HERE U GO HOT STUFF!

To all who participated - thank you! Your contest answers via email as well as the comment box were really spot on !

Unfortunately.. there can be only one winner.. and that is Keropokman! (your unpublished answers also very funny la.. maybe one day you can tell the Ahpa!)

So, keropokman (who lives in Sing) take ur pick.. i buy u dinner in Sing.. anywhere with degustation menu budget of SGD50 per head (hahaha.. that rules out Iggy's, but all mamak and coffee shop included) and you can invite ANYONE u like, to tag along.. (on themselves:P)

thank u for participating!

xoxo,ciki

Contest!

Nirvana-like experience at Nirwana

Part IV to Ciki's Birthday week (and I promise this is the final installment:P)

FBB: hello Paranoid Android! Good to finally meet you.. I needed to see just WHOM I lost the slogan contest to.. Harrumph... :P
Paranoid Android: Errr well, yes.. it's me. Errrr.. so many bloggers here, I kinda feel overwhelmed.

(Nigel Arrives)

Nigel: See ar, I am sorry I'm late. I had to lift these huge cattle bells LIKE THIS! and LIKE THIS! (Swings arms wildly)
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Everyone arrives

FBB: Don't Talk to me! Don't look at me.. faster.. order the FOOD now! And why is this place SO HOT?!! (fbb, clutching his head.. nursing a slight hangover in the noon day heat)

Boo: So grumpy this fbb.. let me talk to someone else..

LL : FBB the grumps.. just ignore him.

Hairy: Hello guys! Ciki, this book is for you.. Happy Birthday!


Paranoid Android: These bunch of looney tunes.. I wonder how I'll stay sane in their company.. hmmm.. nevermind, look busy, act busy.. maybe they'll forget I am here... (skulking low into his banana leaf)

Alilfatmonkey: Hello Paranoid Android! Nice to finally meet you! I am a fan of the Momiji and Dunny and Tokidoki too! I'll let you see mine, if you let me see yours!

Nasi, nasi, nasi. Color me nasi.

Nasi for the happy, (nigel)
Nasi for the poor, (ciki)
Nasi for the monkey, (alilfatmonkey)
Nasi for the dour. (fbb!)

We like the banana leaf here! The food is rich, the curries spicy and the deep fried sides and veges and 'nasi' endless in supply. If you liked it , then you should have put a RING on it!.. Oh Oh OH!

In this case, if you liked it, then you should have folded the banana leaf away from you!

Oh, oh, oh...


Add:
Sri Nirwana Maju
43, Jalan Telawi 3,
Bangsar Baru, KL.

THE WINNERS OF MY SLOGAN WRITING CONTEST!

THE CONTEST HELD A WEEK OR SO AGO:

NASI WITHOUT THE LEMAK IS LIKE,

___________________ without ________________ .

(Readers entered their submissions and the results were decided by the honorable judge, mum)

As promised! The presentation of the Winners with their prizes, Pink Parasols from Robinsons!

I give you...Paranoid Android & Lyrical Lemongrass!
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Go enjoy your brollies winners.. or in the words of one FBB...
"I hope it rains!"



END OF CONTEST.

NASI without the LEMAK is like.....

Mum & Dad! The judge is sitting on the left of my father (obviously!)

You would not see him against the white background if not for the spots. Well spotted (ahem) Paranoid Android.

*photo of pup from dogbreedsadvice..

I took this shot when I was in New Delhi, oh yes i did! One of the greatest love stories ever told!
Without Mumtaz there would be no structure as awe inspiring as the Taj Mahal.


There! You have your WINNERS!

Peter Pork Mee

Peter Pork Noodle.

The day after Mowgli emerged from the jungle, unscathed and uneaten by 'Kaa'... the famished boy-cub took me into Brickfield's in search of that legendary pot of thick sweet pork meat soup.




Don't talk to me. Don't look at me. Don't come near me until I have had my Peter Pork fix.

Can you see how long Mowgli's (a.k.a. Cumi) hair has grown, out in the Sarawakian jungle? Tis an unruly mess innit?! :P



Uncle Peter can be found here - Money's Corner. His son's running the corner shop just across the road from YMCA (photo of coffee shop found in first collage above). Money's corner (or Mayflower as the sign is way up high and more visible) is just a short walk down the famous 'blind massage street' of Brickfields, and that is where the original Uncle Peter cooks.

