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Zang Toi West 57th St. Cafe, Pavilion KL

2009-05-02T19:42:00.005+08:00

West 57th St. Cafe is a cafe opened by Zang Toi in a little corner in Parkson, Pavilion KL.

Its a nice place to hang out and a lot of the ornaments on display are for sale. There were a few mirrors in the RM1000s (I meant RM2500s++++ up till RM6000+) on sale, and they were really pretty.

I went there on Labour Day. After walking around for so much, Jacobson, dad and myself sat down whilst everyone continued to walk.

This is the Iced Mint Tea. I found it too sweet and not minty enough. And I'm the kind of person who does not like mint. I think stronger mint taste and less sweetness and this drink would be very refreshing.

If you want something more refreshing on a weekend afternoon, try this...

Iced Fruit Punch Tea. There's a concoction of different fruits and its truly refreshing. What I like about it is that there are fresh orange peels and its not bitter. Its VERY refreshing and worth the money!

This drink is also very good. Its the Iced Ginger Beer Float. Something like that.

A very normal Vanilla Milkshake.

Spring Rolls that aren't worth the price.

Chicken Mayo Sandwich which my brother says is good.

And this beauty? I just have to give it two thumbs up!!!
Its Pandan Cream Cheesecake.
The pandan spongecake separates layers of banana and cream cheese, there are coconut shavings and topped with chocolate syrup.

Absolutely sinful and delicious!

I say go give this a try!!!

Not too bad a place to hang out. Don't know how the food tastes like, but I must say that the drinks are good.

I don't know what this is called

2009-05-01T21:33:00.000+08:00

It is pulut (sticky rice) with some santan (no, not satan. Its coconut milk) and stuffed with chicken floss. My new maid made this. Yummmmyyyyy-ness. =)

Aseana Cafe Bar @ KLCC

2009-04-30T21:17:00.000+08:00

The menu. Quite limited I must say.

Iced lemon tea. I liked this. It wasn't too sweet, wasn't too sour. I could actually taste the hint of tea and lemon.

Lamb Shank. RM35.
It wasn't fantastic, nor was it horrible. A little too plain though. Mash potatoes would have been better than fries. And the celery was not crunchy anymore =( Its soft and.... =S

I'm on the lookout for good lamb shank. Anyone?

Spicy Chicken Rice. RM23
Not really spicy per se. My sis enjoyed the rice, but my mum said it tasted normal. The chicken was tasty and not too dry. Apart from that, the only complain was that the portion of rice is too little.

Chicken Rendang Nasi Lemak. RM22
Mum didn't complain. She only said that the rice portion was too little.

If you are to have the Nasi Lemak, I suggest you go at 10am to 12pm, they serve it at only RM12. Much more worth it... DOH!

Anyway, I probably wouldn't go back there. Not my type of food. I mean, the taste and service. Kinda slow. I would still rather go to Sakura at Bukit Bintang. Nasi Lemak there is so much nicer.

IMO, go to Aseana if you're hungry and have cash to splurge and don't mind overpriced food. Then again, its because of the location. Oh well....

Chocolat World

2009-01-31T21:46:00.000+08:00

My mum's friend sent a hamper and there was this cake. She tried it and my siblings downed it all before John and I came back. And since its SOOOO delicious, mum got another four more. LOL!

Love the packing!

Super regal.

Read read. Nice "message" :P

Want to buy? Hehehe I advice you to. No no, I demand you DO because its just SUPER good and if you don't, you have no idea what you are missing out on. The world needs to taste good food like this!

SO MOIST! So delicious.

And what's even better.... hehehe.

Cut yourself a brownie sized piece. Pop it into the toaster (my toaster is like a mini microwave kind). Heat it so that its enough to melt the chocolate and make the outside layer slightly hard, without BURNING it (like DING DONG BEL!) and top it with some VERY good ice cream. VANILLA!!!!!!!!!!

Superrrrrrrrrrr duperrrrrrrrrrr good!

CNY reunion dinner

2009-01-30T14:47:00.001+08:00

Welcome Home!

2009-01-24T18:24:00.001+08:00

My western dinner. Once in a lifetime that the family prepares a full-fledged western dinner.

On the rare occasions that we do have western food on the table, there will be other Chinese staples such as rice, clear boiled soup, stir fried vegetables or meat. This is the first time we had a 100% western dinner.

We had, as shown above, roasted chicken. I know that in Western communities that the chicken breast is the best part of the chicken. But for the Chinese community, the drumstick is the so called "best". And I like both but normally prefer the breast meat over the drumstick because of the less skin/fat. So there was roast chicken, and as you will see later, there was mash potatoes *ultimate YUM!!!* and some vegetables.

Dad roasted the chicken VERY well. It was tender and REALLY juicy. When I poked my fork into my piece, the juices squirted onto my shirt. I'm not entirely sure how he did it because he did it before I came back home.

The mash potatoes is simple. Boil potatoes and then mash them up. Add some salt and milk and mix it up. If you want you may add cheese (but knowing the adults in my family, they wouldn't like it so much, so we left the cheese out) and if you like add some bacon pieces. Dad made this gravy that was SOOOOO good with the chicken AND the mash potatoes. I didn't need the gravy with the chicken because it was already so good on its own. Anyway, it was delicious to the max with the mash potatoes. I'm not sure what was in the gravy but I know for sure that there was minced garlic.

The vegetables were very simple. Put it in boiling water for awhile and then remove. Add some butter and salt to it. And you're ready.

Quite simple actually.

So there you have it. YUMMY dinner.

Sick Food (literally)

2009-01-21T13:04:00.000+08:00

The following may cause uneasiness.

This is good to eat when you have a tooth ache, or when you are sick. Or in my case when you just don't feel like cooking up a storm and you are VERY lazy.

Firstly, you need leftover rice... or just go cook rice. You need water and a pot. Put it together and let it boil. and boil... and boil until you get the texture you want.

Figured out what it is?

PORRIDGE! Simple and delicious.

I remove the plain white porridge from the pot and into a bowl. I crack an egg and pour it inside the bowl together with the porridge and mix it in. Its not taking the spoon and stirring it. More like "fold" it in. A tip I learned from my dad. And don't worry, the egg will cook. And even if it doesn't, raw egg is alright.

Then you mix in Marmite, its a yeast extract paste and it comes in a black bottle with yellow label and cap. Different people have different tastes. I don't mind Marmite whereas my brother's housemate doesn't like it. LOL! I can have Marmite soup and be happy... which is just Marmite mixed with hot water.

And then VIOLA! DONE!!!!

And this is how it looks like....

I know it doesn't look THAT appealing but its healthy and it does make you full (subject to the size of the bowl and your appetite)

And if you don't like marmite then you can always put soya sauce and pepper for taste. I just think it doesn't cut it.

What's for dinner and lunch?

2009-01-11T13:15:00.000+08:00

Dinner last night, I ate alone. Well it was alright. It was YUMMY actually. I must say my cooking is getting better. *grins* Or maybe its because I'm deprived of good, tasty food. Oh well, but I promise you last night's dinner was good.

What did I have? Hehe.

Simple fried rice with french beans, straw mushroom with meat and chicken.

The fried rice was fried with... RICE, french beans, a bit of soya sauce, a lil of oyser sauce, pepper and a lil bit of chili sauce. HAR!?!?! CHILI SAUCE?!?! Well, you don't know how good it is until you've tried it. Anyway another recipe for fried rice is garlic, egg, chili sauce and cheddar cheese slice. Go try. DAMN GOOD! Add loads of pepper if you like the taste of pepper.

The straw mushroom was cooked with garlic and minced meat. Oyster sauce and a dash of soya sauce (for the taste) and pepper. Simple as that. Cook the garlic until fragrant and then add the meat. Then just add the mushroom and the sauce. Keep stiring until mushroom is soft and you can kinda tell when this kind of mushroom is done. They will give off liquid and it looks a bit starchy.

The chicken was more complex. =P

First you marinate it. Marinade: Marmite, sesame oil, five spice powder, pepper, oyster sauce and a teenie bit of soya sauce. Mix it all up. Marinade the chicken and then coat it with a little bit of flour. And drop into a pan with a little bit of oil. Add the extra sauce and stir-fry until cooked.

If you don't like marmite, you can leave it out, or just put a little bit. Not too much or it'll be too salty and the Marmite taste will be strong. Another marinade would be to substitute the marmite and oyster sauce with "fu yi" chinese fermented beancurd.

And I cooked Seafood Spaghetti for lunch today. *nyum*

The seafood. Something I learned back home. Don't cut the prawn head and throw it away. Keep it and use it to cook soups. It adds A LOT of taste and is absolute delicious. A little water, some chicken stock, prawn heads, prawns (remove shell) and clams (lala). Just throw it all in and let it boil. Once it has, taste it and add salt/pepper to taste. Simmer over low heat.

Cook the spaghetti. Quite basic ok!

And then heat a pan. Add some EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and minced garlic. Stir until fragnant. Add in the seafood with a little of the soup. Really up to you, how wet you want it or how dry. But must have some of the soup. Add in the spaghetti and stir. Add some salt and pepper to taste. And stir stir. Turn off the heat and pour onto a plate.

VIOLA!!!!

I PROMISE YOU ITS VERY DELICIOUS!!! And what happens if you have extra seafood? Well cook some rice and eat with it. :P Or make seafood porridge. If you make the porridge, best if you have sliced fish to add... YUMMY!!! Or just drink it as a clear soup. Or cook a little bit more spaghetti and finish it!!! **YUMMMMMY!!!!!!!!!**

WHeeee. I've fatten up during the weekend stay here. LOL! Time to lose weight in NTU. Hahahaha. waiting for John to come back... He just arrived, so he'll probably reach in about an hour's time... or less.

Time for a little bit of accounts.

Must eat back home

2009-01-04T14:45:00.000+08:00

Edit: Now that the Holidays are over, let's see how much I cleared!

BEWARE: SUPER LONG LIST!!! ~~Will slowly cancel them... come December =P~~ Let's START THE WAR!!!

Cendol
~~Ais Kacang~~
~~Mamak Mee Goreng~~ (NOT ORANGE COLOUR!!!)
Rojak
~~Char Kuay Teow~~
Aunt Linda's mum's (Po Po) ~~Assam Laksa~~
~~Prawn Mee~~
~~Pan Mee~~
~~SAMBAL BELACAN~~ (I have a feeling I can eat it on its own. Screw the sweet sambal in SG)
Nasi Kandar
~~Sup Kambing~~ Had quite a good one in Singapore.
~~Roti CANAI~~ (not prata ok!!!)
~~Tosai~~
~~Mee Rebus~~
~~Loads and~~ Loads of CURRY
~~BAK KUT TEH~~
~~HOKKIEN MEE~~ (Not white colour hokkien mee, the BLACK one!!!!)
~~Wanton Mee~~
Dad's Lamb Stew
Dad's Chu Kiok Chou
Dad's Sardine Spaghetti (that's right, sardine!)
~~Lor Bak~~
Koay Kak
Cincaluk!!!! (yum yum!! with Ikan Bakar)
~~CURRY PUFF~~!!! hahahaha
~~Kangkung Belacan~~ (I don't like the belacan here in SG, not "DIRTY" enough :P)
~~Curry Mee~~
~~Rendang~~
~~DIM SUM!!!~~ (so much cheaper at home)
~~Chee Cheong Fun~~
Claypot Chicken Rice with Chinese sausages and mushroom
~~PISANG GORENG~~
Yong Tau Foo
Chili Crab
Assam Pedas Ikan (Drooools, with plain rice... )
~~Nasi Lemak with Ikan Bilis sambal~~
The countless types of clear soups, ~~pork ribs and lotus root~~... ... ~~winter melon with pork bones~~...~~ABC soup~~... ~~white radish soup~~... ~~green peas soup~~ etc etc
~~Egg tarts~~
~~CHAP CHAI!!!!!~~ Leftover dump; proper name : Leftover Turkey
ROASTED DUCK!!!
Kajang Satay!!! woohooo!!
LOK LOK! hehe
Murtabak
~~Hainanese Chicken Rice~~
Roasted Duck Rice
~~Kuay Chap~~
~~Kai Si Hor Fun~~
Wu Kok (yam pastry with pork filling)
~~Chao Lor Bak~~

... will ~~add more~~ try to finish it all. Or half at least. =P

P.S.: At least no pictures RIGHT!?!?! you'll just... get hungry on my blog. hahahahaha

What a day!

2008-12-28T22:56:00.000+08:00

Had the whole day with my god-parents.

My god-dad picked John and I at 11am. And we headed to Jalan Ipoh for brunch. Bak Kut Teh. Oh so good and fatty! hahaha. John was truly a glutton! ;)

After that delicious meal, we headed to Kepong's Metro Prima Jusco to meet my godbro and his wife and that little rascal Wei Wei. Hahaha. She is sooo funny and naughty and cute. And she's going to be SO tall. She's only two and already so tall. GAHHH! I hate people who have tall parents. Hmpf!

After walking around and my godmum buying me a few tops, we headed to my godparent's house where I watched the replay of Liverpool's 3-0 win over Bolton. We then watched Mythbusters. And at about 5.50pm we headed out to Setapak for dinner. Arrived there at 6pm and had big Prawns in homemade Soya Sauce, udon noodles fried in Hokkien Mee style, Vegetables, Rice noodles in black sauce and lobsters cooked with butter. Yum! But very fattening!

My godparents dropped John and I home and I quickly showered. Oh boy, you have NO idea what its like to be a girl!!! How inconvenient it is every month. And worse of all, when its "heavy" **directed to men** GAHHH! well, I have a slight fever, but then I think its because of that time of the month. I learned that our body temperature rises during that time. Oh well. The convenience of having a penis. Be happy men. Be Happy indeed!

I watched the Liverpool-Newcastle United match, wheee! And then watched the beginning of the Arsenal-Portsmouth match, then switching to Pirates of the Carribean: At World's End, and then typing that glorious happy review of the Liverpool-Newcastle match whilst watching POTC. MULTITASKING!!!! **grins**

Family is back tomorrow night. Can't wait. Bel's been a mess. She's been sick and got admitted into the hospital for awhile yesterday. poor girl. Well she's fine now. They're back tomorrow.

It has been a Gluttony day indeed, especially for Johnathan Chan Swee Heng. WHAHAHAHA! GROW FAT WILL YA!!!

Now, I'm off to enjoy the rest of POTC: At world's end. And then laugh at Chelsea drawing with Fulham (or losing hehehe) At the moment, its 1-1. Oh well...

D-day tomorrow. GAHHHH!!! why'd you have to remind me.

Offffff to POTC. Tata!!!

**happy days of happy days**

Yesterday's Breakfast

2008-11-19T16:43:00.000+08:00

Yummy Blueberry Muffin and half a mug of thick Milo (because I hate it dilute and I can never finish a whole mug)

Yummy! I should have gotten the chocolate muffin as well. Hahaha get FAT! Gahh! No no no! I shall wait till December to get fat.

Woohoo! I can't wait till I'm back home on the 29th. Bel promised me donuts, mum will bring me to eat hawker food. YES DIRTY DELICIOUS HAWKER FOOD!!!

Egg, Cheese and Sausage and Onion Sandwich.

2008-11-16T14:19:00.000+08:00

The Princess can COOK! The Princess can whip up an awesome sandwich! Anyway its a double decker sandwich with egg, cheese, sausages and onion with some special sauce of mine ;)

And I know you are dying to see what I can whip up right? Hahaha for those who doubt my cooking abilities... IN YOUR FACE K! Don't you dare curi the recipe! Anyway this was BRUNCH

The ingredients:
Three slices of bread, buttered
One egg
One slice of cheese
One sausage, sliced
White onion rings
Butter
Salt and pepper
All Spice - or whatever seasoning you wish.
Jacq's special sauce

Lightly butter two slices of bread on one side, and the other slice on both sides.
Set aside.

I seasoned the sausages with all spice and a little bit of pepper. You can instead use garlic or salt, whatever you please.
Heat the pan and throw in the sausages and cook.

I soaked the onions in salt water for awhile, to take away the VERY strong onion smell. Drain, then I seasoned with with pepper and a pinch of salt. Also with a little of all spice.
Once the sausages are cooked, remove from the pan and add the onions. Cook the onions, you don't want them to be hard. Cook and then add the sausages and give it a stir. Once you are satisfied with the look and texture of the onions, remove from the pan.

Heat the buttered side of the bread until slightly brown then turn it over for awhile until the crust is crunchy. For the double sided buttered bread, heat both sides until golden brown and crunchy. *yummy right?* For those who don't want to be fat, don't butter too much. I butter very lightly.

Fry one egg.

Place the one sided buttered bread on a plate.

Add the egg and cheese. You want to do it immediately after you cook the egg, so that the cheese melts.

Then place the double sided buttered bread on top.
Add sauce - I put chilli sauce and a special sauce that I made. =P
Spread to all corners of the bread.

Add the sausages and onion.

Top it off with the one sided buttered bread.

And you are ready to...

EAT!!!!!!!!! YAY!
Gosh, Julz must be proud of me. Super retard!

Cut. Yummm!

Wahahahaa YOU LIKE RIGHT!!!!!!

Mari-mari Makan!
Err, cium roti

Shoooo good. My lovely phone camera took this. Never doubt a 3.2 megapixel phone camera. Or rather, never doubt me as a photographer ;)

Hmm, YUMMY! Clean plate. hahaha.

Of course you can make it a triple decker sandwich. Another layer of ham. Or another layer of sauteed mushrooms with onions. Or make that a four storey sandwich. *grins*

Darn! I should have made it sausages, mushroom AND onions. Didn't want to open a can of mushrooms. And I scared later John need it for something. Oh well, it would have been nicer. Mushroom, sausages and onions with pepper, and seasoning. *grins*

Well, what you waiting for!?!?! Go make a SANDWICH!

**Don't you wish you can marry ME!!!! Or date me at least. WAHAHAHA**

Marumoto Ra-men

2008-11-15T00:20:00.000+08:00

I went to Clarke Quay to PARTY! Hahaha Pre-exam party?? or rather... MID-EXAM party!!

Hahaha! nah, I went to Clarke Quay to eat ra-men. Jun Yen introduced the place to us. Its at the third floor of Central and called Marumoto Ramen.

The turnover rate is quite fast, so don't be put off with the long queue. We got in and again, don't be put off with the "look like nothing" menu. Its actually not bad.

A bowl of ramen is SGD12. You can add various toppings like extra meat (char sui) or negi (egg). The egg is SGD1, and 3 extra pieces of meat is SGD4.

And my advice, if you are a big eater, don't finish the soup. Because you can add noodles for SGD2. And from the second addition of noodle you get one free topping. Which IMO, you might as well don't add topping at first and add noodles to get the topping. Or cheat the fella and tell them its your second noodle addition (of course your friend also adds). Anyway... here are the pictures. I sooo wished I had a proper camera. It would look SO MUCH more appetising. I SWEAR! Especially with my dead Sony (RIP).

Ramen
SGD12. Without additional topping.

Ramen
SGD12 + SGD1 (egg) + SGD4 (additional 3pcs of meat) = SGD17

I super loved the noodle texture. Its springy and just fabulous!

According to JunYen, its supposed to "melt" in your mouth. But then that's only the FATTY layer. =.=

Yaki Char Sui (SGD6)
Not THAT bad, but I prefer lean meat.

