Saturday, September 29, 2007

Dinner at Noodle Village, Bandar Puteri, Puchong

It's one of those tiring nights for me since after helping out my bf in the painting job business at our house...Gosh..I can't describe how exhausted I feel after that since, with all my joints and muscle aching from the painting exercise which is beneficial for people like me anyway..:P

Sorry that Ive been going MIA for a couple of days since, with the painting and also falling ill yesterday and still recovering now. :(

Here's my second visit so far to this restaurant. ..i heard that this place was advertised in our local TV programmes "Ho Chiak" sometime back , so it must be something special about the place or food which gives is a publicity, isn't it? Well, this is how the exterior and interior area of the place looks like..nice and peaceful ambience with a blend of chinese tradition decorative design hung up above the walls, lanterns, wall frames and with the solid wooden bench and tables laid out...




I ordered their Pan Mee signature soy sauce noodle to try it out since if it's called signature soy sauce, it should be something special about this dish. Erm..well, big portion! That's my initial impression when its served..wuahh..I dont think I can finish it all up either. Comparing it with my morning Pan Mee noodle at one of the hawker stalls I had again during breakfast , the size really shrinks a big difference. hahaha. Taste wise, of cos needless to say, the texture of the Pan Mee is soft and with the egg mix in with the soy sauce, it's a wholesome meal in here! Furthermore, it is garnished with chopped Yuk Sui (pork meat mixture), fried anchovis, chopped green onions and sliced mushrooms on top. Ah not to forget I love their pork balls as well. haha. :D It's nice! At RM 6.80, in big serving, coupled with a nice ambience and satisfactory taste, I don't think it's expensive at all. Besides, the one I had at hawker stalls is really crazy and Im gonna have it graded E on the scale since the pan mee texture is the worse I've ever eaten so far. It's hard and the mee clumps together. Just the exact feeling like eating hard flour not cooked properly from the mee. Yuckks.




And then he had the Pan Mee clear soup with fresh dumplings below. Something which is healthy in a way it's not too oily and no frying for the night, since both of us not really feeling well...I guess the soup its a bit too "clear" until it tasted a bit like drinking saltish water. But well, not too bad since there are few big succulent dumplings swimming in the bowl of soup. haha. At least, that makes up the whole dish. The dumplings tasted good! :) It's only at RM 6. Good choice.



And lastly of cos some real fruit drinks to go with the noodle. I had mix vege fruit juice a combination of Carrots, Apple, Starfruit and Watermelon. Wow..so nice. Just tasted exactly from original fruit extracts without preservatives . Purely blended fruit juices! He had his usual carrot milk juice, both proced at RM 5.90 and his, RM 4.50.



Total bill amount came up to RM 25 inclusive of Govt and Service charges. It's one place where you should stop by one of these days to have a healthy eating noodle in good ambience at Puchong. Price wise is pretty reasonable to me as well. Check it out yourself! :)




Restaurant Noodle Village
Address: 8G, Jalan Puteri 1/1, Bandar Puteri
47100 Puchong, Selangor.
Contact Number : 03-80618760
Business Hour : 10am - 10pm

Wednesday, September 26, 2007

Dinner at Waterlily Cafe, Puchong Jaya



I cant recall how many times was it that I've been to this place, but have not written any reviews on it still....if you are looking for one really cheap and reasonable place to have steaks , this is the choice for you...:) It's situated opposite of IOI Mall, and within visible location..you definitely cant miss as the place is brightly litted up and they have this steam air vapourising from every corners of the place outside..not sure what's the exact term to describe it to you..just head there and you will find out! Environment wise, not bad..if you are sittin outside, they have these wooden benches and tables laid out and you will notice each table will have a tiny glass of candlelight litted with some kind of sweet burning oil scent just right in front of you. I assumed that the scent are meant to kill off the smoky air which comes from their grilling process while preparing the steaks....not wanting its customers to get choaked and suffocated with the smoke before they could even enjoy their dinner! haha..:P

Hmm..initially this grilled Bali Salmon appeared to be exeptionally over grilled ..by looking at the seemingly obvious criss cross black charcoaled lines on the surface..it looks more like "Ikan Bakar" to me now..Taste wise just okay but it's fresh. Corners are the best area for me..since it has the burnt smell from their grilled utensils and suprisingly it's rather oily - Oil should have came from the salmon fats I guess! :P Nasty! But I love salmon fish. It's always my favourite no matter what at all cost. I didnt touch one bit on the salad since I dont really fancy it. This costed RM 18.90.

As for this Bali's Grilled Chicken 1/4 set, its pretty good according to him. Well at least it's cooked just nice..the gravy is given seperately which is a good thing..at least you can judge how much you need to use it or not entirely..:) This costed RM 11.90.



This is the Mushroom cream soup with Garlic bread as Add Ons, only at RM 5. Yucks..I only tasted a bit to feedback on my my review and frankly, the soup is too thick and creamy..it's more like eating cheesy and creamy solids than drinking soup! :D and the creamy solids has this strange burnt smell...I bet the chefs could have heated up the soup too long until it has thicken up. Poor preparation skill I guess!

Well, overall bill came up to RM44 inclusive of 5% Tax and Government charges with of cos one glass of Ice Kacang and Iced coffee at RM 4.50. It could have been a more decent meal if only my grilled salmon fish is not overly grilled since after that, I went home with a sick tummy feeling, a sign of indigestion. Perhaps it's too oily or I may have eaten too fast since I was hungry! :P




Restaurant Waterlily Cafe
Address : GF12 P. Perdagangan IOI,
No :1, Persiaran Selatan,
Bandar Puchong Jaya, Puchong Selangor.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Brunch at Coffee Bean, Taipan USJ

Phew...after settling my financial stuffs, Im feeling so hungry that I could only catch up with a quick brunch at Coffee Bean, Taipan...and that's when I make use of the wireless hotspot service there! It's actually been the first time since I tried it out and hey it works! hahaha.



I just ordered their Tea or Breakfast set , I guess it's supposed to be for breakfast but since I need to reserve my tummy for tonight's Mooncake dinner, it's better off choosing something light. :P This is the first time I tried this meal out, and not bad! I love the mini chicken sausages which is grilled/boiled ..too bad only two! :( The rest are errm...their smashed eggs..not too bad..it's still tolerable since for the fact that I'm not an egg fan! hehe...its' freshly served! But I left the 2 slices of bread aside since i've been stuffing myself up with loads of breads starting last week ..so the sight of bread makes me feel nauseated slightly..hahaha..what a waste ..huh!
It's only RM 12 ....try it out if you feel like going for a healthy breakie one of these days..:P



And as usual, I will definitely go with everything or nothing with my all time favourite iced fruit tea "Sweddish berries" at only RM8.50. Yummy. :D

LHDN submisson!

Damn..Im always an enthusiasts in everything going online..even much of my payment is done through the web...mobile..easy, flexible and no fuss at all...however when it comes to this LHDN thingy, procedures are somewhat troublesome...I just couldnt get my payment done through online services eventhough there are services made available through the FPX payment via E-filing website. After having made several futile attempts via FPX in E-biling, I have this frustrating error coming up "Transaction failed, server not available, contact administrator, bla bla....." !! Argghh..What happened to the system? If it's not accessible, why have it, isnt it?

It's dumb to me I think. Then this morning I gotta took the trouble to go to any bank branches available to try making my payment..not knowing "how" or what either..It's plain stupidity..If their server is really having some problem, do make it known to the customers what are the other alternative options at least, for heaven sake! Ive made my declaration for year 2006, and it's only now Im makin my payment not wanting to be fined or having incurred unneccesary billing bloated to my amount of cos....who would want it anyway, huh? So, I went to Maybank, filled up the normal payment cheques and only coming to know, that I cant! Then? What Next?
it seems you've gotta have the LHDN ref number, but what on earth is that? Even when I made my declaration, no LHDN stuff occured or noticeable anywhere stated in there! I'm pretty confused with the load of information and right procedure, just like a blind bat searching through means of payment! And there I was, been shuffled through and referred to other bank, The Public Bank, it seems do have this services..alright..alright..I went over there, and trust me, even the staffs working there were not sure about it..and asked if I had my Ansuran Number!??? God...what's that? Why cant I just pay and be done with it? What the heck...

