Thank you .. Mona..!!  you are a sport.

25 Random Things About Me
1) I came from Hong Kong and I missed HK a lot…. The food & shopping part.
2) I came to SF as an international student in the beginning. SO expensive. (Thanks mom! Thanks sister!)
3) I am now a citizen. I missed HK but I don’t want to go back for work.
4) I love food but always want to lose some weight…. Always admire the skinny long legs in mini skirt.
5) A true believer of “There is no ugly women, but only lazy women.”
6) Try all the time to maintain my young look. Not only for my bf, but for myself also.
7) Biggest entertainment at home is to watch/search the most current TVB series even though 99% know what the script will be about.
So happy to see my 1 yr old niece and 4 yrs old nephew every night when I come home from work. So nice to live with them and my sister, brother-in-law, mom and dad.
9) Always want to say “I love you” in Chinese to my parents but too shy to do so. Without them, without me. Without my mom, without my smooth face. Thanks for all the food and soups they prepare everyday. Thanks for digging out my dirty clothes and clean them by hands. Thanks…
10) Without coming to SF, I will definitely not the one who I am now. I maybe am still working from morning till midnight for a bit of salary.
11) I came from a middle class family that both parents work hard. We was at the bottomBefore immigrated to SF, we don’t have a house.
12) I want to be rich. Either I can meet someone rich or I can earn by myself. But since I know I won’t meet someone rich, I am concurrently looking for my 2nd part-time job.
13) I love to cook. However, not the regular Chinese food since it’s too hard to compete with my mom. I always cook other Asian food, or non-Asian food.
14) I believe in Chinese soups (Those type which require to boil for 2-3 hours). I believe in herb tea.
15) I am afraid of the sun. True believer of “White = beauty”.
16) Hate people using dirty language as adjective. Why?
17) Want my parents to stay healthy and livelonger.
18) Hate people not respecting the cyber world. Saw some forum that people just scold and scold without a point. Just like they point to leave a message is just to point fingers and yell without reason.
19) Thought of learning Japanese, but only know how to court numbers from 1-10 and a few words only.
20) A lover of Japanese food. Uni is my favorite.
21) Doesn’t want to get married cause I still want to live with my whole family. I still want to be spoiled as a daughter.
22) Want to have my own house when I get married.
23) Lack of friends… holiday? Family or bf or self. Can I have more real friends who I can talk to?
24) Every year one of my birthday wishes is “world peace”. I guess my birthday wish will never come true.
25) Still very weak in writing or speaking English even though have been in USA for 10 years. Want to learn more vocabulary.

A lot of you visit my blog but don’t really know a lot about me.  So here is a chance for me to get to know you .. and you to know me.  Here I ask if you are a reader or fan or just love this blog, join in the fun.. and tell me 25 things about yourself.. where you are from .. the kind of food you like and so forth.  I will then post it up on my blog, so I start first ok.

25 Random Things About Me :

1. I am an Asian but migrated to Canada in the name of love.
2. I have a awesome daughter by the name of Chloe
3. I never knew I was gonna miss food from home this much when i migrated
4. I realised i hated winter after living in Canada for 8 yrs and winter is 6 months long here.
5. I try my best to give back to society every year.
6. The spouse calls me “crazy chinese woman” in an affectionate way.
7. Yes, I work online with a few advertising company – I run 25 blogs and enjoy it tremendously.
8. I also help others learn how to make money online.
9. My middle name is “frank” – I asked whatever I want of ppl i meet here personally, sometimes embarrassing them.
10. I grew up living with policemen guarding the front gates to our family home.
11. i am not arrogant nor boastful nor need a lot of attention that some ppl might think, just because i speak my mind.. and am loud.
12. I am darn whiny.
13. I wouldn’t turn the clock back if I was given a chance except for the first 35 yrs of my life.
14. I don’t use lipo-6 black, although some keep saying i do, although a boost for burning fats on my hips may do good for me, since I spend so much time on the computer.
15. I don’t believe in eating junk food and avoid it at all cost.
16. I never used to love spicy food till coming to Canada.
17. I grew up playing with the Prime Minister’s sons before turning 10.  They are my age now.
18. I used to work for a major hotel chain but the best job I ever had was with a Spanish Company in Madrid.
19. i love my fruits and vegies but because I am diabetic, I have to cut down on my fruits by half.
20. I love sushi more than a piece of steak.
21. I never run out of things to say or type, don’t believe me ..?? ask the “ang moh”.
22. When ppl hurt me with words or action, I back away and stop having to do anything with them because they are just not worth my time.
23. I’ve traveled the world twice with the people I work with and enjoyed it tremendously.
24. My daughter is my life and because of her, I became a better person.
25. I hate ppl who are rude and arrogant.

