Recipe: "Boogogee" (Korean Beef Strips)

Ingredients:

1. 200g beef strips
2. 1 yellow onion (sliced)
3. 1 clove of garlic (finely chopped)
4. 1 can of coke
5. 2 Tbsp olive oil
6. 1 Tbsp soya sauce
7. pepper (enough for seasoning)

Optional Ingredient:

1. 1 stalk corriander (coarsely chopped)
   

Steps:

1. Soak beef strips in coke for 5 minutes and well-drained.
   
2. Heat the pan with olive oil.
3. Stir fry garlic and onion in medium heat until soft (about 2 - 3 minutes).
4. Add in beef strips and season with pepper. Cook for 4 - 5 minutes.
5. Discard the excessive sauce from the beef strips.
   
6. In a separate pan, shimmer soya sauce and 1/4 of coke.
   
7. Add back beef strips and corriander. Cook for 2 minutes.

Tips:

1. When you cook the beef strips in step 4, you will see some bloods from the beef. It is normal. Therefore, you must discard these in step 5, else, it looks unpleasant to eat.
2. If you are health conscious and dislike coke, it can be replaced with terriyaki sauce and season with substantial amount of sugar to balance the taste.
   

Recipe: Kim Chi Soup

Ingredients:

1. 1 small bowl of kim chi (with gravy)
2. 1 carrot (thick julienne cut)
3. 1 potato (thick julienne cut)
4. 1 clove of garlic (finely chopped)
5. 1 Tbsp olive oil
6. 2 1/2 small bowls of water

Optional ingredients (pick your own preference):

1. Veges: oyster mushroom, golden needle mushroom, califlower
2. Meat: 1/2 can of tuna in salt water (drained and flaked), sausage, beef strips, ham
   

Steps:

1. Heat the pot with olive oil.
2. Stir fry garlic, carrot and potato until mildly cooked (about 1 - 2 minutes).
3. Add in kim chi (with gravy) and water.
4. Shimmer for 10 minutes.
5. Add in optional ingredients.
   
6. Season with salt when the optional ingredients are fully cooked.

Tips:

1. You can substitute salt and tuna with 1/4 chicken cube if you don't like the fishy taste.
2. The taste of the kim chi soup might vary (depends on the kim chi used). So, better buy it from some Korean mart.
   

A Warm Birthday Dinner

Was thinking to have a dinner at my place for birthday celebration. But, I'm afraid it is too rush for preparation as I will only be back on the night before. Besides, I also worry that nobody will entertain me as that day is a week day and many of my friends are busy working. Somehow, I sent the invitation to them for a try (I think I miss out some... Sorry ya...), Surprisely, almost all of them turn up. As an appreciation, Hubby and I tried our best to prepare a healthy dinner consisiting kim chi steamboat, 'boogoogee' (cola beef), crabs and fruit juice.


My Lovely Birthday Cake


Time for a Wish


Like the Presents (pleasant smell of fragrance and lovely T)


Pretty Friends... ;)

"I had a wonderful dinner and a great time together with you all on my birthday. Thanks for coming, thanks all your greetings and presents as well... ;)"

Do I Look Like a Pregnant Lady?

Went to the super market yesterday to get some veges and other stuff. At the fruits session, the durian store had attracted me as it smells really great. I felt a strong craving for buying it. But, was thinking of eating too much will cause in weight gain. While I was standing beside the store with my hubby and was struggling to make a decision between 'yes, just buy it' and 'no, just forget it', a 'makcik' (a shopper) just said something to me. "Moi, belilah, belilah! Kalau pregnant mesti mau makan sesuatu punya." "Makcik, I tak ada pregnant lah!!!" Exclaimed me.

'Gosh! do I look like a pregnant lady???' This is the first question I thought of. I better behave and control my diet. Sob sob sob :( :(

However, we bought the durian also (he was the one to seduce me to buy... actually he wanted to eat too ler...). Hehe...