Kofuku @ Best Western Seri Pacific

BIL #2 celebrated his birthday last Saturday @ Kofuku. This is our second time here, first was hubs birthday this year and now, 7 months later, the food selection is still the same. Quality has somewhat dropped since our first visit. Is it picky me or did the quality of food deteriorate ? Everytime I find a hotel buffet nice and go back for the second time, it's some what different . LOL !


Since it was raining, our little miss insist on her 'mini strawberry umbrella' from Cameron Highlands and hubs was crazy enough to walk in the rain with her, next to the hotel pool just to play with the umbrella, tsk tsk.. father & daughter.. both of them do things which are so beyond me...

Kofuku.. though oriental cuisine, they serve mostly Japanese buffet spread

Her so-little selection of food. No amount of nice food will tempt this little miss.

She likes kueh lapis tho'.. peeled and savoured layer by layer

Her favourite, ice cream.. but wait till you see what she does with it :

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Mash and melt it all up, really not appetizing at all but that's how she likes it. haih..

Fashion ala Cambodia

Kakak pinned up Amber's hair liddis :

Which I really appreciated. She kept Amber company while I did my baking. Amber liked her new hairstyle.





I thought her hairstyle looked like some reptile's tail. LOL !!!

But I like her hair pinned up. I like to touch her forehead.

Then in the evening, kakak did another version :

I like this one better. Kakak said in Cambodia, they like to style up their hair like this, esp for weddings and festivals

I teased Amber. I said.. wei... girl.. you look like Princess Cambodia.. she laughed !

Home Grown Organic Ladies Fingers

Sis gave me some home grown ladies fingers (Okras). She has a dozen or so plants at home and BIL painstakingly guards the plants like babies. He keeps a close watch and picks the insects each evening and have never sprayed a single drop of pesticide on his plants.

This variety is lighter green than those we get from the supermarts


Very long too.. more than a foot !



Except this mini curly, didn't make it out from the cocoon. lol !

I fry with garlic, homegrown chilli padi (from sis' garden) and belacan.

Yum yum !

Gao Gei Choy - Boxthorn leaves

My favourite dish. Mom used to cook this quite frequent.
This vege is best eaten with ikan bilis soup or stir fried in egg sauce. I like it with soup, makes a nourishing and satisfying dish

Gao Gei Choy or Boxthorn leaves. I've heard it's very for the eyes (improves vision, maintain vision, etc) but I don't really know why or how but I reckon it comes from the same family as boxthorn/wolfberries, chinese gei chee, the red seeds that resembles mini raisins. Even wolfberries are known as a supplement for eyesight, so I should think boxthorn leaves and boxthorn fruit, by namesake, is somewhat related .



Careful when stripping off the leaves, thorns lurking from the sides.



Strip them off the leaves.

Stems discarded.

Boil a pot of ikan bilis soup, throw in the vege, fishballs and turn off fire, add egg.

Voila ! A bowl of steaming hot soup, excellent dinner dish, especially on a rainy day !

Barney wears underwear !

Hubs saw this the other day and called for me : Come, see what she's done !

LOL ! She put her undies over Barney !


Hubs got to 'undress' Barney



When we called for her, she gave us the sheepish look !


LOL ! Amber n her antics.

Typical Dinner - His vs Hers

Sometimes I wanna go healthy, don't feel like having rice for dinner. Yet, I have to cook for hubs. What to do ?
Sien :(

So, the other day, I whipped this for hubs and maid :

Fried rice with charsiu, eggs and long beans.

I had some leftover charsiu which I bought from the roast pork fella to go along with hubs wantan mee. He gave me some sauce in a separate pack. Although it just a few piece leftover, I chuck it to freezer. It's enough for a dinner of fried rice. Hubs say it's very nice wor.. moreover since I fried only enough for 2 person, a lot of 'wok hei'.

Then, what about me ? I had this :



Guava, grapes, strawberries and cherry tomatoes.
Although the fried rice is tempting, I stuck to this... and hubs digged in too.

He couldn't resist the medley of colors and flavours

Of Kindy Search - Mandarin and English

I brought Amber to visit another kindy, the one nearest to my house, kindy 'Q'. Hubs and I didn't have a good impression of this kindy because I called a couple of days ago and the principal promised to fax me the fees and never did. Anyway, since today is a Saturday, we might as well drop by to see the place.

The lady guiding us through the curriculum is kinda 'kayu', speak when spoken to type and not very enthusiastic. Doesn't seem like a kindy school teacher - cheerful and loud type. Amber speaks louder than her and I just imagine their 'teacher-student' relationship - Amber shouting at the top of her voice and she.. meowing no louder than a cat . LOL !!!

Overall the kindy is alright, apart from the teacher and staff attitude, it's pretty clean and organized. I asked Amber, :

Do you want to come to this school ?

No ! I want the fold paper school (origami, ie the Montessori nearby)

haih.. really 'sek for', give her a choice, she has to choose the most expensive one.

Then later I asked her if she likes Chinese or English school.

What is Chinese English ?

Uh-oh, only then I realise she can speak both Mandarin and English but is not aware they are 2 different languages.

English is like how Mama speak to you everyday :
What have you eaten ? Quickly eat. Have you showered ? Brush teeth, take medicine. Don't climb, don't run, don't shout, come here, go to sleep.

Mandarin is like :
Ni you juo koong ker mah ?
Ni che pau liao mah ?
Lai cher pian , Ni juo sem moh, pu yau che yang lah.. (my limited smatter of Mandarin spoken to her, rarely though but she speaks more Mandarin at Boon's)

Then she tells me :

I like "Chen Hao Wei" school (taste real good)

Aha.. she prefers a Chinese/Mandarin school (kindy).

So, now we are hunting for a Mandarin medium kindy.. haih.. here we go again....