Sotong Ball

Haven't talk about Sotong related ocipala stuff for a while. Let's crap about the infamous Sotong Klang Klang Balls or Octopus Balls or Takoyaki Balls or Bola or whatever lah. Topped with mayonnaise, seaweed flakes, teriyaki sauce. Taste wise, can't remember liao lah since I had it almost a year ago at the crowded Hawker Food Court in Jalan Song, Kuching.

Yeah, ni gambar lama tetapi belum lapuk lagi :)

Gigantic Sotong

**This post is dedicated to the hibernating Sotong, which has been missing in action for months. :P

The Gigantic Sotong, in comparison with the normal-sized "pathetic looking" sotong.

So huge geh? Don't play-play. Mmmmm... seeing the Gigantic Sotong reminds you of what? Pirates of The Caribbeans? Yes? No? Or... does it reminds you of Deep Fried Sotong? or Calamari Rings? or Salted Egg Yolk Sotong? or Nasi Lemak Sotong? or .....

New World Park

Sunday afternoon is another makan-makan session, since Kenny is in town.

Late lunch for the day - Penang Assam Laksa & Duck Egg Char Koay Teow in Greenlane.

And not forgetting the so-so Loh Bak. Btw, this is not Lobak nor Carrot. And most importantly, this was not the end of the makan session yet...... Remember the roadside hawker stalls in Swatow Lane?

These were the roadside hawker stalls in Swatow Lane of yester-months (taken in September 2006). These scene is no longer available, cos it is now replaced with the newly built......

And this place is now called New World Park Hawker Centre. More spacious, more airy, more seats, more privacy, less stuffy, cleaner, more food selection, more parking spaces bla bla bla.. Indeed it's a much better place to TCSS, and the food price still remains the same.

Ais Kachang and Penang Fruit Rojak with Sotong.

The ever famous Chee Cheong Fan stall in Swatow Lane. U can judge the popularity of the stall by the never ending, constant number of customers

Most hawker stalls still keep their old sign board & price list for the food items despite having a new food items & price list board on the wall. Nostalgic kua? Got sentimental value kua? Mmm.. might be easier for the old timers customers to recognise the stalls kua?

Very confusing & misleading signboard. The writing in Chinese means Koay Teow Th'ng (dried) or Koay Teow Soup (dried). Does this mean this is the Koay Teow Soup without soup?


We spotted a hungry doggy. So white and so obedience, just like Liucas ;)

And not forgetting the Sotong Stall.. Err, I mean the Sotong Kangkung Stall.

My dinner for the night -> the mouth watering Sotong Kangkung + Jellyfish.

Sot Sot Sotong

My collection of Sotong/Octopus :)

Cute boh the Sotong? These are Sarawak Sotong. I received these 3 cute little things yesterday night, flying all the way from Sarawak, the Land of Hornbills. Muacks and thanks, Pink Cotton for the adorable Christmas gift :D Hehehe.. there is a pink sotong too in the gang :D

This is Kiasuland Singapore Sotong by Carcar.

This is PJ Sotong by Maymay.

This is the supposedly fridge magnet sotong but many mistakenly thought those were edible "dim sum" :P

Sotong Greeting Cards for Sotong gals.

Collection of Sotongs from various artists - namely Ah May, Ah Ben, Ah Bie and Ah Ben's twin :D

My B&W Sotong sketches in the early days (The era prior to invention of oil pastel, colour pencil, magic pen or water colour.. ) :P

The Sotong became more lively & colourful after a kind Angel (with pink coloured hidden wings) sent me one box of colour pencils & magic pen :)

Cute Sotong

Few days ago, I came across this....
Mmmm...this is just too cute !!! How to resist this?

Steaming hot Steamed Sotong. One word to describe - Stim !! (U know what I mean, don't u? )

Don't ya think the Steamed Sotong is cute? Leng mou? So chu bee.. I presume u all know what is it, right? Wanna guess how big is de thing? I will post the answer tomorrow.

***Updated 16th November 2006***

The Steamed Sotong is actually Fridge Magnet. It is slightly bigger then the 50 cents coin. I’m surprised many actually thought the “mini steamed sotong fridge magnet” is edible sotong…. LOL

Sotong entries :
Sotong Oh Sotong
Sotong Nasi Lemak
Sotong Kangkung & Sotong Egg
Sotong Snack
Sotong Sketch
zzZZ Sotong

Sotong oh sotong

Life is all about Sotong? Sot sot.... All these sotong will come in handy for Angeliu who wants to piak quite a number of us with sotong.

