Weee… I am officially a Sony Ericssonian. Hehe… a phone that will automatically snap a picture when someone shows a smile. Just great for me as I love to smile and my phone definately won’t miss any smile.

Yeay, more reasons to capture happy faces and sweet smiles.

My dear suddenly made this weird remark… just the other day before he went out and yum cha. And the conversation was like… him, asking me if I want to go out yum cha. And of course I said no… as I was too tired and would just wanna surf and blog a little. He then said…. okay… you are a blogger, I am a yummer.

Hehe.. which caught me thinking… I used to be a yummer… which I have no idea why… I sorta don’t felt like it nowadays. So yes… now we both are in different catergories. So what about you? Which one you actually fall in? Or maybe neither?

I must say, it is pretty weird for a person like me who loves Japanese food but doesn’t quite fancy Japanese noodles… for instances ramen or udon or soba. So, Ajisen Ramen is really not my choice of food. But well, since my sister wanted to go… and yeah, why not bring my mum and try some new stuff as well… so yes… here I am in a ramen shop… which to my surprise… sell many other stuffs besides ramen.

Hehe… I ordered most of the non-ramen stuff such as Pan Fried Gyoza (RM7.80) which turn out to be damn good. Well at least in my humble opinion has a crunchy skin yet the meat inside is tender and moist. I also ordered the Pork Cheese Cutlet (RM11.80). This was quite a disappointment dish. Not only does it look way different from what it is being pictured… it was like super dry and I can hardly taste the cheese… probably due to the thick and dry batter. As for the Tuna Sakura (RM5.80)… the tuna is probably one of the thinnest slice I’ve ever came across… and again… fish tasted not moist enough. Probably not fresh enough.

My sister ordered the Renkon (RM4.80) which practically is thin slices of lotus root being fried till golden brown. I must say this is a simple yet delicious dish to start of with. Ooo… I love fried stuff!! She also ordered the Sakae Sakura (RM8.80). Mmm… according to my sister… this is one of the best dish here. To me… it tasted really good cause it has strong sesame oil taste. But I don’t think many can take the strong taste of it.

As for my mum… haha… she ordered the Hot Plate Seafood Ramen (RM13.80). If you ask me… it doesn’t taste much difference from the yellow mee… put on a hot plate… add some boiled seafood topped with bean paste sauce. I mean… seriously… it doesn’t have any seafood taste in the sauce. Personally… ramen still doesn’t makes me go wow!

My sister and mum then decides to order some dessert. Yup.. mum loves ice kacang… so we ordered something similar to suit her taste. We ordered Kakigori Anmitsu (RM8..80) and Macha Sundae Anmitsu (RM11.80) to share. Well.. nothing much could go wrong with something that looks and taste like ice kacang. For the Macha Sundae, yummie… but, peach and red bean… hemmm funny combo~

Address:
Ajisen Ramen
Lot S01, Second Floor,
1 Utama Shopping Centre,
No.1, Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor DE.
Telephone: 03. 7726 6860
Website: http://www.ajisen.com.my

I love buying Hong Kong magazine… and my all time favourite would be Milk. And I recently stumble upon the Gillian, be TOUGH campaign. Which in my humble opinion… I think it’s a pretty cool campaign. It sorta like killed a few birds with one stone.

The creative agency would probably get an award for this… a good comeback for Gillian and probably TOUGH jeans would have everyone talking about it for sometime. Now all eyes are looking on Gillian… and not to mention… these ads were like at front page of all the newspaper and magazines.

The best part… there are so many debating if Gillian deserve a comeback. As for me… it doesn’t really bother me as long as it’s a GOOD and CATCHY campaign … and lovely jeans as well…. okay plus that cute little white top.

People tend to change and evolve. I guess this is the part where we call it.. the growing up process. But it really do makes me wonder… does people really change? Or are they just hiding who they really are deep down inside?

Yoshinoya was franchised in to Malaysia quite some time ago. I guess it would have been at least 7-8 years by now. I remember the how long the queue used to be. Then again, I also used to remember the long queue in Big Apple and J&Co last year. Which of course… now.. they all ended up nice and quiet.

