Shogun - Japanese food Paradise

Venue:Shogun , 1Utama , New Wing
Date:Tues,23rd Dec 2008
Time:12.30pm
Event:Eating
If you've never tried Shogun , you've never tried Japanese Food. The food served is just awesome to the max. Lucky for me , I come here the least is once a year(it's still quite bad T_T).It's a buffet for I have to say , the price is RM43.00 net for adults(weekdays) but the food here will make it worth it .

It all started when dad said:
"I'm taking lift from work till next week so we go Shogun tomoro lah"
my mum went *blink*blink*
On the other hand , me and my Big bro went "YAHOO"!!
Then my mum only replied
"Oh , ok lo "
(=_____=)

The first thing you hear the moment u set foot in the is
'Irashaimasu!'
translation:'Welcome!'

--the place that attracts hungry animals--

--Sushi bar--

snow crab legs : super sweet

=| Some of the Tempuras offered (from left:crab stick,salmon fillet,prawn , soft shelled crab|=

the hot pot is filled with bubbling miso soup(Oishii!) and salmon,cod,veggies etc.

the prawn is given free to each customer , but i didn't really enjoyed it ,it's cold and the broccoli is raw-ish

korean glass noodles eaten with unagi(grilled eel) ,and korean style grilled chicken

escargo(snail with cream and cheese baked in it) and something i 4got the name

carviar......a.k.a YUCK!!! the taste is unimaginable
you can even see the young fishies in it

top it all of with sweet red bean on ice cream.....mmm......

Green-tea ice cream is the house speaciality

-| New Baby Boy |-

WELCOME NEW BORN TO THE FAMILY!


Awww............Please meet my day old nephew borned on the 22nd Dec 2008


His first few times opening his eye . Sadly , watever he sees is just like .
'Wth !! Where am I??
'Mommy!!!'

Just finished his milk

The Spice of My Mum

Mummy Knows Best
Ok now everyone has their secret recipe to offer in each home so my mum's special is Achar , a sourish , sweet and spicy pickled carrots and cucumber with a hint of ground peanuts and sesame seeds in every bite ....Yummy

Here is the ingredients which could be found in almost every market on the street in Malaysia

Ingredients:

Cucumber ,
Be sure that you find the freshest cucumber sold in the market or supermarkets . It should have a bright green colour to indicate that it's fresh , juicy , a tough skin because that's what gives the bite to the Achar


Carrots ,
This vegetable provides sweetness and an eye catching colour to the dish with long strips of somewhat like thick orange hair poking out from the dish (But who cares it tastes great)

Choose carrots that are quite big and fat long coned shape and doesn't look wilted and dry .





Next ,
Peanuts ,
This ingredient gives bite to the dish and thickens the sauce . The texture will be different all together once peanuts are added








be sure to toast them if bought raw

























The heating process blisters the skin so that it could be removed completely . De-shell it and it will turn into a gold peanut when completely cleaned.

Spices ,
Well , I knows what's the spices used in this mixture but seems to be a secret recipe that even I could not get the measurements . As mum said , 'You just have to 'play' with the flavours . So , I can only give the 'rempah' which is

-Turmeric(Kunyit) -Garlic
-Ginger -Shallots(Small onions)




Sesame seeds ;
This actually may look tiny and innocent looking ingredient but the flavour is like whoa.
Actually , it more like gives a better appearance in the Achar and not really alot of flavour









Procedure:
Fry the blended spices in some oil till the ~~AROMA~~ liberates and fill the air . It's like scented oil being burned . Oh ya , I 4got bout adding dried chillies which have been soaking in hot water in 10 mins and blended .

Add vinegar , sugar and salt to taste . My mum added more than a big bottle of vinegar and huge amount of sugar to give it a kick to the taste .



Leave it aside to cool

P.S . This is very important . DO NOT put this sauce in any contact to metal . The vinegar has the ability to corrode(rust) it.








Coarsely grind the toasted peanuts












Now resembling:
Cut the cucumber and carrots into fan-like strips like this















In goes the sauce........


Looking Good~~~~~





Toss in the toasted sesame seed

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And the ground peanuts
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The Results:
A master piece
Mummy's famous Achar , spicy pickled cucumber and carrots


Mmmmmm.............
Yummy!!!

Christmas Carols

This whole week I'm gonna be singing carols at houses from my church .
Always know that first impression is the best way to please people ?Well , this was how it went on Day 1. We all met up at the leader's house then only we could start moving to other places. The time to meet was at 7p.m . When i showed up there . . . . . . . . . there was like only 6 people who were present and in my mind were only 3 words which was "." , "." and "." which sums it up "..."


So I gave respect by greeting the house residence and sat on a chair , thank goodness to the 'Mr.Bean -live action series' to entertain me there . The small little children were laughing there along until ............

"Okay all , time to lighten people up this night", said the leader
"Okay uncle ~~~~(hey , we did this every year so it was boring)
there was 12 houses to cover that night and 4 songs every house.
and the 4th song is no other than the famous 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' song.
After every house , people will be like
"One house down.......Check!"
"We are a house nearer to the final house of the night
(you see , when we are singing at the last house of the night , they will be the host to offer food to replenish our energy.That's what everyone is waiting for.....FOOD~!)

All didn't mind singing but i was beside the back-up guitarists and they strum those strings as if they were Led Zepplin wanna-be . Never mind that but they could sing like some other wanna-be too . . . . .
The 'We Wish You a Merry Christmas' song would always be the loudest.
It was like loud speakers banging into my ear and they sang so loud
WE WISH YOU A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I wish they could just shut up or just sing softer for heaven's sake....wait , scratch that . . . they could just stay home and crack glasses there would be much better.Oh well, Christmas is all about happiness , so I'm gonna give ALL the happiness to them all right.
There was this Uncle too that was singing very loud , he was better than the wanna-be but his pitch was something like Mariah Carrey but not even the right
one . Jeremy , the brace face was poeting a song called
'When a Child is Born' . It was too slang even an ah beng can do better . but the song has a nice message....

It's all a dream an illusion now,
It must come true sometime soon somehow.

Guess that's it for day 1 ,
Kenneth

Another average boring Life

Ahhhh............
Picture this , imagine you are laying on a lazy chair on a beach paradise .
Oceans calling to your ear bowing to you by hitting the pearl white sand. Everything
seems to be perfect getting your tan then your mind bubble is 'pop'-ed by an annoying sibling
saying..."Mommy ! You see Kor Kor....... so bad one. He don't want let me play the Computer!"

"Argh!!!! You know last time when I was your age
I never owned a handphone or a PS2...Nevertheless, this Computer!!"

Well , the little one was me so I got all the attention from mom(muaks)..... :p
Either way , my Bro still doesn't want me to use it (=.=) Guess Mr.Drama didn't work.

Lucky there's plan B,

Remember people always say that Dogs are men's best friend? They ain't lying...... True enough . No matter what time of the day or year , I always looks at my pet Labrador, Daisy
as the above picture........her golden eyes never fail to melt my heart to be calm and whoever that doesn't owned a pet in their homes , shame on you. Really , a fish helps my friend to laugh(God knows why).....

Looks like there's the end of my blog for now.
More next time ,
Kenneth