Peter's Pork mee is murky and dense with aroma and sweetness. Break that egg yolk and immediately intensify the flavour of the soup.
Mowgli never had it this good.

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Strolling, strolling, strolling.

I spy with my little eye... Gulab Jamun!

We decide to tapau this from the nice Punjabi man in the orange turban for our dessert.

Gulab Jamun gets its brownish red color because of the milk powder or khoya. In other types of gulab jamun, sugar is added in the dough, and after frying, the sugar caramelization gives it its dark, almost black colour, which is then called kala jamun, "black jamun". Kala jamun is very popular in the state of West Bengal in India.

To me, it's a delicious fried dough ball, soft and saturated with sugar, just begging to be eaten.

We also try a whole load of sweets from this shop. By the 4th piece I start to feel my gut protesting. The nice man tells us to pop some fennel to take away any cloying after taste of the sugary desserts.

On account of its carminative properties, fennel is chiefly used medicinally with purgatives to allay their side effects and for this purpose forms one of the ingredients of the well-known compound Liquorice Powder. You immediately fell like you are eating candy (liquorice sticks) or something comforting from your childhood days at the movies (my folks use to pack a huge bag of sugar babies and liquorice sticks to shut me up in the cinema.. but erm, I think it only made me more hyperactive :P) Fennel seeds or tea can relax the intestines and reduce bloating caused by digestive disorders. Ah, no wonder it is eaten after meals as it aids digestion as well.

Next time you are in Brickfields be sure to give Uncle Peter and the Gulab Jamun a visit!

Umbrella Slogan Contest submissions close by 12noon, on Monday, 8th of June 09! My judge tells me that she is close to electing a winner... so all those who have not submitted your slogans, kindly do so ASAP! TQ!

Results will be announced at 5pm, 8th June 09.

Nasi Lemak Ong, Alor Star.

I was recently up north for work , around the time Cumi was invited for that smashing Balvenie whisky tasting session at Carcosa. I was gutted, to say the least.

No scotch in sight, rather scorched under the hot noon day Alor Star sun.. no justice... no justice I tell ya.

Anyway, I may not have been able to drown my sorrows in Whisky, but I sure managed to pig out on Uncle Ong's nasi lemak!

The stall itself, is bright and a walking advertisement. How can a foodie resist eating here.
I was beside myself with anticipation as my colleague parked the car.

Hurry up. Ciki needs feeding.

There's uncle Ong. He's set against a backdrop of celebrity photos of basically, .. uh, celebrities eating his food. (What else..)

Just looking at the set up, one thing comes to mind. Uncle Ong's nasi lemak is really Nasi Kandar with a twist!

The selection of food is laid out before the hungry eater in all its glorious, greasy splendor. The nasi lemak junkie then asks uncle ong (nicely) for this, this and that (hungry finger moves in pointing jerking motion).

So many side dishes to pick from, apart form the customary sambal and fried ikan bilis and peanuts, what more can you ask for in a nasi lemak?

One other interesting thing to note, you have a choice of rice, with uncle ong.

White or yellow.

I chose yellow because I like being different and found it to be just greasy rice. (similar to garlic rice but less aromatic)

So, verdict? Whilst the side dishes ranging from squid to fried gizzards to curry chicken/mutton.. etc was fantastic, the rice was a real let down.

No santan. How can?!
Well, if they didn't call it nasi lemak, I would not be as peeved as I was. How can you call it nasi lemak and omit the lemak? That's like having s** and not... (ok, nevermind.. got young readers whom I do not want to horrify).

But anyway, horrific lemak-less nasi lemak. Apparently Alor Star nasi lemak is like that. Go figure.

Here's my delicious plate of fried innards.


Where's my messy plate of nasi unlemak drenched in sauce, nasi kandar style.


Burp. Next time just say you are taking me for Chinese nasi kandar - that would be the right term for this meal, me thinks!

Add:
Nasi Lemak Ong,
8-9-10, Jalan Putra,
05100 Alor Star,
Kedah.

Tel ： 012－447 1283
Business Hours ： 1130－1500
Closed ： Wednesdays



Footnote:
OK Fine, i give in to peer pressure!

Contest C&C :
Nasi without the LEMAK is like .......................... without.............................. ?!

(Winner gets an umbrella... ella ... eh, eh, eh....
.... oh, and a stroll in the rain with Ciki :P)

(Keep it clean please.. otherwise you will not win!)

CLOSING DATE: MON 8th, 12pm!

RESULTS : MON 8th, 5pm!