Archive for September, 2006

Not Your Usual Ramly Burger, It’s Grilled Ramly Burger!

September 20th, 2006, Jason

Ramly Burger” (A wiki page of “Ramly Burger” at Wikipedia? WTF!), does the name sound familiar to you? If it doesn’t, it’s sad.

As far as I know or I have seen, there’s only 1 way to cook the patty which is to fry them on a hot plate. Then it all comes down to the stuffs such as ingredients (cabbages, tomatoes, onions, eggs and etc.), seasoning / condiments (soy sauce, mayonnaise, oyster sauce, pepper, black pepper and etc.) and gravy (black pepper sauce, mushroom sauce, thousand island dressing and etc.). There are just that much of combinations / flavours you can come up with.

I was driving around my housing area, thinking what to eat after my group discussion when I spotted this burger stall near 7-11. I got down from the car and walked towards the stall. Something caught my surprise, there was no hot plate but a BBQ / grill pit.

“Craps. This burger is going to suck like hell,” I said to myself as I stood in front of the stall. Thinking that it was not a good idea / bad manners to walk away when I was already standing at the stall, I ordered two beef patties with cheese. The burger didn’t even have eggs because there was no hot plate to fry / cook the eggs.

Since its grilled and low fire, it took longer time for the patty to be fully cooked. Every now and then, he would spread butter, nothing but butter on the patty.

While one of the Malay guy BBQ-ed the patties, the other Malay guy toasted the bread. The bread has the usual stuffs like mayonnaise, cabbage, tomato, onion, chili sauce and a slice of cheese.

He later spread some black pepper sauce and their own made paste (It is made from mint, curry powder, herbs, spices, onions, gingers, chilies and etc.). They came up with the paste themselves, which was the best thing they have ever put on their burgers.

The burger was so thick till the box couldn’t be closed and I nearly cramped my mouth when I tried to have my first bite. It’s just simply big large.

My first bite on the beef patty had already sent me a signal to my brain that this burger was not the usual beef patty. The texture was totally different from the fried patty. It tasted quite similar to McDonalds’ beef patty / quater pounder or Burger King’s beef patty, where you have this juicy and mushy mushy patty. This one was firmer, juicier, more fragrant, more filling and more chewy. The paste that they spread onto, gave the patty a different taste other than the usual soy sauce, pepper and don’t-know-what sauce. It was a little spicy, a little minty, a little… One word to describe the patty, superb!

After I finished the burger, the black pepper taste and mild spiciness were still lingering in my mouth. 1 wasn’t enough, I was craving for more. I drove to the stall and ordered another one more. That’s was like 10 minutes back-to-back, the boss even thought something went wrong with the burger and I came back to make a complaint. Hence, the pictures and today’s post.

2 “Double Daging Cheese” for RM6.40, satisfying!

P/S : I am more of a beef burger fan. I don’t know whether it will still tastes the same or not if it’s chicken patty.

Twinsmom : 她还是个孩子

September 16th, 2006, Jason

Note : Twinsmom’s site is down but she needs a place to rant. Hence, my blog. :D

她还是个孩子。

我知道她已经十五岁,算是个小大人。可是想想我们在十五岁的时候,怎么想?怎么做?或许当同样的事情发生在当初只有十五岁的我们的身上,或许我们选择的也会是和她一样的决定。

责怪她,怀疑她,说她傻?不,她一点也不傻,至少她选择在十三岁罢了就结婚,然后把孩子生下来。傻吗?那么把孩子生下来再把宝宝弄死的又怎么说呢?

一点也不傻,她做的完全是一个只有十五岁的孩子所会做的决定,编个谎言把妈妈蒙骗。但是功力却不足以让整件事不留手尾。

好好的和家人说?如果成年的我们需要极大的力量,和勇气来和长辈理论,试想一个十五岁孩子是不是也需要无穷的勇气和力量来把话向父母说出来呢?

我们很喜欢说“如果是我的话,我就….” 说真的,如果当真你是她的话,你就会做和她一样的事。不要说如果你是她,因为你不是她,你不过把自己装进她的皮禳,依旧用你的想法从她的口中说你自己的话。

Wantan Mee, Malacca Style

September 16th, 2006, Jason

If you are in Malacca and craving for “Wantan Mee” during nighttime, there’s only 1 place which I think is quite good. If not mistaken, this stall has been operating for 1 or 2 generations and it’s quite popular among the locals. Another reason could be that they are one of the few good stalls that sells wantan mee during nighttime.

Do take note that the wantan mee you have in Malacca is slightly different from the wantan mee you have outside Malacca. Instead of the usual black soy sauce, you will get a bowl of red and oily wantan mee. Chili sauce, not those western’s chili sauce, but those watery Chinese chili sauce, (I should taken a picture of the chili sauce.) is the main sauce for the noodles. It looks very spicy but in fact, it’s not.

I guess Malaccans love their noodles soft and soggy, just like when you overcook the instant noodles, you get the soggy and not bouncy noodle. It looks like a lump of noodles instead of strands of noodles. Topped with barbequed pork (”Char Siw 叉烧” and “Siew Yuk 烧肉”), a few strands of vegetables and the best part of the noodles, half a spoonful of crunchy pork lards.

I would say the size of the wantan (meat dumpling) is very pathetic. I believe, if I cut the wantan into half, I might be able to force it up into my nostrils. However, each wantan is roughly around RM0.20. I could still remember the stall near my grandmother’s place sold it for RM0.10 each. I ordered an extra bowl of wantan. The lady grabbed a handful of wantan, which was roughly around 13 pieces.

However, not everyone, especially the non-locals, like Malacca style’s wantan mee. I remembered one of my housemates dislikes it because he is not used to the taste. But then, you should give it a try if you are in Malacca. It’s something different, just like the “Longkang Mee” from Tampin. It might not tastes good for you, but it’s something different.

Oh, and that meal cost Carol RM11.50. Cheap?

Unofficial Mille Crepe Commercial Ad (Own Made)

September 14th, 2006, Jason

I have just completed my assignment for ECP 3086 Multimedia Technology And Application. It is a subject where we learn about multimedia such as text, audio, video, HTML, compression, conversion and etc. Our assignment required us to shoot a 3 to 5 minutes advertisement based on a product or service.

We chose Nadeje Patisserie’s Mille Crepe as our product. Surprise? I hope not. -lol-

Compare to my other coursemates’ advertisements, I would say ours looked quite plain and lousy as ours didn’t contain any special effect. What special effects can you apply on a food product anyway?

However, with only our group doing food subject, and with such mouth watering product, I am sure, it will be something different. Furthermore, I picked the earliest presentation time slot so that our lecturers won’t compare ours with others and give us an disadvantage. -grins-

Special thanks to Cely who helped me with the CD cover’s design.

I present you Nadeje Patisserie’s first unofficial advertisement. -lol-

I know it sucks.

Should have ask Elaine to do our assignment. Ha!

Mahkota Parade’s Fashion Show

September 9th, 2006, Jason

I didn’t bring my anti flare attachment with me. Hence, the glare on some of the pictures. This is also my first time taking pictures in a fashion show. I showed it to my photographer and he said I made a lot of mistakes, such as lighting, angle (I should stand further from the stage and stand on a higher ground, to get a straight line view.), focus and subjects (I should take full body pictures instead of half body / 3/4 body / face pictures.).

Although I made a lot of mistakes, I am quite happy with my pictures. -blek- It’s so obvious which model was my favourite, right?