I took my children to our 7th wedding anniversary dinner. My hubby and I thought of having a quiet and romantic dinner together. We went to the Victoria Station in Penang. However the children were pretty noisy. I mean they talk non stop in aloud voice, I had to silence them a couple of times. Fortunately there was another family who was there who also had 2 children. If there were couples around, we will be embarrass

Imagine if there were couples there having their romantic dinner, you hear “Mummy I want the train to move”, “Mummy why aren’t the train moving”, “Mummy where is the train going?”, “Mummy, what is this?” Fortunately the banana split came in time to keep them quiet done for a little while.

I had my favorite escargots, the little French snails. Timothy likes it too.

Timothy: Where is the snail head?
Mummy: In your tummy.
Timothy: *disbelieve* No mummy, where is the snail head?
Mummy: You ate the head.
Timothy: *just cannot accept it* No mummy, you ate the head.

The food was alright but the environment is certainly romantic. After the meal, I took my children to the train head and they wanted to move the train. They were not very successful with it. :giggles:

Asam Laksa is one of my favorite food and it is one of the most popular food in Penang. When you think of Asam Laksa, you think of Penang. It is a spicy rice noodle in sour soup. It has rice noodles, onions, mint leaves, pineapple, cucumber, polygonum (daun kesum), chilies and prawn paste (hay ko). The sour soup is made from mackerel fish, water, tamarind juice, ginger slice, polygonum, lemon grass, shallots, tumeric, chilies and dried prawn.

I love it since I was born and that time I was in KL. Now I landed in the Penang where my favorite food is. Thank you God, you know me so well. I love it with lots of vege. I really cannot get enough off. Can I cook it? Yes but it is not as good.

The popular places to get a delicious bowl of asam laksa are Penang Rd and Air Itam. I love the one at Penang Road with lots of fish. Burp…opps sorry, I just had 1 bowl.

Price: RM2.50

I am tagging the following people:

Jess – Your birthday present.
Hui Sia – You loves tag.
Sasha – You owe me for the votes.
Vien – Your birthday present.
Jazzmint

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Let me start a tag around the world since I have been tag so often. I want to see this tag pass around the world to see all kinds of delicious food people enjoy.

**Start Copy**

Proposition: What is your favorite food in your state or country?

Requirements: Find some info about the food and show delicious pictures of it?

Quantity: FIVE PEOPLE.

Tag Mode: You leave their blog and post link and add to the list below.

Mybabybay loves Asam Laksa from Penang, Malaysia

Last Saturday evening it was raining cats and dogs which was cooling evening for my family to have bbq with steamboat. I always run out of places to eat in Penang, yeah it is true. If you come here once a while, you probably find more choices. Anyway the bbq was very good. An adult cost RM18. My children were not charged at all. They have marinated fish, chicken, seafood, vegetables, a variety of fish balls, noodles and bean curds. Free flow of barley drink and ice cream for dessert. The place is opposite of ex-Macro, near Pelita nasi kandar store.

They placed the table outside but sheltered, with cooling breeze blowing. The children were fascinated with the bbq plate. However they didn’t eat much, only noodles and fish balls, of coz they wipe the ice-cream bowl clean. After the scrumptious meal, we had to go home and shower, the oily smell really sticks on to our clothes, hair and body.

My 2 favourite dish:

My department has a mini celebration and we had a scrumptious meal at Equatorial TheView. It has a view of the BJ Golf Course and part of Penang. We had limited choice in Penang for Lunch Buffet, not as many as KL. We also need to choose somewhere nearby. The meal, no words can express. You have to see it yourself. I love Oysters, look at those oysters on the bar. Someone joked that we have to calculate how many oysters we consume to breakeven the cost of the meal. The buffet had different salads, soup, different seafood, smoked salmon, lots of delicious dessert. Then there is the main course. After the meal, it was so difficult to concentrate with my work. Fortunately time flies through and it was 5:30pm.

Suddenly I just want to write about Apples. I am seeing too many things that have apple extracts in my home. Kleen Floor Apple Fragrant that cleanse my floor. I have Apple Glo detergent for washing the dishes. I have Apple soap for washing my body. Not to mention, my ribena now has apple extracts. I wonder if there is an apple fragrant perfume. My friend once said she will never use a fruity fragrant perfume because she doesn’t want to be a walking fruit. :giggles:

I am not sure how this is true, some mothers’ tales claim that if you eat an apple a day during pregnancy, your baby will have lots of hair.

In Tasmania, the land of apples, they have so many apples that each day they will throw a lot away. Why? The farmers do not want the price of apples to drop for their own gain.

Lastly, there is a children rhyme that goes “An apple a day keeps the doctor away. If the doctor is handsome, throw the apple away”. Ha.

Good news!!! :clap:

Due to overwhelming responses, I have set the COOK BLOG up, url: http://cookblog.mybabybay.com

Those who want to contribute, go and register. I will set you as an Author once you have register and you can start to blog your recipe. Make sure you categorize your post so that it is searchable.

Who knows, maybe we can make a book out of it. :dance:

Chicken – H5N1 virus
Beef – Mad Cow disease
Pork – JE virus
Fish & Seafood – Mercury Poisoning
Vegetables – Pesticide

One blogger told me human, even human got AIDS.

I have developed my own recipe for cooking herbal chicken and like to share it with you.

Herbs:
3-4 pcs Dang Shen
2-3 pcs Dang Qui
2 pcs Shan Yao
2 pcs Huang Qi
1 handful Gou Qi
1 handful Longan
Note: You can also get the packet herbs will all the above in it, Eu Yang Sang may have it.

Others:
3-4 cloves of garlic
2 tablespoon of oil
1 cup of water
Salt to taste

1. Wash the whole chicken thoroughly and dry it.
2. Wash all the herbs thoroughly and dry it.
3. Take 2 big piece of aluminum foil, place it like a “+” and place it on a glassware/Corningware dish with cover. Place the chicken on it.
4. Remove the garlic skin and chop the garlic till very fine.
5. Heat up the pot with 2 tablespoon of oil and pour the garlic in to stir fry.
6. Pour all the herbs into the pot and stir it a bit
7. Pour the 1 cup of water and wait for it to boil.
8. Add salt to taste.
9. Once boil, switch off the fire.
10. Use a tablespoon to stuff the chicken with herbs and soup.
11. Wrap the chicken nicely with the aluminum foil.
12. Place the glasssware into a big pot for double boil.
13. After 4-5 hours, it is ready to be served.

Wow, blogging this makes me hungry….