As of writing, this blog has been in existence for slightly more than 6 years, and now I can proudly say that I appeared on national TV on the first day of CNY for something that has absolutely nothing to do with kyspeaks.com.

The title of this blog post too is appropriate, as I got to watch this segment of Malaysia Hari Ini on the first day of Chinese New Year 2011 with my mom, at ungodly 7 a.m. There was a total of one person who noticed the show and informed me via twitter. 😀

Malaysia Kini crew - led by Nazrul
Malaysia Kini crew – with the host Nazrul

It all started out with Nazrul informing me about this opportunity to do a segment on Chinese New Year reunion dinner a couple weeks before CNY. Being a modest attention seeker that I am, I took it up despite knowing the fact that it has to be done in *gasp* .. Malay language.

Nazrul, Haze, Kim, Gareth were all in the video
Nazrul, Haze, Kim, Gareth were all in the video

The video was taken about a week prior to CNY, and since mom wasn’t around yet at the time, I invited Kim, Gareth, and his mom who’s from all the way across the globe (yes, this Shaolintiger is really a mat salleh). Haze, of course, was the co-host.

vegetable, black chicken herbal soup, steamed fish, kung pao chicken
vegetable, black chicken herbal soup, steamed fish, kung pao chicken

For the dinner, I cooked black chicken herbal soup, steamed golden pomfret fish, kung pao chicken, and stir fried baby bok choy.

Since I also labeled this post in “cooks” category, there might as well be recipe – follow the links for kung pao chicken and steamed pomfret.

10 herbs black chicken soup preparation method
10 herbs black chicken soup preparation method

As for the black chicken herbal soup, the recipe is surprisingly simple.

Ingredients:

  • 1 black chicken, you can get this from any wet market. (they slaughter mine fresh, was a bit disturbing)
  • Chinese 10-herb packets. I got them from the store next to Ming Tien, but you can get them even at Giants/Cold Storage these days.

Steps:

  • boil the black chicken separately for 2-3 minutes to remove any foam in the soup
  • transfer the chicken to the soup pot and bring to boil with the herbs
  • keep boiling with very low fire for a couple hours
  • alternatively, you can also use a slow cooker, thermal cooker, or double boiling pot.

So there you go! Do view the video and tell me what you think about my spoken Malay, hehehe.

look ma, we’re on TV3!
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44 thoughts on “look ma, we’re on TV3!

  • February 9, 2011 at 9:31 am
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    AHAHHAHA first line :Kampung I kat Penang!

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    • February 9, 2011 at 10:14 am
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      Yee Hou: hahah kampung ku memang kat penang ok 😛

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    • February 9, 2011 at 10:13 am
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      Kiran: thank you thank you *bow*

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  • February 9, 2011 at 10:23 am
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    Congratulations! You famous! 😀 😀

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    • February 9, 2011 at 12:39 pm
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      Meena: thank you thank you, famous i am not, just lucky 😀

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  • February 9, 2011 at 10:56 am
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    wowee… WOOT! congrats KY. what a handsome looking family!

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    • February 9, 2011 at 12:39 pm
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      ciki: sweet tooth again ciki! hehehe thanks

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  • February 9, 2011 at 11:35 am
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    haha, majlis makan malam besar di rumah!

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    • February 9, 2011 at 12:41 pm
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      Cynthia: makan malam besar.. those are the words from nazrul. hehe

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  • February 9, 2011 at 12:41 pm
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    the black chix soup was awesomesauce! gong hei fatt choyyy

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    • February 9, 2011 at 12:46 pm
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      kim: thank you for coming and gong xi fa cai! 😀

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  • February 9, 2011 at 2:16 pm
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    actually, since there was no video on the cooking part, can we safely assume that it wasn’t done by KY himself, as postulated by Kim? hehehehehee…. 😈

    Noticed how hungry ST was… ‘let them all do the talking, I’m not letting all these food go cold”

    psst: I think it was Haze’s cooking instead…. 😎

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    • February 9, 2011 at 3:12 pm
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      imantulen: hehe the cooking wasn’t on video, but Kim was already there when I started cooking 😀

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  • February 9, 2011 at 4:32 pm
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    Nice video and very good Malay somemore! Was also anticipating if ST will be speaking also since he’s at the dinner! Nais!

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    • February 9, 2011 at 4:42 pm
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      JD: hahaha, you’re too kind, my Malay’s not exactly good at all, Kim’s much better.

