Macau - Day 1: Royal Hotel Macau, Wong Chi Kei Noodle House

I have so many things want to blog but I just do not have the luxury time to sit down to blog. I want to blog about my baking, my cooking and my travel! I think I am going to blog about my travelling first before my memory fade.

 

I managed to book very cheap air ticket to Macau last year. Yeah, you read it correct. LAST YEAR. Air Asia always has those zero fare promotion for next year flight. So, you gotta plan your travelling at least 6-12 months time ahead in order to grab the cheap air ticket.

 

There were total of 10 pax travelling togather this round and I was actually kinda nervous. Why? Because I was the only one planning for the itinerary, booking, etc. There were elderly and kids. So, I had least expectation to this trip. Furthermore, it was in June! What a hottest month in Macau! How to walk under the hot and humid weather??!! Oh ya, I was going with my parents in law, and my sister's family and her mother in law. :)

So, my father in law (FIL) booked a coach to pick us from home to KLIA2. FIL has cheaper contact than me, so he booked the coach. It costs RM400 for round trip, from Melaka to KLIA2. It was a smooth check-in and boarding. While waiting for boarding, of course we cam-whore! :)

 Our departure hall, L5. Each departure halls are well segregated. 

 

This girl was excited seeing her plane is coming!



 

She was learning to be a professional photographer. LOL!

 

Selfie before on board!

 

Happily checking out her seat immediately on board!

 

Obligatory post on the plane? LOL.

 

Fall sleep on daddy.

 





We reached Macau airport about 15 minutes earlier. After cleared the custom and collected our luggage, we looked for the airport free shuttle counter from our hotel, Royal Hotel. We waited for the next schedule, which was at 5pm. The bus came on sharp. The shuttle bus can accomodate about 15 pax. But it is good for us, 10 pax with luggages and 2 strollers.

 

It took about 15-20 minutes from airport to the hotel. The check in was smooth. The front line staff were friendly. Surprisingly, this hotel has its own casino, which I really do not know before I booked this hotel. My sister's MIL was very happy about it! LOL.

 

The kids were very happy with the free gift from the reception. Each of the kids were given two stickers/coloring books and color pencil. :) 

 

 We were given room at the top floor! So, the city view was good! The room is spacious and clean!

 

Her obligatory stuff that she must do. Jumping on the bed to test if the bed is solid and good! LOL!! Anyway, the bed is big and we can sleep in comfortably with 2 adults and 1 kid.

The toiletries provided. Aigner! The body lotion is smelling so good!

 

I did not managed to take much photo of the room, but the room was up to my expectation. Hair dryer, ironing board, TV, slippers, toiletries, complimentary coffee and tea, 2 water bottles replenish everyday are all provided. The only complain is slow internet connection in the room. It also has bathtub in the bathroom, which my girl loves the most. Bathroom was the place she checked out once she stepped into the room and immediately told us that she wanted to take bath! LOL! So, this girl had her long bath and both me and husband not managed to take bath and have to straight went out for dinner.

 

With the map on my hand, I asked the front line the direction to go to Rua Da Delicidade, for Cheung Kei Noodle House. According to the front line, it is located near Senado Square.

 

We reached Ruins of St Paul after about 15-20mins walk and it was crowded! We just passedby and not taking any photos, but look for food. LOL! End up, we not managed to find Cheung Kei, but we saw Wong Chi Kei Noodle House. So, we just settled our dinner at Wong Chi Kei at Senado Square.

 

 

 

Cool idea! Lift to transport the food from ground floor to first or even second floor!



 

Har-Zi Noodle, aka shrimp roe noodle. One of the signature noodle that you must try if you are in Macau! The noodle is springly and very thin, thinner than our local wantan noodles here. For me, the taste is very unique. My MIL does not fancy this as she does not like the shrimp roe taste.

 

We also ordered the signature sui kows. Each piece of sui kows was generous with filling of prawns, minced pork, carrot and also water chestnuts!



 Pork innard porridge. I particularly love the smooth silky porridge. You don't even need to chew.

 

We then walked around Senado Square and did some pastries shopping before back to hotel. You will see there are several Koi Kei Bakery shops at Senado Square. They are famous for thier crunchy peanut candy, almond cake, egg roll with seaweed and meat floss (my favourite!), and also many flavours of pork fillets!

 

 

 

Butter Salted Egg Yolk Prawn

My mil gave me two packs of large prawns last two weeks and they have been sitting in my freezer since then. I hardly cook large prawns as I have no idea how to cook. My mil usually cooks sweet sour prawn. For a newbie in cooking like me, I can't cook something new during weekdays. I usually in very rush mood in preparing dinner during weekdays. So, I can only reserve them weekends. So, I searched for the large prawns recipe online. I have idea on what to do with the prawns, but I don't know how to cook. Haha. Noob in cooking! So, I looked for butter salted egg yolk prawns and it came out quite a lot! So, I tweaked a little from one of my favourite food blog, Nasi Lemak Lover. I omitted the curry leaves and small chilli because my little girl does not take spicy food.

