1st , 3rd & 6th day raya..and citer omputeh nak nyalakan anglo....hehe

okay..better buat entry ni sebelum tido. i think fall is alredy here. today hujan almost the whole day..best gitu. we went rounding2 kat salina looking at antique stores for old handtools. i bought old magazines for organic gardening :) suka baca majalah2 like that. anyway, this raya, kira happy jugaklah walaupun i sambut like that2 jer :) lainlah kalau kat singapore kan kan kan kan :) ingatkan i tak nak buat or masak apa2..but on thursday sean balik jer, he said that if i takder plan aper2 on friday, we're getting together with one of his colleague to celebrate eid with us.

ni lah kueh tart i..time kasih lah kat cik nora clementi for sending me this terap last year :) eh..bila eh nora..you balik last year kan or the year before...lerr..i dah lupa. anyway, cantik jugak kuih tart ni pakai acuan tu..kalau tak...besau2 lah i nyer kuih tart buat freehand..hahahahahha..i buat macam egg custard nyer stail..but tak lah selawa egg custard kat kedai rupa dia :) resepi crust i have to give credit to chip lah..i pakai her resepi yang senang and sedap :) inti pulak..i buat dah berbulan2...i taruk kat dalam esbob..sib baik tak bercendawan..hahahha

anyway..berbalik pat story i tadi...rupa2nyer, kawan sean ni was aware that ramadhan was over..so he asked if there was anything special that we do at the end of it. sean cakap..oh normally, ada big feast lah..but dia bilang kat kawan dia ni, yang i adalah depress sikit sebab tak leh sambut with my family kan...so kawan dia cakap..why don't we have our own big feast..so these two men buat lah plan nak get together friday night. yang best nyer..kawan dia nyer wife pun got the news like me...hah apa?!...get together?..hahahah...so i said..okay no problem...i will cook the lauk that we eat together all at once..about twice a year lah..so i masaklah rendang tok...lodeh..satay ayam..lontong...sambal goreng, yang tak complete sebab takder tempeh...hehehe. kuah satay and for dessert i bawak kueh tart yang kat atas tu...they all loved the juih tart tu tau..resepi kueh tart tu kan..i pakai nissa nyer crust..sedap and lembut and so easy to make :)

this lada jeruk..i tell you sungguh lah sedap :) i gi kedai korean kan..they all jual lada hijau packet besar..i pun belilah nak buat ayam masak lada hijau tu kan..so belen masih banyak lagi. i nak freeze..asyik buat camtu ajer..so i thought..why not buat this jeruk..leh makan dengan mee :) so i used this recipe in one of my cookbooks..syiok! title dia and i really like it lah :) oleh kerana dah buat this kan..so kenalah masak mee nak lawankan dengan this jeruk..hehe...thus..this was what i made for first day raya :)

for some reason, my blog ni dah macam jadi food blog pulak eh..hahah..but insyallah..ia akan berbalik to normal blog..which is seme i main bedal jer lah :) ada gambar sarah pergi farm i belum upload kat sini..insyallah, will do it after this one :)

mee hong kong ni kan..i ikut arwah my mom nyer recipe...for some reason, a lot of ppl like her mee lah. pernah for a while, she made her own noodles and sell this to ppl that will call and order..so kita kena hantar kat rumah orang tu lah..kesian my youngest brother..kena do the delivery..but after a while..she stopped jualan. can't remember the reason why also.

and there you have it..mee hong kong berkuah..kalau kat rumah i dulu2 kan..my mom will make dua style..one with kuah one with very little kuah. arwah my dad loved the one with less soupy version, while the majority of us will want the soup to can hirop2 :)

ni time i tengah bakar satay..best pakai tempat pembakar satay ni tau :) i beli online..hehehe..this picture sarina yang sebok nak amik...nampak tu..betapa gelap nyer kulit i this summer :) tunggu winter datang..nak kasi kulit i putih melepak balik..hahahahahha....perasan perasan..hahahaha

ni satay ayam i buat...satu ekor ayam..dapat lah dalam 20 cucuk..tapi i tak lah potong kecik2 cam kat warung2. next change i nak buat satay daging lembu and kambing...sean pun dah datang minat nak bakar satay and grilling :)

ni lah remdang tok i :) i buat kerisik versi senang nyer. i put the dried shredded coconut kat dalam microwave and nuke it intermittently for like 7 minutes sampai garing. make sure the coconut is unsweetened tau :) then i tumbuk lah pakai lesung batu i..i tunjuk kat sean kerisik macam mana...dia pun macam terpesona dengan kerisik gitu..haha. ni resepi i ikut chef wan nyer..sedap jugak tau :) if i do say so myself lah..hahaha. sean nyer kawan pun suka..they said that they had never tasted anything like this before :)

the following pictures kan..you can see how sean is trying to get the fire going pakai anglo. i bilang kat dia..hari ni is not a good day sebab hujan the whole day..even now dah nak masuk pukul 12.00 malam dah ni. anyway, i also cakap kat dia that, the wood that is at the side of the house is also kinda damp kan..he said apa tau..no...there are some dry ones. okay lah..so go head jugak lah i cakap...then he said..he nak pakai the briquettes, kira macam arang lah kat sini..he wanted to use this to light it first and then pakai the wood. i cakap..no need..pakai kindling jer..ehhh..dia kata..dia pernah buat camp fires in his day..so i tak yah lah nak kasi dia a lesson on lighting fire 101. i said..whatever makes you happy...20 minutes into it..i keluar with the dulangs of ingredients..ah kauuu...satu neighbourhood berasap...api nyala tapi tak kuat..i said..you kena kipas..tak leh duduk tengok the wood and hope that the fire will be crackling..and also i said..asap tebal..sebab kayu lembap...you't think that he's agree..but nooooooo....i ni main layankan ajer lah..hahaha. after 30-40 minutes..asap tebal berkepul..api kecik..kuali tak panas sangat..he gave up..and thus..that's how the kuali ended up on my gas stove..hahahahahahhaha.

this is one picture out of 3 that i took with sean waiting for the fire to light..hahahaha..nampak tu asap..pedih bijik mata i tau...haha. not only that,,habis satu beighbourhood berasap sama..hahaha

api nyala finally..but too small...and then it started to drizzle again

see...i nyer ingredients dah siap terhidang kat dalam dulang. murah dulang..only $4 for this small one :) teringat dulang kat rumah kampung and zaman dulu2..hehe. kat bawah dulang tu lah sambal for the mee goreng sib baik i dah tumis dulu and kept it in the fridge.

akhirnya..ke atas dapur gas jugak kuali ni end up :)

and ta-dah!..mee and ayam goreng :)