Ok.. who is game to tell me 25 random things of themselves..??  you may be in for a surprised.. if i get to know you better.

This was shared by a reader here.. Kammy.  Thank you .. Kammy.. for reminding me of how blessed my life is.  Please do something good today and appreciate the food you eat.

My blogging friend from Malaysia.. is super talented .. with cooking/bento & Cupcakes and had asked me to help with voting your favorite bento.

Alice’s bento is #3 and here is the link for voting : http://mycuppatales.blogspot.com/2009/04/go-vote-4-your-fav-bento.html

So if you like her bento – #3, please vote for her.  Contest ends tomorrow at 5pm – Malaysia time.  I’ve voted .. i hope you give face.. and vote for her too.

Additional description (paraphrased by the organizer):
So WHO is angeleyes?

A multi-tasking and multi-talented mother, wife and entrepreneur. Currently expecting her second child.
She turned her passion and hobby of baking cakes to a business, selling various wonderful and delectable cakes and cupcakes. An avid blogger, managing at least 4 different websites!!

Main ‘symbols’ in the bento box – Cupcakes (made of strawberry, aburaage (Japanese tofu pouch) and nori) and self (made of fish cake (face), carrot (collar and earrings), lunch sheets (blouse and apron), crabstick and nori (hair and bow)).

PS :  I might make this for someone i know who has mesothelioma, just to cheer her up.

They say .. to keep a man’s heart is thru’ his tummy..but as a mummy, we all know it is more important to keep the kid’s heart.  Therefore, like it or not, as mummy .. we have to learn how to cook not only delicious food.. but nutritious one too.

A mother’s love is unconditional like Chu Yee .. who cooked this for her daughter.. who came home from Birmingham.

Hi Jan,

Attached are 2 pictures for your blog.  I cooked these 2 dishes for my daughter when she came home from Birmingham for her holidays last year.   Loved to see her enjoying my food. Haha!

FIY I will be going to visit her next month. So you can imagine I will be busy cooking all her favourite dished as I will there for a month. Meanwhile I will continue to click to your blog.  It very interesting and keep me busy during the day.  Thank you for uploading all those interesting TV shows.

God Bless you, your Ang Moh and little Chloe. Bye!

Warmest Regards

Chu Yee

The BKT that i’m used to .. is more herbie type.  Is this the same.. CY..??   Can you share the recipe..?? and where are you from..?? i  know where your daughter is..  but I donch know if you are in Asia or in UK too..??

PS :  Keep the food pictures coming.. !!  share you food to the whole world here. Take a tip from Lina.. !

Updated :  24 April 2009

Hi Jan, Lina, tsuchiyama, Lychee,& soofen. Thanks for the nice comments. Here is the recipe for my chilli chicken:-

Half a chicken, clean & cut into bite-size pieces

Blend the following:-

6 fresh red chilli (remove the seeds)
1 inch lemon grass (serai)
1 big onion
10 red small onions (shallots)
1 pip garlic
1 inch fresh ginger (remove skin)

Heat oil in frying pan and put in the blended ingredients. Stir and keep frying till it fragrant. Add in chicken pieces and a little bit of water if necessary. For more ooomp add a crush stalk of lemon grass and 1 piece of lemon leaf (daun perut limau). Lower the fire and simmer until chicken is well cook. Finally add 2 table spoons tomato sauce, salt and sugar to taste. Happy cooking….

