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Yummy Yummy @ Tun Sambathan Banana Fritters

2007-01-27T03:28:00.000+08:00

Food Type :
Snacks (Malaysian Style)

About the Food :
The Banana Fritters and Fried Nian Gao. Of course, there are curry puffs, sesame balls as well. But I only tried banana fritters and fried nian gao before. For the fried nian gao, it has three layers, there is a yam slice on top, a sweet potato slice below and the niao gao slice is in the middle.

Nian gao or Niangao, (Chinese:粘糕 or 年糕 lit. "sticky cake" or "year cake"; pinyin: nián'gāo), sometimes known in the West as "rice cake" or Chinese New Year's cake, is a food prepared from glutinous rice and used as an ingredient in Chinese cuisine. It is available in Asian supermarkets and from health food stores. While it is eaten all year round, traditionally it is eaten at Chinese New Year. Despite numerous varieties, they all have similar recipes: cooked glutinous rice is pounded or ground into a paste, and, depending on the variety, may simply be molded into shape or cooked again to settle the ingredient.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niangao)

Price :
Banana Fritter @ RM 0.70 each
Nian Gao Fritter @ RM 0.70 each
Sesame Ball @ RM 0.70 each
Curry Puff @ RM 0.80 each

Location :
It's a stall in front of Yit Sang Restaurant. There's another stall selling bananas beside. It's opposite YMCA, and is near to a 7-11 franchise store.

Directions :
From Tun Sambathan Monorail Station, it's around 5 minutes walk. From the Monorail Station, walk along Jalan Tun Sambathan 4, walk pass The Association for the Blind People (on your right), The Methodist School (on your left), 7-11 (on your right) and YMCA (on your right), you will see the stall. When you see YMCA, it's just indirectly opposite YMCA. It's open from around 12:30pm to 6pm everyday.

Address :
In front of Yit Sang Restaurant,
Jalan Tun Sambathan 4.

Specialty :
Both the banana fritter and fried nian gao are extremely crispy, and the crispness can last for at least more than one hour. Another interesting fact is that, the whole banana is used to make banana fritter, unlike some other banana fritters available from most of the stalls in which have been cut into halves.

Personal Comments :
They are crispy, very crispy. I had tried to eat the banana fritter after 2 hours and it's still crispy. As for the fried nian gao, after some 3 hours, it's still crispy either. However, they are best eaten when freshly served.

As for the fried nian gao, it makes a special combination with yam and sweet potato. When it's eaten hot, the gooey nian gao together with the sweetness of yam and sweet potato and not forgetting the crispness of the crust, the taste is just fantastic.

Regarding the price, it's a little expensive. But they're just too good to be resisted! At least, I think that the level of satisfaction the food offers still deserves the price it demand.

My Personal Rating (of its kind) :
8.5 / 10

Yummy Yummy @ Pantai Bersih

2007-01-25T02:54:00.000+08:00

Food Type :
Chinese Cuisine

About the Food :
The list of food - "Drunken Prawn", Curry Fish Head, Signature Tofu, Fried Squid, Stir-Fried Vegetables.

"Drunken Prawn" - It's actually prawn cooked in herbal soup. The fact that dang gui is used in this dish makes the soup tasted lightly bitter at the first sip but then you will experience the sweetness when the soup flows down your throat. Thre is a very light alcoholic taste as well, I believe to be the effect of some chinese wine being added as ingredient. Errm... I hope I can explain this in a nicer way. :P Oh ya, the prawns were fresh too.

Angelica sinensis or "female ginseng" is a herb from the family Apiaceae, indigenous to China. Its root is commonly known in Chinese as dong quai or danggui (Traditional Chinese: 當歸; Simplified Chinese: 当归; pinyin: dāngguī) and is widely used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat gynecological ailments, fatigue, mild anemia and high blood pressure. Danggui possesses the distinction of being the only non-animal source of Vitamin B12, along with some varieties of yeast.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dang_gui)

Curry Fish Head - It's not too spicy or sour. Honestly, I don't quite know how to enjoy a fish head dish, but the fish meat tasted fresh.

Signature Tofu - I like this. It tasted soft with the mixtures of vegetables in it.

Fried Squid - The fried squid is not very crunchy.

Stir-Fried Vegetables - Tasted average.

Price :
It's considered cheap, especially after years in Penang. A meal consisting of prawn, fish, squid, tofu and vegetables for 5 costs normally around RM 60 over.

Location :
Along the Pantai Bersih seaside. There are sufficient parking spaces.

Address :
323 Seafood Restaurant,
Pantai Bersih,
Butterworth,
Penang.

Specialty :
The food is not oily, not salty, not very ajinomoto-flavoured. The seafood is pretty fresh. For the taste, it's not heavy (as in too spicy, too salty, too ...).

Environment :
It's open air restaurant. So, the warms breezes might be able to cool you down.

Personal Comments :
It's cheap! It's quite delicious! For family and friends gathering and if you opt for Chinese cuisine like this, this place is certainly recommended.

My Personal Rating (of its kind) :
7 / 10

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Home Sweet Home Series - Squid in Curry & Japanese Tofu with Mixed Vegetables

2007-01-24T02:56:00.000+08:00

Food Name :
Squid in Curry and Japanese Tofu with Mixed Vegetables

Food Type :
Chinese Cuisine (Home-styled)

About the Food :
The curry tasted just nice, it's not too spicy, nor too sour. The mixed vegetables is of a pretty unusual combination - Squid, Japanese Tofu, Broccoli, Button Mushrooms, Prawn, Tomatoes, Onions and Baby Corn. It's weird, I know, but tasted not bad ooh! :P

Price :
FOC (Only for invited guests).

Location :
Home Sweet Home, Penang.

Address :
Not available.

Specialty :
The food is available in abundance and they are fresh, free of ajinomoto, not oily, what else??!!

Environment :
Perfectly comfortable.

Personal Comments :
I missed my mom's cooking very much... :(( It's going to be CNY break anyway. :D

My Personal Rating (of its kind) :
10/ 10 and Priceless.

Yummy Yummy @ Cheang Kee, Nibong Tebal

2007-01-23T20:00:00.000+08:00

This is a restaurant which happens to be quite famous in Nibong Tebal area. I accidentally saw this in wikipedia :

Nibong Tebal is famous for Cheang Kee, a Chinese restaurant specializing in old school Hakka cuisine.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nibong_Tebal)

There are some signature dish such as boiled baby octopus and fried pandan chicken. However, we went there for supper instead of dinner that time. Being recommended by my friend that its crab porridge is nice, we decided to try it out.

The Restaurant.

The inner view of the restaurant.

The crab porridge for one serving.

Food Name :
Crab Porridge

Food Type :
Rice Congee - Chinese Cuisine

About the Food :
It's just a nice porridge with one whole crab, with some chopped coriander leaves (chinese parsley) and some chopped scallions (spring onions).

Price :
It's RM 10.00 per serving.

Location :
It's a typical restaurant with a typical size in that area. I was told that the parking space availability is ok in which you can park along the street where the restaurant is located.

Address :
璋记饭店
Cheang Kee Restaurant
113, Jalan Atas, Nibong Tebal.
04-593-1728

Specialty :
The crab was very fresh, making the soup tasted sweet also. It's not so common to have crab porridge with a whole crab rather than the shredded crab meat (I think), but Cheang Kee does serve porridge in that way.

Environment :
During the time we went there, there was no crowd, so we opted to sit outside where it was cooler. I supposed that sitting inside would be a little stuffy as it would be nearer to the kitchen. However, there are plenty of fans inside the restaurant to cool you down.

The shop is usually crowded during dinner time around 6:30pm till 8:30 pm. However, it's opened until around 2 to 3 am.

Personal Comments :
The soup tasted sweet, the crab tasted very fresh and nice. In addition, it did not tasted like highly anijomoto-flavoured. The crab is not too big, but I believe it's enough for a single serving and for an average-eater like me. However, I found it uneasy to have to shred the meat myself. Anyway, this might be a way to preserve the freshness of the crab meat.

My Personal Rating (of its kind) :
8 / 10

(P/S: Special thanks to a friend of mine who offered me some information about this restaurant.)

Yummy Yummy @ Serdang Chee Cheong Fun

2007-01-17T02:37:00.000+08:00

The restaurant where the stall is located.

The stall in the restaurant.

The stall from the inside.

The normal serving of Hong Kong-Styled Chee Cheong Fun.

The big serving of the Hong Kong-Styled Chee Cheong Fun.

Food Name :
Hong Kong-Styled Chee Cheong Fun (LaiCheong 拉肠)

Food Type :
Chinese Cuisine (Singapore & Malaysia)

About the Food :
Chee cheong fun are square rice sheets which are used in Singaporean cuisine and Malaysian cuisine. The sheets are made from a viscous mixture of rice flour and water. This liquid is poured onto a specially-made flat pan in which it is steamed to produce the square rice sheets. These wide rice sheets that are steamed are then rolled. They are often filled with different types of meats or vegetables inside but can be served without any filling. Popular fillings include beef, dough fritter, shrimp, and barbequed pork. Often topped with soy sauce.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chee_cheong_fun & http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

The Chee Cheong Fun follows Hong Kong style. The stuffing choices are only available from shrimp and char siu (barbequed pork). The default one would be a mixture of both the shrimp and char siu. There are two choices of servings available, which are the small one and the big one. There is a half-spoon of sambal for those who fancy spiciness, it's not too spicy anyway.