So after going through different forms to fill up, and at last the correct one! Ive successfully settled it! Thank Goodness. But..just wanna share something in here..What's the use or point of having their services made online, everything which is supposed to be mobile, but not having any payment services made accessible to public? Is this some kind of biggest joke Ive encountered or am I not alone? If you guys do wanna make your payment, my advise is..go to the nearest Public Bank at any branches nearby and do it there..dont bother searching high and low for the online payment method via E-Filing...even if you see one really obvious links inside the website stating E-Bayaran..cos it's not FUNCTIONING! I presumed it's only meant for display ..nothing more to that!

Sunday, September 23, 2007

Wedding Dinner at Klang - Secondary school frens Meet Up!

This is me with my old time secondary school buddies!


It has been like for more than a decade almost I think ever since I lost touched with almost all my good old secondary frens when we parted our way and walk our own path of life...though I could only keep in touch with hardly a few of them..the rest are like gone with the wind...dissapearing without a trace..I admitted that , I could have done something to keep old frens close together, but unfortunately, due to time constraints, hectic schedule, etc etc , which is I guess just pretty lame excuses for humans - Myself to make ourselves feel better about something - less guilt. Isnt it sounded so ironic? Time ticks away in every second counts of our lifetime, and once it's passed, you could not do anything to turn back the clock - only possible in movies but not in reality. So, keep frens together and make time for this, you don't wanna be living a world of your own alone right? :P


Phew...i definitely have lotsa catching up to do..and you don't feel it's enough to finish and get yourself updated with your frens ongoing life ...but one thing obvious was, Im really starting to feel so, so OLD ..whatmore having been swept off your feet with shock on non stop news that almost all your frens are getting married! And you would start to think.."Erm..then what the hell am I still doing now with the singlehood status? Is it still greener and rosier over the other side or it's rotting ?" hahaha. Women at our time during our mom's stone age has already been a mother of three sons or daughters..but the trend is no longer valid right now at this century...women appearing stronger and much more capable.."Some of us name ourselves - The IronWomen"..but basically I think we "women" needs to get intune to the hard facts that no matter how successful you can be, you will need a men to make your life much more complete, to settle down sooner or later and make babies. This is a biological truth borned since "The Adam And Eve creation by God". :D


Me and buddies with the lovely bride :D

This is the "Yam Seng" session shot..haha

Suprisingly everyone of them looks just about the same overall compared to last seen...of cos much more matured - The mark of age on your face doesnt spare you the harsh truth. :P There are three different wedding held at the Restaurant Taman Rashna in Klang. it was funny that How I eventually ended up signing the guest reception book , to only realised that I was in the wrong wedding! How blur..and idiot of me. hahaha. I was petrified since after going through three of them initially, none seems to be the right one. No signs of my fren. Luckily, I didnt gave up, ended in the correct wedding after the second round of searching! Alas.

Music was too heavy and noisy that it was just purely eating and looking at the bride and groom throughout the occasion, and it's pretty boring. With the environment like, it is hardly possible that you can engage in a decent conversation , if you insist, you gotta shout your lungs out to make yourself heard next to each other. So forget it. :D The next room , was indeed a total opposite from my fren's wedding. Loud disco turbo sound busted the whole area right into our side , with bright disco lights! Gossh...and my fren's wedding is more towards the Karaoke style with songs from the 70s maybe ..sung out by some of the older generation folks...haha..so, can you imagine how would it be - the mixture? Anyway, the food tasted okay. Nothing spectacular, what more can you expect from a normal Chinese Restaurant, isnt it? Sorry that I couldnt take any pitures on it. As ..I was more interested with snapping up more pictures on my frens of cos!

Saturday, September 22, 2007

Mooncake season - Part 3 & Happy mooncake Festival to all!



Hello..here's my review for Mooncake season 3..hehe which I've earlier promised to add up more pictures on my review..so here you go...this particular brand is unlikely been noticed by anyone since it's not exactly localised here in KL or Klang Valley...it's the Fushan Brand..perhaps this name only rings a bell to Ipoh-rians since it's a very popular brand over there. There's not much publicity in KL town itself since there are plenty other competitors outside...Keeping it on low profile is probably the humble nature of the manufacturer owner for this brand. ;)

I love the box design and especially the bag! Look at the flower prints design in green background...it looks much similar to Batik cloth isnt it? :P Basically Mooncakes are pretty much the same taste as any other brands out there...nothing distinctive about it...agree? What attracts and makes it different individually is only the exterior design of the packaging.

After the third season of writing about mooncakes, it's finally nearing Mooncake festival, actual date is this coming Tuesday! Hurray!! Im gonna save some mooncakes to eat it on actual day celebration of cos...No lanterns walking , just a get to-gether dinner outings with my family ..and that's what we have been looking forward to...It feels childish walking with litted lanterns on streets, calling and singing ba ba black sheep...not exactly what Im gonna picture myself doing during this festival...hahaha. But definitely, lantern decoration is a MUST along the gates and fencing of our front house...else there's no slightest lantern mood singing in the air inst it? :D

Alright...that's what ill be doing, what about you guys? Anyhow, do enjoy yourself in this auspicious occasion and "Happy Lantern Festival to all readers who happen to catch by my site here!" . Cao~

Friday, September 21, 2007

Wild Goose Chase for 5 restless hours!

I woke up early in the morning on a bright sunny day, supposingly I need to accompany him to register for our new house Electricity & Water bill which long been overdued and delayed. The place at Sepang is where we headed to at first for the electricity registration. Heck ..im thinking..why is there such a big deal of difference between one housing area in Puchong divided into 2 different electricity provided by TNB. Does it makes any sense to you? It is unfortunate that his is supposed to be done at Sepang and not under MPSJ which is apparently where Bandar Puteri is.

It's at least an hour long drive from Shah Alam to Sepang , heat rising up above and trust me, just one hour of sunburn is enough to kill me...when we reached there, there was this Malay lady telling us, oh no..yours is not here..should be in Bangi...that's it..u came to a wrong place. OMG....i almost drop dead with that statement..why's the hell is that? We argued explaining that we have a fren indeed staying right behind our area and he just got his registered in Sepang, right here...we were so confused...and as I've always wanted a persistent answer from the lady, I asked her , so now where can we go settle this? Why can't we just get this thing done from your online system? Can't you track and update it? Again, same reply, stating we cant do this. We track your area by the code printed in your electricity bill statement..do you have that? We can check..since it's a new house, we dont have any to prove with any statement..that was when my bf quickly call up for help from his fren staying in Puchong, got the code and she checked..this is suppose to be at Bangi, she concluded. So, the big problem which we could not understand was how can it be a two different places in the same area?

Arghh...I've almost lost my patience...so feeling restless enough, we head up to Bangi..which along the way, we cross and make many rounds from dengkil out and in again, passing by remote areas with super narrow and winding lanes , end finally squeeze ouself out and we managed to locate the TNB. Phew...what a sigh of relief..which then, came another big second blow..coming in unprepared with documents and photocopy and stuffs, bla bla...how can things get worse by now ...we came in with empty hands and were advised to get all these prepared only can register....Im just gonna conclude that, TNB being one of the sole provider in our country, which makes billions of revenues, as a matter of fact is falling short of even the basic and most simplest service to cater to its customers..how can such a company dont even have a photocopy machine and stamp counter be made easily accessible for the customers??? I'm starting to question the reliability of their system and overall capability....forgive me for this irrespectful statement.

Hence, scarcely knowing where to start and hunt for post office to buy stamps and photocopy machines, we wasted almost 2 hours hunting these places down, just like going for a wild goose chase. It's really getting in to my nerves at that point of time. It's nearly 2pm and we were feeling so hungry and tired. Arrghh..it's simply frustrating..No sign boards or any road banner giving us the slightest hint on the whereabouts of Post office is really testing the limit of our patience....I couldnt remember how many stops we've made , how many different people we've asked on getting to the nearest post office...damnn....Shouldnt it be sensible enough that places like this, should have been built at strategic locations such as shoplots, complexes which has a profound landmark that can be noticeable to everyone? NO! Instead it's totally the opposite. Goshh...seriously I couldnt believe it.

Luck came up from our final battle of time, and we managed to find it! Guess where!??
It's situated right in the area of factories with no signboards nothing indicating the post office logo. How do they expect everyone to find it? How remarkable isnt it?

