Food in Melaka : Breakfast in R&R Ayer Keroh

I used to travel outstation, sometimes daily. It goes as far as Johor Bahru or even Terengganu in a daily trip. I need to wake up very early in the morning & after Subuh prayers the journey starts. Well, one thing for sure there's a breakfast stop which i look forward to. An hour journey from KL there's R&R near Ayer Keroh.

At the R&R there's a stall named Highway Cafe which offer simple but quite tasty breakfast. Its just a set of toast (roti bakar) with Kaya inside (made from eggs & coconut milk) & 2 half boiled egg plus a choice of your favourite hot drink.

This simple yet tasty breakfast only cost me RM 5.00 per set. What can i say, it's a great meal to start my day.

Place : PLUS Highway R&R Ayer Keroh

Price : RM 5.00 for a set.

Setback : Quite a lot of people (pit stop for tourist buses & lorries as well)

Best thing : Simple yet healthy breakfast & feel like a homemade breakfast.

by Anak Langkawi

How to go? .. Refer below.. (outbound traffic to Johor side)


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Potato Bread

Always love Giant's potato bread. Very soft and delicious.. Found a recipe by Alex Goh and tried it one evening.
The turn out was delicious, and as I love custard, I put extra on top of the bun before eating it.. yumyum...
The best part of it was when my youngster couldn't wait to get his hand on the buns.. my loyal fan.. hehe..
















Potato Bread:
(A)
600g Bread Flour
70g Sugar
1 1/2 tsp Salt
1 1/2 tbsp Milk powder
4 tsp Instant Yeast

(B)
1 Egg
270ml Cold Water

(C)
120g Mashed Potato (I used potato flakes+hot water)
60g Butter

(D) Custard

Method:
1. Mix (A) till well blended. Add (B) and knead to form a dough.
2. Add (C), continue to knead to form a smooth and elastic dough.
3. Make the dough into a ball. Put it in a bowl and cover with clear film. Put in a warm place to prove for 45 min.
4. Make the dough into a ball again and let it rest for further 15 min.
5.Divide the dough into several 30g pieces, mould them into balls and put then on 2 greased 23cm square baking pans. Makes 16 pieces per pan.
6.Cover and leave to prove for 40 min or till double the size.
7. Brush with egg wash and pipe the custard to make a cross on top.
8. Bake at 180 degree C for 25 min on the low shelf of the oven.















I used my BM, so I just dumped (A), start the machine, then (B). Add (C) when it's well blended and already form a dough. Let it sit in the BM for the 1st prove.

** As the dough is a bit sticky, you can put some flour on your hands before you starts to make it into balls.

Ammar's 1st Birthday Dinner

We had our family (my husband's side) come over for a simple dinner that night (July 29th). I prepared some simple dishes, and I started cooking in the morning then on and off, continued whenever the kids were busy playing or watching tv (when they forgot abt me). I consult my cooking expert a.k.a the head chef.. my mother by the phone the day b4...

So here are the dishes I prepared, my version of Ikan Siakap tiga

rasa and ikan bawal putih(ponfret) asam pedas, bok choi a.k.a sawi jepun (as my mom call it), urap pegaga (Johor style, yes... I'm a Johorean), sup tulang and udang geragau goreng (you can only get this prawn, fresh not dried, in Malacca, as far as I know ..).

For those who wants to try the urap pegaga, here's the recipe:

*ulam pegaga with roots

*Fresh red chilies

*dried prawn/anchovies ( i used dried prawn)
*shallots/onions
*garlic
*fresh grated coconut

• Blend all the ingredients except the coconut.


• Cook on a medium heat, add the coconut and salt.
  
• You hv to keep stir it around until the coconut dried up a little bit, actually the wetness or dryness is up to u. I dont really like the coconut to be too dry.. so it's up to u really. turn off the heat and remove it into a bowl.


• Cut the pegaga and just toss it in the coconut.
  

Recipe for 'fried udang geragau':

Actually it's really up to you how you want the udang geragau to be done. For me, one of the way that I like is:

onion/shallots, spring onions, chopped cili padi/ red chilli, egg, udang geragau.

Combine everything in a bowl, put in the udang last, add salt and pepper to taste. Fry them.

That night, my eldest son kept making excuses for wanting to open his lil bro's presents (it's getting late, he's going to sleep soon.. hehe..), at that moment I realised that he IS getting bigger and smarter.. hehe.. As for the birthday boy, he had fun that night, playing with his cousins and his new toys ( thanks to his aunts & uncles)... he went to bed around 1.30am that night .

On Saturday, we had our family (JB side) gathering at my parent's for Ammar's bday.. This time we had tea, so my mum and I decided to prepare 'bihun soto' (basically it's chicken bihun sup with bergedel, beansprout, spring onion, cilantro andf ried shallots... yummy), my sister made 'dadih' and 'pengat labu' and some orange cupcakes with cream cheese frosting I made the day before.

For the kids, we fried chicken nuggets, onion rings, keropok lekor and fries. I did bake my fav bread again, but this time I used my new rectangle pound cake mould. Nowadays, as the kids eats more than they used to, I hv to bake the bread (1/2) recipe twice a week..

The cake was beautiful (thanks to my sister), and my mother told me that while we were singing birthday song to Ammar, instead of saying 'Hppy Birthday to Ammar' he said slowly 'Happy Birthday to Adam'.. hehe... why I'm not suprised... Ammar got a bicycle from his grandpa and today, I caught him standing on the bike while both hands holding the armrest of the sofa... Kids... scarry...

On the evening the day before (Friday), my husband took the kids and my kid brother to Danga Bay. There was nobody else around, so they make full use of the place. The kids enjoyed the trip so much esp my eldest, that when it's time to go home, my husband had to carry him away from the place (he cried, of course..).

My weekly Bread

I've been baking this bread since few months ago and it's becomes my weekly bread now... but, actually the bread normally lasts for 2 days top.. hehe... would like to share w anyone interested... (btw, thanks sis for the recipe..)

700g High Protein Flour

50g shortening

200g lukewarm water

200g evaporated milk

100g caster sugar

1 teaspoon salt

11g instant yeast

2 large eggs

• Sift flour into a mixing bowl. Add in yeast, sugar, salt and eggs. On the mixer.


• Pour in the milk and water a bit a time till just mixed ( i used fresh milk instead).


• Add in shortening and continue kneading till it become soft and smooth. Add more water if needed.
  
• Make into 1 big ball and leave to prove till double in size.


• Punch down the dough. Make into smaller balls and arrange in greased pan and leave to prove again.


• Bake in 180 for 20-30 min.

------> I use my breadmaker for kneading (just put everything and on the machine, add the shortening after the dough is just mixed) and bake in my small oven, less the mess... the bread in the pic was 1/2 the recipe, it's best eaten while hot/warm, so normally I bake 1/2 the recipe and store the other half in the freezer, for later...