Korean BBQ and Alexis

Was suppose to blog about my KOREAN experience, but am getting lazy and partially dont have the time to sit and type without the kids climbing up to see what im doing.
So the other day i had my girls night out, this time SZ brought along one of her friend. Initially we were suppose to head to shogun for our dinner, but decided to change our mind and head to Korean bbq. I had always wanted to experience the Korean BBQ in Malaysia, but never had the chance.. so lucky me...
So the Korean BBQ restaurant that we went to was in Taipan.. " Daorae"

Here are the photos...

Doesnt it look yummy??

Waiting impatiently.. apparently its really packed

Space ship legs..

Menu

seasme oil, soya sauce and
the other one hmm forgotten

10 different korean side dishes

wrap the meat into the lettuce and munch it...

on the house pancake

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cheesecake, chocolate cake and carrot cake

do we need to explain?

Roasted Pork Dinner

Ok, i better start recording my achievement before i decided to ZZzzzZZ. I know i havent been updating my blog, but since this blog is still fresh in my mind, i shall brag about it hahaha

I've decided to create something different for dinner... since Christmas is coming up, thought of trying my luck with "ROAST PORK".... it looks easy, but was it??

So my adventure started when i was researching my recipe, and tips to create the most delicious Roast Pork. Scratching my head, i didnt know what kind of Roast pork i wanted.. Should i go for herb version?Honey?Maple?Chinese version?Black pepper? There was just too many choices. After yahoo search, and recipe book searching, i've decided to go for MAPLE roast pork. So I gathered all my ingredients, research my pork body parts, so piggy can get the meat from the market.. almost all done.... except the maple syrup. I spoke to a friend about my adventure and she told me maple syrup was too expensive, and suggested i go for honey instead. I didnt expect Maple syrup to be so costly... almost 30rm for a small little bottle.. so yet again i changed my recipe to HONEY BAKED PORK.

The problem with me when it comes to creating new recipe, im afraid of failure.... so when my adventure begins, i started to panic and stress out.. Silly huh..I guess i didnt want to waste my food hahhaha....

so here are my photos .....



sauce

Sauce Pork layered with bacon strips, secured with
toothpicks

Looks interesting?? Here is the recipe... I added more gravy....

Honey Roasted Pork with Bacon

*1.5 kg pork loin

*Bacon Strips
* 1/2 cup of honey

*4 tablespoon of orange juice

*4 tablespoon of olive oil

*1 teaspoon of thyme

*1 cup of chicken broth

1)Preheat the oven to 220 degree

2)In separate bowl, add honey, oil, orange juice and thyme

3)Put pork in oven pan

4)Spread a thin layer of mixture on top of the pork

5) layer bacon strip, secure with toothpick

6) Pour the rest of mixture to the pork

7))Add chicken broth to the pan

8)Bake the pork for 1 1/2 to 1 3/4 hrs ( reduce to heat so the bacon will not burn.. around 180)

9)Baste often with the juices inside the oven pan.

10) when meat it done, transfer all the juices to saucepan to make the gravy

11) Add little corn starch to make gravy thicker

12)Slice and serve with vegetables..

Suggestion for dessert

Brownies with ice cream, finish off with Chinese flower tea...

brownies with vanilla ice cream..Divine

Salam

I was out shopping with my family at the Curve, and we bumped into piggy's colleague. Their two girls, aged 2 years and the youngest 6 months were so adorable and beautiful. Their facial features were different to any other Malay girls.Their hair were really black, skin so fair and have a distinct look. Beautiful...

Anyway, the eldest girl was showing me her barbie doll, and I took my hand to reach for the barbie doll. What surprised me was she took my hand and kissed it. I was stunned. I didnt know what to do for that moment. Piggy told me that it was a way for them to respect the elder ( now i feel old).. I was impressed, at such a young age, they were taught the art of respecting.... that i respect...