Omani Rial

Kali ni nak citer pasal matawang kat Oman ni. Wahh citer pasal duit ni, macam kaya raya kan? Hehehe... Amin.. amin. Ye la bukan semua orang kat Msia especially know Omani currency kan? So its better for me to share with you all right. Mana laa tahu kot sapa2 nak tahu or sapa2 berhajat nak datang Oman, senang laa skit. At least got some kind of idea.

Wang kertas yang paling tinggi nilanya adalah OMR50, then 20, 10, 5, 1 and 500 biaze. Syilingnya plak x de dalam gamba sebabnya x de syiling buat masa ni. Nilainya adalah 50, 25, 15 and 5 sen. But most of the time, duit syiling ni x de nilai kat sini. Kalau beli barang2 kat mall or supermarket cost 1.075, kalau bagi 2.00 rial, jarang sangat dapat balance balik. Suker ati diaorg jer kan? Kalau 100 customers, brapa dah diaorg dapat right?

From top: OMR 50, 20 and 10

Imagine la, kalau I buat kluar duit dari ATM machine OMR 600, ambik kau segebal dapat sebab selalunya dapat duit 20 rial semuanya. Jarang sangat dapat yang 50 rial. The maximum amount yang bleh ambik kat ATM machine kat sini is OMR600 for each day.Tu pun kiranya segebal la kan? Blom lagi kekadang tu bagi yang 5 rial, bergebal2 laa jawabnya. Kena bawak briefcase pegi ambik duit jawabnya. Hihihi.

From top: OMR 5 and 500 biaze

1 rial bill. Got two different notes but same amount

Masa mula-mula I datang sini dulu tahun 2007 currency exchange was OMR1= RM10. Amat laa tinggi skali but then sekarang ni punya laa turun amat laa mendadak sekali. If Im not mistaken it is only RM8++ jer. Tapi tak pe la, still Alhamdulillah kan?

Nak ikutkan kat sini pun semuanya dah mahal-mahal. Macam biasa la duit tu macam air kan? Duk Msia pun rasa macam air paip yang memang x bleh control langsung tapi kat sini macam air paip jgk cuma kat sini bleh control skit.

Memandangkan kat Sur ni tak de shopping complex dan tak de jual handbag2 so duit2 memang laa bleh simpan skit. Tapi tunggu laa balik Msia, duit akan abis dalam sekelip mata sahaja. Iyer laa balik Msia jer for sure Mega Sale laa, macam2 sale.. memang timing I balik memang bagus. Time menghabiskan duit2 yang ada. Kononnya balas dendam abis-abisan laa bila balik Msia nanti. Dunia pun x brapa ingat dah.. 

Duk citer pasal money exchange ni susah gak nak gambarkan apa yang dapat dibeli kat sini kan. Meh sini I nak citer lagi details. Mineral water kat sini yang kecik tu dalam 100 biaze dalam RM1 or even less la kalau convert to RM kan, dalam 85 sen gitu laa. Then segala jus2 yg botol kecik tu semuanya 100 biaze termasuk laa all the can drinks. Kanak2 kat sini mahupun orang2 tua kat sini memang favourite drink diaorang adalah Mountain Dew. 

Seriously, tak kira laa tua muda kebanyakkan diaorg ni suka sgt minum Mountain Dew beside jus Actually susah tau kita kat Msia nak carik Mountai Dew, ada laa but certain places jer kan? Sampaikan my cousin2 datang sini pun gilakan minum Dew ni. Teringat kat US dulu pun, diaorang pun suka sangat minum Dew. I penah dapat complaint dari orang Oman yang cakap susah bila pegi Msia nak carik Mountain Dew. Adakah?? Pegi Msia pun nak kena minum Dew beb!! Order laa teh tarik kan...

Haaa, ini laa Mountain Dew, mana laa tahu kot2 mana2 or sapa2 tak tahu si dew ni!! 

Tau tak anda diluar sana, jus kat sini memang laa heaven. Naper yer? Sebabnya amat laa pekat dan manis. Puas sangat bila minum jus ni. Rasa macam jus yang original. Seriously tak tipu. Dah laa murah, I think laa compare kat Msia ada ker jus yang pekat dan sedap and with reasonable price? Ntah laa balik2 kat Msia tu feel fresh la.. cam gitu la kan? Ingat lagi masa my parent datang sini dulu duk sini for 2 months, I think every day my dad tenguk jus mango ni. Everyday dia pegi beli and abiskan sebotol yang macam gamba kat atas. Tak minum air kosong dah. Punya laa kan? FYI, jus ni cost 800 biaze, not even 1 rial. Murahkan?