Another serving of Yaki Char Sui
Eh, did you see something different? That's right, second serving got FIVE pieces of meat. Hhahaa LOL at JunYen

When we were done, the queue was longer than when we were there.

The undercharged receipt. Also so cool, we had two tables. BOTH also undercharged. LOL

Sinister John with his undercharged bill...

Hey Jonathan Chew Ruzhe, you're gonna curse my camera dropping into food again RIGHT?!

Gonna look forward for parents coming so that they can pay ;) and btw, its a bit salty in my opinion. the soup I mean. Hhahaha at least water is free :P

Fried Omelette

2008-11-14T13:03:00.000+08:00

Now why do I call it FRIED omelette? Because it had an omelette feeling inside, and outside it looked like fried egg. More brownish than an omelette would be. So here goes....

Time to cook or... Stab!!!

The simple ingredients.

Onions chopped to small dices. Sliced sausages. Eggs. I didn't add mushroom because I didn't want to open a whole can, I would only be using 1 or 2 mushroom. Lazy also. :P

Basically its VERY simple. You crack the eggs into a bowl, beat it, then add the ingredients and beat more. Another secret ingredient. I put parmesan shaves and beat it. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Then you pour it into a pan as shown above.

Once you cook one side till its a nice colour...

You flip it over!!! Hey, not bad ok! Considering there's SO much there. But pretty cool. Managed to keep it intact - aside from that small piece at the side.

Once both sides are cooked, dish it onto a plate and...

SERVE!!! I added another sausage. For me, I put some chilli sauce and tabasco sauce. YUMMY!

Eat whilst at the 'work station' Hahaha.

This is brunch (breakfast + lunch)

hahaha off to "study"

Where the fuck is my ANTM!?!?!

Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce

2008-11-14T12:38:00.000+08:00

I cooked again! I'm so happy. I cooked for myself because the others (Jun Yen and Yin Chau) had class and John didn't want any.

Soooo happy! I had this for lunch yesterday.

Man, I can start teaching people how to cook. ;) I should be a photographer or chef. Not a fucking accountant! KNNCCB!

Well firstly, the ingredients that you require.

I'm cooking a simple tomato sauce. Nothing fancy like seafood (yuuuummmmm!). Used a cheat - Prego Tomato Sauce, Spaghetti, Onions - diced, so that it will be SLIGHTLY chunky not TOO chunky, some sliced Sausages and some minced garlic.

Cook the spaghetti and set it aside. Make sure you drizzle some Olive Oil over it so it won't stick.

Then you cook the sauce. In a pan, drizzle a little olive oil and spread it. Add the garlic, stir until fragrant and add the onions. Stir a little while so that the "taste" is out. Add the sausages and stir awhile so that the sausage can take in some of the taste. Add the tomato sauce with a little bit of water. Add salt and pepper to taste. I added some chilli powder. Its really up to you. If you don't wish to add water, no worries, I just don't like the sauce to be TOO thick or TOO watery.

Once you've cooked the sauce, simmer awhile. For me because i'm cooking for one person, I just add the spaghetti into the pan and mix well. Whilst it is still warm in the pan, I add some sliced parmesan cheese and stir a little. And then serve.

Yummmmm!

And since I LOOOOVE parmesan cheese SO much, I added some more parmesan. Sprinkled it over and ta-dah!!!
Delicious, I tell you. DELICIOUS!~

Sorry lah, picture quality not good. Wanted to eatttt. :P

Of course this is just whatever I find lying around and put it in. For a better sauce, add mushrooms and some minced meat instead of the sausage. And you could throw in some extra Italian herbs like basil, oregano. just a little, you don't want it to be overwhelming that it kills the tomato taste.

So there you have it =)

Formosa Delights

2008-11-08T19:44:00.000+08:00

I did the unthinkable today... in Julz books... and that is eating alone. Too bad I didn't go watch a movie alone. That would have freaked her out of her socks. ;) Hahaha. So there you have it sis, I had lunch alone. You should try it some day. Well, ok, I meant that as in join ME for lunch. I'll bring you to the place where food is unbelievable in SG... amazing no? hahaha.

Anyway I had lunch at Formosa Delights. Its a restaurant across the street from John's place. They sell mostly China Chinese food. From the 'mian' to dim sum. Double the price in NTU, but then again, its not bad. And quite filling. *burp*

Chicken Bamboo Rice. I swear its A LOT. And they were SO generous with the chicken.

Blooooody hell, I want my camera!! *sobs*

Oh yes, my phone camera took this. ;)

Xiao Long Bao. Yummmmy!!! That is RIGHT, 6 of them, WITH that bamboo rice... just FOR ME! Hahaha, I eat a lot huh? Hehe. Shut up! I didn't have breakfast (like always)

Yummmmy!!!

Take a bite. DELICIOUS! Who wants to go to China!?!?! wahahha, Shanghai to be specific ;)

HAHAHAHA SATISFACTION!!! Fark, I ate A LOT!

Its cheaper than Billy Bombers but different la. Both are good.

Satisfaction. CAN YOU TELL?!?! Let's study and suffer the same fate. ECONOMICS! ;)

Ahhh farrrk!

2008-11-04T00:01:00.000+08:00

Julz, the title is for you! (inside joke)

Ahhhhh, I'm suddenly craving for CENDOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! =(

And and.... ROJAK! Not mee rojak... Not mango rojak...

The one at the roadside, where the vendor uses his hands to cut ingredients, shave ice for the cendol and then collect money. Yes that one. The one that used to be at Jalan Titiwangsa. WHERE YOU GO MISTER CENDOL/ROJAK MAN!?!?! I miss you!!! *sobs*

I want rojak and cendol.

*droooolssss* I'm going to start a Must Eat Food Back Home list.

Sakura - Anticipating Japan

2008-11-01T22:42:00.000+08:00

I don't know if its because I'm going to Japan or if I really do love Japanese food, but I've been craving for it. And I've been eating it A LOT! hahaha. Went to Sakura with John and YinChau. Its located around West Coast/Clementi West, on top of a hill.

Its a multi-storey buffet restaurant. The concept is very similar to Jogoya in Starhill, KL. Except this is a cheaper (yes, its amazing!) and more lousy version of Jogoya. Hahaha. There was one thing I hated about Sakura... some parts of the floor was greasy, so it just feels weird when you walk. And some parts of the restaurant was just too cramped up. Anyway it costs SGD28 per pax. Its one of the cheapest buffets around Singapore (even in Malaysia, if you were to convert... then maybe among the cheapest).

Anyway let's get to the food.

We were seated at table 109.
And as you can see the clips with the table number. Similar with Jogoya... BUT this one is not so class. HAHAHAHA!!!

Japanese Appertisers if I may say.
Compared to Shokudo, the sashimi and sushi here is not as good. The sashimi is not as fresh... I believe its because they just place it on ice and its not really immersed. The salmon was cut too thick (kinda weird) and well the sushi.... I can buy at Jusco and it might be nicer.
However since its JAPANESE food... hahaha Edible

Teriyaki Salmon. I didn't try this. Was not up to the mood and it doesn't look THAT appetising huh? Btw, when we were leaving we saw the chef making it nicer, the salmon pieces were thicked and had skin. I think its La la la goooood!

Clams with Garlic Butter. Quite a small portion and a little plain. Had the garlic smell but not so much of the taste. So I'd say its edible

Now! We start from the rice going clockwise k. Butter Rice (la la la goooood), Sweet and Sour Fish (edible), Beancurd Roll (la la la goooood), Stir Fried Vegetables (I call it, LOVE LOVE LOVE), Thai Chicken (horrendous), Mushroom with Sea Cucumbers(Absolutely fucking orgasmic) and in the center of it there's Mutton Rendang (Absolutely fucking orgasmic). And also next to the buttered rice, is Salmon in Mango Sauce (and its FUCKING HORRENDOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Woooohoooo Baked stuff... with... CHEEEEEESE!!!!! From the left clockwise: Baked oyster. John says its not good. I think its because its cold. However from his opinion, HORRENDOUS!!! Baked Prawns with cheese. Now this... is ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ORGASMIC!!!!!!!!!!! wahhaa, it would have been even better if it was hot. Baked Mussels. This is I call it, LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Yin Chau mistakenly took the mushrooms because she thought it was with sea cucumbers (actually I think they named it wrongly at first, 'cause when I went to get it, it was correct). Anyway it was mushrooms and radish, IMO, not bad. The chili crabs were ok, just quite empty. No flesh. LOL

Ah, as you know me la, during buffets there's no appetizer followed by main course. Its all mumbo jumbo. But dessert definitely comes last.
So there, we have mussels, seasoned seaweed and baby octopuses. YUMMY!!!!!!!!!

Black Pepper Lamb... DELICIOUS!!!!! One, I loooooove lamb. I'm still thinking of dad's lamb stew (reminder: get recipe). Two, I loooooove black pepper!!!!!!! hahaha. So yes, good combo! ;)

The drinks. I had green tea. (foreground)

Dory fish with Mango Sauce. THIS was HORRENDOUS! The problem with it is, the fish did not compliment the sauce. WHY!?!?!? Because they seasoned the fish with salt and pepper, then they top it with slightly SWEET mango sauce. Wrong laaaa! But the fish on its own was SOOOOO yummy. I swear it was SO fresh and delicious!

Wanted to show you the beautiful skyline that I saw... especially the dusk skyline slowly going black. Too bad for the reflection.

Green Tea Mochi. I had NO idea what to expect. I've watched a TV show, I survived a Japanese Game Show, and they feature this a lot... so here's my take.

When I first bit into it, it was a weird texture. And the green tea powder on the mochi just dried up everything. However, the filling inside and the "pastry" (its not actually called pastry lah, I'm not sure what it is, but its made of rice) worked wonders. Its so unique.

I don't know how people can put the whole thing in their mouth and chew, I bit half and had difficulties. LOL! Its unique la... I can't wait to go to Japan and eat the REAL deal... =) The consistency is really weird, because one moment, you have to chew a lot and the next, its slowly melting in your mouth.

The different desserts. There were actually loads more, but I didn't feel up to it. I was too excited about the mochi. =P

I swear that I did not purposely wipe my mouth to give this effect. I just randomly wipe, then when I saw the tissue paper... eh so cute! hahaha.Can't see it? then NVM.

And so after hanging around and talking for a bit... we decided to go back...

this is a 'satisfied' me

Anyway the buffet costs SGD28. It serves Japanese food but has other kinds of cuisines. And it does not serve pork.

Overall, its OK. I'd probably go back some other time but not too soon. The food isn't glorious, sometimes its just... No, it doesn't cut my taste buds. So yeah, however, if you don't have my gourmet accustomed taste buds, go ahead. Its very packed btw! haha.

I'd give it a 3/5, to be honest. But its good. No harm. I filled my tummy, and I walked back home. Haha

Eating Weekend

2008-10-31T03:56:00.000+08:00

Before I start, I have a VERY SUDDEN craving for UNAGI! Argggh. Give it to ME! Just the unagi - exclude the rice.... Or maybe a small portion of rice. BUT I WANT UNAGI! And I'm sooo bloated now. I just drank so much water =.=

Moving on, last weekend (24th - 25th Oct 08) my family came down and man, we were on an eating spree!!! AND I must add that it was absolutely AWESOME! NO! it was GRAND!

First off, on Saturday evening. Marche at Vivo City after watching Max Payne.

The concept, a Swiss/French Market (I think Swiss, but Marche is market in French)) setting and waiters dress like milk ladies from Holland.

Everyone who enters receives this card. And when you go buy food, you present this card and they will punch in the amount you spend on. At the end of your meal, you give your card to your cashier and you pay the amount. There's ups and downs to this system. Up: Eat as much as you want and not fret about the price. Down: Eat whilst in the fear of spending too much and thus, not enjoying your meal.

We, Mum, Aunt ML, John, Yin Chau, Jun Yen, the three little pigs (Julz, Bel and Jacobson) and I were seated on a camping sort of bench - but it was long.

Julz and I before deciding to go pig out. Yes, that's MY Liverpool jersey (the one my parents got for my birthday) and YES that's Julz "cleavage"! Hahaha!!! Internal joke. Ignore Ignore!

I had a hard time deciding on what to start with. I didn't want to fill myself up before I got started on the main dishes. And I didn't want to pig out and miss out on appetizers. So what I did - go for the main dishes and had a salad at the end. Yeah, its reverse but what to do? Anyway, I didn't try EVERYTHING, but it was reasonable a lot. Almost all the dishes.

Aunt ML got the Seafood Paella, which I tried. Argh! I hate Sentidos Tapas for making me compare this to that. Hahaha. I had my first Paella, ironically, in KL (when I could have had it when I went to Spain! but I had my first one AGES AGO), and it was SOOOO good. Been on the look out for one that can top it. Sentidos Tapas was located at Starhill, Bukit Bintang KL. Right now, I have NO idea where it is. SOBS! Ah wait a minute, I just googled it, its STILL at Starhill. MUST GO! Must paksa daddy to bring me when I'm back home. Wahaha!

So yeah, going back to topic. This was not exactly worth it, considering I've had one of THE MOST amazing Paellas, so yeah. Hahhaa. But its edible. DUH!

Immediately when we were seated, most of them (everyone except Julz and I) went to look around. And YinChau and JunYen were the first to return with Potato Gratin. =.=! Hhahaa

Foreground: Yin Chau's hand squeezing lemon juice on the potato gratin. Background: Jun Yen pigging out - dah biasa!!! Hahaha

Julz and I took a stroll and couldn't figure out what to eat. So we ordered a few things and then collected it and placed it on the table. Wanted to get more, but mum said "Eat first!" So I obliged! hahaha.

Top clockwise:
Calamari. NOW NOW, is there NO OTHER way to cook calamari!?!?! Everywhere I go, I order calamari and its served battered and deep fried and comes together with some amazingly delicious sauce. This case, tar tar sauce. La la la goooood! Even though I complain its battered and deep-fried, I enjoyed it! Hahaha.
Seafood Chowder, ahhhh DELICIOUSLY ORGASMIC! I absolutely LOVED IT! It was not short of seafood. Had plenty of cut pieces of prawns and squid. There was also bits and pieces of potato and a little bit of carrot. It was sooooo good! I didn't even have to add pepper! I loved this! I call it, LOVE LOVE LOVE!
Pasta with Chicken and Tomato Sauce, didn't really enjoy this dish as Julz was pigging on this whilst I pigged on the chowder. Hahaha. But still, it wasn't exactly fantastic - maybe I'm being too critical. Hahaha. Edible lah k!

We slowly enjoyed other dishes that the others got. Hmm, sorry forgot to take pictures =P And John got....

PIG KNUCKLES! OK I know the correct term is pork knuckles but it just sounds so much more nicer! Hahaha. Anyway, my take on this dish... ARGH! Its sooo dry, but the sauce was good. Some parts were crispy and some were tender and yummy! Its ok. Edible.

I then jumped to desserts. hahahaha WAIT WHAT HAPPENED TO MY APPETISER RIGHT!?!?! hahaha. wait!

Apple Pie. ARGH! HORRENDOUS! The only saving grace was the top quarter layer. The top layer as awesome! Gooey and slightly sweer, the layer below that was some cooked dough and soft apple slices. And below that... YUCK!!! Why? BECAUSE IT WASN'T REALLY COOKED LAH!!!! I regret getting this! Grrr!

Unfortunately for YOU, I did not take a picture of one of the dishes I LOVED the most. THE *drum roll please* Ceasar Salad. Argh! I'm IN LOVE with Ceasar Salad, and the one I had just made me more in love with it. I topped it with Smoked Salmon instead of the usual roasted chicken and TOTALLY enjoyed it. Eventhough so much salmon went to Bel's belly. ARGH! But it was absolutely yummy. I call it, LOVE LOVE LOVE! What's so special is that they toss the salad in front of you, and they give you two big slices of smoked salmon, and they snip it to bite size pieces. The only down side was that the croutons were a little stale. But I did love it. Btw, the secret ingredient? Add some balsamic vinegar to the dressing. AWESOMENESS!

John went to get some crap? creep?

CREPE! This one was Strawberry and Banana flavoured. Weird mix? NO WAY! It was absolutely delicious. (I regret not going for the hot crepe, the one with ingredients like mushroom, bacon, etc etc). I know daddy loves it! Anyway, its not that bad. La la la goooood!

See your banana? Hehehe!

We left after hanging out abit and talking about some random stuff. Mum and Aunt ML got so cracked over something Jun Yen said, can't really remember... OHHHH YEAH! About the bread he ate making him bloat or something like that. LOL! War of the Life Science student with the Accounting student. Hahaha. Nah, just messing. He was educating me on the effects water has on bread. That it will "EXPAND" and I begged to differ. Water would make bread shrink and and... yeah lah, it'll disintergrate. HAHAHAHAHA! Well depends on how you look at it anyway.

So went back by bus. Mum learning how to take a bus. Hahaha. its so super cute. LOL! And then we're sooooo full. Anyway, just a picture of my laptop.. LOL. Nothing THAT fantastic ok.

Following day, went to East Coast Rd for Beach Rd Prawn Mee. AWESOMENESS! After that we headed to Suntec to walk around. Nothing much that was interesting so we headed to Marina Square. There we went to watch High School Musical 3: Senior Year. Yeah, what to do, stuck with the three little piggies ;) Well my reviews are up on Max Payne and HSM3. not exactly the kind of reviews I wanted it to be, but I was really lazy to blog about it.

at the cinema counter, saw this promotion for Madagascar 2. I cannot WAIT for it. Hahaha.

After watching HSM3, we headed to John Little to have a look. They were having a major sale. So just looked around. Got boxer shorts for SGD6. Kinda cheap if you ask me. However, I have no idea why I took such a big size. LOL! Its about to fall off me if I don't tie it properly. Hahaha. And...

Piggy #1, Julz, trying on the shades. Gosh, what's with that kinda smile? Hahaha. Btw, sorry guys, she's not up for grabs - she could use a break. Blahhh! I hope she does.

After walking around we headed to Shokudo at Raffles City. It was just from Marina Square to Raffles City, can you imagine... the three lil pigs each said "I have never walked so much in my life" LOL!!!! Its kinda funny! So well.... back to topic.

Shokudo has the same concept as Marche. You get the card, present it every time you get food, and at the end you pay. Except this time, its FULLY Japanese food.

Didn't really get the effect I was going for. +.+

Well, this time around, I was the lone person taking care of handbags and shoppings bags. Everyone went off, first person back... Bel and Julz... with....

Sushi, Makis etc etc. It was SO obvious this was what they'd go for. Well, I had the Unagi Maki... ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ORGASMIC! (Hint hint: I LOOOOVE Unagi!)

A brighter and weirder angle. Sorry lah!

Next Jacobson returned with....

Japanese Chicken Burger. Hahaha. WTF lah! Japanese burger. Sigh!

And he is as blur as ever. Hahahaha. Open your eyes lil' brother. Anyway, I don't know how this tasted like, but I presume its La la la gooood! Since Jacobson cleaned the plate.

Next, John returned with this really BIG omelette. I was wondering how the hell can a person eat so many eggs at one go...

