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FF: Fishy, Oodles Noodles
It's Lent, so every Friday I've been trying to abstain from meat. Besides salmon, I'm honestly not a huge fan of fish. But while at Woolly's the other day, I found a whole section of frozen fish meats put aside with a sign "For Lent". They had battered fish for fish and chips, teriyaki-styled fish, grilled fish in lemon and herb marinades... So I thought I'd pick out this one.
I never realised it was a "Product of Malaysia" though, until later. 
It was so professionally packaged, and since Australia has bountiful seafood products, I'd just assumed it was locally made. But mute later told me he's done a corporate video with this company for the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI). And they where awfully proud of this "Made in Malaysia" brand.
After I discovered it was Malaysian, I was half sceptical on what it was going to taste like. Even though I knew a lot of export products are obviously better than what we get locally. So I popped the fillets in the grill, then prepared some cauliflower and broccoli with mashed potatoes to go with it. 
And you know what? It tasted awesome. I had a bit of mayonnaise as dipping sauce, but even on its own the flesh was fluffy and it tasted juicy! So I guess, "Malaysia boleh" eh?
Sunday dinner was back to the good ol' Chinese stir fry. Quick and simple enough for a meal for two. Lazy Sundays mean less preparation. So I fried up some beef strips with oyster mushrooms and capsicum in a hoisin and oyster sauce mix.
Monday, I found myself in Ashfield, where Lee works. It's a suburb like a little Chinatown where I had found pandan (screwpine) leaves and a whole lot of Asian ingredients. I had bought mee hoon (rice vermicelli noodles) on Sunday and knew I wanted to make fried mee hoon. So I bought fish cakes at Ashfield and cooked them on Tuesday for dinner.
Fried mee hoon made with beef strips, chilli, fish cake, oyster mushrooms and of course, Chinese cabbage.
Looks like it's been a lazy cooking week for me. Last night's spaghetti was whipped together with a can of Campbell Country Ladle Farmhouse Vegetable soup simmered with beef and cheese sauce. It turned out pretty chewy with all the vege chunks. Forgot Lee hates carrots, so had to make sure his serving didn't have any rabbit feed. Heheh...
Comments
yum yum... looks really delicious! good cooking!
adriene | March 16, 2007 3:57 PM
the meehoon dish you made....1st look tasty..yummm
2nd...i think that's not meehoon (rice vermicelli) as meehoon tends to be white...and not clear.
the other noodle which is clear like that is Green bean vermicelli/cellophane noodle. more chewy texture
ront | March 16, 2007 8:53 PM
ah so neh... thank you si fu Ron. i still newbie in the kitchen.
thanks, adriene
midnite lily | March 16, 2007 9:09 PM
ah so neh?? sounds like calling me ah sou (aunty)
ront | March 17, 2007 12:08 AM
The MIM Pacific West brand was heavily advertised on radio here in Malaysia. But i guess it wasn't that impactful on me as i never got what their products were about. Makes one wonder how effective the radio ad was to others as well. Seeing now though that you gave it a good review, i might just go look it up the next time i'm at the supermarket. I guess WOM still works better, huh? :P
doopy | March 17, 2007 10:09 PM
OMG. Beer battered fish fillet???
Made in Malaysia??? OMG. WTC.
I would so buy them if they had it here. WTC. Haha.
ashkenne | March 18, 2007 7:16 AM
ront: yes, u are ah sou! =P hehehe...
doopy: radio ad? how do u advertise a new food brand on radio? that's weird. ppl want to see good food ;) hehe...
ashkenne: yeah, i don't know if they got the beer battered one. hahah.. tak halal rite?
midnite lily | March 20, 2007 12:22 AM
You didn't see anywhere that sold whole Pandan plants did you? I'm looking for one to grow, but am having huge difficulty finding one near Sydney :(
Any help would be most appreciated!
Danny | March 27, 2007 10:42 PM
Danny, I don't know where to buy pandan leaves for planting - but I found them in the Asian grocer in Ashfield. The big one on Liverpool Rd.
midnite lily | March 28, 2007 11:08 AM
Ah righto, thanks for that Lily. They might be able to point me in the right direction if they have fresh leaves. Cheers :)
Danny | March 28, 2007 7:21 PM