~pictures for the header and about masak geng are compliments of yuin yi- awesome chef and great photographer~

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Min Fan Gou 面粉糕

My very first post here! :D

So, after being very inspired from the success of my Ipoh Bean Sprout Chicken yesterday, I've decided to try out Min Fan Gou or 面粉糕 (Mien Fen Gao in Mandarin). I remember when I was young, my mum used to make it for us during Sundays when she had more time to cook, and it would be my least favourite dish. It was just pieces of flour in soup to me. Then as I grew older and my mum's no longer here to make Min Fan Gou for us, I started to crave for it. See, you'll only start treasuring things when they aren't easily available to you. And there's this one stall near my high school which sold REALLY good dried Min Fan Gou (with sambal) and I grew to love it. The thing about this dish though, is that it's really troublesome. There's some kneading to do, anchovies frying, and soup preparing. So I don't really make this a lot, unless I suddenly get inspired and you know, being the random me, decides to be completely random. :D

So last week, a friend told me he really wanted "that thing that's similar to Pan Mee" which I figured out is Min Fan Gou lol, and since I'm still in good mood for cooking, I've decided to make one today.

Therefore...


Tadaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! :D

The ONE thing missing in my Min Fan Gou is chillies in soy sauce. That's the one thing that I MUST have with Min Fan Gou back in Malaysia. Too bad I can't find any fresh red chillies here. >.<

As usual, I don't really follow any recipes for dishes that I've learnt from my mum. I just like to experiment. :D But for a recipe, check this out. (Note: Usually, wheat flour is used, but I don't have any for the moment, I used all purpose flour instead, which worked out pretty well too. :))


Signing out,
Full and happy bimbo.

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When a group of students with a passion for eating good, mouthwatering Malaysian delicacies end up in the land of cheeseburgers and fries (and no char koay teow sighs) ~ desperation (or in some case, a passion of cooking) drives us to start cooking all our favourite food! Here, we can now pool our resources, show off awesome photos of food for others to salivate after, as well as trade recipes (or tell others that your recipe is top secret and patented XD). There's also avenue to earn some money by cooking for others... but remember shipping fee is $25.00 for USPS Next Day Express and quality is not guaranteed to be the same after traveling for one day =p

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ipoh chicken rice with bean sprout by yuin yi
ayam masak merah by cedric
chee cheong fun by chin jian


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