阿忠在房間打了電話問飯店櫃台：“你能告訴我台北和紐約的時差嗎？”
總機：“JUST A MINUTE……”
阿忠回了一句：”THANK YOU”，然后掛斷了電話。心想：原來只差一分鐘。
Ingredients :
- 100g ikan bilis , soaked and washed
- 3 tbsp oil
- 1 Bombay onion, sliced
- 2 tbsp chilli paste
Pound :
- 5 shallots
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 stalk lemon grass, thinly sliced
- 1/2 tsp belacan granules
Seasoning :
- 1/2 tsp ikan bilis granules
- 1 tsp sugar or to taste
- 2 tbsp lime juice
- 2 tbsp water
Directions :
- Heat oil in a wok, saute pounded ingredients, chilli paste and belacan until fragrant. Add ikan bilis and big onions and stir-fry well.
- Mix in lime juice, water and seasoning ingredients. Mix well.
Ingredients :
- 10 gm pow sum soe (hair of ginseng roots), rinsed
- A handful dried chrysanthemum flowers (koh fah)
- 4 green apples, skinned and cubed
- 150 gm honeycomb rock sugar
- 1.5 litres water
Directions :
- Bring water to a boil and steep the chrysanthemum flowers for 15 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the flowers.
- Strain the chrysanthemum flower water into an electric crock-pot. Add the ginseng roots and sugar and cook on low for 2 hours.
- Add the apples and continue to cook on high for 30 minutes.
- Serve hot or cold.
Ingredients :
- 100gm butter
- 90gm cream cheese
- 125gm castor sugar
- 3/4tsp vanilla essence
- 1 egg yolk
- 250gm red rose flour
- 1tsp baking powder
- 50gm cornflakes
Directions :
- Preheat oven at 170C
- Beat butter and sugar until white, add in cream cheese and continue beat until creamy. Add in egg yolk and continue beating till light.
- Finely ground cornflakes, combine with sifted flour and baking powder.
- Fold in flour and mix well.
- Roll in to a small ball, flatten in slightly and placed on a greased baking tray.
- Bake cookies for 20 minutes or until golden brown.
- Leave to cool on wire tray, then stored in an airtight container. Makes 70pcs.