Macam2 flavour ada, dulu I suka sangat jus mango sampai ari2 laa duk minum. jus ni Then sekarang ni suka guava and raspberry plak. Kalau jus strawberry, mango and guava, mak oiii dgn serat2 dia skali tau rasa. Jus ni wajib ada kat dalam fridge i, blom lagi abis for sure dah ada stock. My family datang ari tu punya la borong jus ni berbotol2 buat balik Msia. Excess luggage sebab jus jer.. amat laa lawak. Termasuk laa abangku and auntyku. Semua borong jus2 ni. Then balik Msia, bagi2 kat sedara mara yang lain. Then bila I nak balik, ada laa pesanan2 3..4 botol bawak balik. Hihiii.. itu laa family ku.

Macam nasi briyani, qabuli, makbus tu semua lauk ayam dalam 800 biaze or it can goes to 2 rial. Tengok tempat laa kan. Kalau restaurant2 biasa kat Sur ni only 800 biaze, tu pun melambak satu box. Bleh la makan untuk 2-3 hari. 

Itu kalau makanan laa. Buah-buahan and sayur-sayuran semuanya ada kat sini, kiwi, strawberry, papaya, rambutan. Cakap jer buah apa semuanya ada and semuanya imported la. Diaorg ni mana ada buah yang tanam sdiri. Yang ada pun I think watermelon sebab ramai sangat orang2 Oman ni duk jual sekarang ni.

Apa lagi yang murah yer... petrol dan kete. Aaaa... yang ni pun murah jugak laa compare to Msia kan? Kete of course laa murah and kalau kat Msia berganda2 mahalnya Thats why laa kat sini ramai la expatriate pakai keta yang mewah2. Iye laa biasa la kan bila lagi nak bergaya sakan kan? But definitely not me :))

Citer pasal rumah plak, memang laa mahal sesangat. Beli or menyewa sama jer la. Imagine laa, for an apartment 2 rooms ( rumah I laa tu) they called it flat costs me OMR150. Kalau kita kat Msia, RM1000++ menyewa, dapat rumah yg lawa2, yang mewah2 dah kan? Hotel pun kat sini, kononnya 3 stars but macam 1 star kat Msia costs around OMR 50-600. Punya laa cekik darah. Bukan itu ajer, otel kat sini kira per/head and not per/ room yer. Mampu? Budget otel dia pun dah costs around OMR 20-25. Mahal yang teramat kan? 

So bagi tuan2 dan puan2 yang ingin berkunjung ke Oman, sila laa tinggal/ menumpang dirumah kenalan, atau sedara mara mahupun orang yang anda tidak kenali. Hihii... save skit kan? Skit ker.. banyak tu bleh save. Rumah I memang sentiasa terbuka untuk kamu dan kamu semua. Sila laa buat booking awal2 yer sebab takut tuan rumah akan balik negara or pegi makan2 angin.

PumpKiN CupCaKeS

Dah lama tak citer " Mari laa memasak bersama2 Ms Nur" kan? Masak tu masak.. tapi x sempat nak ambik2 gambar. Asyik nak cepat jer kan.. mana ada masa nak snap pictures.

Bercerita pasal kek ni kan, I memang suker buat kek. Kekadang tak jadi, tapi most of the time jadik la. Alhamdulillah. Tambah2 duk kat sini, masa amat laa banyak utk diluangkan utk buat kek. Ye la tu, banyak sangat laa masa. Iyer laa compare duk kat Msia, mana laa sempat nak buat2 kek ni. Ada pun masa weekend jer.

Kalau kat Msia senang, semua ingredients senang nak carik. Kat sini punya la susah nak carik. Guna laa bahan2 yang dah ada. Dengan mixer nyer yak de, measurement cup x de. So pandai2 laa sukat ikut suka ati. Memandangkan sekarang ni ada jer orang2 sekeliling jemput makan laa, kanak2 unta ni bagi makanan laa, so nak tak nak berbalas laa dgn buat2 kek bagi kat diaorg. Buat kek for sure sb nak bagi orang or jemput orang datang umah. 

