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What actually is Paella?Well, probably most Malaysians not often heard of this name....

And how does it pronounce anyway?


It's called the...

pa·el·la (pä-ā'lyä, -ā'yä)
noun

A saffron-flavored Spanish dish made with varying combinations of rice, vegetables, meat, chicken, and seafood.


Oxford's explanation
Paella is a...

Spanish (Valencian) rice dish, seasoned with saffron, containing sea-food and chicken.



Wikipedia explains...

Paella (pronounced in Spanish IPA: [pa'eʎa]) is a rice dish, originally from Valencia (Spain) where it is traditionally eaten on Sundays.
The name paella is the word for "frying pan" in Valencian (from Latin patella).
Paella is usually garnished with vegetables and meat or seafood. The three main ingredients are rice, saffron, and olive oil.
There is an old story of how the Moorish kings’ servants created rice dishes by mixing the left-overs from royal banquets in large pots to take home. It is said by some that that word paella originates from the Arab word “baqiyah” meaning left-overs.





History of Paella

The original paella was a poor man's fare, which is why it is made with a little of everything a person may have on hand in the kitchen. "Paella" is the name for frying pan in Valencian, although as popularity for this dish spread throughout Spain, the pan has come be known as the paellera.
Paella is a typical dish from the Valencia Region. This recipe is for the traditional paella Valenciana, which is where the dish was first created. But many different varieties of paella are enjoyed; for example, in some regions of Valencia paella is cooked using more seafood such as shrimp, mussels and clams.



Ingredients

-500g (1 lb.) chicken
-500g (1 lb.) rabbit
-480g (1 lb.) medium grain rice
-350g (3/4 lb.) paella vegetables (big haricot beans "garrofó", small haricot beans "tavella", green beans "bajoqueta (de ferraura)"/"judías verdes", red peppers and green peppers optional)
-24 snails (optional)
-120g (1/4 lb.) tomatoes
-1.5 L (4 cups) of water
olive oil, salt, paprika ("pebre roig"/"pimentón dulce"), saffron, rosemary.



Procedure

Clean the snails, chicken and rabbit thoroughly. Cut the chicken and the rabbit in small pieces and salt them generously. Pour olive oil in a paellera and, when hot, quickly stir-fry the chicken and the rabbit pieces. When they have browned, add the tomato and stir-fry until well cooked, then add the vegetables and stir-fry til they reduce. Add a pinch of paprika and stir-fry for one or two minutes.

Before the paprika gets burnt, pour the water into the paella (you might find it best to pre-boil the water first). Add saffron and salt to taste. (If you've never used saffron before, start with a pinch, about 10 threads.)

Add the snails if you are using them. Bring everything to a rolling boil and let it bubble for about 10 minutes. Correct for the evaporation of the water by adding a little extra water as needed.

Add the rice and stir. Spread the rice over the pan (it should be less than 1 cm thick) and let it simmer on medium heat for 10 minutes, and then reduce the heat to low and let simmer gently for a further 10 minutes.

When the rice is almost dry, remove pan from the heat, place some small branches of rosemary over the rising rice, and let the rice absorb the remaining liquid. Cover with cloth or sheets of newspaper for about 10 minutes. Once the rice is dry the paella is ready to be served.



Paella not just a good dish but it has got its own tradition...


A giant seafood Paella cooked on the Catalonian National Day 2003 in the village square of Cornudella de Montsant, Catalonia, Spain.

Related paella traditions

A giant seafood Paella cooked on the Catalonian National Day 2003 in the village square of Cornudella de Montsant, Catalonia, Spain.
It has become a custom for mass gatherings in Valencia — festivals, political campaigns, protests, etc — to prepare an enormous paella, sometimes to win a mention in the Guinness Book of Records. Ad hoc wide-diameter pans are commissioned for these cases.
Paella and its variations are typical picnic dishes for the Spanish spring and summer.
The dish is also typically consumed during the Falles in Valencia.




Prawns!Green peas!!Chicken!!Oyster!!Cheese!! and Much Much more!!Yum!!




Now...that's really attractive...