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  • February 9, 2011 at 4:48 pm
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    I skipped on the speaking BM part, not really good at that!

    And the soup was indeed delicious (and all cooked by KY).

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    • February 10, 2011 at 7:27 am
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      ShaolinTiger: thanks for the vote of confidence 😀

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  • February 9, 2011 at 5:37 pm
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    LOL… masih ada sisa makanan dalam mulut Haze masa dia menjawab soalan…

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    • February 10, 2011 at 7:28 am
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      winsern: hahahaha i didn’t notice that :X

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  • February 9, 2011 at 11:53 pm
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    Saya mesti mengaku…..

    Dengar saja si Kim bercakap, saya pun gelak sampai hentak kaki (kata you orang tu LOL-lah!). Entah kenape, saja rasa kelakar kekeke..

    Ingat ya, bila ikan sedang stim jangan potong stim, tau! (Lain kali sebut lah kukus, bukan kuku___ ya?)

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    • February 10, 2011 at 7:29 am
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      Suertes: hahaha no need too detailed laa, saya BM dapat C6 aje :X

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      • February 10, 2011 at 9:54 am
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        And I got….. P7!!!!! Cheers.

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  • February 10, 2011 at 12:29 pm
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    Mengapa Nazrul tidak makan? Takut makanan bukan halal kah?

    My mother taught me to fry the ginger, shallots and garlic in oil till light brown. Then pour it on cooked steam fish with soy sauce.

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    • February 10, 2011 at 2:20 pm
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      Meng: yep you can do it that way too, sometimes i put strips of pork fat on top of the fish to steam together. lol

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  • February 11, 2011 at 5:12 am
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    kenapa susah sangat untuk orang malaysia bertutur dalam bahasa ibunda di negara sendiri dan dgn orang malaysia sendiri??? melayu dengan melayu pun sibuk becakap dlm bahasa inggeris dgn slang inggeris, kenapa??? apatah lagi bangsa cina & india, malu??tak ada class?? macam mana nak bersatu kalau bahasa tak seirama. rakyat di indonesia semuanye bertutur dlm bahasa indonesia, walaupun bangsa cina berborak bersama kawan yg sesama bangsa cina tetap bertutur dlm bahasa ibunda mereka, kenapa kita disini tak mcm itu??? cuba bayangkan, org dri negara cina tak tahu bertutur dlm bahasa cina…atau org inggeris dr england tak tahu english…macam mane tu??? samalah dengan kita!!!…btw this comment is not directly for you..it’s for those who (malaysians) thinks malay is a waste of time…your malay is ok!!!

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    • February 11, 2011 at 2:33 pm
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      rita: tapi sekarang cina & cina juga berbahasa inggeris sesama sendiri. lol.

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  • February 11, 2011 at 5:39 am
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    btw no wonderlah you renovate your kitchen…nice!!!

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    • February 11, 2011 at 2:34 pm
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      rita: thanks thanks 😀

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  • February 11, 2011 at 4:57 pm
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    hahahaha wassup with u being all so sopan – talking with right hand palm on left hand palm. can almost qualify for nasyid group! shaolintiger should jz say something in english

    btw nice house! and congratz on being on national tv AGAIN!

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    • February 13, 2011 at 7:59 pm
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      fakri: hahaha thank you young man 😀

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  • February 12, 2011 at 11:11 pm
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    wah your kitchen reno looks good leh!!!

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    • February 13, 2011 at 7:59 pm
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      eiling: thank you thank you, they did a good job on it. 🙂

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  • February 13, 2011 at 7:41 pm
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    KY, Hazel tu tunang kau ke? Cantiklah! :mrgreen:

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    • February 13, 2011 at 8:00 pm
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      Azim: yes. thanks i’ll tell her. 😀

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    • February 14, 2011 at 12:04 am
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      Azim: hahahah okay! 😛

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  • February 18, 2011 at 6:04 pm
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    Malaysia Hari ini crew atau Malaysia Kini crew?..lol

    betul betul…kita kena pandai bertutur dlm bahasa melayu….

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    • February 20, 2011 at 7:13 pm
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      Vincent: haha malaysia hari ini la 😛

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  • March 25, 2011 at 10:15 am
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    congrats ! saw u on TV3 too 😛 thanks for all the recipee too :mrgreen:

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    • March 25, 2011 at 10:26 am
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      maverick: thanks thanks 😀

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  • March 29, 2011 at 9:56 am
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    yo ky..nice house & kitchen 😛

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