My version of hot wings . ;).

These couple of weeks my mind was haunted by hot wings.. And fair enough i cant find any good one in Miri. . And AFC , foodnetwork and TLC are not helping too. .so i ended up searching for hot wing recipes with uncle google. .

And i have found a few. . Took the one from neelys but when i tried , its not to my liking....sooo seperti biasa , me , self proclaimed ratu masak terjun, will throw in whatever i saw in the fridge. .

Anyway, done it twice and it was a hit with my friends and family. .(then my sis said the next time i cooked it it wont be the same cos i wont remember whatever i throw inside ;) )

Chix wing mix with smoked paprika , crushed garlic, garlic salt. . Marinade it for a day or an hour depend on how hurry and how hungry you are

Then i make the hot sauce. . This is the part where i row everything in.. Original recipe from the Neelys only need butter, peach preserve, tabasco sauce and soy sauce. . Mine since i don't have any peach preserve, i change to apricot jam instead. .tabasco i used smoked, and quite a lot. . Then i throw in sriracha thai hot sauce, extra hot, hoisin sauce, another splash of soy sauce to my liking. . Oh ya , lingam chili sauce. . And my secret ingredient , which is not secret as i told everybody of it ; coconut water. . Frankly i don't have any idea whats the function, but during my first trial of this wing i have a glass of fresh young coconut water next to me so i just throw it in. . Second time i used canned coconut drink..i warmed all the concoction with slow fire until it all thicken up and become syrupy . .

Then with the chix i double fry it. . I've read that when we fry it twice, first with slow 275 degree then with 375 degree , it will be luar crunchy but dalam the flesh not kering. . .so after finish the whole lot of first batch for eight min each, i turn up the heat and fry it at high fire for two min per batch..this is when my kitchen timer become handy. .

While im frying the chix, the sauce on the next stove always thicken up and become a lump. Just put it back on the fire and mix wit coconut drink and also honey..when the chix is ready, pick it up from the fryer and transfer it to another bowl..this is when you put the sauce bit by bit with every batch of the fried chix wing and mixed it well..this is to ensure all are coated while its still piping hot as it will hole the sauce better. .

Sedapppp. . For my liking lah... ;)

Gardening. . Once upon a neverland. .

Neverland. . Because its never happen. . Tried a few time, latest i bought pretty plant to tanam at the garden. . Wah with my semangat at that time, bought until 3 different colors, and imagining myself woke up at 6 every morning, wash my face and go outside to my garden and have wonderful conversation with my flowers. . Blessed with my love, they bloom into beautiful beautiful creeping plant, and my garden will have a mix of pearls grass and petunias and local petunias and whole lots more, just like the sight that pop out at google image. .

But in reality, i totally forgot that i bought those plants. . Its only that after three weeks i was checking my fish pond that something caught my attention . . 3 packs of dry tanah,ehhhhh, with dried flower in it!! 5 second passed, after cursing siapalaaa no head put this thing here, then only i realized, THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MY BLOSSOMED PETUNIAS, OR LOCAL PETUNIAS OR WHATEVER THE NAME IS. Heeeeeee it was me all along with no head, just throw it they and hope the wonderful mother universe do her part. .
Soooo, i quickly took one of it, dig a ground and stuff the dry plant in it. . At least when my sai come back later he'll see that i did plant it as intended. .but kemarau come in the way, and it dried up all my three beautiful plant. . Okey done. .

So today i resort that im not that outdoor gardening person. . I just don't have the hand for it. .you need to have jeng jeng jenggggg.....THE HAND. If not just forget it. .

today my visit to Kai Nguong, i suddenly have another vision. . Not involving my garden, but involving my bare verandah, with little direct sunlight because of the awning. . Hhmmmmm. . Maybe I'm not the tanah person but it doesn't mean i cant be the verandah person. . Hihihihihi good luck to myself

Xoxo

Fried milkyways n mars. .

See that oily gooeeyyy thing?next to the sukun. . That is my failed semi-ok choco fritters . .when i was frying my sukun this afternoon, i have the leftover batter. .so apple dAh masok,whats next? So teringat lah tek with one of the rancangan in afc, where they fried their choco and all other things imaginable . So me being me, mulalah unwrap two milkyways and two mars . . Dip dip and tadaaaaa. . The thing is bersalut with thick batter n swimming in the hot pool. . But, to my dismay, the batter cannot stick to the choc, dont know mars or milkyways, but the gooeyy gooeey thing floated out instead. And it doesnt look like fritter, let alone choc fritters. I made four, one already find its home in the bin cos it looks really like gam basikal mixed with milo thrown in the pan. Ha . Tak apalah, will try it again in d future. .the one in the pix,yang ini maybe i frame kot. .put at my living room. . ,first attempt..failed with Kepujian. .

Digi kad raya. . .snoopy?