Sorry I do not have the recipe. My BKT is cooked using those ready packet of ingredients in sachets form. The brand is “A1? It is not herbie and best is cook in claypot and serve piping hot. The method is simple as I followed the instructions given.

Ms Smartie pants is a fussy eater.. but when it comes to chocolate.. and sprinkles.. she is all for it.  She doesn’t get to eat a lot of donut.. and rarely asked for them.  But once in a while, I indulged her.. but only encourage her to eat the top where the chocolate and sprinkles are.  Afterall, why force her to finish it.. just because right..?

The area behind Chloe is at the store.  In every store that we have had.. there is a place for Chloe to play at our store.  With tv, sofa.. and a small writing table and lots of toys.  We don’t make $10K every month .. like some “pro-blogger” in Asia, announces every couple of week .. “maluration” but we definitely can afford a makeshift living room for our kid and we donch live with our in-laws – although they do have a 100 acres of land.

Does your kid .. or even yourself eat lots of donut..?? Tim Horton is pretty much the donut place here in Canada.. and no one wants coffee from elsewhere except Tim’s.  Starbucks don’t do well here in Canada.. and Second Cup is ok.. but darn ex .. that is why .. ppl still go for medium 1 cream.  What about you ..?? what do you take .. in your favorite coffee shop..??  I’ll give up all the Tim’s coffee and donut for teh tarik from the mamak store .. and yakun.

Yummy… yummy..!!!! definitely to die for .. Yvonne.. and thank you for sharing this yummy looking sushi with us.  It sure looks juicy and fresh to me eh.  Where in Japan did you go..?? and what’s the name of the shop..?? also let us know the price of it.

Hi MB,

Thought I would share some of the super yummy food I had when I went to visit japan couple weeks ago…

Sushi is definately my favorite and salmon… is to die for!
kobe beef sizzling… also very juicy

hope this doesn’t make you hungry !

good luck with the website

Yvonne

Wow..!! i never had kobe beef done this way.  Must be really juicy and yummy..!!! thanks for sharing.

From the message below.. you would know that Cin is a very loving person.  Thank you for your support .. Cin.  Did you make this cake..??  The cake is lovely..!!! i want this for my wedding too…. wouldn’t you ..??  are you gonna be a baker ..??  or a dessert specialist..??

Hello Mama Bok,

I just wanna say I love ur blog, thanks 4 sharing. Keep it up =) I also wanna share this wonderful picture with u. This is a picture of my cake that I made in my culinary class. =) Hope u n ur family have a wonderful day.  =)

With Love,

Cindy C.

Hi mama bok,

I love sushi. Haven’t had much chance since the birth of my twin boys last year. My BFF come home to visit from GB, so it was the perfect opportunity to do something without the babies and enjoyed some good food with the company of a good friend.

Karen
P.S. I dreamed that I went to Nova Scotia the other night with my family. It’s so random.

Ahhh.. Karen is another sushi lover like many of us here.  And congrats.. Karen..!! with your twin boys..!! we would love to see a picture of them..  i bet they are the cutest.  Twins are so fun.. except it’s double the work.  And yes.. good food and good company is the best combination .. i’m pretty sure.. all the foodies here would agree.  Where are you from Karen..?? and which restaurant is this ..??

Is this sake… Karen..?? pray tell.  Now keep the food pictures coming..!!! you won’t be dissappointed i assure you .. with your sharing your food with the rest of the world here.  And thank you Karen.

Lina sent this about 4 days ago and asked if i like Onde Onde.  I love Onde Onde .. Lina..!!! i grew up eating these but having said that.. not all stall has good Onde Onde.  But i noticed that during the fasting month for the muslims.. they have great onde onde.

Do u like Onde Onde? This is nice!

I bought this from Tiong Bahru Food Centre.  When u put one in mouth n start to bite it, juicy gula melaka ‘shoot’ out, darn shiok hahahah

Anyone got recipe for Onde-Onde..?? please share share hor..

