Signature Item Chicken Curry

Here goes the one of the signature items of Sunshine Café, namely the Signature Chicken Curry. There lies a great history behind this dish and there is no doubt that this is the dish that marks the opening of Sunshine Café. We as Malaysians do like to eat delicious and marvelous meals regardless of breakfast, lunch, dinner and even supper. So there is various variety of chicken curry in Malaysia and this is what makes us, the Malaysians truly Asian. The chicken curry which is served in this country has many unique and different tastes as there are countless ways of cooking directions.

At Sunshine Café, there is only one but it is the true meaning that lies behind the story of my Mother’s favourite dish. The plan of starting Sunshine Café is derived as we found out that setting up a food and beverage shop would be a very fascinating business as there is nothing happier and grateful than to see the smiling faces of everyone enjoying the food you cook. Well, this sentence is quoted by my Mother and she is the person who leads me and she’s the story of Sunshine Café. The delicious chicken curry is well prepared by my mother and there has been a long journey before the appearance of this dish at Sunshine Café. My mother is personally fond of cooking very much and it takes her abundant of time and hardship before she could finally prepare a dish of perfect chicken curry. She nearly gave up for not cooking previously as the meal she prepared doesn’t come to the perfection and met her requirement. She was sad and I can see the sorrows in her eyes when she was so disappointed with the imperfect dish she prepared for the family. However, due to the support and encouragement by the family, she decided to give it another try and another try and another try till the dish is ready to be served on top of the table. Here it is, countless hours of patience, determination and motivation the meal of Signature Chicken Curry is arrived and it is also claimed to be more healthy compared to other counterparts as our chicken curry is cooked with little amount of santan and it is partially replaced with the portion of fresh milk that will also tastes not only smoother but also gives higher amount of nutrients to our food intake. Therefore, there will be no compromise between the healthiness and taste of chicken curry.


The secret recipe which is invented by my mother will be applied on every single dish prepared at Sunshine Café and guaranteeing the people who had their first meal at Sunshine Café will definitely give it another chance to visit again.

The chicken curry with the gravy sauce will be served with a few ways of either Nasi lemak, Traditional Fried Noodles or Bread (for bread lovers that love toasted bread dipped with curry sauce). For the value meal of Chicken curry + Nasi Lemak + Fried Egg, it will only cost at RM 4.80. Last but not least, seeing is not believing and please do not hesitate to drop us a visit at Sunshine Café to know what’s the secret recipe that is inside the Signature Chicken curry.

Taiwanese Crispy Chicken Burger

In Malaysia, chicken burger is very famous among everyone of us as it looks so sumptuous, tasty and fresh when they are cooked on the spot. Many chicken burger stalls are everywhere ranging from street stalls to franchise outlets. Tastes and burger dressings varied from one place to another and the quality of the patty is also different. Some burgers are dressed with various sauces such as mayo, chilli sauce, Worcestershire, black pepper and so on.


At Sunshine Café, we serve Taiwanese Crispy Chicken burger where chicken patties are coated with crispy breadcrumbs and seasoned well with secret ingredients. After frying, the burger turns to golden brown and each bite will promise a mouth-watering experience for the customers who ordered it. Therefore, each bite will be irresistible as it is tend to be so crispy and yet so crunchy when it is savored. Moreover, chili powder will be dashed on top of the burger to trigger the spiciness level and more flavours can be induced. Burger buns which are pan fried with butter so that they will be enriched with churning milk or cream which will add more specialty to the taste itself.

Furthermore, a fried omelet egg will be added to the dish so that the burger looks bigger and able to add fullness to every customer who placed the order. Speaking of this Taiwanese Crispy Chicken Burger, the dish can be value-added for every order of it during the duration starting from 7 am till 12 pm daily where a cup of either White Coffee or Milo will be given too at the price of RM 3.80. The stand-alone version of this dish will be priced at RM 3.30. So, please make a move and hurry to Sunshine Café to grab this set as a wholesome breakfast.

