Persimmons!

It's persimmon season again! I remembered my mom used to buy it from Singapore when I was little. We stayed in J.B. during my primary school days and always drove to Singapore weekly to shop. Now it's the other way round huh? I simply love this fruit and would definitely buy some every year when it's in season.

Guess how much I paid for the above? I was shopping at the Asian grocery store and spotted this persimmon on sales for 68 cents/pound and grabbed a pack without exactly knowing the total cost of it. I have nine persimmons total and it only costs me $1.44!! What a steal considering I always paid 88 cent each at WalMart. Now I know where to buy my persimmon already and definitely not WalMart or any of the angmoh retail store (always $1 each!!). :P

Stir-fry Lotus Root with Snow Peas & Ground Pork

What did I do with the extra lotus root?

I have been seeing stir-fry lotus root in some food blogs and thus I was thinking why not? The above was the first for me because I mainly bought it to make soup. Coincidentally I also bought some snow peas and had some marinated ground pork at home, so why not? The one fool proof way of cooking this will be using oyster sauce, can't go wrong with this and I didn't want to be too adventurous for my first time trying a new dish (shush...picky eater hubby here!).

Verdict: The lotus root is crunchy and actually quite tasty.

I would also like to thanks my girlfriend V at East Meets West Kitchen for awarding me with this Schmooze Award. Not sure whether I have done enough schmooze, but I gladly accept any award throw at me! LOL!


" The POWER OF SCHMOOZE AWARD is the award for bloggers who effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogosphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don't limit their visits only to the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship." and so I would like to pass this award to:
More than Words
Kooky Culinary
Food Lover's Journey
Daily Affairs

Lotus Root Soup

Lotus root soup is a comfort soup for me because my mom used to cook it for us. So, when moving here and started to learn cooking and starting to buy my own grocery, of course I couldn't resist not buying the lotus root to cook it myself. I realized that a lot of people cook this soup differently and this is how I cook mine. Pork ribs is definitely a plus in this soup instead of chicken drumsticks because it added the extra sweetness to the soup and matches so well with the lotus root.

Long Meme

1. Name one person who made you laugh last night?
Evy.

2. What were you doing at 0800?
Eating my breakfast while doing this meme.

3. What were you doing 30 minutes ago?
Put Edda down to sleep some more.

4. What happened to you in 2006?
Produce an addition into the family.

5. What was the last thing you said out loud?
Why is Edda crying? Did you hit your sister? (from yesterday)

6. How many beverages did you have today?
Still with my morning cup of coffee.

7. What color is your hairbrush?
Blue.

8. What was the last thing you paid for?
Groceries at WalMart.

9. Where were you last night?
At home with my family.

10. What color is your front door?
Maroon.

11. Where do you keep your change?
Coin purse.

12. What’s the weather like today?
Still too early to tell.

13. What’s the best ice-cream flavor?
Too many to list.

14. What excites you?
Receive surprise package through the mail.

15. Do you want to cut your hair?
Yes!

16. Are you over the age of 25?
Yes.

17. Do you talk a lot?
No. Kinda quite actually.

18. Do you watch the O.C.?
No.

19. Do you know anyone named Steven?
Yes.

20. Do you make up your own words?
Probably yes...hahaha....

21. Are you a jealous person?
It depends.

22. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘A’.
Agnes.

23. Name a friend whose name starts with the letter ‘K’.
Kow.

24. Who’s the first person on your received call list?
Hubby.

25. What does the last text message you received say?
What text message!

26. Do you chew on your straw?
Not really.

27. Do you have curly hair?
Nope!

28. Where’s the next place you’re going to?
Back to M'sia for a holiday I hope!

29. Who’s the rudest person in your life?
People who don't matter (stole it from V here, hahaha).

30. What was the last thing you ate?
Blueberry bagel spreads with yummy plum jam from V. :)

31. Will you get married in the future?
Hope Not!

32. What’s the best movie you’ve seen in the past 2 weeks?
Nanny McPhee.

33. Is there anyone you like right now?
Yes.

34. When was the last time you did the dishes?
Yesterday.

35. Are you currently depressed?
Nope!

36. Did you cry today?
Nope, I haven't started watching my Chinese series yet!

37. Why did you answer and post this?
Because my very good friend sent me this.

38. Tag 5 people who would do this survey.

Baking Fiends Unite!

Daphne- More than Words

Edith's Precious Moments

PoPo Cooking

Retno's Kedai Hamburg, Germany

Green Beans Sweet Soup

Spotted anything different?

The last couple of days had been cold. I had to dress my girls in those footed sleeper to keep them warm. And what a great way to warm up the body with some warm sweet soup. 

I added mini tapioca pearls into my green beans soup. No, I didn't think of this myself but I ate it in one of the Chinese restaurants we frequent in Denver. They added tapioca pearls into the red beans soup dessert and it was really good, a change from the normal red beans soup. Since I didn't have any red beans at home, I made it with green beans instead. I also added Gula Melaka with rock sugar for extra flavor. My girls loved it especially Evy because she liked the texture of the tapioca pearls.

Note: It will be excellent with some added coconut milk before serving. But I want to keep it healthier and thus omit the coconut milk.

First Snow of the Season

We received our first snow of the season yesterday. We had an accumulation of about 5-6 inches in our yards. Evy enjoyed playing in the snow, even in the freezing weather of 30s'F. She played until her cheeks and nose were red and finally I had to call her in when I spotted she had the running nose. She was so happy when she woke up this morning and the snow was still here. She was shouting, "The snow is still here, the snow has not melt yet, can I go out and play?" Of course I let her played til her heart content this afternoon. She came in and said, "Look mommy, I built a mountain!" Luckily today was not as cold and the sun was shining, that's why I let her play on our deck so that I could see her. I took the picture above when the snow has melted about 50% away! Didn't think of taking a picture before but I want to show V how much snow we got.