As usual, Sunday is grocery day. At Aeon, while my partner got the trolley, I dashed upstairs to renew my Aeon member card which expired in December 2024.
There were two counters, but only one was active. The guy on the left was attending to a (difficult) customer while the guy on the right was playing with his mobile.
After something like 10+ minutes, the guy on the right decided that he had better start working. Maybe his conscience stabbed at him when he saw my fierce auntie face.
So he asked me to come forward and checked my MyKad. Then he discovered that his ID could not log in.
Long story short, I stormed off because I simply couldn't stand the apathy and inefficiency (a very common disease in the service industry and government departments).
Last week at Jaya Grocer, I saw this very curious vegetable. It was shaped like a huge flower. It was already yellowing and withering.
It's called Fu Gui Choy and retails at RM9.90 per kg. Have you eaten this veggie before?
I also saw these Brussels Sprout, something that I used to love. It is delicious roasted. But no, I did not buy any.
Eh, sorry, I digress. Back to Aeon. My partner was disappointed that the card was not renewed (can't collect points at checkout) but he did not complain after seeing my grumpy auntie face (hah..hah..).
Guess what, I also found Fu Gui Choy at Aeon but I did not check the price. What a pretty veggie!
The queue at the checkout counter was very long and we got out of Aeon much later than we usually do. The next two Sundays will be even worse as Chinese New Year looms near.
Oh, before we went to Aeon, we visited the pork shop at Taman Megah.
We haven't been to this shop for a while.
We were there to buy bak kwa for Chinese New Year gifts.
I told my partner that the one made with minced meat is better (compared to sliced meat) because it has a softer texture.
The minced cost RM70 per pack while the sliced cost RM80 per pack.
This is the design on the paper bag, a pig's torso dressed in a yellow dungaree.
We were given two packs of ang pow packets.
Ace the exam. Eh? What has this got to do with Chinese New Year?
My partner was commenting that the design is not ngam for Chinese New Year. But I guess their theme is pork related products - lap cheong, pork burger, bak kwa and port trotter hah...hah... No, we will not be using these ang pow packets.
Lunch! I GrabFood from Burnin Pit - Espresso Lamb Ribs. The packaging was so bad and the liquids spilled all over the paper bag. What a mess. Tsk!
But the ribs were divine! Tender and falling off the bone.
Not quite carnivore compliant since BBQ sauce is sweet. But never mind lah. Once in a while.
It was delicious eating with cucumber pickles and fermented Jalapenos. I ate the lamb ribs in two sittings.
After dinner, it was bacteria for dessert hah..hah..hah... That sure improved my mood!
I have never seen or eaten the fui gui choy before. Very pretty vegetable indeed. You are right, the Chinese wordings on the any pows are Chinese new year wishes related to pork products. Very creative of then to have thought of the link.
ReplyDeleteSince they are selling pork, they capitalized on the idea. Quite clever but not so nice for CNY.
DeleteMaybe more suitable during the year of the pig? Hee hee.
DeleteYa hor? LOL!
DeleteToday is chap goh so I had vegetarian food. I also ate a vegetarian oyster pancake outside as a snack after my vegetarian lunch and breakfast with kopi. They call the pancake UFO and costs $2. Very tasty and taste like the real thing.
ReplyDeleteI find it amazing that vegetarian dishes can taste (almost) like the real thing. They can even replicate the texture of meat.
DeleteI may have read about the fu GUI choy but never seen it. I didn't notice it at Aeon supermarket. Maybe it is only available at Aeon one utama.
ReplyDeleteYou are right about minced meat bakwa being softer. My spouse also prefers minced meat bakwa.
Even better, it is slightly cheaper than the sliced meat bak kwa.
DeleteI prefer to get the sliced meat Bakwa because I have the qualm about the parts/types of meat that being minced for the product. >_<
ReplyDeleteOh ya, that is quite true LOL!
DeleteI could have eaten this fu gui choy before and "tak perasan"...lol (probably popular in CNY menus). I think they're a bit like bok choy with crunchy stems. I also prefer minced meat coz the sliced meat is too tough. RM70 for this brand of bak kwa is about the same with Oloiya (I think it's RM68 this year) but found a good substitute on Shopee selling for about RM25 this year...of course it'll never be as good as my favourite but at that price you can eat 3 pkts...lol. Bought one to taste test and got my family's approval (they'd rather have more...haha)...also cheaper as giveaways.
ReplyDeleteI might have too I guess hah..hah... Since it's not served in one big piece like that we won't know. What brand of bak kwa is that? hee..hee...
DeleteI've introduced the bak kwa to 2 persons and they both liked the taste and thought it was a cheaper susbsitute too (and have since ordered them from Shopee). Look for the shop name "wei.en88". I've bought 7 pkts since (4 to be given away...great as giveaways bcos of the price...hehe)...and could be ordering more in the near future...wuahahahaha! :D
DeleteThanks for sharing the supplier information. I found them on Shopee and indeed so much cheaper which I reckon is because it is not branded. I ordered 2 packets to try. One packet for my brother because from experience I know that the two packets gifted by my partner will finish in no time. LOL!
DeleteOh, you've ordered...hope you find the taste suitable (not so high expectations lah since it's so much cheaper). I realised many of the bak kwa sellers from PD, Negeri Sembilan, sell them very cheap. Apparently, (I was told) there are many vendors selling that in N.S, so maybe a lot of competition + there's also a lot of porky farms in N.S, so maybe no shipping costs involved. Just like there are many makers/sellers of prawn crackers (the type I like) in Teluk Intan. It's the speciality of those towns!
DeleteMy order hasn't arrived yet >.< and I will let you know if I like it. Ah, then we should buy bak kwa from NS suppliers then hee..hee...
DeleteIt makes perfect sense to give an angpau to a child which offers the blessing to ace in exams rather than usual Kong Hee Fatt Choi which is wishing for wealth and prosperity.
ReplyDeleteYou are right in this instance.
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