It's time the government should at least have better road signs and road banners put up in remote areas especially and to upgrade TNB system and start promoting greater flexibility on its' services...Think about it...

Alright..im feeling tired now..gonna catch up with some good sleep as my head is spinning and im suffering from heatstroke due to the exposure of heat for 5 hours consecutively! See ya around....Have a nice weekend. :D

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Suffering from Fake PST or Emotional Wave syndrome?

Tonight's again one of the exceptional weird days where I'm just feeling sick and down about every damn thing...even the slightest issue or item if it was brought up, would be doom and sent to the darkest universe ...Nothing feels right. Duh...It must be the sudden fake PST syndrome attack again on me..or rather I assume that generally almost 70-80% if women do occasionally become victims of these massive widespread disease which sub consciously mostly none are aware about it. It may be noticeable depending on the level of tolerance your system gets into you, some hardly seen at all even if you are ONE of them!

I must THANK god for human creation of web cyber space technology and the creation and formation of blogging which indeed become saviour of my life!..Believe it or not, YES it is. It is where I could channel all my diversify energy and emotions towards one spot, and keep myself focus - Somewhere which I could get some distraction off the mood swings and effect of Fake PST syndrome disease.

I'm busted , and mind spinning but empty....I need a productive plan, a self satisfaction plan and activities which is gonna keep me moving and motivated for 2 weeks and 3 days , to ensure that I'm back to work, back into realm of reality and charged fully again! So, anyone, any ideas? !? Definitely, it's gonna be something useful in the list of my toughts currently...banking, income tax, car servicing,shopping,beauty spa - pampering myself after a long day of hard work and never ending post stress, and pre stress at work, .......Agreee???

Anyway, Im gonna stop right here..before i started writing something else which is far more worse and absurd beyond anyone's comprehensive understanding ..hahaha...

Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Fat One Steamboat - Dinner Box for myself


Tonight I decided to just settle for some light snacks since I've been having too much of food intakes which makes me feeling very guilty what more not been working out for ages..gosh..what a super unhealthy lifestyle .:(

Then this little franchised food business "Lok-Lok" came up to my mind...PreviouslyI had tried this outlet at Bandar Puteri as well, but difference is we mingled and joined in the crowd of eateries standing nearby the Lok-Lok van to gobble and choose what we like and finish up there itself. To be frank, I dont really like the idea of standing while having food forcing down your throat, it seems as IF you look likea hungry ghosts wondering off streets without a place to settle down comfortably for food. haha.Besides, secondly...it's bad for your digestion. But fact is, this is how the term "Lok-Lok" came about and that's how exactly they run the business.It has many other franchised outlets located at every other corners of heavenly food places, popular spots which is nearby shopping complexes and usually a well developed area with many entertaintment outlets crawling nearby which gains popularity.



However, for this time, we decided that we should just go ahead with the idea of "TaPau" bungkus balik back home to eat it later. haha. Which actually in the end, turns out to be a bad idea. Those fish balls, especially the fu-chuk and squids tasted cold and clammy...it's not crispy enough, it has lost it's original "Lok-Lok Concept" - the idea of eating it hot from steaming boiled water where you dipped it in to cook. It's just the reverse of Lok Lok enjoyment and fun described above. haha. So one word of advice,if you happen to try out Lok-Lok, please be one of the hungry ghost crowds, stay put where you are and enjoy it there! :D As a matter of coincidence perhaps, I've suffered from an uneasy tummy feeling right after eating it back home. Luckily no "food poisoning" for me. Thank God.





Prices wise pretty standard, which I bet these Lok-Lok business owners, do gain profitable share on the selling price quoted. Basically, Normal Fish Balls, Meat Balls, Fish Balls stuffed with meat or vegetables are selling at RM1.20 per stick. Squids are selling at RM 2.00 per stick. Then the Taiwan Sausage which we ordered is selling at RM 1.80 per stick.Other varieties which you can find there basically cost you at RM 1.20 per stick (Almost all of it). So, you can eat , and eat till you drop...and you still have a balance of half amount you fork out from a piece of RM50 note! Worth it? :) Try it out and you will know.


Fat One Steamboat
Situated just in front of Citibank, across Giant Hypermarket at Bandar Puteri, Puchong
It's really easy to find. You surely wont miss it. :P

Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Mooncake season- Part 2 (Premium Mid-Autimn Gift, Fabulous Design)


The interior looks like this..wrapped up in nice embroidered cloth which looks like a mini bag tied up with strings. They have a complimentary box of green tea in the centre apart from the four mooncakes placed at all four corners. So pretty isnt it? hahaha.This was the best design I've seen so far.


It's always the Mooncake festival when we ended up with many nice cute boxes for keeps.Recently my sister bought in another set which is really beatiful. The box is made of hard solid wood and has this ancient silk cloth which is sewn on the front cover as decoration. THis is how it looks from the exterior view.



These days mooncakes festival is not all about mooncakes itself isnt it? It seems to me , the trend is more towards which brand could give the nicest design mooncake boxesto attract and pull customers attention towards buying their product. hahaha. It's pretty obvious to me.



Sunday, September 16, 2007

Family Dinner at Mizi Shabu Shabu, Bandar Puteri, Puchong


Tonight, me and family decided to head for Mizi Shabu Shabu for some Japanese food and it's also part of my dad's treat turn for us all. :P Initially my dad actually preffered Chinese restaurant, knowing him , his traditional roots. haha.But over much persuasion and instigation to my mom, he finally gave in to give this place a try. I was just over with a load of Japanese ordeal yesterday night, and really had a bad and bloated tummy the whole of morning till afternoon today, and I really do not want to stuff myself again! :P So taking in something light, non greasy, and going more vege is a wise decision after all. hehe..



Here's how the restaurant looks like from the outside..Impressive design isn't it? Cute lanterns?Upon approaching the entrance, there were obviously mini crowds started grouping around inside area near counter and also outside....they have these benches outside and also inside area as well for customers to sit and wait while having their turns to be called in"With a Ticket Pass". LOL. My dad made a funny joke out of this idea, saying it seems that WE are one of those sick patients waiting patiently for our turn to come like in the clinic.Business definitely seems promising here, what more with all the publicity from bloggers,that proven what we see, enough said.:D We took the one upstairs with closest view to window.Nice...haha.While waiting for almost 30 minutes, we were deciding and talking on what orders we should be calling and Im already feeling so hungry and tempted especially after eyeing those food laid inside the refrigerator as display.It's REAL by the way!! :D





And this is how the interior part upstairs area looks like..cosy and ideal for family outings and gatherings right!? In fact I noticed that most of the crowds consists of old and young a typical family outing , and we are one of them..Ah...Snap, snap, snap..there goes me,my usual habits and hobby, an obligation which I took up not that long ago. :P





Each of us will have our own mini stove pots to play with on the table. COOL right??So far, this is the first I've seen even though the ones we went yesterday was not. And in fact, it's really a brilliant idea since we dont need to juggle and fight over scooping up our foods to eat...u can just have it, eat it at any pace you wish, no fuss. Just sit, relax and enjoy!! hahaha. We had everything laid down properly including their special made chillie (i bet u are gonne love it, as it blends in a combination of sesame seeds, oil, fried shallots, chopped green chilli padi's and perhaps some of their secret recipe ingredients). Yummy! And with the readily hot steaming bubble of soup in the pot, just throw in whatever you need and let it cook for just 5 minutes most!Or depending how long you wish, it's up to you. :P Just a word of caution though..if you dont want to be caught soaking in sauna due to the heat and steam vapourised up to your face,just keep it low as much as possible. haha.




Then we tried our hands on our own individual mini cooking stove with few buttons on different functions,cute icons at every side table seatings.It's really hillarious at first,since we dont know HOW to operate it..We kept pressing with our fingers, but nothing comes out of it.It wouldnt lit up. With some fiddling,finally!! Hahaha. It makes us feel... so alien at first.So for those who are new to this technology they had when you ever visit here someday, I'm gonna just give some few important tips for guidance and to avoid you fromany embarassment later on just in case...it doesnt get in to you at first sight!! Haha.To turn on the power, please press on the right most corner button shown below and the COOK button as well. The rest in between,just play around setting the temperature level from lowto high as whenever you want.That's it. How SIMPLE isnt it? :P

So as for the orders, since there were 6 pairs of us, :D we called 3 Couple Sets together with some additonal side orders below. Yummy delicious.. In fact with just RM 25 per set, it's considered worth it since me and bf really had enough, and were totally satisfied with the amount or portion. In fact towards the end, we were struggling on the left over items, their "Glass Noodle" and "Huge pieces of Cabbage".hahaha. As you can see, they have sliced carrots, fish, Fu-Chuk, Japanese Taufu,Needle Mushrooms, Pork balls,Fish balls, some different types of balls wrapped in Vege,Quail Eggs and loads of vegetables in fact.




