Selamat Hari Raya to all the Muslim friends out there.  This is a long holiday to go, so I bet some of you might be getting bored at home. This is what I plan to do for this holiday, as I promised my niece to make a Cheese Cake for her birthday.

Recipe from my friend, Lynn.

For base:

Suggested 8″ Round mould – Get the movable bottom

200g Marie / Digestive / Oreo biscuits (finely milled)

100 g melted Butter

- Combine base ingredients together and press firmly onto the base.Keep chilled.

For Yogurt Cheese :

*20g gelatin powder

*200ml peach syrup from the canned peaches

2 x 250 g Cream cheese at room temperature

* 160 g castor sugar

1 can of peaches(cut into small pieces)

2 x 150 g Original Yogurt

A) Double Boiled gelatine powder with peach syrup, keep stirring it to MAKE SURE all the gelatin powder is dissolved. Leave Cool well.

B) Beat cream cheese & castor sugar till fluffy.

C) Add in yogurt, then peaches. Mix well.

D) Add in A) into the mixture in C). mix well n pour into the biscuit base.Keep chilled to set mixture.

Let’s take a tour of my previous 1st Cake making experience. :p

I bought Digestive Biscuit, cost around RM7**.
Canned Peach – RM 5 – Keep the syrup and cut the peaches into small pieces.

• Crashed the Digestive Biscuit, I use almost half a packet, and the other half I keep for next round. Just put the biscuit into a clean plastic, and crash it with a glass bottle or hard surface thing. No blender needed.

I bought ButterCup, but if you have other preferable brand should be ok. RM3.30

• Took half packet of 250g butter , and put into a bowl.
• Express melting way, put into Microwave for 1-2 mins

• Mix well the cookies and butter, if its moisture enough it’s not necessary to pour in all the butter.
• Flatten it into the tray * i’m using a spoon only.
• Chilled it in the fridge. *Lower Tray*
• The base is done

Before we begin the Cream Cheese, the very important task is the Gelatine!

I bought the Gelatine Powder for RM3 – 50g.

Some of my friend prefer the packed Gelatine, which is more expensive.

• Stir the 20g Gelatin with the 200 ml Syrup and put it to the pot for Double Boil.
• The pot i’m using are the double boil pot but if you don’t have this kind of pot you may use your ways
• Keep stirring it, keep it liquid.
• Leave cool while preparing the cream cheese.

Everyone recommend me to buy Philadelphia – Cream Cheese.  Seriously it taste good but it’s so expensive. RM9.90 per pack.

• Leave the Cream Cheese on normal room temperature before the cheese making before you start the cake making
• Press the cheese, see if its soft enough to beat.

• Beat the Cream Cheese together with the Castor Sugar.
• Taste it to your own preference sweetness, it’s not necessary to pour in all the Sugar.
• Just beat with a hand whisk enough, no mixer needed.

I bought this Dutch Lady Original Yogurt. I bought the bigger packing, because it’s cheaper and I can save it for next round. RM7*

• Mix in the 300g Yogurt and start beating until fluffy.
• It’s getting more liquid after the yogurt, so its easier to beat now.

• Mix in the small pieces of peaches
• Mix in the boiled Gelatine
• Stir well

• Pour into the tray and ready to chill
• I put into Freezer for 1st 30 mins, then only I transfer it to *lower tray* after it set.

• The Chilled Yogurt Cheese Cake is set!

• After 3 hours chilling inside the fridge, and it’s time to take it out!
• I’m happy with the outcome but of course it’s not up to perfection.

Wanna have a slice of cheese cake?

Then make it your own! hahhaa..

This is the easiest cake I’ve tried and it’s presentable!

Total cost for this cake is roughly around RM40. However some of the ingredients can be keep for next round.

Hope you enjoy the cake making progress!