But I was wrong, its actually Seafood Fried Rice wrapped in Egg. And Gopi said "Schlong" ALAMAK!!! I didn't really taste this. I had a little bit of the rice. Then Yin Chau said, its nicer with the egg, so I took a small piece of egg and added it to whatever I had in my mouth. LOL and its ok. Nothing to RAVE about. La la la gooood!
(only because the presentation is nicer than other food)

And I came back with.... Chicken Curry Katsu. Hahahhaahahahhaa WTF right! they sell this in my canteen for HALF the price of what I paid for there. But then this is where Marketing comes into place... I'm paying for the enviroment and service that Canteen 14 does not provide. Hhaha I'm gonna ACE it. Anyway, since Canteen 14's tastes the same as this one I say its edible. The only up side, it has more chicken and the chicken is NICER - not so fatty!

Piggy #1 came back with....

CHA SO BA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wahahaha. I love love love! We shared the chicken curry katsu and this. Ahhh its soooo good. I totally miss it. This was cold noodles btw. And I prefer this compared to the hot one. I totally miss this and I looooove it sooo much!!!! ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ORGASMIC!! Too bad they didn't give raw quaill egg to put into the 'sauce'. Because that's the only time I eat quaill eggs anyway. LOL!

This would be Julz putting the buckwheat noodles into the sauce and stirring it awhile

Japanese Dumpling!!!! Ooooo soooo nice! Its kind of like 'har gao' (the prawn dimsum). Except this one, the filling was made with prawns AND pork. And its SUPER juicy! I call it, LOVE LOVE LOVE! Its good. Especially with the sauce they give. However, I still prefer dim sum. Speaking of which, I miss cheap dim sum! ARGH! Heck, like I've even tried dim sum here lah!!!

Love birds! hahaha

Sangaria. Its orange juice, with pulp. I like orange juice with pulp. And this is imported from Japan as you probably guessed. However, it tasted like aeroplane orange juice. Hahaha - if you get what I mean. But I doooo love orange juice with pulp!!! La la la goooood!

Noodles that Bel got. Hmm, no idea how it tasted like. :P Just took a ~~bad~~ picture of it

Spring Onion, Wasabi and Sesame seed that was supposed to go into the cha so ba. But knowing Julz and I, we left it out... ON PURPOSE!

Edamame... Ahhh, bliss. Its soooo good. I can snack on this everyday. Its just soooo nice. Especially when freshly steamed and salted. YUMMY!!!!!!!!! ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ORGASMIC!

And then we messed around with my useless phone...

Fat 'Naut! Hahaha

Bunny freak.

Devil Julz. OH COME ON!!! Like that angel thing can fool us. Hahahha!

Bel enjoying her food.

Mum DEFINITELY enjoying her food. She's gonna kill me if she ever sees this. =P

And then we left, to go back home with our tummys filled and our shirts stretched. =D

The queue after we paid. LOL! Crazy!! And that btw, is NOT ALL.

We were SOOOO satisfied!

OK HOLD UP!!! You should know me better by now!!!

So long as there is a buffet or whatever, there's bound to be dessert so long as I'm the one dining. ARGH!!! So yes, there WAS dessert and boy it was GOOD!!!

Cookies Cheesecake. SOOOOO good. The cheese part was dense and light. Hahhaa, don't get what I mean, its a mix of both. Kind of in between but leaning towards the light side. Its soooooo good. I loooved this! I now regret not going for seconds, but then again its SGD4.80!!! ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ORGASMIC!

btw, John and Yin Chau had the original cheesecake. And apparently its good too. So... go try!!

Whilst eating the edamame, John was playing around and I swear he did not reposition the beans. He just squeezed them out and it came out like that. Sorry, did not rotate the picture. TURN HEAD TO LEFT if you cannot see how weird/freaky that is!!

And as some of you know how "lucky" I am when it comes to food. RIGHT RIGHT!??!?! Well here's another CLASSIC examples.

I ordered Chuka Curage - which is seasoned jellyfish. And its sooooo good. Then suddenly, I eat eat eat and I found HAIR... OMFG!!! Why does this always happen to ME!?!?! remember to WORM/CATERPILLAR in my vege? Hmm, I didn't BLOG about it, but its in Facebook... so just a reminder...

So back then, the GM of the HOTEL!!! Yes he came down to look around, and we stopped him and showed it to him. And he gave everyone free teh tarik... compliments on him and his apologies.... as well as 2 people ate FREE!!! Wahahaha. Awesomeness!!! (but before all that... LMAO, he said its more organic...)

So what did the Manager of Shokudo do? Well he was absolutely NICE as well. He apologized SOOO much, and then offered to give us another serving... but the thing is, I had no appetite already after seeing that, and when you order it, they scoop it out from a dish... so yeah lah. GELI! So we said, can he just cancel the order. and he did just that. I love people like that.

Well it always happens to ME! WHY AH WHY!!!! So long as its not... cockroaches or cicaks can already. haahaha later I jinx myself. X.X

Anyway, after our really good dinner, we went back to Suntec to take a bus back home. And on the way, Jacobson showed me what a "Sharingan" is!!! LOL!!! If you want to know, as me on MSN, because I know someone will merajuk if I post it here. hahaha.

The little brat showing me how to do it whilst walking. LOL!

Btw if you did not notice, I have a rating system for the food.
BOLD indicates the dish name
ITALICS indicates the rating

So far there are...
HORRENDOUS : just as it says. Did not enjoy it AT ALL. Presentation does not count in this matter
Edible : its ok. Nothing to rave about.
La la la goooood! : above average. Maybe give it a try if you want.
I call it, LOVE LOVE LOVE! : must order!
ABSOLUTELY FUCKING ORGASMIC! (or something along that line) : NO Questions asked, even if you are stuffed to the max, you NEED to try this. Your life is not complete if you don't try it!!!

Lamb Stew and 3-cheese mushroom pasta bake

2008-10-18T18:45:00.000+08:00

Hmmm, weekends are the BEST. Especially when I don't stay in NTU... almost every weekend it seems. Hahaha. Love the atmosphere here (not NTU), the kitchen that I've gotten so used to moving around in. Awesome!!! I will make a pretty good housewife. Hahaha

I put this as my MSN nickname "Lamb Stew and 3-Cheese Mushroom Pasta Bake. Ohhh, don't you wish you can marry me" And I've never talked to SO many people at once. Shit! I should have print screened. Hahaha It was sooooo funny, first time I see people willingly say they'll marry me. Lol, but with a catch, for the food. LOL! Oh and Whei Yeap's "not really, I wish I can hire you instead" LOL!!!! (apparently I'm too high a price to marry... SUAK!)

Back to my cooking.

Ingredients for the 3-cheese mushroom pasta bake.
Spiral pasta, fresh milk, mushrooms, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, mozarella cheese (THREE CHEESE WHAT!) and Campbell's Cream of Mushroom.
A DAMN EASY DISH! Should try if you have access to an oven.

Cook the pasta, drain the water. Add all the other ingredients, and stir well. Yes including the cheese. Reminder: do not sprinkle parmesan shaves at the top, if you want, mix it in well. If not when you bake it, it'll turn out to be like roasted pork skin. Hahaha HARD, but its nice lahhhh! Depends lah, your taste. My advice is the parmesan if you want to add it, add it in before you put in the oven and mix it well. And also add the parmesan once you remove from the oven and its hot. YUM!!!CHEEEESSSSEEEEE!

After that, put it in the oven at 200 degrees Celcius for about 20 minutes or until you see the cheese melt and the top layer is a dark yellow with slight brownish areas.

Food for four.

Hmmm YUMMY!!!! Eat it with the lamb stew. *grins*

Minta-maaf (ahhh its all Chris' fault... I'm so MALAY now! haha) sorry for the over-exposed picture. John said "use flash" and ta-dah! hahaha. Btw, all pictures using my K800i camera phone. My faithful camera went bonkers on me... Another post on that.

See what I mean by the parmesan cheese becoming like roasted pork skin. Hahaha but it was good k!! Yummmmmy!

Now for the lamb stew. Ahhh, can't beat dad's lah! But well I think this was just a trial run. Need to get dad's recipe. Online recipes SUCKS!!! Hahaha.

Carrot, celery and onions. Potatoes were missing. Lazy to carry ok!

I had to trim off the fat. YUCK!!!! That is SO much!!! Hahaha

I chose to use boneless lamb shoulder. Well duh! its a stew, you wouldn't want to have bones right!!!

Sorry, its so blur! hahaha. basically this one was not a fantastic dish, but it fills the tummy. oh and it goes sooo good with pasta. There's chicken broth (in the cup), a can of diced tomato (I shall omit this next time and just have spices... follow dad's recipe!), then the vegetables, a lemon (shall omit this too), some garlic and the lamb which has been lightly floured with flour, salt and pepper. I still dont think this is the lamb stew I'm looking for. But it's a meal. Hahaha

Looks like tomato soup right? Hahahaha NO ok! its the diced tomato that gives off this colour. And like I said, its perfect with pasta/spaghetti.

You let it simmer and it'll thicken and look like... Jun Yen says Curry! LOL!

Well that's all. Didn't have any food at all, until this. LOL! So worth it. I have a feeling I'll scurry into the kitchen at midnight for some cheese on crackers. Yummmmy! got so much cheese. Wahahha. Happyyyyy!

Toodles. Go drool and wish you can marry me. Hahaha you'll have an awesome father-in-law who cooks AWESOME dishes, be it chinese or western. Tata

Food Food!

2008-10-14T13:56:00.000+08:00

Over the weekend (Saturday actually) I cooked! I'm so happy and fat. Hahaha.

I finally managed to cook. Cook something I want to eat. Cook good food. Cook and get like no one's business. Wahahahaha.

So I attempted Aglio Olio and Pasta with Pesto Sauce. The latter more successful. But both were good. Didn't really make a good aglio olio as I didn't have chilli or chilli powder. And I was scared of adding that as Yin Chau can't take spicy. Well, at least there was taste. And it was too oily. HAHAHAAHAHHAAHHAH! but the sausage was good. Cheap Farm's Best Chicken Sausage. *grins*

Basically Aglio Olio is the EASIEST to do. You need loads of garlic in a hot pan with olive oil. Add some chilli, pepper, salt, oregano to taste. Add sausage (optional). You don't add mushroom to this ok!!! (LOL at John!) Then you mix in the pasta. Yum Yum! Simple and quick. I normally like loads of pepper ;)

This was a little plain, but definitely edible. I've definitely cooked better. Attempt 2 coming soon. hahhaa

Pasta with Pesto. Ahhhh the BEST!!!

My favourite type of pasta. PESTO!!! But I also like Marinara, Carbonara, Alfredo, the usual Tomato Sauce, Sardine (oh I am NOT kidding you. Dad cooks it the BEST, gonna get him to do it when I'm back in KL. Then I'll learn and cook for... you?), Mornay (ahhh lobster!!!), Mac and CHEESE!!!, Napoleane,.... Gosh you NAME it!!! I'll eat it! If it ain't obvious enough... I LOVE PASTA! Heck, I love FOOD!!!

Anyway, Pasta with pesto is another simple dish to make. But you need loads of fresh basil to get the best out of it. You need basil, garlic, EVOO (extra virgin olive oil), pine nuts, Parmesan cheese. Salt and grounded Black Pepper to taste. What you then need to do it dump it all in the food processor and whirl it away. Once you have a nice thick paste, you're set. You just cook the pasta, keeping aside a cup of "pasta water" (the water you cooked the pasta in). Mix the pasta and pesto paste. If its too dry add a little of the "pasta water" and mix well. Grate some Parmesan cheese on the top and you're set to go. *grins* Of course you can make this a salad as well, add cherry tomatoes (halved) and chill it.

Ohhh SOOOO GOOD!!! ;)

Together. *grins* over exposed though. LOL!

I'm so happy!!! I'm going to cook next weekend as well. Pasta again. This time.... 3-Cheese Pasta Bake. Hmm, does the oven work??? And a Lamb Stew. Wahahaha hopefully I can pull it off. *grins*

Can you guess what's one of my favourite things to snack on that looks like strips of plastic actually? Lol Wahaha. K lah! Incentive, if you get it right, I'll cook for you one day. LOL!!!

12.09.08 - 13.09.08

2008-09-20T12:22:00.000+08:00

Got to Boon Lay and took bus 30 to West Coast. Went to have LUNCH at 2.30pm!!! Hahaha Laksa - WAY better than NTU's OK!!! Went to Sheng Shiong at West Coast to get groceries as we would be cooking dinner. After that waited for buses 30, 51 or 143. 143 came and we naik bas. Went to bro's place and started preparing.

We have ABC soup in the slow cooker, rice in the rice cooker - DUH!, egg, vege (HAHAHA JUN YEN!) and fish is missing.

Ahhh here it is. =)

yes yes, overexposed. Lazy to recapture. Actually more like SCARED!!! hahaha it was frying and you know how oil splatters when you fry. TAKUT LAH!

Hmm, I could eat it like that. It was fresh!

PUKE PUKE! Hahhaa. I know this looks freaking disgusting. Its actually egg and minced meat. Hahaha Sorry. It was just so tempting. We steamed this.

And this is dinner. There was dish, steamed egg and minced meat, lady fingers, xiao bao cai, wantons and ABC soup. I needed home cook food!! *grins*

Backtrack for awhile k. In between cooking we watched a show. Its chinese variety show. Whatever its called. Its damn funny! The host was showing the people how the game is played. First a card of CHINESE phrases or words is held behind the person who will be guessing. The person who is giving clues have to give the clues in ENGLISH. And there was one which was in direct translation "eight big bla bla" But the host said this " one, two, three, four, five, six, seven,...." And the person guessed "eight". Next was the big right... he said this... "little.. pig. little pig!" Hahhahahahaa LOL! Big become PIG. So its in the end the fella was saying "eight little pig!!!"

Then cleaning up. John, Yin Chau and Jun Yen washed the dishes. Hahha they lucky we washed all the utensils used in cooking as well as clean the kitchen. Was oily!

LOL! John's "collection". Nah, would be more if we didn't recycle. Its just put there until he decides its too many and then goes and recycle it.

Chun Zhen and I had mooncake. *grins* We only ate half though.

Dinner with John and Yin Chau

2008-09-09T16:33:00.000+08:00

And on Sunday, John and Yin Chau went to market early to buy ingredients. Hahaha i didn't know lah! If I knew then... fine, I would still have slept instead. Hehehe

Yin Chau made... the red bean soup dessert. Tong sui la. What's it exactly called I don't know. but you'll see. The one with red bean and pandan smell. Hmmm yum! I don't normally eat this ok. But I like the one Yin Chau made because... NOT THICK AND RICH (hahahaha Mr C says that's the kinda guy I gotta marry!) And back on topic.... The dessert wasn't too thick lah. It was actually quite watery. I like!! So yea, I like it. ;)

Then later on we prepared Bak Kut Teh. YAY!!!

Boiling the pork bones and meat together with the herbs. Ehhh, we actually go get the herbs and then put in those packet (AHAHAHAHAHA) so the herbs won't be all over the soup. It smelled damn good also!!

Then in went the meat balls and... sausages? Hahahaha. But it was nice la.. LOL!!! and then later on went the beancurd.

Prepared by yours truly. HAHAHAHA EH, don't mess ok. The rice was DAMN good! not too soft, not hard. Just purrrfect.

Sorry, overexposed. hahhaa.

And yes, that's my dinner. VERY satisfying ok. BEATS CANTEEN FOOD. *grins*

I need to go back to John's place more often when they cook =P

Hmm, and since John pays for the food and stuff... I do his laundry! hahaha well I iron his clothes. hahaha and you know the irony? I don't even bloody iron my OWN clothes when I'm in NTU >.< hahahaha. Well its good. *happy happy*

Dinner at Mr Chen's

2008-09-09T16:23:00.000+08:00

On Saturday night had dinner at Mr Chen's place. Didn't take pictures of the last time I was there. Sadly - that time had kebabs and chips and dips and stuff. WAS SO GOOD!!!

Anyhow, this time was Mr Chen's dinner. Experiment to not experiment which turned out to be an experiment. Hahaha understand? LOL!

Anyway although it eventually was an experiment, it worked out perfectly!!! loved the food. =)

And we started off with this.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA SHERIDAN first!! Lol JK JK!!! It was used in the tiramisu.

The attempted Aglio Olio. Turned out to be sort of like that but with added stuff. Hahahaha. Not bad la. Niceeeeeee. Especially with the sauce (sorry no pictures! I now know the secret ingredient ;))

Roast potatoes. Hmm... ok lah. Maybe should have cooked it later. hahha.

Roast Chicken with tomatoes, onions and carrot. Oh and Jacob's Creek white wine. *yum yum* It was soooo good!!! The carrot was SO SWEET!!! And the tomato not over cooked and mushy. It was WONDERFUL! I know the picture doesn't look THAT nice. Hahahaha

And the TIRAMISU prepared by Jason. YUMMM!! Hahahhaa. I can make as well. *grins*

I had so much fun helping out in the kitchen. I always love helping out in the kitchen!!! And I also had so much fun talking and cracking up. ABDULLAH!!! *silence* Hahahhahhaa. Inside joke. And and "Neh-mind" hehehe. Seriously faster ask me why there's the action!!! it comes from this story... ;)

I Loooooove it! Thanks Mr and Mrs Chen for having us over!!!

Beach Road Prawn Noodle House

2008-08-23T22:18:00.000+08:00

As you know, the family came down. And every time they come down, we're always pestering dad to bring us to eat the Beach Road Prawn Mee. Yum Yum!

So today, he finally DID! Hehehe. Anyway, it is two shop lots joined together and it is VERY busy on Sunday morning. Or lunch hour. But for us, we were lucky.

Yes, you will WANT to go. *grins*

Photos photos! Hahaha.

As soon as my mum saw my camera facing her, she adjusted her hair etc, and it took SO long. So what happened? I snapped after waiting for Bel to prepare herself... But I guess she wasn't prepared. Nvm, Candid?

Jacobson and John.

Jacq and Jacobson. Hahahahaha.

Spoilt photo... ahemJohnahem

I got bigger eyes! Bleuk!

Wait and wait for the food.

Julz normal photo taking pose. And my used to be photo taking pose. LOL! I look back to quite a few pics taken in FIS - NO SMILE!!! Exactly like THIS ok. Hahhaa. Nvm, still prettty what! :P

In the midst of talking. Hmm, I always snap pics of dad with his mouth open. TALKATIVE!!!

"Don't need take my picture, I know I'm pretty"

Legs Legs. Hahaha. Random I KNOW!

I deleted a picture where Julz looked quite nice and I looked OK, and this is how she merajuk. Purposely close her eyes.LOL!!! but you know WHAT??? her eyes are normally this small ANYWAY!!! So its OK =P

Now TIME For the Food!

Pork ribs and... tail? I don't know. The soup was AMAZING!!! Like Bak Kut Teh, but NOT Bak Kut Teh.

Ahem! S$10.80 per bowl. DO NOT MESS!!! But then there's like 5prawns. Noodle portion a little small. BUT then you have like 5 BIG prawns. Noodle was nice, the yellow noodles in Singapore taste different from Malaysia's. I prefer the one here, because less chemical taste/smell. Anyway the Prawn Noodles has tauge, some kangkung, fried shallots, special chili sauce and some black sauce.

