Foodie # : > Sandakan Spring Noodles > Metro Hakka House

Just another hot Sunday after my usual church mass,
And I wanted to try out some new random places.

Wandered around in Metrotown with mum in the car,
and decided to try out the Metro Hakka House as their ''Sandakan Spring Noodles'' wordings caught my eyes' attention.
Haven't had spring noodles for a long time already, looking at it surely opens up my appetite door :)

I've ordered myself a bowl of Sandakan Spring Noodles with Century Egg Dumplings for the price of RM 8.
I might have put too much expectation on it.
So when the noodles arrived, I was kinda disappointed with what I am going to have.

The colour of the noodles is not natural as claimed by mum,
It seems like it has a high-level of yellow colouring.
To be honest, it directly cuts off my open appetite.

The noodles was quite harden and the meat seems like it had gone through over-fried situation,
as I find the flour has more proportion than the meat.
It completely demolished my appetite wall when I tasted the Century Egg Dumplings.
The whole inner fillings of the Century Egg just crushed and smashed inside my mouth,
My wild guess is because either the eggs are not fresh, or else they would probably have over-steamed the dumplings.

I'm not criticizing about the shop or the food.
It's just that my odd taste bud doesn't like it.
And the fact that they served food which tasted so much different than the original one I had back in Sandakan.
The whole situation is just plain disappointing. LOL.
Anyway, they certainly have a lot of space to improve in the future :)

Recipe #7 : Durian Ice Cream

Jjang!

I am ready to try on a new recipe today and it's gonna be Durian Ice Cream :)

I've studied and compared a few online recipe just to get the perfect one.

In the end, I found this recipe posted by Missy Wombat in food.com was kinda promising.

I did amend some of the portions and methods according to my own taste bud though :)

Ingredients :

3 table spoons of frozen durian flesh

250ml full cream milk

250ml whipping cream

2 egg yolks

100gm caster sugar

Directions :

1) Thaw completely the frozen durian.

2) Remove seeds and press durian flesh through a nylon sieve to eliminate the fine fibres.

3) Whisk whipping cream for a few minutes.

4) Double boil milk and whipping cream, and stirring it until almost boiling.

5) Whisk egg yolks with sugar until light, stir in ladleful of the hot milk mixture and return to the saucepan.

6) Double boil the complete mixture until thickens a bit, taking care not to let it boil.

7) Cool the mixture and then add the durian pulp a little at a time, stirring it well and to make sure the texture is even.

8) Pour into designated containers and put into freezer.

9) If you are using still-freezing method, stir / whisk 2 or 3 times every four hours of freezing to enhance smoothness. 

10) Return to freezer everytime after stirring / whisking until it is firm.

11) It is advisable to store durian ice cream in a freezer container with a well-fitting lid.

I didn't manage to take a lot of photos during the making process as it was a messy situation with durian and cream over my fingers. LOL.

But in the end, after you freeze it in the freezer for 4 hours. 

It would look something like this.

I didn't use the still-freezing method as I thought my ice cream has a smooth enough texture.

And since it was already late hours, I was kinda lazy. LOL.

Taste was surprisingly good and creamy. Colour was beautiful as well.

Indeed the recipe was good, just that I put 5 spoons of durian pulp into mine.

The durian flavouring was so over it had covered the original milky taste of the ice cream.

That's why I have reduced it to 3 spoons in my ingredients earlier.

So, if you are in the durian mood.

Why not give this recipe a try? 

Until then, see you in my next recipe page :)

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