Monthly Archives: May, 2009

Homemade Yogurt Making Process

I’ve not had homemade yogurt for quite some time already. No, i’ll rephrase that. I’ve not had homemade yogurts for ages. My Hansell’s Yog-it yogurt maker has been rotting on top of the kitchen cabinet since my MIL placed it there dunno how many years ago.

Homemade Yogurt

I got sick of eating store-bought yogurt and decided once and for all to make yogurt on a regular basis. Since i needed a starter, i went to the organic shop to buy a packet of yogurt base and culture back. I cant find Hansell’s Yogurt, but they do have Easiyo Yogurt Base. Both works the same, ok.

My kids havent had plain yogurt for a long time. To be on the safe side, i chose a Mango flavored Yogurt base. They do have a plain organic yogurt base. Naturally, Organic Samm likes that very much but that’ll have to wait till the kids learn how to eat plain yogurt. It’s gonna take time, i know….

Homemade Yogurt

This is my Hansell’s Yogurt Maker. Comes with two Yogurt making container. This is good as i can make another batch as soon as this is ready. All that’s needed is milk, and a little bit of Homemade yogurt from the first batch. Easy, right. And downright super healthy too :)

Homemade Yogurt

For those of you who havent made yogurt before, you can see how easy it is. First, go boil some water (this is for the big container). Then, half-fill this small container with filtered water. I use mine straight from the water-filter.

Homemade Yogurt

Pour the contents of the Yogurt Base into it. Cover and shake it thoroughly. This is to ensure all the powder is well-mixed and not lumpy.

Homemade Yogurt

Next, add more water until it reaches the indicated level and cover. By now, the water should have boiled.

Homemade Yogurt

Pour the hot water into the big container until the indicated level.

Homemade Yogurt

Place the smaller yogurt container into it and cover immediately. GAOTIM!!!

Homemade Yogurt

DO NOT OPEN AT ALL FOR AT LEAST 8 HOURS. I made mine at around 10pm. So, goodnight and see ya tomorrow at 10am. Tata!!!

Bak Zhang Festival

Have you eaten Bak Zhang lately? No? Then you’d better hurry up and go buy some back. Tomorrow is Bak Zhang Festival. You wont be able to buy any if you dont get them now, lol.

Bak Zhang

These super delicious Homemade Bak Zhang were gifts from a friend. She had-wrapped them personally for me. They are not very big. I would say, about the size of a ladies’ clenched fist. My mom used to make Bak Zhang when i was little. Her group of friends would gather at our house once or twice a year for the Homemade Bak Zhang party.That’s so long ago. I bet she’s forgotten how to make Bak Zhang already.

Bak Zhang

This is how one looks like when opened. It’s neatly packed and doesnt come apart when i peel the lotus leaves off the Bak Zhang. I told my friend i want to videocam the whole Bak Zhang making process. Unfortunately, her MIL only makes them in the dead of the night, lol. See, i’m not the only owl here, ok. I dont know how to make Bak Zhang. I’m only adept at eating and blogging about them :)

Bak Zhang

The Bak Zhang i ate had Mui Choy in it. Ever eaten BakZhang with Mui Choy before? Before i forget, let me list down the types of ingredients used in this Homemade Bak Zhang Recipe. I remember eating Chinese Mushrooms, Oyster, Mui Choy, Dried Prawns, Chinese Chestnut, Glutinous Rice, Pork & Duck’s Egg Yolk. I will add to this list when i managed to get all the ingredients from my friend. She’s MIA at time of writing this, lol.

White Chocolate Cake & Gallangal Chicken

White Chocolate Cake

We had this lovely piece of White Chocolate Cake for tea last Saturday. Gordon kept pointing at the Chocolate Shavings and will only eat the cake if each bites has some Chocolate Shavings on it. No problem with me. He can have the whole piece if he likes it so much, lol.

Gallangal Chicken

No one felt like eating much as it’s a hot day. Hubby ordered this Gallangal Chicken to go with a plain white rice. It’s very nice. It’s kinda like Tom Yum with coconut milk added to it. We went back shortly after our meal as the kids gotta take their nap. Me, i went and try out this latest Pet Society Coin Hack instead. It’s similar to the previous one.

You will need:
Firefox or Internet Explorer
Cheat Engine 5.4 or Cheat Engine 5.5
Pet Society Tools V2.0
Adobe Flash Player 9 – download Firefox version : IE version

Step-by-step Pet Society Coin Hack Tutorial (25 May 2009):