Price :
A small plate of Chee Cheong Fun is RM 3.00, for a bigger serving, it would cost you a RM 3.80.

Location :
It's a stall in a restaurant and the restaurant is located along the main road of Serdang which leads to KL or Balakong. The market is at the back of the restaurant. So, it's pretty crowded with people in the morning especially on the weekends. The parking spaces are rather limited since it's near to the market.

Address :
强记香港猪肠粉
Restaurant Sin Choo Sang Kee
Jalan College, 43300 Seri Kembangan.

Specialty :
The rice sheets are thin and smooth. A generous offer of the sauce to eat with the cheong fun is highly appreaciated too. The shrimps though not big in size , but are rather fresh too. :P

Environment :
The environment is so so, just like the normal coffee shops. If you have a choice, don't sit on the inside as there's a stall selling stir fry food located on the side of the inner part of the restaurant.

Personal Comments :
It's delicious. I love it for the thinness and smoothness of the chee cheong fun and the generous serving of the sauce. Often, I found it hard to swallow the chee cheong fun without the sauce, but not with this one! :D As for the fillings, the seller uses small or midsized shrimps and average-tasted char siu only. A big serving of this Hong Kong-Styled Chee Cheong Fun is often more than enough for an average-eater like me.

My Personal Rating (of its kind):
8 / 10

Yummy Yummy @ Wing Heong Chicken Rice

2007-01-12T02:41:00.000+08:00

The Shop

The Stall Front

The Stall Front

The Chicken Rice

The Char Siew Rice

The Chilli Sauce

The Char Siew Sauce

Food Name :
Chicken Rice

Food Type :
Chinese Cuisine - Rice

About the Food :
It's all about meat! lol ... You can have a choice of Roasted Duck Rice, Roasted Chicken Rice, Roasted Pork Rice, Char Siu (Chinese Barbequed Pork Rice), Assam Fish, Tofu, Vegetables and a variety of stewed soups as your meal.

Char siu (Simplified Chinese: 叉烧; Traditional Chinese: 叉燒; pinyin: Chāshāo), also known as Chinese Barbecued pork, BBQ pork, cha siu, and char siew, is Cantonese-style barbecued pork. It is usually made with long strips of boneless pork, typically pork shoulder. The distinctive feature of char siu is its coating of seasonings which turn the meat dark red, or occasionally burnt, during cooking. The seasoning mixture for char siu usually includes sugar or honey, five-spice powder, red food colouring, soy sauce, and sherry or rice wine.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Char_siu)

Price :
A plate of normal Chicken Rice is RM 2.80, same goes for a normal plate of Char Siew Rice. As for Chicken + Char Siew Rice, it would cost you a RM 3.30. Different pricing applies on different mixture of dishes, which also means you can order a plate of Char Siew + Chicken + Roasted Pork + Roasted Duck Rice. Yes, you can! Just don't expect it to cost you only RM 3.30. :P

Location :
It's located along the main road of Serdang which leads to KL or Balakong. It's between a Fatty Loh Chicken Rice Shop and Mei Sim Dim Sum Restaurant. Thus, parking spaces are rather limited. If you are lucky, you will find a parking space in front of the Public Bank. It's a very short distance away from the restaurant and it's a very good choice already. Though if you are luckier, you might be able to get a nice space just in front of the restaurant (which is often unavailable).

Address :
永香烧腊（補品）饭店
Wing Heong Chicken Rice Shop
260, Jalan College, 43300 Seri Kembangan.
016-272 2196
11 am To 4:30 pm（Rest on Tuesdays）

Specialty :
There's the Char Siu Sauce which is best served together with your rice as nice gravy. The sauce is defaultly available if your ordered Char Siu Rice, however, if you need more, you can always serve yourself from the stall front. It's sweet, however, the sweetness is just appropriate for my liking. There are also various stewed soups available. I always ordered the Herbal Chicken Soup there, though it's a little too ajinomoto-flavoured. But nevertheless, the herbal taste is slightly strong, which is good. :P

For the Assam Kampung Fish, I personally think that the fish tasted just average. However, the generous serving of the assam sauce might just be a good gravy for your rice. It's a little sour and not spicy. It's quite appetizing as well.

Environment :
The environment is ok, just like the normal coffee shops. But it might get a little stuffy on a big hot day. Anyway, and again, for the delicious food to be offered, who cares? Do you? :P

Personal Comments :
It's cheap and delicious, a rather good choice for lunch, especially on weekends when you do not wish to visit any shopping complexes and when you are on a tight budget. :P

My Personal Rating (of its kind):
7 / 10

Yummy Yummy @ BM Tua Pek Kong Wan Tan Mee

2007-01-11T02:35:00.000+08:00

There's a stall selling Wan Tan Mee besides a Tua Pek Kong Temple in Bukit Mertajam town.

The Location : The stall selling Wan Tan Mee.

The Food : Wan Tan Mee Dry Version

The Food : Wan Tan Mee in Soup

I've included two images of the Sarawak's Kolo Mee for comparisons.

Sarawak's Kolo Mee

Summary
Food Name :
Wan Tan Mee

Little piece of fact :
Wanton mee or Wantan mee (Chinese: 云吞面) is a Cantonese noodle dish which is popular in Hong Kong, Malaysia and Singapore. The dish is usually served in hot soup or dry stir in black soya sauce or Oyster sauce, garnished with leafy vegetables, Char Siew (roasted barbecued pork meat slices), and together with wanton in a separate bowl. The types of leafy vegetables used are usually kailan also known as Chinese kale. There are various versions to the dish, with the Hong Kong version using prawns and no char siu inside the noodles. Another type of dumpling known as shui gao is sometimes served in place of wanton. It contains prawns, pork, spring onions with some chefs adding mushroom and black fungus.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wonton_noodles)

Food Type :
Chinese Cuisine - Noodles

Location :
The stall is located in the market area, beside a chinese temple in the center of Bukit Mertajam town.

Specialty :
It's similar to the Sarawak's Kolo Mee which is using a different types of noodles rather than the ordinary wan tan noodles. Besides, it does not have the dark soya sauce either.

Environment :
It's located in the market area, so most of the time the floor should be wet and the environment is a little bit damp, however, it's still tolerable, especially in view of the nice food. :P

Personal Comments :
Though it's nice, but I was a little thirsty after finishing the noodles, which would most probably as a results of having too much of artificial seasonings. I still think the Sarawak version offered me better taste to my liking, anyway, this is just a perfect substitute for Kolo Mee which is available in peninsular Malaysia.

My Personal Rating (of its kind):
7 /10

Yummy Yummy @ Telok Gong Seafood Restaurant

2007-01-09T01:33:00.000+08:00

It was a nice morning and a nice afternoon as well. In the morning, we went to cycling in Putrajaya's Botanical Garden. The place is pretty nice for some morning and evening exercises with the well-kept surrounding of flora and fauna and a lake (an artificial one, I suppose) by the side of the garden. For a little piece of information, the rental for bicycle is RM 4 per hour.

After some rounds of cycling, we decided to pamper ourselves with a sumptuous lunch of seafood. Well, at first we planned to go to Port Klang, but it just happened that we ended up in another part of Port Klang - Telok Gong. It's some one and a half hours from Seri Kembangan, Serdang. Being a place famous for seafood, there is absolutely quite an amount of restaurants for you to choose from. Being a stranger to that place for seafood, we just decided to visit the Telok Gong Seafood Restaurant randomly.

On the way to Telok Gong...

Our random choice of a seafood restaurant - Telok Gong Seafood Restaurant.

Another view of the restaurant from its compound.

Inner view of the restaurant.
This restaurant has a rather shady environment. The Nipah palm (attap) roof did help to cool the hot weather. And I thought I felt some warm breezes.

Another view of the restaurant.

The sweet and sour crab.
The taste is ok and quite appetizing.

The "Kam Heong"-styled crab which is the signature dish of the restaurant.
However, I prefer the sweet and sour one rather than this. Anyway, it's not that bad, I would say it has average taste.

Stir-fryed Fish Fillets
Personally, this dish tasted very nice. The fillets are fresh as well.

Vegetables
Nothing special.

Another signature dish of the restaurant - the Tomyam Prawns in Coconut.
My friend love this so much. The tomyam taste is not too sour and yet it's very appetizing. It's not too spicy either. It's definitely worth a try.

The tomyam prawns served in bowl.

And finally, the bill for a rather satisfying meal of 5 persons.

吕芒芭海鲜园
Telok Gong Seafood Restaurant
No. 705, Jalan Udang Galah,
Telok Gong,
42000 Port Klang,
Selangor Daruh Ehsan.
03 - 3134 1918

Yummy Yummy @ Fondue House

2007-01-04T01:29:00.000+08:00

The first time cheese fondue came to my knowledge was from a Japanese drama - Over Time. The second time I saw it was also from a drama, but a Hong Kong's one - to Catch the Uncatchable (栋笃神探).