Breakfast Set

Breakfast is known as the kick-start of the day as it gives us more strength and stamina to work ourselves through daily lives. Many people had the misconception that breakfast is meant to be skipped as though they fear that breakfast builds up fat and put them out of shape. This is not a healthy habit of lifestyle. They may ended up being less healthy and less productive in their working hours as without breakfast they do not have carbs and may resolve to tiredness and fatique. Thus, having a proper breakfast will always be a great start right now as it is not too late yet.

Speaking of breakfast, Sunshine Café do offer some value sets which is quite reasonable to the price and they consist of various combinations such as sausages, hams, toasts, bread steamed with planta & kaya, red beans and so on. Additional coffee can be added to promote more alertness to a person before starting a day’s work. For instance, a set might consist of a the rightful amount of carbohydrate, protein and also some vitamins so as these portion of nutrients will be the energy generated and stored in a person’s body, guaranteeing he or she will never be likely to consume junk food before lunch time.


Thus, avoiding this junk food will indirectly minus the unwanted oil, fat and also bad nutrients that will not only make a person look fat, but will be posing a great impact to the internal body as well. Therefore, having a good set of breakfast will give you a rapid “fast break”.

The breakfast sold at Sunshine Café is comprised of Sausage & Ham Set, Toasted Bread, Steamed Bread, Sandwich and all the sets are bundled with a free cup White Coffee. Prices ranged from RM 2.80 to RM 3.80 for every breakfast set served.

Fish Porridge

Many people would say “nah” to porridge orders as porridge is meant for old people and for those who like to eat low calory food. When we are speaking of a “good” bowl of porridge, texture and taste are taken into serious considerations. For instance, the texture of the porridge surface must neither too watery nor too thick. Furthermore the thickness of the gravy can be judged based of the atmospheric temperature. If the temperature of the porridge drops, it may turn to watery and if the temperature is maintained at hot level, the porridge will be slightly thicker compared to the cool environment.


Speaking of the porridge or congee, it is derived from many various countries and due to this reason many cultures and races have other variations as well. In China, porridge is cooked by simply adding few dashes of soy sauce or pepper to enhance the taste. Porridge was famous during the world war days as many people were living in famine. They were living in days without sufficient food supply and some starved to death as the result of hunger. Porridge was the only thing they have and this dish had helped them to reduce the total loss.

Moreover, the other plus point is it is known as some kind of food therapy for the unwell as this food does not contain high level of calorie or fat, thus making it to break down easily once swallowed. Once the food had been broken down, they will be digested and nutrients can be easily absorbed to human body.

Well, numerous people may not know how porridge is formed. Usually, by simply putting a cup of rice into the rice cooker or a cooking pot and cook it hourly will get the task done. However, taste and surface are the tricks behind this historical dish. Like it is mentioned earlier, temperature and ingredients play extremely important role in completing a bowl of porridge. Main ingredients are to be added in order to bring the bowl of porridge to the next level.


At Sunshine Café, Fish Porridge is what we are about to serve. Deboned fish will be slightly fried and marinated with special ingredients so that the fishy smell can be cut down to the minimal level. The dish will be served with scallops and fried garlic so that taste can be varied too. A bowl of Fish Porridge will be served at the price of RM 2.80 each. Unbelievable? Believe it.

Nasi Lemak with Chicken Curry

Nasi Lemak is already famous as it is one of the most popular cuisines in Malaysia. Usually, Nasi Lemak is prepared in the Malay cooking way where the quality rice is cooked together with santan, pandan leaves and other spices in order to boost the aromatic taste. We, as the Malaysians will never deny the fact that having a packet of Nasi Lemak for breakfast or lunch is not only a convenient way for the office workers but it can also fulfill the expectations of our appetite as they aren’t only low cost but they offer great taste too. Nowadays, people who sell nasi lemak usually do not practice the method of using pandan leaves as they are quite costly and sometimes they are quite difficult to be found. However, pandan leaves do offer the better taste as pandan leaves are usually obtained to complete the cooking of Nyonya dishes.


