Eat.Play.Love

::Gerai Makan Japanese BBQ @ Taman Desa, KL::

2012-02-05T19:12:00.000+08:00

I was hunting for nice foods recommendations on the web and I found this out.

From pictures posted by those food-bloggers, this place attracted me. It somehow looks so special, a scene I always seen in Japanese drama.

So I drag the bf out to hunt this place out. We have some difficulties looking for this place as it is hidden.

To be easy, just search for Fisherman's Wharf in your GPS. Park your car and walk to the alley behind the shop lots. It is hidden behind there! And we are lucky to found it when we almost giving up.

Charcoal BBQ.

Pork Loin RM10

Pork Belly RM10

Vegies RM5

DIY.

Risotto RM6

Ramen RM12

Basically it is special yet nothing special. I enjoyed the BBQ session but the fact that we can do this on our own at home which would be more cost saving just dampen the mood. Well .. nothing wrong to try out new things once a while. Something you called "pay to eat for the sake of the environment/ mood". :)

Gerai Makan Japanese BBQ
Center Court, Plaza FAber,
Jalan Desa Jaya,
Taman Desa off Jalan Klang Lama,
58100 Kuala Lumpur.
Business hours: opens daily from 6pm till midnight

Valentine

2012-01-26T20:50:00.000+08:00

Valentine's day is approaching. It's time to buckle up to think what is the best gift for him. Aaww..

~~Handmade cards?~~ I'm sucks at that.
~~Cakes and cookies?~~ I sucks at that too.
~~Cook?~~ Nah, I did that very often.
~~Wallet? Belt? Shirts? Watches? Gadgets?~~ He have it.
~~Albums? Pictures? CD's?~~ Lame!

I realize that as I grown older, I become less and less ~~creative~~ romantic.
I wonder is it due to time constraint (although I spent a lot on sleeping) or stressful unhealthy working life that I'm having (in which our conversations nowadays only turn into my rantings and rumblings about my job).
Not to mention, become more and more realistic and materialistic. Pathetic.

Gosh.. any ideas?! :(

::2011 Birthday with Besties::

2012-01-21T16:36:00.000+08:00

I'm grateful that for so many years, we still able to meet up during our birthdays :)

As usual, although it is just a simple celebration, but the remembrance is what I appreciate.

Thanks Edwin and Bok Yao.

For being there all along. Since uni life. For sharing all the ups and downs that I had in my life. For all the advices and gossips and stories. Thinking back makes me feel old and once so stupid :)

Lovely and special jelly cake :)

Happy :)

Thanks for the macaroons! Once .. I wanted to tried so much but because it is quite expensive, I never really spend on it. But I got a few for my birthday this year! :)

Hope we can stay like this until we grow old!~

Happy New Year

2012-01-21T16:26:00.001+08:00

It's already 21st of January 2012! How fast time flies.
I'm here to wish all Happy New Year (very late already of course!) and Happy Chinese New Year.. not forgetting Happy Holidays!~ (i got a whole week for holiday! :) )

And finally I had finish posted up the stories of Journey of Perth.
The delay is caused by my laptop which had RIP and the busy schedule ever since the trip.
Huh.. writing back the whole stories make me misses the trip so much. How I wish I could be back in Aussie. Anyway, I file it up at November because.. it was in November and it suppose to be there XD

2011 seems to pass by in a fast manner. What had I achieved? Let's see ..
1. Monetary: I able to achieve what I wish I could. Although I wish it could be better.
2. Vacations: 2 oversea trip (Bali and Perth) and 4 local trips (Penang, Melaka, Cameron and Cameron .. don't count Genting in .. it's not a trip and I'd been there quite a few times in 2011) .. uh-oh.. not achieving my target though. Again.. I wish it could be better.
3. Health: Achieved! Very the healthy in 2011 :)
4. Career: For this, I could open a post and rant about it for whole day. In short, I only can say I have 'culture shock'. I can't deny the fact that I'd learn a lot - not only technically but emotionally; being given that I was from a mini manufacturing crossing to a gigantic manufacturing industry. Stress and pressure was the key word. Although I somehow feel only me feels that way, when I'd seen my colleagues are quite relax. Most of the time, I just feel like handing up the 'letter' and say goodbye; but many factors just stop me from being too bullish. I can't give up yet. No. Not now. But in a good way, I'd meet a lot of people who eventually befriended. That's one of the reason that keeps me staying :)

It's 2012. Let the pass passed. But .. the fact is, I am yet to set my target for 2012! Hohoho~ so for this 1 whole week holiday that I have .. I will take my time to slowly think and plan for it.

HAPPY NEW YEAR! :)

::Senjyu Sushi @ e@Curve::

2011-12-23T18:58:00.000+08:00

Here is my another Groupon purchase. 60% off: Assorted Sashimi OR Seafood Tempura Set for RM13.90 instead of RM34.80. With 1749 people bought this voucher, we had some minor problem with our reservation and end up having it at quite an odd time.

The entrance, environment and ambiance always give me this feeling that Senjyu must be one of the fine dining Japanese restaurant. So when Groupon giving out offer, I must grab it!

We ordered Rainbow Maki RM28 as our snack :)

Yummy! :)

And here come our voucher redemption. Assorted Seafood Tempura Set.

And assorted sashimi set.

For tempura set, the rice is warm and for sashimi set, the rice is cold (some kind like sushi rice).

To be frank, the presentation of the bento kinda disappointed me.

For tempura set - consists more of vegie tempura.

For sashimi set - the slices looks too thin and only 4 types.

And when I dig into the rice, it only consists of a thin layer of rice.

Same for both set.

Oh well.. I can't complaint much as this is discounted set. But hey.. since you gave the discount, shouldn't it be the same portion as the un-discounted? Maybe I should just assume that the un-discounted set contains the same portion as well. If that is the case, well .. uh-huh .. it's quite pricey huh?!

I am disappointed with the service as well. I only have one cup of ocha. The waitress was 'too busy' to refill for us even though we had requested several time. Same goes to when we requested for our bill. Perhaps we should have just leave without paying.

::Ole Ole Bali @ Sunway Pyramid::

2011-12-03T11:52:00.000+08:00

I had been here several times too! LOL!

This time I bring the bf here for a 'candle light fine dining of nasi campur'. Next time I will just bring him to the REAL candle lite nasi campur - by the road side.

How romantic..

The music and decoration brings back the feel of Bali.

Mojito Lemongrass RM13 .. I always ordered this here.

Ice blended honey dew with mint and honey RM11. Yummy!~

Nasi Campur RM35 - you will get a small bowl of white rice, satay ikan, rendang ayam, chili kangkung, grilled squids and prawns (yummy!) and grilled fish. 2 of us shared this. It's not fulfilling enough to share this but will be too much if we ordered one more extra dish.

::Pasta Zanmai @ Midvalley::

2011-12-03T11:31:00.000+08:00

Pasta Zanmai.

I'd been here a few times and I still like it a lot. It's a combination of Japanese and Western style of foods; but they are blend together so well.

On our meet up last week, Sakura suggested to have a gossip session here and here we are .. :)

Each of us ordered a handroll. None of us choose to wrap it with seaweed as we wanted to try the Tortilla wrap version. This is nothing new for me because before I came to know Pasta Zanmai had this, I had already created one of this at home myself. (Thought I was brilliant, only to know this is available at many places. LOL) .. The handroll we have with salmon and soft shell crab cost RM5 each.

We ordered 2 mini set and share among 3 of us. Sakura was worried that the portion might not be enough. But be assured, it will be more than enough. The first set was Mini Unagi Omu Rice to Mini Kani Avocado Gomadare Pasta, RM23.

Mini unagi omu rice or translated as mini unagi garlic fried rice with egg and miso soup. Tasted very nice! Thumbs up!

The pasta is even nicer. We took our time keeping it in our mouth to figure out what ingredients had been use and imagining how to make one of this back at home. Hehe..

The second mini set are Mini Ikura Salmon Sashimi Pasta to Mini Chicken Katsu Rice, RM23. Again.. the pasta is so nice!!~

We seriously couldn't finish this. This is so-so normal only for us.

I'm glad we have made it! One more gossip session before Li Xin heading back to Penang. Which means we might never have this kind of gossip session as frequent anymore in the future.. (T.T)

::Nando's @ The Curve::

2011-12-03T11:08:00.002+08:00

Nando's - again. It's been one of my favourite fast food of grilled chicken.

Not satisfy and feel cheated with the over-charge Nando's in Perth, we revenge by eating more in Malaysia! LOL.

This half chicken only cost RM23.90 where as in Perth, for quarter chicken already cost AU$12.50! That is around RM35 after convert with rate of 3.2! Nah.. you can't compare it that way anyway.. The chicken in Perth is very well marinated and grilled and it tasted so much more delicious. The choices is up to you :)

::Lecka Lecka @ Cineleisure::

2011-12-03T10:51:00.000+08:00

While waiting for our movie ..

We pass by Lecka Lecka - a mini booth located in front of Cineleisure cinema.

We saw the Digi advertisement board - RM6.90 for 3 scoop of ~~ice cream~~ gelato. Scanning through the menu, we saw one scoop already cost RM5.90 (if I'm not mistaken) .. so I guess this is worthy. So we flash our Digi logo on the phone and get ourselves 3 scoops of ice cream ^^

Nice creamy cooling ~~ice cream~~ gelato.

:: Victoria Station @ Jalan Ampang ::

2011-12-01T12:15:00.000+08:00

I remember when we were still little children, daddy will brought us for a good meal in Victoria Station once in a blue moon. Then after shifted home and we all growing up, we rarely went out hunting for good foods together anymore.

This time, in conjunction with my sister's graduation and bonus month, we went to Victoria Station at Jalan Ampang .. to splurge some cash.

All Victoria Station I went have the similar design. Train heads, train bodies .. stations..

We did not get to sit in the train body. They cannot accommodate the many of us. Disappointed.

Mango Juice RM9.90. Fresh Mango indeed.

Cream of mushroom RM6.90. Very creamy indeed. Delicious - while hot, not after cold. So.. best to be serve piping hot.

Grilled Fish Fillet RM21.90

Grilled Chicken Roast RM18.90

BBQ Fish Fillet RM23.90

Overall, the foods is just average for me. Perhaps we should try the steak .. cause as I know, Victoria Station is well-known for fine steak.

::Perth Day 6: Fremantle - Perth::

2011-11-26T19:35:00.001+08:00

Day 6: our last day in Perth. And the most relaxing one.

We started the day early by heading to King's Park. After the bus driver (oh.. do check out that bus in Perth operates for free. I like their efficiency. On time and need not wait long.) drop us at the station, we walk to King's Park and pass by the Parliament!

Very sunny day.

View from King's Park.. we didn't walk deep inside. I need to save my energy for other activities today :)

So we went back to Perth city and have a brisk walk in the city.

We saw this! 0km. All distance starts calculation from here. Interesting.

The city was a bit crowded with high security that day due to the CHOGM event.

It doesn't bother or interrupt us anyway..

We stop by Bell Tower. The bells are ringing that particular day. Perhaps due to the CHOGM event and Queen's Birthday. We did not enter the tower though. We just hang around at the park surrounding it.

So.. this is Perth City.

We then headed to board our ferry - Captain Cook which we had bought the tickets earlier through online. RM45 for 2 pax (after 10% discount). One way from Perth to Fremantle. Just to experience boarding a ferry in Perth.

We choose to sit at the open air.

Bye bye Perth!~

It's a good experience to try taking ferry from Perth to Fremantle. Something different to be seen.

Arriving after 45 minutes. E-Shed is a good place to get souvenirs! But it only operates on Fri-Sun.

We had our lunch at Cicerello's. Another famous fish n chips is at Kaili's.

Crowded with people due to it's holiday in Perth.

The menu.

We had seafood tray for AU$18.50. Well.. honestly I think the one we had at Malaysia Manhattan Fish Market taste better.

Very sunny but I still feel very cold.

Kaili's which located opposite.

We had a walk in Fremantle Markets.. but bought nothing :)

We then stop by Fremantle Prison. Due to the entrance fees was quite expensive, we skipped.

