Uncle Jim Malaysian Kitchen
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Uncle Jim Malaysian Kitchen
Uncle Jim Malaysian Kitchen Commonly Used Ingredients Chef Jim Yong hails from George Town situated in the state of Penang, Malaysia. To pursue his interest in food and his love of cooking, Jim moved to Kuala Lumpur to gain wider exposure in the culinary world. He spent time working with experienced chefs and learning new skills from “SIFU”(Master) in the art of cooking. In addition, to explore the essence of Nyonya cooking, Jim worked with the Nyonya communities in Penang, Melaka, acquiring authentic Nyonya cooking techniques. He also learn traditional local cuisine in Terengganu and Kelantan. In a bid to expand his horizons and increase his understanding towards each country’s cuisine, he frequently visits China, Thailand, Singapore, Hong Kong and many more for on-site learning and observation. After years of constant learning, he has become adept at all kinds of traditional dishes, snacks, cakes and dim sum – a true blue all-rounder in the kitchen. Accumulating 30 years of cooking experience, Chef Jim is a well-known master chef locally. He has never stopped pursing his passion for good food. He constantly motivates himself to innovate and elevate his cooking, hoping to remain at the forefront of the cooking industry. His passion in cooking has enabled him to excel in the culinary industry as well as received the recognition of people from the local food industry. “I love good food, I love the smell of it, and the kitchen always makes me happy” Jim’s living motto Belacan Asam Paste Buah Keluak Galangal Lemongrass It is commonly in the form of a pressed brick or cake. Not overly ‘fishy’, a tiny amount of this paste adds sweetness to meats, intensity to fish & seafood and a ‘kick’ to vegetables like Kangkung Belacan. It makes a flavourful base for sauces and gravies, adding depth and an intriguing taste that you can’t quite decipher. When uncooked, the pressed cake has a powerful scent, like “stinky cheese”, but don’t be put off – it mellows out and harmonizes in the cooking. It is one the ingredients in the sour dishes. Add water to extract tamarind (asam) juice. (Indonesia Black Nut) It has a light fragrance but is not spicy. It is commonly use in soup and curries. It is a perennial and lemonscented plant. The outer green stalks should be discarded, only the bottom part of the whitish stem may be used. Buah keluak is a black nut originating from Indonesia, more famously known for the wonderful aroma in one of the Peranakan’s most famous dish. Turmeric Asam Peel It is made from the dried and sliced tamarind. It has a strong sour flavor and can be added directly when cooking. Yellow in colour, it is a spice often used in curry making and is used to add flavor and colour to the dishes. Cinnamon Sticks The green leaves are slightly bitter and aromatic. They must be used when cooking curries. It is the dried bark of laurel trees and contains a fragrant woody scent, suitable for meat and various cuisines. Star Anise A star-shaped with 8 points and has a light and sweet flavor. It is used frequently in curry cuisine. *All prices include GST Images shown are for reference only and may not represent actual food presentation © Uncle Jim Malaysian Kitchen 2014 All rights reserved. Curry Leaf CHICKEN SATAY SKEWER grilled chicken to perfection served with peanut sauce $8.80 (3 Skewers) Chicken Satay Skewer is a very popular dish in Malaysia. It is made with ingredients and spices commonly found in Malaysian cooking; shallots, lemongrass, turmeric powder, and coriander powder. The basic ingredient -- chicken is marinated for many hours or even overnight so as to lock in the flavor. In addition to the peanut dipping sauce, Malaysian satay is served with onions, and cucumber. The taste of these side dishes complement each other exquisitely. Street BITE Vegetarian Spring Roll (4) $7.80 Hey Ji (crispy prawn cake) (3) $7.80 Salt & Pepper Chicken Wing (6) $8.80 Penang Lobak crispy pork roll (2) $9.00 Lobak Plater lobak, prawn cake, tofu, served with sesame chilli sauce Wonton Soup $8.80 $11.80 ............................................................................................................................................ Indian Roti Indian plain flaky wheat bread Roti Pratha crispy pan fried Indian flaky bread with curry and sambal dipping $8.80 Roti Ayam Indian flaky bread served with curry chicken and sambal $10.80 Roti with Beef Rendang Indian flaky bread with beef rendang and sambal $11.80 Extra Roti per piece $3.50 What is Penang Lobak (Five-Spice Roll)? A typical Penang hawker food stall Lobak is deep fried minced pork roll wrapped in beancurd sheet. It has a crunchy exterior with a soft and chewy filling. On the island of Penang, lobak is often made at home by the Straits Chinese as one of the main dishes during festivals and celebrations. At the food courts, it is eaten as a shared or side dish served with deep fried tofu, slices of cucumber, and sweet hoisin and chili sauce. Roti Jala (Net crepe) Ingredients: 1 egg 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour (1/2 lb) 3/4 teaspoon turmeric powder 1 1/2 cup low fat milk 1/2 tablespoon oil, Ghee or butter 1/2 cup water 1/2 teaspoon salt Method: 1. Sieve the flour and set aside. 2. In a big bowl, mix all the ingredients well together (except the oil) and strain the batter. 3. Add in 1/2 tablespoon of oil and set aside. 4. Heat up a pan with medium heat and grease it with some butter or ghee. 5. Pour some batter into the mold and transfer the mold to the pan. 6. As the batter flows through the holes of the mold, make circular rounds around the pan to form the netty patterns. 7. After the top is set and done or when the bottom turns light brown, transfer the Roti Jala out and fold it into triangle shape. 8. Arrange a few Roti Jala on a serving plate and add some curry chicken on the side and serve immediately. Select your choice of home-made curry Curry Chicken + 2 pieces of roti jala $11.80 Beef Rendang + 2 pieces of roti jala $12.80 Sambal Prawn + 2 pieces of roti jala $15.80 Extra Roti Jala per piece $4.00 SIGNATURE DISH GOLDEN CRISPY PRAWN Ingredient: King prawn Egg white Vermicelli Mint Corn Flour Oil Prawn Paste Method: 1. Fold the prawn with the prawn paste. 2. Wrap the prawn with the vermicelli. 3. Heat oil in a deep pan on high heat. Dip the prawns first in the dry flour then in the batter and fry them till golden brown. 4. Serve the prawns with sweet chili sauce. - OR Order the dish at Uncle Jim and enjoy it in 10 mins. $18.00 (4 pcs) laksa Laksa is a popular spicy noodle soup from the Peranakan culture, which is a merger of Chinese and Malay elements found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. The origin of the name “laksa” is unclear. One theory traces it back to Urdu/Persian lakhshah, referring to a type of vermicelli, which in turn may be derived from the Sanskrit lakshas meaning “one hundred thousand” (lakh). It has also been suggested that “laksa” may derive from the Chinese word 辣沙, meaning “spicy sand” due to the ground dried prawns which gives a sandy or gritty texture to the sauce. Curry Laksa (in many places referred to simply as “laksa”) is a coconut-based curry soup. The main ingredients for most versions of curry laksa include bean curd puffs, fish sticks, shrimp and cockles. Laksa is commonly served with a spoonful of sambal chili paste and garnished with Vietnamese coriander, or laksa leaf, which is known in Malay as daun kesum. The term “curry laksa” is more commonly used in Kuala Lumpur or Singapore. Laksa is popular in Singapore and Malaysia, as are laksa yong tau foo, lobster laksa, and even plain laksa, with just noodles and gravy. Vegetable $11.80 Shredded Chicken $12.80 Curry Chicken $14.80 Beef Rendang $15.80 Prawn $15.80 Seafood $16.80 Penang assam laksa Asam Laksa is a sour, fish-based soup. It is listed at number 7 on World’s 50 most delicious foods complied by CNN Go in 2011. Asam (or asam jawa) is the Malay word for tamarind, which is commonly used to give the stock its sour flavor. Penang Assam Laksa comes from the Malaysian island of Penang. It is made with mackerel (ikan kembung) soup and its main distinguishing feature is the asam or tamarind which gives the soup a sour taste. The fish is poached and then flaked. Other ingredients that give Penang laksa its distinctive flavor include lemongrass, galangal (lengkuas) and chili. Typical garnishes include mint, pineapple slices, thinly sliced onion, a thick sweet prawn paste and use of torch ginger flower. This, and not ‘curry mee’ is the usual ‘laksa’ one gets in Penang. A spicy tamarind based soup served with rice vermicelli, cucumber, pineapple, fish meat, mint, shrimp paste $11.80 nasi lemak (Coconut rice) Ingredients: 2 cups of rice 3 pandan leaves (tie them into a knot) 1can of coconut milk (5.6 oz) Salt to taste 1 cup of water Method: Just like making steamed rice, rinse your rice and drain. Add the coconut milk, a pinch of salt, and some water. Add the pandan leaves into the rice and cook your rice. Nasi Lemak Standard boil egg, anchovy, cucumber, peanut