Another culinary idol @ Setia Alam

In the world of Food Blogging, one must possess the following traits: willing to put anything in their mouth, whip out the camera at the sight of food and with the latest trend; it appears that one must also be able to whip up a feast in their kitchen.

Exactly what my latest culinary idol decided to do; whip up a BIG feast that struck us with awe.

So like Mr and Mrs Smith, Mr and Mrs Pea decided to not blow up their house and kitchen but blew us all away with their lip smacking dishes. With the score of plates all over the serving table, she has risen to a level of food blogging that minors like me can only have a wet dream of.

With that the tag team, presented to us their signature dishes that only Setia Alam can offer.

What appears to be a simple dish of stuffed tau foo and chillies turned out to be home-made all the way! Unfortunately the chillis were not grown in the garden and she didn't exactly made the tau foo but imagine the fish paste being splattered on all sides of the wall to ensure the bounciness and freshness of the meat was retained. That got us going for seconds and thirds before we lost count.

The Curry Chicken was a joy to behold. Being mildly spicy but enough to give a kick, i was secretly hoping some would make maggi mee to accompany this. Nevertheless, white rice was as good as gold with the gravy, potatoes and succulent chicken thigh pieces.

The reason why we were all invited for; the piece de resistance (did i spell this out correctly?). HOME MADE ROAST PORK - Marinated and air dried in the fridge before roasting taking a total of 48 hours to get it to this state. It is a pity it took less then an hour to demolish the whole plate without a trace of what it was.

Just when we thought, oh my thats a heavy as a lunch can ever get, another strong aroma was sensed. The familiar smell of vinegar and ginger lead us to the vinegar pork trotters. Tradition has it that this dish is especially potent and medicinal for ladies after giving birth. If you looked at who were picking this plate clean, i think we just reinvented tradition with males hogging the plate and saying IT WAS HARD LABOUR you know.

So what could someone like me do? Roast a duck? Nah, bought it in Klang for RM32, looked good enough to be walloped clean, although very oily.

We polished off the meal with a colourful vegetable dish. I think we were only missing some red peppers to make this a rainbow dish.

A healthy smooth tau foo dish with a delicious topping that really got us hankering for rice. No wonder the rice cooker was filled to the brim with rice.

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When the main dishes were eaten and gobbled down by famished bloggers; we had to leave desserts to the Bakers.

Apparently i was suggesting that they should compete for the top spot to become famous but stupidly not realising that the duo has 1,000 friends between them on Facebook. How more famous can one get when they already have a thousand friends on Facebook? Err, apparently my little brain couldnt handle such rapid calculations.

FBB latest creation or some would bluntly say pirated off a cookbook and made it his own, an upside down Pear and Ginger pudding. Served with thick cream, this cake was a favourite and got everyone eyeing for spare pieces. Apparently another hoo haa i made was asking so how did you poach your pears?

Err, heard before of SPC?

Basket.

A sweet Yorkshire pudding that was virtually made on the spot, baked in the oven before our main meal was complete, served with icing sugar and honey. Ohh, so lovely!

What meals can go out without alcohol? Wine Jelly was served, white wine, sugar and gelatin. If i was alone, i would probably get drunk on this while watching TV.

Soon, it was time to say goodbye but we vowed that despite her elevated status that we would convince her to shower us with her delicious cooking in the near future.

I hope, hope you are reading this, oh Mrs Pea.