We spent time leisuring around the town.

Before heading back Perth City by train.

At night, we have a walk around Perth City again. Stopping by London Court. A miniature of Harry Potter's town. Nice!

And had our dinner at Nando's. Where we got cheated!! @@
So expensive! The chicken only cost AUD6.50; we add on coleslaw and orange juice (which we thought suppose to come in as a set, like in Malaysia), but it actually cost us extra AUD6 .. @@
But the chicken definitely much nicer and well marinated.

We had few hours fast nap before heading to airport. Muffin which cost us AUD4.80 .. just to fulfill my greed cause the muffins at Aussie looks so tempting. LOL.

And here's the souvenirs..

Overall, we had a very great trip. We bought the ticket 10 months earlier (yep.. during my 2010 birthday as a birthday gift to me!). I had read and read and plan and plan and here it is.. the whole journey. Although there are a few places we need to drop out due to our tight schedule, we still feel this trip is very great. A lot of things we had seen and tried. Especially experience of driving in Perth, the free bus ride, the ferry ride and also train ride, not forgetting our legs that had walked a lot.

I love the cold weather, despite at times it left me breathless and shivering non stop (yeah.. i'm that bad in handling cold environment) .. but the view and feel just make all this worthy.

And although I wish we are filthy rich so that we can enjoy the trip with a more luxurious way.. but I guess at this time being.. this is quite luxurious in a way already. Hope can travel to a place like this again sometime.. New Zealand perhaps? =)

::Perth Day 5: Pinnacles and 4WD Sand Dunes::

2011-11-26T19:11:00.000+08:00

Start our day 4 journey by running to Barrack St Jetty!

We thought they suppose to pick us up at the hostel, so we waited until 7am and hostel reception told us that normally we need to come here, to their office for pick up! $%%^^&*
So we ran as tour bus will depart at 730am.

Oh.. the 4wd arrived..
We go up the er.. bus? lorry? I dont know what it is called.. They called it 4WD.

And arrived at Caversham Wildlife Park.
Our tour package is AU$165/ pax..
This is our first destination which cost AU$22 but already included into our package. No fun coz travel so long in the bus but only able to spend 30 min here!

Anyway... wohooo~ KangarooSSS!!

Bye bye kangaroo!!

Wombat! Big lazy smelly thingy~

Koala~ Who sleep for 20hour/day. But being awaken by tourist..

30 minute is over... and we only manage to see these 3.
Haiz.. seriously I feel it's not worthy. If come in a big group, it's better to drive yourself here, so that you can have more that at your own leisure.

Another long ride to Lobster Shack.
Nothing here.. a place where they catch and process lobster and convinve us to buy it.
AU$15 onwards, half lobster, depending on size. They stop here for our lunch.

The raw foods which left me lao sai #$%^&*

Spectacular view for me. White sands, clear water, blue skies! :)

Here we are at Pinnacles Dessert! Very sunny day.

We were given 1 hour for the dessert trail walk.
Last picture before we left the hot sunny dessert.

Here we are! Lancelin Sand dunes!! We started off with 4WD sand duning.

Then each of us is given a sand board... wohoo~

Here I come!! Whhheeee~~~~ This is very nice!

Here he comes! Whee~~~

Bye bye Lancelin..
And that's how our AU$165 1 day trip goes..bKinda waste of money isn't it?
The sand boarding was fun though.

And for dinner, we went to Taka again.
Due to my 'tak puas hati' coz did not get the sushi yesterday! AU$12.50
Not that nice after all.. can get by RM12.50 from Jusco.

Chicken Don AU$12.50
This is nice! Hot warming rice with tasty chicken!!!

There goes our 5 days in Perth. 1 more day only to spend here...

::Perth Day 4: Margaret River - Perth::

2011-11-26T18:01:00.000+08:00

Day 4. Good Morning Margaret River! Temperature is 14 degree celcius and it's quite sunny out there.

Start our trip in Margaret River.. Where all the regrets for the day begin..
It's very difficult since every places operate from 9am-4pm.
Even caving also starts at 9am and we have to wait! Entrance fees is AU$22.. we skipped anyway.

We hop to Lake Cave. Entrance fees is AU$22 too.
But we are here since we have the free entrance into their interpretive corner, get from the Leeuwin Lighthouse ticket we bought yesterday.

Ok.. Forget about caving trip. Let's change to wineries trip.

The first wineries we stop by, since we pass by them.
But we did not went for the wine tasting. Should say, they are not open yet..

We continue to Leeuwin Estate.. one of the seem famous wineries. We have the free wine testing. Nice!
We wanted to join the tour bcoz I want to know how they produce wine, but the tour start only at 11am..
We dont have such much time to wait :(

Wineries .. :)

So we skipped and went to next door. Are they rivals actually?

The entrance and surrounding is so grand. Very neat and tidy with plants.

Classic. I love it :)

Wine testing counter.. where we had few glasses for free.. kaka..

Actually they ask us to spit it after test, commenting it is dangerous for driving. The barrel there is for spits.. but we swallow it anyway. feel it's a waste to spit it out. lol.. After happily bought 2 wine for our parents, we then head back to the town of Margaret River to grab some lunch and do some shopping :)

Another quiet town.

We grab a AU$13 set lunch from Chicken Treat (fast food). 1/4 chicken which is very tiny, fries, mash potato (from machine) and chicken burger. Uh-oh.. not so nice.

Stop by Fudge Factory.
I always thought factory should be something like my company? Big gigantic mass production place?
I always thought this is named as open kitchen shop? Hrmm..

Nth special but we end up spending AU$22.50 for fudges. LOL!
Brought home for families and friends testing, which I don't even think it's enough for distribution of 5 ppl. Now that I think back, I felt that it's damn expensive! We then go to hunt for nougat for my ah dear.

We did some sampling but only can afford to buy one bar back.One bar already cost AU$15.
*again, I wish I am filthy rich*
But I really think they shouldn't sell in bar and should sell in small size instead. Sigh..

Next.. the chocolate company! Hohoho~ Chocolates!! A lot!!

We got voucher for purchasing chocolates at the chocolate company, which require us to come 400m here for chocolate wine testing.
Only a sip of it.. Cheeeehhh! But tasted nice though!

End of shopping spree in MR.. it's time to start our driving trip back to Perth. We are getting late already.

It's a regret we are not able to spend longer at MR. Such a waste. If I had more time, I will go to all the wineries for free wine tasting. And go for more 'factories' .. and dine a luxurious dinner with a glass of wine.

And here we are reaching Busselton after more than 1 hour drive..

The Simmo's .. which seem famous in Aussie.

And so we bought one scoop of choc mint ice cream with AU$4. Nice!~

The Busselton Jetty.

Bye bye Busselton =(
It's a regret we unable to go in the jetty and walk the 2km jetty until the end of it. I guess there is nothing much to see, but since we already here, we should at least walk there and decide either to go the underwater observatory or not.
Limited time.. left us without choice. :(

After speeding due to rushing time to return our car.. here we are. Hello Perth City!

Looking for foods inside the town.. No idea what to have coz we need to hunt for cheap worthy foods.
We end up here seeing so many ppl inside.

She took my order wrongly!!! #$%^&& And gave me sashimi rice instead of sushi cost me AU$12.50. Sashimi is very fresh. But I can't accept it eating this few pieces of sashimi with a bowl of rice. Hurrr..

Tuna don.. AU$12.50

The room we slept for 3 nights for AU$235/ 3 nights.
I'm ok with the small room and shared toilet concept. But I can't take it that behind this hostel is railway station and the trains choo choo until 3am in the morning @@

::Perth Day 3: Walpole - Margaret River::

2011-11-26T17:23:00.000+08:00

Day 3: We started our journey at 8am. Temperature is 13 degree celcius. Cold >.<

We had bread with tuna as our breakfast, and this groceries was bought the day before from Wolsworth. Cost-saving :)

We stop by Coalmine Beach in Walpole to have a look :)

This is what we saw. Empty cold beach. We get back to our car for the next destination since it is so cold out here with breeze from the sea.

So we continue our journey to our next destination - Giant Tingle Tree. With the help of TomTom and road sign (worry not. the road sign in Perth are quite easy to understand. for tourist attraction area, there is a unique symbol as a guide). On our way, we stop by Hilltop Look Out Point.

Bibbulmun Track.. you can see this track anywhere in Perth. I think it connects to many many places from Albany up to Margaret River.. 5000+km walk, if I'm not mistaken.
This short walk is just a tiny dust part of the walk. 5km.. you might call that short walk.. but NO for me.

This is what you can see from Hilltop Look Out Point. It will be more spectacular without the high trees blocking the sight. From here, there is another 5km to the Giant Tingle Tree.

5km?!! Nah.. Let's not walk.. Let's let our car do the walk.. ^^

And let's us just enjoy the show with HEATER in the car! =)

Arrived! Haha.. 5km is so easy with car.. nyek nyek nyek~

Let's start our walk to the giant tree.. 300m only jek...
Oh yeah? It makes me breathless somehow.. I don't like to walk in the cold freezing weather! :(

This is the GIANT tree!
How giant it is?

As GIANT as this!
*amaze!*

Next we head to Valley of the Giants where it is abundant with the giant tingle tree.
Entrance fees is AU$12.50

At certain time, they provide free tour guide to tell stories of the jungle.

Uncle so bersemangat!!
Amaze by the biology stories he told. At that moment, I felt my biology-genetic lesson I'd learnt is so useful. LOL..
Maybe I should migrate to Aussie and work there as environmentalist!

We almost miss this bridge..
Actually the Au$12.50 you paid is for a walk on this 40m above ground tree top walk. We initially thought is the walk lead by the tour guide. Lucky we realise it before we leave.
Well.. skytrex is more thrilling of course. This is just.. a leisure walk to see.. tree tree and more trees.

Wuuu~ so high above.
*proven I'm not suitable for Skytrex*

I've got not much confident with the bridge.

This is our last stop in Walpole as we need to catch up with our schedule. From here, we continue our journey down to Margaret River.

After an hour drive, tummy is growling.
Looking for town.. we pass by Pemberton and stop here for lunch for our tummy and car.
The Fizz Cafe.. looks like the only cafe alive here.

Fish and chips.. AU$14
The chips is so a lot!!

Coffee again.. LOL.. AU$4

The dead-look Pemberton town.

And finally we reach Margaret River after 2 hour drive.
Our first stop is Cape Leeuwin Light House.

We took the lighthouse tour which cost AU$17 each :)

This is where you can view the southern ocean and indian ocean meets.

This is the view from the top of the lighthouse. Very amazed by the beauty of nature. Nice one! :)

Saw that? At the center there? There is where the two ocean meets..
Amazing isn't it?

After around 15 minutes up at the top of the lighthouse, enjoying the spectacular view and strong wind.. it's time to get back down the ground.

I have a difficult time climbing up and down this stairSSS.. it's scary!

Anyway.. we then head to check in into our hostel.

YHA Hostel Margaret River. This room cost AU$67, we get 10% discount as YHA member. From all the YHA hostels we stayed, I like this the most. Little cosy modern room :)

As our cost saving plan, we cooked! It is really much cheaper to cook on your own.

That's it.. Day 3 of our journey in Perth. I misses this trip a lot :)

::Perth Day 2: Albany - Walpole::

2011-11-26T16:02:00.007+08:00

Good Morning Perth! Time is 8am and temperature is 13 degree.
Although it's only 8am, but we feel that we are late already. Cause the skies had turn bright at 530am. Not wasting time, we check out and start our 2nd day journey!

Albany town on a Monday morning. Still very quiet. Love the peace but somehow this seems to be over-peace already.

We start our road trip in Albany with Mount Clarence. It's a cool freezing morning. (13 degree is freezing for me) .. we hike up the stairs for 10 minutes, reach the look out point of Mt. Clarence. And saw...

Tada! And another few minutes hike up the staircase which is hidden by the bushes.

Tada! Spectacular view! 360 degree panaromic view of Albany which includes - Porongurup Mountains, Albany coastline, Royal Princess Harbour..

Next.. we stop by The Brig Amity.