Seafood Paella!!




Small Paella!!




Vegilicious!!

I'm sure most everyone of us knows what doughnut is...
It has two meanings which are as follows :

1. A small ring-shaped cake made of rich, light dough that is fried in deep fat. Also called olicook.
Something whose form is reminiscent of a ring-shaped cake.

2. A fast, tight 360° turn made in a motor vehicle or motorized boat.

But what I'm talking about is a ring-shaped cake.




This explains how Americans love doughnuts...
Homer Simpsons is day dreaming about the doughnut...


Doughnuts recipe

1 cup granulated sugar
3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 teaspoon salt
4 cups all-purpose flour
(about)
2 eggs
1 cup milk
3 tablespoons melted butter
Fat (for deep-fat frying)

How to make them...
Sift together sugar, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, salt, and flour.

Beat eggs thoroughly, then stir into dry ingredients. Add the milk and melted butter. Roll about 1/2 inch thick on a floured board and cut with a doughnut cutter. Fry several at a time in 375 degrees F fat until nicely browned. Drain on paper towels. Dust with granulated or confectioners' sugar.
Makes 24.



Looks crispy...but you can't get it!!Muahahaha!!



I love them!!!



Kawaii Doughnuts!!All round ones....Yeah!!

Varieties of doughnuts!



It's the pink doughnut again!!Muah!








It's Dunkin' Donuts!

Dunkin' Donuts is an international coffee and donut retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, USA by William Rosenberg. It claims to be the "world's largest coffee and baked goods chain," serving 2.7 million customers per day at over 7,000 stores globally which includes approximately 5,300 Dunkin' Donuts locations in 34 states. This figure compares with the 10,800 stores of coffee chain Starbucks, whose baked goods are usually prepared out of shop. Most Dunkin' Donuts stores are franchises.


History Of Dunkin' Donuts

In 1946, William Rosenberg founded Industrial Luncheon Services as a company to deliver meals and "coffee break snacks" to customers in the outer reaches of Boston, Massachusetts. His business saw success and Rosenberg soon followed by opening up his first coffee and donut shop called "The Open Kettle". In 1950 he opened the first store known as "Dunkin' Donuts", which is still standing today at 543 Southern Artery in Quincy, Massachusetts. For a while, Dunkin' Donuts and its other quick-service brands - Togo's and Baskin Robbins - were owned and operated by Allied Domecq. Allied Domecq has since been bought out by Pernod Ricard for its Spirits and Wine division, breaking off the quick service brand to create Dunkin' Brands, the current owner of Dunkin' Donuts. Its biggest franchise can be found in Northvale, New Jersey. Currently, there are 5,505 Dunkin' Donuts franchises in the United States, 79 in Canada, and 1,856 throughout the rest of the world.


The policemen love the doughnuts...

Sandwiches are the food we always eat...

But I think most of you don't know there are sandwiches which are HUGE!!






Largest Sandwich


The world's largest sandwich measured 3.48 m x 3.48 m x 4.87 m (11 ft 5 in x 11 ft 5 in x 15 ft 11 in) with an overall thickness of 66.36 cm (26.1 in). It was made by Grupo Bimbo in conjunction with McCormick, Fud, Chalet and Pétalo Jumbo in the Zócalo, Mexico City, Mexico on April 24, 2004.







Longest sandwich



The longest sandwich measured 634.50 m (2,081 ft) and was created by Pietro Catucci and Antonio Latte of EuroSpin in Mottola, Taranto, Italy, on August 7, 2004. The ingredients included 920 kg (2,028.25 lb) of flour, 512 litres (112.6 gal) of water and 25 kg (55.11 lb) of salt. The bread was left to rise naturally for over 24 hours without the use of yeast. The bread was transported half cooked from the oven onto the tables by means of two cranes. On the tables it was further baked using a specially created movable oven and, once cooled, it was filled with 547 kg of salami and mortadella and decorated on top with mayonnaise and tuna. The sandwich weighted 547 kg (34,275.22 lb) and was consumed by 19,000 people together with 500 litres (109.98 gal) of wine, helping raise money for the Food Bank, which had earlier been destroyed by a fire.
Longest Torpedo (Submarine) Sandwich




World's most expensive sandwich!





