Durians

It is the season again . This mid year season of fruits .......here comes the King of all local fruits .

This is  a D24 . Heard that this year's price is reasonably cheap at RM 9.00/Kg for this species.
The outer ' husk ' of the fruit is thorny , hence the name " durian " .
It can be opened into a pattern of petals , like this :

Oops, sorry to show only empty ' husk ' .......the sweet , juicy, ' aromatic ' , creamy fruit in it are gone !
Normally , the good fruit tastes bitter-sweet and it is the most popular taste .
The fruit is yellowish or whitish in colour , soft & creamy .

This is it , the yummy yummy D24 !
Well, durian lovers , this is the season again !

My DINE for FREE buffet at Shogun

Today I dined for FREE at the Shogun , thanks to their June promotion . Check it out .

Anyway , being more health conscious & mindful , we did not just feed ourselves hungrily. Here's what we had :

We wre seated at this section

Starter : fruits, salad, kimchi , century egg 

' Buddha jump over the Wall 'Soup & cawanmoshi

The ' Mini Buddha jump over the Wall soup ' or " 佛跳墙 " is a soup with scallop, sea cucumber, abalone .

 Garoupa fishhead curry

assorted : sushis, fried fish, prawns, squids

One of the fried prawn in pumpkin is nice . The one near right hand corner in the picture above .

stir-fried veges & fried sardine

Assorted seafood : clams, lala, curried squid, pandan chicken, turmeric chicken & lemon grass prawn fr

itter

We took only one piece/ scoop of each variety, and shared .

The cakes & paus .

and jelly ....note the jelly on steamed pumpkin .

The Greentea ice cream & mix berries ice cream for dessert

red beans, sweetened corn, black jelly, cendol for the mixed ice

Lastly, the Ice Kacang Malaysian special .....

Sprinkled with peanuts .

And that's my free buffet for 2011 , at Shogun Japanese Buffet Restaurant .

The final egg story

Let me finish with the final egg story .

The hen came back once to the flower pot I guessed , but never lay any more eggs in it.

The final two eggs were hard boiled .

Boil the egg in a pot with enough water to cover the egg .
and here's the hard-boiled egg....

Crack the shell....

Can see the snowy egg-white now.

Peeled hard-boiled egg.

Half it , nice egg .

Thanks to the mother hen !

Eggs again !

Now we have four eggs left .

Two were fried .

First, heat up the saucepan .

Get the egg . Crack it with a fork .

Break the egg into the saucepan .

Look at the crystal like egg white . Fry it till the egg set .

Look at the difference, cooked  & cooking .

And here we have two fried eggs .......... !

chicken eggs cooked

There were 5 eggs found in the flower pot, remember ?

Now, the first egg was cooked , half -boiled .
Firstly, place the egg in a bowl .

Next, pour boiling water over it , enough to cover the egg .

Cover the bowl for about 5 mins .

Then, pour away the water after 5 minutes, break the shells .....and here's what we get .

Look at the beautiful yellow colour of the yolk .

That's the beautiful , delicious, nutritious half-boiled egg .

chicken and eggs

After we got the free eggs , now must thank the chickens .

Here's the mother hen ......

Yeah , not a pretty one with the feathers missing around the neck .
And this is the handsome partner .....cockadoodle do !

Let's take a closer look at the couple . They always come together, eat together .....

They are not huge, but have long legs .
This is another one of their friends.....the tall one.

So, these are the chickens that wonders around the backyard.

Eggs in the pot !

May 29th , 2011 ......Sunday

This is a hot Sunday , and working at the backyard, here's what we found .

Among these empty flower pots , a pleasant surprise ! We found chicken eggs !

Like these.....and there were all 5 of them !

Days ago, the mother hen has been visiting . I have suspected it to lay eggs , but cannot find anything . Little did I suspect that the hen would lay eggs in the empty flower pots.

The eggs are small compared to the normal eggs , of course.

Comparing it with a normal egg, papaya and chilies, this ' kampung egg ' is whiter, and smaller .
Putting it in the egg compartment in the fridge , you can see how small it is.  Here :

See the small, white " kampung chicken " eggs from our backyard !
Thanks to the mother hen . Bravo !