AU$6 is required for entrance into the ship, which we didn't invest into..

We continue our journey to Albany Wind Farm! ^^

A 300m walk from car park to this gigantic windmill~

Another 100m walk to the first look out point.

And another 100m to the second look out point.. phew~

Next is The Gap and Natural Bridge. This is an easy 300m walk from the carpark :)

The Gap which forms by the waves.

And the Natural Bridge which also forms by the waves. Nice view!

Next is the blowhole.. is the blowhole blowing today? Yep.. it did when we was there ^^

The wind gush and the waves hits the rock. And the hole make a loud sound.. Just like a vessel but way too loud that it freaks us a while. Amazing! ^^

And we left Blowholes with many little friends. LOL.

The Blowholes is our last stop in Albany. We grab lunch at Hungry Jack's before start off our driving trip down to Walpole. Fast food meals is fast and cheap.

The view along the highway. Yea.. I don't deny you will start to get bored having too much of greenies view.

We saw a stop along our way.. Choco Late!~
We went in the lounge.. it is so warming and comfortable inside, unlike the weather outside.
After scroll through the menu, we left. The chocolates and choco drinks is out of our budget. At this moment, how I wish we are filthy rich :(

Then continuing our journey, we stop at The Toffee Factory. And bought some home.
The uncle was too 'friendly' giving us 'April Fool' joke @@
The aunty was nice to give us cider testing as well. :)

Finally after 2 hour drive, we reach our hostel at Walpole.

Lemon tree in front of our room! Exciting.. I never seen lemon tree before although I am very fond of lemons.. The owner let us to have it if we want too.. Nice :)

This room cost us AUD70.50/ night. 10% discount for YHA members. Toilet is sharing based. And there is kitchen available for you to cook.

Here goes our second day in Perth. Full with nature wonders. A very nice and relax trip indeed.

::Perth Day 1: Perth - Albany::

2011-11-26T11:52:00.001+08:00

I don't know how long will it take for this post to be up. Life has been hectic and laptop is down. I might just complete this post with my new baby =]

Here we go.. story which happen one month ago.. second oversea trip for this year .. location: Perth!~
I think pictures will be able to tell more than word does =)

We fly to Perth with Air Asia. Return ticket plus meal and luggage cost us around RM800+ each. That was cheap! But I think you can find even cheaper nowadays.
Our flight from LCCT departs at 1150pm and we arrived safely at Perth International Airport at 515am.

There is no wi-fi spotted in the airport, but there are a few booth for free internet access. We take this chance to drop message to our parents before start our trip - stepping out the airport! =)

The airport.

We took Perth Connect to get to the town. Perth Connect provides service of picking up and dropping off from your accomodation and Perth airport (and vice versa). We took the return ticket which cost AU$59 for 2 pax.
The sky has turn so bright although it is only 530am.

We were drop off in front of Bayswater where we had placed our booking for 4 days car rental. 4 days car rental cost AU$212, includes TomTom GPS. No hidden fees. But deposit of AU$300 is applicable; which will be return back to you when you return the car.

We bought some pies for breakfast and took a stroll to the nearby park. Due to it is Sunday, Bayswater will only start operates at 9am. So we have to loiter around the park, waiting for time to pass by. While enjoying the freezing cold weather.. (only me! Those mat salleh were jogging with shorts @@)

The pies we bought from nearby store.

Finally it's 9am and we get to pick up our car! Woot~ nice nice car! Toyota Corrolla Hatch - a hatchback toyota corrolla...

Strolling around city with our car.. the town is really so so quiet although it is a Sunday and it's already 930am! Love it! Peaceful city~

Out of town on Albany Highway to Albany!~ Which will take us 6 hour drive @@

We stop by at Williams Woolshed at 1230pm. I read from the net that we will be able to watch sheep shearing here. But when we were there, no any signage of sheep shearing though. Only coffee house and souvenir shops.

We continue our journey and reached Kodja Place at 145pm. Kodja Place is located in the small town of Kojonup. Here you can listen to the stories of the aboriginal.

Entrance fees to the mini museum of the aboriginals; which includes story telling cost AUD6.

We grab our lunch at the cafe in the Kodja Place, called Black Cockatoo Cafe.

There you go.. the menu. All sandwiches only though.

We ordered the BLAT & Chicken, Brie and Cranberry Foccacia & a cup of hot mocha. Total damage was AUD22. I have to tell myself not to convert it, else i will go crazy thinking that this sandwiches cost us RM70, where as I can make it on my own.

After our lunch, we continue our journey along Albany Highway to reach Albany. This is what you can see along the highway. Greenies, lambs, cows, sheeps, kangaroos.. so it's ok to drive. Just that it's quite tiring.
We had to skip Mt. Porongurup due to time constraint and made our way straight to our hostel at Albany.

Finally reach after hours of drive.
During our trip, all our accommodations were with YHA. We applied for the membership and do the bookings from KL branch. YHA member will get 10% discount for the rooms and also discounts for entrance or meals at certain places.
Initially from pictures from the net, YHA Albany gave me an eerie feeling. However, the reality is, it is not that bad after all. It's clean and the best part is there is kitchen for you to cook, so that you can save more.

It's only 630pm. Shops already closed and skies already turn dark. We were out to the small town of Albany hunting for dinner. Some shops are still open but from our survey, the price of the foods is not that cheap. (Ok.. I do the converting..) Malaysian foods are available but I couldn't forgive myself if i splurge AUD10 for a bowl of wan tan mee or char kuey teow.

We end up at HK Cafe. We had fried rice (which is tasteless) with fish fillets (sweet and sour - which taste fake, and honey which is toooo sweet). It cost AUD10.50/ plate. And the can of soya (which made in Malaysia!!) cost AUD2.50.

That was our first day in Perth. A day of driving trip. But the weather, the cold breeze, the view... a kick off which is good enough for me :)

Perth, Western Australia

2011-11-11T19:08:00.003+08:00

We are back! From Perth, Western Australia.
Never I thought I could make it to Western countries. Pricey is always there in mind whenever a thought of a vacation to Western countries cross over. But this time we made it! With only spending averagely RM3k per person for a 7 days 6 nights vacation.
We are back 2 weeks ago actually. I had so much to share that I don't know where and how to begin with. In the end, I narrate all the grandmother stories in my Facebook, complete with pictures of the whole journey. I had semi-private it. Nudge me if you need it :)

Anyway here are the short story to share with.

Day 1: Perth City - William Woolshed - Kojonup (Lunch at Black Cockatoo Cafe) - Albany (Dinner at HK Cafe, Stay YHA Albany)

Day 2: Albany (Mt. Clarence - The Brig Amity - The Wind Farm - The Gap & The Natural Bridge - The Blowholes) - Lunch at Hungry Jack - Choco Latte - The Toffee Factory - Walpole (Self Cook Dinner, Stay YHA Walpole)

Day 3: Walpole (Hilltop LookOut Point - The Giant Tingle Tree - Valley of the Giants) - Lunch at Fizz Cafe, Pemberton - Margaret River (Cape Leeuwin Lighthouse, Self Cook Dinner, Stay YHA Margaret River)

Day 4: Margaret River (Mammoth Cave [did not enter], Jewel Cave [only the Interpretive Center], Leeuwin Estate, Voyager Estate, Lunch at Chicken Treats, The Fudge Factory, Bettenay's Wine and Nougat, Margaret River Chocolate Co. Providore) - Busselton Jetty - Perth

Day 5: Pinnacles and 4WD Sand Dunes

Day 6: King's Park - Bell Tower - Fremantle - Perth Night View

Overall, the this trip was too rush. Rushing from one place to one place, without really having chance to slow down our pace and relax. And some disappointment with the fact that there are few places we need to skip due to time constraint. Nevertheless, it was a very very very nice trip! I miss it already.

:: Han Woo Ri @ USJ Taipan ::

2011-10-08T10:26:00.003+08:00

If you noticed it, recently internet deals such as Groupon is a hit.
I heard several bad comments from friends and bloggers regarding deals offered by such webs. But never try never know right?

We tried on the not so expensive deals. A meal worth RM49 each at Han Woo Ri. With Groupon, we bought the voucher at RM25 each which sums up to RM50 for both of us for a meal as below.

As per terms and condition, we called for reservation and they said will confirm our booking. Doubts came up when they didn't called us back for reconfirmation.
Luckily when we reach there, a table was already reserve for us. Meals came up fast and service is good. I'm not sure will it be different if we are not using voucher, but nevertheless, the food portions and service satisfied us.

We can't even finish this due to very full.

Here's what we get for RM50. Like the variety choices of side dishes. Side dishes is refillable.

The porky porky~

I'm happy we did not get cheated by the deal. Satisfy with the foods and service too. Might try to pick some more deal soon ;)

::Coconut Flower @ Telok Gong::

2011-09-25T14:53:00.007+08:00

Its the month of the year again - September!
A month that will gather up the 3 of us.
This time we opt for Telok Gong. A place we came together 3 years back. Just to get back that 'young' feeling here.

Coconut Prawns RM28- one of the famous dish here. (as I was told) Does not impressed me though. The prawns is not too fresh. The curry is not as tasty as I expected.

Marmite Crab RM42. Big fatty crabs with loads of meats. But the marmite sauce disappointed us though. Shouldn't have opt for this flavour.

Steam siakap asam style RM50. The price of this kinda shock me.

Belacan Kangkung RM8

Happy birthday to my two besties!~ =)
p/s: Mango cake from Bakery Cottage.. it's yummy!

Finally the 3 of us =)
As always during September and December =)

::Fish Valley @ Semenyih::

2011-09-25T11:24:00.003+08:00

It's all begin with a picture from a friend FB.
A click to google search.
And here my family will be almost every Sunday for lunch.

They love the serene environment.
Out from hassle of city.

Not to mention, it locates deep inside. Near to Nirvana. The same route to Sg. Tekala.
And half way, you will wonder, am I on the right track?

Thailand style of restaurant.

Nyonya Prawns. Medium size RM40.

Greenies. Medium size RM12.

Salty egg squids. Uhh.. I think this combination is not nice. The squid is very tough plus dry.

Bangkok style steam tilapia. RM45.

p/s: affordable price. serene environment. ok. recommended to try.

::Ong Kee @ Ipoh::

2011-09-09T23:03:00.003+08:00

Here I am again! In Ipoh for 3 time in a year.
First was business trip. Second was pit stop while on the way to Cameron and now third time - pit stop while on the way to Penang! =)
We went back to the same restaurant though.

As you might find there, there is two shop name Ong Kee. One was corner lot and one at opposite road. I tried the corner lot on my previous trip and this time round, I headed to the opposite of the road.

Quite salty!

Not as 'crispy' as I expected.

Not as soft as I expected.

This time, the foods disappointed me. I'm wondering are these 2 shops really share the same kitchen/ cook? Hrmm..

::Tau Fu Fah @ Ipoh Town ::

2011-09-09T22:58:00.002+08:00

Tau fu fah!!~ In Ipoh Town!

You can either queue up by leg or by car! Haha..
We did both! Queue up by car means something like touch and go system. Wait for the one in front finish their parts and its your turn next.

Only 80 cent a bowl.
Very nice!!! I can be addicted to this!

::Gurney Drive Food Court @ Penang ::

2011-09-09T22:49:00.002+08:00

We reached Penang! =)
After check in our room at Berjaya Hotel, here we are strolling around Gurney Drive.
Not much place we can go as time already ticking at 5pm and it's raining!

After a walk in Gurney Plaza, we try our luck at the food court nearby.
Not so lucky though. Most of the stalls were not open as the rain comes pouring down.

Oh.. Fried Kuey Teow! Nice~

Mua Chi!! ^^

The first Laksa for this Penang trip which tasted nice until .. I tried the one at Air Itam Market :p

Rojak!

::Teo Chew Meng @ Georgetown ::

2011-09-09T22:32:00.007+08:00

Something new for me to try in Penang.

The famous Mee Suah Tao of Teo Chew Meng Restaurant.