Ok, you can order the S$4.50 per bowl noodles. But my dad being my dad, will order the S$10.80. The cheaper one tastes the same, just smaller portion. Not as many prawns and prawns are smaller.

Each bowl of noodle is accompanied with a bowl of soup. Basically it has the prawn base. Of course you can have the soup Prawn Noodle if you wish, but I prefer the dry one. The noodle with soup? GO KL EAT Better!Hehe

As you can see, SATISFACTION! Hahaha.

To be honest, my dad can cook this as well. Its pretty similar but I still like this. Got a difference between my dad's and this, but the difference is not that obvious. But it IS for me... gourmet taste bud what! =P

Grrr! Julz and my prawn shells.

DO NOT SAY THIS LOOKS LIKE ME!!! Hahaha. Lol. I know some people will say that I look like her A LOT.. Haha. >.<

HAHAHAHAHA! Jacobson's BIG Michael Phelps ears =P

We then went to Suntec. Shopped a little. Got a new Nokia phone for Jacobson. Not that special. And Julz got a KNNCCB iPod Classic. 80GB. ARGH! I don't care. So pissed off. But whatever. I'm aiming for the iPod Touch. That's it... no more good food. Stick to canteen food.... Save MONEY to get it. *grins*

And then we went to Tony Roma's, so that Dad could try it. He LOVED it. Hahaha

Oh yea, YOU people were right. There is Tony Roma's in KL at Pavillion. BUT YOU KNOW WHAT!?!?! This one I TOLD YOU SO!!! NO PORK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha. told you so. Told you so!!! Hahahhahahahahhahahaha. LMAO!!! I know Malaysia TOO well.

And this is the longest french fry I've ever seen. Hahaha. and you would probably have ever seen in your life! Hahaha.

Toodles. back at NTU tomorrow morning, the advantage of NTU being near TUAS... hahahahaha =P

Snacks and Supplement

2008-08-16T15:57:00.000+08:00

My LOVE. The one who accompanies me when I'm studying. FUCKING love HIM! And and!!! He is SUCH an obsession. And he's ANG MOH TOOOO!!!!!!!!!!

Hahahaha. Shit! I wished I could see your reactions. I know you all will be like.... *speechless*

I crap so much right. Well its TRUE la. This time its true! I seriously LOVE him. And I'm sure it goes both ways. Satisfaction and obsession. When you get both, you KNOW you've fallen.

Well, shall I introduce??? WAHAHAHAHA. Yes yes.

His name is Kettle. And he makes me HAPPY!

Wahhahaha. Sorry. Like I said, this blog is very SELF entertaining. Self meaning author =P

See even accompany through OB. Damn happy!!! *grins*

Hahahaha. Oh and I'm a two timer. Baby F.Torres and Kettle accompany me! Yea, that is MSN MESSENGER open. Hahahaha. In NTU, everyone puts their status as busy/away. But sometimes they are free. =.= And then I've got SO many people in my contact list, and I don't know so many of them. And no point having to many also, they DON'T talk to you. HAHAHAHA!!! So yea, most times I'm the one starting conversations. And you know what? THEY REPLY DAMN FREAKING SLOW! Sigh, what to do? All damn smart people. *so OUT of topic already*

Sigh, being in NTU, I've got no proper nutrition. I very seldom eat fruits. Because the canteen fruits are freaking disgusting. I've never had a more disgusting papaya before!!! I think its just Singapore papayas which are so yucky. Hahaha. reject stop from Malaysia =P Wheeee!

I seriously MISS Malaysian food.

Now now, due to the lack of nutrition/vitamins. I take this. Well I was bored to death after completing my Marketing tutorial and all, so yea. Hehehe. I bought it from Korea and its been with me since. Julz hates me for not giving her ONE. BLEUK!!!

It comes in a box of 20 sachets

LOL! looks like its so heavy. Like I'm weightlifting! Hahaha.

Over exposure.

Better....!

Anyway what I love about this is that its LEMON! Yummm! And when you pour it into your mouth, its soooo nice and cold. And then it just dissolves. SO DAMN NICE!!!

Not Satisfied

2008-08-16T11:40:00.000+08:00

Yeah Yeah! I'm not freaking satisfied in bed!!!

Hmm, it sucks, its hard.

O.O!!! I know I know... You all are like WTF!?!?!?! or or... WHAT THE FUCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCCK!?!?!?! Hahahaha.

My bed in NTU does not do sleep justice. Its so freaking HARD!!! I can feel the god damn spring. My shoulders ache. I'll soon get cranky and the only saving grace is that I slept enough. Err sort of. Slept at two, woke up at 11. Meaning.... 9 hours sleep. *grins*

Anyway last night was fun. Well I didn't shop as much as I would have LIKED, hmm, its not called shopping what I did. It was more relaxing window shopping. LOL! Look around and wait for mummy to come down. Wahhaha. Anyway I just got a top and flip flops. VERY nice one I must add. ;)

Still, not satisfied on the shopping front. We had dinner at Mussel Guys or whatever it is called. Food's ALRIGHT. Not good. Just passable. I can say I've eaten better. Hahaha. But the amount we spent, IF YOU DO NOT CONVERT its bloody reasonable. If you're going to convert, then I suggest you go eat at the canteens. Basically if you're on the lookout for good food, that's not a place to go to. If you're walking around in a mall and you are hungry and you stumble across the restaurant, then you go in. Hahaha. I wouldn't go back anyway. I think that explains it. Well again, my taste and your's is different. Mine is higher class eh? GOURMET!!! LMAO!!!

Sorry - no pictures. Hahahaha. Dessert was good though. Cookies and cream ice-cream. WAHAHAH! I know I know!!! Its just ice cream, we all know ice cream is good. Well the one they served was not from Nestle! Hahaha. And the smashed bits of cookies were like chocolate and a lil gooey when you bit them. Its so freaking GOOD!!! So yea, that's all.

Got back to NTU by 11pm. Went to the TV Lounge and "read" some marketing and then played cards with roomie and her friends. Yay! more new people... More new names... Cannot remember! SIAL ME!!! Hahaha. I'm best with English names... SORRRRY!!!

Anyway, shifting gears to the Beijing Olympics. *grins*

Lee Chong Wei and Lin Dan final!!! Who's the monkeys who said he'll lose in the semis? HAH!!! Proved you WRONG!!! Its basically usually the case already. And we'll see who wins. The person with luck on their side will win. And the person who's more confident on court will win. That's my opinion. OF course, I may be wrong. There may be biased judging and stuff. But I'm really all out for Lee Chong Wei to win. And for those who don't like him. WHATEVER you say, doesn't change the fact that he IS Malaysia's best bet to get a gold. He IS an outstanding player. Especially now that he has Misbun Sidek back as his coach. He IS pretty darn consistent compared to all the other male badminton players. Just go check the statistics. Since he's gotten Misbun Sidek back as his coach, his performance is AMAZING! And those who say he plays boring badminton... OMFG!!! You need to actually WATCH badminton. Watch it NOW. I'm all out for him winning. And I know, if he loses then you'll just smack it in my face. But whatever! For once, MALAYSIA BOLEH! Hahaha. I don't get it. Is showing a sense of patriotism WRONG? Better in the sports front than the political front!

I think the Men's Singles and Men's Doubles are worth watching. Women Singles is a repeat of four years ago. But I want Zhang Ning to win. Yes yes, she's old, and she's probably retiring soon to coach. But I SERIOUSLY LIKE HER!!!

Why I say Men's Doubles is because its between the Indons and the Chinese. And its so awesome its not an all Chinese affair. Plus, I SOOOO LOVE the Chinese doubles style of attacking. They seldom defend. Especially this pair of Fu Haifeng/Cai Yun. They are usually the attacking ones. And when they play at the net... WAHAHAHAHA! VERY GOOD!!!! And then their smashes... COW!!! One of them is holding the record, I think its Fu. I cannot wait I cannot wait. *grins*

Michael Phelps makes it 7 out of 7. KNN!!! CI BAI CI BAI CI BAI!!! (hahaha sorry, I make up not swearing in English by swearing in Chinese) He won the 100m butterfly by 0.01 second. He clocked in 50.58 and the other fella clocked in 50.59. CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT!!! Like wtf right? The timers has gotta be DEAD ON la. LMAO! well I know its all electronic and computers. But STILL. SIGH!!! Human reaction is also 0.4 seconds. LOL!!! Best bet is that Michael Phelps will get 8 out of 8! Hahaha. Good luck to him!

HAHAHAHHAHHAHHHAAHAH! I'm still laughing at the fact that NADAL has gone out.

WHEEE! CAUGHT YOU THERE DIDN'T I!?!?!?!?!?!?! Well still laughing at the fact that Federer is out. HU HU HU!!!

Anyway with all that said, I'm gonna do my work! GO GO GO!

Beard Papa's

2008-08-12T16:45:00.000+08:00

You may or may not know that I LOVE cream puffs. I know, I know, as a girl, its fattening and blah blah! I DON'T CARE! Cream puff is CREAM PUFF!!! Cannot NOT like it. And another thing, the thing about cream puffs is that its not cream as in WHIPPED-DISGUSTING cream in it. Its LOVELY-not-out-of-a-can flavoured cream. Normally vanilla. And I LOVE it!!!

Just so you know, I'm NOT paid for my posts. UNFORTUNATELY!!! Hahaha, but I memang DO love cream puffs like crazy. And I've always walked pass this particular shop. Never really got around to buying it. And I finally did when I was back in KL. In Pavillion with my family. Also normally I don't buy it because I don't usually use my own money. Hahaha. Use my parent's. Wheee! They really don't mind spending on food. So yeah! hehehe

Anyway this shop if called Beard Papa's. fresh'n natural cream puffs. And I assure you its VERY good.

The pastry is already ready made. You just tell them what fillings you want - vanilla (MY FAV!), chocolate, and some others that didn't appeal to me. And then you tell them how many you want and they will squirt the cream inside the pastry for you. And its super cool! There's A LOT of cream as well. Slurrrrp! Guilty pleasures!!!

They have an offer, RM21 for 6 pcs. If not individually is.... DARN! I forgot.

Anyhow, if you are looking for the place, its located at Pavillion, KL opposite J.Co. Of course there are other outlets, I'm not sure where else, but I'm sure there's one in MidValley. Now, I'm looking out for one in Singapore.

LET ME KNOW if you spot one. ;)

As you can probably see, its ALL vanilla. Wahahaha. I'm not brave enough to step out of my comfort zone. Well maybe other sort of food, just not cream puffs. *grins*

Hmm, its sugar coated as well. If its not appealing to you already... YOU WEIRD! Hahaha. Its fucking AWESOME!!!

Too bad there's no picture of me eating it eh? Or in the process of eating it. Hmm, I remember I had a post on another cream puff. Well not beard papa's. Hahaha. That one had me eating it and all... nice! ahaha

Anyway, CREAM PUFFS ARE THE SHIT! If you didn't know that already, SHAME SHAME on you!!!

The Night of extremes

2008-08-11T22:11:00.000+08:00

Remember the night I went out with quite a lot of MSA members. For steamboat. And then after that I went to Hooters and then went for the GMAX? Well, here are the pictures.

Hooters Shot. I don't know what I was thinking... Hahaha. Its fine when I looked at the beer and lemon. Then tobasco and tomato sauce... can live with it... but then the...

OYSTERS!?!?!?! No no NO!!!! Sick sick sick!!! In case you don't know, oysters ARE NOT AN APHRODISIAC!!! Its freaking disgusting. It makes me want to PUKE! Hahaha. I seriously DON'T KNOW WHAT I WAS THINKING!!! Hahaha.

Here's how its prepared. First goes the tobasco. Brrr

Then the lemon. I don't mind. I love lemon and anything. Hahaha. Yum!

Then its stirred. VIGOUROUSLY and you have THIS. Looks alright right? Wait for it.

Here comes the devil. FREAK!!!! Yuck!

Can you see it? In the first left glass... The oyster is just floating there. Like what the hell right?

And its ready to... eat? swallow? drink? Whatever floats your boat. For me its... gulp. Hahaha.

As you can see, I didn't have the guts to swallow the oyster. I swear whilst I was drinking it I was waiting for the oyster to just come. Faster just get in my mouth and I'll freaking swallow it. But noooo! It didn't. It had to linger around in the glass, and when I was nearly done with the liquid, it still didn't come. FOR CRYING OUT LOUD!!! I was brave and daring enough to take the god damn oyster in my mouth... But I guess the oyster didn't want. So what to do? Leave it lah. I wasn't gonna eat the oyster on its own. SICK!!! Hahaha. I only eat oysters when its cooked with egg... Get this - C.O.O.K.E.D! Hahaha and even then I put loads of chili sauce.

Its freaking taunting ME!!! Hahaha.

Anyway someone else had it. Bleeeeuk!

The liquid was a concoction of Tiger beer, lemon and tobasco. They didn't put the tomato sauce. I THINK! Anyway, it was good. It was fiery. Seriously!!! It was good! I liked it a lot.

And its surprising, because I do not like beer. But it being mixed like that... not bad. Quite interesting. It beats beer on its own! hahaha.

After that, Hooters shut down on us. Freaking hell, what's wrong with them? Hmm. Well, like I said before. Hooters in Singapore SUCKS!!! Never gonna go there again, even if my life depended on it. Let them hire some big-breasted women first... or at least some who HAS breast. HAHAHAHAHA!

Blahhh! Shut up. I'm allowed to check girls out TOO ok. AND have opinions. Its TRUE lah ok!!!

Anyhooooo. After Hooters, walked around and then decided to go on the Reverse Bungy and the Ultimate Swing. *grins*

Brek @ Changi Airport (Terminal 2)

2008-08-11T17:04:00.000+08:00

When I went back to KL, I woke up so early. I didn't have any breakfast. So I headed to Brek at Changi Airport after immigration. I've been there before. Had their pizza and spaghetti. Its not bad. NICE!

So for breakfast they have a number of sandwiches and pizza and muffins. I had a muffin and a sandwich.

In my honest opinion, the sandwich was too dull. More on that with the pictures. I still prefer their pizzas and spaghetti. But there's no way I'm having that for BREAKFAST right? Hahaha my eating times are already so screwed up. No need to screw up the whole system right? Haha

My breakfast. Chocolate Muffin and Ham and Cheese Sandwich.

Hmm, muffins are GOOD! And its chocolate!!! Grrrrrr! you DO NOT touch my chocolate muffin unless I say so. And that's only when it sucks. When its dry and flat and hard - LMAO!!!!! sounds SO WRONG!!! Shit shit shit... cannot cannot. too perverted already. Hahaha. UREEEEEEEYA n SOPHHHHHIAAAA! Where are YOU!?!?! hahaha This muffin was soft, moist, chocolatey and absolutely a god-sent from heaven. Hahaha. Enough said. And its so good because most of the chocolate is at the bottom and its melted and... GOOEY!!!!!!!!!!! Yum Yum!

Now for the sandwich... Ham and Cheese. Hmm, my honest opinion? Too flat. I looove cheese. It was Edam Cheese. The ham was good as well. The bread was AWESOME! It was soft, and just soooo good. They should probably have put some mayo or something. No problems... I put some chili sauce and it was AWESOME! Hahaha. With the chili sauce, SATISFACTION baby! ;)

And the price? Its OK for AIRPORT food. We all know how marked-up airport food it right? Hahaha. Well I won't state the price. Just so you know, I won't eat it otherwise. Hahaha. I'd go for their pizza, spaghetti and muffins. Hahaha.

Yum!

2008-08-03T01:19:00.000+08:00

OK before I start, I just cooked some Maggi and put in some wantons. YUMMY! And wait, I know some of you are like, WTF? So much time to make wantons?? Well, people smart ok! I take whatever in the fridge and cook. And there was wantons from John's steamboat yesterday. So yea, its appetizing! *grins* Knowing how hard it has been for me to get used to Singapore food... Hahaha. Maggi is a taste of HOME! ;)

Now, steamboat. Let's start with Thursday night, I went to Bugis for steamboat. With seniors (ahh, no Alicia, no special ones. Hahahaha!) and freshmen. I was the only Rysian there. O.o. Honestly, I think the steamboat SUCKS!!! hahaha, come on, I've voiced out before.... I hate Singapore food. Because its cleaner! Hahahaha!!!! No no!!! Just like before, I've said. If there is ONE thing that worries me the most when I'm here is the food. Hahaha, my taste buds have reached places and are searching for food that is par with it. Sadly, its all in Malaysia and Europe. *grins* No need for myself to wonder why my jeans have gotten looser. LOL!!! Seriously lah! And add all that walking. LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need food food... Wait, REPHRASE!!! GOOD FOOD!

OK ok! back on track... Bugis steamboat was alright. Reasonable if you don't convert. SGD18. All you can eat. Well, I think it was more of the company that made things worthwhile. It mostly always is. Food can suck, and I will complain (you can bet on that!) but the company is what matters. So I had fun. After steamboat, some... seniors, didn't want to go back yet. And some couldn't decide. In the end, a few of us (me included... I'm happening - apparently... HAHAHAHA. self praise is no praise... I KNOW!) headed to Clarke Quay. Walked and walked and then headed to Hooters. Beer - BLEUK!!! I've said before... I don't like beer. In fact, not a fan of alcohol, but I do drink. Just I rather dance and have fun then drink. ;) No point in getting drunk - because I'll only be a fool yea? Hahaha. Hooters in Singapore... OMFG!!! Wait, let me get to that later. So one of the graduated seniors, Shaun, decided the Hooters Shot. DAMN GROSS! Wait, pictures will be up when I upload (or rather, when I get my laptop back). Basically the shot is a concoction of (BRACE YOURSELF!) beer, ketchup, lemon juice, tobasco *mix mix* and an oyster. BLEUK!!! You know I hate oysters. I HATE HATE HATE!!! BENCI BENCI BENCI!!! TAO YAN TAO YAN TAO YAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

So yes, I drank the liquid part, but didn't gulp the oyster. Seriously would have puked la! So many times I look at oysters and want to put in my mouth.... something defies gravity and travels up my oesophagus. *grins* I hope noone just had their meal or going to eat. Lol... or better yet, eating whilst reading my blog. Want me to be more graphic. BECAUSE I CAN!!!!!!!!!! Hehe. BUT I'm not that evil.

After that, just walked and then decided to GMAX!!! I'm officially making it a verb. Hahaha. Here is what it is (CLICK CLICK!!!) DAMN GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!! I need to bring Jessebel lah! Juliana would chicken out.. She'll say "I just ate" Hahahahaha LMAO!!! Jacobson wouldn't. Mum and dad... LMAO! As if! John??? Hmm, still don't know. I doubt though.

OK OK!!! Man, need to stop getting so sidetracked. Now, we went on two rides (Ethan, Shaun and I). We went on the GMAX - The Ultimate Bungy and the GX-5 Xtreme Swing. Had a pretty good deal as well. SGD40 for each person for both rides. DAMN NICE!!!!!!!!! The GMAX bungy is where you are basically catapulted into the sky. And whilst you are sitting in an open air capsule, you spin. So you see the sky and ground. And you spin 360 degrees vertically all on a bungy cord. Its quite weird. Hahaha, sometimes you don't know which is the top and bottom, or where your head is. Hahaha. And you are doing that for awhile. Its feels quite long when you are up there. But once you touch the ground.. You'll be like... TOO SHORT LAH!!!!!!!!!!! Hahaha. Videos and pictures up when I upload. LAPTOP BABY TORRES FASTER RECOVER!!!!!!!