sambal $11.00 Nasi Lemak with Curry Chicken $13.80 Nasi Lemak with Beef Rendang $14.80 Nasi Lemak with Sambal Kang Kong $13.80 Nasi Lemak with Sambal Squid $14.80 Nasi Lemak with Sambal Prawn $16.80 wok fried House Fried Rice Chinese sausage, prawn, chicken, egg, shallot $13.80 Mie Goreng Indian style, stir fried noodle with home made spices sauce with chicken, potato, tofu and egg, distinctly Indian flavor $13.80 Wad Tan Hor Stir fried flat rice noodle and vermicelli with prawn, chicken, $14.80 Mee Hoon Goreng Kampong $13.80 Garlic Chicken Fried Rice $13.80 Nasi Goreng Kampong Prawn, chicken, anchovy, water spinach, sambal, egg, onion $13.80 squid, veggie and egg white sauce What is Mie Goreng? Bahasa Language Corner Mie – means noodle Mee Hoon – means rice noodle Nasi -- means rice Goreng – means stir fried Mie Goreng is a dish common in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. It is made with thin yellow noodles fried in cooking oil with garlic, onion or shallots, fried prawn, chicken, chili, tomatoes, egg, and other vegetables. Ubiquitous in Indonesia, it can be found everywhere in the country, sold by all food vendors from street-hawkers to high-end restaurants. It is an Indonesian one-dish meal favorite, although street food hawkers commonly sell it together with nasi goreng (fried rice). It is commonly available at mamak stalls in Singapore and Malaysia and is often spicy. Char KOAY Teow literally “stir-fried rice cake strips”, is a popular noodle dish in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore. The dish is considered a national favorite in Singapore. It is made from flat rice noodles (河粉 in Chinese) of approximately 1 cm or (in the north of Malaysia) about 0.5 cm in width, stir-fried over very high heat with light and dark soy sauce, chili, a small quantity of belachan, whole prawns, deshelled cockles, bean sprouts and chopped Chinese chives. The dish is commonly stir-fried with egg, slices of Chinese sausage and fishcake, and less commonly with other ingredients. $13.80 炒 貴 刁 Sizziling Butter Garlic Sauce A creamy butter garlic sauce made with curry leaf, chilli and garlic Chicken $18.80 Squid $18.80 Fish Fillet $18.80 Prawn $22.80 house specialties Spare Ribs Pak Kuat Wong spare ribs with Home-made special sweet and sour sauce $20.80 Black Pepper Spare Ribs Singapore famous black pepper sauce stir fried with freshly cracked peppercorn $20.80 Three Beans Sauce Spare Ribs A lightly spicy and mild oyster sauce, including black bean, ground bean and soya bean $20.80 Chilli Jam Spare Ribs Uncle Jim’s home-made chili base, made with eyebird chilli, dry chilli, long red chilli, garlic, onion and bean paste $20.80 Pipi (Clam) (pick your favourite sauce) Sambal a spicy condiment made from dried shrimp, Black Pepper Singapore famous black pepper sauce belacan, dry chili lemongrass, is very popular in Malaysian cooking stir fried with freshly cracked peppercorn. from fresh lemongrass, turmeric, fresh chili, tamarind based, sour and spicy sauce sweet and spicy chilli gravy $18.80 $18.80 Singapore Chilli Sauce Singapore national dish Assam Pedas A very traditional nyonya flavor, made cooked to perfection in fresh chilli, tomato, egg thickened, $18.80 Kam Heong A special sauce mixed by bean paste, chili, garlic and dried shrimp. $18.80 GREEN APPLE SALAD Chicken Shredded $18.80 CalamarI $18.80 Fish Fillet (Deep fried) $18.80 King Prawn $22.80 created with shredded green apple, peanut, pineapple, onion, chilli and lemon juice dressing $18.80 Ginger and Shallot $18.80 malaysian CURRY Ingredients: 2 tablespoons oil 1/2 onion, diced 2 star anises 5 fresh curry leaves 1 oz (25 g) curry powder for meat 1 1/2 lbs chicken, chopped into pieces 1 lemongrass, blended 2 small potatoes, peeled and cut into wedges 1/2 cup coconut milk (or 3/4 cup milk) 3 cups water Salt to taste Method: 1. Add the oil to a big pot and heat it up until hot. 2. Add the onions and lemongrass, and stir-fry until aromatic before adding the curry powder. 3. Do a few quick stirs until you smell the aroma, then add the chicken, stir to combine well, for about 1 minute. 4. Add the curry leaves, star anises and water into the pot and bring it to boil. Lower the heat and add the potatoes. 