Grandma's Talent

My grandma is about 85 years old. She's an all-rounder.

She's our family doctor.
When I was young, I live pretty much like a Jungle girl. We hung out in the forest, played in the rivers, climbed the trees, treasuring all the nuts and flowers and feathers and bones we found there, made certain trees our 'houses', ran away from turkeys, monkeys and wild boars, scared of crocodiles, tigers, pythons and elephants... ate as much durian and smelly stinky fruits as we like... In those times, nature is our best friend, our best source of medicine. Whenever we felt sick, grandma just had to go and pluck some wild leaves and we would try to chew our life away trying to get these deadly bitter greeny into our stomach, and then... you got cured. Just like that... magic.



Grandma's the best cook on earth.
I maybe biased, but the best fish I've ever tasted was cooked by grandma. The best Shark-Fin Soup I've ever tasted was made by grandma. The best Plum flavoured Sweet and Sour Roasted Duck was served by grandma. The best Hakka stew Pork with Yam, also by grandma. I'm most proud of her Zong Zi - bamboo wrapped glutinous rice dumplings. If you've ever witness her making a batch, you'll be found jaw-dropping. Because it's like magic. You see her start up everything, preparing the pork, mushrooms, chestnuts, salted egg etc, then the next ... err... what? She wrapped 30 of them. And... my god... the rice is so soft and tender and white... it's virtually the dumpling version of J.Co donuts!


Grandma's an artist.
She could just made anything with anything. Look at all these little birdy photos I put up. She made them... recently! She used to make for me, using bamboo, beautiful animal shaped lanterns to showcase to at the yearly Mooncake festival at school. She would decorate our homes with beautiful and unique red lanterns for new year using recycle Red-packets. She will just made anything out of anything.


Don't you think these are cute? :-)
I've always said I want to make an effort to learn all that I could from her... but... it's always the same lame excuse...too busy. I've better start negotiating with my ass now... coz it's really hard to get it to go do some meaningful things nowadays... ha!

Donut Power

Okay, I didn't grow up eating donuts and it's never my favourite dessert. I'm not American.

I'm a cake girl, instead. I love cakes.
Or more specifically, soft and light sponge cake covered with simple and pretty butter cream.
Yes, those cheap and dainty common cakes that you can get for RM0.70 or RM1.20 from the roti(bread) van that comes around your housing area at 4pm. And I especially cannot resist those with a dot of red transparent sweet sweet jam. Ahhhhh... so nice. It's like eating a slice of heaven! They have the power to cheer me up when I'm really down. They can make me forget about my sorrows. They are my best friends. :-D

Anyway, I'm sure everyone in K.Lumpur who's visited the savvy newly opened Pavilion shopping mall has all been struck with awe how people are willing to queue up for at least 30min just to buy some... err... fried dough with sugar coating? (to please their girlfriends probably..)


I'm simply amazed by that. Can it be THAT good? Or is it the Simpson's movie that's creating all the craze? I've always wondered...

I mentioned this to my colleague, we wondered together. The queue is ALWAYS there. Even if it's the shop's closing time at 10pm. I told my colleague, I really wonder if it's that nice!


The very next day, my colleague presented me a box of suspiciously nicely packed box of J.Co Donuts on my table. Err... what's it, I asked...


It does have a J.Co Donuts & Coffee labeling on it. No, wait... it can't be.


Tada...!!



Oh, 6 dainty pastel-coloured cute looking donuts inside! I can't believe my colleague did that... I don't think my boy-friend would have been so nice....
My god, I just can't resist the one that's all covered in almond man... and the one that's oozing with cream/cheese...err... fat!

OKAY, they are too nice to just to be stared at and I gulped in without any delay! haha~

Oooooo....

Ahhhhhh...

Very nice and soft and it melts like a soft mashmallow. Emmmm... the cream/cheese/sugar is just... so baby nice.

Total satisfaction. I officially declare that, this food is for... angels!

Only if I don't have to queue for it!