A bright sky

A bright sky on a sunny day. And brightened even more by using long exposure.

A German meal

On Saturday we went to Ingolf Kneipe, a German restaurant/pub all the way over in Tanjung Bungah, for dinner.

We ordered a butcher's platter (RM66.90), supposed to be for 2-3 people. It came with a bowl of sauce and mustard, and chilli/tomato sauce packets.

Zoom in on the platter:

The piece on top is breaded chicken, and beside it seems to be pork knuckle (or simply roast pork). Below them are ham and bacon, and the thick squarish piece (actually it's rectangular) is minced pork with seasoning and herbs (meatloaf, maybe?) You can see four sausages in the photo, but below all the meat are two other kinds of sausages. Too many sausages, we felt... we would have preferred more grilled meat.

Beneath the sausages was some sauerkraut. None of us liked it... but the taste seems "correct", from what I had tried in France. We just can't appreciate sour cabbage, I guess.

We also ordered beef rolls (RM32.90), which also came with sauerkraut, but another kind (maybe made with purple cabbage?). This was less sour than the normal kind above, and the others even said it was tasty at first, but we didn't finish it all either. Not something we can eat a lot of.

Inside the beef rolls:

We can't really taste what was inside, because the taste was covered by the beef. But the whole thing was pretty good, together with the sauce, and the mashed potatoes were good too (though I can't eat a lot of that).

And the last dish was currywurst (RM28.90). It was advertised in the menu as exactly what we can find in the German capital (Berlin), and having tasted the actual thing (although it was in Munich), I have to say it lived up to expectations. :)

The three dishes we ordered were all the "recommended" items on the menu. The portions were huge, so this was a lot for four people!

But somehow we found room for dessert. :P

One is pannacotta (RM10.90). I think this is my first time trying it, even though I've heard of it many many times before.

Verdict? Nice, creamy but not too much so... just nice :)

Then there was a German dessert called rote gruetze (RM11.90). It is a dessert of red berries and sago (the sago is coloured red, and I think flavoured with berry syrup as well) with whipped cream (at least I think it's whipped cream; it could be some other cream as well :P )

You can find more information about this dessert here on Wikipedia. There are also lots of recipes online, but I doubt I'll be making this myself; where would I get the berries? (plus it is seriously unhealthy with all the cream...)

We were lucky enough to go there during a promotion for Ingolf's 19th anniversary, so we received a 20% discount if we paid by cash.

A light in the night

In the night
when there's a light,
Shadows will splay
where there are none in the day.

When I saw that the theme was night, I immediately thought of taking a photo of my neighbour's balcony garden when it was lighted up at night. Unfortunately, all week long, I didn't see the lights on once!

Last night, reaching the deadline (it was the last night before the next theme arrived, after all), I took a photo of a light that we seldom switch on at home. The resulting shadows were pretty interesting, so I decided to use that as my Photo Friday picture instead!

Here is the actual light with the shadows.

Warm satay

When someone is grilling satay, it is sure to be warm if you go too near!

This was at Pisa Corner. The best lamb satay ever! The darker ones at the end are mine. I think I was one of the first customers; I had to wait for the seller to fire up the grill and put my order and a few others on it.

Of bacon, bakso and Manhattan

I was in Giant today and I caught sight of this in one of the freezer containers.

I think this is the first time I've seen chicken bacon. There was halal bacon in France but I think they were always made from turkey.

Since this post is short, let me continue with some other food that I've been meaning to post.

Some time ago, I wrote about bakso. I posted a photo of the one in Relau but not the one from Sunshine market... so the next time I went to have bakso at Sunshine market, I took a photo!

I also mentioned in the earlier post that the bakso in Sunshine had some chilli paste mixed into the soup. But this time it didn't (I think they asked me whether I wanted it, and I said no), and I liked the soup a lot better. Coupled with the fact that they have actual beef pieces in addition to the meatballs... I think Sunshine has a win!

Another photo to share is of the Manhattan Fish Market platter. They were having a promotion, where we could choose between one of two platters (not on their usual menu), and get another one free at the next visit. The platters are for sharing (2-3 people), so I went with a friend. We took the Chatter Platter (the other one was BFF Platter). They didn't mention what came in each platter; there were only photos.

Anyway here's the platter: everything fried, looks good :D

To be fair, it also tasted good. But I feel that they could sell it for so cheap because of what it contained (in plain words, leftovers from their other platters). From left, you have squid heads (the part with the tentacles), then salmon belly (the part where the meat is not so thick), fish fillets (now this is normal :P ), and button mushrooms. The bottom was paved with fries (lots of fries! We couldn't finish it between the two of us). The sauces were, from left, barbecue sauce, mustard sauce, ketchup (or was it chilli sauce?), and tartar sauce. I had a preference for the mustard and tartar sauce (it wasn't pure mustard, by the way, more like a sauce which contains mustard), while my friend liked the barbecue sauce and mustard sauce. I think we basically left the ketchup untouched and finished the other three.

I have posted about Manhattan Fish Market before, when we tried two of their regular platters. The normal price of those platters is the same as the one we had for this promotion, but you can see the difference in the ingredients.

We haven't gone back for our free platter yet (we have until May). I will try to post about that too!

A tree and its kid

This week's theme was tree. I took photos of a few trees, including one stitched on a cushion cover, and was about to use that last one when a thought struck me: There is this cute tree by Setia! (and as you guys know, in my world, cute trumps pretty much everything :P )

Off I went to the park in our housing area. It was hot; I brought an umbrella for cover. So I couldn't grab photos from weird angles.

I've never really noticed the recycling logo until I saw it in this photo. Not sure whether that part can be opened?

And just for the sake of it, here was the tree on the cushion cover. One of my early cross-stitch works; we didn't know what to do with it, so my mother made it into a cushion cover.