Coca-Cola 7-Bone Roast Recipe

You won't taste cola, but the gravy is to die for! Oven-baked pot roast and vegetables is enhanced by a rich gravy. Can also be made in a slow cooker.
Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 2 hours,

Ingredients:
1 (3 to 4 pounds) beef 7-bone roast
Kosher salt and pepper
1 Tbsp olive oil
1 pound baby red (creamer) potatoes, scrubbed, skins on
8 ounces button mushrooms, cleaned
1/2 pound baby carrots, peeled
1 onion, very thinly sliced
1 cup Coca-Cola or other cola, at room temperature
1 cup tomato sauce (canned or homemade)
1 packet dry onion soup mix
1 Tbsp sweet Hungarian paprika
2 tsp dried oregano, crushed
1 tsp garlic powder

Preparation:Prepare a 9 by 13-inch baking pan by lining it with foil. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Sprinkle roast liberally with salt and pepper. Heat a heavy-duty skillet until very hot, add the olive oil, and quickly sear the 7-bone roast on both sides. Place seared roast in baking pan. Surround with potatoes, mushrooms, and carrots in an even layer. Spread sliced onions evenly over the top of the meat and vegetables. Mix cola, tomato sauce, onion soup mix, paprika, oregano, and garlic powder in a bowl until combined. Pour evenly over meat and vegetables. Cover tightly with foil. Bake for 2 hours. Remove from oven and let rest at least 15 minutes. Carve meat. Serve with vegetables and pan gravy. Note: Use the same method in a large oval slow-cooker, cooking on low setting for 6 to 8 hours. Or, omit the vegetables (except the sliced onions), and cook the 7-bone roast alone as a main dish. Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Lumpia Recipe (Lumpia Shanghai)

In Filipino, lumpia are eggrolls that are deep-fried like a wrapped stick of meat. Lumpia is a spring roll filled with ground or finely mince of pork, beef or vegetables then served it with sweet and sour sauce. Sometimes I call this recipe lumpia shanghai. This lumpia recipe or lumpia shanghai is one of the filipino recipes that I usually make, whenever we have a party or get together with friends, especially filipino friends, at home. One time, I was busy cooking filipino recipes, and one of them is this lumpia and my friend arrive early and help me in the kitchen. She notices that I my lumpia wrapper won’t stick together whenever I cook. I’ve tried everything from water, to egg wash and other type of paste but still no avail, the wrapper still broke loose. Since she is also a good cook; she gave me the technique in making these wrapper sticks together. And guess what she told me, just used the egg white as a paste in binding this wrapper together. And it works! Since then, my filipino lumpia shanghai servings looks better and taste good.

Ingredients :

· 1 lb. ground pork

· 1 cup chopped shrimps

· 1/4 cup finely chopped onions

· 1/2 cup finely chopped carrots

· 2 whole eggs

· 3 tbsp. soy sauce

· 3 dashes of sesame oil

· salt and pepper, to taste

· lumpia wrapper

· vegetable oil, for frying

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Cooking Procedures :1. In a bowl, combine all ingredients. Mix until well blended.2. Wrap into thin rolls in lumpia wrapper. Fry in deep hot oil. 3. Drain on paper towels. Transfer to a serving platter. Serve with your favorite catsup or make your own Sweet and Sour Sauce recipe.

Facts on Boiling Water

THIS IS NOT NEW DISCOVERY BUT MANY OF US JUST IGNORE IT ALL THE WHILE!
A pharmacist report from Singapore that warning people NEVER keep boiling your drinking water!!
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Lobster Village (Langkawi)

If you are in Langkawi, is best to look for Seafood. My wife and not a big fan of Malay Food! In fact its not easy to find proper indian food! In langkawi, if you see any shops with colourful light in front of shop then its a malay shop. We spent 2 hours for searching restaurant. Then ended up at Kuah town. But lucky, we found best seafood shop ever. If you are at Kuah town, look for petronas station. This shop called Lobster village. Just opposite petrol station.

I forgotten to snap the shop's signboard.

Surprise!! Its cheap! The best part, the seafood are very very fresh.

I recommend this! Lovely!

Two thumbs up! The butter prawn.

Baby kailan Belacan! Superooo super.

I was starving. Paham-pahamlah, it will take time in seafood shops.

She finished the most portion.

The waitress was very friendly. A good customer service!

If you are at Langkawi, Don't miss this place!

Langkawi's Mamak Shop

Look at tittle, Famous Penang Nasi Kandar.
I think they shouldnt compare Penang nasi kandar.

This is their Nasi Kandar with chicken!@#$!

Their Mee goreng mamak, lemm, my grand mother can cook well!

Air Asia part 2

OKlah, honestly, there is one place in LCCT where you will find one tasty nasi lemak.
It's next to departure counter. Each RM3.00. I really enjoyed the taste but its little bit sweet.

What can i say, the taste like in 1985 where you buy from Malay auntie.

AIR ASIA's So Called Nasi Lemak!

Hi Guys,
This time i really going to complain about AIR ASIA!
Me and my wife planned to spend some time in Langkawi. So We booked AIR ASIA flight via online and i decided to book breakfast on flight. The journey just 45min but one of my friend (from middle east) told me that nasi lemak from AIR ASIA taste good! It cost RM7.00. But sack of trying, i decided to tryout.

When we were in plane, no one inform us that where to or how to get the set because they started to sell the breakfast. Since its our 1st time, we were just waiting for them to pass it to us.
10 minutes before landing, i just asked by my self. Then they gave me "THIS". Adui!!!

My personal advice for those who wanted to tryout this, Don't waste your money!

Food Guide To INDIA!