01. Open Pet Society
02. Sell an apple
03. Open Cheat Engine
04. Process, Firefox/IE (I use IE)
05. Tick Hex, Value: B045110FF2AC5D89
06. Value Type: 4 Bytes
07. Also scan read-only memory
08. First Scan
09. You’ll get 1 address. Right click, and select Disassemble this memory region.
11. Here you get an address, right click (first one), Go to address
12. Copy this code and close the window. (Don’t Click OK, just close it!
13. Open Pet Society Tools V2.0
14. Paste the code into the given cell
15. Deselect/uncheck “Enable Hotkey” and click Get Code (big box on the right).
16. Copy the code
17. Go back to Cheat Engine, and Paste the code to the bottom section. View image here.
18. Leave your pet’s house
19. Walk the trees. The game will freeze
20. Let the game freeze for only 1 to 3 seconds. Then, quickly un-tick the freeze box.
21. You’ll get around 30,000 to 50,000k worth of coins
22. DONT LET THE GAME FREEZE LONGER THAN 3 SECONDS. You wont be able to save the game if you exceed 3 seconds.
23. Go back into the house
24. Press the save button
25. If you still cant save, let your pet walk around the house and the game will auto-save.
26. Refresh your browser and you’ll see the Pet Society Coins
27. Good Luck!!!

If this Pet Society Coin Hack doesnt work for you, use this Pet Society Mystery Box Cheat.

F & N Authentic 3 Layer Tea

The depressingly hot weather only makes me wanna douse myself with water water water and more water all the time. As we were waiting for our take-away at the foodcourt, i saw this F & N Authentic 3 Layer Tea banner.

F & N Authentic 3 Layer Tea

I asked hubby if he want one or not and he asked me to try it out instead, lol. He ordered a glass of carrot juice.

F & N Authentic 3 Layer Tea

And this is how it looks like when it arrived. Does it look like the one in the banner. I think the person who made this did quite a good job, eh. I should really videocam the fler when i order it next time.

F & N Authentic 3 Layer Tea

A close look from the top. It tastes quite nice. You can order this on your next trip to the coffeeshop or wherever they sell it.

Mother’s Day Dinner At Moven Peak Restaurant

Mother’s Day fell on 10th May this year. Hubby asked me how i’d like to celebrate Mother’s Day and i told him i’d like to have an early dinner at Moven Peak. I’ve not been there for a long time. If my memory serves me right, we last dined there on Gordon’s birthday last year. Malcolm only wanted to have fun at the small water feature at the entrance to the open-air dining air and hubby had to keep an eye on him the whole time. He got so wet and i didnt bring any spare clothing out for him to change into. Ever since then, hubby vowed not to eat there anymore, lol.

Mother's Day dinner At Moven Peak

We went there early as we wanted to avoid the crowd that’ll be arriving to celebrate Mother’s Day later on. It was only 5.30pm and there were quite a few tables piled high with food, lol. The main crowd-puller here is the eat-all-you-can buffet steamboat. I think they are charging Rm30/pax for adults and children below 100cm can eat there for free. If they exceed a certain height they will be charged a fraction of the adult’s rate, something like that.

Mother's Day dinner At Moven Peak

We were not there for the steamboat as it’s difficult to eat with two young kids. They’ll most likely end up wanting to go get more food to dunk into the hot soup. We cant afford to waste good food as wastage is charged at Rm5/100gm. That’s very fair. As we werent that hungry, we only ordered two plates of food from the scaled-down temporary menu and two fruit juices. Gordon loves watermelon juice and i ordered him one. Hubby had carrot juice. Plain water is served free-of-charge.

Mother's Day dinner At Moven Peak

Hubby doesnt fancy meat much and ordered Fish & Chips. The kids likes to munch on French Fries. But they had a snack an hour earlier and we dont know if they feel like eating or not. We can order more if they want to, right. The Fish & Chips here is good and hubby says it tastes ok. Coming from someone whose family is in the seafood wholesale business, this is already a compliment. Dont ask for more.

Mother's Day dinner At Moven Peak

As for my Lamb Chop, it’s a MAJOR disappointment. I’ve ordered this dish many times before and it’s fine. I thought i was chewing on tree bark, lol. The texture is definitely OUT. Hubby finished his meal first as i took Malcolm into the Main Restaurant to look at the Fishes in the Aquariums. He took over from me to let me enjoy my meal. I took a few bites and asked for the bill. I excused them this time as they didnt argue when i returned the dish to them and told them i should not be charged for something of such sub-standard.

Mother's Day dinner At Moven Peak

In a way, Gordon kept himself busy playing Gordon Ramsay’s Hell’s Kitchen on the NDS. Malcolm has pwnd his PSP and he wasnt too happy. I’m glad he’s such an easy kid to please and though a bit sulky, he sat beside me all the time. He dranked the whole glass of watermelon juice but didnt want any food. That’s ok with me.

Mother's Day dinner At Moven Peak

Before we left the restaurant, we took the boys inside once more as Gordon was outside all the time. I wanted him to have some fun with the fishes as well. The restaurant was already jam-packed with diners and we had to make sure the kids dont get bumped into by hungry piranhas busy grabbing at food from the buffet counter, lol. This was how and where i celebrated Mother’s Day this year. Was i happy? Oh yeah!!! If my boys enjoyed themselves and my hubby doesnt complain about anything, i’m one happy woman, period.