Nasi Lemak Brunch Gathering

Rice boiling in rich coconut milk and coconut water, thrown in some pandanus leaves for that extra fragrant nose. YES JS boils all his rice from scratch and our rice cooker is a bit under-used. He was contemplating to get another high-end Japanese super rice cooker which cost thousands of USD...I dunno wat it does, prollie can make coffee and massage me too bahahahaha

so back to the rice...it ain't easy to control the temperature, but according to HIM, it's much easier to boil rice this way to achieve the best texture, consistency and flavours. I guess if he could start some wood fire at home, he would do it....>.<

the amazing caramelised....beef rendang...oh my gawd, this was a bomb!!! It's so rich and intense in flavours with good balance of spiciness, sweetness and coconut cream. I don't wanna know how much of coconut cream and milk went into preparing this brunch :))

The ferocious chef with his Japanese knife, but wearing a cute Kumamon apron :)))))

one of his many Birthday pressie from MW Maho...he indeed looked cute innit. Thank you MW Maho!!

everything was made from scratch including this sambal belacan paste, where Mr. JS had to cut the red dried chilis with his scissors to remove all of the seeds, wearing his gloves and apron....he looked like he's about to cry. HAHAHAHAHA poor thing but the end results was so fabulous so it's totally worth it!!

The camera feast first before the human can hahaha.

Yes I do know, I've lost too much of weight, it's not the kind of healthy weight lost bcoz 7kg gone in 2 months. So now I need to stuff my face with more food and nasi lemak to gain those back :))) Gimme back my curves!!! I don't wanna be a bag of skeletons!!!!

even the preparation of hard boiled eggs has got its own techniques *rolls eyes*
JS said it has to start from slow boil...bla bla bla bla...to give it that full and creamie texture. Before he could finish explaining his methodology, Monkey ady popped a few into her mouth alongside the yummylicious sambal.



We took "orders" from guests the nite before.....how they want their eggs and number of pieces. Runny yolks or thoroughly cooked.



The must have fragrant peanuts and crispy slow fried ikan bilis from Kuantan. Oh yes the anchovies must be fried slowly and patiently......ohmmmm ohmmmm ohmmmm, took quite some time and Monkey was bz stealing fr the bowl in the process...krop krop krop yummmsss.


superb beef rendang, garnished with thinly sliced kaffir lime leaves....oh so caramelised and the meat was so soft and succulent :)))))) delish~~~~If there's any rendang that can convert anyone, this would be it....bcoz even those guests who don't consume beef had the thick gravy.


crispy fried fish with turmeric powder. This's my all time favourite, if JS prepares this for dinner...oh yummssss.....dip with sambal or any homemade chili sauce makes my evening :))))


Homemade from scratch.....sambal sotong...

JS was so anal, he insisted that it has to be the yellow sotong, instead of the white one for its chewy texture and it can absorb more flavours from the base sauce and gravy. This whole pot of sambal was gone in 1.5 hours time.


very last minute, Mr. JS prepared a bonus dish - fried salted fish with sugar, fish sauce and drizzled with lime juice and cut bird eyes chili.

Monkey: "Eh I think some of our guests don't eat smellie salted fish lar."
JS: "Nevermind lar, I wanna eat."

in the end, everything gone.......-_-"
Monkey to a guest: "hey hey hey I thought u don't eat salted fish?"
Our Guest YS: "What do u mean I don't eat? I swallow them whole....love it!!!"

so...wat did Monkey prepared?
heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
*sheepish smile*
I cleaned and cut the japanese cucumber. Very important to complement the main course...no nasi lemak dish is complete without the cool cucumber...JS insisted it has to be cut in such angular chunks. and I thought doing this task was easy....when u are in JS's household, nothing is "easy"

and oh my......the end results...
forgot to add in beef rendang and fried egg into my final presentation. All the multiple preparation and hardwork was worth it. The grain was so flavourful with coconut milk and juice. Everything else complement each other from texture to flavours, spiciness was balanced with a certain amount of sweetness, the saltiness of the fried anchovies just add some zeng to the dish....but my ultimate favourite was still the sambal sotong....

and bcoz I've cut a huge servings of cucumber...there's a lot of leftover...I just ate them all with sambal :)))

chitter chatters on a beautiful sunday morning :))))
I lurve dining at my own home, no dress code....and so so comfy especially in the comfort and company of my friends :))))

everything was gone including 1kg of rice
-_-"
I dunno how we could finish 1kg of rice!!!!