Tak de la susah sangat buat kek sb slalu duk buat. Like my mum said, kalau duk slalu buat jd senang. Senang laa macam dia duk buat jemput2 pisang. Tu kata dia laa. Sesambil duk masak tu sesambil tu laa campak2 bahan2 buat jemput2 pisang. Aaaaa... cam tu laa buat kek ni, sesambil duk rehat2 tido2 dipetang hari tu, baik laa buat kek bagi orang. Dapat jugak pahala... wah pahala. 

Slalu duk buat kek butter, tu pun sb my dad suka mkn kek butter. Dulu masa x pandai buat kek, asyik duk tempah jer kek butter. 1 kg kek butter kat Msia dulu, I rasa costs me RM30-40. Sedap sengat bermoist2 tau. Then bila dah try buat sdiri, x de la susah sangat nak membuatnya. Ada bahan, ada peralatan.. campak2.. bakar .. taraaaaaaaaaa... jadi laa kek.

Today I buat kek pumpkin hazelnut. Tak penah2 buat kek pumpkin ni. Bukan sahaja first time buat kek pumpkin malah kat sini baru pandai makan pumpkin. Kat Msia tak penah my mum ajar makan pumpkin. Tak tahu laa naper. Nanti balik Msia I tanya my mum yer.

My friend la kat sini penah bagi jemput2 pumpkin. Mmmm... yummy2 jugak. So i beli la pumpkin nak buat jemput2 laa konon2nya tapi pikir punya pikir then tukar fikiran. Memandangkan jemput2 so oily, tukar laa paln buat kek pumpkin. Kek jd cupcakes sb dah beli that cup tu last month. Tgk kat kedai, wah cantik gamba strawberry terus beli. Tak de la membazir beli that cup kan sb dah buat kek ni ha. 

Buat banyak2 ni sb plan nak bagi kat kanak2 unta yang pernah berbudi dgn Ms Nur. Biasa laa kan diaorg ni, nak dekat2 final exam, nak dekat dgn submit assignment, ramai la yang bagi halwa laa dan macam2 lagi. So utk tidak menghampakan mereka, Ms Nur akan reply dgn bagi cupcakes yer kanak2.  Sebelum korang duk mintak markah, baik laa I bagi something for them kan. Nanti x pasal2 ada yang claim dia dah bagi smtg and need more marks. Terjadi ker? Oooohhh.. possibility terjadi cam tu amat tinggi skali.

 

 Banyak jugak dapat ni.. tu laa kalau laa korang neighbour I mmg dah dapat rasa dah cupcake pumpkin ni. Rugi.. amat laa rugi skali 

Transfer kat plate yang lawa skit supaya nampak lagi geram nak terkam. Sihat ni makan my cupcakes. I didnt use butter instead I used vegetable oil.

Ni laa cup yg strawberry tu. Sangat cantik.. oppps not strawberry la, its cherry!!

 

Potong... tgk kat dlm skit. Macam kek pisang kan? Cedap2 .. seriously!! Letak hazelnut lagi laa yummy2

Pek kan seperti ini yer utk diedarkan kat kanak2 unta yang tersenarai sahaja yer puan2

Utk menyerikan lagi bungkus laa seperti ini. Bila tgk wahh amat cantik... bila makan, harapnya wahh sedap skali kan!!

Untuk Chef yang buat kek ni tak bleh nak makan banyak2 kan. Satu cupcake tu dah kira mencukupi laa kan? Ambik rasa, cukup gula dan rasa sedap ker tak! Niat kan tadi buat utk orang. So orang perlu diutamakan. Bahaya telan banyak2.. kalori yang terbakar masa jalan kat pantai tu masa sia2 jer kan. Kawal diri ... Alhamdulillah bleh. Try laa buat sdiri kan .. percaya laa masa buat tu bau tu pun dah jadi kenyang!!

Kalau dah buat bisnes ni sure dah kaya raya kan? Tapi lain jadinya duk kat sini. Masak2 bagi orang.. masak2 jemput orang dtg umah. Mana nak kaya? Tak pe.. Insyaallah niat ikhlas bagi kat orang, Tuhan balas balik dgn rezeki yang melimpah. Amin...