Tasted like shark fin soup and is abundant with seafoods! We ordered the one with oysters.We tried the seafood longevity mee too. This one is full with seafoods as well. From far, the smell of butter already fragrant the environment.

p/s: worth a try but for me is so-so only.

Georgetown
22B, Krian Road
10400 Georgetown, Penang
Tel: 012-428 2208

::Foods @ Air Itam Market::

2011-09-09T22:24:00.004+08:00

::Penang Laksa @ Air Itam Market::

2011-09-09T22:15:00.005+08:00

The best laksa in Penang?

Small little stall.

Big giant crowd.

RM3 per bowl. Very delicious! Yummy yummy! The best I had so far! =)

::New World Park Food Court @ Georgetown::

2011-09-04T08:51:00.007+08:00

A modern food court.

Every stall serves something different.

Penang otak otak RM2.20 which is very not tasty!

::Wood Fire Pizza@Jalan Macalister, Penang::

2011-09-03T14:38:00.002+08:00

I was introduced to this by my tour guide during my last visit on last year. And this year, it is my turn to introduce it to the others.

Call me exaggerating, but in order to have this pizza, you have to call to pre-book, at least 2 hour earlier. Although stall is open at 630pm, but they serve only those who had ordered and those who did not will have to wait for their turn which might take up to 4 hour, or just end up with disappointment - come back again next time.

One of the best pizza I had tried so far. Juicy and cheesy enough for my taste bud. One bite makes you crave for more. But .. after 2 slices, you might feel a little full already.
Pricing at small RM8, medium RM11 and large RM18 - it is not too expensive and worth a try!
We ordered the large (10') mix special (highly recommended).

Location:
Restaurant Kim Sun San - beside Red Rock Hotel, opposite Esso Mobil, Jalan Macalister.
(This is the description given by my friend. I don't have the co-ordinate either but this few landmarks says it all =) )

::Dim Sum @ Bali Hai, Penang::

2011-09-03T13:43:00.004+08:00

Dim Sum as breakfast.

This restaurant operates as dim sum center in the morning and seafoods center in the night.

Love the cozy environment.

Various types of dim sum. Self service to pick your favorite.

::Restaurant Yen@ Batu Kawan::

2011-09-02T22:41:00.004+08:00

Seafoods! I'm craving for it!~
I'd heard that Tambun and Batu Kawan is famous for seafoods with cheap pricing. Recommended by a friend, here we are at Ah Yen Seafood Restaurant.
We arrive here with the help of GPS. Initially, we were a bit worry that the route guided by GPS is wrong as it leads us to deep within a village. But .. when you reach the destination, there lays a big restaurant. Big enough that it cross my mind - this meal is not going to be cheap.

We ordered fried mee RM3.50 - this is surprisingly cheap! Note that the portion is not a lot. For single pax I guess.

And I requested rice! Seafood fried rice RM6 will do. I'm seriously craving for rice as I had a lot of mee'S this 3D2N trip.

Vegie RM6 to detox our digestion system after having a lot a lot of foods these 3 days.

Fried tofu RM10. I don't like this. Not nice.

And wooooot! Crabs! And it's salted egg crabs! Note that this is not cheap for RM60/kg. They are famous for the curry crab but with all the heaty stuffs we had in these 3 days, we just skipped the curry version and opt for salted egg. This is so yummy!

p/s: I don't know is there any other better choice of seafoods restaurant around batu kawan/ tambun. Kindly enlighten.

Restoran Yen Batu Kawan
701, Batu Kawan, 14110, Simpany Ampat, Penang.
019-4133379/ 04-5872616

::Restoran Yi Poh @ Seremban::

2011-08-13T21:32:00.003+08:00

My first double date 'vacation'.
Our main target is Melaka. But we stop by Seremban for something nice.

This is a request from dear Yunn :)

Hakka Mi. Too plain for me. This mi reminds me those I had in Taiwan.

This is the special lou shu fen that Yunn intro to us to try. Nice and special! The mi is actually laksa mi. Just cook it into normal chinese dry mee style (gon lou). Nice anyway. *I don't know what I'm mumbling*

The Hakka Mi again. Plain!

Pork Ball I love! No. I love the one I had in Ipoh better.
Hearty breakfast and start our journey to Melaka!~

::Nasi Ayam Hoe Kee @ Jonker Street, Melaka::

2011-08-13T21:08:00.006+08:00

One of Melaka famous foods - Chicken Rice Ball. There is a number of shops in Melaka where you can get this. And this round we'd chosen Nasi Ayam Hoe Kee.

Why this one? I don't know. We were walking using the back lane, unconfident with the route, we stop and ask a local aunty who was washing plates and the aunty introduce us to this one.

Typical interior of Melaka's.

The kitchen which was at the front door. Ahhh.. Open kitchen concept. =.=lll

Coconut drink - to soothe the hot day.

Here is the chicken rice ball. This set is for 2 person. We shared 4.
I still don't understand what is so special? Roll the rice into ball shape will make it tastier? *ok.. ignore me*

Steam white chicken. Portion for 2 person.
No .. I like the one at Ipoh better. And that's why I say Melaka is famous for the chicken rice ball, so we should just order the rice ball and not the chicken.. *don't whack me*

:: Jonker 88 @ Jonker Street, Melaka ::

2011-08-13T20:16:00.005+08:00

A place I always stop by every time I'm in Melaka. For the good taste? For the popularity? No idea. Just a habit.

The usual long queue. What is the reason they are here? Is it same as mine? Habit?
No idea. I just join the queue but my advise is.. please secure a seat before queue for the foods.

The food menu. I'd never tried anything else but and only Nyonya Asam Laksa. LOL.

Desserts menu.

Baba Chendol RM3. With the thick coconut milk and brown sugar taste. Owh.. the coconut milk taste makes me feels fat.

Sagu Gula Melaka RM3. I had a better one back in PJ.

Nyonya Asam Laksa. Nice!~ And this is the reason I can never choose other than this.

Baba Curry Laksa. Hrmm.. No. Not to my taste bud.

::Capitol Satay @ Melaka ::

2011-08-13T19:53:00.004+08:00

Coming to Melaka, how can we miss out having Satay Celup, right?
Previously when I'm here, friends brought me to Ban Lee Siang. But this group of people I'm coming with this time, insist on trying Capitol Satay. So here we are at 5pm queuing up!

See how dramatic this is? Shop open at 5pm. We reach slightly after 5pm and here we are on a loooong queue! @@
During the queue, some gave up and just went to the satay celup shop just few stone throw away. Are we giving up? No, although I really wanted to. Cause they said, the last time they came, they gave up too. So this time must make it. =.=lll

Here we are.. almost our turn, after 1 and a half hour of queue!! I was swearing in my heart that if this doesn't taste good .. i'm going to whack these people that makes me queue for so long.

Picking up our 'celups' thingy. What so special? Not much of choices. And just ordinary choices. Sigh... If I don't remember wrongly, Ban Lee Siang have more choices.

Luckily, the celup sauce doesn't disappoint me! This taste good. Not as spicy as BLS. Tasted sweet as I noticed every time they add in one scoop of peanuts, they will also add in one scoop of brown sugar. This is delicious and thick with peanuts. Nice that we drank this.

Err.. I wonder do they recycle or change a new one. I doubt they gave a new one for each table as they came to top up quite frequently and efficiently when the sauce level decrease.
Ewwww... good foods isn't always clean, don't it?

::Nadeje @ Dataran Pahlawan, Melaka ::

2011-08-13T19:39:00.004+08:00

And to end our trip .. just like how you end a meal - desserts!
Here we are at the top of the building of Dataran Pahlawan.
Nadeje. Hunting for Mille Crepe of course! =)

I love to be seated at sofa. Especially when it is for a cup of tea, a slice of cake and dozens of chit-chatting topics!

Original flavor of mille crepe costing RM9 per slice.
Sharing 2 person for this slice.
Feels so good at first bite. The cream melted in my mouth just wash away the tired of walking whole day. But ... after few bites, I put it aside. And it's lucky I'm not greedy at the beginning and insist of sharing this. Hee hee...

There goes our first double date 'vacation'. Love it! A whole day with great foods and love ones ;)

::Naili's Place @ Taipan USJ::

2011-07-16T09:25:00.002+08:00

Wandering around Taipan USJ - no idea what to have although there is a lot of shops there.
Pass by Naili's Place - and the bf said he wanted to bring me here last time - the Selayang branch. So finally we end up here.

This place give us the 'beach' feel. But the light is too dim for me.

Craving for fish, we ordered Twin Mermaid RM12.90.
Fishes is from species of tilapia.
When dishes is served, we were shocked to see 2 fish. Wondering is the price still RM12.90.
Nothing to be shout about. Normal fried fish but quite crispy.

And tom yam soup RM15.
Quite spicy for us, but tasted not bad.

All in all, this place is will only be one time visit for me. The menu doesn't nail up my interest to this place. Plus the service is NG for me. We came first but was served last. I wonder does our dishes too difficult to cook compare to others?

::MOF @ Sunway Pyramid::

2011-07-16T09:16:00.002+08:00

Blissfull .. :)
Stress reliever :)

Macha Kurian RM16.50

::Vietnam Kitchen @ 1 Utama::

2011-07-09T08:01:00.004+08:00

This is my second visit here. I like it here. Especially when we are not in a group but i'm craving for home cook foods with main meals and side dishes.

Water chestnut (RM6.50) and Basil Passion (RM6.90)
Love both! The water chestnut is so tasty while the basil passion is very refreshing! :)

Pork Belly Caramel Clay Pot set (RM19.90)
The pork belly is a bit oily and fatty, nevertheless, it tasted good.

Lemongrass Fish Grill (RM20)
Quite a big portion and tasty!

p/s : I marked this as one of my favorite place :)

::Ong Kee @ Ipoh::

2011-06-19T09:19:00.000+08:00

On our way back from Cameron. *still with Cameron posts.. lol* we stop by Ipoh for more foods!
Stopping by at Ong Kee for the infamous chicken rice and fat taugeh.

The fat taugeh!~

Steamed white chicken. Tender and nice!

Ho fun. Nice too.

This one is the nicest of all. Pork balls! Very very nice. Like this so much :)

Hoho.. I like all the foods here. Satisfactory meal. Nice! :)

::Cameron Organic Produce @ Brinchang::

2011-06-18T23:09:00.006+08:00

Still with Cameron posts. To continue the story.. after the yum cha session, we had a steamboat dinner at Brinchang. This hidden restaurant is located right opposite the front door of Rosa hotel. Named Cameron Organic Produce Charcoal Steamboat.

The garlic-oyster sauce is kinda special.

The menu.

My personal comments: initially when the broth was served with the charcoal pot, it smells so delicious. But real taste of the broth was so-so only. A pot with veggies more than meats was not so attractive to me as I'm a carnivorous. What I love is the hot soup with the smell of charcoal with the cold breeze and great companion. Nice one! :)

::Sg Palas @ Cameron Highland::

2011-06-18T22:51:00.003+08:00

Cameron Highland.. one of my favorite place. A place full with memories. Bitter sweet memories.

After few years, I'm back here again. With different group of people, but still the same feeling of warm, joy and love.

Sg Palas Boh Tea Center. A place I used to hang out every week, few years back when I'm having my industrial training up here. Even until now, I like that feeling so much when having a cup of tea here. That relax, peaceful, breezy feeling. :)

With greeny view and cooling breeze. :)

And not forgetting a cup of tea and a slice of cake. Perfect! :)

And of course, with nice people, funny jokes and that warm feeling! :)

Won't forget your picture too.

p/s: I am starting to miss this place already. All in all, I just miss the relax feeling I can get here. And all the bittersweet memories I had built up here =)

::Foh San Dim Sum @ Ipoh::

2011-06-18T22:19:00.005+08:00

Finally I had a chance for a short makan trip at Ipoh! Which honestly, I never did. I always knew and heard of varieties of nice foods in Ipoh, but never really had the chance to go for it.

So here I am.. on a weekend road trip with the coliqs :)

A very big building which is ~~not~~ easily noticeable in the middle of Ipoh Town. Some say the dim sum here is nice, some say no. But what it looks to me is the crowd is very big! And there they earn so much to build up such a big dim sum center. Nice one!

