Yellow is the new Black

Yes... Yellow is the new Black. I love yellow, don't you? ;)

Fresh Figs

Finally I get to taste the "legendary" fresh figs which i had heard and read so much from LB.

I saw the fresh figs when I did my marketing at Queen Victoria Market two weeks back and how can i not buying it? And.. I'm lovin' it. ;)

Boysenberry

Are you familiar with the name boysenberry? At least not me (in the past). The first time I came across the berry, my impression is... What a cute name. Yeah, it is related to blackberry and rich in Vitamin C and anti oxidant.

And watch out.. it can stain your clothes if you are not careful. :P

Pinky stuff

Just realised i haven't update my blog for ages already. Wonder if anyone still drop by here? :)

I was in Miri few days back and saw this in the Iban market in town and bought some back home. Can't remember when was the last time I ate the "fruit". I think that was more than 20 years ago. I don't know what is the name of the "fruit" though. Love the "lemak" taste. :)

**Update 16/10/09**

Finally i found the name of the fruit - Engkala (Thanks to Sarawakiana for enlightening me). :)

Queen of the Fruits

It's now the beginning of the seasonal tropical fruit season again. Hence, we can see the seasonal tropical fruits such as rambutans, langsat, mangosteen and durian starting to flood the local market.

One of my favourite is the Mangosteen, aka the Queen of Fruits. (The "wife" of durian? Since Durian is known as the King of Fruits. Hahaha). Well, well.. One is "Cooling" whilst the other one is "Heaty". Hence they can become good and loving couple. :)

Even my dog loves it. Ya, my little Min Pin eats almost everything, be it meat, vegetable or fruits. :)

Chap Goh Mei

So fast time flies, today is Chap Goh Mei, aka the last day of Chinese New Year. Have you had enough lokam or tangerines? I haven't have enough yet. Since today is also the Chinese Valentine, anyone throw any lokam into the river/lake/sea? If u have any extra lokam or tangerines, don't waste it by throwing into the river but pass it to me. But NOT the rotten one, please ... the edible one, of coz. LOL

Red Durian

I have read about the exotic RED-coloured Sabah jungle durian and have always wanted to taste it. (Curious mah, since we are so used and so accustomed to the white and yellow coloured durian flesh. But RED? Interesting). I believe many of you have never heard about the red durian. I don't know whether it's only available in Sabah? At least I have never see it in Sarawak, nor Peninsular Malaysia.

My dream finally come true when we passed by the local market in Beaufort, Sabah. I was so happy when I saw those red-flesh durian. Kekekekkekekke... Words cannot describe my feelings at that time. So of course I won't let go and buy some. The taste is similar like the wild jungle durian in Sarawak, just that the colour is different ( The local version in Sarawak, the flesh is orange or yellow instead of red colour).

Yeah, now I can proudly proclaimed that I have tasted the RED DURIAN! :D

2008

Two more days and 2008 is coming to an end. Too many things happened this year. My younger brother just get married recently in Kuching, Sarawak. I had done the Silk Road Tour and visited Western Australia. Not forgetting to mention I managed to meet back online with lotsa long lost classmates, schoolmates, coursemates, uni friends, ex colleagues via Facebook. I have also bought few lenses this year ~ Tamron SP AF 90mm f/2.8, Sigma 18-200 mm f/3.5-6.3 with OS and Canon 50 mm f/1.8. Get myself an 8Gb Ipod Touch too & I love it very much. However, just recently, my MacBook Mackie had a "heart transplant" due to hardware failure. :(

Two most heart breaking events that happened this year were I lost two dear close friends and colleagues, Dr Tan Bee Hooi and Dr Alison Lim Yee Hoon within few months this year. Their passing is really shockening but their presence will always remain in my heart. I'm truly glad knowing them and to have them as my friends. Their passing reminds me that I shall treasure and cherish what I have and and do not take things for granted nor procrastinate as life is short. And to those who loves to complaint about small matters in life, I want to tell u that "Just being alive is such a lovely and wonderful thing". Some unfortunate ones are denied of that priviledges. I miss both of you dearly, Bee Hooi and Yee Hoon. Although both of you are no longer here with me physically, your spirit will continue to live on...

