KAMPUNGBOYCITYGAL A MALAYSIAN FOOD & TRAVEL BLOG

This year, we had a quiet New Year’s Eve at home. Knowing that KampungBoy will be all worn out by the time he arrives KL from his 5 hours coach ride, I suggested a cozy dinner at home. He was a bit skeptical at first, but I proved him wrong when my roast chicken turned out perfect! (*kembang*)

I’m adapting Jamie Oliver’s roast chicken with lemon and rosemary roast potatoes recipe, with slight variations here and there.

You’ll need:

• 1 whole chicken (I used a smaller bird ~ 1.2 kg)
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 3 – 4 potatoes, peeled
• 1 large, preferably unwaxed, lemon
• 1 whole bulb of garlic, broken into cloves
• fresh thyme
• olive oil
• rosemary
• ~ 25g of butter
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My burger resembles the leaning tower of Piza’s right?? Haha! The poor thing is heavily loaded with layers and layers of goodies until it was slightly slanting.

• Layer 1: Burger buns slathered with (ahem *fattening*)butter

• Layer 2: Ramli beef burger ( I shall try to do my own version of beef patties..Recipe anyone?)

• Layer 3: Curry with potatoes, capsicum and tomato (Opss..left over from yterday’s dinner)

• Layer 4: Cucumbers or any greens of your choice

• Layer 5: Cheddar cheese or mozzarella or any cheese powder that’s currently residing in your fridge

• Finally: Squeeze your bottle of mayonnaise / ketchup /chilli sauce / thousand island like nobody’s business!

Adios! Back to my Financial Statement Analysis text book now..Another crazy burger wanabe here

My burger resembles the leaning tower of Piza’s right?? Haha! The poor thing is heavily loaded with layers and layers of goodies until it was slightly slanting.

• Layer 1: Burger buns slathered with (ahem *fattening*)butter
• Layer 2: Ramli beef burger ( I shall try to do my own version of beef patties..Recipe anyone?)
• Layer 3: Curry with potatoes, capsicum and tomato (Opss..left over from yterday’s dinner)
• Layer 4: Cucumbers or any greens of your choice
• Layer 5: Cheddar cheese or mozzarella or any cheese powder that’s currently residing in your fridge
• Finally: Squeeze your bottle of mayonnaise / ketchup /chilli sauce / thousand island like nobody’s business!

It’s gona to be a super short post. The fun of cooking at home is you can put whatever ingredients at your ease and you can have your own sweet time coz I’m a procrastinator when it comes to cooking. OK..Let’s get it started..

First marinate the lamb with some black pepper sauce, cut onions and garlic. Leave it in the fridge(best over night). Fry it or grilled it at slow fire. And the finished product..Not too cooked or raw..Just nice..Credit to KampungBoy :p

My idea was 90 percent inspired by Shawn’s ’sampan kebab’..Just pray that i won’t be sued for plagiarize his masterpiece. The ingredients are simple, the preparation and cooking is conceptually and practically easy, the substitution of ingredients can be done at ease too. That is why I love Shawn’s recipe. Basically it is meant for students staying away from home, but I jotted down some recipe for my mum and she loves it too!

First, let’s get the side dishes done! For potato salad, I boiled five potatoes till it turned soft, cut them into cubes and stored in fridge overnight. This is to avoid the potatoes to be mashed during the stirring process. The next morning, I add in a pinch of salt and pepper, 3 tbsp of mayonnise, some leftover formaggio and a bit of lime juice. Stir well.

How can you call it a day without having some greens? Cut the cucumber into cubes, shred the carrots, and add in some canned pineapple cubes. With 2 tbsp of mayonnise and some lime juice, stir till it is well mixed. The colours would be nicer with some tomato cubes but again I left it in my shopping list.

Ta-dah! Time for the beef! Toast three pieces of Ramli Beef Burger to get the crispy effect. Crust it with fork and stir fry it with some onions. Add in 2 tbsp of pasta sauce and tomato puree when the meat is cooked. Mine is a milder version because I forgot to buy pepper and chilies.

Next, heat the pitas on a wok without oil till it turned a bit brownish and filled in that stuff by layers. I didn’t use the mozerella cheese at top layer to hold everything in place because it’s expensive. So KambongBoy and I need extra cautious when biting to avoid the mess.

Layer 1: Beef Burger
Layer 2: Formaggio Powder
Layer 3: Potato Salad
Layer 4: Cooling Greens
It’s Heaven! The different textures in one bite…

For those who left their schooling days far behind, you might be craving for what you had during your younger time. Instant noodles, Pringles, Chips More, Ping Pong Cream Crackers, Apollos and lots more. There’s always a healthier option to those typical student JUNKs. A simple American breakfast with sunny side up, bacons, hash brown, sausages and tomatoes will do. OK, i admit that sausages does more harm than good but who cares if you take it once in a while? Since its new year time, we had some arrowhead crisps as breakfast. Think East meets West.

Forget about Maggi, Mamee and Indo Mee. Try your own version of home cooked mee instead. Prepare a bowl of clear soup with anchovies, then throw in your favourite veges, mee and mushrooms. If you doesnt want to feel vegan, fry some self marinated meat slices and place it on top of your bowl of mee. Trust me! It’s extremely easy and hassle free!

Typical Student Meal can be healthy and yummy too!

Blog Reader: Wah, looks yummy!! From which eateries one arrrhh??
KampungboyCitygal: Oooo hahaha..It’s homemade one larrrrr.. Cyberia Condo loor.. You come we belanja!

Third day of study week..We decided to cook our own dinner..It turns out to be a piece of art..Enjoy the picture~!

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Home Made Fish N Chip With Rice

Pour in generous amount of Mae Nam Thai Chilli Sauce – Taa Dahhh We are proudly to present: Thai Style Dory Fish With Rice

Close up view

Vertical / Horizontal View??

First, we marinated the dory fish (RM6.90 from carrefour) with pinch of salt and pepper. Then we crunch the HupSeng cream crackers (No money buy bread crumbs ma~!) and set it aside. Let the Dory fishy swim in the sea of egg, then cover the fishy with lots n lots of HupSeng crumbs. Deep fried it then its ready to serve~!

Sidelines: A bowl of white rice (Or ur choice of staple food), sunny side up/mata kerbau, kids need some greens so we add on some brocolis and french beans.

Last but not least : Mae Nam Thai CHilli Sauce