Bazaar Ramadan is a must visit for Malaysians throughout Ramadan month, so below are the interesting food found in Seksyen 14 PJ




According to Pulut Udang Panas seller Azmee Yusoff, he uses recipe from Northern states like Perak, Penang and Kedah to make the special cuisine berbuka puasa.

"Prawn, sambal cili and coconut are cook together with pulut. It was later grilled for about 10 minutes," said Azmee who is helped by his wife.

Pulut Udang Panas is sold for RM0.50 each.

Gulai kawah

Besides that, kuih Tepung Pelita Istimewa from Paya Jaras is also sold at this bazaar ramadan. It was hot sale like pisang goreng. Seller Sulaiman Baharum said, he can sells up to 20 trays of that in a day. Each tray contains 80 pcs of kuih.

HONG KONG superstar Andy Lau was finally seen paying his last respects to his girlfriend Carol Chu’s father.

Chinese dailies said Lau was seen at a memorial ceremony in front of the elder Chu’s grave at the Hokkien Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur on Monday.

This time, he was without any “shield” or sunglasses. However, there were three security men at the entrance of the cemetery.

It was reported in major Chinese dailies that Lau was wearing a white T-shirt and a pair of jeans although Guang Ming Daily had managed to take exclusive pictures of Lau at the cemetary.

The photographs were however taken from afar and were grainy and all of them only showed the side of his face and body.

The dailies quoted a worker at the cemetery as saying that Lau had arrived at about 9am with Chu, her five siblings and two brothers-in-law. They left 30 minutes later after a simple ceremony.

During the funeral, a man believed to be Lau was hidden from view by an umbrella-carrying brigade.

Spotted: Superstar Andy Lau and Malaysian girlfriend Carol Chu arriving at the KL International Airport (inset) to catch a flight to Hong Kong Tuesday, after attending the funeral of Chu’s father. On Monday, Lau was seen at the Hokkien cemetery in Kuala Lumpur for the seventh-day memorial service

Now, I would like to wish all Muslims in the world happy fasting starting from tomorrow for the next 28 days.

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@kellyPatra- The 2nd time is when Tom brought me and mum as we went down.. forgot when


Synopsis A quiet tale that reminds us that, despite the multifaceted contradiction of Malaysia, life goes on – even if not all of it is sweet.

If you’re more keen on good food than restaurant frills, check out the eateries at Tanjung Sepat.

The Ocen Seafood Restaurant is anything but posh, but it has its own rustic charm. Built on stilts and overlooking the sea, it is situated beside Lover’s Bridge, a name locals have given to the Tanjung Sepat jetty in Selangor.

The very satisfying Cantonese noodle done yin yeong style

Among the popular menu are chilli crabs, claypot beancurd, fish ball soup, steamed white pomfret, sweet and sour prawns, clams in Chinese wine, deepfried chicken with Thai kerabu, oh chien (oyster omelette), stirfried vegetables, and of course white rice and Chinese tea.

One other pleasing dish was the claypot tofu which resembled a thick soup of eggs, crabmeat, shitake mushrooms and broken pieces of white tofu. There were contrasting opinions to this dish.

One diner thought it didn’t look very attractive while another slurped it up with relish. One said the corn flour-thickened broth was reminiscent of shark fins’ soup and with a dash of dark vinegar, it made for a pleasant starter.

Teochew-style oh chien

My personal experience, I have went there twice and the last visit should be somewhere January. Of all the dishes in menu, clams in Chinese wine is my favourite as their clams are big and juicy with exotic wine flavour together.

My fellow reader, Kelly knows it well.

Ocen Seafood Restaurant
109, Jalan Laut, Tanjung Sepat
Kuala Langat, Selangor
Business hours: 12 to 9.30pm.
Tel: 03-3197 4443
Non-halal

Jade Delights with Coconut Silk

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APPLE-flavoured, lemon-flavoured, tiramisu, cream cheese: Believe it or not, these are different flavours of mooncakes.

And they are back! Wherever you turn in supermarkets and shopping complexes over the next few weeks, you will not miss the areas set aside especially to display mooncakes.

And the varieties available are mind-boggling.

Snow Skin Chocolate Mint with Nut Pieces

So, what’s the best way to consume mooncakes?

It is a dessert, and as such it goes best with Chinese tea, but it can also be had with sugar-free coffee and tea.

“When eating mooncakes, take it with a sugarless beverage as it is already a very sweet confection. To enjoy the flavours, the drink must be tepid or bland.”