The nasi lemak which is served at Sunshine Café arrived as a plate of rice with Signature Item Chicken Curry and a Fried Egg. Additional sub options can be value-added but with the presence of Curry Chicken, it is more than enough to complete the perfection of Nasi Lemak. I bet you will never resist the taste when the curry sauce is sipped into the rice, making the rice flavor to double its spiciness and fragrance when it is eaten just like that. Therefore, Nasi Lemak is considered to be one of the wonders of Malaysia due to the hit popularity. The price of a plate of Nasi Lemak with a fried egg stands at RM 4.50 and additional side orders can be placed separately.

French Toast

French Toast is originated from many places or countries with different kinds of variations in the cooking ways. However, in North America it is a very common breakfast among the citizens. The name of French Toast was known as German Toast and the name is modified to pain perdu that brings the meaning of (bread which is lost in egg). As it is stated earlier, different countries or races have different ingredients and this is how the variations are invented. The differences lie in terms of bread surface, cooking method, topping and also the way it is prepared.


In western countries they prefer dipping their “real” French bread into egg and cook by adding sugar, herbs and syrups. In Asian countries such as Hong Kong, the bread can be a normal Sandwich Bread that is usually topped with peanut butter and so on. Furthermore, French Toast is prepared in Portugal, Spain, France and so many other places and this is why the variations kept on adding and new recipes are invented to continue the legacy of this popular dish since 1918. At Sunshine Café, French Toast is prepared in a more Asian manner as the bread will be cooked thoroughly with beaten eggs and the toppings that are used to apply on the bread will be juicy together with aromatic taste. By the time the bread is chewed, the juiciness of the peanut butter, butter and many other toppings will give a magnificent savoury taste. The price of each set of French Toast will be set at RM 3.50.

Signature Items

Traditional Fried Noodles and Mee Hoon

Yoohoo! To Fried Noodles as I am a great fan of Fried Noodles since I was a kid and I usually had a meal of noodles almost 3 or 4 days a week (lol). Without any doubt, I am noodle lover and I am still the one who enjoys this superb dish very much. However, the Traditional Fried Noodles which is served at Sunshine Café won’t be as dark or as spicy as those ones out there. The amount of salt will be slightly reduced due to various reasons. The first reason is that it will not only be eaten just like that as it will be accompanied with the Signature Item Curry Chicken so that it will be the best blend for the enhancement of the fried noodles. With the hot curry sauce that is immersed to the fried noodles, the aromatic taste will arise as the texture begin to turned to more salivating flavours and the taste started to grow more and more scrumptious. The second reason the amount of salt is reduced is to promote a healthy eating habit to everyone in the eating hall.


The fried noodles is prepared with a few types of sauce which is mixed together to form a main sauce so that the taste of the fried noodles will be equalized and spread evenly. The bonus here is that the fried noodles can also be eaten with the side order or the value order of a chicken or fish chop so that you guys may enjoy the greatness of chicken chop with fried noodles combo (there will also be an extra egg to add value to it). Needless to say that we, as Malaysians do like fried and grilled food very much as the taste will be more pleasing to have so many ingredients to be cooked to the extreme degree (which is very “geng”).
This is why many will find out that majority of eateries will serve fried and grilled dishes as the demand is very high among us. Haha, let us “wok” the talk together by keeping this culture as popular as always. The Traditional Fried Noodles can also be served with many other sub orders such as fried Wan Ton, Sausages, Fish or Chicken Balls as well. The noodles are priced at RM 2.50 for small and RM 3.00 for large and side orders can be ordered differently to add different combination values to the dish as you picked.

Signature Items

Signature Item Crispy Chicken Chop

Traveling around the country in the aim to seek a better western food which doesn’t only exhibits splendor taste but also sounds reasonable in terms on monetary value might be a tedious work. As for the chicken chop dish, it can be found in most of the western restaurants with decorative such as cabbages, sliced tomatoes, cucumber are put to enhance the attractiveness and there will be presence of French fries to complete the perfect dish. Many people from all walks of life love eating chicken chop regardless various cooking techniques like Oriental, Maryland and so on.