5. Cover the pot and let simmer for about 30-45 minutes, or until chicken becomes tender. Add the coconut milk and salt to taste and simmer for another 5 minutes or so. 6. Dish out and serve immediately with steamed rice. Chicken $18.80 Beef Rendang $19.80 Sambal BELACAN Sauce Crispy Cereal A spicy condiment made from dried shrimp, belacan, dry chilli and lemongrass, is very popular in Malaysian cooking Deep fried cereal with a unique combination of earthy flavor Chicken $18.80 Beef $19.80 Fish Fillet $18.80 Squid $18.80 Fish Fillet $18.80 Squid $18.80 King Prawn $22.80 King Prawn With Shell $25.80 King Prawn $22.80 King Prawn With Shell $25.80 Scallop $25.80 About Nyonya “Nyonya” refers to ladies of the Peranakans in Malaysia. Nyonya cuisine is inherited from Chinese favorite herbs, mushrooms, dried food, bean paste and others, combining Malay’s ingredients, such as candlenut, laksa leaves, belacan and fermented shrimp paste. It is also mixed with Indian and Middle Eastern spices, Java’s vegetables such as buah keluak and ulam. Nyonya families use some of these ingredients as dyeing properties to produce natural foods. It is usually the woman who cooks for her family. Under the mother’s guidance, the daughter becomes an expert in cooking. While the housewives will gather and discuss about cooking techniques, making Nyonya food taste the same, it is normally sour, sweet, salty and spicy. Nyonya Sauce A very tangy sauce, made with fresh chilli, onion, belacan, galangal, fresh herbs Chicken $18.80 Beef $19.80 Fish Fillet $18.80 Squid $18.80 King Prawn $22.80 King Prawn With Shell $25.80 BLACK PEPPER Sauce Singapore famous black pepper sauce stir fried with freshly cracked peppercorn Chicken $18.80 King Prawn $22.80 Beef $19.80 Scallop $25.80 Fish Fillet $18.80 King Prawn With Shell $25.80 Squid $18.80 SIGNATURE DISH Hainanese chicken Hainanese Chicken Rice is a dish of Chinese origin, most commonly associated with Hainanese, Malaysian and Singaporean cuisines, although it is also popular in Thailand and Vietnam. It is based on a well-known Hainanese dish called Wenchang chicken (文昌雞), due to its adoption by the Hainanese overseas Chinese population in the Nanyang area (present-day Southeast Asia). Chicken rice in Malaysia is available in many Chinese coffee shops or restaurants or street hawker stalls. $15.80 (half chicken) $30.00 (whole chicken) rice Steam Rice Chicken Rice Coconut Rice $2.50 (S) $5.00 (L) $3.00 (S) $6.00 (L) $3.00 (S) $6.00 (L) 海 南 白 切 雞 TOFU DISH Steam Tofu with ginger and dried radish $15.80 SOFT SHELL CRAB Choose your favorite way of cooking: Singapore Chilli Singapore national dish cooked to perfection in fresh chilli, tomato, egg thickened, sweet & spicy chilli gravy Salt Pepper Deep fried crispy batter in salt pepper spiced up with Chinese five spice powder Crispy Cereal Deep fried cereal with an unique combination of earthy flavor Devil Chilli Jam Uncle Jim’s home-made chilli base, made with eyebird chilli, dry chilli, long red chilli, garlic, onion and bean-paste. Ask for the devil you want $22.80 (2 crabs) Uncle Jim Salted Egg Stir fried salted egg yolk with butter and curry leaf $24.80 (2 crabs) What is dried radish? Dried radish is made by daikon radish 白蘿蔔 (bai luobo). It is salted, sliced and dried in the open air. VEgGiE OF THE DAY Pick your favourite sauce Sambal $16.80 Oyster Sauce $16.80 Garlic $16.80 Ginger Chilli $16.80 kangkong broccoli choy sum greenbean (water spinach) Salt & Pepper Deep fried crispy batter in salt pepper spiced up with Chinese five spice powder Tofu $15.80 Squid $18.80 Fish Fillet $18.80 King Prawn $22.80 Spare Ribs $20.80 King Prawn with Shell $25.80 eggplant Mixed vegetable with chicken $17.80 with beef $19.80 with scallop $25.80 with king prawn $25.80 DRINKS (hot/cold) Milo $3.50 Teh Tarik $3.50 Lemon Tea $3.50 Grass Jelly $3.50 Longan Ice $3.50 Coconut Juice $5.00 Orange Juice $4.00 Mineral Water $5.00 Soft Drink (Coke, Zero Coke, Sprite) $3.00 Chinese Tea Percup $2.50 BYO (Per Head) $1.50 What is Teh Tarik? Teh tarik, “pulled tea” in Malaysian, is a hot milk tea beverage which can be commonly found in Malaysia and Singapore. Its name is derived from the pouring process of “pulling” the drink during preparation. It is made from black tea, condensed milk and/or evaporated milk. It is also considered as the national drink of Malaysia CUSTOMER REVIEW Your comment mean alot to us. Please give us some feedback! *we might use these information on promotional material. Please notice our friendly staff if you do not want to disclose your name. CUSTOMER REVIEW Your comment mean alot to us. Please give us some feedback! *we might use these information on promotional material. Please notice our friendly staff if you do not want to disclose your name. Please take a photo with our Pedicab at front! Uncle Jim Malaysian Kitchen Menu designed by RK & Co. www.rkco.com.au Printed by Trusted Print www.trustedprint.com.au