Yuen's Haul

In my last blog post, about Malaya Corner, I mentioned doing some Asian Grocery shopping at Sunnybank. The main grocery store there is Yuen's... a treasure trove of goodies in strange packaging and the occasional purchasing mistake!

Most recently I collected some of the following sweet treats:

Green Tea Oreos - these are like the Vanilla Ice Cream versions we have in Australia, with that menthol buzz to the mouth, but also an underlying matcha flavour

Mochi - usually I pick up a variety of sesame, taro, fruit flavours and chocolate mochi

Pocky (and in this instance, the Pandaroo version "Stix") - I couldn't find any mango or green tea mousse this time, but thought a bit more of a decadent version would suffice - the double chocolate (chocolate stick dipped in chocolate.) For the record the Stix are nowhere near as nice as the original Pocky.

A packet of Pandan Pudding mixture also made its way in to the shopping haul this time. The pudding mix required combining with boiling water then refrigerating in desired moulds. As this was being served for dessert, it was pleasantly set in Martini glasses.

The pudding had a lovely coconut flavour without being excessively sweet and a blanc mange texture, albeit slightly more gelatinous. For added taste and texture, coconut jelly cubes were added. Oh yes, and the pudding was a distinctive green colour!

Malaya Corner, Sunnybank

Occasionally I make the trek towards Brisbane to Sunnybank for lunch & a decent shopping haul of Asian groceries. Each of the restaurants there (more like cafe's in all honesty) are from a different region of Asia, presenting some very authentic meals. Most recently I took my parents to Malaya Corner for a feast of Malaysian cuisine.

We dined on:

Seafood Laksa - complete with zucchini, egg plant pieced and fried tofu puffs

Char Kway Teow - with flat rice noodles, Chinese sausage, fish cakes, scallops and lashings of thick black sticky sauce

Nasi Lemak - coconut rice, beef rendang, chicken curry, peanuts and all the pickled trimmings

A glorious feast and all for minimal cost - the meals cost $37 in total.

Update: Prepare Yourself

Oops, it's been over a month since my last blog post. I can't excuse it by saying life took over, because, well, the concept of a food blog does involve a fair chunk of life anyway!

So there will be a few blog dumps coming your way in relatively quick succession. I'm going to find all the photos on my camera and phone that relate to what this blog is meant to be about and put some fancy words to them! They wont all be food based either - the Four F's (Food, Fashion, Fitness and Fun) will still be covered. There are definitely some posts pertaining to gym clothing and nail art coming your way too!

~M~