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Backdated post. Actual event took place on 17 June 2006. *blink blink* I am awake now and we are all set to eat. Brian suggested this place where it’s been describing how cool and fun it would be eating steamboat there. Yeah, we have been listening of how delicious, how yummy it is since like few months back. Finally we are there. We can’t wait, our noisy stomach just can’t shut up and make noise. The boys drove us to the Water Crest Valley. It’s really a cool place to dine. We were actually surrounded by farms. Yeah… loads of vegetables around us. According to Brian, the owner actually owns the farm and all the vegetables we are eating are fresh from the farm. Not to mention, we get free flow of veges for our steamboat. Yeah, eat all you want vege. So if you are on a diet or you are a vegeterian… that’s just great news. The place is rather cold compare to other stuffy shops as it’s open air concept where you can see everything beside and around you.
After choosing the ingrediants we gotta wait for sometime for them to heat up the Charcoal Steamboat. In the mean time, each of us ordered their signature drink (water crest with red dates). Gigi and Angeline couldn’t coup with the taste so they both ordered a pot of tea. The steamboat finally came and I must say the soup is impressive. Very very good. It’s full of beans and herbs and it tasted just so sweet even before adding anything in to it. When the pot just touch down, we can’t help but to pour everything in. Woohoo… munch munch munch.. non stop munch munch munch.. until everyone sit down and burp. Ah.. it was a fun dinner. Feeling cool each time the wind blows at us but warm each time we drink the warm soup. Ah… mixed feelings. We then continue to walk to the night market at Brinchang. Too bad my camera phone is not good enough to shoot pictures in dark conditions.. or else… more post to come. After the short walk, we headed back to the chalet, sit down outside and chit chat until we all were so tired and decided to jump to our bed and sleep! Address: Other Cameron post: |
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Backdated post. Actual event took place on 17 June 2006. Right after we explore our chalet abit, our stomach start sending noises as a gentle reminder to us that it’s time for lunch. Obviously dim sum has digested, and we are venturing around for food. We drove to the nearest town. Yeah, Brinchang seems to be the location. We stop at the heart of Brinchang and decided to look for food. No one of us have any idea of what to eat. We decided to just walk in to whatever shop that anyone wanted to walk in. So yes, we found Restoran and Rumah Tumpangan Hong Kong. From the pictures shown, this place seriously do serve lots of stuff. From chicken rice to mixed rice to porridge to steamboats to western food. Not to even mention the variety of noodles. Gigi decided to take porridge. The rest of us decided to order some dishes from the mixed rice section and share. We had stir fry ladies fingers, sweet and sour pork and ma poh taufu and a plate of roasted chicken. Food was not really that tasty. Well, probably the wheather is cold which makes the dishes get cold easily. But the taste is just so different. The sweet and sour pork eh… hemm the pork just taste different from what we normally get in KL. I dunno.. it just have a different type of smell. Bet things would be better if the food were really really hot! Yeap yeap, brian and gigi.. haha, as usual they will have their small dramas and pinching session. Yeah, you would know how bad things goes if you remember the first winter warmer’s post. As usual, none of us would wanna get involved or being bothered. Haha.. yeah.. it’s sort of like a daily dose for them thingy.
Potted flowers looked as pretty as it always is. Cactus has never been so manly the last time I saw them. Yeah… just so manly eh? Strawberries weren’t as big and red before they were plucked. Not as much as I expect to see. Yeah… I expect to see loads and loads, mountains and mountains of strawberries. But yeah… I am a little disappointed. Maybe I went to the wrong place. Sigh… yes… I need to stop being disappointed! I need tea! Other Cameron post: |
Backdated post. Actual event took place on 8 August 2006.
It was the August babies birthday. In fact, Shirley’s birthday is only one day apart from Azli’s.
We had a belated birthday dinner with her since majority of the gang can’t make it.
Moreover she had a major hangover from Azli’s birthday party, so she needed some time to recover.
How I knew of her hangover?
Shirley gave me a call the next day and told me she was so sick and hugged the toilet bowl to sleep the night before.
I was partly to be blamed since I made her down a few glasses, but it was a birthday party and that happens.
Now back to Shirley’s birthday dinner, Wai Khiong was first to arrive.
Me, Jerry and Caryn followed and arrived shortly.
Once we arrive, we ordered our food since Brian, Jessy and Jon are on their way.
Shirley went back to grab a few bottles of red wines and brought it over to The Waterlily Café.
We thought it was an apt place since we nicknamed Shirley, “Lily”.
It was Brian’s suggestion after he went through the reviews and this place seems to get quite a bit of good reviews.
The café featured a garden concept where one can choose to either sit inside or at the garden itself.
Since there was an air-con malfunction, we decided to sit outside as it is stuffy and we won’t want to suffocate ourselves.
The garden have a relaxing ambience and its wooden furniture gives it a more nature feel.
The best part, a large barbecue counter is located at the at the corner of the outdoor garden.
It was located very near to our table, which means food served would still be hot!