JS had to supplement more with the leftover belacan paste and fried a Nasi Goreng Belacan. Spicy yo!!!! He was too generous with the belacan paste.

mini cute sweet and crunchy apples and Teh Tarik and Horlicks ice creams!!!! Yup Nasi Lemak must have teh tarik. Beautiful CS brought a few packets of hot and fragrant teh tarik but we forgot to snap pics.

Lil Monster can't wait for her ice cream!!!

YS, Melvin, JS, Brian C and Eric C
Good to see that everyone had an amazing time and thank you for mopping off all the food. :)))

and the ladies - Beautiful CS with her Lil Monster, Sal, Monkey, Brian C and Eric C
Thank you for your infectious laughters and beautiful friendship.

We ate brunch till 5pm
hahahahahaaha so now it's time again to prepare for the next Nasi Lemak brunch for another group of friends. Now I can no longer eat outside Nasi Lemak for the version that's prepared and cooked with love by Mr. JS is just too yumssss.......

my colleagues still don't understand why izzit that I alwiz rushed home for dinner before coming out again to see them for events. 
Colleague: "Babe let's grab dinner before the event."
Monkey: "Dude, I gotta go home to eat ...."

Boss: "Do you want to dine with me before we head off for the event?"
Monkey: "I am goin home to eat first, so see you at the event boss!!"

colleaguesssss: "What is it about you goin home to eat first ALL THE TIME??? You don't like us izzit???"
Monkey :)))))))))) hehehehehe

Brunch @ Minnie Winnie

We were invited to Minnie Winnie's bachelorette pad yesterday for brunch. What a lovely surprise from someone who NEVER cooks. She was really making efforts hahahahahaha. I must say she's a perfectionist and a fast learner....a few months ago, she asked me how do we even bake a cake from scratch (minus the pre-mix flour etc) and she did....not only was her cake EDIBLE...it was beautiful :))))) Monkey was of coz very very proud of Minnie Winnie.


Minnie Winnie roasted Honey Mustard chicken and it was really really yummy!!!!
since all the ladies except Monkey were on diet, all the food were at its minimum quantity. As usual, I ATE the most :P the cow of the lot.

The chicken was really good that Beautiful CS was picking on its crispy flavourful skin.
Sexay Back Maggie: "Ohhhh on diet can eat chicken skin geh...."
Beautiful CS threw her the slitted eyes look.


Roasted root vegetables with onions and rosemary, thyme.

Minnie Winnie oso made from scratch - homemade PESTO sauce!!! served with pasta...yeah the star was the pesto sauce not the pasta. Hence it should be name as Pesto sauce served with tagliatelle pasta on the side.

HAH!! now u are telling me U KENOT COOK???
-_-"


Monkey brought a simple salad of Radish, Mizuna leaves, aragula and baby spinach. And shit loads of avocado hidden underneath hahahahaha. The above pic was before the dressing.


and our scrumptious lunch was served!!!!
Looks good eh? it TASTED good!!!!

paired with Homemade Sangria!!!
wooohoooo~~~~~ yummmsssss

Before we eat....must say our prayers...which was to cam-whore first
and then the food gets to cam-whore as well


When they had too much to drink......this is wat happened...
-_-"

our sexay long legged hostess --> Minnie Winnie with Beautiful CS
she's mini in a way...she's a head taller than Monkey but definitely weighs lighter than ME.
Has the smallest hands, has the tiniest waist that I am so so jeles of.

