Birds Nest with Gingko and Egg recipe

I've got this tonic recipe from my Chinese Doctor (Chung Yee). According to her, the birds nest, gingko and egg soup is especially good for ladies after menses. It should be taken after the menses in two continuous days. Don't worry its suitable for your man to eat also hehehe I've checked with my doctor. You still can cook together but just make sure you separate your portion and add ONE WHOLE EGG to it. For my WuaWa, I didn't add any egg for him. The end result really looks like 'foo chuk pak ko tong sui':p. The taste is OK and the egg texture is so smooth but I still prefer birds nest with rock sugar only. :P

Ingredients (For 1 person):
1-2 Birds nests
7 Gingko nuts
1 Egg (must be 1 whole egg)
Rock sugar to taste
200ml water

Method :
1. Soak the birds nests, pick out any loose feathers and rinse well.
2. Shelled and skinned gingko nuts.
3. Double boil the birds nests, gingko, water and rock sugar for 2 hours.
4. Lastly, lightly beat the egg and add it into the soup and stir.
5. Serve while its hot.

Kit Kat Sakura (Cherry Blossom)

WuaWa bought this Kit Kat Sakura from Singapore during our honeymoon trip (Star Cruise and Singapore). WuaWa was attracted because its a limited edition and not because he wanted to eat!!! Normally WuaWa and I like to buy chocolate for collection (hehe... coz we eat a bit and keep the rest until expired and throw away). The packaging of this Kit Kat looks so nice and I can't resist to ........... take some pictures of it! EAT?? That would be the later part ler :P

Of course after the 'photo shooting session', we are ready to 'taste' the Kit Kat. This Kit Kat is coated with Sakura flower flavored pink white chocolate and creme filling. I don't know whether it taste like Sakura flower or not but it has a unique flavour and most important is its YUMMY!! hahaha

I've found an article on Kit Kat from wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kit_Kat). After reading it I fell in love with Kit Kat. Hahaha darling don't jealous la.... I'm sure you will start drooling like me after you see all the Kit Kat varieties. How I wish these Kit Kat are available in Malaysia :(

Nevermind, this weekend I will ask WuaWa to bring me to shop for Kit Kat! See what we can find in Malaysia :D

My CUTE WuaWa

WuaWa and I are planning to have WuaWa Junior and hopefully we will have a little 'piggy' next year :P coz next year is PIG year. As usual we have our bath after dinner... suddenly WuaWa asked me a question.

"Darling... that day you told me that those born in PIG year will 'fan Tai sui' (experience turbulence under the invasion of Tai Sui Star) next year... Huh! then if we really have little piggy next year means once 'she' is born she mah 'fan Tai Sui'!! Aiyo kolian lor... Nevermind we can buy 'Pi Yao' amulet to protect her and we can buy a few to let her choose..."

LOL! I mentioned 'she' because we always wanted a baby girl instead of baby boy and what I never thought of is my WuaWa can be this cute! Mucksss!! hehehe

'Buah Bukat'

Yes! Its yellow, its small and its DURIAN!! This is a 'wild' species of durian found in Sarawak.

In Sarawak, this durian is known as Buah Bukat ((not so sure about the correct spelling). The funny thing about this fruit is that doesn't taste like a durian.

The skin of a ripe fruit is Yellow in colour and is kind of soft. You can open the fruit with just even a KEY! As you can see from the pictures, the flesh is orange or sometimes orange-yellow in colour and taste sweet (hmm... and a bit sour). The texture is very close to Jackfruit. I'm saying this because you can 'peel' the flesh and its not sticky at all. You will be surprise that eating durian can be so tidy and your fingers are absolutely CLEAN (nothing sticking on your fingers). That's why my WuaWa likes 'Buah Bukat' so much. :P

Do-It-Yourself laminate flooring

Finally the laminate floor is laid for our living room!! It's 100% DIY by hubby, tou tou and I (very little contribution only :P). The laminate floor had been bought for 1 year++ since we moved to our home sweet home. The reason we 'DIO' (do-it-ourselves) is because our living room area is too small approximately 100sq/ft only. Though the labour charges for installing the laminate floor is only RM1.50 per sq/ft BUT there is a ADDITIONAL charges of RM300 for installation area less than 300 sq/ft. Meanings we had saved RM450 :D

For those who plan to install laminate flooring for their home, why not consider DIY? Its not that hard :P However, the only challenging part is at the profile edging, make sure the angle is right.

Please read on the link below to find out more info before you decide to go for DIY or getting the professional to do it. http://www.pergo.com/images/pdfs/Install_Essentials.pdf