The GX-5 Extreme Swing is like The Viking Ship. EXCEPT WAY BETTER. You will spin horizontally 360 degrees. You are sitting again in an open air capsule, then you are lifted slowly into the air. Quite high actually. And basically you're standing on air, because you are soooo lifted off your seat and if it wasn't for the safety belts, I would have fallen la. So you can imagine. There's no way to seat down, you'll defy gravity! Hahaha. And this one was lagi shock because there's a lever and someone who's with you up there will push it down and that's when you free fall. And it was Shaun (the very old "senior" hahaha) And up there we were messing around for awhile. Apparently we were up there for quite long. But to me it was pretty short. Hahaha, because there was such a great adrenaline rush. And then Shaun was messing around. I was pretty freaked out. Because if he presses the lever, then we go. Hahaha. I kept telling him to wait for awhile, and he kept messing around. And then suddenly... WHOOSH!!!!!!!!!!!! it was sooo good. It was only really scary the first fall, after that slowed down.

Quite fun!!! must go must go! I'd go again. HAHAHAHAHA! This time I want to press the lever. WAHAHAHA!

So after that went back to NTU by cab.

OK now, Hooters in Singapore. I was shocked they had a Hooters here. And lagi shocked that they couldn't pick better girls. First off, they aren't pretty. Second off, they aren't hot. Thirdly... THEY ARE FLAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hahahaha. SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a girl... I KNOW! LOL! And then... they close quite early. =.=""" No point going lah. Not the REAL Hooters experience. HAHAHAHA! Too flat for guys... trust me! hahaha.

Next day... off to City Hall area with seniors after lunch at canteen A. Then I headed off to Orchard to meet Aunty Linda (the one whom I stayed with in Beijing) had steamboat... O.O! hahaha. Then I came back home (bro's place). He was having a party for... end of internship. LOL! And guess what food... STEAMBOAT!!!!!!! Sick sick sick!!!

then woke up today, John went off to the airport to head back to KL. I went out to meet Aunty Linda at Havelock Road. Err, Grand Corpthorne Waterfront Hotel, so help out pack some party bags for a charity event for the Down Syndrome Association in Singapore. I think. And then we had buffet lunch at the hotel. Hmm, good good! Hehehe. Then went to Suntec to have a look. After that headed to Aunt Bernie's place (Aunty Linda's friend) and hang around until about 8pm. Had porridge for dinner, dropped Aunt Linda and Nadine off at the airport and then dropped me off at Tampines MRT.

Then I returned home. SIGH! I'm home alone. John's in KL, Jun Yen won't be back for the night. Nevermind. Hahaha...

OK lah. Come tomorrow and the next week... no updates. Most likely, cause no laptop. :( SHIT LAH!!! Damn freaking UPSET!!!

Off to bed now.

Tony Roma's

2008-07-27T22:15:00.000+08:00

Not Toni the football player... Not Roma the football club. OK OK OK!!! Sad + lame... I KNOW!!! Blame blame FOC. hahahaha.

Moving along, today I went to Suntec with my family. Reason was because mum wanted to see the Singapore Garden Festival or exhibition or whatever it is. And so we all went. More on that later. Will upload the pictures and all. Really really nice.

Now, so lunch was also at Suntec. And if you are really willing to splurge for food, then this is your place. The food is delicious! But again, me being Jacqueline didn't eat a lot. Hmm, sad sad sad. But later I show you what I ordered and you'll understand. So jelat! But so delicious.

So Tony Roma's is a restaurant located in Suntec or Orchard Road (sadly), its famous for ribs - PORK ribs. And its DELICIOUS!!!

And if I say its good - YOU KNOW its good. Me being quite a gourmet food lover and a taste bud that is not easily satisfied =P hahahaha. LOL! OK LAH! PICKY EATER. Pffft! But picky in the sense that I still eat almost all sorts of food, just a matter of whether I like it or not.

So went there with the family. Dad's in East Malaysia on business so he didn't join us. Jun Yen (John's friend) joined. We were split into two tables but it was still alright.

I believe my ordering of food is good - so HMPF! ;)

This is the Ocean Feast. I'm not sure if it was meant for 2 or 4 people. But the waiter said it wouldn't be enough - HELL HE WAS WRONG!!! Hahaha. OK LAH! Maybe for me. Btw, it was all ladies on my table - mum, Julz, Bel and I. And all men on the other table. This dish is mostly fried but its good. There is calamari, corn, fish, shrimp and potato crabmeat salad. Not bad. The sauces are good. And if you know me... I'm not so much of a lover of fried foods but this was alright. Although to me the fish was a little flat. 6.5/10. Tough Luck. Sorry lah! I'm not a big fan of fried food.

This is the St. Louis Rib. THUMBS UP!!! We had it with the Red Hot sauce. There are three types of sauces. Honestly, it was a lot for me. But we really enjoyed it. Looks big right? But its mostly bones, so yea. Its quite yummy. Four people sharing one is not enough. ;) The other table had three plates so yea. But then we had other things. I really give two thumbs up to this dish. The sauce is good, the ribs was lean (NO FAT!!! YAY!) and the fries were YUMMY!!! 10/10... BECAUSE YOU CAN'T FIND THIS IN MALAYSIA!!!!

Bowtie Chicken Pasta. YUM YUM YUM!!! This is what I ordered. It was meant to be shared but everyone wanted the other food more. But once they ate this - hmm, they couldn't stop. Its bowtie pasta, with a creamy, cheesy sauce with sun dried tomatoes, a little bit of spinach and topped with chicken. Its SOOOOO GOOD! And its a BIG portion I tell you. And I can imagine some of you already saying, "Jacq's standard of big is normal" Pfft! Well, its BIG ok. Even for a big eater like my sister :P Hahaha. But its seriously deliciously awesome. It beats Ciao in KL. 9/10. Only because it made me so uncomfortable. Hahhahaa

Hmm, satisfaction baby!!! Hahaha. Btw, that's Julz. Not mine. I didn't have any bones. I stole all of the meat. WAHAHAHA! But its so good, you just keep licking it until all the sauce is gone.

Btw, this picture was taken before we were actually done with the food. Julz finished the fries. And I swear it was a really really clean plate. ;)

Again, taken before we were really completely done. So we did finish everything. Every plate was clean - except for the bones.

They say it, and I agree with it.

So now the pricing. It was about SGD230. Two tables of four. All the dishes here plus another three plates of ribs. Of course, if you were to think of dollar-to-Ringgit, its not worth it. But Dollar for dollar then ok. Reasonable. I wouldn't go unless... SOMEONE BELANJAs... hahahaha. THAT'S one of the upside of being in a relationship... CORRECT!?!??! hahaha. I'm just joking. Still single until... we'll see.

Anyway, for students I think its a little expensive. So yea. That's the only down side. In total, considering the price, food, service etc... I give it an 8.5/10. TRUST ME THAT IS HIGH!!!

If you want to splurge and have good food. This is your place. =D

Jacobson's birthday Lunch

2008-06-28T23:42:00.000+08:00

A few days back, 26th June, was Jacobson's 10th birthday. The poor kid had school. Poor kid was bullied by me whole day. =)

Hahaha. Just messing. Got him a water gun and he is LOVING it. Got him a deformed Gundam model, and he is fixing it. Those were from John and I. My dad gave me RM200 to get him a present. I spent RM51 and kept the rest. Hahaha I am kidding! I got him a WWE magazine, a limited edition. And the June issue of the WWE magazine. Of course, I read it first. Hahaha. Well its from my dad. But I should have kept some of the money huh? Hahaha.

Anyway, didn't celebrate much with him as he was in school, and we were leaving to Korea at night. So we had to make do with a late lunch. We went to a favourite of mine. Milwaukee Steak Corner.

And then at night, ordered pizza and had Boston Cheesecake. Picture on that later.

Here are pictures from lunch at Milwaukee.

The kedongdong drink. Large.

Trying to show you how big it was. Damn! now that I think of it, I should have got Bel to put her face against the glass. =)

Their mushroom soup is the BEST!!! The bread that holds the soup is DELICIOUS as well. :)

Always will finish. And scrape the bread at the bottom. This is my mum's. If it was John's or mine... The whole bottom will be missing. Hahah, we did that at Swensen's in Singapore.

Escargot. Yummy Yummy! This wasn't too bad. Not that much cheese. If there was more, I wouldn't mind. Load of garlic though. I remember always eating at Sakura in Bukit Bintang, their escargots are delicious!!! Cheesy and garlicky. YUMMMMMY! Eat like the Italians!

Jessebel's lamb. Jacobson got the leg, Jessebel the shoulder and dad got tenderloin. It was all tough. Not as good as it usually is. I think the head chef went home as it was already 2.30pm.

And my chicken burger. Not too bad. But it was such a BIG portion. Especially for me. The burger was soooo thick. Hahaha. Had to eat it two layers at a time. Not too bad. But the patty was a little flaky. Is that what happens to chicken patties?

And if you would like to visit... =) Go ahead! I seriously recommend this place. I think value for money, because their portions are really huge. Oooohhhhh! Their fried chicken wings is also delicious.

Anyway, if you want the directions to the one in Balakong, I can give them to you. =)

My cravings and Non-cravings

2008-06-17T11:24:00.000+08:00

Food...

Who doesn’t love it right? Truth be told, I always loved food. Except for a chapter in my life where I was SKINNY. Yes, hard to believe huh? Hahahaha! But I was really skinny one time. And then, I went to an International school. And the food was good, and there was always a lot of running around and exercise. So I started eating. And haven’t looked back since.

I LOVE FOOD! I may not be the skinniest girl in a room, but I’m not the biggest either. Maybe the shortest ;) And just like most people (if not everyone) I still want to lose a little of weight.

Anyway, food food food! Love it. Cannot hate it. There’s so many things I like. Basically I eat ANYTHING, with the obvious exception of beef. OK, probably not OBVIOUS, but if you’ve hung around me long enough you might have realized it. No beef because of religion reasons. I was given a choice, with NO pressure, I just chose no beef.

So basically, you can give me anything and I would eat it. I’m quite adventurous with food. Love gourmet food. Got it from BOTH my parents. They both love eating and… guess all my siblings love it too. John I know loves food – but I guess high metabolism rate for him, so unfair! Julz loves food too, she confesses to everyone who bothers listening. Hahaha. Jessebel LOVE LOVE LOVES it. Also, would confess to me when she’s bored. Jacobson – a little picky but he will love it soon enough. And as for me, LOVE IT!!! Don’t confess to every single person I meet (like Julz)but I love it. The whole family loves sushi. Even the picky one. We L.O.V.E Japanese food. The Chan family loves it!!! Don’t be surprised that when we actually go on a trip to Japan we would put on 5kg each when we return. OR MORE! Hahaha. Ohhh, LOVE Indian food as well. ITALIAN! SPANISH! THAI THAI THAI!!! Basically we love a lot of cuisines, if we’ve tried it. Mum and dad loves eating as well.

Anyway, this is about ME! Lol. I eat anything. Except beef. Certain exotic foods are a NO-GO for me. And just some very few other food.

Please take note that some pictures are... a little (if not extremely) disturbing. I warned you!

I don’t eat snakes. I think its disgusting! My parents eat it when they are in China… I DON’T! Jessebel eats it. I don’t! Julz Doesn’t! John (I think) doesn’t! And Jacobson too. No no snake for me. My parents said the skin is crunchy. EEEEW!!! And well, they deep-fry the meat. Tastes like chicken they say. Even if it really DID taste like chicken… *shivers* at the back of my mind… it’ll always be SNAKE SNAKE SNAKE!!! So NO NO NO!!!!

NO WAY TO RABBIT MEAT! Noooooo! I think its cruel. The cute furry animals… Although they reproduce like bacteria, its disgusting to eat it! I mean don’t you think about the soft white fur and the nice long ears? Such cute animals and you put it in your mouth. SICK!

NO TURTLE/TORTOISE! No way!!! I know its in some Chinese cuisines, and I love Chinese food, but its just… no. I remember eating out with my god-dad and his friends when I stayed at his place, and they ordered it. I NEARLY ate it without knowing what it was. But his friend only knew the Chinese word for it. I thought it was sea cucumber, it looks like it but flatter. And then his friend said, NINJA TURTLE… and I quickly got it off my plate.

Dog meat. ARGH!!! I don’t get it. How can they do that? Fine if you are really really REALLY REALLY (times infinity) starving and there are only ONLY ONLY (times infinity again) dogs around you. FINE TO THAT! But people who find it yummy and eat it… YUCK!!! No way. I guess I’d rather DIE than eat dog meat. I have two lovely dogs at home, and they will forever be in my heart. So I’m never eating dog meat. Argh! Disgusting!!!

Tiger meat. NO! No such things are ever going in my mouth.

Monkey, ape or any primates… whether it’s the brain or whatever… JUST NO OKAY! Ok, if you believe in evolution (I do, to a certain extent) then you are only eating… yourself? Or what you came from. Humans evolved from the monkey family, so… you get the drift.

Blood. Those red blocks you find in the Pork Porridge at hawkers. I pass them to my parents. I don’t like it. Damn… yuck! The Chinese like it. Sorry, I DON’T! haha. Or any kind of blood for that matter. That’s why I never have anything raw. Haha. Not even steaks (when I ate it ages ago). Never half-cooked. ALWAYS 100% COOKED!!!! I just cannot imagine having BLOOD in my mouth. Unless its MY OWN blood.

Now this one may surprise you. Haha. I KNOW I SAID I LOVE JAPANESE FOOD! I know okay! But I don’t like sashimi. I only eat the white coloured ones. Has to be PLAIN white. Not even off white. Only WHITE WHITE. Like squid colour. Its just that the red ones are weird. I mean, it looks like raw meat… OK it IS! But then, its more obvious. And I don’t like it. Its funny how I imagine the taste of blood (that isn’t even mine)and squirm. I don’t even eat raw salmon. I need it at least smoked. That’s the nearest to raw salmon I’ll eat.

Skin. Chicken skin, fish skin, whatever skin. Big NO!!! You give me Kentucy Fried Chicken and I'll peel off the skin for you. I'll gladly pass it over. I know its juicy and full of flavour but its just something about it that I don't like. Like... its full of FAT!!! And not the good fats, the bad ones. And its oily!!! Especially fried ones. I don't like. You see me each raosted duck, also the skin will come off. It goes to my sibling's plate, and they are very happy. I know, roasted duck skin very crispy, I also try before... only when they wrap it - Peking Duck style. If not, you can expect to see me get away from it. I know, its very nice. And even the picture looks so appetising. But I just can't. Damn geli. I'll eat the meat though. ;)

Avocado. NO! I don’t eat it. Even though I eat any other sort of fruit/vegetables, avocadoes are just no for me. Fine if its in the Californian roll (normally I don’t pick it out). Its just the feeling in the mouth. The mushy feeling. I don’t mind mushy things – mashed potatoes, eggplants/brinjals, or whatever else. Just avocado is different. There’s no real way of cooking it except fresh or in salad. That’s the problem. If there was a way it was cooked then maybe it may not be so mushy? I don’t know. And there’s just no taste to it. Not sweet, not sour, not bitter. WHAT!?!?! Like water lah! Hehe.

Otak-otak. Or is it otah-otah? I know its fish paste wrapped in a leaf and cooked over a fire. But I just never liked it. I find it… funny tasting? I don’t know. I don’t eat it. Everyone else in my family does. So I let them. I just don’t like it. Not nice to me. Hahaha, maybe the name put me off… brains! Hahahaahaha. Nah, its not that, I just don’t like it. I HAVE tried it ok. I just don’t like.

NO PEANUTS! Or any other kind of nuts. Almond, macadamia, etc. No! I know its like super healthy, with all that essential oils and stuff. But I just cannot. I only can take cashew. That one I stomach. The other kind of nuts, OUT OUT OUT!!! Wonder how I eat those Ferero-Roches eh? Well… I very seldom eat it. I prefer the white ones (what they called?). And when I actually DO eat Ferero-Roches, I will pick out the nuts. YES I AM SERIOUS! Every single one. Hahaha. Quite picky in that sense. =P Future boyfriends/husbands better be aware of this. Hahaha.

Pineapples! Its not even funny. I may scream at you if you put pineapple in my food. CANNOT!!! Don’t like. It does funny things in my mouth. I don’t like the taste. I pick them out of EVERYTHING. Hahaha. YES even on the pizza. I don’t take pineapple juice, I don’t take pineapple at all! No way! So where does the pineapple I pick out of pizzas go? Hahaha. On my sister’s (Jessebel) or brother’s (John’s and Jacobson’s) pizza. Or put extra on what’s still not yet eaten. Less for Jacq, more for everyone else right? Haha

(ok, maybe the pineapple picture looks nice. I agree... more artistic and I wouldn't mind drawin/painting it...)

And now for the things I eat that some people just… can’t believe. Some you may be like aiyo, everyone eats it. Some you are just… WHAT!?!?! Especially if you aren’t Chinese. And some others… WHAT!?!!??!!?!? For anyone right? Hahaha.

There won't be pictures for this section because I think its best you dont get put off by food that I like. Hahhahaha.

Lady fingers. I know, that green slimy vegetable? Yes that very one! Its not bad. Especially cooked with dried shrimp sambal. Yum Yum! Or steamed, but not soft, and then eaten plain with soy sauce. Nice!!! I am serious! No kidding. Its really really nice. And plus, there’s loads of good fibres. Hahaha. Go try! ;)

The bitter-est of all vegetable, the almighty bitter gourd. So what if its bitter? That’s why its so unique. Of course I don’t like it SO SO bitter. You have to rub it with salt and then immerse it in water for awhile. Not for too long, you still want it to be a LITTLE bitter and crunchy. At my house, we cook with it garlic, egg and red chili. Really nice. Or bitter gourd soup. Yeap! Some pork bones and red dates together with the bitter gourd. The soup is not bitter. I assure you that. It’s a clear soup and really good. And then the bitter gourd won’t be bitter at all, and its soft. Then you eat it with soy sauce. Delicious! John, Julz, Bel and Jacobson hate it. Everyone else (parents and I) love it. Hahaha.

Eggplants/brinjal. Awww, so many ways to cook it. Yong Tau Fu, or in a clay pot with some fish paste and chili, or steamed until its soft and garnish it with fried onions, garlic and dried shrimp, or fried and then cooked with some chili paste. YUMMY TO THE MAX! Only Julz and Jacobson don’t eat it.

Frogs… a family favourite! Especially when at the “tai-chao” restaurant. Its cooked with a lot of pounded ginger. The kick you get after eating it. Your throat will be sooooo fresh. Then you drink some of the sauce. I have one bowl, because its good. Ginger is good, helps with wind. LOL! Not farting, the discomfort in the stomach and wind wherever else in your body. Whole family eats frogs. Yeap! Haha. I love it. But I hate the way the person at the wet market smacks the frog in the head, cuts a line and then uses a plier to strip the skin off. That’s so disgusting! Had to look away. Anyway, frogs are so much springy-ier than chicken. Really!

ESCARGOT! Aka SNAILS! Although lately, I’ve been cutting down on it. Don’t eat it when I get the chance like I normally do. Just feel funny about. So yea, been cutting down on it. Lol.