My dear friend.. who is an angel and heart of gold.. like i few ppl i know online.. had sent this 10 days ago.  Remember her.. ?? Alice.. ?? the one who sent me a big box of food from home.. that i’ve yet to open and cook.  Well.. i did try the chicken rice.. yesterday.. but that’s for another day.. and another post.

Here’s a picture of “angkawa” slices of the raw flounder fish eaten with grated spicy radish and ponsu sauce. I had that last night!  I love jap food, especially the sashimi!

I love jap food too.. give me jap food anytime.. and any day .. i can eat this everyday.  Back home.. i used to patronize a japanese shop.. that the owner thought i had a crushed on him.. muahahhahaha!!! he quickly learned that i already am in a relationship with “ang moh”, and he backed up.  muahhahhahaha!!! thanks.. Alice..!!!  we have to go eat this.. when i come home eh.  But first the ang moh wants me to look into some summer vacation plans first because it’s way cheaper wor. *slap forehead*

I have been meaning to cook this assam fish paste that was sent by Barb from a long time ago.. but was contemplating what fish to use.  You see we donch have the kinda fish here .. that i’m used to eating at home.  Salmon is fairly expensive here.. about $4 a small little piece.  But now that Cynthia had experimented with it.. i am gonna give it a try too .. because I love assam fish.  Thanks.. Cynthia.

I tried making assam fish using salmon and they are good. They assam got ride of the salmon fishy smell. Marinate for 1 hour and bake at 190C for 45 minutes and its done. I also added in some lettuce at the final 5 minutes since I dont have lady fingers and tomato. I’ve attached some pictures. I can get the assam paste for you if you want. It’s Malaysian product.

If i cook them.. the assam fish soup would be all over the rice soaking it good.. hehehhehehe!!!  yer know what.. ???  i only started loving spicy stuff after coming to Canada.

This is what was used .. and i can tell you that this brand .. is pretty good.  I tried other stuff from this brand .. from the goodness of blogging friends here.  You know who you are.. and thank you again.  Thank you …Cynthia.. for sharing this with us.  Can you tell us where you are now..?? in asia.. ?? or in the west..??

One of the best snack i like to eat best back home is Chwee Kueh.  When Lina from Singapore sent this to me.. i actually had to swallow my salivas.. almost wanna cry like that leh.  Coz’ i darn miss home leh.. and the food.  Lina’s hubby said..  “darn jiek ark” .. muahahahhaa!! no lah.. i think can see also jadi lah.  But i usually ask for a lot of choy poh.

U miss Chwee Kueh or not? This is one of the more popular stalls in Sg located at Ghim Moh Hawker Centre. Looks quite messy here coz i ta pao back home. Sunday, difficult to look for seats at hawker centre lah

Love chwee kueh .. lina..!! my #1 food that i need to eat.. when i get home.  I sure get fat..!! muahahhaha!!!

PS :  Keep those food pictures/recipes and tips coming.. i’ll have them posted all up.. i assure you.  C’mon.. if you are visiting why not join the fun, you may find a gem here.

“Spiked D” is actually Durian Cake coated with thin layer of chocolate. My oh my ..!! the ppl in Singapore are darn lucky…!!! Lina from Singapore.. shared this with me last week.. and i thought I had lost the picture.  At first i went like what IS THAT..?? hahahhahaa!!!  trust the asians to come up with different kinda ways to eat durian.  I bet it must be real heaty eh..?

Lina said :

Hey MB,

Another mouth watering dessert from Big O Cafe Restaurant – sister company of NYDC located @ Wheelock Place.
Looks BIG in pics coz i zoomed in but actual size, pretty small dome shape but portion just nice for after meal dessert. Some say its expensive ($5.95) per pc or 1kg for $57 but its heavenly nice lor …hehehhe

Very nice indeed.. Lina..!!  now i wanna take the next flight home..!! wait till i find that chwee kueh picture .. to post up..!!!  wow.. now i still thinking about it.

