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Another chocolate from Hotel Chocolat. It’s called Rice Ganache With Vanilla. Very nice presentation right? Too bad they were squashed. What do you expect? They were in the luggage without much padding and protection for almost 24 hours.

It stated that it’s guest recipe. Hmm… My guess is that the recipe is provided by their guest. Interesting… This is not dark chocolate obviously. It’s white chocolate. How’s the taste? It’s just white chocolate *LOL*

The filling contains 4% of rice crispies. It’s suitable for vegetarian according to the prints on the packaging. It’s very smooth, rich and sweet, something different from previous chocolates that i showed you.

Are you wondering what is ganache? I am. Hahaha… So I searched the Internet and found out that:

It’s a mixture of chocolate and heavy cream. Ganache is used as an icing or filling for pastries, filled chocolates, chocolate truffles, and other desserts.

Ganache is normally made by boiling heavy cream, then pouring it over chopped (bitter) chocolate. The mixture is stirred or blended until smooth. Ganache can be enhanced with liqueurs or extracts.

Depending on the intended usage of the ganache, the proportions of chocolate to cream can vary. Typically, a ganache is equal parts chocolate and cream; this is used for filling cakes. For a chocolate truffle base, a ratio of 2:1 (chocolate to cream) is used. For making a glaze, the ratio is 3:1.

*sourced from wikipedia*

Got it now? More chocolates on the way…

It’s been a while I didn’t eat out. Money running out hehehe… Or I’m stingy? It doesn’t matter, let me tell you where I went for lunch today. Korean Food it is! Quite new I think, I saw their ad in the newspapers yesterday and decided to try it out.

Strange, there are so many Japanese restaurants sprouting everywhere yet I never pay them a visit instead I visited every single Korean restaurant that has open their business in Kuching, Oppss… Except one, the one near Hilton.

Why only visit Korean restaurants? Well… It’s because they are operated by the Koreans themselves. I don’t think there is any Japanese operated restaurant in Kuching. Any idea? By the way, the Japanese restaurant next to Kim’s Kitchen has the same owner as Kim’s Kitchen. Will visit their Japanese restaurant next time, I heard that the food is not that expensive. Wait till I have money again hahaha… Oh, both situated at Wisma Phoenix where ex Up-Well is.

Left: The entrance.
Right: The interior.

Left: The trademark of every Korean restaurant.
Right: Lemon Juice(RM4) and Apple Juice(RM5). Well… It’s just lemon juice and apple juice hehe…

Left: Oh Jing Oh Dup Bab (RM8.90), only have kimchi and the “seaweed”(not sure what it’s called in English, seaweed? In Chinese is “hai dai”) soup. This dish is not spicy at all. Hehehe… Don’t be deceived by the look.
Right: Bulgogi Set (RM25), pretty expensive -.-” portion quite big for me, can share with another person. It came with 3 side dishes and a “seaweed” soup.

Not much choices on the food. The kimchi tasted different from the other two Korean restaurants(Da Om and Seoul Garden), this is sweeter. In fact the dishes here are more towards the sweeter note. The side dishes were quite limited compare to the other two, I mean when they serve them with your order. Just see the Bulgogi Set you will know.

Hmm… Quite pathetic, not many people when we went, it’s about 12pm++ that time. Will I return? Maybe… However, will return for their Japanese food.

Total spent, RM42.90 for two persons. =.=” Expensive lunch. No 5% GST.

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Chocolate post again!! 😛 This time I’m introducing Hotel Chocolat – Dark Champagne Truffles. I LOVE truffles!!! *drool*

This is really nice. I’m not an alcohol person, therefore the champagne is consider strong(I mean the bitter alcohol taste) to me but I’m so sure for those that are used to drink alcohol, it’s nothing at all. When I swallowed the filling, I could feel the hotness in my throat like when I drink alcohol(the most is only one sip, really can’t stand them, these apply to beer and wine) but then hehehe… It’s chocolate, I can tolerate it 😛

The outer layer is dark chocolate. The filling consists of marc de champagne 7%. I don’t like to have big portion of the filling in my mouth, like I said I’m not an alcohol person. However, I like to savour it bit by bit. It took me about 15 minutes or so to finish the one truffle 😛 So you can imagine how’s the chocolate melted all over my fingers and of course at the end I licked my fingers clean. I love the way it melts. Hehehe…

No… It didn’t make me drunk hahaha…

Tagged by Platinum Girl.

Simply write about your favourite food in your state or country, then copy this list and paste into your blog. Remember to add your link to the list and invite 5 others to participate.

Ok… At first I wanted to say Sarawak Laksa but then I found out someone already wrote about it hehehe… I don’t want to repeat, so I’m giving you my second favourite food, Popiah. I’m kinda lazy to explain what it is. Besides, I had blogged about before hehehe… So… I’m going to send you over to drool over my popiah hahaha…

Hmm… Tagging 5 people? I think I better stop here. I have no idea who should I tag because many don’t do tags and those that do are kinda busy these days.

Who loves what?

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Chinnee loves Melaka Wan Tan Mee
PeimunLeah loves Hakka Lei Cha
Hui Sia loves Crispy duck skin from China
Karen loves Pan Mee
Simple American loves Cheese Enchiladas
Nicole Tan loves Char Tau Kueh
velverse loves Otak-Otak
Giddy Tiger loves Dim Sum
may loves Roti Bakar
Selba loves Gado-gado
Chen loves Satay*
eastcoastlife loves Shanghai Buns
Kev loves ???
Bokjae loves Ipoh Sar Hor Fun.
Hilary loves Hibiscus Flower

Bought Sister Crispy Popiah again the other day from Riverside(Crowne Plaza). I told you before that I don’t like it. However, we decided to give it a second chance since my sister had never eaten it before and we bought the spicy version at the same place.

-.-” It tasted worst than previously. The other time we could eat it without much mess, this time, everything fell out even before we put into your mouth. It could be the person that did it was a trainee, that’s why. The spiciness isn’t that nice. The non spicy one tasted better.

It cost us RM2.80 for one popiah.