Malacca

It was actually a spontaneous trip whereby all of us agreed to drive down to south to catch to-die-for delicacy in Malacca. Talking about Malacca, the first delicacy would always and forever be Chicken Rice Balls. Let's put that aside cause it's now overrated and too commercialized.

To kickstart the trip, we decided to hit Capitol Satay Celup despite multiple times of passing by Capitol Satay Celup but never had the chance to try it since the queue is always long. You might even see the long waiting queue at 12a.m. Lucky us, we were the first group in the queue since we reached around 15mins past 5pm to avoid being trapped in the queue.



Notice the board on top, remember to read it before entering any other shops. Anyway it says, "Please be informed that Capitol Satay DO NOT have any brothers, sisters or branches in Malacca or anywhere else. DON'T BE MISLED!"



Once seated, we were served a plate of bread with cucumbers by the crew. I always thought only ketupat and cucumber go well with satay sauce, not until I try to dip this fluffy and soft bread into the sauce. The combination actually impressed me.


I guess this shop has won the recognition and hence increased the price per stick.



One thing I like Capitol Satay is that you pay for what you have eaten, not what you have taken. So if you can't finish the food you've taken, simply just leave it on the tray. Though it may sounds unhygiene cause you might actually be eating a food that somebody else don't want. If you were talking about hygiene, I reckon satay celup is never your choice.


Assorted food.

During the meal, the crew will distribute the extra "gifts" like big prawns which will be charging at the same flat rate as the others if you have consumed a certain amount of foods.


Satay celup is very much like lok-lok or steamboat except the key difference is the sauce.


Right in the middle of the table is the pot of aromatically rich & orgasmic peanut sauce (satay sauce). I guess it's the spirit of satay sauce that has defeated every other shop. On top of that, the crew will consistently go to each table to blend or add extra peanut sauce to ensure sufficient amount of savors and peanuts. Thus, the sauce will consistently stay at the satisfying level of thickness throughout your meal.


But what I do not like is, the crew will grab all the sticks and blend the sauce. So, where is my food that I've been waiting for it to be cooked?


Hence, we have to observe what our friends eat to ensure they don't eat yours :P


Lern and I had 17 sticks, still couldn't beat the rest.


Coke, a drink you must not miss in a hot scorching day. Like seriously, the weather is unbearable.



Once your done, it'd be grateful to get your ass off the chair as the queue usually get longer and longer and longer in a blink!

After having a dry and hot dinner, you might want a cooling item to reward your throat. Up next, we adjourned to Jonker Street to catch a-must-have dessert, Cendol Malacca!




Look at Lern, he had his cold mineral water to reward his throat first since he was down with slight sorethroat.


AHHHH! This is irresistable!





Hot and cold comes in hand, you must really thank Malacca for awesome food! Anyway I'm still in the midst of trying the real authentic Peranakan food. Tried two but still don't feel satisfied yet. Hmmm maybe I need to hit Malacca once again :)

It's Merdeka Eve but I still don't like Malaysia cause they cancelled MLTR's concert which sounds very very ridiculous, stoopid, or watsoever! Wth!

Low Battery

I always wanted to start writing on Melbourne trip in which I promised myself it'd be before uni commences yet it didn't happen. Million apologize.

Anyway this is lil bit of catch up when I've just returned from Sydney despite I'm down with fever, cough, sorethroat and backache which refrain myself from thinking what to post up. Right after writing this post, I have to wallop medicines again and get more good rest :) Hopefully doctor allows me to leave my house by tomorrow, else I'd die of boredom.


Like finally I can bake cookies with them :)


Mocha Cookies - Definitely must try this cause they taste really really AWESOME!


My New York Cheesecake doesn't look appealing at all cause it was my mistake to have unintentionally missed out FLOUR as well as not covering the pan with aluminium foil. Imagine baking a cake without flour, I reckon you wouldn't want to taste it. Anyway, it doesn't taste as bad as I thought though it was quite creamy and cheesy and DELICIOUS! *cough cough*



To move on, we then decided to have another baking session (as part of the lessons in achieving our dream- opening a bakery shop which I knew it'd never happen)


SerYee's masterpiece - Pandan Layered Cake


Brownies!