At Sunshine Café, the chicken chop will be fried till it is golden crispy on the texture of the coating. This coating must be done by carefully chosen ingredients to ensure that it will never be too hard when it is exposed to air and not to be too soft as it will be lack of crisp and crunchy feel. Thus a good mixture of different types of flour in the correct proportion will be the ideal choice to prepare a delicious chicken chop. Breadcrumbs is another good alternative which can increase the crispiness level of the chicken coating but it will be troublesome sometimes as it is easily fried to charred if the portion of breadcrumbs and temperature level is not carefully determined. The greatness of a piece of chicken chop lies beneath the marinating method used (we are dealing with herbs and spices here ^.^)

An overcooked chicken chop will never output a perfect chicken chop as the meat inside will be over-fried, leaving it rough and loss of tenderness. That is why many people who cooked at home will never get the best result out of it as the kitchen equipment is put into test. Using a non-stick frying pan will consume a great deal of time and many people would have chosen this to fry chicken and fishes as it provides a non-stick surface underneath it so that the meat won’t stick and making it charred. Some people may use stainless steel to fry it and some may have hard time figuring how to resolve the matter by having thoughts such as “ is it good to put more oil to prevent the chop from sticking to the pan ?”. This is even worse and try to imagine actually you swallow that great amount of oil portion and try to consider how “healthy” it is. Thus, the chicken chop will be best done using deep-fryers as it doesn’t only prevent pan sticking problem but also makes sure that the temperature control will be maintained very high and stable so that the chicken or fish will be equally cooked in all directions, preventing charred results that might be hazardous to our health.

Moreover, the sauce for every bite of the chicken chop will be extremely essential so that every chunk of chicken will be savoured with sauce. There will be options of Black Pepper, Thai, Herbal, Mushroom and also the Tomato sauce which will be served with the order of the customer. This gives a golden opportunity for the people who liked to eat chicken chop in their own ways instead of eating only with the original tomato sauce. Moreover, the chicken chop will be served together with Nasi Lemak, Traditional Fried Noodles, or French Fries pricing reasonably well at RM 8.50.

System Resources and Speed Optimization

System Resource is one of the most common issues which happen among the computers from all ages, regardless of Pentium I or Pentium C2D. This is because resources are eventually having nothing to do with processor speed. The processor speed is the ability to run certain programs which are usually graphic drawing, multimedia production and of course, the 3D games. When we are talking about System Resources, we are dealing with RAM (Random Access Memory) which is the memory chipsets that are installed on the PC motherboard.

In years ago when I was using my old PC, it has a 128 MB ram only and the OS ran is Windows 98 SE. I remembered the obstructive moments when I open many programs at once and keep them running on the desktop. The applications include ICQ, mIRC, Winamp, Internet Explorer, and update the anti-virus definition at the same time. At first, they performing fairly slow but are still productive. As time went by, more resources are consumed by the PC and the message “The computer system is running out of memory” popped up and demanding me to close more applications so that the PC will be performing as normal. To my dismay, I had attempted closing almost application but I can still feel the PC lagging as I could hardly point my mouse to explore around the desktop. Sometimes, I might even observe some trails of the mouse pointer while I didn’t turn the trails effect on. This is called memory leak. The fix this problem, we need to get to the matter of roots which is the memory leak. To solve it, it is recommended for us to shut down the PC and let it reboot so that it can regain the memory resources which almost depleted due to the heavy duty applications running just now. From this point, I had learnt that each application is programmed and they need memory resources in order to carry out their activities. As a result, in order for the PC to run on many applications at the same time, they are quite a few methods of doing so without hurting the PC or the user (lagging system will be frustrating).