Its been couple of week since i last conteng conteng in here. . Puasa time , and i found out this puasa time my time become limited. . Hhhmmm.... Heeee or maybe im getting bad at my time management. . (As if im ever good at it?)
Anyway, last week we received our ang pow packet. Wahhhhhh. . After yearssss of waiting, this year tiba tiba we come out with this packet. . I was expecting our yellow man dressed in full baju melayu and songkok eating ketupat as the picture outside the packet, but surprisingly , the new hero looks like a cross breed of snoopy and eerrrrr balloon? Hihhihiihihih. . I guess our yellow man balik kampung already so he couldn't make it to the photo shoot. . :)

Selamat hari raya guys. .
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Once upon a time

I miss my time as hotelier. . I've been cultivating the angan angan to work in the hotel since i was a teen.. Been traveling quite a lot at that time half across the globe , hotels has become part of me, and i really want to work at a hotel one day.. , and yes i became one. . Finish my degree and came back to miri, that was the worst mistake i ever done,career wise . .here in miri degree or diploma in hospitality are, can i said , as our head once put it .."toilet paper".. Why?when they offer you a job, in hotel, don't bother to show off your paper qualification..they wont look at it. . Maybe lah,with one eye only. .they prefer experience. . Which is not wrong either. . Gaji. .,? Same job in kl offered 2.7k starting. . Miri..? 650. . I dont understand why but i think they think hoteliers tak perlu makan tempat tinggal kereta minyak semua. . Im talking bout the rank and files level. . Managers level boleh put aside lah...i know we were warned last time that if we are looking for high gaji, so hotelier is the wrong choice of work, cos no they don't give you much in return. .but if you love the job,love serving customers and their need, so you wont mind. .but since at that time, still no commitment and still full of semangat, so i put the warning aside and went on with pride. . One thing about serving people, when you do it from your heart, you wont really care about the pay cos you'll be happy just by seeing your guest happy. . But as time goes by, your family expend, your commitment increasing everyday, then the thing you once enjoyed and do with pride has become a burden. . Im not talking about me, its general. . How many time has i heard my ex colleague telling me they are sending resumes, to other hotels or companies. . Main reason?low pay...i have calculated one of the staff gaji last time, and i sendiri drop my jaw. . How can he survive, with his kids in schools , going to further study also ada. .,i really don't know. . He has good com ,punctual, rajin and lots more. ,And liked and trusted by many guests.. .so its a lost to the hotel when he resigned and work with plantation company. .I am not saying to all tauke to increase ll the gaji , but at least they stop and think for a while . .if they were in their staff shoes,with the amount of gaji,can they even survive for a day?they prefer to lost a good staff , cos at the end it is still money and profit in their mind.. Quality of service given by their staff?i don't think they know...
And why am i blabbering this in the middle of the nite?not sure. . Me too , has made a decision to move on from the hotel world. miri... Its been more than three years, and thanks god everything went well . enjoy it cos i still got to serve and talk and layan customers which i love to do. . The only different is the environment. . I do miss hotels ambiance and the effect it give me every time i step in one. . And the smell. .and the polished floor.the grand foyer . The funny uniform, the pristinely pressed suits(which can make manusia paling selekeh bertukar menjadi paling hansem smart macam aaron aziz).in other word, i do miss becoming a hotelier. . Hhhmmmmm. .. Maybe if i just continue with JWMarriot last time, everything will be different. .

****please send a msg to hermione that i want to borrow her time turner necklace. .

How it taste like. . For me lah. .

Kurma-this one not my cup of milo (i dont drink tea). I prefer ripe kurma with all the juicy flesh instead of this one,crunchy with a bit of kelat kelat. . .
Cherries-this i like
Raspberries -taste like hand lotion , conditioner , shampoo ,body shop etc..you get the idea. .

Yummy minicakes Dcuppylicious

. . .really nice. . Nope,wrong choice of word. . How to say..... Hhhmmmmmmm. . . YUMMMYYYY. . .slowmo yummy. .wholehearted yummy. . . . U know when you look at it and your mind and tastebud start jumping around like Tom chasing around Jerry, with pan on its hand, trying to guess how does Jerry tastes like. . This cute bigforacupcake cakes has these kind of effect on me. . when i first saw the pic on dcuppylicious page, i macam "makkkkkkk, lamaknyaaaaa tunggu next week........"as the page owner was not around so have to wait for few more days. .And the pics keep hunting my mimpi siang and malam. . Imagine have to bear it for few days!! (Just imagine those kids who want something but their parent unable to give them...this maybe how they feel. . Kasian owh...insaf mode)

Anyway...finally the order is open and i ordered six, three red velvet with cheese topping and three classic choc. . .excited over the whole thing, once i received my order from kak Yun, i kept on sniffing the cakes... Aduiii. . .droolling just by remembering the smell. . Susah ni. .

The taste? Hhhmmmm. . Two thumbs up. . If can toes also up. . .these two cakes definately goes into my yummy list, and its hard, reallyyyyy hard to be listed inside my yummy list. .

The redvelvet, i dont know how to describe. . Its how red velvet should taste like, not like others yang just do red velvet but omitting one or two ingredients that make great different in its taste. . My first redvelvet tasted similar like this before, so the expextation is high everytime i tried rv. .lots tried to make rv but the effect was not there. . , Not even SB or CBTL can make me say "ooooooooohhhh" over their rv. . This rv, i said nothing. .cos so busy indulging. . .then baru said "wahhhhhhhhh nice owh. "

And the classic choc. . .aduiiii. . .even now rasa want to go to the kitchen have a taste of it again , have to really restrain myself. . . .droollingggggg. . . I cant explain. . Sedap. . Really moist and rich. . And gooeeeyyy. .and sticky. . And yummy. . Aduiiiii. .

Aiyo better tidor, if not i will find myself in the kitchen with spoon in my hand. .