The Waterlily Café is famous for its Bali style charbroiled barbecued meats.
Aside Balinese style food, they also had a large variety of local Malaysian favourites such as Nasi Lemak, cendol and ABC.
Mixing in Western influences to the dishes, they attempted to create ‘Malaysian fusion’ recipes.
I also shocked and amazed at the same time how they come up with the idea to serve fusion food like brown gravy and salad in a dainty Chinese teacup.
We ordered quite a number of barbecue food since this is what they are famous for.
I think we almost ordered everything in the list, among the food ordered were Bali’s B.B.Q Beef, Bali’s B.B.Q Lamb, Bali’s B.B.Q Dory Fish, Bali’s B.B.Q Salmon, Bali’s B.B.Q Chicken, Nasi Lemak with Bali’s B.B.Q Fish and Chicken.
Their food is really very tasty and the meats were cook to perfection.
The barbecued beef tasted so different from the ones we had at steakhouses.
This one seems to have very strong herb flavour especially lemongrass.
I really love the lemongrass taste as I think it totally enhances the flavour and texture of the meat.
I would totally recommend this place if you love Balinese style food but with a twist of Malaysian taste.
If you are a barbecue meat person, this is a to die for place.
The Waterlily Cafe
Address: GF12, Pusat Perdagangan IOI, 1 Persiaran Selatan, PDR/Puchong Jaya, Malaysia.
Phone: +603-8070 4623
Opening hours: Monday – Saturday : 11am – 11pm, Sunday & Public Holidays : 4pm till late
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Backdated post. Actual event took place on 9 June 2006. It’s time for me to be more hardworking in putting pics together. Everyone is complaining I backdated too long. Well… to choose 40 from 150 something pictures is hard. Every picture seems so interesting and nice. Everyone look so pretty/handsome. How how? All the food looked just so good. I dunno, I have decision making problem. Yes, so it is a waste of time asking me to decide where to dine, where to go, what to see. I just want everything. Maybe I am just too greedy. No… no maybe… I surely am greedy. Ganesh has been complaining that we don’t gather as we used to. So yeah, there’s this small little gathering around at Checker’s right after he came back from Sydney. Me, ikan and loh went there after work. Ganesh arrived earlier than us. We had dinner and drinks there. Obviously Famous Grouse was the favourite choice. Hehe… that’s what we’ve been drinking each time we were at Checker’s. It’s a good choice. They all prefer to mix it with water. As for me… any alcohol that I drink must have that sweet taste. So yeah… I prefer to mix it with green tea. But recently.. I discover it tasted even better with ginger drink. Did I ever mention the food was awesome here? Okay… lets re-mention if I did mention before, I think the food was awesome (except it was a little slow). But I personally think it was worth the wait. The portion is big and the price is reasonable. Right, most of the people I know thinks the portion is big. Like the Roast Chili Beef that I had, it was spicy… yeah.. one of the hottest food (they serve it with either bread or rice)! By the time I finish the whole plate… I was drop dead full. It was quite a cool night. I was surprised even VJ dropped by to say hi. It’s been a while since I last saw him 🙂 Drinks… more drinks!! Yeah.. we need to gather more a bit! Address: |
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Backdated post. Actual event took place on 27 May 2006. The night is still young when we finish our Mongolian food. *double burpz* Jerry and his girlfriend need to leave early for the KL International Motor Show. But before he left, he suggested that we go to this cafe named Cafe 69. It was a cool cafe. According to recommendations, this cafe is famous for it’s retro and cool interior design. Right… my picture only feature the outside part, which practically looks like any other cafe. But the inside is a little different. It has this retro look. Every little section have a different design to it. Quite cozy and comfortable. Too bad it was rather packed and not catered for big groups like us, so we are left with sitting outside option. According to sources, this place is also famous for tarrot card reading. Right, normally it would be a packed place. But yeah, they didn’t have that on that day. Jon finally manage to join us. He supposedly join us for dinner but was caught in this massive jam. So he ordered some snacks to eat. Everyone of us just ordered drinks. Well, I just can’t keep track of what everyone ordered as the table is sorta long and well… my mind was rather occupied with thoughts. I can surely say their food is creative and cool. I think how they decorate and cook the Tau Fu Pok is simply amazing. They took of the inside part of the tau fu pok and cut it to a tulip like shape. They then fried it. Served with salad where you stuff inside the tau fu pok. Wow… perfect combo. The crispy skin and cold and cooling filling. Just the best type of snack I would wanna have after a heavy dinner. Cafe 69 was located behind Berjaya Times Square (most people call it Time Walk). It’s one of those old houses that has now been converted to commercial shoplots. It’s quite a quiet and peaceful place. Food were reasonably priced. Would surely go a few times more, this time.. I’ll cover the details 😀 Address: |
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Backdated post. Actual event took place on 07 May 2006. There is always time for Suzi! It’s a great place and I am not bored of going there over and over again.. eating the same food over and over again… posting the same old pictures of the food. I won’t say it’s the best ever place to eat but well… it’s good enough to make me want more and come back. This time around, I am bringing first-timers. Right… first time for Brian, Jon and their friend Andrew. Hehe… Andrew is an intern working in Jon’s place. He is actually from Canada, so yeah… I must bring him try out local food.