Side or additional orders called were their Pork slices 3 plates (RM 4 per plate), Fish Slices(RM 6 per plate),Fish Balls (RM 2.50 Per plate) and Meat Balls (RM 3 per plate).Yum yum..we were really impressed with their Pork slices in fact. The meat is so thinly sliced that when you dipped it for less than 20 seconds in hot boiling soup, it's ready to be eaten instantly! Don't soak in too long since it's gonna get harden once overcooked and there u go, wasted one precious piece! hahaha. Ive regretted that we did not try their chicken slices. Should just be as GOOD.


Total Bill amount came up to just RM 130.68 including Service & Govt Charges, Ice Water,One glass of Green Tea and Honew Dew Pineapple which is fairly reasonable in fact! I will definitely make many more rounds here for sure, and MUST have my pork slices without a miss. hahaha. You should go check it out if you have not so far.It's really one place worth visiting, with some fun discovery and peaceful environment.Healthy way of eating as well.:P
Mizi Shabu Shabu Japanese Steamboat
Address: No: 17, Jalan Puteri 2/5,
Bandar Puteri Puchong, 47100 Puchong
Contact Number : 03-80603221
Business Hours : Open Daily 5pm-1130pm (Last call at 1030pm)





Saturday, September 15, 2007

Lunch at Yuen Garden Dim Sum, Bandar Puchong Jaya


Actually this restaurant was one of the main best attraction for dim sum lovers in Puchong. If you really are in the mood for dim sum , and so happen staying around here, dont bother going too far , as this can be one of your option to stop by if you havent. :P In fact this has been one of my many few visits before that, which i did not have the chance to blog it down. I do have a better shot of the place main front previously, unfortunately it 's been deleted off by now. :(
It has upstairs and downstairs section, both place with ceiling fans , no air cons. On hot sunny days, it can be quite stuffy though. Morning time is forever buzzling and packed with people as it's rather hard for you to secure a place. So, be one of the early birds if you want to avoid queueing up. haha. We usually stop by later afernoon about 12 plus to 1pm where there are ample seats left always. Hassle free. Of cos u wont be spoilt with choices since many are sold out in the morning part.



This is one of their special calls, sorry that I dont know how should I term this in English neither in Cantonese. Hahaha. I only know this tasted really good from a non pork lover opinion. :P
It has a little bit of ginger taste and oyster sauce tinch. Try it. :)




Then I ordered this Seaweed pork rolls and have it all by my own since my bf dont take it and he dislikes it. haha. I wonder why...:P The Seaweed smells really good with it.Strangely I seldom take those real seaweed thin stripes which is selling in supermarkets.Those which you just eat it alone and some comes with salt seasoning and some purely original.




And this is another quite similar serving type called the Glass,shiny Prawn Siu Mai.Erm it's my term since the outer skin that wrapped up the prawn fish paste looks glassy isnt it? What other better term can you call this? Any Idea?? hahaha. :PYum yum..this soft smooth glassy skin reminded me of the exactly same ingredient which my aunt and mom used it to make sui kaow which is stuff with sliced taufu, shredded cucumber and prawns inside and put to steam. Simply delicous and healthy.



This order was one of the best selections there. Prawn Fish Balls. Prawns are big and meat tasted succulent and fresh. Thumbs Up. :D I like it so so much. Each plate serving only has 2 pieces. Sigh..so small portion isn't it? Thats why most of the time we ordered few rounds of this.



These are their Pork Siu Mai with Egg. Hmm this tasted better than the one below. Specialty is that there's one egg yolk embedded inside the meat. Funny tough that it tasted better than just purely Pork Siu Mai alone. hahaha.It costed between RM2.50 to 3 as well.




These are their pork siu mai which is why this place is Non Halal though the word Dim Sum can actually mean it's a place suitable for Malays since logically dim sum stuffings are usually made up from fish paste. Isnt it? :P I dont really like this anyway since I prefer to have fish paste in dim sum than pork, sometimes it can really taste awful, with some funny weird smell coming from the processed pork meat. I'm basically not a Pork Eater and I dont really fancy it especially ever since the JE Virus Outbreak long time ago. haha. This costed between RM 2.50 to 3.




These are their Fish Balls. Not bad since it's so huge and its OK to me. However, Im not too sure if it's really that 100% fresh since usually all these stuffs are made up from processed meat and also, you may not like hearing it that it's also because these meat are not so fresh which is only why they are using these leftovers to make Yong Tau Fu, Sausages and frozen processed meats which you can find abundant in supermarkets and wet markets. :P This costed between RM 2.50 to 3.



Ah..I must say this is one my most favourite call each time. In chinese they call it Lo Bak Kou. I dont know how am I suppose to name it in english layman term, sorry for that. haha. But this is one of the best that I've tried so far frankly. It has this burnt frying smell which comes right from their kuali and each slices of lobak cubes tasted smooth and soft with crispy sides due to the frying effect. Just smells good. Other side ingredients added are eggs, and bean sprouts.
You should really try this, a good reccomendation in my personal opinion. However, of cos fried stuffs are never meant to be "healthy" since its full of oil. haha..and that's why it's always tasted so good. If i'm not mistaken this costed between RM 3 or else RM 4.




And these are exceptionally one of my bf's most favourite call. He mentioned that the sweet mini paos' are fresh, especially the outer skin and fillings are in great and generous portion. Look at that! True isn't it? haha..Same goes for their Char Siew Pao as well. He prefers to have the Kaya Paos. :P It's only selling at RM1 per piece.




This mini egg tarts with smooth and rich egg fillings, really tasted good. My bf especially loves it so much that he needs to order this everytime. Side pastries are crispy and nicely done. Fresh from oven. Yummy....



Sorry that the prices are little bit confusing and unclear since they dont have a menu where I can observe and note down the prices exactly.:D Total bill amount came up to RM 32.34 inclusive of Government Tax 5% and Chinese Tea. Basically, the price of dim sum are divided into 3 categories , one being RM2.50, 3.00 and 4.00 depending on the variety you choose.
I will definitely come back here again as I think this place is worth the price and value with a wide variety to choose from. Freshness wise , seems OK. Do drop by one of these days and check it out yourself.
Restaurant Yuen Garden Dim Sum House
Address: Jalan Kenari, 18 , Bandar Puchong Jaya
Contact Number : 03-80763818
Cash and Credit Card accepted.


Dinner at Sushi Station, Sg Wang KL



Why Sushi Station instead of some other many spots to eat in KL? Hahaha. Actually there is some story behind it. Well, initially I overheard someone mentioning this name and asking how to go about going there. Little did I realised that i had mistaken it for the wrong person and it's actually my Boss asking the other day. GOsh. I couldnt recall who initially.But I would rather believe it was fate and coincidence that made us choose here eventually. :P While taking a lift up to the Sungei Wang SHopping Complex,I spotted the banner advertised at one corner of the lift! It was late when we reached KL,as I needed to go hunt for some really good bargain on DVD ROM for my bf. Hehehe..:P SO not knowing where to end up for dinner, as we have to really walk over the outer streets of KL to decide, my feets were really killing me that time, it's feeling sored all over by then. So, I told him, oh no, no more walks, let's just settle down quickly at Sushi Station. It took us quite a while searching for this place cos it's situated right at the top roof of the complex, 6th Floor, where all the entertainment and toys factory are relocated to this floor.



This is how the place really looks like. Front entrance is litted up brightly, but inside it's like so dark and gloomy with red chinese lanterns hanging up. Seems really cosy. First time since I've been to such unique corner where each seats are set up in a "cubicle like" design, with see through thin nettings covering each cubicle opening which is good for couples dating out for romantic candlelight dinner in privacy..:P or even family outings! Feels really Japanese! haha.




