Last weekend (which is also the final weekend before CNY) was well spent to prepare for the festival. Although we celebrate it moderately, getting some snacks is a must!
Like every other years, we will fry our own ngaku (arrowhead) chips, as it is much 'cheaper' (but tedious) compared to buying one outside.
We managed to fry only 1 kg of these on Saturday, and ate some 'on-the-spot' while frying...lolx!
Well, just to get the taste of it coz I haven't eaten ngaku for a year!
Meanwhile, on Sunday, I went up the hill again to shop for more snacks coz I got a free shopping voucher worth RM50 to claim from the CNY Bazaar.
But before that, went for makan first...
Went to the Genting Club for lunch....
It was kinda quiet in there on a Sunday noon...
So I took the opportunity to snap some of the CNY decorations in this exclusive restaurant.
It has a huge 'central kitchen' located in the middle of the dining area...but is not in used, probably only open during special event. It creates a nice view with shiny pots and pans hanging and sophisticated kitchenware like u see in the 'Hell's Kitchen'.
Not much of CNY decorations...quite minimal, but it's fine...
I prefer the quiet ambience here...I can dine in peace.
I had 5-spiced chicken chop rice with choy sum and sunny side egg
served with broccoli soup and Chinese puer tea
After then adjourned to the SkyAvenue to look for the so-called 'CNY Bazaar' which is quite hidden inside Skytropolis.
Passed by 'Burger & Lobster' and was surprised to see no queue at all!
NO QUEUE on a Sunday noon, unbelievable!
It took me some time to finally found the bazaar...
Went in to look-see and decide on how to spend my RM50 wisely...
There were a few kiosks selling various items such as:
Bak Kut Teh, seasonings for roast chicken, and pepper soup
imported ginseng, bird nest and some herbs which could goes up to thousands ringgit
*seems like only this instant bird nest could fit into my RM50 budget
canned scallops and abalone (cheap stuff, not sure real or not)….
I tink this is 'dang gui' which also fits into my budget...but I m clueless on how to cook Chinese herbs~~~
There were plenty of cookies to taste, but mostly overpriced
I ended up buying a canister of seaweed chips and 3 packets of Bak Kut Teh.
5 comments:
wah, you fry your own ngaku chips!? wow! I am impressed! I didn't know that you like frying your own ngaku chips.
I did not fry anything this year. I like fried ngaku but cannot eat too many. Sore throat later!!
Everything hike up in prices this year. So we are going simple and frugal.
I fried a few kilos of nyaku which is about half the amount of the previous years. So many cookies to buy and enjoy.
Ya so tedious hah..hah.. but wanna buy ready made, so expensive!
The five spice chicken chop looks good. Oh so in the end you did not buy the bird's nest.
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