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Meat For Recovery, Rice For Carbo Loading

Well, simply put lah. Anyway this is just a random Thursday post.

I've been craving for a lot of protein ever since I finished my run at Malaysia Women Marathon and I think it's my body's way to recover fast. Protein is good for muscle recovery after a hard workout and for me, that easily means I eat more meat lah. xD

I was supposed to do another marathon this week, at Borneo International Marathon and it's time to EAT RICE! Actually, it's time to carbo load. Time to eat a lot of starchy, carbohydrate rich food. Complex carbohydrate. But since I'm Asian, I just turn to rice. 

Back to MAKAN NASI after a diet of almost of no rice for two weeks.
 
 
The "lauk pauk" or dishes to accompany the rice. Pretty simple dishes. We always eat rather simply so usually there aren't like three of four dishes served on the table. It would be too much for us anyway.  ^^

All rice and no bread or pastry would still be boring, so it was rather nice to stop by Hiestand Gourmet Bakery, inhaling freshly baked bread aroma;
Drool. Drool. Drool. They are all still warm and lovely.
Didn't buy any but got one of their Cornish pasty (which I love) and had it with a mug of coffee over at a nearby coffee shop instead.

Hmm... what will I eat tonight to carbo-load? Pan mee sounds enticing at the moment.

But even the best laid plan can go haywire. At the last minute, Borneo International Marathon organiser received a letter from the Police Department "advising" the marathon to be changed to another date. 4 days before the big event. Wow.700 detonators and explosives went missing in Menggatal. Double Wow. @.@

Stay safe peeps. There are people out there wanting to do "mischief" and add discord to an already not-really safe country. :(
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  1. suituapui02 May, 2013 08:08

    Oooooo....sedapnya lauk!!! Nothing beats homecooked!!!

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    1. lina02 May, 2013 15:16

      Yup nothing beats home poked food that's not MSG laden. :-)

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  2. Rurousha02 May, 2013 08:14

    Explosives went missing? Heh, in South Africa the police would've stolen it.

    I hope it was a stock-keeping error rather than something more serious.

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  3. Rurousha02 May, 2013 08:14

    Chocolate? How can you recover without chocolate? :)

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    1. lina02 May, 2013 15:21

      By inhaling a lot of strong black coffee instead? :-D

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    2. Rurousha05 May, 2013 05:47

      Ah. OK. Good alternative! ;)

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  4. wenn02 May, 2013 09:31

    the cornish pastry looks yummy!

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  5. Unknown02 May, 2013 13:03

    Deserved to have rehcarged your energy and sweat from carbo meals. Kak Line you are good in cooking too.

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  6. BAYU HEBAT SDN. BHD02 May, 2013 13:09

    2 minggu no nasik? I blh tahan 2-3 days saje... pastu nasi oh nasi :)

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    1. lina02 May, 2013 15:27

      hahaha...
      Ada roti, I ok jer. Provided it's those hearty "artisan" bread la, bukan roti gardenia or Massimo. :-D

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  7. Yannie02 May, 2013 14:10

    When my jin jin was at home, we cooked a lot too, 3 girls and 1 boy, we considered big eater too.

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    1. Yannie02 May, 2013 14:10

      Those food looks really good. In fact, I can go without rice for many days. I like noodle more.

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    2. Twilight Man02 May, 2013 14:58

      I love rice and can eat them everyday!

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    3. lina02 May, 2013 15:29

      Yan, you have big, growing, active girls. They need to eat a lot.

      I eat rice. But no rice also still can survive.

      Anay, when you were in US how? ;-)

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    4. Twilight Man02 May, 2013 22:58

      My boarding school got luxury cafe with top hat chefs serving buffets. So got nasi also. Later I lived outside and cooked nasi everyday for the Japanese and Koreans. Gila anay!

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    5. lina02 May, 2013 23:09

      Anay,
      Why you no fren with the mat salleh instead of the Koreans and Japanese? xD

      Wah, Anay sure so aristocratically KAYA. Nice borading school lah. Bergaya. :)

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    6. yvonne03 May, 2013 11:48

      All Tans love rice, must have rice everyday, or alternate day, at least!

      Your homecooked looks the best! What is the dish in the first photo? Looks so balance with meat and vege~

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    7. lina04 May, 2013 19:38

      That one beef & vege cooked with oyster sauce and black pepper. No recipe style one. Just add in whatever feels want to add. xD

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  8. Twilight Man02 May, 2013 14:59

    I love your big fried fish! What fish is that?

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    1. lina02 May, 2013 15:30

      It's grilled ikan merah, Anay. We just pop it in the oven. No frying done.:-]

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    2. Twilight Man02 May, 2013 22:59

      Good idea...Now I can marinate the ikan and wrap with foil to bake! Hooray!

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    3. lina02 May, 2013 23:10

      Healthier version. ;)

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    4. yvonne03 May, 2013 11:50

      Oh, just pop into the oven. Why I never thought of it? I usually deep fry the fish after marinate it with kunyit powder. My family's favourite!

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    5. lina04 May, 2013 19:39

      No need to use oil if grill. ;)

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  9. Twilight Man02 May, 2013 15:00

    How could you live without rice for 2 weeks?? I would go insane!

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    1. lina02 May, 2013 15:32

      I didn't want to eat much carbs, no appetite, that's how.

      Only want to eat meat, meat, meat. ;-)

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  10. Simple Person02 May, 2013 19:42

    Bagusle.... I suka
    Good relax for a cup of coffee

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  11. Small Kucing07 May, 2013 11:32

    so much rice in a plate ah....really tabik leh

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    1. Small Kucing07 May, 2013 11:34

      Grilled fish ka tu? where is the asam juice

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    2. lina07 May, 2013 21:29

      We ate them with budu.

      Not a must to eat with asam juice what. This one is just a fish that is not fried and instead oven baked. :)

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  12. [SK]07 May, 2013 13:49

    yeah, meat meat and meat is definitely something you like after sweating a lot?? hahaha.. but i have to try to cut down starchy and carbo things lah, i really get fat easily consuming even a little bit of those~~ :(

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    1. lina07 May, 2013 21:31

      Protein is a great recovery food after a hard workout.

      Before an intense cardo workout (i.e. running marathon) carbs is good. :)

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  13. [SK]07 May, 2013 13:50

    i love those dishes you (or perhaps your hubby) cooked.. no need to have a lot of them, i guess if delicious dish, one is enough to go with few bowls of rice!!

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    1. lina07 May, 2013 21:37

      Yup. :)

      Though eat a lot of rice is no good for those on diet! LOL

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  14. [SK]07 May, 2013 13:50

    the second photo looks good.. the one with lemon slices on top was fish?? and the one next to it was something sambal chicken cubes?? very healthy..

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    1. lina07 May, 2013 21:35

      Steamed siakap.

      and the cubed ones was actually sambal tofu with minced beef. A Malay version of mabo tofu. LOL

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  15. [SK]07 May, 2013 13:52

    i think i am still very asian lah, cannot have those dishes with bread lah.. either i just eat the dishes, but if with some carbs or starch, it has to be rice lah.. bread is better to go with western thing.. haha!! :D

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    1. lina07 May, 2013 21:36

      Bread and rice both carbs what.

      Can also eat bread with sambal. ;)

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  16. [SK]07 May, 2013 13:53

    oh, now i see why you didn't go to KK for the marathon.. yalah, really scary those people are trying to make chaos out of everything.. what?? another Boston Marathon explosion they think??? crazy lah~~

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    1. lina07 May, 2013 21:37

      Still dunno what happen after that.

      I don't think it even made national news which makes it scarier. o.O

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