Hopefully 2009 will be a better and more promising year...

Coconut Jelly

Yeah, Coconut Jelly. I'm not talking about Nata de Coco, but this....

I get to know about the Coconut Jelly (aka Manjung Jelly) from CK Lam's post few days back :)

Bought few coconut jelly back home since I love coconuts at the price of RM 3.70 per coconut (from the coconut shop in Dato Keramat Road, nearby the Patani Road Police Station). Instead of coconut water, u get the smooth and yummy coconut jelly. I'm lovin' it. :)

It's Durian World

It's liulian durian season again... not in Penang, but in Sarawak, the land of hornbills.

I have no idea what is the English name for this species of jungle durian, but so far i haven't see it in Peninsular yet. I haven't tasted it for almost 10 years already... This time I was lucky, since it's durian season :)

Yeah, the fresh is orange and the seed is dark brown in colour. There is another different variety (yellow in colour, and the fresh is more sticky and tasty, with thinner but sharper thorns but I didn't manage to find it in the market) :(

Next, back to the "normal" local durian.. Unlike those durian with names or grades from Balik Pulau, Penang.

The white flesh local durian, which is equally tasty. :)

Something Sweet & Juicy...

The Cameron Jagung which needs no further intro ~ so sweet and juicy that it can even be eaten raw. I need to re-emphasize it again ~it's SWEET and JUICY!! Satisfaction guaranteed. Something not to be missed out if I visit Cameron Highlands (but I don't think I will visit Cameron Highlands in the near future lah). And that also means.. if u happened to visit Cameron Highlands, don't forget to buy some back for me :P

Gooseberry

Lazy to post about the Fremantle Prison. Hence I will sidetrack with something else...

The first time I ate Gooseberry was in Beijing, China. And that was in 2002. I didn't know the name of the fruit at that time. Only a year or two back, I found out the name. Frankly speaking, I have no idea why it's called GOOSEBERRY. Which portion of it resembles a goose? :P

The gooseberries are also available here in Penang (import wan lah of coz). Saw it few times in the supermarket. Tastewise, it's sourish with tinge of sweetness. The sweeter version of tomato. I can imagine Misti's expression when eating it :)

Of Horse & Grapes

The budding grape flower in Swan Valley but no fruits yet. Yeah, grapes is not yet in season.

I'm so used to seeing Dalmation dogs, but this is the first time I come across a Dalmation Horse. Should we call him Mr Pokka Dot Horse? :)

And Brownie is hungry... Nope, the kids were not feeding the brown horsey with grapevine (in case if u wonder) :P

Size Does Matter

I loves the Aussie Strawberries. Not only they are SWEET, they are HUGE too !! This pack of gigantic strawberries cost me AUD 5 (There are cheaper wan but much smaller in size lah).

First time I eat such a gigantic strawberries... Tua-tua liap. Sweet & Juicy

This one is even better... What shape is this ah? (Actually hoh, this is a "conjoint twin" strawberries). I LOVE Oz strawberries. Now I dowan to eat the small & sour strawberries in Malaysia already lah...

*Photos taken with Canon Powershot S5IS

Gold Kiwi

We are all familiar with the green kiwifruit, but I just get to know the other variety, the Gold kiwifruit from my staff one week back. Dunno it's available in the market for how long already leh. When I bought my groceries in Tesco last weekend (after snapping the ternak cacing photo), I came across the gold kiwifruit in the fruit aisle section. Hoo-lah-lah, of coz i won't let go the chance to buy one packet back home. :)

Presenting the ZESPRI GOLD Kiwifruit, from New Zealand.

The external appearance is slightly different from the conventional green kiwifruit ~ with smoother skin and a flat, hard pointed crown at the other end.