One of the methods is to turn off the auto-startup functions of each application which is working on the taskbar (near the time). Normally, we can notice that there are Anti-Virus, Volume, Winamp Agent, QuickTime, JAVA, Download Manager or when worse got worst the Auto-Login ICQ or other messaging software. So, disabling the auto-startup will definitely improve the system to achieve an optimal performance because each application or even a small piece of icon needs memory for their existence. The procedure is as easy as ABC, right-click each icon and go to the settings/preferences/configuration (terms which are usually used might vary according to each software or application). Then find the dialog box of “Auto-login/startup” to disable it permanently. Normally, the saved changes will only take effect once the system is rebooted. Frantically, some of the applications are too stubborn to be disabled so this requires some tricks from the power user to lock them from appearing again. Move your mouse pointer and click on the Start button, click Run and type “msconfig” and approach for the OK button. A new window will pop up indicating the Startup applications on Microsoft Windows, from there align the mouse pointer and drag the name tab of the particular application to get a better view of the overall name before making any mistakes in canceling their operations.

The main quest of this operation is to turn off or uncheck the boxes of the apps which are not so “useful” for the permission of working on the desktop. Please be cautious that denying some of the apps will leave your PC no better performance but serious shortcomings. This happens when some of the important apps like system settings, anti-virus agents, and certain files are required for the Windows to operate properly. So, we need to do it wisely so that the result obtained will absolutely enhance the productivity of Windows and other applications running as well.

Disk Defragmenter is another integrated application for cleaning and managing the “blocks” of each files and folders of the entire HDD (Hard Disk Drive). Normally, we can find Disk Defragmenter on Start, Programs, Accessories, System Tools and the Disk Defragmenter. The term of “defragment” is the process of placing and organizing the files on the storage device by putting them back on the contiguous area available. This heavy process usually takes a lot of time and the time might vary according to the size of the HDD. This is why some of the people articulated that splitting the HDD into two or more drives will divide the HDD space into a few fragments to ease the user to defragment when it is necessary and thus making the job less weary. Defragmenting will aid in the PC performance as when the files and folders (inclusive of sub-folders) are arranged in a tidy manner, searching the files or locating the application executable files will take less time (approx 3 or 4 secs) and this will help make the PC less draggy and hence the PC performance will be raised. I would recommend using the Diskeeper software for the best defragmenting results as this software also came together with a clean up schedule for the user to set the time for the PC to start defragment automatically or the actual date to prompt the user to clean up the fragmented files.

Another way of speeding up the PC to reserve more RAM for higher productivity is to balance between the performance and appearance on Windows XP. This step can be executed by sequels of Start, Control Panel, System, Advanced and Performance Options. With the new window, the user is allowed to select which is necessary in the performance and appearance settings. Unchecking the boxes which are associated with the image quality/ 3D effects of the desktop cosmetic values will give you more RAM and your performance on other jobs will be boosted to a higher degree.

The last resort is to invest some money on the PC which is to spend some cash to get better and more RAM bars to increase the overall RAM so that with the abundant quantity of memory available, more heavy-duty tasks can be performed at high efficiency. Nevertheless, to insert more RAMs onto a piece of motherboard will lead the user to study more about the capabilities of the motherboard beforehand. This is because, RAMs are classified into many types which are the DDR, DDR2 and DDR3. Each type of RAM has its own fixture for each slot available on the motherboard. Therefore, I would say that the differences between the RAMs are actually related to the FSB (Front Side Bus) of the functionality of the RAM. Thank you. (-.-)