Snake of the sea… Eels! Of course the best way to cook it is JAPANESE style! With sweet sauce. And then have with steamed rice. That’s the best way. Can never go wrong with that. But I’m open to any other way. You don’t bother about the bones, that’s why I like it so much. Hahaha.

Stingray. I eat it, but don’t always get the chance to eat it. So when I can, I just eat. And its easy to eat, doesn’t have all those bones like normal fishes. It has bones, but you can bite them bones. And its easy to separate bones and meat.

Sea cucumbers. Hahaha you look at it and go WTF is that? Well, I know. I see it so many times and LOVE IT! Love how the Chinese restaurants cook it with broccoli. You gotta love it! The texture is tender. Easy to bite, but hard to get your teeth into it – if you don’t have a good grip on it. Hard to hold with your chopsticks but it is still manageable. Its soft. Most times. Sometimes shops sell it when it is HARD! Then you have to soak it in water and all. But its YUMMY!

Bird’s nest. OK! Honestly, I don’t think it is really a nest. Its not the nest that birds build with twigs and sticks. Rich men food. Hahaha. When I get the chance, I eat it. Its good for the skin, has collagen. So if you’re given it, DON’T COMPLAIN! Seriously! When we have it at home, its cooked with rock sugar and water in a slow cooker. IT IS YUMMY! And if you want more flavor, add pandan leaves. DELICIOUS! But then again, how often do I get a chance. Well savour it whilst you can!

You “just keep swimming, just keep swimming” and it stings you. Jellyfish!!! Love the way my dad does it during CNY. With salad leaves and century eggs. He mixes it with some white vinegar and sesame oil, and leaves it in the fridge. Oh so good! Or the way the Japanese do it. NICE! Or how the Chinese serve it … DELICIOUS!!! Jellyfish has to be served COLD!

Intestines, pork intestines. I love it in soups like bak kut teh. Or when they deep fry it and then garnish the pork porridge with it. YUMMY! I like it, but they have to be washed properly. If not, it’ll be smelly and just… not nice. Another way to cook it is with dried shrimps and garlic.

Fish eggs. Not caviar. Not the orangey ones you get on sushi. Just from the fish, and then the whole piece fried. Nice lah! But then… KNNCCB high in cholesterol. Its just an unique taste I guess. John, Bel and myself are fine with it. Plus my dad. Mum, not so sure. Ohh, pregnant fish. In Japanese restaurants, they fry the fish and then you squeeze lemon on it and eat. Yummy!

The blackest egg you can ever find century eggs. Oh yeah! Hahaha, guess its an acquired taste huh? Nice when its cooked in porridge. Or garnished with a cold dish with jellyfish. Or simply, this may surprise you, ON ITS OWN! Peel the skin (make sure you don’t touch, if not your hand will STINK, then cut it in four or six and EAT! Good. You don’t need sauce or anything. Haha surprised? I know some people who are so disgusted with this BLACK egg, even the yolk is not a nice yellow colour. A greenish-grey more like. And not like army green or anything, yucky green. Well, again, I say its nice and I like it. ;)

And I eat other normal things. Chicken, pork, fish (LOVE IT!), lamb, mutton, fruits and vegetables. Oh SOTONG! Squid, octopus… prawns and crabs (very seldom).

I’m still in the mix for durians. I remember I loved it when I was younger. Then I stopped eating it for awhile because we just didn’t buy it, and suddenly when I was served it again… I felt sick looking and smelling it. But lately, I don’t mind it that much. Although I hate it when we have leftovers and my family will put it in plastic containers and put it in the fridge. Then the whole fridge will stick. EVEN the plastic container AFTER you wash it a gazillion times. But I still don’t eat it.

Hope you can still eat after the pictures. hahaha

More Food! Actually Hot Chocolate!

2008-05-11T13:01:00.000+08:00

My first encounter with hot chocolate was quite awhile back. When I was 12 or 14 or in between or younger? Can't really remember, but I know it was long ago. I was in New Zealand the first time I had hot chocolate. And it was from a... vending machine! at a motel we stayed in. LOL! I put in one New Zealand Dollar, put the styrafoam cup in place and hit a button. And swoosh, this lovely brown chocolate smelling liquid gushes out from the machine. Take a plastic stirrer and stir, and drink. And in the process, burn my tongue. It was so good, so burn the tongue! hahaha. Everyday at the motel, I'll have two cups before I sleep and maybe one or two in the day, depending if I have loose change or not. But it was YUMMY!

And after that first time, I was always on the lookout for instant hot chocolate. And they never turned out that good. I've tried the Cadbury one and it sucked! And I've tried a few others, but FINALLY I've found one. One that's worth my money.

And I only had one packet/sachet. Which SUCKED! but I found it by luck! It was sitting in the cabinet, in a canister together with all the 3-in-1 coffee and tea bags. *ahem* we've A LOT collected from the hotels we stay at and the lounges at the airports we go to* So I was looking for a Milo 3-in-1 because I was lazy to dish out Milo powder from the big tin, and condensed milk (YUM YUM!) but we didn't have any. Then I saw this... and I was like..WHY not. It could be nice.

AND IT WAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! My dad god it from Germany! Must be from his hotel room, or the lounge at the Germany Airport. Because you CANNOT find this here. Well, haven't searched high and low for it yet.

I present to you, the best Instant Hot Chocolate so far.... *drum roll*

The Good Stuff. Have you seen it before in M'sia? TELL ME!!!

Now, how to prepare? SIMPLE!

1. Open packet and pour contents out into mug.

2. Add hot water. (not too much, just enough so that there are no clumps)

3. Stir! and taste. If too thick or sweet, add a little water. And stir. THEN DRINK IT UP! SAVOUR ITTTTTTTT!

Too bad I haven't found it in Malaysia yet. If not, that's your birthday presents people! hahaha. ;) Just messing. Anyway, its good stuff.

I leave you with a... camwhored picture! LOL! Toodles

Donut Empire

2008-05-10T23:44:00.000+08:00

Yum yum yummmmm!!!!!!!!!!

Anyway I had this a few days back, Thursday to be exact. Or was it Wednesday? One of those days, I think Thursday!

And I LOVE them. I never really really liked donuts because... One particular brand (that's been so long in Malaysia and somehow always gave me stale donuts) spoiled them for me. Boo! But I've started to LOVE them again. I've always loved cream puffs, so it'll be nearly a crime if I didn't love donuts right? They are almost the same. But cream puffs are smaller and and yummier! Hahaha.

Anyway Donut Empire, hmm, I think they originate from Singapore. And anyway, they are really really good! Yummy! I haven't had the chance to try Big Apple or J.CO, but still Donut Empire is good good GOOD!!!

The outlet I went to was at Plaza OUG. Citrus Park -where ALL the food outlets are. Plaza OUG is located around Jalan Klang Lama, near Taman OUG (DUH!) hahaha. Anyway, they are delicious! I'm not sure if they have other outlets.

Yum Yum!
Top (L-R): Simpson, Cheeze, Green Tea
Bottom (L-R): Chocolate, Oreo and Oreo.

Those may not be their exact flavour names, but its something like that. Simpson is correct though. =)

Top (L-R): Chocolate with cheese filling?, chocolate with chocolate filling *grins*, and Blueberry
Bottom (L-R): Origin, Sillimon and Sillimon.

And just so you know. My favourite is SILLIMON! Hehehehe! its a cheesy/white chocolate top with cinnamon powder. Hmm, I love the name!

Of course I've only tried the Sillimon one and they are absolutely heavenly! Argh!!! So fattening but soooooo good for my soul. And the last time there was the chocolate one with Coco Pops. Hmm, Not that good. Don't get that. I didn't enjoy that. Oh! Their Chocolate top with coffee cream filling is not too bad. Its quite nice! So yes, I'm out to try each flavour. They are now downstairs in the kitchen. Tempting me. I don't know how I pushed the temptations away for now. But I'm coming for them tomorrow. That's my very very satisfying breakfast and not exactly healthy! hahaha. I'm gonna cut each donut into 8 and have one-eighth of each flavour. Grrr! Don't hate me because you don't get good food. +)

What I LOVE about Donut Empire is that, the donut itself is... not dense and stale. Its fluffy and fresh and soft. And fluffy and fresh and soft and warm. ARGHHHH! Sooo good. And then with the toppings.... TO DIE FOR!!!!

Hmpf! Exercise Exercise! SIGH!

Anyway, I'm off to bed. I'm soooo tired. That chatting till 2am yesterday was no help.... ARGH!!! I need to stop losing track of time. Grrrrrrr

Anyway. In advance by about 15 minutes, HAPPY BIRTHDAY JESSEBEL! 12 already. OMFG! When did she get so big? Sigh, she's... taller than me... crap crap. And yes, if you didn't know, she is my sister.

Good night world. =)

Food food CREAM PUFFS!

2008-05-08T00:28:00.000+08:00

I had cream puffs a few days back. It was SO good! It was FRESH, and not warm and yucky, but cool and just the right temperature. A lower temperature than your mouth and not too cold like ice.

YUMMY!

Ohhhh, the lovely lovely lovely LOVELY THING! It was soft and.... AWESOME! Whoever invented them is a GENIUS!

Yum! Take a bite. Look at all that custard/cream (whatever you wish!). That lovely, soft, light yellow substance. YUMMY!

One more bite. The TEMPTATION!

Uh-Oh! I'm always so clumsy with yummy food.

DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why does it have to FINISH!?!?!?! argh!

Guilty as charged! Had three cream puffs *shy away*

GOOD GOOD GOOOOOOOD! Yummy. Btw, someone got them for me. =) But it was good. And I love them.

And today, Bel and Julz went to the orthodontist. And then went to Citrus Park/ OUG Plaza. And got DONUTS! from Donut Empire. Oooooooooo, soooo good! I had 2 and a half donuts. Hehehe. One cinnamon one, one Coco-Pops one and half of a coffee creamed one. The cinnamon was the best!!! Coco-Pops was... not nice. and the coffee creamed one... I'm not a fan of creamed coffee. But I enjoyed it, because the pastry was GOOD! And and and!!! Dunkin Donut is a rip off. Its not nice!

I WANT KRISPY KREME!!! They should open one in Malaysia!!!!!!! ARGH! I wanna go Jakarta! The one place in South East Asia they have a branch... JAKARTA!!!!!!!!! SIGH! Singapore or KUALA LUMPUR la!!! Don't have to take a flight what... =P Hehehehe

FOOD! (Japanese Edition!)

2008-03-15T10:25:00.000+08:00

I decided that since this is the 300th post... I'll FINALLY do a review on food. Its been... AGES since I've wrote in my food blog, which ultimately is no longer alive, as this is the primary blog and I guess everything will just be... on here now. Unless I decide to change my mind later in life again. Hehehe.

So yes, we had this dinner, LAST year. Parent's Anniversary to be exact. Oh don't worry, there's MANY other food posts that I haven't done. Sigh! I wonder why I kept it till so long. Hahaha.. Oh oh, I know!!! BECAUSE I was busy with... 1) college 2) classes 3) studies 4) exams 5)...

But anyway moving along, last year, we had dinner at Kin-no-uma. Its a Japanese restaurant in Palace of the Golden Horses. We go there quite frequently... but lately not so.

So here are the pictures. Sorry some of them were blur... camera was running out of battery and I just had to snap as quick as possible. And as yummy as possible. You are lucky I took the photos before digging in. Hahaha... ENJOY~~

THE lovely complimentary appetizer they served. Its quite a small portion but... I tell you its... DELICIOUS!!!!!!!! They ALWAYS give some sort of complimentary appetizer. This is jellyfish... I LOVE. And other times they give you beansprout, or seaweed, or fish... many things.. and they are ALWAYS DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!

A satisfied me. I'd lick the plate if I was alone. Hahaha. Japanese Green Tea..

Cali-californian roll. I always wondered why they were called Californian rolls... It Japanese rolls or something I understand la. Lol... But this... is a must have dish whenever I step into a Japanese restaurant.

UNAGI!!!!! Another MUST HAVE dish when I step into ANY Japanese Restaurant. I love love love love love LOVEEEE this. The way they cook it and everything. ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! Btw, that lump at the left side, that's potato salad... LOVE LOVE LOVE!

Ah, Unagi and Rice... I love. My favourite most satisfying Japanese dish EVER! hahaha, when I was younger, everytime we went to a Jap restaurant, I'd order this. ALWAYS...

Seafood fried rice. Absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!! They also have Garlic fried rice... which is ALSO delicious!!!

This is basically, rice with salmon and you pour the soup from the teapot and it kinda becomes porridge. Although it is a little simple, its tasty. The soup has the taste. And its not oily and stuff... So yea.

Crab crab crab!!!!!!!!!!! the big big one! Very nice. It was on offer that time.

Pregnant fish. I LOVE this... BUT then, I've had better pregnant fish before. Not the best.

Assorted sushi. All the raw fish... *shivers* I never liked sashami.. Damn funny feeling.

Overall, the food is satisfactory. I've decided to give up on the whole rating thing. And I love the little side portion of salad and whatever it is... its yummmmmy!

Fit for a King

2007-10-10T21:00:00.000+08:00

I had lunch today at Tai Thong Grand Restaurant, Wisma Selangor Dredging. Its opposite KLCC, a different block from British Council and IDP.

After college, I went to meet up with my parents. My dad had already ordered whilst waiting for me. When I arrived, I spotted one of my favourite dim sum dishes. I eyed it for awhile, before deciding to take a seat with my parents. Hmm, whilst waiting for the food I decided to get that dish I was eying. Its delicious. "wu tau" or " yùtóu jiǎo" or taro dumpling. For the record, taro is actually YAM!!!!!!! I was searching for the 'official' name of it, and got soooo annoyed when I couldn't find it. After realising that taro is actually yam, I got it right. The pictures are not pictures taken by me, I took it off the web. I didn't have my camera with me so yea... =P

Taro dumpling or "wu tau" or " yùtóu jiǎo" is actually a kinda of Chinese pastry. Its main filling is pork with some sauce. Green peas and mushrooms are optional. The outer coat is made of yam which is then deep-fried. Its pretty oily and we all know that I don't particularly favour oily food. But I always make a very special exception for this. *drools*

After that came the Shark's Fin Soup. My dad ordered the Shark Fin Soup with Ginseng. There was no 'ajinomoto' and it was clear soup - NO STARCH!!!! Yeah!! I'm not actually a big fan of shark's fin. I do find it a cruel thing to do to animals. Chop the fin and then throw the shark back into the sea. That's pure cruelty. I do refrain from shark's fin quite often. But when there are special occasions, I do eat it. Let's just make it clear that I DO NOT support the cruelty. I mean yes, I can always choose not to have it. And I do actually do that most occasions. But if I were to be a strong supporter of "Stop Cruelty to Animals" I'd be a vegetarian.

Anyway, I didn't really want it. But not gonna lie and say that I hate it completely. I just feel that I, well my parents, could save the money instead.

There was also steamed fish. But I'm not too sure what fish it was. Anyhow, yes, there was abalone. Not exactly like this. It was braised abalone, with tofu and broccoli. The tofu was absolutely DELICIOUS! The texture was a little rough on the outside but inside was absolutely soft and omg! it kinda melted in my mouth. Yes, tofu kinda melted in my mouth. *droools* I loved it soooo much. The abalone was a little tough and well it's meant to be chewy right?

See why I said it was fit for s King?

Btw, if you must know, the bill came up to RM752. I was actually planning to pay because it was my parent's wedding anniversary. But I didn't know my parents ordered such luxurious food. I swear I nearly fainted when I saw the bill. It was for THREE people.... Sigh... Hahhaha, but its a once a year thing. LOL!

Not bad lunch. Definitely enjoyed the lunch out alone with my parents. =D

Food - 8.5/10
Service - 8.5/10
Ambiance - 8/10

Quite high ratings ok!!! My dad knows the chef and managers, so yea, the food and service has extra marks. well they did service us well. =D

My Chili

2007-10-03T20:58:00.000+08:00

Yes, I cooked it MYSELF. I did! I swear... and it tastes FABULOUS!

Dinner at my house. Home cooked. I like. In fact, I LOVE!

This is what you do. Lay out the bread/tortilla. Put come Chili on one side. You decide how much. I normally like more because I make Chili that is spicy with loads of pepper and I love the kick.

Add some cheese. Which will melt... *yummm*

And dig in!!! Enjoy!

Well for me, I tend to be more "clean" and "lady like" when I eat this. Cause it gets sooo messy.

Food - 10/10 (BIAS!! hahaha honestly though my dad gave his approval. I think 8/10)
Service - N/A
Ambiance - 10/10 (home is the best)

Btw, all the cutlery and plates and stuff - provided by my parents. Hahaha. They sell stuff like that. =D

Palace of the Golden Horses - Carousel

2007-10-01T15:43:00.000+08:00

I went for a Buka Puasa Buffet dinner at Palace of the Golden Horses (POGH). It was at their coffee house. We booked for 37 persons. YES! I'm not kidding, I'm not messing with your head. I'm dead serious. 37 - THIRTY SEVEN. Why so many? Hahaha. No not my whole family. It was a business treat. My dad belanja his employees.

I never expected soooo many people there. Kinda shocked me. Because firstly, its soooo far away. Secondly, the price isn't that cheap. And it definitely makes me wonder... How do some of these people manage to pay. No, I'm not looking down on people or anything, but honestly - are those there the ones whom are corrupted officials? Hmm. It makes me wonder.

Anyway, quite a lot of people, and that spoilt the mood. It was soooo stuffy and you had to queue up to take food. Plus its MALAYSIA! Yes, it may be a high class hotel... But its still MALAYSIA with MALAYSIANS!!! So yes, they cut in line. Push you aside. Take forever to scoop some food - they pick. Meaning dig around and find a piece. All this whilst they are FULLY aware that there's a long wait behind them. Oh, why am I not surprised? Its sometimes embarrassing. You see, if in Western countries, the men may (more likely) let a women in front of them. Especially if they are just taking the plate or something. But noooo! Not here. Here, men or women... they barge in front of you. Not even looking back to give an apologetic smile or anything... HELL NO! Nothing like that. Just barge and they take it that they were there before. Stupidddd!!! so irritating.

The awesome sunset. I tell you, I'm loving my house area because of the wonderful sceneries.

I definitely live for sights like this. And for Alicia's puppy. =P hehehe crap laaa. I keep thinking of the puppy.

We mess around before taking our food. Hahaha. So retarded

I liked this. Top - chicken breast with spinach. Bottom - Fish. Yummmy!

Rice with curry. Long beans. And Ostrich meat with black pepper sauce. Hmm. Let's just say that the black pepper sauce was a little tooooo sweet for me

Alamak!! go high class hotel eat ROTI CANAI!?!??! hahaha. Well their dahl was good. That's all I'm saying.

The chicken rice, tandoori chicken and some pastry. Hmm, the chicken rice was a little too salty for me

What's left of the chicken rice. Hahaha well, the chicken part la

Lamb Lamb Chop. Lamb in Rosemary sauce. Not that bad, but I can say I've tasted more yummy ones. The sauce was a little flat. Not enough taste. (Baaaa Baaaa!)

Ais Kacang aka ABC. Can you please tell me who the hell puts chocolate sprinkles in ABC? Hmm? When I said that out loud, my dad was carrying this for my little bro. And my dad said, "I do" ... and I was like... eeew. Enjoy...