 

Eid ADHa in OMaN - Part 1

This was the second year, I celebrated Eid Adha in Oman.

First year was last year celebrated with Malaysian friends and also his family. Sempat laa jugak pegi rumah orang oman makan "laham"- daging kambing dan jugak nasik abuli. Mmmmm... yummy.. yummy. Thanks to my dad's friend (orang Oman) yang invite kitaorg pegi rumah dia makan nasi Qabuli bersama laham sampai kekenyang. Alhamdulillah.

Eid Adha this year lagi meriah, bertambah2 meriah coz my parent, my sis, my bro's family and my aunt's family were here. They arrived here 3 days before Eid Adha and they really enjoyed the new experience celebrated their Eid in Oman. Even just a week they were here but I do believed they really happy.

Of course, time was so limited sbb just a week. So many things in mind to bring them here and there but tak kesampaian. But at least tertunai jugak hasrat diaorang nak beraya kat sini kan?

Night before Eid, buat BBQ kat belakang rumah. Dengan angin yang sepoi2 bahasa, kami bergumbira di tepi laut berBBQ dgn ikan yg fresh, sotong yg amat laa besar and daging kambing. Belom lagi qurban dah beli daging buat BBQ a night before. Bleh?

My brother was so excited to do BBQ sbb dia amat laa teruja tgk ikan2 yg fresh di fish market. Then sotong yg amat laa besar skali. Like he said " rasa sotong ni macam rasa daging ayam". Bleh? ader keee cam tu. But really sotong tu memang cedap skali.


First time buat BBQ di mlm raya aji. Bleh? Tak penah dibuat orang!!! Tapi kan, orang Oman buat BBQ tau di hari raya but of course not malam raya laa. Diaorg buat BBQ after the second raya.

Bila dah first round siap dibakar, semua org x ingat dunia makan. Look my dad and my uncle, siap pakai winter cap tu. Maklum laa sejuk tau, mlm2 buta kat tepi laut.

Tengok tu satu besen tu marinate daging, sotong and ikan. Sampai ke pagi besok di pagi raya makan lai BBQ tu. Tu laa masa beli tu x ingat dunia. Nampak cam skit jerr, bila dah bakar.. ambik .. sampai terlarat2 nak makan.


Yang keping putih2 tu adalah sotong. Besar kan? Dah laa besar, rasa cam daging ayam.. Ohhh no bro, sampai cam tu skali komen awak yer???

CReSCeNT

Guess what, I found this crescent from Pillsbury in one of the cold store in Muscat. So shocked!! WHY? coz this crescent used to be my favourite bfast when I was in State last time. It was 8 years ago. And now I found it again!!! Terus grab. Im not sure you ppl out there seen this product before. Last time, I didnt know how to bake a cake and always buy from Pillsbury 3 steps baking cake. Fast, easy and yummy. Chocolate cake, brownies and of course crescent.

Kat Msia ader ker? I never see this before but cakes yes, we do have there. The best thing abt this crescent, of course you just peel the layer of the box and the dough of the crescent will pop out. Peel the layer of the dough, roll it and it turns out to be crescent!!! The put in the oven for 10-15 min, taraaaaaaaaaaa.... ready to eat. From one box, there are 8 pieces of crescents. Taste so good!!!

The dough is in the box

Before

After.. ready to eat ( abaikan rupa bentuknya, it suppose to be crescent shape, tapi sbb excited nak cepat2 jadi pelbagai bentuk)

Healthy FooD

Dikala musim summer ni, tekak ni hanya memerlukan air, air, air ... Didnt feel hungry at all but thirsty all the time and I will easily get full by drinking 3 glasses of cold water. Sometimes do not know what to eat and even worst most of the time Im lazy to cook. Its really not worth it at all for me to cook all the way ( sweat, time) and end up Im eating alone. Sangat laa x berselera skali.

Nowadays, when Im in the kitchen at least 10-15 min, I started to feel my sweat is dropping thru every parts of my body. Sexy clothes & fan do not work at all. ( who cares, Im alone babe!!!) Then, i decided not to cook much unless I have too ( tu pun sbb nak kasi makanan kat orang2 disekelilling). Masak utk orang x pe sbb ramai and it worth my time right?