Some facts about Fondue:
Fondue refers to several French Swiss communal dishes shared at the table in an earthenware pot ("caquelon") over a small burner ("rechaud"). The term "fondue" comes from the French "fondre" ("to melt"), referring to the fact that the contents of the pot are kept in a liquid state so that diners can use forks to dip into the sauce. The sauce is usually warmed either by a separate burner containing an alcohol-based fuel or simply by tealights. Though cheese fondues are the best known kind, there are several other possibilities for the contents of the pot and what is used for dipping.

As with other communal dishes, fondue has etiquette standards ranging from practical to amusing. Some people consider it rude to allow one's lips or tongue to touch the fondue fork, and with meat fondues one should use a dinner fork to remove the meat from the dipping utensil. The "no double-dipping" rule applies here as well, once a taste has been taken of a dipped morsel it should not be returned to the pot. If the bread or fruit is lost in the cheese or chocolate, it is tradition for that person to buy a round of drinks or to be punished in another way.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fondue)

And about one year ago, I came to know from newspaper advertisements that there's a place in Sri Hartamas which offers cheese fondue. Eager to indulge myself in this special dish, I brought my family to this restaurant during the past Raya holiday.

The Cheese Fondue

A closer view of the pot of cheese.

The vegetable platter (Cauliflower, Broccoli, carrot slices, celery slices and mashed potatoes).

Biscuits and crackers.

The set of garlic cheese fondue and vegetable platter.

The chicken fillets with some vegetables.

The biscuits and crackers.

The original cheese fondue and chicken fillet platter.

The fork to dip your servings into the chocolate fondue. It's a smaller and shorter than the one for cheese fondue.

The plain chocolate fondue.

The small fruits platter.

The chocolate powder, crushed peanuts and grated coconut served together with your chocolate dip.

The Chocolate Fondue

Overall, I think chocolate fondue tasted nicer than the cheese fondue as I personally thought that the cheese fondues were too salty to my preference. In addition, I actually could not differentiate between the Garlic Cheese Fondue and the Original Cheese Fondue. And these views were shared unanimously amongst my family members. Anyway, there are still a lot of people out there which love it very much, so take my opinions at your own risk! :P

The cheese fondue in Fondue House comes in 6 types of flavours :~
i) Original Cheese Fondue
ii) Garlic Cheese Fondue
iii) Cream Cheese & Crab Fondue
iv) Bacon Cheese Fondue
v) Creamy Mushroom Fondue
vi) Creamy Veggie Fondue

And there are different sets of platter to go with the cheese fondue (Price ranged from RM 29.90 to 49.90) :~
i) Chicken Fillet (breaded, crispy and golden)
ii) Lamb Cubes
iii) Sirloin Beef Cubes
iv) Seafood (fish fillet, shrimp and crab sticks)
v) Jumbo Mix (a mixture of the above items)

Vegetables (carrot slices, celery slices and broccoli) and a basket of bread and crackers come together with those set meals. A-la-carte style is available for your choice as well.

For the dessert (The chocolate fondue) :~
i) Plain Chocolate Fondue
ii) Orange-Flavoured Chocolate Fondue
iii) Peanut Butter Chocolate Fondue
iv) Whiskey Chocolate Fondue

To go with the chocolate fondue, there are fruits and strawberries available in the menu. There are other snacks available as well, such as pandan chicken (5 pieces for RM 9.90), curry samosas(6 pieces for RM 4.90), spring rolls (6 pieces for RM 4.90), calamari (RM 10.90) and various kinds of cakes. For beverages, there are teas, coffees(hot,blended or iced), fruit smoothies, fruit juices, soda drinks(pasion fruit soda & pink guava soda) and mocktails.

Now, for the most important piece of fact :~
Fondue House
5, Plaza Prisma Ville,
Jalan 26A/70A,
Desa Sri Hartamas.
Tel: 03-62033346
Business Hours: Daily (11am-11pm).

I was told that it's better that you reserve your seat before you go as the place will easily get crowded especially during peak hours (though the place was not crowded when I went, it was a dinner time, but no harm making a phone call in advance, right? :p).

Additional bit of information is available from http://kuali.com/news/story.asp?file=/2005/12/1/eatingout/12627429&sec=eatingout.

Cheezeeee~~ Enjoy!

Yummy Yummy @ Taman Equine Yong Tau Foo

2006-12-28T11:44:00.000+08:00

It was my first visit here although it had been opened for one or two months. Overall, the taste is average, nothing special about except that the dumplings are not bad, tasted fresh and sweet (credits to water chestnut as part of its ingredients). For a little piece of information, the yong tau foo is priced at RM 0.80 per piece.

Yong tau foo ( also spelled yong tao foo, yong tau fu, or yong tau hu ) is a Chinese soup dish with Hakka origins commonly found in Singapore and Malaysia. In Malaysia, the Ampang region of Kuala Lumpur is particularly famous for this dish. Essentially the dish originated in the early 1960s by a restaurant called "Chew Kuan" as tofu stuffed with a meat paste of fish and pork, thereby earning the dish its name "Yong Tau Foo," which means "stuffed bean curd." Since then all variety of vegetables and even fried fritters have been similarly stuffed, and the name Yong Tau Foo has thus been used liberally to apply to foods prepared in this manner.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yong_tau_foo)

Here're some pictures of the meal:

Yummy Yummy @ Foh San

2006-12-26T11:43:00.000+08:00

I had this for breakfast after some 40 minutes of being lost in our way to this restaurant - Foh San Dim Sum Restaurant. Below are some pictures of what we had. It was a public holiday, it was a Sunday, it was already late to have dim sum comfortably on such a day. And so, it was a not-so-nice experience of having to wait for a vacant table for at least 20 minutes (because I had the luck of "waiting at the right table", thank god, I was not waiting for the next table, it took them more than 30 minutes, at least! ), having to squeeze into the crowd for some dim sum, having to queue for at least 15 minutes to get in the toilet. Oh god!

Overall, the taste is ok-ok, but the variety is a lot with some special dim sum which might not be available elsewhere (I think :P)! Worth a try anyway~ And I would certainly visit there again if I have got the chance.

Yummy Yummy @ Wan Li Laksa a.k.a. Jawi Laksa

2006-12-04T18:07:00.000+08:00

This post is going to be about my Penang trip again~

Well, this time, I want to introduce to the world, Wan Li Laksa, better known as Jawi Laksa.

Assam laksa is a sour fish-based soup. The main ingredients for assam laksa include shredded fish, normally kembung fish or mackerel, and finely sliced vegetables including cucumber, onions, red chillis, pineapple, lettuce, common mint, "daun kesom" (Vietnamese mint or laksa mint) and pink bunga kantan (ginger buds). Assam laksa is normally served with either thick rice noodles or thin rice noodles (vermicelli). And topped off with "petis udang" or "hae ko", a thick sweet prawn paste.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laksa)

This laksa originally is selling beside a Tua Pek Kong temple at a small stall in . Well, the stall is still available. But, for better environment and hygiene, the restaurant would be a wiser choice. Yes, both the stall and the restaurant sell exactly the same tasty laksa, don't worry. :D

Jawi Laksa is famous with its biscuit served together with the laksa. Some customer even order only the biscuit together with the laksa soup. Talking about the biscuit, the thickness is just so appropriate and crunchy. For the laksa, the soup is not too sour nor too sweet, and the laksa noodles are just perfect (smooth and silky), sounds like a shampoo ad? :p errm...take off the "silky", please...:P And don't forget to add a spoonful or two of the prawn paste. It will make the soup taste sweeter and nicer. Don't expect to have fish chunks served in your bowl of laksa, as it's not the trend of the jawi laksa to do so. Instead, the fish slices are already crushed, mixed well and cooked together with the laksa soup. Thus, this is why the soup has its sweetness.

Till present, it's one of the best laksa I have ever tried. Do have a taste of it yourself if you happen to be around there. Oh ya, there's a branch in Taman Mutiara (I hope it's still there). Enjoy~

Outer view of the restaurant

Inner view of the restaurant

Laksa!!!

Laksa topped with prawn paste

Cendol
Chendol or cendol is a popular type of dessert and drink that is normally associated with Indian immigrants in Southeast Asia, in countries like Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand. Its ingredients usually consist of white coconut milk, thin worm-like, pandan-flavoured, green-coloured pea flour noodles and palm sugar (gula melaka). Red beans, pieces of glutinous rice, grass jelly and shaved ice are optional additions.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cendol)

The cendol here is not using the shaved ice of what you found out there. However, in this restaurant, the cendol is available using normal ice. Besides, you can try the Barley kidney beans drink which is the barley served with cooked kidney beans in the drink. It's quite refreshing.