Jessebel's Dessert. Look at that mess. Hahahahahaa! Kinda my fault. Whilst I was scooping it out from the cake dish, I didn't cut properly so I kinda made a mess. Lol

And yes, I do enjoy desserts. =D

This is what happened to Jessebel's dessert. Hehehe. She took so much and then cannot finish and make a mess. Looks *yuck*

Service - 7.5/10
Food - 8.5/10
Ambiance - 5/10 (its got such low ratings because of the many people whom spoilt my mood.)

Meiji Chocolate

2007-09-27T21:57:00.000+08:00

Before I start, there's an update in my food blog. =D

Anyway, I'm about to go on and on about the wonder of Meiji White Chocolate. And behold, my super power. I can make anyone's mouth water. I swear! I'm not kidding. Be it my words you read, or the words coming out of my mouth. I can make your mouth water, and that, I am NOT KIDDING! (Behold my powers! Wahhahahaha, maybe not now. that I'll leave to another post)

You must be wondering... why is this chocolate thingy not in my food blog? Well, it WILL BE! Just hold on a moment. It will be there, but its also here because I'm about to show you how stupid/idiotic/cheeky/naughty/sly my lil brother is.

One lovely piece from the big bar.

The whole thing before its opened. On my lovely NEW(!!!) white Nike tote bag. The one and only I have. I'm in love with Nike's tote bags la!!!

You may INDULGE. I did. I only ate one row in one particular day. And nicely re-wrapped the remaining of the bar. hell, there was A LOT! There was more than one-sixteenth left... A LOT MORE!!! So I kept it in my bag for later (or rather, another day).

I decided to be nice to my little brother and decided to give him some chocolate after... two days. I was savoring the chocolate. Anticipation! Holding back, so that I can slowly enjoy it and not feel so guilty.... (Fat la! hehe)

So I hand him the remaining of what was left.... Its practically the WHOLE thing, minus the first row. I hand it to him whilst watching TV. I was so into the TV programme, and I guess he was too. And then when there was an advertisement. I turned over to my little brother and saw him doing this....

He bloody scrunched up the wrapper and was throwing it up and down. I swear!!! I didn't shout at him, only UNTIL after I took the picture. =P Grrr! MY CHOCOLATE =(

The insides of my bag. hehe For the bloody fun of it la

I took the wrapper back and asked, "why you finish all?" his replied, "I dont know, you give it to me to eat so I finish it." soooo damn geram. Wanted to cucuk him with a big big needle. My chocolate...in him tummy. GRRR

So I decided to keep the wrapper for memory sakes. The time when Jacobson CONNED MEEEE!!! ='(

My sad sad face.

And yes, to prove my point, and remember why I'm actually keeping the wrapper... I wrote on it.

My lil bro, so damn kacau. One of my favourite chocolates. Or rather... one of the ONLY few chocolates I eat... He finishes it for me. Grrr! SO damn geram. This happened awhile back. But even now when I think of it I wanna laugh, but also so geram. Irritated. Grrr!

Btw, Meiji White Chocolate... is one of THE BEST, I have eaten. Well I really do like it. And I do love WHITE chocolates A LOT!!! Anything with out any sort of nuts. =D

Anyway. That's all. =D Good night and toodles!

Stuffed Chicken

2007-09-27T21:20:00.000+08:00

I bought this from a charity event, food and fun fair, at a temple. The whole point of the event was to raise money for this thing called Educare. This Educare helps the poor and needy students with school supplies, such as uniforms, shoes, stationery and school bags. Anyway, back on topic, my aunt past by this stall selling Thai Stuffed Chicken Wings, and of course, that appealed to people as its something unheard of. (Oh, how creative we can get with food). She bought two pieces and took a bite. She then came looking for my sisters and I, and we all took a bite. From then onwards, we bought and bought quite a lot. Eating for ourselves at the fair, and then deciding to buy some back for my little brother.

And this doesn't cost cheap. RM5 for ONE PIECE!!!! But then again, its for charity and the seller didn't profit a single cent. So we spent about RM100 on that stall. =P *malu*

I present to you the crispy, delicious stuffed chicken wings.

Time to bite in and give you a look.

You can see the chicken meat... and hold, NO BONES!?!?! Yes, no bones. There's chicken meat, the stuffing and bones have been removed. (except at the pointy wing part).

If I'm not mistaken, the stuffing... has chili (duh!), cumin, some spices to give that authentic Thai taste and lemon grass (serai). Its all mashed up together and then stuffed into the boneless chicken before being fried.

Good snack! Hehehe.

Pretty tasty as well. =D

Lemon Grass Cafe, Shangri-La

2007-09-22T20:15:00.000+08:00

Last night, I went to Shangri-La for dinner. It was the Buka Puasa dinner. Not bad. Not bad. Quite nice. Full house ok. Anyway, pictures for your pleasure.

I absolutely LOVE the colour. So bright and bold

Prawn cocktail, with some tomato based sauce.. and get this: CAVIAR!!!! @#%&!
Not bad eh... Pay so much and get to eat Caviar... although it is my first time. haha

My appetizer. Salad with Caesar dressing, Brinjal/Eggplant - italian style and squid.

Julz picks from people's plate.

Enjoying his lamb. Hahahaha

Ah, just for you. =) Its quite nice actually.

Some Italian carbo with cheese dish, with some olive oil. *yummmy!*

O.O I absolutely LOVE this. Loads of cheese. its not really macaroni. Some Italian thing. Its absolutely delicious. I want moreee.. but jelat.

clockwise from top: Lamb with mint sauce, roti canai, pizza and salmon... yummy

Get a load of that thing at the top left. its absolutely delicious. Its pasta with some sauce and baked with loads and loads of cheese!!!!! Its delicious.

Ahhh.. FOOD!!!!!! I like

Mum enjoying the Lamb and Prawn Redang/Curry.

Sushi. Salmon Sashimi... and ABALONE!!!!!!! I'm serious!!! well, I think its abalone... definitely TASTES like abalone. But according to my dad, its some shellfish, and my sister even better - MUSHROOM! Sigh. But it really tasted like abalone. I'm standing my ground... ABALONE!!!!!

Bel like got something she wants to spit out. Julz taking the sushi off MY PLATE.

No points for guessing who's belly that is. =)

Hahahahahhahahahaa LOOK AT DADDY!!!!!!!! I love this shot. =D I'm PROOO!

My parents enjoy desserts. My dad especially. Its no wonder I have that particular gene. =)

Ahh, desserts! I live for desserts. *drools* Go go drool all over your keyboard and start licking the monitor. I give you permission. Clockwise from bottom left, Chocolate base cake with vanilla meringue on the top with some cocoa powder and chocolate syrup. Not my fav due to the nuts in it. Cheesecake!!!!!! I'm telling you! This is definitely one of the BEST I've ever had in my life... so far at least. hehehe. its sooo soft and moist. And it really really LITERALLY melts in your mouth. I love it!! Creme Bleu. I love creme bleu. Really I do. I'm dying to learn to make soooooo much desserts. hahaa

Candid. Flash too bright. She blinks!!!!! hahaha and the retarded brother. =D Gosh I love having dinner with them. (Johnnnn! Where are you!?!?!?)

Look! It was all on my plate and they stole it... Sobs!

The desserts I picked out.. MORE MORE MOREEEEEE! Out of a whole whole corridor of variety. Clockwise from the yellow colour one. Raisin and Apricot Pudding. Not that bad, but I prefer bread and butter pudding. Strawberry tart. Yummmm! Brownie. So damn hard. Hahaha Juliana asked me to take it for her that's why. And my favourite of all. Chocolate Fudge Cake... *Drrooooolss* its seriously deliciously chocolatety.

Chocolate Fudge Cake. Yummmy! Lookie, soooooooo moist. The chocolate cake seriously melts in your mouth. I'm craving for moreeeee! Just like Chili's Chocolate Molten Cake. *Drooooools*

Sleepy heads.

Gangsters la. Look at Jacobson's face

Dad's candid shots are always the "best"

Retards enjoying strawberry. Look at the big mouth... that wont stop moving. =P

After we all were pretty filled, us sisters + lil bro decided to be camwhores. And that's what we were. hahaha Getting stares from the table behind, in front and at our sides. used another camera, so I havent uploaded yet. but that would more likely go into my personal blog. hahaha No food in that. =P

A little low ratings.
Food - 6.5/10
Service - 5/10
Ambiance - 7.5/10

Have you ever!?!?

2007-09-18T18:19:00.001+08:00

I am wondering, has anyone ever seen this fruit before? I actually had this in August or was it... July? I'm not quite sure. It was a while ago. And its not exactly my favourite. It looks like a mix rambutan and lychee. Hmm like its been genetically engineered. The 'skin' is like the rambutan, EXCEPT its not hairy. Its like poky like the durian, but not so spiky. The flesh is not as crunchy as the rambutan, more on the softer side like the lychee. And the seed... just like the rambutan. So I'm guessing that certain genes from each fruit has been extracted and used to make this fruit. I honestly don't like this fruit. Its not as sweet as the rambutan. Not as yummy as the lychee.... Its like sour sour... and the texture is WRONG! I don't fancy it. NO! I'm NOT picky. I just somehow fancy rambutan more. Grrr! but damn lazy to open ok. I won't usually eat rambutan unless someone opens it for me. And I never eat lychee, UNLESS, its in that syrup thing. Hehehe, lazy or WHAT!??! Anyway, here are some of my pictures. =)

See what I mean by the durian spikes, and rambutan hair.

It grows like the rambutan... one branch has many... and like the lychee as well.

Up close... Eeee can see that worm or not? Hahaha Just messing. But it'd be cool. I'd actually play with it. =P

Idiotic Julz,

You open it just like the rambutan. Don't use mouth... Actually more like mangosteen. Use your hands to crush it open. It opens quite nicely. I was soooooooo excited when I opened it. The flesh looked soo good.

Posing a little with my hand. Hahahahahah!

Julz decided to join into the whole hand posing thing. Grr! Girl, that's MY THING!

Just different lightings and angles of the open fruit before I put it into my mouth

I took a bite, and couldn't really separate the flesh from the rest of the fruit, including the seed. ANd it was just such a funny texture.

Finally managed to eat half of it. Had a good taste, and chucked the rest.

Not my favourite. I wouldn't eat it ever again. So yea, anyone has ANY idea on what this fruit is actually called?

Blue Italian and Seafood Restaurant

2007-09-14T20:20:00.000+08:00

This restaurant is located in Shenzhen, China. To be exact, The Crowne Plaza Hotel in Shenzhen. Its a really beautiful hotel. Anyway.... this blog is a FOOD blog right? Not a travel or hotel blog... Hmm, maybe I might make this blog be a combined travelogue and food blog. Interesting idea. We'll see how it goes =)

Anyway, pictures!!!

Dad and Mum, as usual sitting like they are BOSS. =) Too bad no alcohol, or good wine for me.

I'm not a rose person, more of a lilies person. But I definitely loved this. It was so red. So eye-catching against the blue decor. And its fresh, not synthetic, plastic flowers. Really nice.

Table setting. So nice, EVERYTHING IS IN BLUE!!! Such a nice theme. Even the walls were. And the seats.

Even their MENU!

Something to go along with the bread. Minty, Butter, Olive. I used the first two alot. Not a big fan of olives.

Jacobson's dish was the first to come out. He was starving! And its HUGE! He had it ALL by himself.

Jacobson with his Beef Pepperoni Pizza

Its a little complimentary appetizer that everyone gets. Its tuna and potato (?) The brownish thing on the right side is the tuna. I had the beige thing and thought it was potato. But it really was delicious. Yum! PEPPER! Yum!

Dad ordered an appetizer that was like, he could pick five types out of a whole variety. So he picked these. See that CHILI?? Top left - prawns. top right - fish. center - cherry tomatoes. bottom left - big huge chilis. bottom right - some Italian ham, its actually absolutely delicious, although it looks raw.

Have a look at the Chili. I freaked out. I didn't dare touch it. Hahaha. But apparently it wasn't THAT spicy. Who knows for sure?

The pasta in three different sauces of your choice. Top left (clockwise): Pasta with tomato sauce. Spaghetti with basil and garlic sauce (yummm my fav. I want to learn to make it). And tagliatelle with beef bolognaise sauce

I ordered the special. It was Lamb with some sauce with wine. And some pasta underneath. Not fantastic, but definitely yummy.

Dad's seafood soup. =S A little flat.

We were having dinner and there was fireworks. =) YAY!!! Its beautiful isn't it. And btw, that lighted red-yellow-orange crane-looking thing is actually a canopy for the hotel's outdoor swimming pool. My fav kinda fireworks... Blue and White

Could have practically licked the plate. The sauce was yummy ok.

Seafood pasta. Hmm, we all know who's belly that is =P

Hmm, they set three apples out. And I'm wondering.... What the hell? Complimentary apples. But why only three?

Creative no? Using the apples as a base for the dessert platter. To raise it up. Btw, it was complimentary dessert. And they gave us ALL the different types of desserts they offered. YUM!!! And we all know that there was one type that I kao-kao eat. (hehehe, sabar. I'll get there). really Pretty!

Some ice-cream with this green coating thing. Hmm, I liked the desserts because they weren't overly sweet.

I enjoyed this. A delicious, slightly moist scone topped with ice-cream. I kinda ate the whole thing. =S *malu*

Hardened bread with some nuts. (i'm a no NUTS person so I didn't touch it) BUT I ate the ice-cream

Now you can see the apple being the base.

Creme Bleu. I normally like creme bleu, but this one wasn't that awesome. But I had it anyway. =) Big sucker for desserts eh?

Some Italian gelatin. =)
We all know what I crave for right? Something with a little cheese, moist layer of cake, maybe a tinge of wine, sometimes topped with cocoa powder. TIRAMISU! But this one was re-defined. But it was GOOD!!!

Ok, I'm not expecting you guys to fly all the way to Shenzhen, China to try out this restaurant. Frankly, I think that maybe there's better Italian food... in ITALY! (I'll be going soon. WHee!)

Well. Hmm, My family does have a thing for good Italian food. =) My parents still remember their seafood spaghetti that they had when they went to Italy... AGES AGO! I drool everytime they remind me they had better spaghetti than me.

Anyway, the waiters were really really friendly and were interested in our background and everything. And they were wondering what was "Dato' "

So.

Service - 9/10
Ambiance - 10/10 ( I LOVED THE THEME!!!!!!!)
Food - 7/10

Piccolo Mondo

2007-09-02T18:12:00.000+08:00

Lunch at Piccolo Mondo today. Actually a VERY VERY heavy BRUNCH. Piccolo Mondo is located in MidValley Megamall, next to Madam Kwan's and on the same level as Toys 'R' Us. That would be the level above MPH.

Fried Calamari (squid) with tomato herb sauce. Not that bad. A little of a let down

They call this dish Funghi. Wrong spelling, well maybe that's in Italian. Its actually sauteed mushrooms. I thought it would be a different dish actually, more of like button mushrooms. But it was tasty. Not exactly my mum's liking though..

Dad's seafood soup. Ahh, it's good, but then I still think it lacks something. Can't really figure out, but its reasonable la. You eat it, you won't be satisfied completely but its edible.

Jessebel enjoying her Tusician Shake. I think that's what its called. Its a chocolate milkshake with chocolate syrup, ice cream and whipped cream. Oh Jessebel was actually 'vacuuming' the whipped cream. (yucks! there are things I don't eat - Nuts and whipped cream are the top of the list)

Ah, my ice tea. Quite nice actually. I thought it would be a little sweet for my liking because when they served it, I saw the layer of sugar syrup... But after stirring it, not bad. I like it!

The chef's reccomendation. A dish that my parents and Julz ordered. Its a seafood spaghetti, but baked.

The menu said...Tiger prawns... Eeeeyer! 'pian ren de' Such a pathetic looking prawn. And if I'm not wrong there was only about 4.

Look at the steam man! But honestly, the dish isn't good. Recommend what I ordered. A lot better. I think this dish was disappointing because the spaghetti was a little too soft. And the sauce... a bit generic? I don't know. Its not that great.

Julz being the poser that she bloody is. =.="

Uh-huh. My dish. Some Alio Olio bla bla spaghetti. Its so good!!! Very tasty. My only problem was that there was too much oil. I hate oily food, even if its olive oil. But I definitely enjoyed it.

So overall its not bad. Their service is a little slow. My dad asked for Equal sugar, because of his diabetes. And it took forever, so when my dad asked again... they said they don't have. Hello, that's a little sad ain't it? I mean ANYWHERE you go there is Equal sugar on the table. You don't have to ask for it, exclude kopitiams/hawkers and mamaks ok.

So yea, not bad. Oh and one of the chef looks awfully familiar. =S hahaha

Food - 6.5/10
Service - 5/10
Ambiance - 7.5/10

Malaysian Food

2007-08-31T18:37:00.000+08:00

Since its Merdeka I decided to have a post on Malaysian food. Now, tell me... Who cannot resist Malaysian Food? As soon as you see a plate of Nasi Lemak or Roti Canai or Asam Laksa, do you feel the urge to dig in? DO you NEED to?

Because I for one, NEED to. I cannot (honestly) resist good Malaysian food.

If anyone comes to Malaysia, its a 'custom' to have a taste of Malay dishes, - nasi lemak, laksa, satay, rendang, sambal, mee jawa, ikan bakar - Indian and Mamak dishes, - a plate of mamak rice, mamak mee goreng, maggi goreng, nasi briyani, the indian curries, mamak curries, tandoori chicken, mee rebus, murtabak, roti canai, roti telur/ roti bawang - Chinese dishes - Hainan chicken rice, chili crab, steamed pomfret (or whatever fish you desire), hot and spicy kerapu/grouper/garoupa fish, sweet and sour pork, bak kut teh, yong tau foo, char kway teow, hokkien mee, wanton mee, curry mee, chee chong fun, lor bak, o'chien, popiah, LOK LOK!, ais kacang/ ABC - Nyonya dishes - Rojak, asam laksa, laksa lemak, mee siam, bubur cha-cha, cendol. Hmm, who can forget Curry Puffs, Pineapple Tarts, etc etc.

My, oh my. There REALLY is A LOT of dishes. Just so you guys know, there are actually LOADS more dishes. This are just a few examples.

I'm drooling right now. So much for losing weight. hahahahaahahaha.

Food is good. Malaysian food is the best. =D

If people come to Malaysia and don't eat these foods- its like going to Japan and not eating sushi or sashimi or udon. Its like showering without water (just not right). So yeaaaa... I promote Malaysia for its food. Mainly for that and the KL Tower and Petronas Twin Towers. And also the lovely beaches. AND also because its my homeland.

Happy 50th Merdeka!!!