Talk of Steamboat Buffet, I believe the best experience could be from the Taiwan. So far, none can beat down the Taiwanese Steamboat.  Somehow,  I believe 883 Steamboat are trying its best to give the best choice for people in Miri.  If not mistaken it was launched early this year, but I could finally grab a chance to try out few weeks ago. It’s never too late, because their business is always that overloaded. If you did not make a reservation, it’s hardly get table.

883  is located at Permyjaya, if you know where is the McDonald drive through, then you will see this bright-eyescatching- signboard along the road side. It is same row as McD.  We were there around 7pm but there’s alot of people earlier than me.

The buffet ingredients are all well prepared in the fridge. Grab up your own plates and start picking the ingredients that you like.

The seafood corner. This corner is super fast finish, you need to “watch” it from time to time.

I realize that the frequence they replenish the food are quite slow especially come to “Mussels” or “sotong”.

The “balls” corner, these are all the frozen meat balls, nuggets, dumplings… etc etc.. Please please please do not take the green dumplings.  It makes my soup turn into GREEN color.

The “MEAT” are really generous. It’s marinated into different sauces. You can have chicken, beef and lamb.

Now the “Vege” corner. Quite disappointing also, the vege , the mushrooms are very slow to restock too!

There comes the “dessert” corner, mix your own ice kacang.

It’s not an easy task to mix out a superb Ice Kacang..

Or you want some ice – cream? Free flow of nestle ice-cream .

How about the chocolate fondue?
Talk of this fondue, actually I’m a bit worry to consume. As what you can see, the big bowl of chocolate were left there unattend. Meaning, that flies or insects anytime can drop in. Second worry, the big bowl of chocolate would not finish in a night, are they going to recycle?  Hmm, that’s only my own worries…

So let’s begin with the Steamboat.

We were given 2 pot, 2 tables to fit in 8 person. I think 4 person per table is the most appropriate figure because you gonna use up a lot of space to put places, sauces and drinks.

You can boiled in the soup, either Chicken or Tomyam. Free flow of Soup.

Or most of us would prefer BBQ style, but try prevent the big wind which you could hardly control the stove.  The cockles, meat, mussels are prawns are best to eat after you grill it.

The total eating environment was in a mess, but that shows we really enjoy our time having fun in eating.

I believe it could be more enjoyable if we go during the weekdays.

883 BBQ Steamboat – Contact No: 014 688 8091.
Rate : RM25 per head.

Honestly, this BBQ steamboat concept has landed Miri ages ago.  Back then it was only available at Airy Cafe and Michael Steamboat. Somehow the wave of the steamboat has gone. Airy cafe has now turn into air-conditioned eating place, while Michael Steamboat is still surviving but nothing big improvement has been done although they only charge RM18 per head.

So, do remember to make a booking with them before you plan to go!

Im not born with a Silverspoon but I can now dine at Silverspoon. Sounds good right? This is new sister outlet by the Citrus, and which I’m expecting that this gonna be something different from Citrus. It’s a talk in town, because lately there’s a lot of new eatery shop booming out in Miri.

Silverspoon is located opposite of See Hua Daily or it’s easier to locate, same row of Dr. Teo clinic where the DAP ceramah was located.

The decoration of this cafe is quite unique, simple and nice. It’s quite a comfy environment for family and friends.

As we sitted down, the long menu will be given by the waiter. And here comes my question mark??
All WORDS, No PIC, I think they only expect people who can read to dine here “_”

Looking at the menu, it’s towards western food but I can’t think of what to order because I’m there for a lunch. Hence I ask is there any noodles? The answer is NO. Luckily they serve rice, Oh God, we are typical chinese that we can’t survive without Noodle or Rice :p

The Ice Lemon Tea for him.

Hot Lemon for me

A Bowl of Apple Tong Shui , we shared <3

Alex ordered Fried Rice with Ham. The name might not be accurate cos it’s been quite sometime we dine here. Taste good, and i love it The servings of the food looks real attractive to me.

