Category: Food Porn

Hehehe… Just had durian last week. I don’t think I had posted any in this blog, blogged about it in my previous non-CMS blog. I got new photos to show you and reintroduce durian to you. *LOL* I have so many pending photos to edit, haven’t have the time yet, so just do a quick update here.

Here’s what I got from wiki:

The durian (IPA: [ˈd(j)ÊŠriÉ™n, -É‘n]) is the fruit of trees from the genus Durio belonging to the Malvaceae, a large family which includes hibiscus, okra, cotton, mallows, and linden trees. Widely known and revered in Southeast Asia as the “King of Fruits”, the fruit is distinctive for its large size, unique odour, and formidable thorn-covered husk.

The durian, native to Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia, has been known to the western world for about 600 years. The British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace famously described its flesh as “a rich custard highly flavoured with almonds” in the 19th century.

Southeast Asian folk beliefs, as well as traditional Chinese medicine, consider the durian fruit to have warming properties liable to cause excessive sweating. The traditional method to counteract this is to pour water into the empty shell of the fruit after the pulp has been consumed and drink it. An alternative method is to eat the durian in accompaniment with mangosteen, which is considered to have cooling properties. Pregnant women or people with high blood pressure are traditionally advised not to consume durian.

Another common local belief is that the durian is harmful when eaten with coffee or alcoholic beverages. The latter belief can be traced back at least to the 18th century when Rumphius stated that one should not drink alcohol after eating durians as it will cause indigestion and bad breath.

What else you want to share about durian? I personally prefer the one that comes with a hint of bitterness.

My parents bought then on the way back from Sadong. Don’t remember how much, they bought 5 durians back.

Frankly I don’t really like to eat durian now, a bit is fine, not too many. The smell could linger on for days. Nice to eat but not so nice to smell hahaha…

Pretty tired today… Just a quick update.

Showing you some set meals that you can get from Sugar Bun hahaha… Had this few weeks back with my family. The meat quality was very disappointing, it was dry and small. I noticed that there’s no consistency in their chicken. Sometimes it’s good, sometimes it bad.

Anyway, enjoy the very yellowish photos of chicken and fist fillet set meal.

Does this gross you out or does this make you salivate? Hehehe…

This is the first time my mom cook snails/escargots with lemon grass and curry. This is the second time I’m having it. My dad bought it because the stall owner said that it can relieve symptom of something-something *LOL* I don’t remember what hahaha…

The first time was given by my aunt. It was a different kind, the type with black cone shell.

My late grandma cooked this a lot last time and it’s something very common that my dad ate when he’s young. For us, it’s like once a blue moon thing, if my dad doesn’t buy it, then we won’t be eating it because my mom won’t buy this kind of thing hahaha… It’s a hassle eating it. You need to prick it out with special tools but we used safety pins hahaha…

神经病! In case you don’t know what is this, it means “CRAZY!” in Chinese.

Went to Tri-Garden last week, not for the hot pot though, just to accompany someone for dinner hahaha… If I wasn’t full that night, we would be ordering the hot pot since it’s a cold and rainy night.

Nevermind, we can always go some other days with more people, the more the marrier. It’s almost similar to Chong Qing Steamboat(not sure still in operation or not hmm… Long time didn’t go there hehehe…) but this is from Sichuan. The pot is different too and it uses electrical stove instead of gas.

Before we reached the shop, just few shops away and we could already smell the spiciness! WAH! Heard from friend that the least spicy one is spicy enough already to those that like spicy food. Hahaha… Let’s go challenge it? Hey Ann, Lee! 😛 Let’s go there to have steamboat.

Left: Here’s the menu for the steamboat. The pricings are quite standard, similar to Chong Qing one.
Right: One of the drinks, they recommended this to us, pretty sweet but refreshing. Lemon Sea Coconut(RM2.50).

Here’s two dishes we ordered:

Guiness pork/chicken/prawn/fish/sotong(RM8). I don’t remember what meat it this 😛 As I’m not the one ordering it. It’s very nice to pair with plain rice else the flavour would be a bit too salty. I noticed Sichuan’s flavorings are pretty strong or flavourful. It’s either very sweet, salty or spicy. I guess that’s their uniqueness.

Hong Kong Style Small Cabbage(RM6), this is quite salty also but if you pair it with plain rice, it’s just nice.

By the way, a bowl of rice is RM1.

So… Anyone wanna go? Hehehe… Oh ya… The location, located at Padungan at the previous “Lau Dian”. If you coming from the cat statue, it’s on your left row of shops, you can easily spot it. It’s before Memories if I’m not mistaken.

Got this from MonkeyWong, totally agree with you!
First, not everyone who shits on you is your enemy.
Second, not everyone who gets you out of shit is your friend.
And when you are in deep shit, its best to keep your mouth shut!

J.CO!! Finally I got to taste it. I asked my sis to bring it back to Kuching during her not-so-long ago trip to KL. It’s not fresh anymore though… It was bought the night before she came back.

She bought one dozen and it’s only RM19.05(include tax it’s RM20). Goodness… Compare the prices with Big Apple Donuts in Kuching, see the difference? Summore, one box of one dozen or 2 boxes of half dozen are the same price unlike Big Apple where you get different price for a dozen of donuts. Even Big Appple Donuts in KL isn’t as expensive as the price in Kuching. I got to know that Big Apple had increased their price already and the size getting smaller and the fillings also getting less. AIYO!! Cannot like that la!!

So… What’s my verdict after eating J.CO?
Hmm… Not much difference to me… It tasted like Big Apple to me. Hahaha… Except the toppings and fillings are much sweeter than Big Apple. Frankly, I do prefer Big Apple’s toppings and fillings compare to JCo. As for texture wise, they are the same to me hahaha… *SHRUG* It could be that it’s not fresh anymore that’s why hahaha… Unlike Big Apple we got to eat it straight away from the kitchen hehehe… So can’t really comment much except for the sweetness.

Let me introduce them to you one by one:

Don’t you think the “designs” looked very similar to each other? Hahaha… People said that Big Apple copied J.CO.

Left box, bottom left to right to top:
JCrown Nutella, Don Mochino, Miss Green T, Hazel Dazzel, Al Caponne, Glazzy

Right box, bottom left to right to top:
Caviar Mint, Snow White, Manggo Blitz, Why Nut?, Tira Miss U, Oreology.

You can learn more in J.CO official website