Jogoya & Spaghetti

2007-08-25T19:05:00.000+08:00

I've decided that I'll post more on Jogoya. Instead of a slideshow, I'll do it like usual - picture by picture explaining what things are. See! I'm sooooo bloody nice. But firstly, I don't have the time to do it now. So I promise!!! I'm going to get the pictures from my mum's camera and then I'll make you guys drool! (That's a promise, just like how I made you drool with the Molten Choc Cake. wahahahah)

My dad and I are on the lookout for AWESOME, AUTHENTIC and AMAZING (the three A's) spaghetti. Whilst I was away at AKLTG (18/08 - 21/08/07) [refer to personal blog]
My family went to Modesto's in Bangsar and apparently the spaghetti there was awesome. One day thing is that... I didn't go and evaluate. Because my taste buds... are special. Wahahaha. Anyway, we're planning a trip there one day. I cannot wait. =P

Anyway in the meantime, two days back I went to FHM 2007 [refer to personal blog]. This cafe is located on the first floor of Kuala Lumpur Convention Center. My dad ordered the Spaghetti Aglio-Aglio and here it is. I had the Ceasar's Salad. Unfortunately, I forgot about taking a picture and dug into my salad. My salad by the way was VERY fresh. The dressing wasn't too creamy nor thick. The dressing was very very good. And had the right bit of this and that... everything that was required. Anyway here are pictures of the lovely Spaghetti Aglio-aglio. Yummy!!! It was seriously good. Authentic, but a little customized. No doubt GOOD! My dad and I was extremely surprised it was so good. But it had to be, for the price we were paying. =P

Ah, lovely. I was trying to take a picture with the steam... Unfortunately my camera isn't that "canggih" and it was too bright.

There was prawns, mussels, scallops and it was pretty big.

I'd die for a plate of good spaghetti, especially in Malaysia. Its hard to find one.

Whilst waiting for the food. Bored to death. Haha

My dad saw the camera aiming at him, he quickly sat up straight and posed for the picture. And yes, he was actually ON the phone. Ah, the poser-blood runs in the family =D

The total bill for a Caffe Latte, mineral water, spaghetti aglio-aglio and ceasar's salad was RM64. yes just DROP DEAD now!

Ambiance - 7/10 (overlooking the park so not too bad)
Food - 9/10
Service - 8/10

Dinner at Jogoya

2007-08-24T22:11:00.000+08:00

Had dinner at Jogoya with my family. And let the slideshow load. All the yummy food is there. Loads of pictures. Take your time. =D

I wanted to take more pictures of the layout and setting of the place but I kena scolded. They obviously don't know that I'm promoting their place, not stealing ideas and opening my own restaurant. Pfft! Anyway, took loads of pictures of the food. So do enjoy.

If you love oysters, this is the place for you. The oysters are fresh and VERY big. I don't like it. So brrr *shivers* Anyway, its worth it. The sashimi. And etc

Anyway, the ambience there is awesome. There's loads of people. So if you want to have lunch or dinner there, I advice on making a reservation.

Its a little pricey, but my say is that its very reasonable. The food offered is very worth the price.

Lunch - RM 68 or 78
Dinner - RM 88

Jogoya
T3, Relish Floor, Starhill.
Bukit Bintang

Tel No: 603-21421268

Ambience - 9/10
Food - 10/10
Service - 8/10

PS:
Btw, after dinner - we were walking to Marriott's to get our cars and we saw Mahathir. My mum and aunt ML was the most excited. Should have taken a video or picture. Haha it was cool.

Dinner at Chilis

2007-08-17T21:40:00.000+08:00

Just came back from Chilis. Actually wanted to go to Delicious at Bangsar Village as recommended by Mei Jean. But then... scared of the traffic around the area (you know la, Saturday night... Telawi. NO NO!) and also not that familiar with the place. So decided on Chilis

As you people probably already know, Chilis is a good place to eat. Fabulous!

I went with my family. My dad is in East Malaysia for a business trip, and John's in Singapore studying his butt off (good job!) hehe. So I went with my siblings and mum, also my aunt.

Here are the dishes we ordered! and some other random pictures.

Snap a picture just before he dug into his Cheesy Pizza

Whilst waiting for her food, she plays with the Kids activity book thing that they provide for KIDS - not 14 year olds right? haha

Camera-shy. Enjoying her Chili. Which she didn't really enjoy. Didn't eat it. I dont eat beef.

My mum got the Triple Play, which came with the Southwestern Eggrolls. Ahhh, its DELICIOUS!!! And you top it off with the pale green sauce/dip they give. Absolutely yummy! *getting fat already!* (malu)

My dish, the chicken fajitas... Forgot the exact name. My mum already took one piece. So colourful. I like it!

Julz's Lamb Shank. Really good! Would have preferred black pepper sauce. But its good, gravy was nice.

Bel's Mushroom Jack. And her Chili. See her la. Order this and that. SO much food. Even I felt full just looking at it. She didn't finish it all. What a waste! Hope its a lesson for her la.

Jacobson's pizza. Not that good. According to my mum. I didn't taste it. Ah, it was in the Kid's menu la.

This my friends, is TO DIE FOR!!!! Molten Chocolate Cake. Something like that. I think that's the exact name. Its absolutely FANTASTIC!!!

Ok, there's the cake. And its warm. There's vanilla ice-cream on the top, which is coated with chocolate. And around the cake is chocolate sauce. You cut into the cake, and melted chocolate oozes out. Cut a small piece of the cake, and put it into your mouth.... WARM!!!!!!! CHOCOLATEY!!! and absolutely HEAVEN! Cut deeper into the cake, take a piece, with a little ice-cream. I'M DEFINITELY IN HEAVEN! Out of all the dishes, I loved this the most. I'm a sucker... BIG TIME sucker for desserts. I was so full after the main course, but when this came, I couldn't resist! And its BIG too. Jacobson, Julz and myself shared this. We wanted more!!!

Just to prove how good it was. Jacobson was scraping the plate clean. Would have told him to lick the plate. Lol

Julz enjoying it.

Ok ok, my ratings for Chilis is going to be spoilt... mainly because of the dessert. :P hehehe. IF a place has good... or rather awesome dessert, the ratings are higher.

Ambience - 9/10
Food - 10/10
Service - 8/10

Mamak Mee Goreng

2007-08-13T20:06:00.000+08:00

Its one the the dishes that any foreigner needs to taste when they come to Malaysia. You know, its like when you go to a certain country, you HAVE to eat a certain dish, if not you would not have been there if you didn't eat it. Its like going to Thailand and not requesting for Tom Yam. Or going to Japan and not wanting to have sushi. Or going to Switzerland and not wanting cheese and chocolates. Hmm if you ever go Switzerland that's what you gotta bring back home. Or you go to New Zealand and not have good lamb. See what I mean? Its just that if you come to Malaysia, ONE WEEK is NOT enough to taste what you gotta. Well depends on how big your appetite is la.

Anyway, I think I have found one of THE best mamak mee goreng ever in Malaysia. Compared to all the mamak I've been to, I think this one I had was awesome. It wasn't soaking wet, it wasn't too dry. Just right. And the taste was there, with the lime juice. Perfecto! AND for RM5, it is very reasonable. I had the Mee Goreng Ayam (chicken fried noodles). Very good. Its WOW big. I had one plate and I was filled. Very very filled. I was already on the verge of throwing up, not because it wasn't good, but because the food filled up to the brim of my oesophagus. (what a way to describe)

Anyway, this place... Its called Restoran Maula... blah! I forgot!!!!!!! *sobs* Anyway its opposite the Serdang KTM station. What you gotta do is walk over the bridge, and the shop lots, its a corner shop. You come down the bridge you can see it. Cannot miss it.

AHHH!! I remember the name I remember it!!!!!!!! Restoran MAULANA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! hehehe. It took me about 30minutes to figure out. Hehe, my bad.

Anyway if you wish to try it out and you're at my place. Ask!!! I'd gladly bring you. And I know my family wouldn't have any debates about eating at a mamak. We all love it there. =D

House of Sudanese food

2007-08-12T19:46:00.000+08:00

I went to this place last week. The day before John went back to Singapore. Its located in KLCC. On the same level as Kinokuniya and located next to Little Penang Kafe. This Sudanese food is not food from Sudan, Africa. Sudanese refers to a group of Indonesian food... Don't know how to phrase it, but you get what I mean... right?

Very creative menu actually. My own problem was that the menu had very little items on it.

My mum enjoying the appetizer. It was those bitter chips. Bel (in red) and Julz (in black.. my shirt btw!) messing around with themselves. hahaha, Bel ignoring Julz

Jacobson snapping a picture... of actually the poser monkeys, Julz and Bel

Daddy. hahahaha =P candid ROCKS!

Jacobson. You ask him to smile he gives you an ugly one. You take a pic of him candidly and its a good pic... This is one of those good smiles he gives. (if not the only)

The Mango Salad. Not my favourite because of the peanuts. I hate peanuts. (or any kind of nuts)

The grilled sotong. Not bad la. I only had one small piece.

This dish, I recommend. Its tofu and egg. Although the sauce has nuts, I just eat the tofu part and its great

The grilled fish. Not bad. Its fresh, but a bit sweet for me and too black for my liking.. Didn't really like it. but I did enjoy the freshness

Ah, the curry chicken. Not that awesome.

I wouldn't really recommend this place. But if you're feeling like something different. Try it.

The ambiance if quite nice. Food is reasonable. Service a bit slow but they were nice.. And do not order their barley, unless you like it really sweet.

My review...

Food - 6/10
Ambiance - 7.5/10
Service - 7.5/10

PS: I was shocked my parents wanted to go there, and said the food was good. Not my favourite.

PSS: Currently on a search for GOOD AUTHENTIC ITALIAN food. and good Lamb Chop. =P

Lemon custard pudding cake

2007-08-12T09:10:00.000+08:00

Got rave reviews from my family members about this pudding-cake that I made. And it tastes awesome too.

The final outcome. Lovely golden brown layer on the top. Fluffy and slightly crispy cake followed by the soft custard pudding. With a tinge of tangy lemon taste. (Note to self: Should add more lemon)

As you can see the two distinct layers. Pudding and cake. Tastes FAB too. =)

A clearer view. The custard/pudding is extremely SOFT its so good. And the cake is awesome. You can cut out the cake and eat it on its own. or the pudding on its own. It tastes the best when you have half of each. SHIOK!

Just to show you the lovely layers.

Within 10 minutes of it coming out of the oven, that much is gone. It would actually have been much more, but I stopped everyone from taking more. Dinner first.

Its best taken whilst its warm, with a side scoop of ice cream.

After dinner, noone touched it. Because I said not to. Was saving it for the next day. To my utter horror, when I woke up this morning, there was only a quarter of the cut out piece (in the picture) Not a quarter of the whole thing, a quarter (if NOT LESS) of the cut out piece. I gobbled it down anyhow. Bloody hell, who had so much? I found out it was Jessebel. Lol.

It tastes slightly better the following day, the lemon taste could be tasted more. But the only bad thing was the pudding was not as soft as when it came outta the oven. VERY VERY LITTLE BIT harden. Not a lot. But it was good. Kinda like jelly.

The recipe? Another day. wheee =P

*I'm so bloody PROUD!*

Chu Kiok Chou

2007-08-10T21:07:00.000+08:00

Now Chu Kiok Chou - Pork leg in Vinegar. To be frank, my family doesn't really like the leg part. Because there's too much fat. So we get the muscular part of the leg, and some part wit the fats. We take the knuckles.

Here's the ingredients:

Of course you need PORK! (sorry, Non-Halal)

Eggs. Hard-boiled. Ginger. What you need to do with them, is peel off the skin and crush it. That's all. Don't have to cut it or anything, but I'd suggest to cut the ginger in half then crush it. My dad just crushes the whole thing.
Garlic. Not really a lot needed. Peel off the first papery layer. And if there's another papery layer... get rid of that too. Wash the garlic. No need to peel it or chop it or anything. Just as it is.

I don't know what this is called. But the pictures it there.

Coriander.

One to three cinnamon sticks, according to how much you are cooking.

Last but not least. TWO WHOLE BOTTLES OF BLACK VINEGAR! Yes! My dad used TWO. It was not opened and we emptied both out. It amazes me. But then it also varies on the amount you are cooking.

Some extra ingredients. Gula Melaka, a teenie bit of oyster sauce and some salt if you wish (i dont) oh yea, and dried red chilies.

Intestines? That's optional. I say don't add it.

Put in the gula melaka, garlic, ginger, spices, chili and a bit of oyster sauce... stir stir stir

Stir and stir... dont worry about the gula melaka as blocks, it will melt.

add in the pork. And stir a bit. Add in the two bottles of vinegar. stir a little. and leave it to boil. and simmer for awhile. once the pork is cooked, add the eggs. heat. You'll want the flavour to get into the eggs. But after too long... one day? the egg will be HARD. hahah

So yea. There you go. Good good food!

A little about my cravings.

2007-08-10T19:59:00.000+08:00

I'm a girl who comes from a BIG family who ~~admires~~ worship food. So to say that, I've grown up to love and appreciate the food laid out in front of me. Each of my family members love food as much as I do. Its just a pity that my appetite is not as big as theirs. But I do manage to eat a lot when there's really really good food. I love all kinds of cuisine but have a soft spot for anything spicy. I cook myself when I have the time. I bake for my family. And sometimes its perfect, sometimes its not. I'm not a professional chef, but I do love cooking. Its the best thing in the world that I'm located in the heart of AWESOME-EST food in the World, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. No where else can you get better food. MALAYSIA HAS THE BEST FOOD!!!!

My dad is a very good cook. He whips up a good stew, its not the best, but it does satisfy me. He can make a very good Chinese dish, 'Chu Kiok Chou' - Pork Leg in Vinegar (which I will show you later on). He fuses Western and Eastern to make a spicy sardine spaghetti. It may sound very disgusting but it does taste extremely awesome.

My mum is not a very good cook. But she knows good food when it reaches her taste buds. My mum can't cook but she can direct you. She'll tell you what to do and you do the correct thing and you get a very good dish. She can give you the recipe of very good soups. And I love the soups... minus the Chinese herbal ones and the one with black beans and catfish. YUCK!

My elder brother, John, is currently studying overseas. He's the best when it comes to picking dishes out of the menu. (with the exception of my dad). John knows what to pick, its as if he's a frequent customer. Most times I'll order my dish and I'll curi (steal) from his plate. Or sometimes I save myself the trouble and ask him to pick for me. He cooks good as well, but I guess is just too lazy.

My younger sister, Juliana aka Julz, has a sudden craving for spicy food. Which is a very good thing, because for a moment she hated spicy whereas everyone else in my family LOVED spicy. So now that she likes it. Its awesome. She has a big appetite for a girl. And she doesn't put on weight... So that makes me jealous of her. Most times. =P She tends to pick the wrong item on the menu. Most days at least.

My other younger sister, Jessebel aka Bel, has been a chubby kid since birth. She's still chubby but she's tall. Gonna be taller than me, mind you. I'm not particularly happy about that. She really enjoys food but has the constant nagging behind her from various people telling her not to eat so much because she is fat. I guess I'm the only one whom makes her eat more. Because I know that good food is hard to resist.

The baby of the family, Jacobson, already has a belly. Hahaha! Its cute. He enjoys bread. He tends to enjoy the food that I whip up, which is good. Not that everyone else doesn't eat the food I make. But he always has praise for it. So I'm really happy.

Let's not get started with my other family members like uncles, aunts, grandparents and cousins. We'll stop here.

In the most recent, I've made a very satisfying chili con carde, which my family really enjoyed and got great reviews from my dad - which is hard to get. My Lemon Custard Pudding Cake has also got the thumbs up from him. Its awesome. Its just a pity that John isn't around to taste my cake.

And that's more or less about it. =D

The aroma flowing out of the kitchen door is always the best, whereas the aroma coming out of the toilet door after a satisfying meal is not my favourite. There's so much more to know about me. Guess you're just going to have to find out.

Proud

2007-08-03T20:27:00.000+08:00

I cook! Yes I do! Mei Jean, does it amaze you? =P

So what did I cook? I cooked chili con carne for dinner. Its a Mexican dish and its delicious! Its spicy. Wasn't as spicy as chili padi, but I wanted it to be. I added loads of pepper. Yum Yum! My family L.O.V.E.S PEPPER!!!

I admit, I didn't prepare the dish from scratch, I kinda bought the ready made salsa. I improvised, I used chapatti instead of nachos or tortilla chips, because I couldn't find any. So not my fault. I added onions. Hmm, I used minced meat (pork) instead of ground beef.

Sadly, I didn't take a photo. But I'd search on the net for a picture. And I swear to God, it tastes absolutely FABULOUS!!!

Of course, I didn't make something that looks so crap like that. Ceh!

Anyway, head to my food blog for more details. Well, it is a FOOD blog after all. =D

Undeniably the best dinner ever

2007-07-28T23:27:00.000+08:00

Hmm, YUM YUM YUMMY!

This is undeniably the BEST dinner EVER!!!

Here's the pictures. I SWEAR to God, on my parent's life, my family's life... Even UREEEYA'S LIFE, that I had this for DINNER! Not Breakfast nor Brunch. BUT DINNER!

Just to prove that I had it for dinner, look at the windows... top right. Its closed. meaning night la..

Anyhow, I LOVE COCO POPS!!!!!!!!! Love it so much, it was even MY DINNER!!!!!!!!!! Now my tummy is rumbling. LMAO!

Yummy yummy, just fill my belly with Coco Pops and I'd love you and die for you!!!!! Wheeeeeee!

hahahahahaha. Someone PLEASE I BEG YOU, to come up with a really really good dessert with Coco Pops! Please PLEASE!!!!!!!!

MY LOVEEE!!!

Hehehe.

Nyummy! *satisfaction* *grrrrrr*

Have a cuppa'

2007-07-24T20:37:00.000+08:00

Good ol' mug of Milo with biscuits.

You must make it MY way. Three spoons of Milo (the kinda spoons used to scoop baby's milk powder) and two teaspoons of condensed milk. Add hot water, till halfway only. Taste, if its a bit too thick or too sweet, add more water. Not too much 'cause it will be flat then. Anyway, it all depends on the mug you're using. And the biscuits, its the square ones. You break it. It can never break nicely into four or two pieces (your wish), but that doesn't matter. You're only breaking it so it can fit your mug. So you can dip the biscuit. And remember do not mix in cold water. You need hot water. And do not fret, it will not burn. You dunk the biscuit into your mug and then eat it.

For more secrets... wheeeee. Food Blog. (where else?)

On another note:

I don't get to go to Jogoya this month. *sobs* We have the voucher... NINE of it. You pay for 4 adults, and you get one adult free. So in my family, its PERFECT. Bring my grandma along, there's 10 of us. And in Jogoya terms, we are all paying adult fares. Because of our heights. =S

NINE of it. And its all GOING into the bin. =( *sob sob* You know, I never knew about them until last week. If I knew, I'll be booking already. 'cause all my other family members just know how to go and eat. Pfft! But nooo, I didn't know. No one told me. Haiz, wasted. Anyone want? Its valid til the end of July only. And on weekdays. So if you're a family of 5, tell me FAST! Its very very worth it. Even though, it costs like RM 60+ per pax, you see the food you'll KNOW its worth it. The fresh oysters, sushis made in front of your eyes. Teppanyaki and BBQ. All buffet style. and the lovely cakes, desserts. Trust me. VERY WORTH it!!! Its crazy if you're unwilling to pay RM60+ for the array of food displayed in front of you. And the seafood - crabs, prawns, fish - All VERY fresh.

Jogoya is located in Starhill, Bukit Bintang. One floor below the top floor. Nearer the escalator. LET ME KNOW SOON!!! remember, its ONLY till the end of July and only valid on weekdays. So hardly any time left.