Makan Masak Main: January 2010

Tomoe Japanese Restaurant, SS15, Subang Jaya

Located opposite SDMC (formerly known as SJMC)

Entrance

We went to Tomoe Japanese Restaurant for my parent's 34 wedding anniversary. We were contemplating where to eat even after leaving the house, all of us likes Japanese food besides my mom who is not that fond of raw stuff but of course Japanese food also come with cooked food.

For some reason, this particular street has got 5 Japanese Restaurant, like a Japanese street. I have been to the other 4 but have not been to Tomoe before. The place was quite packed when we arrived, we were directed to the 1st floor. This restaurant is big, there is about 4 tatami room upstairs and the open area can fit about 10 more tables.

We were quite greedy and ordered a 'few' dishes.

Garlic Rice

Can't remember the name of this, but its rice with sashimi and egg.

Miso Soup

Soft shell crab salad, this was really good!

Tempura assortment

Sushi roll with a twist of asian flavour. They added some chilli padi in the roll, this was really good, a must try

Don't know if you can see what's being wrapped or not.. :)

Macha ice-cream with red bean

Black sesame seed ice-cream, nice but quite costly RM10/scoop same for the macha ice-cream too but it's really creamy, smooth and nice.

Wasabi

Soya sauce, chilli flakes, tooth picks

Will definitely revisit this place again. :)

Address:

Tomoe Japanese Restaurant
No 1, Jalan SS15/5A,
47500 Subang Jaya
Tel : 03-5633 5919

Almond Slice Cookies Recipe

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Making these almond slice cookies is an annual affair for me. My relatives sort of 'expect' this in their gift bag for CNY every year. I first made them when I was studying in the US and have been making them since.

Ingredients:

100g Castor sugar

100g whole almond

1 egg

160g butter

270g flour

Steps:-

(Soak almond in water for about 20min, air dried set aside for use later)

1) Cream butter and sugar until white and fluffy

2) Add in and beat till well mixed

3) Add flour in and mix well then add in almond. I added some sunflower seeds.

4) Once mixed well, put dough in a tray, press tightly to shape and put in the freezer till its harden.

5) Cut the big dough into rectangular size and slice about 3-5mm thickness, lay one greased pan. Bake in 180C for 20minutes or until golden brown.

The top tray is a new tray, the bottom one has been baked for about 10min

Crunchy and tasty! :)

Pizza Uno Italian Restaurant, Taipan, USJ

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Frontage

After church service on Christmas treated myself with a nice lunch. For some reason western food is associated with Christmas, I guess Italian is considered as western.

We went to Pizza Uno, a joint that I have not been to for a longest time. They only have special menu for Christmas and New Year. Here are what we ordered.

They serve Illy coffee, taste good!

Carbonara, very tasty, too bad its beef bacon and not the 'real' bacon

Coffee ice blended with ice-cream!

Pasta with clam with a touch of wine, tasted good

The clams are a lot and fresh too!

Roast Lamb

Duck 2 types, cryspy and roast

Pasta with prawns

The price is a bit pricey, but food was good. We didn't have any space in stomach for dessert.

Address:

Pizza Uno

No 55, Jalan USJ 10/1A

Taipan Triangle,

Subang Jaya.

Tel : 03-56350205

Hakka Fried Pork (客家炸肉)

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We had a port luck party one Saturday, and my friend and I were cracking our heads what to bring for the dinner. Then we decided to cook Hakka fried pork since my friend love meat and this dish is very easy to prepare.

Ingredients:

1kg Pork belly

4 pcs Fermented taufu (Nam Yu)

1 tbs Five spiced powder

1 tbs Soya sauce

1 tbs Oyster sauce

1 egg

5 tbs of flour

1) Cut pork belly into cubes

2) Pour in all marinate ingredient and mix well together

3) Marinate it for at least 1 hour, the longer, the better.

4) Before frying, add in egg and flour, mix well

5) Fry until golden brown and serve.

Yumm.. turned out to be great.

For the leftover you can add some black fungus and water, cook for about 1 hour. Add in some more fermented taufu and soya sauce to taste.

Daorae Koren BBQ Restaurant

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The interior, we sat at the tatami side

Some deco and newspaper cutting

Korean food has become a hit all of a sudden, my guess is due to all the Korean drama that's airing on TV. I first tried Korean food while I was studying in the US, as its quite costly for me as a student so I don't eat them frequently. I was fascinated with all the side dishes that are served before the main dishes come, and fell in love with Kimchi since then on.

Daorea Korean BBQ Restaurant is located in Taipan, a joint that we often go to especially when my dad's Japanese friend come to visit (he loves Korean BBQ for some reason)

The funny thing on top acts like a chimney, for the smoke to be released. The bottom part is to put the hot and red charcoal.

For the BBQ, you have to order at least 2 orders of meat. For the cooked food is up to you. We usually order the Bibimbab (hot stone bowl rice) and Jab Chae (Korean fried glass noodle), we figured we should try something else.