Inflasi Ke Uols?

Aku tak tahu sama ada aku ni jenis ignorant atau aku betul-betul tak sedar dengan kenaikan harga barangan dan perkhidmatan.

Santak aku makan tengahari ke kafeteria.

Mak aiii!!! RM7 untuk 3 jenis lauk - baby kailan, ayam potong dadu masak kicap dan japanese tofu.
Seingat aku, juadah yang kurang lebih seperti ini RM5.50 - RM6, iaitu RM1.50 untuk sayuran, RM1.50 untuk japanese tofu, dan masakan ayam RM2.50. Kalau ayam goreng harganya RM3.

There gone my RM5 lunch meal. Aku benci, benci, pada dirimu!!!

Jom Makan Serabai

Tiba-tiba aku teringat kepada kuih ini. Tak sangka dapat menjamahnya di Langkawi tempoh hari.

Biasanya, orang hidang kuih serabai apabila ada majlis tahlil. Itu kebiasaannya di tempat tumpah darah aku lah. Tak pasti kalau di tempat-tempat lain.

Tapi, selalunya kami hidang kuah yang likat dan berwarna coklat. Hijau ini macam kuah yang aku makan dengan cakuih di Hadyai dulu.

Tahu tak, di mana nak beli serabai di Kuala Lumpur ni? Mengidam lah pula!

Craving for cokodok

Entah macam mana, tiba-tiba teringim nak makan cokodok atau lempeng bercicahkan sambal tumis ikan bilis apabila bangun pagi semalam.

Ada yang cadangkan buat sendiri, ada yang cadangkan balik ke rumah ibu. Nak buat lempeng dan cokodok tu, mungkin boleh kot. Tapi sambal tumis, tak reti nak membuatnya. Nak balik ke rumah ibu, macam malas nak drive sejauh 135km. Akhirnya pergi ke dapur, makan saja biskut halia cap Tesco.

Alhamdulillah, this morning Allah answered me by 'sending' Normalis with her delicous home cooked cokodok dan yummy sambal. Alhamdulillah. Thank you,Malis.

Rezeki Hari Guru kot.

Kepada semua guru, terutama adik kesayangan, Cikgu Lia dan ingatan tulus kepada arwah Cikgu Jaafar (my late grandfather), "Selamat Hari Guru". Kalian adalah sumber inspirasi diri ini. Hanya Allah bisa membalas jasamu.

Teh Tarik

Dah lama tak pekena teh tarik. Tiba-tiba mengidam lak. Seperti Din, aku pun macam tak nak makan tengahari sebab I took heavy breakfast this morning.

Tapi macam lain sikit teh tarik ini. Kurang manis, tak macam dulu-dulu. Kalau nak jumpa teh tarik ni, datang ke Medan Selera Kupang. Gerai nombor 8.

To Bagan Lalang Again!

Salizan and Faizal gave their friends (which includes me, of course! hehehe) a treat at Bagan Lalang Seaview Seafood. If I'm not mistaken, this is my third time there.

But, I think the food this time was not as good as my previous two visits. A bit more pedas! Or, is it because my taste bud was not doing me a justice?

Apa-apa pun, terima kasih daun keladi Salizan and Faizal. Jangan serik untuk ajak aku, Sukor, Azura, Ija, Kak Yati and her husband, Linda and her two gorgeous daughters.

My Lunch Gang

Nowadays, it's really hot in the afternoon. Therefore, I decided to tapau food from the cafe and have it in the office pantry.

Well, I'm not alone. A handful of my colleagues are doing the same thing - tapau food and dine in the pantry.

At first, they were shocked the moment they found out what I was having for lunch. Now, they are more receptive. In fact two or three of them have started to have similar lunch as me, which has no nasi and just lauk.

So, ada berani you people out there? hehehe...

Sunset at Bagan Lalang

I arrived in KL around 3.30pm and decided to stop by at my office to pick up The Edge. There, I met Nizam and Rejas. They were waiting for Ita to arrive before heading to Umbai, Melaka. Oh, my... they're willing to travel that far for just dinner? I'm impressed! They invited me to join them, which I quickly agreed too. However, Ita was really, really late. So, we changed the destination to Bagan Lalang instead. We arrived there around 7pm and finished dinner about 2 hours later. On way back, we stopped at Sogo for a karaoke session. Hehehe.

"Ni rendang ke kari?"

Yeap, she threw me that question in front of her special friend and other friends of mine.

"Baru nak belajar masak-masak, kak."

I smiled and she smiled back to me.

Almost every of my friends know for sure that I am NO a good cook. And, thank God because of the existence of "healthy eating" culture, I have something as a scapegoat.

"Sayang... healthy eating does not mean eat tasteless food tau!

I called my mother to ask her why my rendang didn't produce similar smell as hers. Confidently, she said it may because of the coconut milk that I used in my rendang.

"Oh... tapi Along tak guna santan. Along guna susu!"

"Susu? Hmmm... susu tepung?" she asked me again.

Hesitantly, I said "Nope, soya milk".

"Ni masak untuk siapa ni? Untuk Along ke, kawan-kawan?"

Only one guest sincerely gave a thumb down for my rendang, but the rest happily said, "Okey lah" or to that effect. Or maybe they were, indeed, very sincerely.

To Ana, thank you for teaching me to cook edible pasta. Now I know how to cook something without the need to add salt or seasoning, and believe me... it was not tasteless. Hehehe, I hope so!

Al-fatihah...

I just lost my nenek saudara, Nek Soya this morning at about 5 am. My heartfelt condolence to Tuk Alam and his family. May Allah bless her soul and place her amongst His believers. Aamin...

"Ya, Allah! Sesungguhnya dia seorang muslimah yang baik."

Guys... alhamdulillah, I've conveniently settled down in KL and have started working since Monday. It feels SO good to be home, to return to my LIFE - a world with loving family and friends, and of course, all those delicious food and my home sweet home.

Ajoy did look after my place well. Thanks, bro. I just need to do something to my seater because it produces unpleasant sound.

And my NEO is still in good condition, but a bit comot.

Like I said earlier, I'm SO happy to be back. And terima kasih daun keladi to my beloved Mak, for her super duper delicious rendang kerang, sambal tumis ikan bilis and ikan selar masak assam. Can't wait to go home for her ikan selar masak pindang!

Alhamdulillah... alhamdulillah...


p/s: Mush... Lee... the Internet connection here is SO slow. Sentap!!!