WW35'26 Food and Drinks

Another week come and go. I like to eat instant noodle and sometimes I felt that if I added more ingredients, it will make the taste from the seasoning packet get diluted or totally over powered. So, I bought a packet of air dried spinach noodles from Vit's. It came with noodles only. 

Mi keping Bayam

Well, I overestimated myself, I couldn't stand the noodles without any additional flavouring. Although I added lettuce and egg, it was so bland that I could hardly finishing it. So I bought chicken stock. Lol!

kuib pati ayam

Well, the air dried noodles are very sturdy, I boiled long also, it still hold its shape and texture.

noodles with frozen gyoza and egg

noodles with egg and lots of lettuce

noodles with egg and lots of lettuce, tomato

I also tested with the amount of the chicken stock cube, I was pretty sure 1 cube is too much for a bowl of noodle, so initially I only added a small pinch of the cube, well, so bland, so for the 2nd time, I added around 1/3, ok, but still bland. So for the 3rd bowl, i added the rest (around half of the cube) and kept the water level low. It was too salty, I should add more water. 

When I was eating this noodle dishes, I told myself, I need to get soy sauce!

note: my own house do not stock soy sauce, or other cooking ingredients, I have a small bottle of salt (which I got years ago) and a bottle of sugar (same timing as the salt, need to get rid of it, I think it had started to ferment), oh and a bottle of white vinegar which I bought to try to remove the smell of the socks! Other than that, I tried to finish up the vegetables I bought in two meals. I really need to get more basic ingredients. 

Souvenirs from Vietnam

My brother went to Vietnam for few times for work recently. And he bought coffee, sweets and chocolates. I am only surprised that there are coconut flavoured stuffs. When I watched the Vietnamese youtubers on village, forest living, I think I didn't see coconut from the videos. 

Coffee:

I didn't try the durian flavour coffee at all, but I did try the coconut and banana flavour coffee. All are instant coffee type. The coconut one is ok, a bit santan taste. But the banana one a bit chemical taste. 

Coconut and Banana flavoured coffee

Coconut flavour instant coffee

normal instant coffee (Trung Nguyen Legend classic 3 in 1)

Cappuccino Sau Rieng (Durian flavour)

Below is something like Kopi Luwak. Also like Kopi Luwak, the coffee beans were excreted by a civet. I think it is a drip coffee. My brother bought this in airport, I think it will be cheaper outside.

really expensive 45USD Cà phê chồn weasel coffee

Sweets:

Both are coconut sweets. It's ok, tasted similar to Malaysian coconut sweets. But with better packaging for the 2nd one. Sasco is an airport shop. 

Yen Hoang Green Tea Coconut Milk Candy

Sasco coconut candy

Chocolate:

Haven't start to eat this. This is for the kids. Hahaha.

Marou Faiseurs De Chocolat

Sasco chocolate gift set

Joyla So-Co-La Chanh Day Jelly

Biscuit:

Top Coco Coconut cracker. Looking at the picture, I feel that it will be delicious. I like the Malaysian coconut biscuit too. But I feel funny looking at the "export quality" label on the packaging.

Top Coco (coconut cracker original)

Me and my brother same pattern, we would buy food items for souvenirs instead of key chains, bags, magnet, etc. Yeah!

WW33-WW34'26 Food and Drinks

I only eat bananas when I was in my parents home, when they bought it. The last time I bought bananas was many years ago when I was in Japan, it was the cheapest fruits then. I saw 3 bananas for RM2.29, long time didn't buy, not sure the normal price though, I feel the price is ok. 

3 Cavendish bananas

I ate one banana as it is, for the other two, I added into instant oat and Kinohimitsu Royal Green powder. Well, it is ok, but eating as it is tasted much better. Hahaha! Maybe I can try eating with yogurt next time.

banana with Kinohimitsu Royal Green powder

banana in instant oat

I also bought bell pepper for instant noodles. Well, it is ok, not bad. Not really a correct vegetable to go with instant noodle.

Lada benggala hijau (green bell pepper)

instant noodle with bell pepper and tofu

instant noodle with bell pepper and tofu and chili flakes

I also bought eggs and carrots. Well, 1 tray of eggs was around Rm4.99. Means 50 cents per egg. Not sure considered expensive or not. But I read in news that currently egg prices are increasing. 

tray with 10 eggs (RM4.99)

2 carrots (RM1.45)

First, I stirred in the eggs into the noodle, and I couldn't taste the texture of egg.  

instant noodle with egg and carrot

So for next day, after the noodle was soften, I directly broke an egg on top of the noodle and let it cooked for few more minutes. I had a good looking egg. Hahaha!

instant noodle with egg and carrot

通灵少女2 The Teenage Psychic 2

It has been a long time since I finished a book. Since I was taking public transport for the pass week, I read a book that I bought long time ago. I have to finish reading a few books before I allow myself to buy more books. Hahaha.

通灵少女2

It's a Taiwanese TV drama novel. I knew that it was a HBO drama, and the main cast is YaoYao 瑤瑤 (郭書瑤), I knew her from a Taiwanese variety show years ago. She was known for her body then, so I was surprised when she starred in this drama, a teenage student in a unglamorous attire. Hahaha, she acted as a psychic in the drama. I never had the chance to watch the drama though. So when I saw this novel in a bookstore with 50% discount, I grabbed this, I think I got this in 2025, and now already August in 2026. 

Anyway, I read this when I was commuting, luckily I was not the one and only with book in the LRT. It's good to find another book lover in a train. I couldn't get a seat in LRT, so I read this standing while holding a pole. I got to finish this book from 3 rides. 

the back cover of the book

the book pages are from right to left

This book is actually not the first season, it's from the season 2. Where the main character, Xiao Zhen had been a psychic for a year in a temple. She lost her boyfriend in the first season, and she was starting second year in high school while navigating her role as president of drama club. Actually it's a fun read. The tone in the book followed the Taiwanese Hokkien tone. 

I feel that the story is enough for a movie, not a 8 episodes drama though. It has all the elements in this book, family, friends, enemies, lovers, forgiveness, sibling rivalries, return from death, etc. Apart from all the dramas, the part that got to my heart was the part where the main character death boyfriend forgave the driver who hit him. I am a very petty person, I don't think I can do it. 

Anyway, commuting using public transport is the best way to read. Go go go!

Instant Noodle with Eggplant, Frozen Shell and Shallots

Another two dinners with instant noodle. Really not healthy, but I compensated with vegetables. 

Thursday dinner

Wednesday Dinner

I noticed that shallots (bawang kecil) was not so expensive in Econsave. So I bought a packet. I kind of like shallots, I think that adding shallots make the dish more fragrant. There were various sizes of bawang kecil inside the packet.

a packet of shallots (bawang kecil)

the sizes were varied, some very small

I also bought eggplant.

egg plant

I feel that adding shallots also making the soup sweeter. Yeah, good buy. 

noodle on bottom of the pot, followed by the eggplant and shallots

I kind of regret buying the Kinohimitsu Royal Green now, I have no time to drink it. Hope I can finish it before it becomes harden. 

items for 2 dinners	price (RM)
Cintan Mee , Maggi Mee	0.95+0.90
Bawang kecil, Cili Api	0.40
Shell	1.50
Eggplant	3.60
2 apples	4.00
soft drink 1 cup	0.60
Kinohimitsu Royal Green 1 cup	2.50
total	14.45