Gathering with AUP gang, Kimberley & Jun Yi (the guy who perms his hair and calls himself Korean Guy) Hmmm I think Rain looks far more better.


Gossip session with Buttock :)


Our usual cam-ho session in the car


Last but not least, the last person to meet up with, Felix whom I had been chatting with for a year and we got closer through msn only.



Looks like my brain can't really think of what to post up anymore. Imma is getting more and more rest now. Seeya :)

Guess who's back!

The secret return of me has somehow surprised my 2 precious lady, Shin Lynn & Tee Ann who were stunned when I stood right in front of them cause I'd left them wondering why is Kerry's friend whom they claimed that we look alike is joining them. I should have snapped their expression, undeniably STUNNED!

Now I'm back, what's next?


DARUSSALAM NASI LEMAK that I'd been craving for 5 months!

Poor Kimmy has to be quarantined after sending my camera to Canon in which helping has turned out as disaster because of the confirmed H1N1 cases in Canon. Neither did I quarantine myself after touching down Malaysia. I am irresponsible :P

Anyway, few days before I left Sydney, few friends of mine from Hong Kong and I decided to go on budget way by renting a car to drive all the way to Hunter Valley, . Given the freedom during our trip in Hunter Valley, we get to pick which vineyard to go as well as free wine tasting! However, drinking and driving is something you can't mess around with so do take care especially when there are kangaroos crossing the road illegally!

Just before heading to hunter valley, we made a stop at Nelson Bay, a suburb of Port Stephens to take some photos. Blue skies, blue water, great weather, clean harbour are always what we looking for especially you could get those in OZ.


Wooooooo. Blue Water Paradise that makes me doubt a lil.









This is the cleanest harbour with crystal CLEAR water I've ever seen so far. So what do I mean by crystal clear water?


THIS CLEAN & CLEAR! I really do mean it! You might want this in your home country, but it'd never happen in Malaysia.


It's so clear until Alice wishes she could jump in and swim.











After we were done with photography, we then headed down to Hunter Valley which took us approximately 30-45minutes. Homeworks were done on time so we picked the most visited vineyard though there are dozens of vineyards ranging from large multi-nationals to small family run operations.


The very first stop, Hungerford Hill






Now, this is the only place you could say I want to try this,this,this and this. And if you're happy, finish it. Otherwise, pour it away!




Here comes the second stop. Tempus two.





We did not have our free wine tasting as we were attracted by Smelly Cheese Shop.

Anyway, cheese is smelly to me!


What goes better with wine than some great cheese?




yesss.I am Jakun, never see this big cheese in my life and hence I was stunned.


YUCKSSS!




Third stop, McGuigan Wines and another wine tasting session...






McGuigan Black Label Merlot 2008 @ $10 (Dirt' CHEAP!)

We all know wine and food go hand in hand and by having fabulous wines on hand, we had to hunt for the local gourmet.



Never underestimate this small cottage house which would hint you that they serve food at reasonable price. They serve exquisite food which burn your wallet!




Complementary Bacon in Spoon sounds much better than Complementary Bread that makes us sounds cheap skate.


No-idea-what-fish-is-this @ $42


Perona Fish with Scallops @ $42


The last Stop, Lindemans, one of the oldest continuous Australian wineries and the best selling Australian wine brand in the world.






Lindemans Shiraz 1999 @ $40

Would you pay $40 for 1999 wine? Like duh! Who wouldn't?






KAWAIII. Now do I look like part of Hong Kong citizen? Hmmmmmm..

I should be writing this post in more details but I guess it's time to sleep after a long tiring day of baking cakes. Besides, Imma is heading down to Malacca tomorrow for FOOOOOOD! Ahhh, it's time to control as I can see myself putting on alot of weights.

So long and good night :)