Tuesday, September 2, 2008

3M For Merdeka Day!

Wondering what's the 3M stands for? It's my marketing, "masak" and "makan". Haha…

Well, after came back from hospital, hubby and I dropped by the Batu Lanchang Market to buy some ingredients. Batu Lanchang market aka the rich people's market is our family's favorite market although we are not considered as rich people. Ahem! Who cares? Well, in this market, you can find lots of stuffs, especially fresh seafood. Whenever my mom wants to buy crabs, she will pay a visit to this market. Oh yea, this market is a bit different. Unlike other market, this market only operates in the afternoon.

Previously all the hawkers were running their business at Greenland, near the lorong at the "Genting" place before they shifted here. I used to follow my parents on their weekly marketing trip when I was a little girl. The main reason was merely to have a free meal on my favorite wantan mee and "pat poh" ice. See, I'm so damn "tam chiak". *Blash*

Ok, back to my objective of visiting this market. Basically I wanted to buy something for my home cooked meal. I need few tomatoes, lettuce and medium size prawns. That's all. But since I was already there, so I tumpang the trip to complete my weekly marketing mission. Of course prawns can be found at almost every seafood stalls. However the condition was not convenient for me to choose the item that I want. Narrow space and fishy smell water splashing everywhere. In the end, I gave up my initial plan and moved to B plan.

We took the risk to move on to the fisherman stalls nearby my place to search for prawns. Well, luck was pretty good. We managed to find medium size prawns on sale. The prawns were freshly caught from the sea. I couldn't believe that 12 prawns just cost me RM2.50!! Oh, this was a wise plan for cost saving!

Then, proceed with the next step - "masak". I had an idea to cook my healthier version of prawn noodle. Of course, since I use organic whole wheat noodle to replace the common yellow noodle that contain Boric acid.




Tada….here's my prawn noodle. Not bad huh??
Mission accomplished!


16 comments:

New Kid on the Blog said...

Huh?? Hospital? You ok ah???

I used to do marketing in that market too... just like you, not a rich person but visit this rich man's market often.

BTW, your prawn noddle looks delicious.

Liang Mui said...

ei... apasal masuk hospital??? u ok bo???

btw, ur prawn noodle damn nice ler. mouth-watery one. hehe... liangzai oso complain he wans d.

too bad.. i cant makan prawns

Little Inbox said...

New kid & Liang Mui, I'm ok. If not, where got mood to cook prawn noodle ar? I went to hospital to pay someone a visit.
I'm a prawn lover, and of course my prawn noodle tastes so delicious. Hehe...LOL. Too bad, liang mui can't take prawns, so liang zai will have to cook his own lor??

Liang Mui said...

no ar.. but i can touch ma.. hehe.. i jus tak boleh makan. sometimes will cook for him oso. but then hv to depends on the price ler. sometimes quite expensive :D

New Kid on the Blog said...

Ooooh... you scared both of us off leh.
Thought what happened?

I can't take any prawns, crabs for now too, due to the op. Otherwise, I also gasak like Liang Zai lor. hahahaha...

Little Inbox said...

New kid & Liang Mui, ok ok, my fault, sorry la.
I belanja makan prawn noodle without prawn, cook specially for both of u, ok? :P

Anonymous said...

Your recipe has a fusion style of Malaysian plus Italian (usage of tomato puree). Presentation is top marks, I bet the taste is as good as it looks.

Little Inbox said...

Hehe..thank you Moomookun. It tastes good. Hehe. Organize a pot luck la, then we share our home cooked food.

imelda said...

I LOVE MALAYSIAN FOOD, and i love the noodles ur saying.

btw, whats this red paste thats chilly sis?

Little Inbox said...

imelda, it's tomato puree and chili paste.

Liang Mui said...

yes!! terima kasih ar.. wait til i'm in penang first. then NKB and me can makan ur prawn mee without prawns.. hehe.. :P

Little Inbox said...

No problem, Liang Mui.

KaDusMama said...

WAH!! 12 pcs of prawn only RM2.50????? So cheap...?
But ur mee look so delicious lah..make me hungry looking at it..

Little Inbox said...

kadus mama, yes, I bought the prawns directly from fisherman, that's why the pricce is cheap.

KaDusMama said...

oh!! here in kl where got fishermen selling prawns..

Oh by the way..u have been awarded. Come and collect ur Award in my blog

Little Inbox said...

Thanks Kudus Mama.