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What does port wine taste like?

I have never tasted port wine before. Friends told me it is very expensive but very nice to drink as it is sweet. So, out of curiousity, I Google around to look for information on port wine and its origin. I wanted to find out why it is so expensive. Someone bought a $400 bottle of port wine and bragged about how precious that bottle is.

With the amount of information available on the internet, it is easy to dig out information I need. Port Wine originates from Portugal. And according to this site, port wine need not be that expensive as what my friend boasted. Port wine found on this site costs around the region of $100 and less only. However, there are those with vintage years like 1960s that costs more than $300.

I hope someone gives me a bottle of port wine as Christmas present because I am really interested to have a sip of it. According to sources, the wine is very ‘grapey’ and many of the wines were described as fruity with hints of chocolate, cinnamon and etc. That sounds like the kind of flavours I loved.

Port Wine is perfect as gifts

Port Wine is perfect as gifts


(photo sourced from Portwine2u)

The site selling port wine gave some food pairing suggestions and I noted that port wine goes well with fruits and nuts. Meanwhile, white port goes with Sushi, Clam Chowder, Fish Cakes, Smoked Salmon, Spicy Prawns, Duck/Chicken Liver Pate, Cheese Biscuits or Canape with an assortment of any seafood. Now, that is really something I must try at least once.

Maybe I should just go get myself a bottle of port wine and celebrate, whatever the occasion is.

Posted by lilian on October 11th, 2008 under Food | 1 Comment »

Goji berries aka happy berry makes wonderful soup

winter melon and wolfberries

The above is a photo of goji berries with wintermelon. I love to boil this soup with either pork ribs or chicken. Goji berries make a wonderful addition to Chinese soup and Chinese has been using them for centuries.

Beside being turned into soup, Chinese mothers also give goji berries to their little children, very much like how we have raisins. Goji berries are sweet and has a distinct taste which is very pleasant to the tastebuds.

Posted by lilian on October 10th, 2008 under General | 1 Comment »

Looking for video to jazz up your business or website?

Food blogs are plenty nowadays. In fact, food blogs authored by bloggers have outnumbered websites dedicated to foods. With the ease of blogging, anyone can write a post, take some decent photos and share a few recipes.

Therefore, for those websites and food related companies who are making a living from their websites, how do they compete with these food bloggers? What makes their site stand out against the thousands of food blogs out there?

It definitely has to rely on good quality articles, lots of freebies from sponsors, contests and other attractive offers. Ideally, they should have things that are not found on regular food bloggers site such as professional video production. Videos can do wonders to food related sites.

If you or your company is in this line and wish to engage the service of professionals to manage and produce your video, you may want to check out this Chicago Video Production Company. I have run through their website and am impressed with the multitude of services offered by them.

With their camera crew, I am pretty sure they will do a fantastic job with videos. Talking about videos, have you watched those short clips of chefs making a meal? Do you notice how many cameramen with their huge video cameras are hovering around one single chef? I think I will be so nervous if I have three cameramen in my shadow. Probably, I may even spill oil on them!

Posted by lilian on October 10th, 2008 under General | Comment now »

A KFC moment

Do you remember one KFC or is it McDonald’s advertisement where this family was driving in a storm and they were looking for food? Well, we had that moment today. A huge storm hit and heavy rain and thunder and lightning were flashing in the sky. It was one mean storm. However, we were hungry and need food badly.

heavy rain

So, hubby drove us in the storm but we didn’t know where to head to because we couldn’t possibly get down from the car without getting wet. Then, we had an idea to head to Tesco as it has shaded carpark. However, foods at Tesco sucks.

After much argument, debating, cajoling and fighting, we settled for Kentucky Fried Chicken.

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I discovered the Spicy something chicken with curry leaves and crunchy, spicy batter is rather good on a rainy day. I wanted a cheeze meltz or something but they had ran out of stock. So, I made do with cheesy wedges.

We rarely go to fast food restaurants like KFC or McD unless we really have no other choices. If you live in Penang, you never will never run out of choices, actually.

Posted by lilian on October 10th, 2008 under Eating places | 1 Comment »

Memories of bygone days

It is raining here and the breeze is awfully cold. I was watching TV and there is this advertisement from Horlicks. We never stock Horlicks at home but I suddenly have a hankering for this warm, milky malt drink out of a sudden. With the heavy rain, hubby will not entertain my suggestion of going out to the shop to grab a bottle of Horlicks. Not in this rain.

So, I went to the kitchen to rummage through my larder and found a tin of Nestum instead. It is made of corn and vanillin. I don’t normally fancy the sweet vanillin smell but I will have to make do with it.

It is so nostalgic to sip the hot drink flavoured with a lot of sweet condensed milk. Just remind me of the time when I was young and it was all we have to drink back then. There is not Starbucks, no frothy hot vanilla from CoffeeBeans. So, the memories come flooding back with lots of old stuffs.

One of them is the old Ford Escort that my neighbour had. He would bring us around town in the beat up old Ford and all the kids adored him because he was the only person with a car around the village. Sigh…who even remembers a Ford Escort, right? Now, people are into new models from Ford. If you are looking for ford f 150 reviews, this site will be able to provide you lots of information. And if you surf over, don’t forget to hunt for a picture of Ford Escort.

Oh dear, the rain gets heavier now. I hope we don’t get another flood again.

Posted by lilian on October 8th, 2008 under General | Comment now »

Chicken rice ball with roasted pork from Melaka

chicken rice ball

I am going through some old photos and found this photo of the chicken rice ball I ate in Melaka. I ordered the roasted pork with the rice balls instead of chicken meat. Now, I cannot even remember which year I went to Melaka because all I remember is I went for my niece wedding and she has just given birth to a baby boy. Therefore, it must have been more than a month.

Sigh…I wonder why rice ball is only limited to Melaka and never come to Penang? I like the novelty of picking up the rice ball with my chopstick and eat them without the fuss of using a spoon.

Other than that, chicken rice ball is actually quite oily. Oh have you seen them squatting at the back lane, next to the murky river of Melaka, scooping up the hot rice with their bare hands and forming them into balls? Yeah, I have seen that with my eyes. That makes the rice ball even tastier, with the sweat and all, you see. Hehehe.

Posted by lilian on October 8th, 2008 under General | Comment now »

Today getting insurance is as important as living a secure life. People mostly prefer life insurance or medical insurance but trip loving people do not forget to have travel insurance as well. Talking about trips; one cannot forget the resorts of Caribbean islands. Just pick up a travel guide and go through caribbean travel to excite your trip. Moreover, near vacations many companies offer cheap airline tickets so that most of the people can have the opportunity to enjoy trip with low budget.

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