It's actually a buffet style with RM 28.80 ++ PER HEAD. There is simply wide variety of choices which you can choose from, with the theme "EAT ALL YOU CAN" . Dont you think buffet can sometimes spoilt us malaysians? No wonder logically, we Malaysians can never be starved by hunger, but rather stuffed to death with overloaded eating, with too many spoilt choices of food everywhere. :D Each table has one single steamboat stove for cooking. Cute isnt it? Very Japanese style of stove design which you can see below.Complimentary set of Steamboat mini pot is given once you sign off for the buffet.It has vegetables, a mini plate of raw pork slices, Japanese Tofu, Stuffed Balls and a Small portion of their special Bee Hoon. We are allowed to pick one side orders each as extras.I called their Fish Umagi and my bf, ordered the Prawn set with Taugeh. Forgotten the Japanese name , oops sorry! :P




Trust me, first impression of having steamboat for Sushi place like this really feels alien especially in Japanese style. We were really making ourselves looking like a complete idiot when we first tried our hands on cooking the pork slices. It sticks to the metal round area of the stove at the top part, when we placed one slice of pork onto it to test out. It seems impossible to fry it, as by then everything would have gone smoked and burnt. hahaha. But as when we ask the waitress, how it seems the correct way of doing! Wow...haha. How on earth did these people manage that?Definitely takes a skilled person to do it. Or someone who is so regular to eating Japanese steamboat perhaps.





The grilled prawns and taugeh seems so-so to him. Since the prawns were not really fresh and the meat is not tough. A bit soggy. Yucks. Bad choice. As for mine, I always prefer calling out their fish, Unagi grilled, savoured with their own special gravy and sauce. Not bad, as the cooking style is grilled rather than fried when it comes to Japanese eating, but thank god it's not raw either. :D




One thing which makes it so worth it for some Japanese steamboat or place like this was their deals, as where you can grab, take it and have it all how much you want to consume on their sushi delights, lining up above us, moving on a railtrain....kinda cute. :PEven then I regretted eventually since we hardly could have the opportunity to try more on their beef and chicken set, together with their mussels and oysters. As initially we misunderstood that those are meant to be charged individually and you haveto pay to how much you can eat. Else it is a wastage. What's the point then right?



THe last few calls we had was their grilled salmon fish, dory fish, fried tempura and gyoza.The fried tempura came with one piece of potato fillings. Not bad. These are basically Japanese dishes which is a MUST and also my usual calls when comes to such places.Hence, we really cant take more than what we wanted to try as we are indeed so stuffed upright till our neck by then. hahaha. Having more is just forcing things down our throat no matter how delicious it is, it's the other way round. :P


Total bill amount came up to RM 66.66 inclusive of 5% Government and Service Charges, Green Tea. It's really worth it if you can eat a huge considerable amount of their selection ssince that's what they call Buffet right? haha. But how many of us can really do that?To me, I cant. However, this place is really worth visiting if you have not tried.Do Check it out, one which gives a good ambience and price worth the food and service it has to offer.



Restaurant Sushi Station Address: Inside Sungei Wang Shopping complex - roof top (6th Floor)Contact Number : 03- 21489898 (Do call if you get lost or can't seem to find the place)


Thursday, September 13, 2007

Dinner At Green View Restaurant, SS2


This restaurant is a well known place for food bloggers and is not a strangeranymore. In fact it's only been the third time after I visited here that I decided to write my own and share out in my very own personal blog. Situated right in the vicinity of SS2 buzzling area nearing the roundabout,this place has got it's coloured banner litted up the area which you definitely cant miss it. I remembered my last visit, it did not dawn on me that this place is somewhere which you can find good food and with fairly reasonable price.The plate of prawn which initially what we tought as the very usual call, turn out to be Sang Har "tiger prawns" which has a very huge head and tail that looks like a mini lobster rather. Bill hiked up with just this dish that costed A WHOPPING RM 80!! hahaha.It scared us like shit and for a long time since, we hardly visited this place.Tonight is one special occasion where Im celebrating my new coming job , so the idea of dropping by this restaurant came in. It was initially my dad's suggestion anyway to give it another chance..hehe....so thinking,why not? :P




These are their snacks, peanuts and geen chillies to go with the dish later on..we were so hungry that 2 plates of peanuts are finished up in less than half an hour. hahaha.




The first dish was "Pai Kuat" Pork ribs. Tasted not bad,tough meat which dipped in sweet sour sauce. A considerable amount of meat substance from the ribs. I hated those where you hardly gobble on anything but just the bones. haha..so this is rather good. Costed only RM 12.




Then comes the Fish...my parents were contemplating and whispering to me that it's a bad idea calling any of it since after the prawn killer eater which we had encountered in our previous visit. The risk of getting killed by fish "Man Eater" and cost a bomb when the bill is calculated. However I insisted we MUST have fish! I love fish. haha.So we finally decided to have the CatFish ..I guess that must be it..since it has two long thin whiskers and huge flat longated head with dark grey shiny slimy skin. Im always confused between Catfish as "Ikan Keli" or "Belut" , Eel which of cos both shares nothing in common totally!! hahaha..silly me. Personally this was their call, not my preference. Its steamed in oyster sauce so the smell is similar like those fresh water fish where humans rear.Tasted raw to me. Catfish could have been one of those fatty fish which has thick layers of fat oils especially at both sides beneath the skin. Count those calories and it's pretty unhealthy to consume it every day. hahaha. Cod fish on the other hand,has fat oils in a larger quantity than some other fish, however somehow it tasted much better. But fat oils are said to give health benefits,which we consume as cod liver oils.This costed a shocking RM66. Hahaha.




Third was their La-La, Kam Heong style since we have never tried it before. Tasted normal to me, nothing spectacular. Same style of cooking, fried with sliced tiny shrimps,chillies and curry leaves. In fact it's always saltish when it comes to ordering Kam HeongLa-La. Most probably due to the dried shrimps. my dad commented that it wasnt that fresh and my bf added that he feels there's so much tiny sandrocks inside that it gave a "crunchy"feeling when he ate it. Euuw how disgusting isnt it? Hardly any meat. hahaha.Costed RM 20.




The fourth order was Yok Choy chicken baked in aluminium foil. I believe this was the winner of all the other dishes,the best so far. The chicken meat tasted so smooth and soft soaked in herbs gravy with a combination of our finest traditional chinese ingredients such as the Yuk Chuk, Red Dates, Dong Gwai,Dong Sam, Haw Thorn Berries and several other herbal add on which simply tasted magnificent. Chicken is only half portion I guess, since 5 of us , hardly feels there's much to eat. In fact, I was scooping the gravy literally even what's left inside was just those herbs and chicken bones.I love the gravy so much that I dont mind ordering two helpings on the same dish. Crazy me! :D This only costed RM 28.Fairly reasonable right?



Then as usual, we always have this practice to balance up the overall dishes with vegetables and non meat substance. So we ordered their Beancurd claypot. Ingredients added are the usual red carrots, white chinese cabbage, green peas,button mushrooms,corns and something unusual though..they added siu yuk inside which I dont fancy the combinationan as it spoils the taste of this dish generally. I dont think it blends well. No way. :PI avoided those and only had one small portion of the beancurd in the end. Taste was okay.Nothing to shout about in fact. RM15.



We then added another vegetable call. It's fried sambal belacan kangkung. Hmm..I dont think it tasted that fresh, perhaps it's been over cooked again.Dying and soggish green leaves when eaten. Haha..In fact, I told them, dont you think this feels and smelled funny? It has this quite similar odour from the toilet bowl.Yuccks. This dish was the worst in my opinion. But, weird enough the rest, disagree with me.Chuckled and dismayed, by this, they said no way. There must be something awfully wrong with my tastebud! Maybe, it has all gone haywired since I'm pampered with too many other dishes before I tasted this. :P Costed RM 12.