A very grand entrance!

So many people here although there is a lot of other dim sum shop around! Guess most of it is visitors from other state just like us.

The price range.

Here you have to go and collect your own choice of dim sum and bring back to your table to eat. Not to mention queue up! Forget about those days when waiter/waitress bring it over to your table for you to choose.

Crowds~

Ours~

In my opinion, the dim sum is very nice. Compare to those I always had in KL. :)

::Yuritei @ Sentul Koi::

2011-05-29T09:56:00.003+08:00

I was introduce to this place by the bf. A plan for my birthday which I had 'destroy'. Hoho ...
Then browsing through people's blog about this place makes me wanted to come so much. Never been here myself yet I had introduced this place to a few friends which then claim that they love it. As the comments from other blogs, the place is nice but not the foods.

Until one day .. Here I am ..

Nice seating facing the lake.

Hidden in the middle of the city.

A Japanese garden - alike that will soothe the eyes.

Not much such place in the hustle bustle of KL, isn't it?

California temaki RM6

Salmon Temaki RM6

Tempura Udon RM12

Pineapple Fried Rice RM12.

Okie.. Enough of the praises. Let's get to the fact. My comment: The food is not worth the price. Needless to say, it does.not.taste .. well.. good. The service sucks .. with only 3 staff (the chef, the cashier and the waiter) - waiting is a must. Especially to wait for the foods. The environment not as nice as imagine. Yea .. the greenies and the lake soothes the eyes, plus hidden in the middle of a city .. but the inner side of the restaurant, which I assume 'energy saving' or 'cost-busting' etc. - with no air-conditioner nor fan to ventilate makes me feel stuffy and warm. Menu comprises varieties of foods - from Japanese style, to Western style to Malaysian style. But too bad, apparently the Western menu is just for fun-viewing - not available for order. Option of drinks is only lemon tea, pineapple juice and apple juice - from the bottle. Urghhh!!~
So the thought of relaxing with a cup of tea, chit-chatting with friends here had been diminished. Ah.. I expect too much before I came. End up I go back with disappointment.

::Curry Mee @ Semenyih::

2011-05-08T10:13:00.005+08:00

I was told long time ago, that the wan tan mee and curry mee at this little coffee shop is worth a try. Located at Semenyih small town, just beside SRJKC Sin Min, at a tiny corner. I came once long time ago, but gave up waiting as the crowd is just too large for a tiny coffee shop. So today, in our hunt of curry mee to compare which is the best, we came early in the morning at 830am. Ridiculuos that I would even wake up that early =.=lll

This is my first time encounter with this type of ordering system. You walk in, find your table, lucky enough to get one, sit and wait to be serve. Don't waste your effort waiving your butterfly arm to them, as what we stupidly did. As.. they took order, they prepare for you, only then proceed to the next customer. First come first serve, one by one. Guess it's to avoid taking too many orders and end up miss out or overlook. Patience is very important here.

Tiny coffee shop as the oldies. Sometimes I feel that foods from this type of stall tasted much better. Sometimes..

Teh ping. Not to my favor.

Roti Bakar.

Yummy half boiled eggs!

Large Curry Mee at RM4.70. Broth is thick enough. Nice and traditional curry mee with yellow mee, tauge, taufu-pop and cockle. A nice traditional style of curry mee. I personally prefer the one beside Semenyih Market, modern version of curry mee - with additional long fingers, wild boar meat etc.

Here you go. A glance of it :)

Our breakfast for our labor break day!~ Simple, cost-saving, fulfilling.

::Kluang Rail Coffee @ Kluang, Johor::

2011-04-30T19:19:00.006+08:00

Kluang Rail Coffee.

So classic.
Actually just a normal road side (in this case, railway side) coffee corner/ stall.
Nevertheless, this place has make Kluang a tourism limelight and people will drop by just to have a look/ try!

This place begin operating since 1983.
I had always associated this Kluang Rail Coffee with the franchise Kluang Station. Apparently, there are not! Ops.. a misunderstand there.
Look at the crowd @@
We had to stand and wait patiently before we get a seat. In fact, there is a lot of people standing and waiting - patiently. The usual me will just give up, but since we had came so far, I just make myself be extra patient this time, hopefully that it's all worthwhile.

There is the menu. Simple with few choices. And each come in a small portion, that you can actually order all to try out :)

Coffee or tea?

The pathetically small packet nasi lemak that is ready on the table and cost 70 cent each. One can simply had a few packets of this. Consist of a lil bit of rice, sambal and anchovies+nuts.. as in picture. Tasted OK.

Toasted bun. This one with peanut butter filling. This is yummy.

There is 3 choices of filling available.

Other than these, we also tried out the Mee Hon Siam which are also readily available on the table and cost 70 cent as well. I like the mee hon Siam at the franchise one better.
And we had half-boiled egg and pulut panggang as well.
It's not that licking good delicious but it's definitely a good experience. Worth to drop by if you happen to pass by Kluang :)

Kluang Rail Coffee

Kluang KTM Station, Jalan Station, Kluang, Johor.
Open 7am -12pm, 2:30 – 6pm. Closed Thursdays

::Tangkak Beef Noodle @ Tangkak, Johor::

2011-04-30T19:06:00.004+08:00

During the previous trip down south on March.
We stop by Tangkak to try out the famous beef noodle.
Pricing of big bowl RM6, Medium bowl RM5, Small bowl RM4.
We opt for small bowl just for a try.

Sad to say, the beef noodle I had in Bentong, Pahang impressed me more.
They said it's because this time round, we try it with bihun, so the taste is not too good. I got no idea on that. Nevertheless, the soup isn't thick enough for me too.

Restoran Kuang Fei, Tangkak Beef Noodle (东甲牛腩面) @ Tangkak, Johor
20, Jalan Solok,
84900, Tangkak Johor.

Tangkak Beef Noodle had its branch at Jalan Imbi, KL and Melaka as well. And the price for different state is different.

Restoran Tangkak Beef Noodles

No. 133, Ground Floor, Jalan Imbi
55100 Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 017-336 8805

Restaurant Sup Lembu Tangkak @ Taman Melaka Raya,
Melaka37, Jalan Merdeka, Tmn Melaka Raya. Melaka

::Hock Choon Kee @ Ulu Yam::

2011-04-30T11:47:00.005+08:00

One fine day. Jalan Jalan Outting to Batu Caves and Ulu Yam.
Part 2 - after a heavy dim sum breakfast at Kepong, here we are climbing 272 steps up the Batu Caves. This is my first time here. Good experience.

After climbing the 272 steps of Batu Caves, here we are at Ulu Yam Lama for the so call famous Loh Mee. From homework done, they decided to go to the one I went last time, but I rejected the idea as I don't feel it is nice at all. So we go for option 2 - Hock Choon Kee Restaurant.

Fish Cake. Okie. The previous restaurant's is nicer as it is more 'toink toink' compare to this.

The famous Loh Mee. Which disappoint all of us! I think this taste better than the previous but I still think the one I had in KL taste better! Perhaps .. Ulu Yam's Loh Mee doesn't suit our tastebuds.

Glass Vermicilli. Same dissapointing.

We ordered one more Hokkien Mee but no picture available here. Total bill come up to RM54 which we mutually agreed it is expensive. The waiting time disappointed us as well. 2 hour+ for 4 dishes to be serve. Feels like growing fungus waiting for the dishes to be serve one after another. And it is just only noodles! @@
Kitchen doesn't look good. Lost my appetite after 'borrowing' the toilet which located in the kitchen and have a glance at the kitchen. Ok. I couldn't expect much from a village eatery. But but but .. I better stop mumbling. Bye.

::Tuck Kee Dim Sum @ Kepong::

2011-04-30T11:17:00.004+08:00

One fine day. Jalan-Jalan Outting to Batu Caves and Ulu Yam.
We kick off our day with dim sum breakfast at Kepong.
The bf always and only brought me here for dim sum. I reckon there is quite a number of dim sum restaurant in Kepong, but I only know this one. Hehe..

I'm yet to have an unforgettable delicious licking good dim sum that the taste will linger in my brain for long time. This is is ok, comparable with the one I had at Hong Kee's and far more better than Kajang's Mexim. Do try out the porridge at Tuck Kee. So far, it's the best tasted porridge I'd had.

::Gardens Cafe @The Curve::

2011-04-27T19:48:00.011+08:00

Charmain's Birthday.

Garden's. The first one I heard of/ saw was the one and only in 1 Utama. Then it spreads to Gardens MidValley and now The Curve. Never try and no intention to try for no reason, until Steven organize Charmain's birthday here.

Nice environment and nice decoration. No doubt. Menu wise .. a lot of varieties and price range from RM15 and above, which I suppose is reasonable.Ice Lemon Tea. Steven's fav as he always quote that no matter where you go, you can never go wrong with Ice Lemon Tea. *sweat*

And I will always go for English Tea.

Potato Wedges.

Spagetthi Marinara RM17.90. Big portion of spagetthi but 'not too marinara'.

Chicken Teriyaki RM17.90. We were laughing at the 2 thin piece small size chicken slice. Not recommended for big eater.

Grilled Baramundi. Not likey this. Feel cheated. Feel that it is mainly only skin of the fish!

The Girls~

The ~~gentlemans~~ guys.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARMAIN. Hope you enjoyed the small small celebration from us :)

p/s: Overall, this place has ~~little~~ no difference with Full House. Varieties of chioces in the menu with reasonable price. Same concept of decorations. But foods are really so-so only. Nevertheless, it's quite a good place for gathering and hang up =)

For more information click here.

::Nando's::

2011-04-24T19:54:00.005+08:00

During our routine weekend shopping. A sudden crave for grilled chicken chop. A need to cut cost and save budget. Ting~ Nando's.
Hrmm.. perhaps it's not so cost-bustering but it's still within our budget though. RM15+ per set of quarter chicken + 2 side dish =)

Mild Peri Peri Chicken with Fries and Coleslow. The chicken is not too spicy. Just nice. Herbs and Lemon Chicken with Mediterrenean Rice and Mix Vegie. Both side dishes is not to my likey. Chicken has got no taste. Perhaps should ordered those Peri-Peri - else what's the meaning to Nando's isn't it?

::Fong Lye Taiwan @ Gardens MV::

2011-04-16T11:39:00.009+08:00

Been here for the second time =)

I'm kinda fond of chinese cuisine which comes in a set, a small set consists of soup, vegie and a main course of fish/ chicken/ pork.

It gives me that homey feel =)

And here we are, at Fong Lye Taiwan restaurant for our lunch.

With our sets!~ All sets price starts from RM18.90

My tomato egg fish sets RM19.80 Tomato egg fish. Not to my likey.

Fried Pork set RM19.80. Not to my likey too. Too dry d. Steam fish set RM19.80. I likey this much! Hehe..

Overall the foods is so-so only for me. Dont like the service here. I know the queue is long, but don't like the way the waiter just keep pushing us to leave after we finish our meal. This makes us can't spend a long time sitting here chit-chatting. Okay, I know this is not the place for long sit chit chat, but for express lunch .. but still I prefer eat comfortably.

::Plan B @ Bangsar Village::

2011-03-27T12:45:00.006+08:00

Plan B! It's funny how the shop name had created some confusion during our planning for this meet up. LOL.

I'd go through some foodblogs where in conclusion comments make for this place is that the service is bad and the foods ain't that nice. I opt for this place for it's not so expensive price and kinda nice ambience. Ops.. there goes me - quality isn't priority in this case.

But somehow, it disappoints me that the menu doesn't have much varieties. The varieties is kinda breakfast styles - soups, salads, burger and sandwiches, pasta.

Wild Mushroom Soup RM10 .. that's a very big bowl of soup and we share 2. Taste not that bad. Apple Mint RM9. Too bad the mint taste is too strong that it covers up the apple. I think this is mint juice instead. Frost Lemon tea RM9. And people said .. where ever you go, you wont go wrong choosing lemon tea. Got what I mean? Sky juice FOC. Smoked salmon sandwich RM19. BY said this taste so so salty, like salty salmon fish. Carbonara RM19. Very creamy. Linguini Siciliana RM19

Chicken Burger RM23. Nothing to be shout about.

p/s: nvm. what matter most is the meet up. i like the sofa though. it makes me feels like sleeping there after my meals. hehe..