When we used to hike up some hill....and then down....Monkey usually hunts for the most sinful food like Nasi Lemak or CKT....but dearie Minnie Winnie will add that she never had Nasi Lemak for the last 3 years. Guilt engulfed me and we will end up ending something simpler....like Teh O Ice Limau. :"((((

Dearie Minnie Winnie, working out with u makes me realized wat a COW I am. But most of all how undisciplined Monkey is.....yeah all the efforts of hiking up that hill and then down gone wasted to a plate of CKT. Sigh.....

Sexay Back Maggie was busy farming on her HayDay. *background music of the game played*

Minnie Winnie: "YOU ARE NOT farming on my table!!!!"
before she could finish her sentence....Beautiful CS was bz crushing some candies on her iPad.
-_-"
then very slowly, lil notti Monkey took out her iPad to farm as well.

Minnie Winnie -_-" x 100000000000

a beautiful art piece  procured from South Africa,
I really like the colors, stitches and texture
:)))))))))

Minnie Winnie likes to collect things in pairs
most of her collections were from her travels - Europe, South Africa, Brazil, and around Asia.

Monkey: "And your Fuchsia bottles from??? Robinsons?"
Minnie Winnie: "Hahahaha nope they were from Carrefour."

she color-coded her reads.
*smack forehead*
I only color-code my wardrobe and shoes-robe. Guess I couldn't be bothered with my reads.



Monkey made Eton Mess and brought it there to be assembled for dessert. Just need to bake the meringue and prepared the strawberry syrup and French Vanilla cream.
For recipe *click here*

the ladies called it --> Cherry Mess
there's no cherries innit la!!!


Sexay Back Maggie, Minnie Winnie, Monkey, scooping Eton Mess for the guests

Minnie Winnie declared that we are the BEST GUESTS ever, who cleaned up for her.
The production line was pretty organised...from washing, rinsing to drying. Yeah from the pic u can see who's willing to do it and who's not :P pffffttttttt

then the guests relegated to the living area to relax...
the above guest must be thinking she's a Duyung aka Mermaid...
ini bukan duyung...ini dugong!!!! yeah she's gonna kill me :P

had more coffee and yak yak yak
bitch bitch bitch
:))))))) isn't that's wat Sundays are for? Rest and Relax plus doing stuffs u enjoy.
 

Monkey didn't have coffee, she finished the whole 5 litres carafe of Sangria
*hic......hic....*


her sofa is really comfortable....with pillow covers bought from Hong Kong
nice color combo :)))))))))

yeah too comfortable that the guests didn't wanna leave :P
we almost slept there....

Guests oso crashed into her bedroom.
Warnings: If u ever gonna invite this group of ladies to ur home....just beware!!!

Chanel Snow Globe!!!!

 

Monkey has the Karl Lagerfeld one :)))) Gals just lurve all these lil trinkets don't they? :)))

Do u know that only purchases made at the original Rue de Cambon store receive the WHITE paperbag? Other Chanels around the world uses the BLACK paperbags. In case u were wondering, yes Monkey collects those white Chanel paperbags....*roll eyes now*

Once we were done harassing her bedroom, we went and crashed her guest room. :P

The wall of the guest room
I like :))) very minimalist

her guest bathroom were of hotel's standard
puts any other bathrooms to shame!!!! hahahahaha

my beloved Beautiful CS, the biggest Monkey of all....hahahahahaha
yes all my bad behaviors were from this woman :P
blame her blame her!!!

from the faces, u can tell who's the culprit right?
Monkey is the sweet, kind, polite person.....kekekekekkeke

Finally we crashed back to the couch to zzzZZZZzzzzzzzz
wat a lazy Sunday afternoon.

While lying down on her sofa, we saw this bird nest liked Lamp.
Maybe one day, a bird will fly in and thought it's a nest :P and starts to build a home here. Oh well in chinese custom, if a bird builds a nest at ur home, it's sure to bring luck to the homeowner eh?

Don't worry Minnie Winnie, with this bunch of guests, they've already brought luck to ur home...hahahahaha

Monkey and hostess Minnie Winnie
Thank you for COOKING!!!!!!
we can't wait for the next one.....yes at your cozy home :)))))

Don't worry about cleaning....there's a really efficient production line at your fingertips. Hahahaha.