I never been to INDIA, so im not sure... anyway im planning one this year...

Top 6 Myths About Bottled Water

Bottled water — already a more than $10 billion industry — is the fastest-growing beverage category in the U.S. But is it good for you? Here's the pure truth.

MYTH #1:BOTTLED WATER IS BETTER THAN TAP. Not necessarily. While labels gush about bottled water that "begins as snowflakes" or flows from "deep inside lush green volcanoes," between 25 and 40 percent of bottled water comes from a less exotic source: U.S. municipal water supplies. (Bottling companies buy the water and filter it, and some add minerals.) That's not really a bad thing: The Environmental Protection Agency oversees municipal water quality, while the Food and Drug Administration monitors bottled water; in some cases, EPA codes are more stringent.

MYTH #2:PURIFIED WATER TASTES BETTER. The "purest" water — distilled water with all minerals and salts removed — tastes flat; it's the sodium, calcium, magnesium, and chlorides that give water its flavor. The "off" taste of tap water is the chlorine; if you refrigerate it in a container with a loose-fitting lid, the chlorine taste will be gone overnight.

MYTH #3:BOTTLED WATER WITH VITAMINS, MINERALS, OR PROTEIN IS MORE HEALTHY THAN REGULAR WATER. "Vitamins, color, herbs, protein, and all the other additions to water — those are a marketing ploy," says Marion Nestle, Ph.D., professor of nutrition studies at New York University. Plus, the additives are usually a scant serving of the vitamins you really need in a day, adds Amy Subar, Ph.D., a nutritionist with the National Cancer Institute. Enhanced waters usually contain sugars and artificial flavorings to sweeten the deal and can pack more calories than diet soda. When it comes to providing fluoride, tap water usually wins, though that element is increasingly being added to bottled waters.

MYTH #4:YOU NEED EIGHT 8-OUNCE GLASSES OF WATER EACH DAY.The Institute of Medicine recommends about 91 ounces (a little more than 11 8-ounce glasses) of fluid daily for women. But here's the thing: It expects 80 percent of that to come from water, juice, coffee, tea, or other beverages and the remaining 20 percent from food. That means if you drink a 12-ounce cup of coffee and a 12-ounce can of diet soda, you only need 48 more ounces (three 16-ounce glasses, or four soda cans' worth) for the day.

MYTH #5:AFTER AN INTENSE WORKOUT, BOTTLED WATER IS BEST.There's a reason volunteers hand out Gatorade during marathons. If your workout lasts longer than an hour, you need to replace the water and electrolytes, such as sodium and potassium, that you've lost (that's what sports drinks generally do). For less intense workouts, regular water is fine.

MYTH #6:WATER BOTTLES ARE EASY ON THE ENVIRONMENT BECAUSE THEY CAN BE RECYCLED.Wouldn't it be nice? And it's not just the bottles. Eco-costs include manufacturing trucking, shelving, and marketing. And meeting the annual U.S. demand for plastic bottles requires enough oil to keep 100,000 cars on the road for a year, says Janet Larsen of the Earth Policy Institute. Sure, the 70 million empty water bottles the U.S. produces per day can be recycled, but the sad truth is, about 86 percent of them end up in the trash. Hardly worth it, for what flows out of the tap and into a reusable glass for free.

Sri Pandi (Lebuh Ampang)

A another well known name in town.

Let's try on this. I know i might critic about their service.

You see these men? They will call you to enter to their shop. Forcibly!!

OK lah, not so bad. But the smell of oil, uhh can't take it.

What a mess, is that chicken curry or rasam?

Chicken varuval, please don't try!

Sambal Sotong. This was good. Spicy.

No mood to order more. Decided to just eat and leave the place because earlier my friends and i saw a cockroach above ceiling. Scary!!

We kinda fed up with their bill. We don't mind paying extra more if is tasty.

At the moment, bye bye for this restaurant!

Best Place For Idli ( Restoran Premala )

Looking for hot steamy Idli in town?
My recommendation Will be Restoran Premala Cafe at Lebuh Ampang, Kl.

A good place to buy Indian sweets too.

Customer service good and friendly. Look for this man if u visiting this shop.

Environment is clean. No comments on that, but don't use their washroom. Not recommended. :)

This is the Idli that i was telling earlier. Soft and tasty.

They serve with Chicken curry. Their speciality in menu.

The outlook of the shop. Worth trying

Food testing @ Bkt Jalil Golf Resort

Hi, I'm back with my team. This time we were at Bukit jalil golf resort at Puchong.

24th august we are organizing a fund raising dinner @ Puchong. So we planned a food testing before the event

This was the 1st course, something like dim sum style. All ok accept the fish ball.

This is called yam basket with fried prawn on top. The yam was too soft.

I can't recall the name of fish, but it was so smelly. We decided to change the fish and the method of cooking.

Fried sesame chicken. the cooking method like duck style. Oklah , boleh makan.

Kailan with Belacan. My personal opinion, too salty.

So called Shark fin soup. I wonder why they added hot chili in. Not so common.

Fried Rice, which i really enjoyed.

We had a great time while tasting the foods.

let's see other's reaction after the lunch.

She really whacked, but posing as she didnt like the food. Pooda!

It's OK Peter, take your time, i know eating rice with small cup is not a easy thing to do.

Still hungry? Yenna kodumai sar ithu!

Chapati (Restoran Santa)

Looking for original chapati shop in town?

This shop located at lebuh ampang, kl specialized only in Chapati.

Chapati comes with mix vege.

With awsome Chicken varuval.

And the dal. Perfect match for chapati

Alex! Thanks for introducing this shop!

Recommended for everyone!