From the beginning of the summer, I found these yogurts. Im not into dairy and milky person. Minum susu segar jauh skali. Ohhh tidak, my throat doesn't accept at all unless its flavor. Here, there are babana milk and vanilla. Should be fine for me.

Actually, its started from my colleague. Every morning before she's going to the class, she will be eating this yogurt and its so mengeliurkan. Once i tried and its so yummy yummy. Taste like ice cream. Suker :)) Its layered yogurt, diatasnya putih and dibawahnya buah2 yg amat cedap.

Starting from that, every week I stock my fridge with yogurt at least 6 boxes. Strawberry, blueberry & cherry are my fav. For bfast and of course for dinner too. I think yogurt is an easy, quick and of course nutritious and healthy food for me especially during summer time. Amat laa cedap skali. Murah pun murah.

Naper bila di Msia, x de pun teringin nak makan yogurt? usah kata teringin pandang pun x penah. In US last time, my friend influenced me to eat yogurt too. Sedap jugak but still can compared here lagi lagi cedap. Adakah sbb x de benda lain lagi untuk di makan dikala diri ini sangat laa malas? Atau saya tidak menjumpai makanan2 yg membuka selera sy disini? Whatever it is, at least this yogurt make me happy and I do not feel hungry at all.

KuRMa, TaMaR, DaTeS

June till August is summer holiday here. Not for me this year coz Im still here doing the summer course. Was planning to teach in summer since last year. Well, last year dah balik Msia bergumbira for 2 months and this year duk sini la plak kan.

End of May, dah rasa dah kepanasan yang amat tidak dapat dikawal lagi. Kipas dah x jalan dah, short? boxer? Singlet? semua dah x jalan dah.. yang jalan hanya laa satu jer. On kan AC for 24 hours. Dashyat kan? Ni dah masuk July, lagi laa ujian Allah tahapkepanasan dah capai 50 C. Sekarang ni nak jalan from my room to the class pun bleh berpeluh2. Bukannya jauh pun tapi mak oooo the heat tu bleh rasa kat kulit2 ku ini. Jangan terperanjat balik Msia nanti kulit dah jd x brapa cerah. Sun block pun macam dah x jalan dah..

Bila dah start musim summer, start laa jgk musim buah kurma/tamar/dates berbuah. Ingat tak last time in the previous post, I wrote about dates? Kat college ni memang banyak pokok tamar ni. Pas tu skrg ni start berbuah. Ya Rabbi geram betul bila tengok buah2 ni. Macam nak petik jer.

Ingat lagi masa balik summer last year, berkilo2 bwk balik Msia. Luggage ari tu berat sbb bawak balik byk buah kurma ni la. Siap bwk balik yang bertangkai2 tau. Tapi bila kat Msia, x masak pla. May be coz of the weather kan? My parent loves tamar so much especially my mum. Letak dlm container then simpan dalam fridge. Best makan yg sejuk2 cam tu. Yang fresh dari pokok tu bwk balik Msia. Mana nyer x sedapkan?

Like my sis and bro x de la suka sgt makan buah kurma ni even myself pun x de laa beriya makan buah kurma. Makan pun dalam terpaksa masa berbuka puasa. ( paksa? terukkan?) Tapi bila dah kat sini, rasa buah kurma ni macam lain skit la. Cedap cangat2. Serious tak tipu. I paling suka makan buah kurma yg separuh masak. Kat sini diaorg panggil "ratab". Crunchy2 tau and manis nyer sgt laa manis tapi bleh ditelan. Susah laa nak explain... nanti laa kalau ader rezeki I bawak balik lagi this year.

Last weekend, ader guests dr Nizwa datang kat Sur ni. Sajer dtg visit Sur and kebetulannya one of my friend ader plak student kat sini. Nak jadikan citer, student dia ni bawak pegi ladang kurma kat Sur ni. Masyaallah, punya la banyak pokok2 kurma ni. I was so lucky to bring camera along. Apa lagi.. click sana click sini laa. Nak buat gaya "omanwood" pun terlupa sbb terpegun dgn pokok2 kurma ni.

Sebelum ni dah penah tgk pokok kurma but still jakun tau sbb first time pegi ladang pokok kurma. Macam2 jenis buah kurma ni, ada yg panjang, bulat, leper. Ada yang kuning dan ader yg merah. I prefer yg kuning sbb bila masak macam cantik jer rupanya and sedap pun iyerr. Yang merah plak susah nak dapat tau and harga pun mahal skit.