Newspaper articles about the restaurant

Newspaper articles about the restaurant

Yummy Yummy @ Tong Pou Dim Sum

2006-11-21T18:32:00.000+08:00

During my trip back hometown, I grabbed my family to taste Dim Sum together, cause it had been a long, real long time since I last treated myself to Dim Sum, especially, I couldn't find a really nice one near my house (the house refers to where I am staying now).
Dim sum is a Chinese light meal or brunch served with Chinese tea. It is eaten some time from morning to early afternoon with family or friends. Dim sum consists of a wide spectrum of choices, from sweet to salty. It has combinations of meat, vegetables, seafood, and fruit. The various items are usually served in a small steamer basket or on a small plate, depending on the type of dim sum.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Braised Duck in Ginger

Chicken in Herbs(I guess, I am not too sure) :P

Egg Tart
Egg tart (蛋撻 dan tat, 蛋挞 dàntà): Egg tarts are composed of a flaky outer crust with a middle filled with egg custard which is then baked. Some high class restaurants put bird's nest soup on top of the custard.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Fried Shrimp Rolls

We loved it so much that we ordered a second plate... :D

Phoenix Talons
Phoenix talons (鳳爪 fung zau, 凤爪 fèngzhuǎ): These are actually chicken feet that deep fried, boiled, marinated in a black bean sauce, and then steamed. This results in a texture that is light and fluffy (due to the frying), while moist and tender. Fung zau are typically dark red in color. One may also sometimes find plain steamed chicken feet served with a vinegar dipping sauce. This version is known as "White Cloud Phoenix Talons" (白雲鳳爪; báiyúnfèngzhuǎ; Cantonese: bak wun fung jau)
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Lotus Leaf Rice
Lotus leaf rice (糯米雞 no mai gai, 糯米鸡 nuòmǐjī): Glutinous rice is wrapped in a lotus leaf into a triangular or rectangular shape. It contains egg yolk, dried scallop, mushroom, chestnut and meat (usually pork and chicken). These ingredients are steamed with the rice and although the leaf is not eaten, its flavour is infused during the steaming. No mai gai is a kind of rice dumpling. A similar but lighter variant is known as "Pearl Chicken" (珍珠雞 jan jyu gai, 珍珠鸡 zhēnzhūjī).
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Turnip Radish Cakes
Turnip/Daikon radish cakes or lo bak go (蘿蔔糕 lo bak go, 萝卜糕 luóbogāo): These savory cakes are made from mashed daikon radish mixed with bits of dried shrimp and pork sausage that are steamed and then cut into slices and pan-fried.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Steamed Tofu

Dumpling
We were too hungry that we ate two of them before I remembered to take the photograph. They just looked too tempting... Yummy yummy~

Steamed Bun
Bau (包 bau, bāo): Baked or steamed, these fluffy buns are filled with different meats and vegetables. The most popular type is cha siu baau (叉燒包, 叉焼包, chāshāobāo), a bun with Cantonese barbeque-flavoured pork and onions inside. It can be either steamed to be fluffy and white or baked with a light sugar glaze to produce a smooth golden-brown crust.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Steamed Dim Sum
The one in yellow is actually Siu Mai.
Siu Mai (燒賣 siu maai, 烧卖 shāomài): Small steamed dumplings with pork inside a thin wheat flour wrapper. Usually topped off with crab roe and mushroom.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)
And the one above it is shrimp dumpling.
Shrimp Dumpling (蝦餃 har gao): A delicate steamed dumpling with whole or chopped-up shrimp filling and thin (almost translucent) rice-flour skin.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dim_sum)

Various types of Steamed Dim Sum

Various types of Dim Sum

Various types of Dim Sum

Various types of Dim Sum

Dim Sum

Various types of Dim Sum

Yummy Yummy @ Beng Huat Chicken Rice Shop

2006-11-11T15:28:00.000+08:00

Here is a post for another famous chicken rice shop in Chai Leng Park, Perai, Penang - Beng Huat Chicken Rice Shop. Again, this shop also offers a variety of side dishes and the asam soup!

The Beng Huat Chicken Rice Shop

The Beng Huat Chicken Rice Shop

This shop actually wants you to order and pay at the counter. It's been a long time since I last went there, so I was pretty shocked with its advancement in the usage of technology!!! However, I believe this must be a way to cater for the efficiency of service when there's a huge crowd (This shop is always full of people during lunch time).

The roasted chicken

The vegetables in oil

Side dishes such as fried Taiwan sausage, lobak, fried tofu, etc.
There are a variety of ingredients which are used to make lobak. Typically, finely minced and spiced meat is a must. The spiced minced meat is mixed together with some chopped spring onions, some carrot bits, and anything that is up to personal flavour. Then the mixture is put on a small piece of beancurd sheet and is rolled up. Then the meat roll is fried and cut into small pieces and are ready to be served.

The asam soup

This shop opens from lunch time till late afternoon. It's located at Jalan Gan Chai Leng, Chai Leng Park, Perai, Penang.

Yummy Yummy @ Chain Ferry Road Curry Mee, Butterworth

2006-11-11T13:40:00.000+08:00

I have been to this curry mee stall since I was young, I don't remember since when this stall was there, I just knew that it had been there for many many years. This curry mee stall offers very special curry taste that I don't experience elsewhere. Thus, it's always one of the best that I have ever tasted. There's the special chilli paste that is specially made for those who opt for spicier taste. I used to put around two tablespoon of it, though I no longer do this anymore. :P To add to its credit, the prawns it offers are fresh and the size pretty satisfies me everytime I am there. The size I mentioned was not of course super huge, however, for normal stall such as that, the medium-sized prawns are quite a good offer. Oh ya, do expect to wait for at least 20 minutes before the food is served, especially when the place gets crowded. For an additional bit of information, this stall is only opened from morning till around 12 noon, if I am not mistaken. If you were there late, it's always high possibility that, they will have their ingredients run out of stock. This curry mee stall is located along Chain Ferry Road, immediately after the crossroad (there're traffic lights at the crossroad) after a Proton (Again, if I am not mistaken) Cars Showroom. It's located at the corner of the junction. And there's a small garage beside.

Curry Mee is a dish that is unique to Malaysia, usually made up of thin yellow egg noodles or/and string thin mee-hoon (rice vermicelli) with spicy curry soup, coconut milk, and a choice of dried tofu, prawns, cuttlefish, chicken, egg and mint leaves. However, what makes Curry Mee is a special chilli/sambal and pig's blood. The pig's blood is usually coagulated, and in cubes, but can be omitted by choice.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curry_Mee)

The Curry Mee Stall

The Curry Mee Stall

Curry Mee

Curry Mee

Curry Mee

Yummy Yummy @ Ban Chuan Chicken Rice Shop

2006-11-11T12:48:00.000+08:00

During the long DeepaRaya break, I had the chance to enjoy more meals together with my family and friends. The first lunch in Penang for the break - we went to this Chicken Rice Shop - The Ban Chuan Chicken Rice Shop. Since the popularize of "Assam Soup" served together with the chicken rice by a famous chicken rice shop (Beng Huat Chicken Rice Shop), many of the chicken rice shops or stalls also offered the choice of tasting the soup, and this Ban Chuan shop is not excluded as well.

This shop also offered a wide variety of side dishes which are not common in area such as Kuala Lumpur. Here, you can have vegetables in oil, fish in asam (tamarind) soup, lady fingers, assorted deep-fried food and tofu (bean curd).

The Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) is the only species of the genus Tamarindus in the family Fabaceae. It is a tropical tree. In Malaysia it is called asam in Malay and swee boey in Hokkien. The fruit pulp is edible and popular. It is used as a spice in both Asian and Latin American cuisines, and is also an important ingredient in Worcestershire sauce and HP sauce. The pulp of a young fruit is very sour and acidic and is most often used as a component of savory dishes. The ripened fruit is sweeter and can be used in desserts and drinks, or as a snack.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asam)

Tofu, also called doufu (often in Chinese recipes) or bean curd (literal translation), is a food of Chinese origin, made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_curd)

Ban Chuan Chicken Rice Shop

Have a look at what the shop offers:

A different view of the shop:

Assorted Deep-Fried Food

Fish in Asam Soup

Ladyfingers with Sambal
Sambal is a condiment used in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Sri Lanka, made from a variety of peppers, although chilli peppers are the most common. Sambal is used as a condiment or as a side dish, and is sometimes substituted for fresh chilis; it can be very hot for the uninitiated. It is available at exotic food markets or gourmet departments in supermarkets in numerous countries.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambal)

Fried Tofu

Asam Soup

And finally the main dish - Chicken

In typical chicken shops or stalls, they offer chilli sauce with different taste, due to the different ingredients they included. So, if you haven't been off spicy, please make sure you have a taste on the specially made chilli sauce.

For your information, Ban Chuan Chicken Rice Shop is located along Chai Leng Park's Wai Sik Kai at Perai area.

Yummy Yummy @ Kuching, Sarawak (Day 3)

2006-10-17T15:36:00.000+08:00

Day 3 - The Final Adventure.

We had our breakfast in the hotel again.

This time, I tried the scrambled egg.

Fish Ball, Cocktail, Four Season Rolls, Fried Rice, Fried Noodles, Baked Beans...

In the Kuching International Airport, surprisingly the whole airport has only one eatery (However, a KFC outlet is to be opened soon, but not when we were there!). Having no other choice, we went to the only eatery - Only Mee Restaurant.

Despite its name, there are rice served in the restaurant as well. My brother ordered this. It's the Pot Rice with Green Curry Chicken.

It came with a side dish and a soup - Fishball Soup and Acar.
Acar is a Malaysian salad. It is made from different kinds of hard vegetables such yardlong beans, carrots and cabbage which are pickled in vinegar and dried chillies. The vegetables are then tossed in ground peanuts.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acar)

This meal officially ended our food search quest in Kuching, the Cat City.

Yummy Yummy @ Kuching, Sarawak (Day 2)

2006-10-17T14:47:00.000+08:00

Day 2.

My brother and I woke up early in the morning for a purpose - to enjoy the Buffet Breakfast which was included in the package when we paid for our hotel room.