Plan B

G05, Bangsar Village 1,

Jalan Telawi 2, Bangsar Baru,

59100, KL.

demotivated.

2011-03-24T20:09:00.005+08:00

It seems like quite some time I didn't feel as emo and as giving up as now, didn't I?
I hope I am.
I'm so unhappy! I really hope it's only because I'm too tired and a very good rest will do good deeds for me :(

Sigh .. I'm feeling like giving up again. No energy, too tired, too negligence to bother about everything that happen arounds me. Why must life be like this? I keep ask myself, what can I do about it? What can I do? What can I do? But really no answers had been shine down on me. I'm so tired of trying to figuring out what can I do! There is nothing I can do! No. It's not. I do believe everything has an answer to it. But .. perhaps .. I really don't want to go down that road to dig up the answers and solve all the so-call problems.

That's what I hate about growing up. Mainly is because you don't know who you can trust anymore. One moment, that person seem like an angel giving you a shine of hope, but in a split second, that same person turns into devil leading you to a death end. Sucks! Recalled back while I am a kid. We do bitching around. We do annoyed each other. But why now I feels, that is all purely means nothing and means no harm. Coz in the end, we still hang around together. But in this SO-CALL grown up world, a little action/ words do means a big harm? I don't understand this. Is it because I'm taking all that too seriously, now? Which I don't think 0% of it is a yes.

And I don't understand how to pretend as nothing is wrong. One second you backstab, the next second you smile. Sucks! I am that straight! I am that direct! I am doing no good for doing what I am doing. So? What can I do?

Life is so unfair. Reality is that cruel. And it feels so sucks for not knowing how to fake things up. It feels so sucks for not knowing how to fight back. Neither way. I'm too tired to bother. Coz in the end, what do you get? It's not what I want. I'm that negligence. Sue me for that.

Why must we fight for our own right? I just want a simple peaceful life.

::Tanzini @ G-Tower::

2011-03-24T19:55:00.002+08:00

The main meal for his birthday :)

Sorry for my selfish-ness.. because in fact, it is me who wanted to come to this place so much! Hehe.. Dining under the stars was the theme :)

The complimentary breads from Tanzini, which I didn't had any of it - too bad they serve this together with the main dish. I would deduct a point from service here. They should have brought this earlier, when we just sat down, not together with the main dish, to be abandon aside by us due to the alluring main dish. Trattoria Lychee RM18. Yummy!~ It's lychee+mint leaves+lime. Refreshing~ Citronella Presse RM18. Nice! It's lemongrass+apple. I'd recently have a weird addiction to lemongrass smell. Initially i'm afraid this drink wouldn't be nice as the lemongrass taste will be too strong and cover up the apple taste. But apparently the lemongrass and apple mix up just nice. A mixture of both googling in your mouth feel so symmetry and nice! Seafood Aglio Olio Olio RM32. Nothing to be shout about. I'm not happy with the small portion of seafoods, where as at Murni's you can get a whole lot bunch of seafoods covering the angel hair.. Hahaha.. don't whack me for this comparison. Pan roasted Omega 3 Barra RM38. Nice piece of fish, grilled just nice. Pavlov a slow-baked meri RM18. Nah.. I don't like this. Taste like vanila version of milo nugget to me. Tee-hee.. Happy Birthday bee! ^^ Tell you what.. the view out here is so nice!~ KL City!

p/s : it's a good place to come once for any big event. nice view. nice ambience. pricey a bit but .. it's okie to give this place a try :)

Tanzini Restaurant
Level 28, G Tower,
199, Jalan Tun Razak,
50400, KL.

:: Coliseum Cafe @ KL ::

2011-03-24T19:47:00.001+08:00

I never know, never notice and never thought, in the busy road of KL, lies an old historic restaurant, still aliving in the middle of the hussle bustle city.

The interior tells you that this old building is indeed very old, but it somehow still able to gives me an impression that this place used to be a very high class grand place 50 years back. In addition to the old waiter/ waitress, makes you feels like time had stood still inside here.

The menu comprises of western foods, like those in the good old days. Prices are average - ranging from rm18-rm50. We had the fresh orange juice. With lots of pulps inside! Nice! RM5

Cordon Bleu's
Fish concalaise RM17.90

p/s : Everything is just average here - the ambience and the foods. But it's a good place to revive back old memories. Those childhood memories where parents will brought him here when they earn a little fortune. A small surprise for his birthday :)

98 – 100, Jalan Tuanku Abd Rahman

Tel: +603 2692 6270

::Bebek Bengil @ Ubud, Bali::

2011-02-13T12:40:00.004+08:00

The very famous Bebek Bengil at Bali, especially among tourists.. famous for it's dirty duck.

I like the interior environment .. very nice and cosy :)

Irish Coffee Rp75k

Arak Suryanita Rp30k

Mineral Water Rp10k

Lemon Tea Ice Rp16k

Nasi Goreng Special Rp44k

Balinese Fried Chic Rp61k

Chicken Steak Rp59k

Bebek Bengil POT Rp72k

BBQ Chicken Breast Rp57k

Nasi Campur Bali Rp55k

Love The One You're With

2011-02-12T15:56:00.004+08:00

Done reading this book.. nice and recommendable!

Makes my tears drop somehow and learnt something from here :)

Love,not as a surge of passion, but as a choice to commit to something, someone, no matter what obstacles or temptations stand in the way.

::Ibu Oka Babi Guling @ Ubud, Bali::

2011-02-03T19:21:00.004+08:00

The very famous Ibu Oka Babi Guling in Ubud, which also known as suckling pig.

This is the branch which we arrived at 10am but yet to be open. They operates from 11am-3pm ONLY!
This is the original/ HQ located just opposite the main entrance of Ubud Palace.
The suckling pig which cost Rp40k.
Expensive huh? In our opinion, it tastes good. It doesn't taste like pork though, more to chicken for me. Lol.. very soft and tender meat with a special sauce that I wish I had the recipe.

.:Dana Sari Accomodation @ Ubud, Bali:.

2011-02-03T19:19:00.000+08:00

We spent 2 days and 1 night in Kuta.

The path to the accomodation. It's located inside, and one can simply miss out. @@

The view in front of our homestay.
The view of the homestay. I forgotted to take a picture inside of the room as we were too rush. Basically we just put in our luggage, go out, come back late night to sleep and rush out again the next morning. What I can say is, don't expect a nice hotel room as this is homestay, but it is still ok for a sleep of one night or two :)

For more information :)

::Masa Inn @ Kuta::

2011-02-02T11:22:00.004+08:00

For more information, please visit their website.

The complimentary breakfast come with fruit juices. And choices of fruit juices are cordial orange, banana, papaya and pineapple.
Funny how the banana and papaya juice taste so good despite a lil weird! LOL!
Banana Juice!

Papaya Juice!

Pancake.. so Bali pancake look like this. LOL!

Egg.

Cornflakes!

Bacon. The bacon taste so good! LOL...

To be precise, food choices come with Cornflakes, a choice of main meal and toasted bread plus juice.

My opinion, the room and surrounding is clean, the staff is friendly and helpful (proved because some silly event happened) .. although I think you might able to find a lower price stay, but this one is not bad too :)

::Sushi Bar Tempura @ Kuta, Bali::

2011-02-02T11:07:00.003+08:00

And our first dinner/ meal in Bali.
After fighting through rain and wind, we finally make it here~

Around Kuta, you can find variety of foods, from Chinese to Western to Japanese etc.

We opt for this Japanese restaurant which too serve Balinese foods, for the environment and appropriate price.

Like the cozy feel~

Menu. Saw it?
They crave for isotonic drink (Rp15k) cause of tiredness.
Eww.. taste weird to me.

I prefer juices! Sweet and cold!~

Watermelon juice Rp15k.

Nasi Goreng Jawa Rp19k .. normal only.

Ayam Penyet Rp14k.

I like Malaysian chicken more. Bali chicken is so small in size and I think this is overcook as its too chewy @@

Lele Penyet Rp12.5k

I don't like this fish.

Sushi Bar Tempura

Jalan Kartika Plaza Pertokoan

Kuta Centre Blok A3. No1-2 Kuta-Bali

.:Bali Trip 150111 - 180111:.

2011-02-02T00:39:00.001+08:00

Bali .. finally =)

We (me and a bestie) had been talking about going to Bali together to show off the bikini's. We waited and waited and waited but yet still unable to get the cheapest ticket we could place our ~~hand's~~ money on. And finally one day when Air Asia is having the promotion, Steven invite us to join a balinese trip together with his friend with return ticket price of RM300 (which I suppose is not the cheapest but still affordable). But too bad, the bestie can't manage to get the ticket! Anyway .. that was an old story. Get back to current.

So the 4 day 3 night trip has pass us by. Frankly, I didn't do much research/ study for this trip as I had many many other things to busy with *ops .. excuse* .. thank you so much to Charlotte for the incredible effort for planning this trip. So here you go .. what we did.

Day 1 : 150111

We did .. nothing! Lol .. our flight was schedule to be at 350pm from LCCT but it postponed until 5pm+ only depart. And so we arrive safely in Depansar (Ngurah Rai) Airport at 730pm. A blackout welcomed us. And so we stuck in the dark eerie airport with no single dot of lights except from handphones for about 15 minutes. Interesting isn't it?!
And after we get out from the airport, strong wind and rain welcomed us. After all the hassle and being pick up by driver arrange by the hotel (with payment of Rp100k for 3 of us), we arrive our hotel and meet up with 2 more friends there. That was about 830pm already.
After drop off our luggage, we fight through the strong wind and rain to heal our growling tummy. Most of the shops (I think almost all) closed at 10pm. We had our dinner at Sushi Bar Tempura, and then have a short walk at the souvenir shop across the road before going back to our hotel for a rest.
And that night, I barely get any sleep as the electricity keeps tripping on and off, making me feel so eerie. In addition to my not used to sleep on other bed except of my own. But its not the fault of the hotel, I think the whole Kuta town is having electricity supply problem.

Day 2 : 160111

Sky in Bali turn bright as early as 630am. We dreadfully drag ourselves up from the bed, pack our stuffs, go down and have our breakfast that is provided by the hotel and meet our driver, En. Abadi to really start our trip, going to Ubud! :)
It takes about 1 and half hour to reach Ubud from Kuta. And the road is freaking scary *at least for me* .. I can even have road-phobic even though I'm not the driver. The lane is so small for 2 way road and there is just too many motorist and seems like there is no exact rules on how to drive on the road.. as long as you reach your destination, safely. Phew!~
Back to itinerary. On our way to Ubud, we stop by Cenang Batik House, a place that sell souvenirs which can obviously be taken off from the itinerary. *We stop because our driver wanted to rest* And finally reaching Ubud and check in our homestay.
We then stop by Ibu Oka Babi Guling on our way to Tirta Empul. Too bad .. the babi guling is only available from 11am-3pm.. and at 10am, we were too early to be serve. So.. we went directly to Tirta Empul (entrance fees Rp15k).. a temple with hot spring which known as holy water. We didn't get soaked as we did not bring extra clothes. On the path out from Tirta Empul Temple, there were stalls *souvenirs stalls* along the road with crazy sellers that will grab your hand real tight asking you to buy their items which cause us not even dare to walk near the stalls! *how to buy then when dont even dare to go near?!* And their technique of selling things, where they were yelling a very low price and when you go near, you realise that they just yell the low price for fun, and it's too late, you are busted, get hold until you buy their things, or be brave to walk away as fast as you can before they start to grab your hand and not letting go. =.=lll
Anyway .. after Tirta Empul, we then went to Kintamani (entrance fees Rp9k). This place is really a must go! Very scenic view of volcano mountain with lake. And pick any restaurant and you can enjoy your meal with the scenic and breezy environment. We had our buffet lunch at Grand Puncak Sari. With price of RM27, don't expect much. :)
We then headed to Tegallalang as our plan. Green scenic view of paddy field. Padi Bukit. Well .. we spent only 10 minute here, as really .. it's only padi bukit and nothing else. And the padi bukit area is not big. LOL.
Being very much early compared to our schedule, we still proceed our way to Ubud Market, a place for souvenirs too with scary sellers too.
Then we move on to Ubud Palace. Again .. we only spent less than 5 minute *or is it 1 min?* Visitors are only allowed to walk into a small area to take pictures and stuffs. Actually *I'm not sure is this a fact*, while we then walk around Ubud, we found out there is quite a few entrance to the palace. But still each entrance only allow limited area. Nothing really interesting in my opinion.
So we found the Ibu Oka Babi Guling at Ubud Town here and feast it (Rp40k/plate) . Taste really nice! I like the sauce! ^^
After a short walk around the town, we call it a day by proceed to our spa and facial session to relax ourselves :)
Be reminded that you have to get naked for the spa session. Call me paranoid. I just feel so geli .. lol.
After our spa session, we proceed for our dinner at the famous bebek bengil and celebrate Charlotte's birthday. There goes our second day in Bali. :)

