IMASTravel - Heading to Perth in less than two weeks!

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Our Perth trip for IMASTravel and Yahoo! Malaysia is happening in a week and a half! Yay! In preparations, we've written a short piece on how easy we Malaysians have with regards to freedom of travel around the globe, and how quick and simple it is to apply for an Australian Tourist Visa.

Click here to go to the article on the IMASTravel site!

Sauce Exploration ::: Ginger Vinegar Sauce

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This is definitely for non-Spicy & Vinegar fans out there.
Don’t worry it’s just measure and mix for this simple sauce.



Ingredients:::
1 tablespoon of light soy sauce
1 tablespoon of vinegar
½ teaspoon of sesame oil
Thinly sliced Ginger

Believe me! All into a small bowl or a small container and just stir them up & you’re done...

As promise IT’s SUPER SIMPLE..........! It’s so simple that I suggest making it when you need it.

Match with these recipes:
1. Pork Filled Dumplings / 水餃 / Shuigao
2. Chicken Filled Dumplings / 水餃 / Shuigao
3. More suggestions to come!

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Appetizer Exploration ::: Chicken Filled Dumplings / 水餃 / Shuigao

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Been exploring a lot on Porkie dishes... So, today i'm heading back to no pork business this round... Since I've made the Porkie Filled Dumplings version a while back...

Have you eaten Chicken Filled Dumplings? Make some yourself, can be kept in freezer to consume later!


Ingredients:::

300g Minced Chicken Breast
100g diced Fresh Prawns
3 hipping tablespoon of Carrot finely grated
4 finely diced Shallots
5 finely diced Fresh Water Chestnut
1 tablespoon chopped Spring Onion

Seasonings:::
2 tablespoon Light Soy Sauce
1 tablespoon Sesame Oil
1 teaspoon Fish Sauce
1 teaspoon Cornflour
Dash of White Pepper


Steps

1. Put Minced Chicken Breast, Diced Prawns, Shallots, Water Chestnut, Carrot, & Spring Onion in a big bowl, and mix till even out.



2. Add all the seasonings, then mix them properly using two teaspoons.

3. Shift all the mixed bowl of minced chicken mix, bring along a container with the base covered with kitchen towel and dusted with cornflour. Also, the Wan Tan Skin! To a comfortable place for your wrapping process to start.

For Pictures Steps of Wrapping visit here!

4. Take a piece of Wan Tan Skin, curve your hand in a "C" shape and place 1 1/4 teaspoons of minced pork mix in the center of the "C" Curve.

5. When done, use your index finger or thumb to rub some egg whites on the full edge.

6. Seal from the Center Top then one side to another. Try to avoid any air bubbles trapped inside.

7. Place it in the container prepared.

8. Remember if you wanna make more for another day, pack them up separately in the air tight bag (*Wan Tan Skin will dry up) or container and store them in the freezer. Reason is the Wan Tan Skin will actually be moist and if left in the open. Since I am preparing fresh for the steamboat dinner, I left it in the fridge.

9. Boil chicken stock soup or any types, it all works. When it's boiled place the Chicken Filled Dumplings and wait for it to float (*means it's done)!

10. Dish it out to serve HOT!

This round I cooked my soup with chicken stock, carrots, prawns, & chicken meat.


Not forgetting... I served it with this "Shredded Chicken Wan Ton Mee" coming up soon...


We both authors apologize for the long break due to our relocation & not fast enough connectivity to the internet... Been extremely busy shifting, cleaning, shopping, redecorating...

Here's a fresh new kitchen of ours!

Cutie Salt, Pepper, Soy Sauce bottles


Our starter kit... will a lot have more coming...


Sauces to match are:::
Sauce Exploration I::: Dry Shrimp Chili Oil
Sauce Exploration II::: Ginger Vinegar Sauce


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Stuff yourselves silly from $20/pax at Kiseki Japanese Buffet Restaurant.

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If you've ever eaten at a Japanese Buffet place (Tao, Jogoya, Tenji, etc), then Kiseki Japanese Buffet will hold no surprises. From SGD19.80++ (lunch) to SGD29.80++ (dinner), you get to eat as much sushi, sashimi and other cooked (and raw) Japanese dishes as you can stomach. The spread is almost all Japanese fare, and according to their literature, has two hundred different dishes.


Starting with the Sashimi, there's a slight disappointment in the varieties of fish available - there's tuna, salmon, and just two other fish types (that we didn't recognize). Strangely we found the salmon rather tasteless, and so we didn't bother with seconds.


The raw seafood corner is decent, with clams, scallops, prawns, lobster and crab legs laid out nicely on a bed of ice. No oysters, though.


Rosti doesn't seem like a particularly Japanese dish, but I'm not complaining. There's also some pizza, and some deep fried items like chicken wings and tofu on the table.


Crack open the lid of the steamer and help yourself to some steamed dim-sum style bites.


Strange decision by the management to make you carry your shabu shabu hot pot from the counter to your table. Carrying a heavy pot of boiling soup with kids scampering around just seems to me like an accident waiting to happen.


The tempura counter only has prawns - in two varieties: plain tempura batter and tempura batter with generous sprinklings of chili powder.


There's also a teppanyaki counter where you choose your portion of beef, chicken and scallop - hand it over to the chef and he'll cook it and send it to your table.


Finish off with some cakes, fruits and mochi for dessert.


Rating a buffet is tricky. You can't reasonably expect a (relatively) cheap buffet to have gourmet, fine-dining quality food, and the buffet price in Kiseki definitely qualifies for cheap. Nevertheless the darling and I both agreed that food ranged from average to slightly below average - nothing we had stood out as being particularly noteworthy or delicious.

So, if you're hungry as a horse and have a yearning for some Jap fare, then Kiseki could be the answer. Otherwise though it's hard to recommend as it's in a mall smack in the middle of Orchard road - there are lots of better places at similar prices just a few minutes walk away.

Kiseki Japanese Buffet Restaurant
#B1-01, The Heeren Mall
Orchard Road