To our dismay, the buffet spread was not grand, with only some limited choice. However, they were certainly more than enough as breakfast for us, because we planned to...

The breakfast enjoyed by my brother and I was as follows...

Bread and Pastry

I made myself the toasted bread spread with some margerine and made them as sandwich together with a piece of smoked turkey ham. The combination was yummy~

Hotdogs, Roti Plata, Chicken Fingers...

Fried Rice, Fried Bee Hoon (Rice vermicelli), Omelette

And finally... fruits

Yes, because we planned to visit Min Joo Restaurant AGAIN! To satisfy our appetite of trying the local food there, we decided to go to the same noodle stall we went yesterday, but still, our aim was to try the real kolo mee. So, we went there earlier.

The "real" version of Kolo Mee.

The Vegetable and Pork Soup.

The Mee Kosong (Only the noodles without any toppings).

Iced Tea with Milk.

After some further touring around the city, our "tour guide" brought us to this restaurant - The Hong Kong Noodle House.

Tofu with Seafood.

Pork Ribs in Sweet and Sour Sauce.

Fried Fish Fillets with Butter.

Stir-fried Midin with Sambal Belacan.
Forest ferns have a special place in the diet of the people, with the two most popular ferns used as vegetables being midin and the fiddlehead fern (pucuk paku). Midin grows wild in the secondary forests and is peculiar to the state. It has curly fronds and is very crunchy even after it has been cooked. Rural dwellers have always considered the fern a tasty, nutritious vegetable and the jungle fern’s rise from rural staple to urban gourmet green occurred in the 1980s with the increased urban migration of the Iban, Orang Ulu and other groups.

Today, the fern is widely available in markets. It is enjoyed by all and many eateries have the fern on their menu, often stir-fried with sambal belacan. Unfortunately, the fern does not travel well as it only stays fresh up to two days after harvesting so Sarawak is largely the only place to try midin dishes.
(Extracted from http://kuali.com/flavours/review.asp?file=recfeature/2005/7/47savou&sec=recfeature)

During the night, we paid the Sunday Market at Jalan Satok a visit.
The Sunday Market, which actually starts on Saturday afternoon, is held at
Jln Satok. It is renowned for the Bidayuh ladies who set up shop here selling fruit
and vegetables, but there are also many good Chinese and Malay stalls. Goods on
offer include handicrafts, forest produce (including deliacious wild honey), pets of
all descriptions, orchid plants, live fish, and a whole range of local snacks and
delicacies. The market is a must for weekend visitors, as it is very colourful and
teeming with shoppers. The best time to go is Saturday night or early Sunday
morning. (Extracted from Official Kuching Guide 2006)

There we finally had the chance to try the Sarawak Laksa. However, to me, it was like no difference with the Curry Mee I used to eat in Peninsular Malaysia, except that the Curry Mee has noodle as well instead of just the rice vermicelli as in Sarawak Laksa. And I still prefer the Curry Mee version as the soup base has richer aroma and flavour, but maybe because I never have the chance to try the best Sarawak Laksa in the city!

We also ordered some satay. The satay was cheap compared to what I used to have in Kuala Lumpur and Penang, at only RM 0.40 per stick.

Satay
Although recipes and ingredients vary from country to country, satay generally consists of chunks or slices of meat on bamboo or coconut leaf spine skewers, which are grilled over a wood or charcoal fire. Turmeric is often used to marinate satay and gives it a characteristic yellow color. Meats used include beef, pork, venison, fish, shrimp and chicken. It may be served with a spicy peanut sauce dip, or peanut gravy, slivers of onions and cucumbers, and ketupat. Pork satay can be served in a pineapple based satay sauce. An Indonesian version uses a soy-based dip.
(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satay)

In the Sunday Market, I finally had a view of the Midin in its uncooked form.

And I bought something peculiar, at least to me. I bought a banana at RM 1!

Couldn't imagine what's so special about this? Check out the next photo.

Do you know why now?

These all ended our Day 2 trip as we went back to our hotel directly after the Sunday Market visit.

Yummy Yummy @ Kuching, Sarawak (Day 1)

2006-10-17T12:12:00.000+08:00

In the early October, I finally had the chance to fly, the very first time in my life, though it's just a short one hour and forty five minutes fly to Kuching, the Cat City!

After settled down in the Harbour View Hotel, we were on our way to find good food. A man in the Kuching International Airport had recommended us a mee stall somewhere nearby the hotel we staying in. So, we were on our way to the famous mee stall!

Finally, the view of the shop was in our sight. It's not really that difficult to find, even though it was our first time in the Cat City.

The Front View of the Min Joo Restaurant
Min Joo, corner of Carpenter & Bishopsgate Street. Small but very popular coffee shop selling Chinese noodle dishes. At breakfast time the place is packed. (Extracted from Kuching Official Guide 2006)

This restaurant sells Kolo Mee (also in Keow Teow), Vegetables and Pork Soup. Due to our late schedule, the mee had sold out when we were there. To avoid disappointment, we ordered the Keow Teow version instead.
Keow Teow or Kuey Teow are a kind of rice noodles. Rice noodles are noodles that are made from rice. Their principal ingredients are rice flour and water, though sometimes other ingredients such as tapioca or corn starch are also added.　Rice noodles are most commonly used in the cuisines of East and Southeast Asia, and are available fresh, frozen, or dried, in various shapes and thicknesses.　(Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_noodles)

Kuching 'kolo mee', 'kolok mee' or 'koh-loh mein' is a dish of egg noodles which are flash-boiled and then served with sliced barbeque pork also known as "char siew", minced pork, pork slices, prawns, fish balls and fish paste slices. (Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuching#Cuisine)

Customer can have the dry version.

Or the soup version.

We also ordered a cup of Hot Kopi O' (Coffee with only sugar). I was not sure whether the coffee was made of the Sarawak Coffee bean. However, it was pretty condensed and I was contented with it. :P

The Min Joo Restaurant is so famous that a well known host from a TV Food Show, Ah Hong （阿鸿） in Taiwan actually dropped by and tasted the food there.

On my way to the restaurant, I noticed this... Don't it look familiar? :P

After our late lunch, we went to walk around the Cat City and stopped by at this stall to buy some apam balik which is the Malaysian style of Pancake with nuts, margerine, sugar and sometimes with sweet corn kernels.

During the night, we was informed that there was a cultural event along the Carpenter street (the street where the Min Joo Restaurant located in). So, we decided to attend the event and of course, to search for nice food from the available food stalls!

The first that we tried was the Prawn Stick.

Then, some fried dumplings.

Next, the　chestnuts.

The Oyster Omelette.

Some pancakes.

And this - the special and cheaper version of Ice Kacang, the "Ice Stick" or known as the "GanDongBing" （甘冻冰） by the locals. It's actually the shaved ice squeezed around a stick and is pour some sugar dressings to add some colouring and flavouring to the tasteless ice. A kind of the dressings that is used tasted like Sarsi (Pepsi-like).

Since all the food stalls did not offer any tables and chairs for us to take our meal properly, we went to a food court nearby. I heard this food court was pretty famous with its fish soup and fish balls.
Chinese Food Centre, Jalan Carpenter (opposite temple). A wide range of Chinese food stalls. One sells excellent fish balls (afternoons only), while another sells superb fish and prawn soup from late afternoon until late at night. (Extracted from Official Kuching Guide 2006)

The Chinese Food Centre.

This is the stall selling the fish soup. There are also fish porridge, prawn porridge and kuey chap served.

The Kway Chap or Kueh Chap.
Kway chap (粿汁), a Teochew dish of flat, broad rice sheets in a soup made with dark soy sauce, served with pig offal, tofu derivatives and boiled eggs. (Extracted from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuisine_of_Malaysia#Chinese_food)

The Fish Porridge

The Plain Porridge and Fish Soup

Closer View of the Plain Porridge

Closer View of the Fish Soup

Yummy Yummy @ Tang Palace, Dynasty Hotel

2006-09-30T18:11:00.000+08:00

During early August, together with my friends and housemates, we had a dinner in Tang Palace in Dynasty Hotel. That dinner besides being a gathering for all of us, it was also meant as a farewell dinner for my long-time friend (knew his existence since in primary school :P), Wen Fong.

During that time, the restaurant was having an All-You-Can-Eat promotion. We ate around 20 dishes i think. However, we didn't manage to try all the food in the menu as we were too full to even try to challenge the menu. There are around six dishes which could be only ordered one time only. And for the fried rice, fried mee, and desserts, they were served as buffet line. Anyway, there are some pictures of the food we enjoyed that night.

Front View of the Restaurant

Food Served

Rice and Desserts

Below is how it's advertisement sounded:

All You Can Eat
RM 38.00++
per person
1 - 31 August, 2006 (Sorry for the late posting, :P)

With 36 sumptuous dishes including desserts on the menu, feast on sure winners such as Salmon Sashimi, Braised Shark's Fin with Crab Roe, Fried Tiger Prawns with Assam Sauce, Steamed Cod Fish, Braised Sea Cucumber, BBQ Roast Duck and many others!

- Minimum 2 persons.
- Available for Dinner only from 6:30 pm until 9:30 pm and not available during
Private Functions.

Price quoted above is subject to 10% Service Charge and 5% Goverment Tax.