I make the poor sotong giddy by holding the sotong upside down :P (Bully the helpless sotong)

These big round eyes reminds me of.... intracranial hemorrhage.. The black ink inside the eyes looked like blood :P

Whatever it is.. the squid still ends up in the kuali. That's an acceptable ending, right? Food are mean to be eaten. If we don't eat them, they will feel humiliated. Last but not least, is this a Dog-eat-dog world Sotong-eat-sotong world? Life is all about Sotong? You go and figure out :)

Other liuliu sotong entries :)
* Sotong snack
* Sotong egg/Sotong Kangkung
* Sotong again

Sotong again...

Pink Cotton baru saja asked me whether I posted any new post today... I malas nak tulis, so I pergi post one photo of the nasi lemak with sotong sambal, anchovy and brinjal I had two days ago.. Since Red Sponge asked me yesterday night "U dowan sotong anymore?". This is the evidence that I still love Sotong, and I won't give up on Sotong, hahahah.. Sotong Rocks & Sotong Rules ;)

Any nasi lemak lover here?

*Sotong Related Entries :
- Sotong Snacks
- Sotong Eggs & Sotong Kangkung

Octopus yang Merajuk

LB merajuk as well. The sotong this time merajuk with sotong style, with all the tentacles spreading inwards... LOL. I scared he might squirt the sotong ink at me if he continues merajuk for too long..

Talking about the Sotong yang merajuk with all the tentacles spreading inwards gives me the inspiration to draw an Octopus yang merajuk with all the arms (similar to sotong's tentacles) folding inwards with pouting lips, preparing to squirt out Octopus ink :P Watch out !!!

Handwriting..

Butt & Day Dreamer insisted on wanting to see my handwriting, and they even say I might purposely write nicely to take pictures to show them. Aiyoh.... Well, this is how my handwriting looks like in my daily practice. So, is my handwriting legible? I know there are lotsa medical terminologies there (which is norm in medical practise)

Many thanks to ahmay, the great artist, for the nice Rainbow Sotong picture. Today is a tiring day.. Time for the tired Sotong to ZZzzzzzz ........

Sotong Picture

Yesterday night, I had NBTD (nothing better to do), and I started drawing... sketching few pictures, including a sotong picture with my 2B pencil.. With my imagination, I drew a cool university graduated sotong (with Sotong degree) wearing big round sunglasses. You won't find this picture elsewhere cos I draw it out of my own imagination... Sorry, it's black & white picture with some degree of shading with 2B pencil (no 4B or 6B pencil though, I guess it's time to get one again?) and I don't have any colour pencil or crayon or oil pastel.

This "one & only" Sotong picture is specially dedicated to my dear Sotong sister ahmay. Hope she won't feel sotong today :)

Sotong / Cuttlefish

Let's continue with another Sotong Post after the initial Sotong Snack post. Recently there is a sotong craze, and one of the main culprit is none other than Sotong King.

This is the sinful Fried Sotong Eggs. Next to the sotong eggs, were the fish eggs :) High cholesterol stuff :P Aiks, Didn't come to my mind at that moment to break the eggs to see whether any little baby sotong hiding inside there or not..

The mouth watering delicacies, Sotong Kangkung aka Joo Hoo Eng Chai, served with sweetened spicy sauce with grounded peanuts sprinkled on top. Carcar.. Remember? I told u yesterday night I want to eat sotong. Tthis is what I had, Sotong Kangkung :)

One of the "Sotong" Stall in Penang. Serves Sotong Bakar, Sotong Rojak/Sotong Kangkung , Kerang Rebus, Kerang Bakar etc etc.. Poor Sotong being hanged upside down. Sob :(

And not forgetting this.. the photo of one of the Sotong Stall I took in Hatyai, Thailand. See? Everyone loves Sotong. Sotong Really Rocks :)

Cuttlefish (Sotong) Snack

We bought several different varieties of cuttlefish aka sotong snacks in Hatyai, and somehow I have forgotten about the snacks and it was left lying on the rack for quite sometime. Since I was shifting things these few days, I noticed the poor "forgotten" sotong lying & crying sadly on the rack :) Food are mean to be eaten... If we don't eat them, they will feel humiliated :P

Seasoned, spicy baked Cuttlefish

Roasted Cuttlefish slices.

Sweet & Spicy Cuttlefish

Dried Seasoned Cuttlefish snacks

p/s: Yesterday night, I have an interesting lengthy crappy Sotong Chat with Carcar. We come up with a conclusion suggestion to have a Sotong Club but the T & C to join the club is.. to bring one sotong. If live sotong not available, sotong snacks will do as well (This one is just TCSS only lah).. Any sotong interested to join in the club? We are trying to recruite more sotong members.. if u r one of the sotong, then u can join in the club. We strongly believe that Great Mind Sotong Mind Thinks Alike (curi carcar's phrase). Brilliant Sotong thinking leh. Who dare to say that Sotong is Blurred? :P Btw, more Sotong posts on the way...

Wise Sotong Quote of the Day : ** If u can't beat them, join them (Not the other way round --> If u can't join them, beat them):P