Day 3: 170111

Again.. we dreadfully drag ourselves up from our bed and get ready to go Padang Bay for snorkelling. Snorkelling package which includes transportation, equipments and lunch cost us USD48. Well .. if you are not the person who really into snorkelling and flora and fauna, I guess better eliminate it from your itinerary. I won't deny the fun going out off the sea. The clear blue crystal water is so nice! But I dont enjoy dipping myself in that cold wavy water which in the end cost me to vommit out my yummy tuna satay. (Oya.. something worth mention is, on our way to Padang Bay, at Gua Lawah .. there is a stall selling super duper yummy tuna satay! Seriously damn nice!) But still .. I snorkel the sea in Bali! (what ever the sea name is that! lol .. my geography sucks).
After finish our snorkelling session, we went back to Ubud and check out from our homestay and our driver Mr Abadi fetch us to our next destination, Sukawati Market. It's another market that sell souvenirs and not much difference with the previous two. I don't know about you, but I prefer to have privacy while doing my shopping, not voices and hands everywhere promoting stuffs. And fyi, when you are doing shopping at any of the souvenir markets, you ~~can~~ MUST bargain up to 70%. And if you are still not satisfy, walk away and they will offer an even lower price! But still there is nothing interested me to buy. Unless I own a new house because there is a lot of house deco stuffs you can get from here.
After a short walk in Sukawati Market, we then headed to Uluwatu (entrance fees Rp10k) to watch sunset. Nice one and a must go too! We missed the kecak dance though. And after Uluwatu sunset, we headed to Jimbaran for seaside candlelight seafood dinner. From our study, we planned to go for Lia Cafe, but our driver discourage us and suggest us to try Baliku Seafood Restaurant. No doubt, the food is good but ..its quite pricey. Rp750k for sharing of 5. The feeling of having dinner on seaside (on the beach itself) is really nice, but I don't like the idea that it is lit only by candle.. that is too dark!
We call it a day and back to our hotel Masa Inn for a rest.

Day 4: 180111

It's our last day in Bali. So on that day, we did not dreadfully drag ourselves up. Instead we end our beauty sleep at 8am and have our breakfast then proceed to Duty Free Shop (DFS). There you can get the branded things with duty free. Also available is Bali local products. I'm not sure about the price but my dictionary doesn't define that as quite cheap.
We then continue to Tanah Lot. On the way, we stop at a shop selling the famous Kopi Luwak, which is really an expensive coffee, but to no avail.. I do not know how to enjoy coffee. LOL.
We then reach Tanah Lot (entrance fees Rp10k) and enjoy the scenic view. It would be better to come here and watch the sunset, but due to our flight is in the evening, we have to make it here in the noon which cause us sunburnt! Haha.. anyhow, the view is really nice and worth to go.
After Tanah Lot, we really had too much time to be spent before departing to airport. So we end up going back to Kuta town to walk around, since we haven't really spend time wandering around there. It's a nice small city walk and I spent a lot at Matahari Square buying junk foods! LOL. The price in the food mart is cheaper compare to what I had saw in the past few days. There is another mall nearby named discovery shopping mall. But we didn't make it there.
We then rush to Kuta Beach for awhile. The waves is really strong that I don't see anyone swimming. I guess it's better to surf at that type of wave condition. That was our last spot before we head to the airport and say byebye to Bali.

Overall, we can say to be so lucky all along this trip. The driver told us it's been raining cat and dog the day before we came. Although it still rains while we were there, but we manage to do what we planned to do and the sun do come out to set for us to see at Uluwatu (before we reach there, it is raining!). In addition to the last plate of the famous babi guling! (We had the last plate before they close shop and they are closing for a few days because they are shifting away!) And the rain stop for us to have our seaside dinner at Jimbaran. Plus a lot a lot more. We are lucky! =)

The whole trip include air ticket cost me RM1400. (a bit off my budget though)

p/s : I will upload the pictures and more information tentatively.

p/s : I think I made a lot of grammar and language mistake in this whole ~~blog~~ essay.. but I'm so sleepy and my brain doesn't function well. Hehe.. Good Night and Happy CNY! ^^

::Chili's @ Midvalley::

2011-02-01T19:41:00.002+08:00

One not so fine day after a Saturday whole working day.
And someone got his bonus .. wuahaha .. *evil grin*

So that someone kesian-ly been drag to Chili's. *nowadays I'm so broke that I have to accuse people to treat me nice meal :P*

The free flow of juice which sucks badly! What kind of juice is this? It's more like 90% water and 10% juice. The so call free flow is just NOT WORTHY at all for RM8.95! Even my canteen which sell fruit juice for RM1 taste far better.

I like the environment though. Luckily the environment save the marks. Guess you pay just to eat at this kind of environment, huh?
The bar.

Monterey Chicken RM26.95.

Marinated, grilled chicken breast with BBQ sauce, beef bacon, cheese & diced tomatoes. Served with mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy & seasonal veggies. Ok.. This one is good.

Grilled Salmon with garlic & herbs RM37.95.

8 oz salmon fillet seasoned with garlic & herbs. Served with rice and seasonal veggies.

Hrmm.. I like the chicken better.

Well .. I'll give marks for the environment and foods but not the drinks.

Chili's Grill & Bar Restaurant.

::Lala Chong Seafood @ Ara Damansara::

2011-02-01T19:02:00.004+08:00

The first loh sang for this year ^^

Grilled lamb with mint sauce. Nice! Had always like this ^^

Satay. Believe me. After a taste of satay in Bali.. you wouldn't think the satay here is anything anymore - to date of what I had had.

Lala! I like the way lala is cook in this way too. But this one just feel quite spicy to me. Sorry, my level of spicy acceptance is similar to those of baby's tastebud.

Salted egg crabs! I used to love crabs until that one fine day when I suddenly lost interest on crabs already - I don't mean this day when I'm at lala chong ya. This taste not bad actually.

Tuna paku-pakis. Special one! Should try make this at home. Hee..

Loh Sang! The very first one for 2011. I'm fond of tossing it but not really fond of eating it.

The coliqs =)

ByeBye 2010, Hello 2011

2011-01-14T21:32:00.002+08:00

It's a little late, I know.
It's been a long long time I didn't 'write' here too. I know.
Excluded those I wrote and deleted. Lol.

I had been busy for such a long long time. Busy busy busy. But ain't sure what am I busy at. And will continue to be busy at this moment and the moment after this as well.

2010 had past for half of a month already. Time really flies *only night time, not the morning time. only on weekend, not on weekdays.*

What had happened on 2010? I barely recall. Too many things happen. Way too many. In summarization, I only can say 2010 had been a turning point in my life. To a happier me, to a saddist me or still the same me? Different people had given me different opinion about me. For the 'blur blur' me .. nothing really changes. Life still goes on. And so does the daily complaint. Hrmm..

2011.
A lot of small small things I wish to do. Which I had been procastinated for so many years already. And also to take things seriously with gratitude.

Amen.

:: Bel Pasto @ Taman Usahawan Kepong ::

2011-01-02T21:17:00.002+08:00

Bel Pasto Set lunch #1 RM9.90
Comes with .. a choice of soft drink and ..

Soup of the day. And for today is Chicken Cream Soup. Nice~

A choice of Spagetthi or Pizza.

And I'd choose Spagetthi Bolognese.

Hrmm.. not up to my expectation. Not the nicest I'd ever try. :)

Set lunch #2 RM14.90

Comes with a choice of ice lemon tea or ice peach tea .. and ..

Mushroom Soup! Nice!!~

A choice of pizza or spagetthi.

And he'd choose Hawaiin Pizza.

Hrmm.. okie.. not too bad :)

C-G-16, Jln Metro Perdana 3
Tmn Usahawan Kepong
52100 Kepong, KL.

::Sushi Tei @ Tropicana Mall::

2011-01-02T21:07:00.003+08:00

New Year eve lunch :)

Hot Ocha.

Avocado Prawn Maki RM6

Unagi + Cream Cheese Maki RM6

Tempura Prawn + Rice RM14

Tuna + Egg + Rice RM13

Sushi Tei in my opinion is not bad. Compatible with Sushi Zanmai standard :)

::Kissaten @ Jaya One::

2010-12-31T08:22:00.003+08:00

Christmas 2010.

To be honest, I never anticipate Christmas. Reasons is .. I don't like going for countdown - pushing around with so many people, innocently being spray. I don't understand the joy of that. And my friend once told me, Christmas .. is for people to gather with family and friends, exchange gifts and go to the church, and not to the malls and pushing around. I agree with this.

So well..

Anyhow .. this year is the first time I kind of involving in Christmas. (Ok.. I know I'm being Jakun) .. But of course not to the malls, pushing around, doing countdowns. I had had several Christmas gathering with friends and do some gift exchange and I find it quite fun :P

Fun in a sense of giving and receiving. :)

During Xmas eve, my initial plan is to do some housekeeping and go to sleep. But after some thoughts, that would sound so bad to do that and in the end, we end up going out for Xmas dinner which burns a hole in the pocket. Hahaha..

I'd choose Kissaten, hoping it won't be so crowded and with the roof top seat, hoping for nice view. The turn out is .. a family is having gathering up there and it's kinda noisy for such a nice ambience. (Sorry, I'm that fussy)

Bad news #2 is they only have their Xmas set which cost RM58+ for a set. No choice.

My orange juice! RM8?! This is soo nice!

The set comes with pumpkin soup which taste like mushroom soup to me.

Appetizer of unknown name.

Spring chicken!
Knowing the portion will be big, we just order one set to share.
The chicken is too plain for me. Although it says that there is black pepper sauce, but I don't taste it. Inside the chicken is stuff with pasta which is also tasteless for me.

We add on German Sausage for the price of RM25. Not to my favour though.

Nonetheless, it's a new experience for me - I mean the Xmas eve dinner :)

So hopefully in the coming year, I could have this kind of 'celebration' again :)

::Birthday 2010 ^^::

2010-12-31T07:34:00.005+08:00

2010 birthday is over. 2010 is coming to an end too. Welcoming the 2011 :)
I'm taking this chance to thanks all my friends for the birthday lunch/ dinner/ cakes. This year is very much different from the previous year where previous year, I had been having parties and parties and parties. Nonetheless, celebration from the closest still remain. This is how you know which is the most valuable people in life =)

Nonetheless, I had been enjoying and feel very much grateful for the celebration this year too :)

First celebration was from Lembing Gang~

Consists of newly made friends in 2010 when we had a short trip to Lembing, newly friends made in 2010 from Kepong gang and one old lovely friend - Yunn Yunn :)

Thank you very much to Steven for the effort! Love the simple lunch. Love the gifts exchange. Love the photo session. Love the jokes. Love all of you ^^

Thank you guys and girls. Hopefully this coming 2011, we will have a short trip together again yo!

Second birthday celebration was from BFF :)
A never failed celebration since few years back. And each year with a 'different me' isn't it?
This year still remain having Japanese foods but not buffet d. Sad :P
Nonetheless, the foods is nice! Very nice. :)

Ah Beng is one of the bestest buddies that never fail to be my victim of mumbling. Hahaha.. Thank you very much for being there for me always. For all the craps and advise and craps. Don't ever 'dump' me yo!