Last year, I bought 500 biase ( approx. RM5) for 1/2 kilo and for yellow dates and 1 rial (approx. RM10) for red dates.

Ni yang belum masak lagi. Ijau jer kan?

Tgk laa pokok ni, kanak2 riang yg kecik2 pun bleh capai kan?

Ader yang besar2 tau. Tgk laa satu tangkai pun dah bleh 1 kilo kot.

Yang ni tinggi skit, buahnya bulat2 and kecik2. Yang ni best sgt tau. Rasa dia lain skit. Kemanisan nyer tu lain skit. Suker sgt yg ni tau!!

See.. see.. bulat2 . Lom masak lagi even dah kuning

Geramnya kan... tgk laa tu nampak mcm dah masak kan? Lom lagi tu.. sabar2 yer!!

Ya Allah, rendah betul kan pokok ni dah berbuah. Banyak tu, sampai tangkai2 tu pun tunduk ke bumi. MasyaAllah

Punya laa berjuntai, tapi x jatuh and luruh kan?

Nampak macam masak ranum kan? Lambat lagi ni. Serious, nampak jer kuning, tp blom lagi. Tunggu laaa 3-4 minggu lagi. Tu kata tuan ladang ni laa...

Lebat kan? semuanya lebat laa... x de yg berbuah skit2

Makkk oooo... terkezut i. Rupanya si anjing ni yg jaga ladang ni. Actually diaorg ni biasa jer dgn anjing2. Pelik kan? Slamba land dia jer anjing tido dibwh pokok kurma.

aaaa... yang ni kurma yg merah plak. Mahal tau! Yang merah ni x banyak kat ladang orang ni. Ntah laa, may be susah nak idup kot. I x brapa suka yg merah ni sbb bila dah masak upanya x berapa indah. Itam2 jerr

Lom masak lagi ni tapi rasa mcm geram sgt nak petik kan? Ambik gamba pun jadi jerr laaa. At least you all bleh jgk tgk kan cam mana upanya pokok and buah kurma ni kan? ( kalau yg dah tahu tu abaikan jer la)

Masih terpegun dgn buah2 kurma ni.

Sampai dahan pun dah senget2 dah, sbb berat buah byk sgt kan?

Brapa kilo kan satu pokok ni dapat diorg jual? Nampak macam byk kilo jer kan. Kalau tanam sepokok pun x larat and x abis nak makan kan?

Kat depan tu adalah pemilik ladangnya. Nice man. Siap bagi bwk balik berkilo2 tamar kat umah. Kat blkg tu pekerja dia yg jaga ladang ni. If you guys duk dekat sini memang I dah share2 dah. Ada lagi tu kat dlm fridge, sehari makan 10 biji , terang hati kan? Amin...

Kalau kat Msia ni for sure dah tinggal dahan jer ni. Ranting2 dah x de ni .. cepat jer lesap kan?

Ni adalah cara2 memetik kurma. I pun br first time tau tgk. Yang jatuh2 tu diaorg x makan tau. Yg jatuh2 bagi kambing dgn camel makan. Dashyat kat sini binatang2 diaorg makan kurma.

Actually lom masak lagi ni, tp bos dia suruh panjat cari yg "ratab" nak bagi kitaorang. Pemurah betul diaorg ni kan? Rezeki namanya... Baik2 bang panjat pokok kurma tu, risau laa sbb dia pakai sarong. Nanti x pasal2 kan dpt free show plak :))

Guests..

Most of my weekend are really occupied as told before I always got guests to come over. Either they are Malaysians or local people.

Last week, Msian people came over. I was so pleased to have them around. Even rumahku ini x sebesar mana but still tetamu tu suka jgk dtg. Bak kata my parents " tetamu tu kan pembawa rezeki kepada tuan rumah". I guess they are right!!

They came from Muscat and reached Sur during lunch time. Masak2 laa I kat rumah.. biasalah bila org dtg kat rumah ni, I selalu discuss with my friend agih2kan keje and masakan utk hidangan para tetamu. Well, this time I cooked black pepper mutton (abiskan daging qurban yg org kasi) and my friend cooked ayam halia and telur masak sambal.