SE K800i CyberShot

I bought the SE K800i (K series) in November 2006 and it was the first time I was using an SE cell phone. Before this I had tried laying my hands on Nokia, Samsung and Motorola and this is my first encounter with SE. Is it good or is it awful? Well, eventually I got attracted with the inner beauty of the phone as the outer appearance seemed to be too bulky and heavy to the modern people, especially girls – who prefer setting their eyes on the hand phones which are slim and sleek enough. As for me, I am not saying that I go against the cute hand phones, but I just couldn’t press on the shiny tiny keypads which are so close apart and yet the dimension of each key is so mini which led me to pressing four keys simultaneously when I was trying to press one (maybe my thumb is too fat and I just don’t wanna admit it, aiks…). So, SE K800i is renowned for its capabilities of shooting a 3.2 Megapixel picture and it promises a crystal clear picture and it offers high detail with crisp effect images (according to the cyber reviews). The copyrighted CyberShot^TM is already carved on the front surface of K800 which speaks everything for itself – it is indeed a camera phone. The distinctive camera function is packed with a Xenon Flash technology which generates high power flash beam when capturing pictures in dark and shadowy areas. However, to me capturing using the flash beam all the times will cause the phone to run out of battery in short as the phone draws more power to deliver such a bright wavelength. Furthermore, I am also keen to knowing that the camera is bundled with an auto-focus function which helped the user to capture fine and non-shaky objects by calibrating the focal point so that he can obtain the picture in the best conditions. Pressing the camera shutter button on the right spine will hold the picture for secs and once the system is ready, red light will be blinking to indicate that the picture is ready to be taken. To complete the whole package, functions such as Macro ( the ability to capture something which is very near to the lens without smudgy effects), Image Stabilizer, Red-Eye reduction are implemented in the photo-imaging toolset.

However, the negative drawback of this phone is that the sound quality is fairly poor. The generated sound is quite clear but lacks of bass. There is a function of Stereo Widening in the Music Player settings but triggering it hardly made any changes. I had tried to improve the bass value by calibrating in the equalizer window by pulling the bass value as high as possible. As a result, the sound is almost the same, high treble low bass. I guess this is because this phone is placed in the list of K series, and not W series. In the W series (Walkman phone) such as W800 and W810i, it came with a bass enhancement feature and again, W810i is built as a music jukebox where W is the copyrighted Walkmanphone products for range of SE phones.

Below is my picture taken using my friend's Samsung SGH-U600 (10.9mm thickness) and edited using ACDsee 8.0 :-

I don’t really like the memory storage as it is too small to hold abundant of MP3, MP4, Themes, Games, Java apps and Images. 64 MB is just enough to store 10 full 192kbps MP3 files (size might vary according to the length of the track). As normal, the higher the bit rate level of the MP3 file, the greater space is consumed to keep them in the phone. By that time I realized it, I went to Low Yatt Plaza to get to know the price for SE Memory Card M2 and it didn’t surprise me as the price can get me another ordinary MP3 player (No brand) which costs around RM 130 for just 256 MB capacity if I wasn’t mistaken. There is no one to blame as the phone was still new and the M2 memory card isn’t high in demand as the Pro Duo’s popularity overwhelmed other memory cards.

Below is my picture taken using K800i and edited using ACDsee 8.0 :-

However, the display of 256k TFT colour screen did impress me and the SE themes are very attractive and lively as there is animated wallpaper in the provided original themes. Each theme came with different interactivity inclusive of the buttons, selected icon effects, menu and even the SMS text screen. These themes are available for download for free at selected websites. However, the “why pay more” is quite a contradictory name because the themes which are purchased online using credit cards usually arrived in a form that won’t disappoint the K800i user. This is because; the free ones are generally created by anonymous people who held the interest of designing their own themes. Nevertheless, some themes are quite special though.

The A2DP function of K800i comes into handy when user wished to connect the phone using Bluetooth wireless technology to be paired with Bluetooth headphones or other products with the same Bluetooth profile. Secondly, this is very useful when the user is driving while he received urgent calls. So, using a Bluetooth headset is also another key advantage for the Bluetooth connectivity.

The PlayNow^TM allows the user to surf the net without using a web browser to subscribe and download the latest MP3 songs available in the market in just 3 clicks. User is allowed to try the sample song titles before decided to pay for it. The price tag is clearly stated on screen and if the user planned of buying it, a “Yes” button will do the rest and the amount of charges will be directed to the mobile phone bill.

Most significantly, 3G connectivity is available in K800i and this phone constructed with an integrated secondary camera which allows video conferencing too. With the connection speed of 384 kbps, web browsing, photo blogging, MP3 downloading and video calling will perform better than ever.