Seafood @ BaliHai Gurney Drive

It's alright not to go travelling in Bali. But I can still enjoy Bali food?? haha... it's just so coincidence that this seafood restaurant's name is BaliHai. It's located at Gurney Drive, beautiful seaview. Nice environment and a cosy place.





You may have different opinion where is the best place to have seafood in Penang. But I can share with you what I think the best seafood restaurant that meet all my expectations.
Fresh,
Variety,
Taste.

Bali Hai is one of the most popular seafood restaurants in Penang. Indeed, it is also one of the most well known seafood restaurant of foreign tourists, as it label itself “everything that swims, you can find it here.”

We had Spider crab (up to 4 feet in width), 12inches Mantis prawn, 3KG lobster, 2KG of fresh tiger prawn, Crab and fresh lobster sashimi.

Lobster on Ice. This is the fresh 3kg lobster, front and back view.




Freshly served, a layer of Lobster Sashimi laid on top of ice.


The head and legs which you can see in picture above, is then taken to the kitchen to cook for another luscious dish. Lobster Yee Mee.


Mantis Prawn fried in dried chili


Black pepper crab and fried crab. Two different flavor.


2kg Fresh Prawn




I can’t describe how good were the seafood cooking. You ought to try them out to know how good they were. In short, the best seafood ever we have ever tried. The food was finger lickin’ good!

As a typical Malaysian, we “ta pau” took away what we couldn’t finish, which was the last dish – Lobster fried Yee Mee. We hardly eaten any of it, so we ta pau for later.

Ernest enjoying it at home. ;-)


You must be thinking where is Edmund. He is busy looking at the live fish. :-)


So, will you give it a try ? Indulge yourself in a nice weekend. ;-)

Trip to Bali

Recently, friends and relatives had been talking about going vacation in Bali. Seems there are much hotel accomodation promotions going on there now..

Even Astro was promoting Bali yesterday on their sumptous seafood and cooking varieties. Big fish only costs RM 28. There are also fresh lobsters, clams and other seafoods serve by the beach either done in baking, grill or BBQ. Of course, there are their local Balinese specialty and cookings which one shouldn't miss. It is called the Babi Guling (non halal) and Bebek Betutu.

Babi Guling is a grilled suckling pig - a specialty of the town of Gianyar, and Bebek Betutu is a duck baked in banana leaves together with many different herbs and spices.

Other than food, there are also cruises which one can experience it. You can also do some scuba diving, watersports or paragliding which we don't have it in M'sia. (So far, I don't see any yet). What else can we do in Bali ? Yes ! Shopping ! $hopping is a must! Shop for fine arts and handicrafts, stone carvings, masks, woven and dyed fabrics, etc. All these can be a good souvenir too.

It is quite tempted to go..... but not for now. I still have not gone thru the dilemma of Bali Bombings.... LOL. I know that was history now but still... me not ready yet.

Japanese Curry - made of fruits

I am glad that there's request for more recipes from my loyal readers. Here I have another one that I had wanted to put for long but hesitated... Why? Because I did not capture a good pic to be shown. It's the Japanese Curry Rice.

This is again a very ez recipe because everything is cooked in a pot. In cantonese, we say it "yat wok suk". Means everything cooked in a pot. It's Lazymom's style - Simple and easy.

Ingredient:
1) 125gm Curry Paste -buy ready made. It's 250gm per pack.
2) 600gm chicken thigh (I only like thigh for it's tenderness).
3) 4 Medium Potatoes
4) 2 Medium Carrots
5) 1 Onion
6) 3 medium mushrooms
7) 1/4 cabbage (This is optional. I find that the gravy is sweeter with cabbage).
8) 3 cups of water



Method:
1) Wash and chop chicken. Soak mushroom.
2) Cut carrot and potato into triangle shape.
3) Cut onion and cabbage.
4) Heat up wok and fry onion till golden brown.
5) Add in mushroom, potato, carrot and chicken for about 1 min. (Do not saute until chicken is overcook. Otherwise it will not be able to absorb the taste of the curry).
6) Add sauted ingredients and cabbage into a pot with boiled water.
7) Cover up and boil for 15mins with medium flame.
8) Add in curry paste and boil for another 5 mins with low flame.
** Curry will thicken. Beware of dry up.

This is the final boil of the curry. Add some parsley for decoration before serving. :-)



** Notes:
For those whom are vegetarian, you can substitue the meat with vegetarian meat. I had also cook that before for my children. I also added button mushroom at that time. The taste is about the same. Just something different.

I hope you will like it too !

Ginseng Chicken Mix – My first try. 12 Aug 2007

It all started from Ed after he tasted a teaspoon of this cooking in the shopping mall.

Ed : nmm.... yummy. Can I have more. pls?
The auntie seller: ok. Nice ah, boy? (gave him another spoon).
Ed : nice, auntie. Very nice. Auntie, your cooking is very nice. (sweet talk). Can I have more soup, pls? I want more soup.
The auntie seller: You want soup ah. OK, ok. I give you a small cup ah.. spoon is too small for soup.
Ed : nm. Cup is better. Thank you auntie.

Wah.. I was so embarrased....leaving me no choice but to buy one.
Here u go, something new for dinner. :-)

Ingredients:
5 drumstick – about 500gm (I always prefer chicken than pork as I think chicken tastes sweeter).
2 medium potatoes
1 medium carrot
4 medium dried mushroom
½ onion



Method:
1) Marinate chicken and mushroom with the seasoning given & some salt for 30mins. (Marinate them separately).