And this lunch is more special with Li Xin appearing! One of my best ji mui who doesn't talk a lot but have great sensor and great love for friends and pure pure heart and she can give great advise if you need one :)
You know.. being with me too much will make you evil :P

Surprise continues with a hand made birthday cake from dear Yunn Yunn :)
Hehehe.. Gan dong! Thank you very much for the efforts dear!*love* :)

3rd Birthday celebration is also a never failed every year from best buddies - Edwin and Bok Yao :)
Starting since our life in UKM up until now and hopefully until we grow old together :)

Love you two lots too!
Also is the 2 who always there to listen to my mumble. *Realise I love to mumble a lot*
Although we only meet up once in a while but I love that everytime we meet up, I won't have that stranger feeling with both of you :)

The last but not least for this year is from deardear it self :)
Sorry that I had to made you adjust and adjust and re-adjust your plan and end up screw up all your plan. Wahahahaha... *flexibility - that's what I love about you* :P

Nevertheless, I love that surprise a lot! *do it more often can? :P*
And although we only had a ~~not so~~ simple meal but I'm content as really feel like having that meal. Haha .. (we had enough of good meals all the time!) Thanks for everything! Love you lots! :)

And also not forgetting a simple dinner celebration from my parents. :)
The most valuable assets of mine. Thank you for everything!

So that's it.. end of my 2010 birthday. I'm old d! But the more you grow old, the wiser you are, isn't it? :P
And also thank you everyone for the wishes and greetings :)
Have a happy new year 2011!~

::Tak Fok Restaurant @ Bandar Puteri Puchong::

2010-12-25T09:33:00.002+08:00

4th Birthday celebration :)
A simple dinner requested by me as I have this craving for crabs! Nyek nyek..

Tofu balls..

Tak Fok restaurant which have another branch at Kepong is famous for the low price of crabs. RM2+/kg, with terms and condition of must add on 2 side dishes. But it still cheap. :)

::Caff Italian @ Bandar Puteri Puchong::

2010-12-25T08:40:00.003+08:00

My 3rd birthday celebration:)
With besties Edwin and BokYao. Love the feeling of things doesn't change even after years :)

Wild Mushroom Soup.

1/2 dozen of escargot.
Mushroom Spagetthi
Aglio Olio Spagetthi

Pizza~

Restaurant operates from 12pm-3pm and 6pm-10pm. The foods is nice with affordable prices. But doesn't really like the service by them.

No 44, Jalan Puteri 2/2,

Bandar Puteri Puchong.

03-8061 5606

::Ishin Japanese Dining @ Old Klang Road::

2010-12-24T18:37:00.000+08:00

Second birthday celebration for me for this year, and the 4th year with bff Ah Beng and Li Xin. :)
We like japanese foods so much!~ This time we didn't go for buffet though.

Missed the junction and play the U-turn game. Haha.. Hints.. it is located right opposite of Mobil petrol station which located on the opposite road, along old klang road. After pass by Shell on your left, drive slowly, super slowly and turn in at the first junction (if I'm not mistaken, it's the first junction). There is no way you can see the place if you don't turn in. Turn in the junction and it magically appear on your right. :)

This is so nice! Perhaps I should learn how to make this myself :)

Cawan Mushi RM8. Nice!~ ^^

Pheonix sushi. RM22. Nice!!~

Teriyaki Salmon RM19. Nice!~

Seafood Teppanyaki Set RM19.

The foods is well.. japanese foods price. Hehe.. but they have this set lunch which only cost RM19 per set which is very very very worthy. What's more with the nice taste! Must try! :)

::Marmalade Cafe @ Bangsar Village II::

2010-12-24T18:18:00.000+08:00

My first birthday celebration this year. With the Lembing Gang too :)

Nice to gather with all of you. Special thanks to Steven for the effort! :)

My Greenies. Apple+celery+mint. Heh heh.. Nice!~

What's this?

Cappuccino.

The Foods~ Couldn't recall the name and price of the foods already. As I remember, it's not pricey at all. Below RM20 and the foods is quite healthy. Taste nice too :)

::Plus8 @ Bandar Utama::

2010-12-10T21:27:00.004+08:00

Gathering again .. cheap foods with nice ambience?! There they go .. "testing" me again. So this time I suggest Plus 8 as recommended by a coliq. I never been to this area actually. And when venue pop out, most of the gang said they always pass by but never been into it. So .. great. Let's try! =)

Fruit Cocktail Punch RM5.50 .. tasteless.

BU Tropical Punch RM5.50 .. taste like cough syrup @@

Borsch Soup RM4.90 .. this is okie.

Cheese Baked Pasta with Bacon Chicken RM11.90

Pasta Lamb Ragut RM13.80

Click here for their menu and more information.

I think the menu is too limited. The foods is a No-No. Price is okie. Ambience is okie.

Choices is up to you ;)

::Levain Boulangerie & Patisserie @ Jalan Imbi::

2010-11-28T15:52:00.005+08:00

Everytime when I suggest this place as gathering venue, friends will respond me with "Eat bread r?" .. LOL.. My dearest friends, this place serve not only breads, but cakes, macaroons and of course set meal such as spagetthi as well! =)
And with a nice ambience, why not here?! Except for the heavy crowd especially during weekends .. which may be a spoiler after all.

There you go .. with the price.
The bread is really very very nice :
Will come back for the main meal someday :)

http://www.levain.com.my/

LeVain Boulangerie Patisserie (right beside Fukuya)

No. 7 Jalan Delima, Off Jalan Imbi,

55100 Kuala Lumpur (*map*)

03 – 2142 6611

Open: 8am to 8pm – DAILY

::Yikee Seafood Bak Kut Teh @ Tanjung Sepat::

2010-11-28T15:43:00.002+08:00

Our first stop on our one day trip to Tanjung Sepat was Seafood Bak Kut Teh for our brunch.
There is two restaurant that serve seafood bak kut teh in this small town and we opt for Yikee.

Fish Paste in Clear Soup – RM6 onwards

Seafood Bak Kut Teh – Seasonal Price. With Fish Meats, Pork Meats and Prawns inside.

Total damage is RM60 for 4 of us, which I somehow feel it is quite expensive.

Restoran Yikee Seafood Bak Kut Teh
Address : 247B, Jalan Besar, Kampung Baru, Tanjung Sepat, Selangor
Contact No : 03-3197 4907

::Ocen Seafood Restaurant @ Tanjung Sepat::

2010-11-27T15:09:00.005+08:00

Located just beside the lover bridge at Tanjung Sepat.
As review read from other blogs, saying this restaurant serve nice and cheap foods - agree!
All the below cost only RM81 ^^

If we knew the price is so affordable, we could have ordered prawns and fish as well!
First time ate seafoods until so happy because it really is very cheap! ^^

Ocen Seafood Restaurant

Lot 109 Jalan Laut 42800 Tanjung Sepat

Tel: 03-31974443

::New York Deli @ 1 Utama::

2010-11-27T14:54:00.003+08:00

My second visit here.
My personal view would be.. pricing is normal and foods also normal. Acceptable level la. Suitable for gatherings as well. Just like us :)

New York Spagetthi .. with cili padi. LOL.

Cheese Chicken RM23.90 (I think). Ok only.

Latino Chicken RM18.90

Nothing special to be shout about. The thing that I love here is the green apple cooler drink. Hehe..

::Ole Ole Bali @ Solaris Mont Kiara::

2010-11-27T12:19:00.000+08:00

Continue with a birthday dinner for AhBeng :)
Sorry for not doing enough homework and look for the best Japanese buffet for you this year. Due to time and financial constraint. :(

Anyway .. hope you did enjoy the very large meal of Balinese foods :)

Ole-ole Bali at Solaris has no much difference with the branches in Sunway and Puchong, be it interior, menu or taste wise. But interior in Solaris is nicer because the space is wider.

Anyway .. the drinks and foods ..

Mojito Mint RM11. TOO sour for me!

Nasi Campur RM33.
Super large portion! I like this coz it contains variety of dishes, but seriously the portion can be shared 2 person.

Lemongrass Chicken RM26
Super big portions @@

p/s : personal view .. the foods taste kinda normal already for me =.=

Ole-Ole Bali

J-OG-15 & J-OG-16SOHO KL,

Solaris Mont Kiara,Kuala Lumpur.

::Starbucks @ Genting Highland::

2010-11-27T12:07:00.000+08:00

The many many times to starbucks genting this year.

But this is the only one with my BFF this year :)

*Still love sitting enjoying a cup of tea uphill ^^*

Blueberry Cheese Muffin RM6.90
I dont like.

Blueberry Cheese Cake RM10.90
I very like!

Java Chip Frapuccino.

p/s : I miss those time when we hang out in Boh Cameron enjoying our cup of tea with craps :)

::Woo Pin Fish Head Noodle @ Kepong::

2010-11-27T12:02:00.000+08:00

The famous fish head noodles.
I think there is quite a number of branches available around Klang Valley.

With the price of RM7, I would say it's quite worthy as the portion is quite large with fishes!~

QC taste wise .. not so accurate and varies from time to time.

Nice~ another option would be the fish had been fried first.

Due to my lazyness to look out for bones, i ordered the fish paste, which not to my favour as the pepper is too much (ops.. i dont like pepper that much) .. and fish paste tasted like fish balls.. go for the fish meat. Would be better. :)

Woo Pin Fish Head Noodle
No.16, Jalan Metro Perdana Timur 2,

Taman Usahawan Kepong,52100 Kuala Lumpur.

::Ulu Yam::

2010-11-18T19:13:00.003+08:00

During our last trip to Fraser Hill.
We stop by Ulu Yam to have a try of their famous Loh Mee.

Disappointment.. the restaurant the bf used to go has yet to be ready to serve customer. [They only start serving after 12pm for lunch]

So we were intro by the locals to the one right opposite to the one that is introduce by Ho Chak before.

The restaurant famous fish cake. Braised Pork Mee Hon. This is not bad. Loh Mee.
Not up to my expectations. NG for me.

p/s: I couldn't remember the price as it was so long ago already. :P

::Restoran Jeti @ Kuala Selangor::

2010-11-18T18:23:00.006+08:00

Another visit to Sekinchan =)

And another visit to Restoran Jeti at Kuala Selangor. [Sorry, I don't have the exact address nor well verse with the road to explain it here. Can try google :P]
Anyway ..

Salt Egg Soft Shell Crab~
I prefer the real hard shell crab. Disappointed that they ran out of it that night :(

Marmite Chicken.
As my last visit here, I still think they expertise with seafoods only.

Nothing to be shout about though.

::Asia Cafe Food Court @ Subang Jaya::

2010-11-03T20:56:00.002+08:00

I believe Asia One Cafe is well-known enough. A very big food court with lots of variety *actually not really a lot la coz mostly is redundant especially the grill fish stalls* .. foods varies from korean - italian - vietnamese - portugese *grill fish* - westerns - chinese - malay - etc.

Italian Pizza RM9 for small.
Taste very nice. It is a pizza grilled with firewoods. The crust is very thin and crispy. Overall its quite yummy but RM9 is a bit overprice as the size is really small!

Vietnamese foods - lemongrass grilled chicken with rice. RM7.50.
So-so only la.
Asam grill fish RM14. If I'm not mistaken, there is 4 stalls of grill seafoods. LOL.

Taste wise okok only la. Too spicy for me though.

No 2, Jalan SS 15/8, Subang Jaya 47500, Malaysia

Just opposite Subang Avenue.

::Wong Kok CCT @ 1 Utama::

2010-11-03T20:44:00.002+08:00

Too bad on that very day, Fun Taipei TeaCafe closed on 3pm to prepare for their grand opening on 7pm. Thus, we changed our venue to Wong Kok CCT at 1 Utama. CCT is not my favourite place .. just the foods is not really my favourite.

p/s : Guess the foods is well-known and quite typical. *hehe.. actually I don't remember the name of the foods and drinks and the price too :P *