Dogma craved Bak Kut Teh lunch@Zheng Jia Restaurant, Bandar Puchong Jaya

Demona: "What should we have for lunch?.... Wan tan mee? Chicken rice?"
Dogma : " Ba Kut Teh.........."
Demona: "Or indian food..? Thosai? Nasi Kandar?"
Dogma : "Ba Kut Teh.........."

Demona: I stared at Dogma. His eyes, enlarged, unmoved, with piercing stares. I turned to look, following the direction of his view. Just ahead, I saw Zheng Jia, a restaurant specialising in Ba Kut Teh. Then, I turned back and looked at him again.

Dogma : "Ba Kut Teh........."

Demona: I was stunned for a moment there, seeing how obsessed one could get over food. To prevent any unwanted bloodshed, I quickly agreed to his suggestion.

Demona :" Err... ok ok..... good boy, Ba Kut Teh it is ok? "

Demona: A must-have sidekick dish to go along with the herbal, spicy, porky ba kut soup. Sadly, the "yaocharkuey" was pre-deep fried. The hot, cruchiness of its outer skin was entirely gone. Even though they were dipped into the hot BKT soup... man... the whole oohlala-yummy-high-estatic like feeling just ain't there.

Soggy YCKs are such no-nos.

Demona: The soup was fairly enjoyable. Quite peppery alright, sorta' reminds me of Singapore's rendition of BKT. Meat's a lil' too fatty for my liking, therefore I'm almost sure that Dogma's craving was fully filled. I still preferred Klang's one. Any one's got other great Klang Valley BKT suggestions?
Demona: The vinegar pork ain't bad either. The soup's got a soury, salty, sweet combi action going on. We surely had one, well fed, chubby, fatty pig to eat today. Snipped, snapped, chopped, cut chewy fatty porky parts and dumped 'em into his plate.

Demona: Price wise... I had to admit, it surprised me. I was expecting RM15-RM20/ pax pricing. But.. hey, with a pot of tea, lousy YCK and two pots of porky BKT for RM22/2 pax...hmmmm.. fairly reasonable. Zheng Jia proves to be a place for people who are tightening belts, burnt holes in pockets, and listening to their notti tongues, strongly stimulating their brains to crave for BKT.

Demona's Departure Breakfast Treat@Dogma's crib, KL

Demona: Kayu-Pokok-like Dogma was an angel today. Before my departure back to Singapore, he "SACRIFICED" his morning sleep, draggggggg-ed himself out of his little dreamzone, slogged his way down the stairs and headed into the kitchen to make some warm, hearty breakfast!

(although Dogmama prepacked all these lovely dishes for him, and they were nicely stored in the freezer, so Dogma's job was to de-frost 'em and left the rest of the work to my tiny portable oven. But.. oh well.. breakfast served in bed, oh wait.. in couch I mean, this lady here ain't complaining!)

Demona: Thick, chunky slices of beef nicely tucked in between to slices of white bread toasted till the edges were sealed. The beef slices were tender, well marinated with some chinese spices I suppose, as its taste gave me an Oriental feel to it. His mama's really one good cook also. Totally different style from my mom's. I think every living person on this earth will always brag about his/her mother's out-of-this-world delicious cooking, eh? :)

Demona: Dogmama's culinary skills ain't just limited to Taiwanese dishes. It spreads around the globe! She went "An Yong Hai Sei Yo" in her cooking too! The two side dishes behind were actually her home made kim chi. No wonder Dogma kept mentioning how "healthy" he looked when he was a kid. THIS: Dogmama's great cooking, I am almost fairly, quite, 99.999999 % sure was the main reason why.

Dogma's wine

Ogier Cotes Du Rhone Heritage 2006:

Bought this from Midvalley Bottles & Bottles some time ago.. opened up and you get a powerful fruit, red berry note on the nose. On the palate it was a muscular as well compared to most cotes du rhone. Very big and grenached for my liking. Things got more balanced after 1hr of aerations. You get some bitter note at the end palate. at RM100, pretty ok la but not a rebuy for me. I prefer more elegant style wines.

Lawson Hills Pinot Noir, 2006 Marlborough.

this is a very good value for money new world pinot. Silky, light and dancing on the palate, slowing gliding down your throat... The nose did not offer much. only some light cherry and earth after some time. However, the palate is clean.. Great buy at this pricepoint (SGD40)

Home made prawn crackers@Demona's mama

Demona: No one makes better prawn crackers than me mama's! Anyone wants to take orders? haha. Actually I rather not. The process of making these lil' crackers right from scratch really roughen her hands and makes them sore. I'm sorry guys! Best-est prawn crackers ever! and only Chuah and Chuah clan alone can have this priviledge... and of course, occasionally others who are around me when me mama makes me some. *winks* Dogma, eh? I remembered you chomping down these lil' cracker jagger goodies :)

Mommy's crackers come in two flavours, original and spicy ones. I believe I've posted on this once a long, long while ago. But, who cares :) I never get bored of telling people about how great my mom and her culinary skills are!

Home made beef noodles@Dogma's mama

Yawning Hazel Guarding the entrance to the Kitchen..
ME... NEED>>> FOOOOOOOOOD says Zack
the Precursor --> Vege, meat ball Soup..Oriental Style
The Main: Thick, juicy beef soup complete with beef tendon, beef brisket and radish stewed to perfection.
Check it out again. The killer beef noodle in Taiping..
Mom always made the best beef noodle i'd ever eaten...period..
This time it was made even better by the perfect choice of white noodle coupled with the thick concentrated gravy.....
Doused it with a dash of chili oil, and you are on the staircase to heaven.