Ingredients

about 10-15 large prawns (i do not weigh them) devein with shell on, clean and pat dry

about 50g of corn flour

4 cloves of garlic, chopped

2 salted egg yolk, steamed and mashed

60g butter

Method

1. Heat enough oil in the wok, dust the prawn with the corn flour and deep fry both sides until golden prawn (should take less than 1 minute)

2. Remove the prawn from the wok and pat with kitchen towel, to absorb the excess oil.

3. Remove the oil from the deep frying and clean the wok.

4. Heat the wok with butter and saute the chopped garlic until fragrant.

5. Add in salted egg yolk and continue to stir to prevent mixture from burning. Once the mixture bubbles, add in the deep fried prawns. Stir fry them to ensure the prawns are all well coated.

6. Place some fresh lettuce on the plate and arrange the prawns nicely and serve immediately!

Chocolate Chip Cookies - Revisit!

I could not think what else I shall gift to the teachers except for baking something for them. I did not get anything for them last year. But I decided to bake something for them this year, since this year would be her last year in this school. 

I was thinking a mini/small loaf of butter cake or cookies. But I think cookies would be better. Easily packaged with the mini glass jar. :)

I used the same recipe from Wendy, but instead of using brown sugar, I used castor sugar instead. The reason, I forgot about brown sugar! 

My house was smelling so good with the cookies. I have to baked them in few batches because my oven is small. I am deeply regret for not getting big built in oven. Seriously!!!

Then my happiest time come, the first bite.

Do you see that?? The chocolate is melting! I was like, OH MY GOD!!!!! I finally found the right chocolate chips!! I used Hershey's semi sweet chocolate chips. RM18.50 for a small pack! It is expensive as compared to those from bakery supplies shop, but it is all worth it! Worth it!!! And the problem now, what shall I do with the leftover chocolate chips from those bakery supplies shop? Lesson learnt from the baking today is, only use GOOD quality chocolate chips or chocolates for baking that needs CHOCOLATE.  I found it now, Hershey's semi sweet chocolate chips! 

So, then I packed them in a small glass jar. :) I hope the teachers like them. 

Oh ya, it was World Baking Day yesterday and so coincidence that I baked the cookies. So, happy baking day to all bakers! :)

Mini Egg Cake (鸡蛋糕)

Hello!! I know I have been missing since chinese new year. I have been stop baking since chinese new year. That is why I have nothing to blog about. But, recently, I have found back my passion in writing and baking. So, I decided to blog more in the future, not limited to only bento (although my blog titles is Bento Makes Me Happy) but I would blog about my baking, my food review, hotel reviews, etc. So, leave that topic aside first. Today, I'm going to share this cute mini egg cake recipe with everyone. 

There was a day, my husband asked me to bake egg cake. I asked him why. Because he would not usually requested me to bake something. He said my little girl always ask him to buy kuih bahulu / egg cake whenever she sees in the supermarket. I did not bake this egg cake until one or two months later, when my good friend, share this recipe with me. She told me it is easy and yummy. So, one fine day, I start to bake this mini egg cake. 

I did not have much expectation in the beginning. I don't know why. haha. But everyone give me two thumbs up for this little egg cuppy! My little girl reminded me again and again to pack this mini egg cake for her to bring to school. I brought some back for my nephews and they can't stop praising my mini egg cake is so yummy! They told their mother that they must tell me that the egg cake is yummy! LOL! 

This recipe is adapted from Rasa Malaysia.

Mini Egg Cake

Ingredients

4 large eggs

200g castor sugar i reduced to 180g

180g all purpose flour

a pinch of salt

1 tsp baking powder

35g oil i used corn oil

Method

1. Pre-heat the oven to 180c.

2. Whip the eggs, castor sugar and salt with wire whisk until light and fluffy.

3. Fold in sifted all purpose flour and baking powder with spatula until well combined.

4. Add in oil and mix well.

5. Scope into the muffin cases and bake for 20 minutes.

Crispy Baked Cod Fish Strips

I am not a good baker nor a good cook. But I love to test the recipes and love to bake/cook. Most of the time, my baking successful rate is higher than cooking. Anyway, most importantly, both my big man and little girl in the house do not fussy about my baking/cooking and yet, they always become my "white mouse" for all my bake/cook. :)

I see a lot of people making deep fried arrowhead (nga-ku) crisps and crabstick. I am so tempted to try. It looks easy for noob baker like me. But my intention always die when thinking the amount of oil needed and my kitchen condition. 

I joined a baking group in facebook and the people there are just too awesome! They share their bakes/tips/etc in the group. Ann from Anncoo Journal shared this very very very addictive and easy snacks for CNY, crispy baked cod fish strips. I warn you, this is very very addictive and I gotta hide this out of my sight, otherwise, I think it will be finish before CNY. 

Crispy Baked Cod Fish Strips

(adapted from Anncoo Journal)

Ingredients

2 pieces of medium size nori sheets I used roasted seaweed, the one use for handroll

50g of cod fish strips

adequate amount of egg whites

adequate amount of white sesame seeds (optional)

Method

1. Cut the nori strips about 2cm width and 5cm length.

2. Cut the cod fish strips into half.

3. Roll the nori strips over the cod fish strips (about 5-6 strips depending on your preference) and "glue" them with egg white.

4. Dap a little egg white on the nori and press on the sesame seeds.

5. Arrange nicely in the baking pan and bake at pre-heated oven 140c for 8-10mins or until turn golden brown.

6. Leave it cool and store them into air tight container.