Then I have this pork chop with rice. Although it taste good but it’s kinda dry to me. I’m a typical chinese that must have soup or gravy for my rice here it’s hardly for me to swallow the rice

Before the end of this food review, let’s guess where did I taken this picture? =)

Thank You Mr Alex for bringing me here for a lovely lunch

This is not a latest news, but a review to Little Vietnam could be very useful for those who are still thinking whether to go or not to go. So this Vietnamese Cuisine is just newly open at Boulevard Commercial Centre. If you know where’s Dessert Master, then you will see this just at the corner.

We visited Little Vietnam a week after the opening, just to avoid the crowd. During it’s opening we saw there’s a lot of guest of honor. It is not strange as this business is run by one of the rich tycoon in Miri. Anyhow, we were there for the food,  so let’s take a look at the menu.

Frankly, the menu is too limited and even the drinks are too limited too. Looking at the price, that cost for at least RM12 per bowl,  I could only only afford to dine here once in a blue moon. The specialties of the Vietnamese Cuisine are main focusing on their “PHO” which is Vietnamese Kuih Tiaw. Taste good, smooth, chewy and  better than our normal kuih tiaw. At least it’s something you can’t easily get it outside.

The waitress here are from Vietnam, very cute and friendly but I hardly catch their English.

The restaurants covers with a few Vietnam Ladies paintings,  and the seats are just simple wooden table and stools.

This is Beef Stew with Rice RM16.

Portion : BIG
The soup is very thick, but i found it’s a little oily and salty for me. Somehow Alex love it much

The Pho Beef.

The waitress introduce me Pho Beef. She says this is highly recommended, and I seconded it. The soup is very good, i can taste it , it’s not MSG soup but its boiled with good ingredients.  Take a look at the Kuih Tiaw, the beef slice, the portion is too big until I have to give half of it to Alex.

And to make this Pho Beef even tastier, you can add in Basil Leaves, Chilies and Lemon at your own preference.

2 glasses of complimentary drinks as we did not order any beverage.  They only have coffee and canned drinks. Both are not our favourite but luckily the waitress are kind enough to provide us chinese tea.

That’s not the end, it comes with another 2 pieces of complimentary kuih. Taste Good Too!

Although overall we spent RM31 for 2 bowls of expensive Kuih Tiaw, but we found that it’s actually worth to try. The portion itself its worthwhile not to say it’s ingredients and taste.

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Don’t forget to invite me along if you are going to dine there

Everyone knows Station One has finally arrived Miri, so have you try yet?

Again, it was my late lunch yesterday, it wasn’t on my list to eat, but since its newly open I don’t mind to give it a try.

The new Station One is located at Bintang Megamall, at the old wings main entrance. Previously it was Delifrance on that spot, but too bad it doesn’t survive long enough. The concept of  Station One are meant to be a Leisure Cafe, meaning that you will get entertained instead of eating. Not a bad concept, but maybe it would be livelier environment if I’m going at night. I heard that there’s gonna be live band, which is more or less like Halo Cafe.

Excuse me for the low quality pictures, it’s all taken with my lousy 3Gs =(

Location wise, good. Environment wise, not bad. Ambiance, a bit dark but it’s too hot during day time!

The indoor seats were quite limited, because the layout plan is the narrow design, if you sit further away, I’m sure you could be very far away from the stage. But it’s okay, you use your ears for music, not your eyes right?

Or you can choose to sit outside, open air, hardly access to aircond but it has a lot of water cooling fan.

Now, take a look at the menu. Okay, being the first time I would allow myself to dine slightly more expensive meal I thought. But when I browse through the menu, I’ve been imagine how could I spend so much just for a lunch? Luckily I have Mr Ling with me to pay the bills, so I didn’t bother much about the price . Teeheheee…

Hey, I’m the #539 customer of Station One. Hehehe

Ordering system is good, you write what you want, but this is always a big trouble for the elderly and some waitress would not double confirm on what you’ve written.

My drink, Hot Honey.

His drink, 3 layer tea.