Well, total bill amount came up to RM 186 Round up. Inclusive of 5% Government Tax, Ice cubes,chinese tea, Peanuts, Towel and Rice. Actually, my best advice to you is, dont call seafood dishes if you MUST, and settle for meat or chicken , then you will havea fairly reasonable meal in here. Just be cautious about something in this restaurant as it doesnt even have their own menu for customers to browse through. Everything is reccomended by their staffs verbally and obviously they are taught to give a convincing persuasion about their signature dishes which has all the exceptionally beautiful price, a heavy cost to pay unknowingly when the bill comes.hahaha. This is probably some of the many tactics to run a lucrative food business. Agree? Well, we wont mind making another trip here sometime in future, but definitely keeping an eye and ears on fish, prawns and crabs. hahaha. :D


Restaurant Green View
Address: No: 6&8, Jalan 19/3,46300 Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Cash an Credit Card accepted
Business Hours : 11am-11pm
Contact Number :- 03- 7958 1076 / 7954 9263

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Dinner At Restaurant Yong Thau Foo Leong Ya - Sri Kembangan


Well, this place is so far, for the third time Ive been ever since about a year plus ago when I was in IBM. They say that this place is own and run by the same family on different branches all wiithin the same area at Sri Kembangan. But we usually recqonised this restaurant since that's where most people will flock to during lunch or anytime of the day. Business seems pretty much better here than the other branch. This place is famous for their "Chi Pau Kai" - Paper wrapped chicken. hehe..that night is considered one of those unusual nights whereby I developed this strange sudden urge and craving for Chi Pau Kai at Sri Kembangan. Maybe it's been really a long long time since, and I missed the place so much. Bring back some of the good old memories too. :P The picture above seems so deserted I know, but we always have late dinner at 9pm on weekdays. So, must I say more? :P ah, well, but you can still noticed some families and couples eating still, see there, one granny eating right far end?




We ordered our usual calls, I had "Sour Lime Drink" and him, " Leong Char". Price at RM 4.80 in total. The Sour Lime drink was extremely sour that it really sent chills down my spine and ended up with a sour sweet tongue. I love the effect of it. hahaha.



Here comes, the wrapped up version of "Chi Pau Kai" before we started our indulgence for the long awaiting dish from a distance away. :P




Slurrp...Yummy. The minute I opened up the paper, the strong smell of herbs and ginger was truly appetizing. I love the gravy so much as it's really tasty and one thing for sure, the main ingredients or secret recipe of theirs must have been the ginger since the smell stands out distinctively in the gravy. Simply awesome. No one will ever know what are the secret success of this restaurant for their famous Chi Pau Kai, so guess me? I can never fully figure out what exact ingredients are used. Do you? :) But, I reckon that the Wings part of the chicken is the worst. And too bad, my bf was unlucky he picked that one! haha. He commented that there isnt much meat or substance for him to enjoy - and it is simply not fully satisfying since he is one BIG eater nowadays. :D The breast area portion is just fine with me. RM 3.60 per piece. Cheap? Not too bad I think, since I would give them the credit on preparation skills.



Not being contented with just Chi Pau Kai to wrap up our dinner satisfaction all the way to Sri Kembangan, so we ordered their Kam Heong La-La. Taste was average, and I think probably it's a bit too salty. There's plenty of gravy if you can notice unlike some places where it's really dry. But of course the La-La meat is no way compared to those big oysters or clams which you will only get to eat in Hotels or Buffet functions. :P I bet the cost of it if you buy it from wet market, and prepare yourself, it's definitely much cheaper. This plate costed RM 10.



Here comes our usual favourite call for vegetable. It's well prepared. Fried with tiny chopped garlics and this is always a MUST for vegetables. Leaves are smooth and fresh. At RM7, the price seems reasonable enough.




And this will be their Kam Heong Fried BeeHoon. Hmm...Frankly I've not quite tasted one like how they prepared it in anywhere else. In fact, to me it should not be named as Kam Heong Fried Bee Hoon. It should be "Jawa Pedas Bee Hoon". haha..Why? Because it really has a strong Black Pepper taste that made up the whole idea for this preparation. Just too strong. If you are not someone who fancy black pepper, dont order it. :P And that probably explains why it's stinging hot! :D Ingredients are not much, the usualy brean sprouts, eggs, green onions, dried shrimps and small tiny prawns. No meat. :) Overall it is fine for me since the taste was rather unique and it's first of its kind so far. Costed you RM 10, fair enough, Huge portion!



Well, I will definitely come back to this place again for sure, since I believe that's the only place which sells really good and worth it Wrapped Paper Chicken. Total amount came up to RM44 inclusive of 5% Government tax. Dont be worry about the business hours since as late as 930pm it is still open.





Restaurant Yong Thau Foo Leong Ya

Address: No:1, Jalan Dagang SB 4/1, Taman Sungai Besi Indah

Seri Kembangan, 43300 Selangor

Contact Number : 03- 8942 5701 , 03- 8943 5701


What design you have for Tai Thong MoonCake Box this year?

Moon Cake festival is coming again! Just around 2 weeks to come..time really flies huh?I can still remember the recent ones which we had . Each year around without fail,we will start buying 2 or 3 different brands - it's like crazy buy! Shopping and grabbing back boxes of Mooncakes back. Our favourite buys are "Tai Thong", "Six Happiness", "Bakers Cottage","Kam Lun Tai".


My sister will usually be so fascinated with the box designs and shapes more than the mooncakes itself, unknowingly become as "Extrasss". So, sometimes we will give it away to relatives, my grandma or aunt. But more than often we usually dump it in our tummy and become our sinful snack in between meals. God..how unhealthy isnt it..hahaha.


This year, let's take a look at Tai Thong Mooncake Box design. Nice isn't it? Bright red box with enbossed shiny black roses against the red coloured background.Cool. :D



Here it is, how it looks like :-





Erm...actually this post isnt complete yet. Will add up more pictures when I open up other flavours of the Mooncakes..hehe..:P The above is called Snowskin White Chocolate with Tiramisu. Yummy...:P Recently I noticed there isnt much advertising to promote the mooncake even on TVs or places. Seems rather quiet down a lot huh..? It loses its popularity? Or was it , more and more of us has become sick of eating mooncakes? hahaha. Not too sure why either. But for sure something...price of mooncakes is increasing by the years. Now it is RM10 for one piece!! Goshh....

Saturday, September 8, 2007

Nutty Cake slice for Breakfast


Usually we used to buy or eat cakes outside at well known places like Secret Recipe,Cakes and Bread Shops like Berrys, Old Bakers Cottage, Kings well, just to mention these few which are the very common ones. But have anyone tasted cakes solely bought from night market or any wet market corner nearby your home before? :P haha. Well at least it's unusual or rather not common for me. What about you? I had 2 slices of it for my morning breakfast..gosh..Yumm..yummy..Cake texture is fine, smooth and it melts in the mouth. Toppings are made of Almond Nuts slices and Nuts.Main ingredients which I can tell are, butter,Nuts,Almonds and Raisins. It suprises me that even market stalls do sell nice cakes around. So, folks never judge what you eat by the look on the location wise and let certain judgement sideweight everything.:P

This simply delicious piece of cake costed RM 6.50. It's a huge one whole piece which we sliced it to 12 pieces. That made up more than a dozen more pieces of SecretRecipe's single slice which costed RM 4.50 to 5 already. hahaha. See the difference? Oh but well, of cos Secret Recipe is nevertheless always my old time favourite stops when I'm out.

Friday, September 7, 2007

Dinner at Stevens Corner, Cheras KL




This place has been talked about so much in the food blogs and is pretty well known as one of the favourite mamak spots in KL. Funny thing is Ive never step foot here even after numerous self proclaimation that it's good. Hence, tonight somehow we decided to drive all the way to Cheras on a wet and raining night to check it out.This mamak has a name which is well known to almost all the food bloggers, Steven Corners.It's a clean well built place, unlike the typical mamak stalls by the street side, of cos.In fact this outlet has opened up another Pool Club station naming Steven Corners which is just nearby to each other , most probably due to expansion of good business over the years. Place was as usual flock with people and I noticed there's many malays and Indians eateries and well, I spotted a couple of lesbians too. Not suprising since Cheras especially near that area is well known to have a favourite spot for gays, transexuals activities going around according to my bf. :D



This is their menu...I've actually asked for it since if not, the waiter would have straight away taken out a pencil and paper ready to take down our orders verbally. :P




This is another add ons from our main course. The Ayam Tandoori. Usually you can only get nice Ayam Tandoori from Indian Mamak Stalls. As Ive not been eating this for some time back, so this is the right choice for me. Served in big round onions as part of decoration, the meat initially looks small to me. THere's only 4-5 small pisces on plate, thats it. Grilled with fire, the meat is tasty.You can be rest assured that it surely has the Tandoori style to offer in taste.But for RM6, it seems a lil too expensive since the portion is really small. :PI'm a BIG meat eater especially when it is one of my favourites. haha




Since Im not satisfied with just having a bowl of noodle, we decided to try their famous Roti Bakar Telur. Not my choice, but his. As we just wanted to check out their roti specialty. So it's egg base again. hahaha. It's okay to me since the bread loaf is soft in texture and apart from the fried egg, sambal is added as side gravy to go with it. I tought it is rather unusual to have bread dipped in sambal as Ive never tried that before!! :D SO it's something different. Costed RM 1.40.