For reservations, please call (03) 4043 7777 ext 3340.

The restaurant might be having such promotions again in future, so, stay tuned!

Yummy Yummy @ Sai Toh Lim Restaurant

2006-09-22T10:56:00.000+08:00

The last day of my Merdeka holiday, I went to this restaurant in Butterworth with my family for lunch. I actually thought that the food served is not that nice in terms of taste. However, there are still many people who frequent this restaurant, so just take my opinions at your own risk!

The front view of the restaurant.

Roasted Pork.
It's served "cold" (Well, I thought they should have reheated it or something!!!) and it took years to reach our table!

"Stewed Chicken Legs" (Poor Translation, haha!)
The ordinary dish in ordinary taste. However, I don't really know how to "taste" it properly actually.

Vegetables in Oil
Nah...this is not the way this type of dish should be served! Sigh...

Keow Teow in Sauce
Average taste...

Keow Teow in Soup
Average taste again...

Fishball Soup
I don't really like fishballs...So, no comment on this.

Chicken Slices
The texture of the chicken is not smooth enough, however, the gravy is still ok.

Yummy Yummy @ Inderawasih Restaurant

2006-09-22T10:31:00.000+08:00

When I was home for a short Merdeka holidays, I went for brunch with my family at this restaurant which is very near my house. The food there are quite nice.

Char Keow Teow.
The taste of this dish is average, it's not the best that I have eaten before.

Sui Keow Soup.
This is nice. The filllings of the Sui Keow are some mixture of prawn meat and vegetables.

Herbal Mee Suah with Duck Drumstick.
Perhaps with some stronger herbal taste, it would be better. Overall, it's ok (in terms that I would like to taste it again the next time I come here).

Keow Teow Soup.
Well, the "rule" that it's only prepared when you ordered (including the soup) rules. The soup is nice, but maybe that's the effect of Arjinomoto!!! Haha... Recommended!

Home Sweet Home Series - the Tuna Sushis

2006-09-22T10:22:00.000+08:00

My mom made me some sushis, when I was home for holiday last month.

That's the rice for making Sushis. The rice is cooked using Japanese rice and with vinegar added.

Spreading the ingredients on the seaweed - Carrot slices, Cucumber slices, Tuna spread and of course the rice!

Start rolling the seaweed with ingredients spreading on top.

Rolled sushis.

Final products.

Lotte Chocolate-Filled Biscuit

2006-08-30T16:28:00.000+08:00

Wow...This is nice, really nice!

The first time he brought back from Japan, I fell in love in it. Though I had tried some other brands which produced such snacks, none of them tasted nicer than what Lotte provides.

Some pictures for my favourite snack:

Yummy Yummy @ Hakka Village

2006-08-30T15:46:00.000+08:00

In Serdang, one of the quite famous restaurant would be the 客家村 a.k.a. Hakka Village. I have been to Hakka Village which located at Serdang for many times, but I never cover its food here. This time, I am going to write the very first article for the restaurant itself.

The restaurant offered a variety of dishes at an affordable price. Normally, a meal consist of tofu, chicken, vegetables and pork would cost diners of four around the range of RM 40 to RM 55. If you want a place which offers good value for money, I would definitely recommend you this restaurant!

The signature dish of the shop for vegetables.

Pork Ribs in Stout

The signature dish of the shop for Tofu.

Yummy Yummy @ Pantai Bersih, Butterworth

2006-07-14T11:42:00.000+08:00

My family and I went to a seafood restaurant by the seaside. It's quite famous, I heard. The food is quite ok, at an affordable price. However, personally, I think that this place will suit anyone with not-so-strong taste. The dishes are neither salty nor excessive-MSG-added. Thus, it offers homely yet tasty food. To add to its credit, the serving size of the food is adequate, neither too big or too small.

323 Seafood Restaurant

The view of the 323 Restaurant from the back.

The view of the restaurant from the front.

The restaurant is located by the sea. So, while enjoying the meals, the customers actually have a chance to enjoy the beautiful sea view too.

Vegetables

Fried Squid

Fried Tofu
This is the "Jiu Pai ToFu". For this dish, different restaurants might serve it differently. Some would prepare it in terms of fried tofu in which the tofu is a mixture of some vegetables and tofu itself, while the others might have them lightly fried with some minced meat on top. This restaurant served the first type of tofu and the texture of the tofu is quite smooth with some carrot slices in it.

Curry Fish Head
This dish is very appetizing with its little sour and spicy taste.

Steamed Prawn with Egg
The prawns are fresh. When being steamed, its freshness is totally brought out. However, like I mentioned before, this dish also comes with light flavour. So, don't expect you will be served something very rich and strong in taste, which to me, I would use the word "salty".

Home Sweet Home Series - Dinner (3 Dishes + 1 Soup)

2006-07-13T00:32:00.000+08:00

This time, I would like to introduce everyone to dishes prepared specially by my parents. They are not artificially flavoured, 100% fresh and tasty! I missed those food so much before I returned. Though not some very expensive food and not some very special food, however, they are some home-prepared food, not available elsewhere! :D

3 dishes ...

And 1 soup ...

Closer view of the dishes:

Sardin in Curry

The sardins tasted similar to the tinned one. They were cooked by my mom. I was told that a pressure cooker was used to cook the sardins in which even the bones of the fishes were soften, just like what the tinned ones offer. :P Then, the sardins were then used to cook the curry, which was prepared by my father. My dad loves to cook curry! I guess because he loves to eat curry very much.

Vegetables

Well, this is just some ordinary vegetables with ordinary type of cooking style. :P But, I still think it's better than what I could come out with.

Yong Tau Foo in Tomyam

Well, this gotta be my favourite of all these dishes. My mom cooked the yong tau foo herself. The fillings were yummy. They were made of fish, with the flesh beaten into thick texture, and of cause with some seasonings added. Hey, but no MSG at all! That's what home-cooked-food are valuable of! :P
By the way, the tomyam paste was also prepared by my mom herself. However, I have no idea how it was prepared, as I was not at home when she made it.

Yummy Yummy @ Bumbu Bali, Puchong

2006-03-22T10:25:00.000+08:00

This time, we went to a Balinese Restaurant located in Puchong named Bumbu Bali. The place was pretty nicely decorated and gave me a real good feel of dining there. The food offered was nicely arranged and the propotion served was quite big, at least for me. :P

This is the outlook of the restaurant which located at Puchong.

The staircase inside Bumbu Bali

A decoration of Bumbu Bali

Grilled Salmon

Some food served

Some food served

The Balinese Specialities ~~
Nasi Campur Special - a Combination of Balinese Lemongrass
marinated BBQ prawn, squid, fish, chicken, and sate lilit.

Iced Lemon Tea and Barli with Lime

Menu of Bumbu Bali (Part 1)

Menu of Bumbu Bali (Part 2)

Menu of Bumbu Bali (Part 3)

Yummy Yummy @ Just Thai

2005-12-30T15:49:00.000+08:00

Just Thai, One Utama

My best friend, May Fang in front of Just Thai

The Christmas Decors at Just Thai

The interior of Just Thai

Menu, Part 1

Menu, Part 2

Menu, Part 3

The Appetizer ~
This was the appetizer we ordered that day. It consisted of 3 pieces of spring rolls, 3 pieces of money bags, 3 pieces of prawn wantons and 3 pieces of fish cakes. I love them all, especially the prawn wantons. Yummy~

The Main Course ~
My friends ordered the pineapple fried rice.

The tomyam seafood tasted quite nice.

The fried glass noodle, tasted so-so, but the noodles are quite special, flatter than the one we used to see and eat normally.

The green curry I ordered! It tasted not bad I would say.

Yummy @ Eden Hotel

2005-12-30T15:26:00.000+08:00

I had my first Hi-Tea buffet on Dec 11, 2005 at Eden Hotel, Johore Bahru which is located in the area of Duty-Free Zone in Johore. I wasn't sure how much the buffet was priced at, but the food still tasted and looked OK to me. I also didn't remember the name of the Cafe. I apologized for the lack of information I was having. Regarding the food there, I particularly like the cakes being served there. Though i still think Secret Recipe has more tasty cakes, but those in Eden Hotel were still nice to swallow. :P

Eden Hotel located at Johor Bahru

The Cafe's Entrance

Mee Goreng which tasted not bad

Porridge with condiments

Cendol made by Fox!!!

Ice Kacang

Rice with Chicken Curry (I heard that it tasted not bad. :P)

Some snacks - Siew Mai, Keropok, etc

Some food

Rojak (Mixed Fruits,etc with Sauce)

Salad with Thousand Island

Pancake

Cakes

Some cakes which tasted quite nice. Yummy~

Yummy Yummy @ Petaling Street

2005-11-09T14:13:00.000+08:00

My family and I had a dinner at Petaling Street after coming back from Singapore. That particular store is pretty famous with grilled food. It has a continuous stream of customers but limited spaces (chairs and tables) available. Thus, customers will have to wait for some 40 minutes to one hour after ordering and they are suggested (and have to do so since places are limited) to take a stroll along Petaling Street before coming back to the store to enjoy their dinner.

Longan and Winter Melon Juice at RM 1.00

Yin Yong

Thick-sized Mee

Grilled Sotong

Grilled Lala

Grilled Fish

Yummy Yummy @ Kim Gary

2005-11-09T13:18:00.000+08:00

Kim Gary, MidValley

The inner view of Kim Gary, MidValley.

