Saturday, November 7, 2009

Bamboo Corner Cafe

It's quite popular for UTAR Kampar students who stay at Eastgate of the UTAR campus and those who want to drop by for breakfast and lunch which is not far from the campus.
It's situated next to Jalan Perdana at Taman Kampar Perdana, Ipoh, Perak.
(click on the map for clearer view)

Every morning, if I have no time, I'll have my breakfast at this restaurant. There are variety of meals from morning till night such as chicken rice, economy rice (rice with dishes on your choices), mee and drinks.
This is an example of glutinous rice with stir-fried mee and with additional fu pei (Fishcakes wrap by sheets of soya beans).
Milk tea is always my favourite but this cafe make kinda very sweet hot drinks. Therefore, you might want to ask for less sugar whenever you order hot beverages.

A bientot!



Creamy spaghetti

Sorry that I've abandoned my flog for a few months due to my semester hectic life.
Just want to share my Italian recipe which I love the most:- Spaghetti.
I preferred creamy ones rather than with tomato paste because the sauce is thicker and creamer. I recommend Prego's canned cream series as a good pasta sauce


They are quite cheap and serves 2-3 person. For example,

This spaghetti is made from Carbonara Mushroom. Although you can heat the can and pour the sauce on the paste, it's advisable to add something which can increase the flavor of sauce and additional vegetable and meat to eat. You can add prawn, meat loafs, ham, sausage and meatballs as meat and broccoli, green peas and beans, slices of carrots and coriander as vegetable.
The dish will definitely look nicer and boost your appetite.
If you have additional sauce, you can keep it in fridge overnight but not over two days. Heat them up again in oven, microwave or stove and serve them with buttered bread loafs or slices of baguette.
These can be served as a side dish or merely an small snack for kids and evening tea.
The recipe shared is kinda cheap and easy to made. First you get your ingredients:
  1. Pasta (Any type)
  2. Sausage (Other/Additional meat also can)
  3. Campbell's Prego Alfredo Portobello (A can of pasta sauce for 2-3 person)
  4. Salt
  5. Olive oil (Without it is fine)
This is my first try on this sauce and it's not so nice. It has a strong smell of mushroom but after I had my meal, I have burps and my mouth smell quite unpleasant due to the sauce. Not a good sauce but for those like wild mushrooms, it's okey.

Pour the sauce into a clean saucepan.
I add water to create more cream but the thickness of the cream is reduced. If you want to increase the volume of sauce without reducing the thickness, my friend recommended me to add milk or another can of mushroom/chicken soup.

Cut the sausages into chunks or any shapes you like.When your sauce starts to warm up, put the sausage into the pan. When your sauce starts to bubble up, set aside your sauce.
If you like, add a dash of butter for more cream flavor.In another pan, boil some water with additional salt. The purpose of salt in the water is to make the pasta strips tender and a bit of saltier.

Don't put your pasta like this. The cooking will be uneven and take longer time. You might end up having semi hard and soft pasta.
Instead, spread your pasta around the pan by pushing them all over the corner.
Like this...In the end, they will cook at the same time and rate.
Mostly, your pasta should be fully cooked for 10-12 minutes with medium heat. Garnish it with olive oil to make sure the pasta won't stick to each other. If you don't have olive oil, you can add a small dash of butter as a substitute.
Pour your sauce on the pasta and...

Wala...
Not more than 30 minutes, you have a delicious spaghetti. I recommended this recipe for people who are busy, especially like me, an undergraduate. Additional sauce can be kept as breakfast with bread and butter.
Have a try...

A bientot!




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