look ma, we’re on TV3!
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. ๐
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
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
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 andย steamed pomfret.
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.