Diaorg ni dtg dgn bwk bekal lagi. They are so lovely people. They brought sotong masak sambal, chocolate muffin, kuih seri muka. Amat laa penuh dgn makanan.. Seronok sgt makan ramai2.. cam buat kenduri kendara lagi. Thanks for the bekalan yg diorg bwk. Cedappp laa sgt :))

Lepas acara menjamu selera, bwk diaorg pegi tgk penyu (again) but the place was fully booked. Alahai.. x de rezeki plak diaorg ni.. Kesian plak.. Tu petandanya diaorg kena dtg lagi. Suker sgt diaorg dtg. Then stop tempat2 yg menarik.. posing2 then malam baru balik kepenatan. Time to sleep. Memandangkan 3 families dtg, ruang utk tido x muat laa kat umah I yang x sebesar mana ni kan. One couple slept at my friend's house and two other families slept at my house. Kesian diaorg ni.. sampai kat luar2 tido. Nasib baik laa ader extra pillow, mattress, blanket etc.

The next morning, masak2 lagi. Our breakfast menu: macaroni goreng, nasi goreng, samosa, shawarma. After done with bfast bwk diaorg jalan2 kat pantai sesambil mengutip seashells. Then they left Sur at nearly 11 am.

Honestly, I feel bless every time I got guess. I feel satisfied when my guests happy and they wanted to come again to my house. You are most welcome people.. My arms wide open to have you here. Thats the time I can cook more, bake more!! Hehhehe

These all the lovely people who I was talking about

I like this picture most.. sbb baby ini adalah comel domel. Isnt he?

Qurban Meat..

Kan Raya kat sini hari Selasa.. so hari selasa laa menyambut raya. Hari tu jer, kalut duk masak sbb nak kasi makanan kat orang and around 11 am ader invitation jiran sebelah. Orang Msia, my colleague jgk, wife dia masak nasi impit and kuah kacang. Mmm.. yummy, at least ada laa suasana di hari raya kan?

Then my students I called nak kasi daging Qurban.. haaa.. ambik kau!!! Sebelah peha kambing dia bagi. Ya Allah.. amat laa terkejut I okey. Tak penah ku makan atau dapat peha kambing before this tau!! Kat sini Qurban kambing or unta. Most of the people slaughtered goat and to those are rich, they will slaughter UNTA. Hehhhehhe.. No daging tu, I divided into 3 laa bahagikan sama rata dgn my other friends. Susah tu nak potong.. kerasss sangat tulang tu, nasib laa my friend ader pisau yang BAPAK nyerr besouuu okey!!

Yang peliknya, kalau kat Msia, I never eat mutton.. x suka. Kalau makan sure migrain terus. Then kambing kat Msia bau2.. tul tak? Tapi kan.. daging kambing kat sini x bau ... macam daging lembu. Serious.. so makan laa i daging kambing kat sini dgn berimaginekan daging lembu laa slalu. Daging kambing lagi bagus dr daging lembu okey.. (Tul kan???)

Even kat restaurant2 kat sini pun susah sebenarnya nak carik daging lembu tapi kalau mutton.. merata2 ader. Datang laa sini kalau tak percaya!!

Then in the afternoon, I went to my dad's friends house. He is Omani and he invited my friends and me to have traditional lunch with his family. The journey to his mum's house was nearly 2 hours but I considered worth it coz we ate very delicious food there. Tahu tak, hidangan hari raya diaorang adalah Nasi "Qubuli" and daging Qurban. Nasi tu macam nasi minyak tp x berminyak.. sedap sangat!! Kalau makan nasi jerr pun dah cetap okey. Then dgn daging rebus jer!! I repeat.. only daging rebus!! Daging tu rebus dgn halia, bawang putih and garam jer. Siap tanya resipi dgn tuan rumah lagi. Tapi sedap laa sangat. Pelik kan?? Then dgn salad ( raw veggies) . Thats all!!

Since I was here I started to love this food especially Omani Qubuli ni. Nanti nak blajar laa resipi nak buat nasi ni. Then jemput you all makan2 kan? Hehheheh... Tapi x brani laa nak makan nasi ni banyak2 nanti my weight scale berputar x nak stop kang. Scary laa weh!!