My meal, chicken chop rice.  Thumbs up, I finished the whole plate.

His meal, err, should be Nasi Lemak.

It’s all about Fusion, and that’s the trend going on nowadays. Although the price is slightly expensive, but I’m pretty sure it’s a good hangout place with friends and family.

Last but not least, it SERVE NO PORK. Don’t wait, go ahead and give it a try today!

Seriously, I meant it.

If you are a big fans of 阿贤人情味 Taste with Jason, I guess you did follow his series of Food introductions around Malaysia. One of the place that he ever introduce was the Ah Tao Seafood Bah Kut Teh which is located at Klang. Amazingly, we’re fortunate enough to have it in Miri too! Don’t get me wrong, they are not franchise, but they mastered the skill from them too.

So let me introduce you the Ah Tao Bah Kut Teh in Miri.

Ah Tao Bah Kut Teh would be slightly different from others. Uniqueness in the taste, ingredients & way of cooking too!

It was just newly open since December 2010.  Located near to Airport Road, next to Telang Usan Hotel.

Although the location is quite far away from town, however I think the great food will attract a lot of customers from far away!

This is a family run business. When I first walk in,  the concept, the people, all makes me feels like I’m at home!

Take a look at their menu.

Their specialties are the Bah Kut Teh. Dry & Wet.

Now take a look at the Dry Bah Kut Teh. RM 10

Seriously, this kind of Bah Kut Teh mostly available in Klang or West Malaysia.

A lot of people in Sarawak has never come across this. It taste real good, *my saliva is dropping*.  Awesomeeeee!

You may choose which part of meat you prefer. As for me, of course I will go for lean meat. In this bowl of Bah Kut Teh, other than meat, it comes with Fu Chuk – Bean Curd Skin and with a few slices of sotong to add up the taste of it.

This is the very common type of Wet Bah Kut Teh. RM 9 per bowl.

Honestly I think they are very generous in putting in the ingredients. At other places, I won’t see the bowl to be so full of meat, instead of soup. If you are running out of soup, you can get them to refill for you.

Or if you think you might not finishing the portion, in a more economical way, maybe you can order for 1 bowl and get 2 plates of garlic rice.

The 2nd specialty of the restaurant is their Garlic Rice.  Really double thumbs up!  RM1.50 per bowl.

You can choose your own selections of Vegetable depends on their availability.

Or if you think Bah Kut Teh is too heavy meal, then you can opt for Fried Kuih Tiaw too!

So are you ready to give it a try?

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Operates daily, off on Tuesday. 6.30 till late.

Contact Number : 0168781638 to make any bookings.

I heard that they are going to introduce Seafood Bah Kut Teh very soon. Arrrgh I can’t wait to go there again :p

Have you heard of Ajisen Ramen or in chinese 味千拉面? Well, courtesy to some big tycoon in Miri and now we can enjoy another variety of Japanese food.

Since it’s located so near to my work place, it has caught our attention since the close down of the previous Shiki Japanese Restaurant. Initially I was thinking Shiki was doing their renovation job but not until I saw this new and striking signboard up, I know, a new eating place is going to bloom up at this area.

Okay, so there’s no more Shiki but Ajisen Ramen now. =)

There’s a lot of discussion going on the I love Miri City facebook page of their opening.  The only thing I must clarify, it’s 100% not halal.

1. They serve pork.

2. They serve Japanese Wine.

Sorry again muslim friends.

So here you go, a food review for all my readers out there.

I visited Ajisen Ramen yesterday afternoon around 2pm. I knew when it’s newly open I don’t have to expect everything in order, so I’ve cut down some expectations before entering it. Somehow, to my surprise, my friend was helping out there, so everything was well entertained. Thank you kimmy!

RM1.90 for a glass of greetea – ocha. Free refill of hot water.

So, in this picture, you see there’s a pair of chopstick. I think I would like to gain your opinion of using chopstick while waiting for the food to be served.

