Waroeng Mas Timoer @ Sunway Giza ( A rare post with "No Pork")

As i am writing this post, this food blogger is suffering from a affliction common to many food bloggers. *Stomach ache* It's probably from the eating sessions over the past 2 week since i came back from Manila (Christmas hols only) and definitely not from the food below as this was like a super old post. Everyone feeds me well when i am back :D and i have eaten in pretty awesome i restaurants in KL. Going back is gonna be a toughie. Maybe I can import my mom to cook daily for me there and import my chef friend to cook full time for me! Yeah, say good bye to Jollibee! I am kidding, i hardly eat Jollibee unless necessary and have taken a preference to cooking on my own rather than eating out. BTW this posting is like from October ^_^ I know, i know, still within my 3 month SLA.

The original plan was to try the acclaimed Uncle Prawn. Anyway, this post is a gem of a place serving Sundanese food of West Java. I love Indonesian food actually. Probably  because of the spices are close to Malaysian food.  And this place sits in Sunway Giza Mall called Waroeng Mas Timoer. While Movida and all were right smack in the center, WMT is slightly in a quiet corner, actually i didn't notice it except for the wayang kulit (Golek is what is called in Bandung ) figure on top and then seeing the word Sundanese food, we made a bee line for this place. If you have been to Bandung and love the food, you will like this place. Pity i didn't recall any Batagor, or Bakso :P otherwise i would have ordered more. For those who are a fan of Teh Sosro, yup you can find it here. Funnily enough when i was a kid, i thought Air Bandung originated from Bandung but when in bandung, i hardly saw any. 

A rather comprehensive menu

We both ordered separate sets so that we can try different things but ended up with a similar items in our dishes. Sundanese food is famous for their fried fish, if i recall, because of the way the fish is fried, it kinda looks like a frying fish, and their fried chicken, which is Penyet, fried and smashed ... is quite good. Not as oily as KFC but just as tender. Condiments that usually come with the Sundanese food is this array of chilli sauces. Note: The green one behind is quite hot! I tot it was like the Hainanese chicken ginger chilli with salted vegetables.

Christmas @ the Kitteh's house

I have a lot to be thankful for this Christmas. And looking @ it, i have never been really a very thankful cat. Mm... Probably nature of my work makes me a demanding cat but this year,

* I took Christmas eve off with my parents. :) Whom by the way seemed pleased to spend it with me. Of course - shopping at Daiso with mom helps. RM5 FOR EVERYTHING! How can you not be happy. Of course, patience is also parents who put up with a daughter who is always on the phone even though she is On Leave .. to answer work calls.
* I am healthier & much happier than last year :)
* It's nice to have family around - even though they talk louder than you. When you are 2 feet away from them.
* A relatively quite year with little emotional turmoil is good. *winks*

Well, this is my Christmas eve & Christmas Dinner post. Heck, where's my Winter Solstice post?

Christmas eve, we did a lunch out instead - to avoid the crazy rush of what is known as - School Holidays. Dad was raving about the Ikea Salmon for Christmas and ok, since he could walk better than he did over the weekend, we decided to indulge him. I must say i do like ikea food. Yes, the meatballs are my fav despite protests from my dad it reeks of milk smell.


So we trooped there as early as 11 and spent about an hour at Daiso ( all hail RM5 shops!) Ah.. heaven and we dutifully meet at the ikea cafeteria. And the crowd came. Don't get me wrong but i practically hate school holidays. I feel as if i could suffocate when school hols appear. The throngs of people and kids are just a bit too overwhelming for me. Luckily we got in row, i was busy snapping pics of my daiso purchases while the rest got food!
This is the salmon they were raving about. Not bad actually. Salmon is my favorite fish as it is quite easy to eat with no bones and feels firm in terms of meat texture. And i think i have seen this dish done up by Tina Nodstrom of the AFC fame. Anyway this is not something Ikea will serve up daily, it is only for christmas with lots of grilled vegetables.

Basically it's a grilled salmon topped up with a sauce that is quite simply amazing. I detected fresh tomato, with dried tomato as well. Some mustard seeds ( like the ones used in dijon mustard ) onions and other flavors in which i can't pint point. I noticed i developed a bad habit of tasting a bit of something and then sniffing it like a cat, along with a flick of the tongue to try and decipher the make up of something. Not to mention the weird stares people give you sometimes as a result of this.

Chicken Breassttssssssssssssss...

Dinner on Christmas night was special. Mom made her Lemon Roasted chicken with herbs. Actually her brandy roast chicken is to die for, but dad wanted a whole chook instead of drumsticks ( Neko wants chicken breasssstsssss -ie:gollum)... that day complete with Roasted Potatoes with herbs and fresh corn. Turkey does not go well with a small family however today's chook was literally quite large as well. You can say i was stuffed on boxing day and the day after as well... *burp*That's the chook roastin' in the oven with the 'taters.

One thing i noticed, if you have a rotisserie, you can roast it whole, cooks more evenly but if you don't, it is better to butterfly the chicken. In the end you have to cut it up anyway rather than you have reddy bits in the chook.

Dad carving the chook. Hmm, i am not so good at this area.

Our style of 'taters with pre cooked potatoes tossed with garlic, olive oil and rosemary leaves. Taters and Rosemary seems very nice. Put it in the oven to bake for about 15-30 mins ( slow bake )

End result you get something like this. See the red bits? i had to pop it back to the microwave for a while. I can eat raw fish and slightly raw beef but raw chook is not my cup of tea. Despite the microwave bit the chicken was tender still. Oh by the way, the corn was yummy and sweet.

So, that was the feast at the Kitteh's house. Well we had very full cats that day. I think i was turning a bit green the next day where i saw food. Need detoxing already. Hope all of you all had a great christmas as well. :)