Aeropressed Kilimanjaro

It has been a looooooong time since I last wrote here.  2015 had indeed been a busy year.

We start the new year by having Ana:log's barista at home to prepare our coffee.

Wonderful smell .....

Grinding .... 

Preparing ....

The star of the night ...

The cup ...

This is the month of food.  It is the time of the year where you can see all kind of food served.  

Sometimes we need to take a break from too much food :D
So we sneaked out at night looking for some comfortable food around the corner.

Le Voila!  Le gateau parfait!  Blueberry Longan cake.  It is deliciously light, fruity and with the perfect texture of a dream cake. 










What goes best with a cake than a cup of black coffee, right?

Nasi Budu

Today we are having Kelantanese food.

This is the highlight of the meal.  Budu - a traditional anchovy sauce.  To prepare our plate of budu, we pour the sauce in a plate, squash a dash of lime juice and mix together with raw mango, sweet durian, some onion and lots of bird's eye chilis.

Gulai kawah.  A curry like (but not curry) meat dish.

Singge daging.  A hot and sour meat stew.

Kerabu sare - a hot and spicy seaweed salad.

Chicken feet salad.  Danger!  Lot's of bird's eye chili ok!

Ike percik.  Spicy coconut sauce poured over grilled Mackerel.

Sambal sotong - ret hot chillied squid.

Aye percik.  Same as the mackerel only that it is chicken.

Now we are all set to eat a hearty lunch.

Which will later end with this sweet dessert.

Lot 28195 Kampung Pantai Balok aka Villaku Residence

Believe it or not, this beautiful Villa is for rent!  Minimum stay is 2 nights.

As they say, the beach is just a stone throw away.

A delightful setting for breakfast and tea under the sun.

Overlooking a Tilapia fish pond.

A good spot to nap

All rooms are sea view.

From the outside

Picturesque ... everywhere!

This shot was taken at 6.30 am.

Catching the sun rise.

Carpet of morning glory.

Mr Crab, are you awake?

Fishermen are out early to bring our dinner.

Follow my foot steps!

Cooling spot under a shady tree.

We'll be back!

King of Fruits

What???  No fruit!

Aming told me:  You wait.  The lorry is on the way.

And true enough, 10 minutes later ... le voila!

Aming got the first basket.

  We let the expert do the job ...

For the first time in my life I learnt how to select a good fruit.  They did not even smell it.

It started by shaking the fruit.  Tapping it a few times.  And weighing it manually.

Okay.  Approved.  Unload all!

Yes, Sir.  I want that one!

This is Durian.  THE King.

Wish I could eat more.  It was thick, sweet with a slight bitter taste.  Awesome!

 It took Aming quite a while to unload all .... phew ...