Grandma's cooking :)

mmmmmmmmm.... Grandma's cooking.. Agrhhghrghghgh

Nothing’s better than a home cooked meal. What makes it even better is a meal made by your grandmother. A grandmother always makes the best dishes/food/desserts, especially for their grandchildren.  My brothers and I have the advantage of having my favourite dishes cooked. One of the first things that my grandma asks when I go to her house is “Dah makan ke?” which just means, “Have you eaten?” What I love about this fasting month is that every week when I go visit both grandparents is that the food will always be delicious and our family bond becomes stronger as we meet very often. Coming to the highlight of this story, the ever delicious grandma’s cooking. Yesterday, my grandma cooked a famous dish passed down from generations which is the laksa johor. It’s just spaghetti, a sauce which contains fish and some other ingredients and the colour is brownish yellow plus there are vegetables like onions, cucumber etc as a topping on the dish. Do search it for more information. She also made cucur udang which is prawn, flour and other ingredients made into a batter and fried is a lot of oil. Other than that, there were spring rolls and lasagna courtesy of my aunty. We ate like we haven’t eaten in a week, devouring everything cooked by my grandma. I like it when we sit together, just as family talking until late night about stuff. For me, I don’t contribute much to the conversation because all of them are adults, so until they talk about something related to my life, then I contribute. Family is very important to us, if we don’t have friends to talk to or have problems, family will always be there for you through crap life throws at you.  Appreciate the family that you have right now before they’re gone. 

Apologies for not posting the Laksa Johor, I was too busy eating I forgot, go check it out in the internet :) Cheers 

Grandma's malay style cooking !

Food cooked by my beloved Grandma :) 

The feeling when you release a deadly fart 

Well, it was just another Saturday, where I, Shazwan wakes up at around 10 but the difference is that, at 10.30 I had Al-Quran reading with my mom, dad, aunty, uncle and brother. After that, my brother and I had some bonding time playing Resistance 3 which was frustrating because we were at the same area for a very long time. Well, after countless of attempts trying to defeat the Chimera (the alien); we quit and played Fifa 12 instead which I lost to him twice before beating him. Well, there goes my day till about 4 o clock. After that, we all head to Bangi which is home to my grandparents of my mother’s side. As soon as we reached there, my father, brother and I went to the Ramadan Bazaar nearby where they sold many kinds of food like murtabak, Chicken Wing, Fried kuey tiao etc. Food as far as the eyes can see. At the end of the round, we had a bag full of food for later. From then on till our breaking of fast time, we just chilled and mind our own business. After we had a wonderful meal, we sat back and let the tummy out and release gas or whatever. (The feeling when I fart, “I have unleashed the Kraken!”) We performed our terawih prayers at about 9 and I was the Imam. It’s not as easy as it looks. That summed up my day I guess, till the next time. Cheers J

Buka Puasa/ the breaking of my fasting day part 7

Birthday cake 

My lil cousin 

Usually, I would either break my fast at home with my mum's cooking or at one of my grandparent's house but tonight is a special event in which it is my cousin, Iryna's birthday and the fact that my cousins and aunty are going back tomorrow makes it an event to a must go. I haven't met them for 2 years until they came back 3 weeks ago, the time just swooshed by and just like that, they're going back to Houston tomorrow. Well, what can I say, I will truly  miss them. My day was spent as usual with playing Fifa 12 and with an addition of doing some chores like buy groceries and stuff. Other than that, it's just a normal day at Casa De Shazwan . On another topic, I am watching The Dark Knight Rises this weekend, I shall write a review about it after I watch it. Yesterday for breaking my fast I had Laksam (kelantanese dish) and there was also Nasi Dagang and KFC. It was just a small party only for family. Well, we all said our goodbyes and kissed goodbye before we left the house. It felt like just a while ago, they were back home and now, they're gone. Well, that summed up my day. Cheers :)

laksam 

laksam

laksam 

nasi dagang 

fish curry 

my brother, aunty and I 

My cousins 

My lazy cat Snow 

Snow 

Buka puasa part 5 mummy's cooking

Soto ayam

roast chicken 

Big Apple doughnuts

Well, it was just another day of puasa, I thought I would do the exact same thing I did yesterday but my mum invited me to go to KLCC to go shopping. Well, as a person who likes shopping who wouldn't agree? We went there, and my mum wanted to go to Chanel and one thing lead to another, we ended up at isetan to buy some sweet food like doughnuts and stuff like that. After that we head back for like 10 minutes and then we had to pick up my brothers which I had to endure the heat of waiting outside for my brother as my mum parked far away. Then came buka puasa time where I had soto ayam, one of my favourite dishes. I eat it really spicy filled with cili padi. I am a person who loves spicy food like sambal. After buka puasa, we went to the mosque to perform our terawih which then, I was really, really sleepy. I was very patient. Well, that concludes my day yesterday :) Cheers 

Buka Puasa Mummy's cooking part 4

Vegetables :3

Black pepper beef 

black pepper udon mee 

yummy dishes 

steamed fish with soy sauce 

Buttered prawn

Sorry I posted this late but yesterday's food was Chinese food. It was yummy. Yesterday All I did was play games all day long. Well, that's the only fun thing you could do without a driver's license.hahahaha. Cheers :)

