Down memory lane...

When i saw Alesia's post on cekodok (cucur ikan bilis), it brought back instant memories of my mom making those for us for teatime on a school-going day.
It was the highlight of the afternoon. She was always clever in whipping things up in a jiffy in the kitchen with whatever she found on hand. And the cekodok was one of it.

This is my own version of comfort food.. it really holds a special place in my heart as it reminds me of my mom's love... the many hard years she went through to raise us up, the sacrifices she made and her unconditional love for us... and constantly making sure we never go hungry!

Before she was diagnosed with her condition, i fondly remember her cooking the bestest mee siam i've ever tasted with all the accompanying condiments she made from scratch (till this day, i have yet to taste mee siam as good as that).

Special thanks to Alesia for allowing me to share this photo and more importantly for helping bring back those sweet memories.
To whip us this delectable savoury fritters, check out www.alesiathehomecook.blogspot.com for her simple to understand step-by-step tutorial and while you're at it, this stay home mom has other recipes that's bound to tantalize your tastebuds... oh yes and her food shots are really good, you're bound to leave her blog hungry... don't say i didn't warn you!

Hardcore Foodies?

It's been more than 10 years since i last stepped into Malacca... i have always only known it to be a historical city rich with its colorful past and heritage.. little did i know that it was one fine food haven, literally filled with tempting goodies and mouthwatering treats from one street to another!

We were doubly blessed at our recent family church camp when we were not only spiritually filled but physically stuffed up to our throats!

Mind you.. the satay featured above is not your regular but it's counterpart - juicy succulent pork satay.

In just under 2 hours, we tried several eateries, gobbling down cendol which was made superb by the ultra fantastic gula melaka, rich flavorful laksa and other sorts of peranakan delicacies (for the life of me can't remember what there were) =p

Anyways while i was putting the above shots together in a montage, i let out a giggle cos i thought luke's picture was hilarious as it very much kinda depict as though he was letting out a cry "Oh No... FOOD again!!!" while happily chomping away on his food.... very much echoing the rest of our sentiments ;)

ps: a few days later, we were invited by papa for a day trip to try the famous satay celup. how could we resist the invite?! drove through horrendous traffic for 3.5 hours (but no complaints) and had our first taste of satay celup (we were too obsessed with the pot of boiling aromatic satay sauce and our sticks of "lok lok", we forgot to take photos!) Does that make us hardcore foodies? Go figure.

thanks to michelle hoe for the lovely photos and company