Imagine laa kita buat 3 menu ni jerr utk majlis2 cam ni ( nasi, daging rebus and salad) jerr. Guna resipi diaorg ni.. sure our guests akan ckp kita kedekut kan. Why not I buat ini menu utk my wedding?? Hahhaha... sure akak2.. pakcik2.. makcik2 balik ckp I kedekut kan? But then kalau fikir balik.. its good you know.. x de laa membazir and memang menu sihat. Yang paling I suka, nasi - guna beras basmati and kurang minyak ( i like it ). Pasal wedding menu tu actually, my colleague yang bg suggestion suruh I buat cam tu. Amboi korang bg suggestion baik punya... nanti korang jgk yg dtg majlis I then kutuk2.. Tak suka.

Tak pe laa.. nanti bila tiba masanya you all tahu laa apa menunya. X yah nak pikir2 lagi.. Ntah bila majlisnya pun x tahu... ( elloooo.. ni dah terkluar topic ni... )

At nite again, my friend called nak kasi daging lagi. Dia kasi tulang2 tu.. again divided into 3. Adil kan?? The late at nite.. ader lagi students bagi seketul besar daging BBQ. Ya Allah.. rezeki tul hari ni..x putus2 dapat daging kambing. Alhamdulillah...

A day after, ader tetamu dtg kat umah satu family.. nasib laa kan. I masak sup tulang yg dapat tu, if not x tahu laa bila I nak abiskan tulang2 tu. Thank God!! Abis jgk half of the meat yg kat dlm fridge tu. Best tau.. yg bahagian2 tulang tu dibuat sup. Sup kambing you, kat Msia sure mahal tu kat mamak2 kan.

How lucky I am right? Tapi x de laa makan bebonar...

Sepeha daging... besar sangat.. Tu I letak kat dlm sink

Tu pisau yang I ckp amat2 laa 'bapak" pisau. Nak pegang pun x larat.. berat tu!!

Potong sama adil.. 3 bahagian kan..

* daging2 yg lain, I x ambik gamba laa sbb x sempat. Yang ni sbb besau sangat kan... Tu yg jd sempat.

Eid Eve

Guess what I did just now.. I baked and I cooked. Memang laaa .. mengalahkan orang sambut raya kat Msia kan? Tu laaa... kat sini lagi meriah on Eid Eve ( for me: alone?) Yeah right!!... Even my mum in Msia also x not prepare any special food for this eid. If Im in Msia right now for sure I will do sometime for them.. pity them :(( Actually, I baked these to give some to my Omani friend here... thats the reason Im so into cooking and baking today!

Im done with Oreo Cake ( 2 Oreo Cakes)... Mmmmm yummy.. yummy.. I love oreo cake. Last time I made when I was back in Msia last summer. Told you previously... I baked several times.. I posted the recipe. Did u try it? Mmmm... last time was oreo cupcakes. The recipe is still the same folks!!! This time I didnt use cake mixer ( x have it here) and I used ONLY FORK okey to replace the mixer. Terrror tak I? Hhehehe.. Jadi okey.. sangat laa jadi. Rasanya sama.. People, dont give reason not to try this recipe coz its easy and you also can do it by yourself. Trust me okey...

Lets look at what I have it here..

1 1/2 cups of butter + 3/4 cups vege oil + 1/2 cups sugar + 3/4 small t/spoon of salt

2 cups of flour + 1/2 small t/spoon of baking powder

Lastly.. add Oreo biscuits as many as u want. I put a whole box.. so yummy and yummy.

Ready to bake

Halazzzz.... there you go.. crunchy on the top.

Look at the Oreo.. crunch.. crunch..

Anybody??

Something abt me.. I would say its kinda weird.. when I bake or cook.. I will feel full after Im done and I hardly eat what I cook. My hunger is gone while Im cooking and baking.. but still never ever loss any kilos.. :((

I baked meat macaroni and prawn macaroni. Was planning to make chicken macaroni but I couldn't find minced chicken.. so change the recipe to meat macaroni. Come closer people... wanna show u my Baked Macaroni:

Diced Onion + Minced meat

Kurma spices + Curry spices

Diced Capsicum

Add Macaroni..

Taraa... ready to bake.. pour with egg ( need many eggs.. I used 6 eggs for this big container) and a little bit of flour.. Dont forget after u fried the macaroni wait till it cold and then mix that with eggs.

See, how many container I got.. 6 .. its 6 people!!! 3 meat macaroni and 2 prawn macaroni