2) Cut potaoes & carrot into cubes.

3) Heat up frying pan with medium heat.

4) Fry onion until golden brown, add potatoes,carrot and fry for a little while.


5) Pour some water just enough to cover up potatoes. Add some seasoning and cover up for about 1 min. Turn off heat.

6) Take out marinated chicken. Add potato, carrot and mushroom on the chicken.

7) Steam for 20mins and it's ready to be served.


When hubby saw the dish, he paused for awhile… like this is not what I wanted to have. Luckily, he said, ok. Let’s try it. And he like it !


Since my picky hubby can accept the taste of this ginseng chicken, I think, you may also try it. After all, it’s an economy dinner + nutritious :-D

Tips :
1) I only used chicken thigh - boneless. I used the bone to cook herbal soup.
2) I used butter instead of oil for the above frying. It gives better taste.
3) For the potatoes & carrot, adding seasoning and cover it up for just awhile will enable the potato & carrot to absorb the seasoning into it, and still leaving some original taste of it.

Would you give it a try ?

Nutritious meal for my kids -12 Aug 2007(Sun)

A simple, fast yet nutritious meal for my kids.
Me, Lazymom felt guilty of not cooking anything for my kids for long. Cogitated for a night and this is what has came out.

Ingredient:
Pasta – estimated amount that is enough for the 2 of them.
2 slices of Mozzarella Cheese – (that is the only cheese I have in fridge).
Fresh prawn – (I put around 20 of them as to supersede meat).

Paste Ingredient:
Fresh tomato – 1 small – chopped finely
Dried mushroom – 1 small – (I soaked it before going to violin class). –chopped finely.
Garlic – suitable amount – chopped finely
Onion – 1 small – chopped finely
Tomato sauce - 3 tbsp (or the amount of gravy you preferred).
1tsp of sugar
Pinch of salt
Water (or fresh milk. If fresh milk is used, sugar is not needed)
Parsley

Method:
1) Boil water in a pot. Put pasta and pinch of salt. Cook until tender (usually 10 – 12mins). Drain pasta.
2) While boiling pasta, Heat up a frying pan with medium heat. Fry onion, garlic until brownish.
3) Add mushroom, fresh tomato, prawn and fry for a little while.
4) Add water just enough to cover up the prawns, add tomato sauce, sugar and salt.
5) Cover up for 2mins or till prawn is cooked. (*Note: If you add milk instead, the sauce will thicken. Be careful of not cooking until gravy is dried up).
6) Turn off heat and add cheese.
7) Put pasta into bowl and pour gravy on top. Sprinkle with parsley and pasta is ready to be served.




*Note: I sprinkled some cinnamon powder to add some sweetness and cover up the tomato sour taste.

This is not as yet. My guilt was not over. I continued my day with another homemade dinner. With the dinner + a herbal soup, guess, I have made it up with them 

Ed Driving..

A Sneak Shot of Edmund while waiting for his daddy in the car...


This is the side effect after playing too much of remote control cars. :-)

Juru Auto-city

Juru Auto-city 1, has been in operation for years, but not long for the Juru Auto-city 3rd to become one of the Mainlander’s happening place ever since it started business, mainly for famous restaurants, most known cuisines and bars. It has also since, be one of our weekend dining places.

Last Friday, I had a lunch with one of my good old friend (Kelly) in Penang Island, and in one of our conversations, she mentioned that she has never been to Auto-city. She doesn’t know how it looks like even though she has been listening to ppl talking about Juru Auto-city.

2 days later, on Sunday, I was having Pizza @ the newly opened branch in Auto-city. As a blogger, it immediately struck my mind that I should capture some snap shots of this place for Kelly and those Penangites whom are so near but have yet been to this place.

Just Outside Pizza Hut


Outside Seoul Garden & SOHO - few shops away from Pizza Hut.


Opposite Pizza Hut, it's Nando's and Starbucks


An outlet of PORSCHE.. Citibank is just right beside PORSCHE.


Left Side of Porsche is another row of restaurants.
THe Flame Steamboat is at this side. A row away from Pizza Hut, starbucks, Tao, etc.


There is a FLEA Market too. My kids will ask for a stroll each time after dining at this place.




Some interesting stuffs sold at the Flea Market.


Fishing..



This is the only stall my kids yearn to visit.



A night will not call off until Ed gets something for this place.. and there.. Ern is the one very happy.
The seller said that this is a plant. You need to water the head and grasses will grow ....

Travel to HK Disneyland

We had been planning for a trip to HK since 2 years ago. We were supposed to go with Hubby's friend and family last year but we 747 him cas we were not prepared for it.

First of all was because of no $$ lah. Anything comes to trip - must have $$. Secondly, we told Ernest that we will only bring him to HK Disneyland when he is at 6. Thirdly, it was too young for Edmund to enjoy in Disneyland at age 4. So, we spent our year end trip at our usual Genting Highland. Luckily, the kids still enjoyed much.


This January, Ern had turned 6. We have to bring him to HK Disneyland as promised. He remembers well and keep reminding us that. As a parent of my word, a promise is a promise especially to kids. Once kids experience a broken promise, they will not have faith in adults anymore in the future. So, I'm trying hard to save as much $ as possible.

Pray God that our trip to HK Disneyland this year will be reliased. :-)