Kota Kinabalu at its best!

I let these pictures speak for themselves.

Pulau Sulug, Pulau Mamutik and Pulau Manukan. Pulau Mamutik is a bit shy for the writer's camera.

Pulau Gaya.

The writer is planning to worship the sun!
What a great day to sun-bathe ;)

I actually took these pictures on a beautiful, sunny Sunday afternoon & the sky was majestic baby blue good enough for postcards :D

Food Blog #2

If you love dim sum, like me, you should really come to Foo Phing Dim Sum, Hilltop.

Sorry folks, they were in the writer's digestive system already.

This one is called "No Mi Kai". Direct translation, glutinous rice with chicken, mushroom & "Lap Cheong" (direct translation: pig sausage). I had this one for breakfast and boy, I enjoyed it.

"Zhu Rou Pau" (Direct Translation: Pork Bun)



The writer's favourite: CHICKEN FEET!


Yummy...

Location: Hilltop. It's in the new building (the new Commercial Centre,I believe, correct me if I'm wrong).

P/S: Mouth-watering enough, Shaun?

Baked to perfection.

I just got off from the kitchen moments ago.
It was my second attempt to bake cookies all by myself and it turned out to be, well, surprisingly very good.
Oatmeal cookies to be exact!
I actually got the recipe from a blog and decided to give it a try.

Proof: Pictures :)

The multi-purpose oven is doing its wonders :D


The first batch of the oatmeal cookies just got off from the oven.


These cookies deserve to be in the cookie jar, big time.


I love the way the raisins popped out from the cookies.

I have to say, I nailed it :), and I still can't believe I made all these cookies on my own!

Oh yeah, the recipe:
Oatmeal cookies
1. 1 cup light brown sugar
2. 1/2 cup castor sugar
3. 125g butter
4. 3 eggs
5. 1 tsp vanilla essence
6. 2 tsp baking powder
7. 4 heap tsp of peanut butter
8. raisins (the amount is of what you desire)
9. 4 cups of oats (quick cooking type)

Preheat the oven to 150-180 degree Celsius. Cream butter and the two types of sugar, and add vanilla essence. Mix baking powder together with the oats and add into the batter. Later, add peanut butter and the raisins. This batter will later turn into dough. Bake about 15 to 20 minutes and voila! Oatmeal cookies ready to be served. (Not that hard eh?)

All the best :)

Nothing beats homemade cookies.

Food Blog #1

My maiden food blog! :)
Let me set the record straight,
You guys should try Win Lap's Kon Lou Mee.

The Kon Lou Mee comes with a bowl of soup with meatballs, wan tan (dumpling) and pork in it. Truly Sabahan style. Price is at RM5.

My dad had a mild headache that Sunday morning, so he ordered this plate of bittergourd cooked with pork, black beans, ginger and some chillis, and boy they taste good. The writer is a big fan of bittergourd :)

Apart from Kon Lou Mee, they have Kon Lou Kuey Teow as well. My younger brother ordered this plate of Kon Lou Kuey Teow with "Sau Nyuk" (roasted pig) on top of it.

Win Lap is also well known for their Mee Soup.

So folks, do come down to Kedai Kopi dan Makan Win Lap for their Kon Lou Mee (Meehoon/Kuey Teow) or Mee (Meehoon/Kuey Teow) Soup. It's definitely worth the visit.
By the way, you guys can actually decide how your plate of Kon Lou Mee or a bowl of Mee Soup is going to be like, so it's totally up to you!

Location: Somewhere in Kepayan, near Taman Selesa to be exact.

P/S: Mouth watering enough, Shaun?

The joy of being at home!

I believe everyone will agree that home is truly where the heart is.
...and I am a firm believer of it.
I noticed Kota Kinabalu has changed a lot since I last step foot on this place I proudly called home:)
Here are some of the pictures I took minutes before the A330 landed in KKIA.
Don't worry my phone was put in flight mode ;)

Papar?Putatan?

Touchdown! KKIA is currently under construction,for good!

Thank you Malaysia Airlines, I had a pleasant flight.

P/S: I had spaghetti tomato sauce + meatballs, Loacker biscuits (vanilla milk), a bun with NZ made butter and guava juice for lunch about 33,000 ft above the sea level. Cool eh? XD

Obama wins!

I try to keep this blog apolitical but I can't.

First of all, I may not be an American, but surely I'm glad and overjoyed that Senator Barack Obama wins the US Presidential Election, so as the rest of the world, I believe.

A history is in the making-he will become the 44th President of the United States of America and he will be the FIRST African-American President to lead the White House!How cool is that?

According to Yahoo! News, he won 349 electoral votes, surpassing 270 to win to McCain's 147.

In his acceptance speech in front of a crowd of more than 100,000 people in Chicago's Grant Park, he said quote “Even as we celebrate tonight we know that the challenges tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century,” - knowing that the world is currently in recession. (Yahoo! News)

One thing is for sure:
That Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have A Dream' speech finally comes true:)

Indeed, "Yes, We Can!"

Congrats Senator Obama (After Jan 20th, 2009, President Obama)

It has been a while!

Seriously,it has been awhile.PHEW!There were so many things to talk about last month when I was so caught up with a lot of things.I believe it's not a good excuse:(
Anyways to you guys out there, Happy November!So what to expect this month?I will blog about:-
-Food
-Home
-List goes on...
So do watch out:)
Hopefully I live by my words.

M