Cassandra’s favorite food is also mine.. ! we got good taste eh.. Cassandra..??? in Hawaii..!!! whoo hoo..!! i’m moving to Hawaii..!!

Hi Mama!

Here’s a pic of my absolute favorite type of food – Japanese!!!

This is a picture of toro (tuna belly) and uni (sea urchin). It’s from a restaurant called Sushi Sasabune here in Hawaii.

Cass

Below is the recipe for the above yummy salmon.  Did i tell yer i loved salmon..??  and a girl who knows how to bake salmon this way .. is a awesome cook eh..!!

Hello Mama Bok,

I’ve a new salmon recipe to share here. Attached is the pictures of the salmon I made today

SERVES 2

Ingredients
2 cloves garlic, minced
6 tablespoons light olive oil
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh parsley, chopped
2 (6 ounce) salmon fillets
Directions
1 In a medium glass bowl, prepare marinade by mixing garlic, light olive oil, basil, salt, pepper, lemon juice and parsley.
2 Place salmon fillets in a medium glass baking dish, and cover with the marinade.
3 Marinate in the refrigerator about 1 hour, turning occasionally.
4 Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
5 Place fillets in aluminum foil, cover with marinade, and seal.

6 Place sealed salmon in the glass dish, and bake 35 to 45 minutes, until easily flaked with a fork.

This is a dessert picture sent by Uj.

Hi MB, my barley photos

Ingredients : Barley, Winter Melon (Yes, Tai Dung Gua, haha), Bak Guo, Fu Zhok … and rock sugar.

Thanks

Uj

I sure missed this dessert. I never used to crave for it.. but i do now.  Foo chuk is hard to get here.. 

Lina from Singapore sent this to me .. a few days ago.. luckily i didn’t lose the picture.  Hokkien mee from singapore.. is different from Malaysia.  But i do like good Hokkien noodles.. especially those wrapped in Opeh leaves like the good old days.  Where is this store located .. Lina..??

Hi, MB!

I ate these food for the past 4 days.

Please, give me feedback on what you like or don’t like.

I had fun creating this =)

Yes.. it was my birthday yesterday.. and no matter who you are.. birthdays are related to food.  But for a food blogger.. you would know that the spouse would have to give you something different.. and something.. that foodies like myself will appreciate.  So at midnite on the 8th.. the “ang moh” said .. happy birthday.. and gave me some frozen smoked salmon.. muahahhahahaha!!!!  being together .. for 9 yrs physically and another 6 online certainly tells you .. the “ang moh” knows me pretty well.  Can’t complain about that eh.

So after sending the brat to school, the “ang moh” whipped this one out.. and gave it to me.  Pretty sweet eh..???

And this was the envelope.  So yes.. the “ang moh” thinks that all Asian women are like myself – can get crazy if we want to.  Now tell me he is wrong..???!!!??  i for one .. am not gonna deny it .. because i can get quite crazy.. if i want to.

Now ain’t that sweet..!!!  actually truth be told.. he is the one putting up with me.  I’m not the best partner.. because i’ve so many flaws.  Not the best cook.. not the best mother.. not the best of anything and in poor health.

At noon time, the “ang moh” went to pick the brat up from school.. and they went to get this .. yummy..!!! diabetic.. but still ate a small piece of cake.

And a balloon from the brat which she claimed it for herself.. and then said we can share it later during the day.  Of course, i had lots of wishes from friends .. on facebook.. and of course the folks here .. and most importantly ..ppl who had been visiting my blogs.. and who had become friends.. some anyways.. good friends.  I’m grateful for these ppl .. because they are my reassurance.. that there are good folks out there.. who are genuine.. and worth my time.  Thank you all for making my birthday a GREAT one..!!

PS:  Oh..  “ang moh” gave me a massage chair.. not the Osim type ok.. here in Canada.. no Osim type of massage chairs – well not in Atlantic Canada anyways.  The brat gave me a toothbrush and a toothpaste.. muahahahhaa!!!  good and practical gifts.