Buka puasa part 3 mummy's cooking :)

Indonesian Cooking

Sambal daging

Ketam masak lemak

fried tempe 

salted egg

krispy kreme doughnut

Ayam goreng bumbu

sayur asam

So, on the first day of buka puasa at home, my mum made Indonesian food which is also one of my favourite food thus making me hungrier waiting for the food when I  was fasting. The whole day all I did was play fifa, use my computer and read the Al-Quran. I couldn't do much as I was at home all day and this may be my routine for the rest of the fasting month unless I go out or something. Anyways, the food was spectacular, I was the last one off the table as I was enjoying every second biting and chewing the delicious food. If you haven't tried any of these dishes, you' re missing out on a lot of delicious stuff. Try it out sometime. Cheers :) 

Buka puasa Grandma's cooking part 2

kuih keria 

fried chicken and kerabu 

sambal ikan, lemang and serunding 

murtabak, fried chicken and keria

The second day of puasa, I went to bangi which is the home of my grandparents on my mother's side. Well, when I reached there, I rested for a while and went straight to the ramadhan bazaar which sold many delicious food but we only bought a few like murtabak and tebu. But the most important thing we searched for was the keropok lekor noba. It has been a while since we had it so we searched for it at the bazaar but it was not there, we also searched at the mall near by but it was also not there. Our hopes crushed like a broken window. Well, on the bright side, I met my granddad's adopted son. He was cool. We chatted before buka puasa. When the time came, all of us filled our mouths with grandma's cooking. We were bloated after about 15 minutes. Lastly, we had out terawih prayers and I became the imam for the night. I was quite nervous though as it was my first time being an imam to the family but I think I did well. At the end of the day we all went back home to Bukit Damansara. Cheers :)

Buka Puasa part 1 (grandma's cooking)

Grandma's popiah and roti john

Grandma's chicken rendang

Grandma's sambal sotong with my aunt's finger on top

me and my girly cousin, iryna

Well, every year my grandma makes the best ever dishes for buka puasa and this year it was no different. My all time favourite food from my grandma is her roti john and popiah. You would never taste any better than that. She makes those food with magic hands because like it's so delicious. She made nasi lemak (coconut rice)yesterday served with chicken rendang, sambal sotong and sambal ikan bilis. I just love to buka puasa at my grandma's house. Everything you eat that she cooks is just sensational! Cheers :)

Dancing taste buds part 6

laksam

nasi (mix this with kerabu)

kerabu

ayam percik 

Belanga, one of the many restaurants is located at empire, subang. They sell great malay food like nasi tumpang, laksam and nasi kerabu. Just thought you guys should know about this restaurant. If you're a foreigner and looking for good malay food, go to this restaurant. Cheers :) 

Dancing taste buds part 5

Banana and chocolate smoothie

Bbq chicken salad 

milan pizza

There used to be a restaurant in KLCC named California Pizza Kitchen but it has been closed and moved to somewhere else. If you guys were wondering where the new location is, it's at Fahrenheit mall near Pavillion, about 5 minute walk from Pavillion. The size of the restaurant has been reduced a lot from the old one in KLCC but they still sell the same delicious dish and also with new dishes. The restaurant sells mostly like Pizzas and pastas. My favourite pizza is the Milan pizza which has sausages, mushrooms, onions and some other things on top. Yummmyyyyy! My favourite pasta would be the mushroom ravioli with tomato sauce. Well, lets just say both of them taste really good. Owh!and my favourite salad there, is the Barbeque chicken salad, which has tortilla chips around the salad. So delicious. I haven't had those things in over a year, so when I went there just now for lunch, my cravings had been fulfilled. Any one of you who hasn't tried that restaurant, should really go to Fahrenheit mall and have lunch or dinner there. Au revoir. Cheers :)

Inspiration

"Never Give Up" is a phrase used when you are unable to get what you want, so you used this phrase to motivate you to achieve or get what you want. Although this phrase is used commonly but not many people could actually apply this in real life or actually go all the way to get what you want. I just want to share with you guys about a man in Malaysia who has no arms but is successful. His name is Mohd Zhariff. He built a company which involve the youths to develop community projects or in other words volunteer work. Although he had the disability but he didn't stop or quit to achieve his goal which is starting a community development. Prior to the sheer hard work he put into making the company happen, he was chosen as a youth icon. His achievement gave me the inspiration to work harder for my goal and not give up because its just amazing how he overcame his disability to get his goal.  Use him as an example so that whenever you feel like giving up,think of him, a man achieving greatness with his disabilities.

Favourite apple application!

#1 Plants vs Zombies! all time favourite 

#2 Run! its a fun game, go try it out 

#3 Bike Baron a very addictive game 

#4 Cut the rope another very addictive game 

#5 Where's my water and yet another addiitve game 

#6 Temple run you just can't stop until you get a very high score 

I have played many games in the ipad and iphone. Many interesting story lines and many with good graphics. But in my opinion, there are 6 that is better than the rest. I don't really care about graphics, so its just about the game being so addictive. Cheers :)