Have you try this round sandwich before?




Yeah!!Sandwich delight!





Fried fish sandwich???

Anyway,I believe all of them taste really good...
Muahaha

I just wonder sometimes...
Where does Chee Cheong Fun comes from?
So I've decided to search for the infomations...
Finally, I've found this...
It says...

Chee cheong fun are square rice sheets which are used in Singaporean cuisine and Malaysian cuisine
The sheets are made from a viscous mixture of rice flour and water. This liquid is poured onto a specially-made flat pan in which it is steamed to produce the square rice sheets. Chee cheong fun can be served with different flavour of sauce. In Malaysia, most of the people prefer serving Chee cheong fun with one kind of black sweet sauce called "timzheong". Some other prefer specially-made chilli sauce or mix two kind of sauce together.
There is another kind of food which is similar with Chee cheong fun called "laicheong" in Cantonese. This food is popular in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The difference between Chee cheong fun and "laicheong" is "laicheong" does serve with stuffing (such as shrimp, pork or dough sticks) but Chee cheong fun does not. Besides, people use different sauce to serve these two kinds of food.
Chee cheong fun is a popular breakfast food in Singapore and Malaysia. Chee cheong fun is frequently served in kopitiams and Chinese restaurants.

Actually, we have varieties of Chee Cheong Fun in Malaysia nowadays...
Here are some Chee Cheong Fun pictures...


Penang Chee Cheong Fun



I don't usually eat this chee cheong fun



Those who love the taste of spice should try this curry chee cheong fun



This is my favourite!!Hong Kong Chee Cheong Fun!!
More prawns and Cha Siew please!!

Are you hungry by the way?

They're so cute...and i've decided to name them Cupacakie!!yeah!!



Smile before you eat me!lolz....
Said by Smiley Cupacakies...

Have you ever heard or read something in a sushi bar and did not understand what it was? This is a list of common Vocabulary at a sushi bar.

Types of Sushi
Chirashi – sampler of fish served over a bowl of sushi rice

Donburri – Donburri is like Chirashi but just one kind of fish that you would choose.

For example Unagi-Donburri would be Just Unagi (freshwater eel) served over a bowl of sushi rice.

Futomaki – Thick rolled sushi with many ingredients inside and each piece is very large.

Gunkan Nigiri – A type of Nigiri that holds the ingredients like a boat, usually seen when ordering Tobiko, Ikura or Uni.

Hosomaki – Thin Rolled sushi with the Nori (seaweed) on the outside.

Maki –Sushi Rolls (There are many types of Maki, Futomaki, Hosomaki, Temaki, Uramaki, etc.)

Nigiri Sushi – Pieces of fish on top of two balls of sushi rice, sometimes a slice of roasted Nori (seaweed) is put on to bind the fish to the rice and to add flavor and eye appeal.

Sashimi – Only Sliced fish. Raw, cooked or pickled fish cut into 3-5 pieces. Usually presented on top of a few leaves of shiso and grated daikon with wasabi and ginger on the side.

Temaki – Cone shaped hand rolls that are meant to be eaten from the hand like an ice cream cone.Uramaki – Rice on the outside roll. Sometimes called inside-out roll. This style of sushi has become very popular and is most seen in sushi bars in America. Some people say that it is popular in America because the Seaweed is hidden on the inside of the roll and sushi beginners are less intimidated to eat it.

This is what we usually see and eat in the japanese restaurant.



Have you all wonder why are we love sushi so much?


The reason for this is that sushi(Japanese food) actually looks really attractive.Besides that, sushi is a really healthy food though it doesn't really taste as good as chinese food(this is what I think only).



That's what I call a sushi dish!

See?I told you, you'll love the look of sushi....

Fishy sushi!!!lol

I know sometimes sushi meal is rather expensive, instead of eating them you could even look at them...because they can be 'un'real sometimes....




When you feel boring, probably this sushi game will help you to feel better.