The fresh is yellowish in colour and it's much sweeter than the green kiwi. Do try it out if you haven't. This is a community service brought to u all free of charge by yours truly :P

Ah Boy & Mangoes

Cleaning and drying up the mangoes on the floor...

Our Health Inspector on duty come, sniffing the mangoes. To ensure that the mangoes are safe for consumption.

And yeah, no untoward events occur after eating the mangoes. Many thanks to Ah Boy, the Wonder Dog, for doing such a fabulous job :P

Frozen Watermelon

This has nothing to do with the Hami Melon. It's purely coincidence that I posted this up after the Hami Melon post :P
Some of you might have noticed my status last weekend regarding I had frozen watermelon. The idea of eating the frozen watermelon originated from my hubby few weeks back since he ate that at his friend's place and he loved it. Last Saturday, I bought a watermelon from TESCO at a great deal of RM 1 per kilo and I freeze half the fruit overnight inside the freezer.
Presenting the frozen watermelon. I left the watermelon aside to defroze a bit as the watermelon flesh was kinda hard when took out from the freezer. Hahaha, it's similar as eating watermelon ice cream. ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ ٩(●̮̮̃•̃)۶ I'm lovin' it :)

International Grand Bazaar, Urumqi

A visit to the International Grand Bazaar at the Ethnic Culture Street in Urumqi, XinJiang Province, China :)

Manyak Panjang mia Building... I didn't go up lah cos I was too busy and pre occupied with walking and loitering in the compound, trying out the local delicacies and not forgetting taking photos..

Something that resembles Durian Liulian? Yeah, I saw durian being sold on the street, but didn't ask the price since I'm not buying..

LB's favourite food ~ KFC. Since I tarak suka and don't fancy KFC, hence I didn't bother to go inside the shop :P

Apricots.. and we bought some. Can't remember the price. It is either RMB 3 or RMB 5 per kati.

This is the interesting stuff. Guess what's that big chunk of white stuff? You won't believe me. It's local ICE CREAM !! Walau eh.. And it was left just like that in the open air. RMB 3 per cup.

And this is my favourite Pomegranade drink. RMB 5 or RMB 10 per glass? Lupa liao. Good stuff loh :) And Moz told me that his girl friend use Pomegranate to scrub her skin :P

Yeah, most of the local folks here are Muslim :)

Some of the fruit stuff we bought back that night.. Cherries, Dunno-what-fruit which is sourish in nature and Apricots :P
But this is not my first time eating fresh cherries, since I bought some in Tesco some time back ;)

Dried Figs

I get to know about the so-called orgasmic mouth watering Fresh Figs from Albie but up to date, I still haven't get the chance to try it out.

So, the easiest solution is to indulge in the Dried Figs. Beggars cannot be choosy mah. Tiada oren, limau pun jadi lah :)

The California black Mission Dried Figs...

And the brownish Waitrose Dried Figs.

Mmmmm... and I still wanna taste the Fresh Figs. Angeles told me she sold saw the fresh figs inside TESCO woh in the past. HOW CAN? HOW COME I DIDN'T NOTICE IT??? I WANT !!!!!!!

p/s: Angeles also told me that Figs is known as Buah Tin in Malay language woh.. What? Buah Tin? What a name.. o.O

Cannon Ball Tree

Introducing the Cannon Ball Tree (aka Couroupita guianensis), which are widely seen in Penang Botanical Garden. Photos are taken with my Cannon Canon camera on the same day when I took shots of Monkeys eating Ice Cream.

The Budding Flower...

Pinkish flower.. Leng Mou?

This is the final product. The gigantic Cannon Ball. Might be can use it for bowling. If not, u can also use it to throw at those homo sapiens or whatever species whom u dislike. But don't throw it at my dearie Ah Boy.

More Klang-klang ~ Ada besar, ada kecik. Pilih mana yang hang suka...

Further info, only for those who are interested to make cannon balls know more about Cannon Ball Trees..