Oat Bran Recipes

Oat Bran is so hard to find in Kuching. I've been in the search to Boulevard, Everise, H&L and Unaco to find it and finally I found it in Giant. (Haven't tried Ting & Ting, Ta Kiong, Cold Storage & Choice Mall yet). Comparing to Oat Meal, Oat Bran is more expensive and the difference between normal Oat Meal or Rolled Oat and Oat Bran is the contain of the carbohydrate is lower and also the function of Beta-Glucan in Oat Bran that increases dietary fiber. 


More about Bran.

.:Organic Oat Bran at RM8.95:.

After buying the oat bran, I am now busy browsing through attack phase recipes and do what I can as some of the ingredients are really limited in the little Kuching town in Borneo... If you are planning to start a Dukan Diet and don't know what to eat and want to have interesting meals, check out the recipes for Attack Phase here. It's really not that bad.

.:Tea Biscuit:.

Today I tried the tea biscuit recipe but due to lack of mould at home, I used saucer plates but it turned out just fine. It's tea time!

Thai Food Crave

.:Pork Rinds in a Container:.

Since my last Thailand trip in October 2011, I've always wanted to make my own Thai style pork rinds 'Kaeb Moo' as comparing to the ones I had here which is so hard it might break my tooth. The pork rinds in Kuching are made as one of the ingredient for soup and the one in Thailand is made as snacks. It has a the super crunchy texture and at the same time it's not too oily after being deep fried and drained properly.

I made some research through youtube.com and found out that it's also a popular snack in the Philipines. They are called with different names. The video shown below is basically what I did but i added in some 5 spices powder, salt, pepper and chilli powder to add a twist of spiciness to it.

I am quite happy with the result and everyone who ate it were also happy coz Pork is the happiest meat of all. Everytime anyone mentioning Pork, the rest will put a big smile on their face with their eyes glowing. Perhaps this is a muslim country customary where they are eating places that do not sell pork and even work places that do not allow their staffs to bring Pork into the premises in respect to the muslims.

It's an evident of a natural human behaviour. The more you control them in something, the more they are excited to do it. Who knows... we might not love Pork that much and treat it equal to other meat if Pork is everywhere in everyshop. We'll never know...

The Poolside Xmas Party

We had a casual office gathering on 17th December with gift exchange at Upper Sanctuary Poolside. Everyone chipped in some money for the food and we came out with some western dishes as shown in the photos below. Overall, it was a relaxing Saturday instead of a Crazy Party. We enjoyed ourselves with little chit chat session off work and some work related matters which was totally unavoided since we all spent most of our times at work. I love little activities like this as it bonds the relationship between colleagues and friends. :)

.:Tuna Casserole:.

.:Fushion Black Pepper Stewed Lamb:.

.:Garden Salad with Cashew Nut:.

.:Cherry Chilled Cheese Cake:.

.:Cyn enjoying the green salad:.

.:Jen eating:.

.:Ping digging the cheese cake:.

.:The Group Photo!:.

.:She got a Shawl:.

.:I got a bikini set:.

.:Belinda's Notebook:.

.:Jen got a bottle of perfume:.

.:Little EJ got a box of chocolate:.

Chinese New Year Pineapple Tarts for Sale!

I've always love to eat one of those 'Melts in Your Mouth' pineapple tarts and couple years ago, I tried baking it myself with some help from the recipe I got through google search and it worked out quite well. Back then, I baked some for eating pleasure and shared with my friends, relatives and colleagues coz good things are meant to be shared! 

Since I will not start working until 10 January and Chinese New Year is so near, Angela suggested I should bake pineapple tarts for sale and she would be my first customer coz she just missed the taste of it. By posting the picture in Facebook (Click Here) informing most of my close friends yesterday, I now have 15 orders and it will definitely increase as I still have to bake for myself.. 

I have bought 20pcs pineapple and did the pineapple peeling and blending work yesterday. Such a tiring work.. hehe. The first batch of the baked pineapple tarts should be available from tomorrow onwards selling at RM20 for 50pcs.

The secret of why it is so irresistible is because of of two elements which are

100% Golden Churn Butter 

100% Fresh Pineapple

How does the pineapple tarts look like,

.:This is how it looks before going into the oven:-

.:Peeling and cutting the pineapple 'like pro':.

.:cut into smaller pieces before blending it:.

.:The blended pineapple and Lotsa Pineapple Juice for the day:.

.:Cook it for about 2 hours until it's brown & dry and add some sugar & Cinnamon:.

.:The waste is so heavy T_T:.

If you are in Kuching and have read this post before 25th January 2011 and craving for pineapple tarts like this, it means it's still on time to order. Email me at aliciakcng@hotmail.com or PM me in Facebook (Alicia Ng). It's RM24 per container of 50pcs and you can choose to collect from my house or I can send to you if you stay within 8km from town area. ;)