Preparation of sushi is quite difficult and it requires the uses of the freshest ingredients. Most of the sushi outlets do make decorative rolls to impress its customers. Here are some very unique decorative sushi-rolls that we never thought of presented by Sushi Chef Ken Kawasumi.......

This is a replica he created of Vincent van Gogh's 'Sunflowers' made of sushi at a press event recently celebrating the publishing of his new book ‘The Most Simple Way To Make Decorative Sushi-Rolls’. I would like to get hold of this book. If anyone happen to come across this book, please let me know...

Here are some of his other creations...I will not give any comments but rather let you enjoy admiring them.

Also these cute lovable sushi bear, fish and car ..... too nice to be eaten, right???

Read that he opened a sushi restaurant named "Kawasumi" in Tokyo. I just wish I could have the chance of dining in this restaurant and see with my own eyes his work of art.

Photos courtesy of (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara).

Cooking hard boiled eggs can be a hastle because you have to kor hui (jaga api) or kor chui (jaga air). My dear friend, KS was so kind to share this method of cooking the eggs whereby you don't have to worry whether they are over-cooked or under-cooked.


1) Place two pieces of tissue papers inside the rice cooker and sprinkle them with water.


2) Put in the eggs.




3) Close the lid and press "Cook" button.




4) Wait till the button jumps up. When it does, TURN OFF THE ELECTRICITY POWER. Do not leave them too long inside the rice cooker after cooked ...only do so if you prefer a harder egg yolk.

5) The eggs are ready.



The speed is faster than using ordinary boiling method. This is because the water sprinkled will turn into steam and compressed inside the rice cooker to cook the eggs. You can peel the egg shells off very easily. The egg yolks will turn out just nice, not too dry. And the best part is -you don’t have to do any washing nor cleaning at all.

Do you know that there is a stall that sells delicious roast duck in Ayer Itam? Head over to "Restoran Chu Yoke Weng" at Bee San Coffee Shop in Ayer Itam/Rifle Range traffic light junction. This stall sells Pei Pah Arp. It is different from the normal roast duck because these ducks are slit open flat for roasting.

Before they serve the duck, it is slightly deep fried again. The skin is crispy and yet the meat remain tender and juicy. The thick sauce is rich in herbs and garlic but is slightly salty.

Side dish of chye boey...

The duck portion comes in a serving of half or a whole duck. Half a duck cost RM17.00 and the whole duck RM34.00. Besides the Pei Pah Arp, they also sell other varities of roast meat and chicken.