On the other hand, my bf was strangely craving for some muttons at that time. SO he ordered the Mee kering with curry Mutton.Goshh..I couldnt imagine how could I be eating those since the main ingredients are muttons in big chunks, and half done egg. Definitely it will be a waste if I order this.hahaha. He commented that it is good. The muttons are nicely done , soft and tender meat. Mee texture is on average. So overall is Okay to him.It costed same price,at RM 5.50.




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I didnt know what to order initially since what do you usually expect from mamak stalls isnt it? They have several western selections and mainly choices are of those usual mee goreng and fried stuffs with their wide selections of Roti Bakar, Nun , etc.I guess that was their specialties. I didnt wanna take too much of fried and oily stuffs since recently been putting on lots of weight around my arms..hahaha. So gotta cut it down. So I ordered their Mee Goreng Sotong. (in fact, I choosen it due to the impression that it has a thumbs up icon inprinted on the menu). SO MUST be good, eh? :P Looks can kill sometimes. As Ive got the tendency to think and sit on the fence before deciding what to order, I relied a lot on pictures. :P However, much to my dissapointment, it is really out of my expectation. The mee gravy is basically taken from normal ordinary black ketchup which tasted exactly like that. The only credit given is their fried sotong or cuttlefish in chillie sambal paste garnish with coriander curry leaves.That's the only thing to look forward from that bowl of noodle.Sigh. Garnish on top was some fried onions and chopped green onions to give it a little Ummph on taste.Oh yes,they added one fried egg with egg yolk nicely done in the middle, but I throw that away to my bf as Im not an egg fan. It costed RM 5.50


Overall, just dont put your hopes too high for a normal operating mamak stalls regardless of the fame it is given. That's my personal opinion.Just assume that anything to be serve in mamak stalls are basically very standard.To come all the way from Shah Alam to have my mamak cravings on some occasional days, frankly thats not going to be likely in future. haha. As I can just simply hop in to any mamak outlets conveniently which serves exactly the same food and price.SO, why should I bother going too far? Unless Im so happen passing nearby that area,then yes, of course there will be another chance someday. :) Total bill amount came upto RM21 (Inclusive of one glass of Iced COffee and Orange Juice).




Stevens Corner

Address: 31-39, Jalan Pandan Indah 1/22, Pandan Indah

55100, Kuala Lumpur

Contact Number : 03- 9274 9018

Please do visit their own created site for more information at : - http://www.stevenscorner.com.my/

Monday, September 3, 2007

Putrajaya Floral Festival

Oh my...another bird cage like but then decorated brilliantly with floral design, straw, and those rounded buttons..What an idea!! :D


Picture of pure elegance isnt it?? I love those design ..made up of miniature beads, sequints, and straw material...magnificent.. I wonder if they have the dress out on sale? If yes, I will grab it at any chance!




Springggg time..Can I have one of this Outfit as well? I love the fabric and colour of the short pants wore by the mannequin. haha.Minus the top.


wah...Gasp..Brilliant floral design in Mannequins...I wonder how much effort did these fabulous designer got to put in to have this ? Definitely not easy.



Garden Fairies design...this reminded me of the country side environment where you have this table set out at your very own garden outside of the countryside home ...that's when you really called Home Sweet Home..Dream House..of the other world called Fairies Wonderland. :P


Here comes the Chicken Little famous animation !! Wonderful piece of work, isnt it?? Goshh. :D




Hehe..this is the traditional chinese wedding celebration style...every single thing in BRIGHT RED. THat's always the Chinese Red symbol to usher prosperity, longevity, and luck. :D Nice cute wooden chairs there. The chinese Tea Sipping ceremony by the bride and groom to their parents during wedding and angpow given as approval and respect. Erm I dont think this is likely to apply for my future wedding..:P It will be a simple one. No fuss and all these as Im not such an auspicious lady who must stick to traditional beliefs all the time..haha.




Love is in the air..Wow. I wonder how many hundreds of red roses are tied up to create this magnificent piece of design..this is simply superb. I don't mind having those standing at doorway entrance towards a grand wedding ballroom for me and dear in future..hahaha.





Christian wedding celebration style...wow...I still prefer this than the Malay design below. Look at those crystal beads and strings hanging below..So nice. :D



This is the Malay wedding celebration design...look at those rose red petals decorated on the white bench...




This is a floral theme design by Amanda Fletcher, UK naming Rainbow Window, you cant cage a rainbow..haha..i tought it should be you cant cage the flowers? :P






Would you seriously tought of designing your own bedroom with such? To me, it looks like a bed of romance with those flowery pillows , but with the wall behind the green plants, seems like a traditional bilik kamar version with those white nettings design...and the mini bird cage by the bed side table? What's that?? No idea..haha





This looks to me like the bathroom basin for washing hands..just that those flowers are added in with some mixture of soothing and relaxation aromatherapy scent for cleansing? Not sure ..perhaps it's just some decoration.





Wah..this is the Guang Dong Garden Council in China..So unique isnt it?



Look at the Intenational Garden Knowledge Of Indus...I wish that the front flower mini fountain is place at my dream house near future...haha.



There's so much happening going on at Putrajaya aside from the international fireworks which happens to coincide with the late Merdeka celebration. This is one event which you must not miss. You will be so captivated by the different unique floral design which comes in wedding celebration category, table setup, mannequins, and even some really standalone design made up from something. These design are created by international creative designers coming from all around the globe. Be there to catch this.

Sunday, September 2, 2007

Sumptuous Dinner with Family at Bumbu Bali, Bandar Puteri Puchong



Much have been said about this particular place which what makes me and family decided to head off to Bumbu Bali. Looking at the interior design which gives an authentic Balinese environment which feels very much like home,the cute miniature umbrella sticks with the statutory Balinese symbol posters at the walls, indeed given an extra credits for the owner of this restaurant for their effort. If you are searching for some peace and quiet environment amidst the buzzling city outside, and craving for some hot spicy food on an exeptionally wet rainy days, please do visit this place if you have not. :) Popular for it's individual set of dinner platter which comes in super huge serving it offers a variety of choices that will surely spice up your tongue.






This is the main counter from upstairs seating in the restaurant. In fact, upstairs area are much more ventilated probably due to it's higher ground with windows open up for outside viewing. It is not air-conditioned but with lots of spinning fans above you. It works just fine even on hot sunny afternoon. The settings are very much in their original Balinese style with several statues placed at the corner for decoration and pride which serves their main purpose of a solely Balinese place which you can only find it here. :)



Haha..this is a one big family picture of me and my darling, together with my youngest sister and bf and of cos my mom and dad. It's very much an exceptional valuable occasion on a family outing together that we don't usually have the opportunity to. Sweet memories to be remembered for a long time to come. :)



This set was called "Nasi Ayam Bertutu"..funny that it sounded more to me like "Nasi Ayam Berkutu" ...hahaha..as I dont really understand what's the real meaning behind the name invented and why. Don't you think? This dish has 2 big portions of chicken breast which is grilled and served with lots of sambal and besides that they given another two different chillie sauce to add up the spice, with sprinkled sliced red chillies and onions. The sambal seriously tasted so spicy that after nearly finishing the whole meal, I was feeling hot and craving for iced water intensely. The Keropok Ikan Bilis I left it aside as it just couldn't get in to my system as I was stuffed up till my throat that time. Furthermore, It's very oily. This costed RM 20.50.