• So you prefer disposable or reusable chopstick?

1. Personally, I will be more enjoying the meal if it’s a clean reusable chopstick. Ok, I expect in such restaurant their hygienes must be good right?
2. I don’t mind having a disposable chopstick if it is a better grade bamboo, right? Not the smelly type.
3. To conclude, I suggest if they could change the quality of the chopstick. This is just my humble opinion

Now. Let’s take a look into the available Ramen’s Choice.

My friend introduced Paiku Ramen but too bad by the time I arrive, it’s sold out.  So we try out some other ramen in the menu.

This is Curry Cha-Su Ramen RM16.90. spicy soup. I’m not a big fan of Curry… but my bro chosen this.

Volcano Cha-Su Ramen RM17.90.  - spicy soup

If you love spicy soup base, then you can try Volcano, I’m sure you explode like a volcano too!

Kimuchi Ramen RM15.90 , sour & spicy.

Alex is a big Kimchi lover, err, now only I know Japanese have kimchi too. Good invention huh!

Miso Cha-Su Ramen RM15.90 , salty miso soup.

As for me , I heart Miso Soup so I try miso ramen.

Overall, the portions are very big, I can’t finish it alone and have to share it with Alex. Somehow, personally I don’t like to eat pork especially this type of  ”white” looking pork. But since beef are running out of stock so I try out the Cha-Su. Sometime I think I better name myself as Fatimah.

You can have some other Japanese Food as well.

We got this grill salmon fish head, RM19.90.

He looks so sad, not because we eat him, but because of the 311 Tsunami happened in Japan. =(

By the time we finish our lunch, the crowd is getting lesser. It’s almost their rest time. Time for them to replenish new stock for dinner.

Total spending for 5 of us , RM123.10. What a nice figure!

Okay, so tell me when is your next visit? Please bring me along, I wanna try out their beef ramen. Or if they are kind enough to invite me to fully feature Ajisen Ramen in my blog again also can. hahaha!

Apparently, this Chinese Delight located very near to my workplace. I’ve always tease the name, “Why so lame?” and finally I stepped into it last weekend, and I finally get myself a proper answer.

中国饺子王  is China Dumpling King for a direct translation.

If you always hangout around Boulevard Area, you might have noticed this place as their signboard are quite big and blinky at night.It’s just on top of My Store department store.

Right away you walk into the staircase, you will see another blinky area, Very China Style.

From the signboard and the staircase, I swear I won’t go up by my own if it’s not being invited.

The whole surrounding make me really feel I’m in China now. *I’m going Shanghai next month* Woot!

They even have China Drama on a 21″ LCD screen for the customers.

The seating area. The hygienes more or less can compare what I’ve ever come across in China.  It’s clean, but just not the way that we are used to in Miri.

The set up is totally simple, or in other word, messy?

Serving tea, in a very classic way.

Now, I start to think, why does people recommend me to try out if it’s so un-appetite-ting?

Forget about the look, forget about the blinky staircase, I’m here for FOOD. Okay?

The Cabbage Dumplings RM6

Another vege + meat dumplings also RM6

This is 3 special dumplings in 1 plate.

Honestly, it taste GOOD.

Generous in Ingredients.

Dip with the China Chili Sauce , 麻辣酱.

There you go, you going to eat one after another.

When it get too spicy, you would need Sour Plum Juice to cool down.

Other than dumplings, they have other China delights.

This is Beef Noodle. I personally like the noodle, it’s springy. The soup also not bad eh..

Despite of the outlook seems strange to the local, they do have their own regular customers as well. I assume they are very authentic China delights as the waitress are from China also.

Total spent RM34 for all the dumplings and noodles.  What do you think, reasonable?

I will go there again for the rest of the menus, if you are going, let me know how’s the review. =)

Really, don’t judge the book by it’s cover! Hahaha!

So sorry to all muslim friends, it’s not HALAL!. I get you other place next time =)