THE Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival is not only a time for moon gazing and romantic lantern walks. It is also a time to indulge in the decadent sweetness of the mooncake.

Only available between July and September, these fat, round pastries are filled to the brim with dense delicious fillings. Such is their richness that diners are only able to consume small wedges of these cakes at one time.

When the Chinese immigrated to Malaya in droves during the mid-18th century, they brought this sweet sticky delight along.

Mouth-watering varieties: From the traditional to the novel, there are now so many types of mooncakes

Of the other varieties of mooncakes, there is the Teochew version which is recognisable by its outer yam covering and pork filling. This uncommon mooncake is delicious when eaten hot off the wok.

More popular is the northern Chinese style with fillings of pine nuts, almonds and pork ham and is also known locally as the “wedding biscuit”, although it will take on a flatter shape on such an occasion.

There is also the Shanghai mooncake with a hard biscuit-like covering and a lotus paste and yolk filling.

Lum Tuck Loy, 64, chairman of Selangor Restaurant Keeper’s Association, has studied the mooncake industry during the early post-Merdeka years. The father of six who started making mooncakes at the age of 16 at Yuk Woo Hin, a Chinese restaurant at Petaling Street, recalled that there were only two main types of fillings in the market during the 1960s – lotus paste and red bean.

Popular: The northern China version of the mooncake is very similar to the ‘wedding biscuit’

Touching on the ping peh mooncake (snowy covering made of rice flour and sugar paste which does not require baking), there is a general misconception that it emerged only during the 1980s.

According to Lum, it was already present as far back as the 1960s.

“The ping peh was rather rare in the beginning as it was only made after the bakers had finished with their batch of baked mooncakes for the season. I remember that we only made it one or two days before the festival day and it was only distributed among the workers and close friends,” he says.

In contrast to the array of shapes, flavours and colours of today, the original ping peh only came in white and was filled with lotus, green bean or red bean paste.

However, its sudden proliferation in the market during the 1980s may be linked to the advancement of retail-style refrigeration units which made it possible for vendors to stock the ping peh.

But more endearing than the ping peh are the sweet chewy dough figurines in cute animal shapes. For the Chinese, no childhood memory will be complete without these sweet treats from their elders.

Made from the very same dough used for mooncake pastry, these edible animals were made after the bakers found that they had leftover dough. These were quickly transformed into piglets, lions or fishes to make the children happy.

Cute: Animal figures from leftover dough

Bank Negara Malaysia in co-operation with Sukom Ninety Eight Berhad has issued a new RM50 note to commemorate the Kuala Lumpur '98 XVI Commonwealth Games. This banknote is the first polymer banknote to be issued in Malaysia.


The design of the note will remind the world of Malaysia as a world class sporting destination. The front side features the portrait of the first Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the right and the Kuala Lumpur city skyline with prominent landmarks in the centre.

The Commonwealth Games Look Programme which features the stylised butterfly symbol and the gold-coloured Optical Variable Device (OVD) with the portrait of the first Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the clear window appear on the left. The logo of Bank Negara Malaysia appears in the other clear window on the right of the note.

The Kuala Lumpur International Airport is featured as the central backdrop. To the right, the background design shows the artist's impression of the Multimedia Super Corridor connecting Kuala Lumpur City Centre to Putrajaya, Cyberjaya and the new Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

The back design shows the National Stadium in Bukit Jalil in the centre. The logo of the Kuala Lumpur '98 XVI Commonwealth Games appears on the left of the note.
The main security features of the RM50 polymer note are highlighted below as a guide to assist the public. It combines conventional security features commonly found in paper banknotes and innovative security features which are unique to polymer banknotes. These features provide protection against the use of contemporary high-resolution digital colour copiers and scanners.

The public is advised to look carefully for the security features to differentiate the genuine notes from the counterfeits.

RM50 Polymer Security Feature

BRAILLE FEATURE (1)
Braille feature of the diamond shape marking with a layer of tactile ink printed in intaglio can be felt by touching.
Section 1 of the obverse of the note:

BACK TO TOP
WATERMARK PORTRAIT WITH ELECTROTYPE HIGHLIGHT (2)
The Watermark Portrait can be recognised by tints that are lighter or darker than the surrounding paper. This watermark portrait which has a three-dimensional effect appears without sharp outlines. At the base of the watermark, the numeral 50 is clearly visible.
Section 2 of the obverse of the note:

BACK TO TOP
PERFECT SEE-THROUGH REGISTER (3)
Perfect See-Through Register feature where the graphic songket design on the obverse side of the note will register perfectly with the same graphic songket design on the reverse side when it is held against the light.
Section 3 of the obverse of the note:

