Fluffy Soft Pancakes

My girls love pancakes, so I made it quite often. But I have to say these soft like cloud pancakes are the best I have made so far. The key is using buttermilk and not over mixing the batter. :)
Dry Ingredients:
110g of plain flour
30g of caster sugar
1/2 tsp of salt
1 tbsp of baking powder

Wet Ingredients:
180ml of buttermilk
1 large egg
40g of melted unsalted butter, cooled

• In a large mixing bowl, sift in flour, salt and baking powder. Then using a whisk, mix in the sugar until all blended.
• In another bowl, lightly beat the egg, then add buttermilk and melted butter and mix till all blended.
• Heat up your pancake griddle with some cooking oil.
  
• Add wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and gently mix with the whisk. Do not over mix, it's okay to leave small bumps in the batter. Over mixing the batter will not yield a fluffy and light pancake later.
• Ladle some batter to the griddle and cook until you see tiny bubble on the surface of the pancake and the sides of the pancake is dry. Flip the pancake and cook for another 1 minute.

• When done, remove from pan and serve warm with maple syrup or butter. Fresh fruits like strawberries or blueberries will be a delightful compliments to the pancakes too.
  

I have added mini chocolate chips into my girls' pancakes and some fresh strawberries on the side.

Just a short stack for my hubby with warm maple syrup drizzle over it....yummy, dig in!

Lunch in Ipoh

On our way to Penang, we stopped by for lunch @ Ipoh in these kopitiams call Thean Chun and Kong Heng which was highly recommended from a friend from Ipoh. After exiting from Highway, we have to find our way through the busy streets and loop around to find the place. Since it was a weekend, it was super crowded, it took us awhile before we can find a parking spot and waited 10 minutes for a table. :-P But guess what, it was worth it! Thanks June!!

If you see carefully, there are a lot of people standing around rather then seating down....'cos there's so many people waiting for tables. :-P

The dish that I like the most was the Kai-Si Hor Fun from Thean Chun. The broth was very flavorful and slight sweetness from the prawns and chicken boiled in it. Even my little ones love it. ;)

We also ordered their Chee Chong Fun, the dark sweet sauce and the belachan was very good too.

The Kang Kong & Sotong with Belachan was excellent too! The sotong has a certain texture as the Taiwanese always say "qu-qu", very nice.

The satay and poh piah was really good too. The pork satay was really tender and very flavorful (even without the peanut sauce). This plate of poh piah has no belachan over it, because I was seating with the kids, no chilli please, but it still taste great! ;)

Overall, a wonderful experience, would go there again when we pass by or visit Ipoh in the future. A round of applause for the yummy food! ;)