Borsch Soup(Top) and Cream Soup(Bottom)

I love the borsch soup, it's appetizing, with its sweet-and-sour taste.

Fruit Milk(Left) and Honey Lemonade Juice(Right)

The honey lemonade juice tasted better to me than the fruity milk. It has a sweet and sour mixture of tastes which clearly moisture your throat. :D

Condensed Milk and Butter Thick Toast

A must-have if you ever visit Kim Gary. The condensed milk tasted no very sweet when it's together with the layers of butter. Nice and tasty~~

Cheese-baked Rice with Chicken Fillet

I love this one~ My top-rated dish of Kim Gary, besides the spaghetti below... :P

Hong-Kong-style Fried Spaghetti with Chicken Fillet

Nice nice~~ I love this one.

Shredded Chicken Curry Baked with Swiss Cheese

I still prefer the cheese-baked rice, but my sister said this tasted better.

Hot and spicy nooldes with minced pork and vegetable wanton, prepared in "typhoon shelter"-style

Well, honestly saying, I don't think this dish tasted good. It was like tasteless to me. Sorry, dude~

Fried Vegetable Wanton

Fried Vegetable wanton coming together with the hot and spicy noodle, tasted good, to me at least. I guess maybe because I have a preference over fried crispy dishes...LOL

Yummy Yummy @ Singapore

2005-11-09T12:28:00.000+08:00

Roasted Chicken Rice at Holland Village

Mee in Mushroom Sauce at Holland Village

Rice Puttu at Little India

Cheese Thosai at Little India

Masala Thosai at Little India

Hor Fun (Kuew Teow Soup) at Chinatown

Mini Steamboat at Chinatown

Buffet Lunch at SEA Village, Sentosa

Buffet Lunch at SEA Village, Sentosa

Potato Salad and Chicken Wings Set at Sharpino's Pizzeria, Sentosa

6" Pizzas at Sharpino's Pizzeria, Sentosa

Lasagna at Sharpino's Pizzeria, Sentosa

Fish Sliced Mee and Fish Sliced Soup at Lau Pa Sat

Fried Dumpling and Handmade Mee at Lau Pa Sat

Closer View of the Handmade Mee

Fried Rice at Lau Pa Sat

Sea Coconut with Lime and Ice-creams at Lau Pa Sat

Nasi Lemak at Foodcourt

Roasted Duck Rice at Foodcourt

Roasted Duck Mee at Foodcourt

Fish Porridge at Foodcourt

Mini Steamboat at Orchard Food Centre

Pan Mee at Orchard Food Centre

Fried Carrot Cake and Mee Suah Soup at Orchard Food Centre

Happy Birthday, dear ~~

2005-10-20T10:52:00.000+08:00

Happy Birthday To You, Hooi Weng!!!

16th of October 2005

Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy Birthday to Ah Weng,
Happy Birthday to you!!!
Sweet 22nd Birthday!!!

*Muak*

Her beloved bf got her a Mango cake from MidValley. Yummy Yummy. Her bf was supposed to appear surprisingly at our house, but due to an ingored Friendster message, the surprise was not on. However, he still showed up and met us in MidValley. Sorry, friend. :P

The Delicious Cake by Ah Weng's Beloved BF

Her bf played her a birthday song. The picture posed the guy with his guitar, and the birthday girl enjoying her piece of cake!

Yummy Yummy @ Kim Gary

2005-10-19T10:57:00.000+08:00

15th of October 2005, this was the eve of my buddy's birthday. With the thought of letting her bf celebrate her birthday for her, I booked her birthday's eve. We went to MidValley, which is easily accessible by public transport from our house. When we reached there, we first bought 3 movie tickets for the movie Wait Till You're Older which is a highly recommended movie. Then, we went to Secret Recipe to buy 2 pieces of cake before we headed to our destination - Kim Gary. She chose that restaurant as the venue for her birthday treat from me. Guess she really likes the Chessy Steamed Rice there very much.

We ordered two set lunches which include an appetizer, a main course, a dessert and a drink. For each set, the price ranging from RM 13++ to RM 16++ depending on which topping chosen. For the appetizer, we can choose from cream soup and tomato soup (Luo song tang). For main course, it's the Cheesy Steamed Rice, but for toppings, we could choose from a list of choices. There are the Chicken Chop, Pork Chop, Fish Fillet, etc. And there are two kind of sauces that we could choose from, the white and red one. I ordered the Red Sauced Fish Fillet Cheesy Steamed Rice while Hooi Weng chose the White Sauced Chicken Chop Cheesy Steamed Rice. As for the dessert, since we have tasted the default jelly which we thought was not that nice, we decided to add-on RM1 for a change to a strawberry yogurt. For drink, we got ourselves "yin-yong" (a HongKong style of drink which is actually Coffee + Milked Tea), and they tasted quite nice.

Some pictures of the food we took at Kim Gary, MidValley:

Cheesy Steamed Rice with Fish Fillet

Cheesy Steamed Rice with Chicken Chop

The Appetizer, The Dessert, The Drink - The Three MustEaters. :P

Yummy Yummy @ Asia Cafe

2005-10-19T09:49:00.000+08:00

14th of October 2005

There were nine of us. We went to Asia Cafe at SS15 to have our dinners. Asia Cafe is similar to a Food Court with around 70 or more stalls. It is exactly opposite the Inti College. The environment is not bad with a big screen at the inner side of the cafe, which MTVs are always showed, or perhaps some football matches during its season. That was my second visit to Asia Cafe. Though I have been there before, I was still excited on the number of stalls there.

Asia Cafe located at SS15

The Hokkien Mee or the Prawn Mee and it tasted quite ok.

The Korean Food.

I also ordered the Korean Food and it is the one recommended by the stall people as the "Da Chang Jin" food at RM 13.90(if my short-term memory still functioning properly), and according to him, we don't have to go over to Korea to experience the "Da Chang Jin" food. We could do it just there! As for the taste, I would say so-so only?!! :p LOL...

The Barbequed Squid.

The Chicken Chop at around RM 7.90.

The Creamy Sauced Spagetti with Sausage at RM 7.90.

The Pancake.

Looks like a kind of fried bread to me.

I think this is the bread with cheese inside.

Man Tou (a type of bread) with Crab in Tomato Sauce at RM 18 for the 2 crabs and RM 7.50 for the Man Tous.

The smelly fried tofu. :P

Yummy Yummy @ Saisaki

2005-10-16T20:21:00.000+08:00

12th of October

Well, it's a good day for a buffet, isn't it? :P We had Japanese Buffet in Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant which is famous for its category. We also ordered a small bottle of Sake at RM 12. The buffet is available at around RM 50 including tax. Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant is located at Wisma UOA II, Jalan Pinang, which is near to KLCC.

Saisaki Japanese Buffet Restaurant

Chopstick and Toothpicks

Some food there.

Some food there.

Some food there.

Some food there.

Green Peas and tiny tomato (I love it!)

Dessert

Dessert

Dessert

Sake (Small)

KLCC Night View

Magnificient KLCC Night View

The Costliest Movie Ticket

2005-10-03T09:39:00.000+08:00

On the 25th of September, we went to watch the Myth. It was quite nice provided that you have some knowledge regarding the Qin Dynasty's Shi Huang Ti's Tomb. However, I think that the conclusion should be more elaborated.

After the movie, we decided to have Domino's Pizza as our dinner. I am now officially the Domino's Millennium Gold Card's member! A fee of RM 20 per year and I could enjoy a Buy-One-Free-One (Buy any large pizza at standard menu price and receive a second pizza free) benefit.

Next, the tragedy is on the agenda! Okay, it's not that serious, but it was definitely a $$-burning occurence! My boyfriend lost his handphone! We rushed back to the cinema Hall 5 when we found out the shocking fact. But, to our expectation, it was not there anymore. We suspected the cleaners or the attendants there picked it up and owned it as we were the last to leave the hall. Sigh... Now, he managed to get his number back, but there wasn't a handphone to insert his sim card into yet. Donation, everyone? :P

the Old Friend and the Classiest Toilet

2005-10-03T09:02:00.000+08:00

On the 24th of September, my boyfriend and I went to MidValley to meet an old friend of his, Han Shuan. Their friendship is kind of fictional. Haha...

Well, in short, they knew each other for more than ten years and they have not seen each other for ten years. TEN whole years!!! Recently, through some friends, they got in touch again. I still remember vividly that my boyfriend said he had even thought of putting an advertisement on the newspaper for the search of his friend. Well, the whole incident just showed that it must have been fate that brought them together.

We had our lunch at Kim Gary, MidValley. We had set lunches which included an appetizer, a main course, a dessert and a drink for each set. Though it's not really like the formal course dinner in some Western Restaurants where we would stuff our stomach with loads of food, we still had our stomach pretty full. The appetizer could be of a choice from Tomato Soup or Chicken Creamy Soup. In this case, we ordered the Tomato Soup. For the main course, I had the Cheesy Steamed Rice with Fish Fillets while my boyfriend ordered the same thing but with Chicken Fillets instead. It tasted not bad, I would say. Oh ya, there are two kind of sauces to be chosen from, the white sauce or the red sauce. Don't ask me those two sauces are of what ingredients. But I would recommend the red one. Mind you, Kim Gary is always famous with its Cheesy Steamed Rice. However, the taste of the dessert which is some kind of a jelly wasn't really that good. Well, personal opinions, no offence.