BACK TO TOP
MULTICOLOUR LATENT IMAGE (4)
Multicolour Latent Image of the denomination 50 can be seen when the banknote is tilted slightly and the colour changes when it is rotated.
Section 4 of the obverse of the note:

[b] When tilted slightly or rotated BACK TO TOP
INTAGLIO PRINT (5)
Intaglio Print is a raised printing effect produced by applying layers of tactile inks on various parts of the front and reverse sides of the notes, such as the portrait of the First Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong, denomination figures, design elements and the wording 'Bank Negara Malaysia'.
Section 5 of the obverse of the note:
BACK TO TOP
HOLOGRAPHIC STRIPE (6)
Holographic Stripe features the denomination 50 and the hibiscus flower, with a multi-coloured pumping and matt-structure effect when the banknote is tilted slightly.
Section 6 of the obverse of the note:

BACK TO TOP
THE COLOUR SHIFTING SECURITY THREAD (7)
The Security Thread is embedded in the paper and appears on the reverse side of the note as coloured intermittent lines. When the note is held against the light, it is seen as a continuous dark coloured line and contains repeated text reading RM50 BNM. When the note is tilted, the colour of the thread changes from red to green and vice versa.
Section 7 of the reverse of the note:
BACK TO TOP
FLUORESCENT ELEMENTS VISIBLE UNDER ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT
Invisible Fluorescent Elements can be seen through various parts of the background on the obverse and reverse side of the banknote and will fluoresce in different colours when viewed under ultra-violet light.
IMAGE AND TEXT ON HOLOGRAPHIC STRIPE (6)

TEXT AND LOGO (7)
A rectangle showing the text BNM 50 with the stag motif, and repeated texts on security thread reading RM50 BNM. On the obverse side of the note, the thread can be seen as a continuous yellow fluorescent line.
Section 7 of the reverse of the note:

BACK TO TOP
SECURITY FIBRES (8)
The security fibres in the paper in three colours: red, yellow and blue
Section 8 of the reverse of the note:
BACK TO TOP
TWO-COLOUR FLUORESCENT ELEMENTS (9)
Complex design numeric '50' on the reverse which can be seen in green and red.
Section 9 of the reverse of the note:
BACK TO TOP
NUMBERING (10)
The numbers fluoresce under ultra-violet light.
Section 10 of the reverse of the note:
BACK TO TOP
MICRO PRINTINGS (7, 11, 12, 13)
Micro-Letterings can be viewed under a magnifying glass.

Micro-text in Security Thread (7)	Background Micro-Letterings (11)
Intaglio Micro-Letterings (12)	Intaglio Micro-Letterings (13)

How much sugar do you consume a month? Have a thought in yourself..

As we know durian season is back since mid-June and become a favourite of my fruit since it tasty.

Yes, I would like to share with readers about the varieties in Malaysia that are well known for uniqueness and quality.

Know your durians: The Tracka durian has a visible gap in the heart of the fruit.

D24 variant

D2 variant

• D-varities: D13, D18, D20, D88, D96, D101
• Tawa, Tembaga, Mas Johor, Mas Pahang, Kampung durian, Udang Merah, Raja Kunyit

The Tracka durian, for example, is recognisable by the visible gap in the heart of the fruit and its deep yellow coloured pulp, which has a sweet yet slightly bitter taste.

Then there are the sweet but small seeded varieties, like the Jiuji and D96; and for those who relish a luxurious mouthful, there is the Raja Kunyit and the Udang Merah, which has a slight tinge of red in its rich yellow pulp. Another rare but popular choice is the XO, named for its pale, bitter flesh.

Tips

• Consuming durians with alcohol is also not advised.

If you have to choose your own fruit, remember that a durian should first be light. Look at the tip, if it is too dry means it is no longer fresh. A little dry is okay. And when you shake the fruit, you should hear a muted rattling. Lastly, give it a good sniff and if the aroma pleases you, then it’s a good durian.

On August 1, Kuala Lumpur again in attention for the illegal street demonstration. Past two years, it was Bersih rally and Hindraf but this time is anti-ISA.

A total of 589 protesters were being detained for alleged taking part in the demo, and this morning 29 of them were charged.

As we know police started to make road blocks at road leading to city centre which causes tremendous traffic jam.

Human shield: Protesters marching during the anti-Internal Security Act (ISA) demonstration in downtown Kuala Lumpur yesterday.