silky texture was really deeply imprint into my memory. Though it's a bit sweet & the peanut butter flavor is slightly, I don't know how to critic already. IT's prefect for me. Even people who doesn't like peanut butter can easily accept it's mild taste and fall in love for it! 

People who knows me understand that I am a green tea addict. I must have a cup of green in the office before I do anything. No email, no meeting, no training until I drank my green tea. However this Green Tea Latte, literally isn't my cup of tea. It's powder is too coarse. I am not sure whether it's was not stir/mix well or it was design to be like that. The matcha powder are gather on top of the latte on the bubble layer while the lower layer has very inconsistent flavor on every sip.

As for the coffee, Ruben, the manager and founder of Malaysia first Coffea Coffee franchise/ flag-ship store honor us with his COE (Cup Of Excellent) brew.

According to Cofea Coffee's Malaysia Facebook Page:
" The Cup of Excellence (COE) is the most esteemed award given out for top coffees. These awards come from a strict competition that selects the very best coffee produced in that country for that particular year. These winning coffees are chosen by a select group of national and international cuppers and are cupped at least five different times during the competition process. Only coffees that continuously score high enough are allowed to move forward in the competition. The final winners are awarded the prestigious Cup of Excellence® and sold to the highest bidder during an internet auction. "

2012 Honduras COE 

Both Rwanda and Honduras can a acidic after taste. Rwanda is mild on the start of the sip. After you swallow, the acidic and bitter after taste will slowly emerged. As for Honduras, the strong acidic taste can be feel on the moment your toungue touch the liquid. As you swallow, the after taste become lesser and lesser.
 
On the other hand, Ruben also, introduce a few other coffee for us.
Maestro

Madonna

I might not know coffee as much as I know about gourmet, but like the description said, Maestro is a classic american style coffee that is strong with high roasted blend. It has a full body, sweet dark chocolate taste with a rich aroma.
As for Madonna, it is a rich aroma and slightly acid blend. It is an authentic European style coffee that some what has a fresh acidity like a wine and sweet fruit scent.


Colombian Supremo

Thought Coffee might be a game of taste back in the day, today coffee is more like a life style. The cup of coffee and the place you drink your coffee some how reflect your social status, education background and your inner cultivation. It might be a kind of stereotype, but nobody wish to jump out from this frame. So, the environment of the shop is also a attentive issue for Ruben.
You may notice that the counter is always clean 
and everything is so tidy.


The ambient is pretty relaxing.

Have you realise, most of the furniture in Coffea Coffee was made by wood. The chairs, table tops, even the walls are recycled from scratched wood. So, don't be surprise to see some of these woods still have paint attached to it.
In a nut shell, my experience with Coffea Coffee is pretty amazing. Imaging have a cuppa on a quite evening,

Watching the barista's fine art of on preparing coffees


While munching on a few pieces of cupcakes

and a variety of cookie.




Coffea Coffee Malaysia

No 8, Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar, 59000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
03-2201 3338
coffeakl@yahoo.com
http://www.coffea.my
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Coffea-Coffee-Malaysia/296416570478095

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Thursday, December 6, 2012

My Cinderella Story


Have not writing any poems for years. 
Made a few mistakes.
But mostly where copy from someone else's work and compile it.