Since it was an outing, we decided to go somewhere else after the lunch. Han Shuan recommended a place where we should be hanging out later! It was the Toilet! Yeah, your eyes are functioning correctly, and I wasn't having some typo errors. According to him, which he saw from some newspapers or magazines, the toilets at Star Hill was gorgeous, stylish, fashionable, err... It's simply amazing! I thought it was some kind of an architechture from Egypt. I wouldn't really know how should I describe that. All I would say that if you ever pay StarHill a visit, you should really visit the toilets at the lower ground floor too. It was just so cool.
(P/S : If you don't know how to wash your hands using that "tool", don't worry. There is an attendant to your service. And perhaps, you would consider paying a small fee as tip? :D)

I Won!!! I Won!!!

2005-09-28T22:40:00.000+08:00

Wow, it must be my lucky day to let me know the news that I had won something. Countable using five fingers of my hand, I had won in an online contest. And the prizes are an album of Rob Thomas - ...something to be and a 3-day trial pass membership to True Fitness, a Fitness & Yoga centre at Desa Sri Hartamas. Oh, god, how am I going to travel that far for 3 days for some Yoga classes? No way, I am not gonna doing that. I don't even have any transport of my own! Okay...Who wants the pass?

Anyway, thanks for letting me won the prize. At least, it gave me hope that I am not having that bad luck again, not anymore. Yeah...good things are coming my way! Hurray!

Yummy Yummy @ Ipoh

2005-09-23T15:57:00.000+08:00

At my recent trip to Ipoh, my family and I spent some time trying out some famous food at some recommended eateries.

Day 1

During the day, we had our lunch at the Ipoh Parade. We ordered Chee Cheong Fun which I thought was not nice at all. We also tried the Yee Mee. Its taste is still ok, not bad, I would say. At night, since it was my brother's birthday, we decided to buy him a nice dinner. So, we went to the well known Overseas Restaurant. We ordered 4 dishes which costed us around 130 over bucks.

Dish 1 : Cooked Asparagus

Dish 2 : Sea Cucumber in Dark Sauce

Dish 3 : Steamed Fish

Dish 4 : Roasted Duck

Day 2

We had our breakfast at the Foh San Restaurant which is famous for its Dim Sum. We ordered quite some number of dishes and they totaled up to around RM 55++. Quite a variety of dim sums are available there and they are worth trying. There were also some special Dim Sum which I never seen before in Penang and they tasted not bad either. Recommended.

After a few hours wandering around Ipoh, it was time again for our lunch. Though we are not hungry yet, but to accomodate my schedule (I was going back to KL at around 2:30pm), we had our lunch at around 12:40pm, some 3 hours after our breakfast. We had it at the Ong Kee Restaurant, famously known for its "Nga-Choi-Kai" (Steamed Chicken with bean sprouts).

We also stopped by at the Aun Kheng Lim Restaurant to buy a salted chicken. For your information, those chickens are only valid for takeaway and one whole chicken is the minimum purchase at RM15++. Looking at some newspaper cuttings and some reportings pasted on the wall outside the restaurant, we found out that it first started off as a small business and now, as the wholesaler of salted chicken. Salute~

Happy Birthday, Galaxie!

2005-09-23T15:14:00.000+08:00

It's 15th of September.

Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me
Happy Birthday to me!

Took a wish (Did I?), blew out the candles and I am a year older now.

Thanks to my pals and housemates for celebrating it for me. Thank you Fox, Bull, Koala, Kait for the cake. Thank you eechia, zaaiyuen, sinkah for the Secret Recipe treat... Thank you ahweng, meigin, mayfang, and everyone else who flooded me with wishes. Thanks!! Muaks :*

Proud of Him - The Very 3rd of Sept 2005

2005-09-22T14:28:00.000+08:00

I was in Ipoh together with my family on the 3rd of September. It was actually my brother's birthday. We went down there to support him for his bowling competition and celebrate his birthday. And of course, to enjoy the food there! We treated our stomachs in a quite luxurious way. We had the famously known Dim Sum at Foh San Restaurant, the Taugeh Chicken Rice at Onn Kei Restaurant, the tasty dishes at the Overseas Restaurant and last but not least, the Salted Chicken at the Aun Kheng Lim Restaurant (Only valid for takeaway).

My brother was the Champion for the singles in of his category.

My brother with his stiff competitor.

My brother with his medals.

I, Myself, and Saturday

2005-09-22T03:21:00.000+08:00

Saturday by CARPENTERS

Saturday began just the same as other days
But ended up different in many ways
Love is in my world since Saturday

Mornin' came but somehow it didn't seem the same
The sadness of Friday had somehow changed
To the happy sounds of Saturday
Saturday, ever-loving Saturday

I whistle to bluebirds
I tried to tell them how you brought me sunshine
My head’s filled with new words
That sing to the sounds of happy day after Friday

(*) Come and see the flowers of love she gave to me
The touches of laughter and harmony
To the happy sounds of Saturday
Saturday, ever-loving Saturday

My head's full of new words
Sing to the sounds of the day after Friday
Day after Friday

Repeat (*)

Saturday, Saturday, ever-loving Saturday

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Since I've started working, my Saturdays are just colourful, especially during the August. I spent my Saturdays everywhere.

On the 23rd of July, the annually Mega Sales started. I grabed the opportunity and paid MidValley a visit. Well, I did spent quite an amount of money, at least it was, to me. But, my bargains from the "war" seems nowhere now. Hmm...Guess I didn't buy that much things anyway. :P Oh ya, my friends and I joined some "Fragrance-smelling" competition and we did got something back. Actually, it was just a booth set up by Lancome to promote its products. There were like station games, which I used to play during my secondary years. Well, quite a refreshing experience for me this time - refreshing my memory of old times...

On the 30th July, the fever of shopping in us haven't faded. We decided to go One Utama this time, MidValley didn't seems enough to satisfy our shopping mood anymore...Heh... This time, I did try to control my budget. Though I spent less than the amount I did on the previous Saturday, it was still quite an amount. Sigh... Going to tight my stomach for the next few weeks.

On the 6th of August August, this day was indeed a remarkable day for most of us. It was our graduation day! However, our graduation ceremony was divided into four sessions, two on the 6th of August and two on the 7th of August. It was held in Dewan Seri Melaka, Malacca. I arrived Malacca on Friday instead and took the chance to enjoy the food I used to eat during my Alpha year. I went to Jonker Walk too, enjoyed the food and had a beer there.

The next weekend after my Convocation, the 13th August, I spent it in my Home Sweet Home, Penang. Actually, this trip was a spontaneous one, thanks to the Haze?? Hehe... The haze was attacking Malaysia from Indonesia. The condition in Cyberjaya though not as serious as in several hotspots like Port Klang and Kuala Selangor. However, the air index in Cyberjaya(197) almost reached the critical level which was 200. And so, the Thursday (11th) and Friday (12th) were declared holidays by my company.

On the 20th of August, I went back to Penang again. However, this was a planned trip. I took leave for the Friday and the next Monday. During the Saturday, I went shopping with my family. We enjoyed the food in Gurney Drive and we spent our night in Secret Recipe, Gurney Plaza. And I bought my beloved Reebok Walking Shoes in Gurney Plaza. :P

On the 27th August, I visited the Education UK Exhibition which was held in the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre. I took some brochures and talked to the people in various booth. There were quite a lot of visitors there. Another amazing fact to share ~ the people in Malaysia is really good at queueing. There was this Aquaria at KLCC which was opening. There was a very very very long queue, passing the food court, part of a building, and the carpark! I wondered if they were queueing up for free entrance?

The 3rd September, I was back in Penang again!! But for a mere three to four hours before I headed to Ipoh, together with my mama(mother) and jiejie(sister). We would be visiting my little brother who was participating in a Bowling Competition and of course, having some fun and enjoying the food there. We visited the famously known Foh San Restaurant which sells Dim Sum, Onn Kei Restaurant which sells Taugeh Chicken Rice, Overseas Restaurant, and the Aun Kheng Lim Restaurant which sells Salted Chicken. My stomach enjoyed itself a lot during those two days. :D

On the 10th of September, this Saturday, finally, I stayed at home. I spent my day doing some house chores. Tiring, but with the cleaner place, my mood get better and my health too.

During the 17th of September, the Matta Fair was held in PWTC. On a mission assigned by my cute Mama, I visited the Matta Fair. I spent again, another large sum in buying some admission tickets for my family members and also booked a hotel room in Bukit Tinggi, yeah, it's the place with those French and Japanese Village.

Today is the 21st of September. This Saturday, would I be some place else other than my second home in Equine Park? Well, perhaps...Till then, bye for now...

The Artist . The Art . The Blog

2005-09-01T02:29:00.000+08:00

Blogging has been a culture, an emerging, and I believe it's already gaining much popularity nowadays. Here I am, being influenced by the art of blogging. Art ??? !!! Yeah, ART ... It is a kind of art! :D

This is the first time ever I am blogging in English. Hopefully, I would be here more often to share my moments, my happiness, my sadness. :P Bye for now! Cya...