Yes… I think, most of the time while dining in Yoshinoya with Deon, it’s just the both of us in the restaurant. But well, who cares if they lost their charm… and everyone moved on to more new food. I still think they serve great Beef Bowl. I’ll always order their Beef Bowl Value Meal (RM8.90), which comes with a soft drink/miso soup. And the best part is, I always leave as a happy and satisfied customer. The beef is so thin and soft… and the amount of fat is just right. Awwww… it just melts in each bite.

My dear, doesn’t really like the “fats” fact so the Spicy Chicken and Salmon Combo Value Meal (RM13.90) is his pick every single time we are at Yoshinoya. I would think their salmon is bad… and you know it’s been frozen for ages. But the Spicy Chicken is cool. It sorta reminds me of KFC Hot and Spicy… but lack of tenderness. A little tender would do this dish a whole lot better.

But you know what, sometimes me and my undecisive decision, and I would ended up ordering Spicy Chicken and Beef Combo Value (RM13.90). Hehe… which in my opinion… is the best of both world. I get both dishes I like.

In case you wonder why I don’t order the dishes with vege, I seriously think they sux at cooking vege. Seriously, I’ve never eaten any… and I seriously mean ANY vege dish as bad as what’s being served in here. Yucks!

Address:
Restoran Yoshinoya
Lot S346, Second Floor,
Rainforest Zone,
1 Utama Shopping Centre,
Bandar Utama, 47800 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor DE.
Telephone: 03. 7726 4133

I was watching Hell’s Kitchen yesterday and I suddenly wonder… when will I be able to dine in a fine dining restaurant like that? Yup, one meal would probably take up my entire salary… er… probably 2 months.

Sadly, there aren’t any real guidelines on what fine dining is. I do have my own guidelines of what fine dining is all about, and often I would laugh at many fine dining restaurant wannabes who claim that they serve fine dining just because they have classy ambience. Well, maybe I set too high of an expectation on “fine dining”.

In my opinion… yes… purely and entirely my opinion, a restaurant that qualify as a fine dining restaurant must have all of the below quality:

1. Reservation only
Yes… you are right. If you are that good, that great and that expensive… then why not. To me… it must be by reservation ONLY. No fuss, no waiting. And you know you will have a great personal time, without having the feeling of someone trying to rush you to finish up and leave.

2.Spacious and limited seatings
Right… of course it has to be spacious and thus, it gotta have limited seating. Ideally, you can hardly see any other human except for your partner or friends. Most importantly… they’ve gotta have white table cloth and napkins, perfectly ironed as well. And I mean napkins… not serviettes.

3. Valet parking
Hahaha… definately must have. Come on… good food and nice cars come hand in hand. With all the wine pairing… it’s always better to have some assistance.

4. Top notch service
Yes, it’s gotta be the best of the best service ever. And yes, the servers must be in their SUPER CLEAN uniforms, perfectly ironed and definately no stains. Not to mention,they gotta be highly trained… well at least no fingerprints on the plate. Knowledgeable and able to come out with an inteligent topic in regards to the food being served. And of course, no lesser than 2 servers to directly served the table.

5. 5 course meal ,wine paring and 2 hours of my lifetime experience
Yes… for me… it’s gotta be at least a 5 course meal with wine paring. Good food… wine… both just gotta work hand in hand. The menu is pretty much set. I don’t really have to think what to choose from and definately no combo meals and stuff. Best of all… no rush… everything is just slow and easy. Eat… chit chat… drink… chit chat… and life goes on~

6. State-of-the-art food and talented chef
All the food served gotta look like a masterpiece artwork. Each unique and different. You know you would spend at least 5 minutes of your time admiring the beauty and work. Not only must it look good… it must taste even better. And of course, we must definately thank the talented and professional chef. So yes, I do expect the chef to introduce himself after meal and ask me how’s food.

7. Top class Silverware and Glassware
Woohooo… yes… no stainless steel please. Only Silverware. It’s gotta be shiny and polished. Wine glasses made from crystals… and yes… matching and specially designed cups and plates. Ah… just so posh and classy.

8.Classy ambiance
Chandeliar, dim lights… that’s a must. Better still with some mozart music.