This set was ordered by my sister's bf. It's fried version all together. I don't like it personally since It's rather too dry for me. But it tasted good base from his comments. Same chillie sauce servings given which is standard. The only difference which distinguish each of these servings are basically whether you decide to have chicken (grilled with sambal toppings as addtional or fried), else a combination of seafood platter consists of White Squids, dory fish, prawns and Otak Otak. This costed RM 20.50 and they have a funny name for it too.. "Siap Mengoreng". Hahaha




I regretted later on that I did not place my order for this seafood platter as It seems so large in serving and I'm afraid I would have trouble gorging down these stuffs and ended up passing it to my bf and he would have a hard time finishing up extrass which will pile up more calories to his tummy which has already currently having 2 pack of tyres. hahaha. :D They call this dish "Nasi Campur BumbuBali" at RM 28.50.

Overall, the meal was a pleasant one only if it could have been served in a smaller portion. Such a serving could only fit well for Mat Salleh or an Ogre. Hahaha. But males are a better lot in eating since the males made a statement that they are still okay with the quantity. Gosshh..:D Total amount came up to RM 180 inclusive of a glass of Lemon Soda (RM 6.90), Caramel Presso (RM 8.90) and 5% of GovernmentTax. Iced water is FREE of charge. I think in terms of price wise it is still reasonable very much like other standard restaurants. SO, to say, I will definitely make another visit here again some time later. :)


Bumbu Bali, Balinese Restaurant at Bandar Puteri PuchongAddress : 18 & 18-1, Jalan Persiaran 1,Bandar Puteri Puchong, 47100 PuchongContact Number : 03- 80618699 , Fax : 03-80626698Business Hours : 11am till late including Public Holidays



My Adorable Pet, Moggie - Isnt she cute??

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Now, it's pet blogging for me..Her name is Moggie. She was brought back from the SPCA to our lovely home..and found so much happiness and she is the queen of our home now...Moggie Rules!! I can say she is the luckiest cat among the stray cats which are homeless, fighting for food and suvival..what a pity isnt it? It breaks our heart especially among the true pet lovers around. Our pet, Moggie seems to be so connected to our hearts, especially my mom who has sacrificed her full time commitment to taking care and loving her...she even sleeps in every corner of our home, not one bit of any area and corners, you couldnt find her trace and scent! :D


She will wake up every morning , with her sweet thunderous meowsss , to get out from the kitchen where we kept her locked during the night when we were asleep. Snuggling in beside bed foot, sofas, her favourite spot, and she will sleep all through the day after getting her usual morning fish treat and a short round of playful exercise routines with my mom the trainer! haha..It's good since Moggie is an old cat, needs proper diet and exercise to tone up muscles so that it wont get slobbish..just like us humans too! :P The above video capture was taken from mobile in gpp format, but I need to convert it to the supported video format. Sorry if quality was bad..


That's her! Wrestling and with her usual inquisitive behaviour, checking and investigating any item or anything which is new and unusual! And look at her gnarling and hissing towards the end as self defense when she gets jumpy and irritated!! hahaha...scary isnt it?



Do you know where is she ? She's just discovered a new spot for her territory! My sister's room cupboard top! hahaha. "Don't look at me like this? What have I done wrong?" she said that I knew it.


Merdeka! Merdeka! She shouted...haha isn't she a patriotic cat too? She knows and could feel the patriotic mood among us all during merdeka..and pledge to join in the fun too! :D

I'll definitely put in more cuter snapshots of her soon, as there's just too many to choose from. Few big albums of her, if you believe it or not. haha.

Saturday, September 1, 2007

Dinner At Ocean Palace Seafood Restaurant - Aman Suria Damansara


Much have been said about this place when I read up from the bloggers comments, hence we decided to check it out ..Here's how the outside building looks like..Much different slightly from the usual restaurant build ups we seen, dont you think? With the awnings, lanterns hung up, and blue painted colour at the top part of the restaurant? Looks authentic and unique.


This area is specially catered for smaller groups or crowds , so we were advised to choose this section. On the other right hand side corner, seperated from the wall, that area is for larger groups of people. There are many ceiling fans spinning from top, hence I dont need to worry about sweating out while having my food. Weather was hot that day. Phew...:P There's this aquariums in glass display in front, near main entrance of this section. Interesting isnt it? hehe.




Erm..see these news papers cuttings and pictures on display from their glass window? I didnt bother to read it, but was just browsing through as it catches my attention. Must be a well known place that it has it's master piece of news which tells us about their fame and glory ? haha..could be. :P


Look!! Fishes swimming in the aquarium. :D Too bad all these poor lil creatures are victims to man slaughtering...Thinking about it, made me think twice about having it for dinner.




Oh my goshhh! I gasped in aw when I first saw these huge super gigantic crabs..where on earth could you get these big crabs here? I reckon that it must be imported. I think just their hairy legs alone bearing 8 inches long or more. Their body are tied up with the legs, which I assumed it's to prevent these crabs from jumping out from the aquarium. These poor creatures seems to struggle free from their prison and attempting to walk and scrumble their way up from the aquarium. hahaha.



Here comes the fish. It was somehow uniquely prepared with light kunyit sauce, blending with chopped onions and red chillies to give a combination of sweet and spicy taste. The fish meat comes in huge and generous portion with it's soft and tender meat definitely makes you eat non stop and wanting more. Freshness is their main specialty when it comes to preparation and skill while decorating the dish with parsley, and thinly sliced carrots on top. Costed RM 22.50.



This drunken pot of prawns was my bf's favourite dish during dinner. Haha. Being not a particular fan of prawns eater no matter how it is prepared, I gave in to this call since I had the fish and other dish to make up with. The soup was magnificent. Boiled with chinese wine, thinly sliced ginger, herbs like Lin Zhi ( Traditionally used to strengthen eyes) , chopped spring onions, it was really worth trying. There are 7 pisces of huge fresh prawns in this drunken pot , which out of two were not so fresh. I wanted to call up the owner or boss to complaint but my bf stopped me from doing it since it's not neccesary to create such a fuss and can be overlooked. Hmm...I gave in anyway since we weren't their regular customers and this is our very first visit, since, so just give them a pass for this. :P This costed RM 18.





So green to the eyes isnt it?? This vegetables was cooked with slight wine to taste and chopped garlics. Tasted natural and was actually impressed with the freshness. Usually if it is not, those leave colours are slightly darker to brown. Overcooked and kept too long in refrigerator that it loses it's colour. This dish seems simple but the skill in frying and preserving the freshness is not something which you must underestimate. :D This costed RM 8.



This piece of dish was called Fried chicken in Honey Sauce. I wanted to give it a try since it appears to be something different from what we usually ordered when we visited the chinese restaurants. Perhaps I was blinded by the unique name that he tought it is slightly harder and too salty. To me, it wasnt an exceptionally spectacular dish after tasting since it is fried and perhaps was over fried till it seems a bit harder from the outer skin. Dipped in thick honey sauce to serve with sliced green pepper, chillie , onions and ginger. I guess the chicken tasted more of honey substance rather than the originality of the dish itself. However overall, it is okay. Small portion for a price of RM16 Huh...:P


Total bill came up to rm 81 for two. Pretty expensive slightly from the usual restaurants I think. Amount came up with inclusive of chinese tea, towel, snacks, rice and 5% government tax. It was quite a suprise since I noticed this restaurant has only two branches, one here at Aman Suria and another in Singapore itself from their bill printed statement stating in GST dollars.haha. No wonder with such a preference to suit the Singaporeans tastebuds, perhaps that is why everything seems slightly above the average in pricings huh. :P Just an assumption of mine anyway. Well, I will visit here again, but not at immediate plans though. Will try out other dishes when there's opportunity. Feel free to hop in and try if you are so happen passing by that area. :)
Ocean Palace Seafood Restaurant
Address: H-G-18, Ground Floor,
Jalan PJU 1/45, Aman Suria Damansara
47301 Petaling Jaya.
Contact Number : 03-78063539 , Fax No : 03- 78065301
Business Hours : 12pm-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Cash and Credit Cards accepted.






Video Clips - Fireworks Display By Italy Team on August 25, 2007

Here's a video clip on the night where Italy performed their fireworks..I finally got it from my sister's videocam, steal it and downloaded as MPEG file originally but it was just too huge to upload in here. So with some bit of work to do, I found a converter which cleverly converts it to wmv format... and i really hopes this works cos Quicktime kept me waiting for hours after, same as 3GPP video cos it was not supported in here but it has the smallest size file which has been compressed after the conversion already...:( The problem is with the uploading process, as converting it to any video formats works easily and within 2 minutes or sooner! Voila! ENjoy...:D


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