9. Priceless
Wee… as mentioned, I would have to at least spend my 1 month worth of salary in a meal. So yes… every attention to details count.

So, how many restaurant in KL actually falls under this few catergory. Do let me know if you know any fine dining restaurant. As I think I will have to save like 3 years to eat 1 meal. Now… is it all worth it?

Weee… Valentine’s Day, some people think it’s over rated. Yes, I think it is over rated. I mean… I like the fact that someone who created it gives everyone a chance to couples to celebrate and all… you know.. treat your other half a little better than usual. I know it is not like you can’t do it every other day… and phrases like… if you love someone you can show it every other day. But well… yeah, I hate the fact that it is over rated in the sense that… eating out is particularly expensive (if you are thinking of steak and wine). Not to mention flowers are super duper expensive.  So yes… wee…. me and my dear’s first valentine together was the proper… flower and dining thing. Only we ate thai. Hehe.. come to think of it… most of our special occassions, we celebrate at some thai restaurants :). Can’t help it, thai food is great!

This year, hehe… my baby cook dinner for me. Awwww… it is really sweet of him, considering he is not the cooking type. Hehe… it’s just a simple Spaghetti Cabonara with Campbell Chicken Soup and Sparkling Juice… but it is good enough to make me happy.

Hehe… this year… I got this super duper big pressie. Guess what~ TOYS!!!! My favourite~ Hehehe… and I just couldn’t believe it. My dear got me this Grab-It Machine that I drool and dream of having for the longest time. Hahaha… I mean… yeay, now I can practice grabbing toys at home.

How sweet of my dear to even include in the cute little phone dangglers as toys for me to grab. I think, the next time I shall put in sweets and candies

You know, throughout my life… many people have come up to me and say, you have gain weight. You should go on a diet. Or… you should stop eating so much. Or… Still eat so much meh?

You know what, I like to eat… and food makes me HAPPY :). Yup, it’s true. I felt happy eating food that I like. Well… even when I am not happy… eating will automatically makes me happy. Yeah… for instance…. the sinful chocolates or heavenly brownies topped with ice cream. Gulp~

The chinese always says… all problem can be solved on the dining table. Hehe… yup, and food is always a good way to get people together. Have fun, chit chat over food. And yes, it is definately stressless to hang out with people who eats… errr… i mean enjoys food.

Then again, the best part of all is seeing all those happy faces on people who enjoys eating. Mmmm… so yup, stop asking me to not eat or diet or whatsoever. Let’s eat… yum yum yum and be happy!

Mmm… Restaurant 3JC, this little restaurant hiding at the corner between the old wing and new wing of One Utama… caught my attention one day cause their name in many ways connects me with CJ7 (the most recent Stephen Chow movie). And yup… no cute little boy playing with it’s alien toy… just noodles… and loads of it.

Hemm… okay… me, deon and his family went and try out this place. We ordered a few different types of noodles and concluded their noodles are actually quite similar. Deon’s mum ordered 3JC in Dark Soya Sauce Handmade Noodles (RM7.90). I had the 3JC in Dark Soya Sauce Kuey Teow Noodles (RM7.20). The noodles comes with minced pork with spring onions and sausages and wooo… a row of 6 pork balls in soup. I personally think the noodles were just okay… but I do credit the amount of meat in each bowl of noodles. It’s definately worth every single cent.

As for Deon and his brother, they both had the 3JC in Curry Soup Handmade Noodles (RM9.50). My dear enjoyed the curry soup, however… there are just way too much stuff that he doesn’t eat… such as the tau fu pok and the sausages… hence he is left with only the pork balls. Hehe… so yup, in return… I ate the curry soup noodles while he ate the dry kuey teow noodles.

As for drinks, we had Cold Herbal Tea (RM2.20), Hot Coffee (RM2.30), Cold Coffee (RM2.80) and Cold Green Tea (RM2.00). Quite standard pricing for most food outlet in shopping malls.

Address:
Restoran 3JC
F238, First Floor,
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama,
Bandar Utama City Centre, Bandar Utama,
47800 Petaling Jaya.
Tel: 03. 7727 4911
Website: http://www.3jc.com.my/