Wooo.. the otak otak was good! It was marvelous. I wanted more.. more and more… all for myself. Too bad the stall don’t open regularly. Haha… the stall open as they wished I guess. So yeah.. I was pretty lucky. The claypot nasi briyani ayam is cool. Each cook individually in a claypot taste simply cool. It comes with some curry and indian style coslaw. I somehow prefer the claypot nasi briyani kambing more. Hehe.. more spicy
After finish eating.. we sat down, chit chat a little about cultures in canada and over here in malaysia. It was fun at times listening to Andrew’s story. The juciest part, he told us he was one of the cowboys in the restaurant/bar in Brokeback Mountain. No kidding! I still hasn’t watch the movie yet or else I will surely print screen that particular scene and show you guys. So yes… how interesting, I ate dinner with some star! *blink blink* Location: |
The satay was the another I won’t miss out food here. I think it was good. So good that nothing was left on the table. Nothing I must say. Everything was being whacked up.
IKEA is always a go to place for people who are tying to get minimalist and functional furnitures.
I personally find it the best place to shop for furniture and get inspired.
Aside from that, it is the best place for all of us to experience Swedish cuisine.
I was craving for their Swedish meatball so the only place to be at is IKEA.
In fact, this is the only place I know that served Swedish food.
Now, lets go!
I have always loved their Swedish meatball and I needed extra gravy and cranberry sauce.
I never really love to mix anything sweet to my main course, but cranberry sauce with Swedish meatball is a must hair pair.
The first time I tried it was when a close friend of mine show me how to and explained how important cranberry sauce is to elevate the taste of the dish.
To date, I am still very grateful to him and I must say I learnt that never say no before trying.
Who knows how we will love new combinations and be brave to explore new taste.
When I was there, I suddenly decided to try something else aside meatball.
I had a hard time since most of the time I was thinking of meatballs and to battle the crave is not easy.
It was until I saw a big sign written “Chef’s recommendation” on the Roast Beef and this is enough to move me to order one.
I love the overall presentation of the dish, 3 big and thick slices of roast beef place on top a mountain of French fries with sautéed diced onions, celery and carrots.
Carrots and beef are a perfect match. It’s like inseparable couple where both were meant to be.
The only down side was the roast beef is cold and some may not like it as the beefy taste and smell starts to build up.
Maybe next time I could ask them for some cranberry sauce. Would it make the dish better?
My sister ordered Poached Salmon. I didn’t manage to taste it since she finished it before I could give it a try.
She was too hungry and had the whole salmon to herself.
The poached salmon were accompanied with steamed broccoli and boiled potatoes as sides.
While my sister said it tasted OK, I was sceptical as the yellow colour sauce in a way disturbed me.
The colour is somehow too pastel yellow and is scary and the colour does not goes well with greens.
IKEA Swedish Restaurant
Address: IKEA Damansara @ IPC Shopping Centre, No. 2 Jalan PJU 7/2, Mutiara Damansara, 47800 Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Phone: +603-7952 7575
Another birthday dinner, this time it’s my little twin, Gigi’s birthday.
It was quite a mixed emotion celebration, as we are combining both a happy birthday celebration for Gigi and a farewell dinner for Evan.
Evan has moved to the States and was back for a week or so, and he’s going to leave town again now.
This was the first and last time I am meeting him this time round since he was back.
Brian is the CEO (Chief Event Organizer) for this birthday dinner gathering and he booked a table in advance at Senditos Tapas.
Jon picked me up from office while Brian picked up Gigi and Winson.
We arrived first, followed by Brian since the birthday girl needs extra time to dress up .
It’s her big day after all. so dressing up is a must.
When we arrive, the waitress seated us at a cozy corner.
While waiting, we ordered their signature drink, Sangria which is a delicious concoction of fruit juices, soda water, ice, fruit slices and either red or white wine that the waitress has introduced to us.
We also ordered a non-alcoholic version for Gigi since she can’t take alcohol.
We start ordering the moment the host and the birthday girl arrived as we are all seriously hungry.
Since we have quite a bit of people, we get to order many different type of tapas to share.
Some of it was funky and was something that I have tried for the first time.
Tapas are generally small portions of hot or cold food served as part of the social scene in Spanish bars.
So yes, it’s more like small bites or snacks to go with beer and wine which is just great.
We ordered quite a number of dishes that has scallops in it since Gigi loves scallops!
By the end of the dinner, we were all full already and with the birthday cake we were burping and rubbing our tummy.
Brian took out the lovely square green tea cake with red bean cake.
While it is very Japanese style flavour, I still think it is a weird combination.
The strong green tea taste with a little bitter aftertaste and the sweet red bean taste.
While I find it weird, I must admit their decoration for the cake is on point.
Since Alan can’t join for dinner since he have to work overtime, then we asked him to join us for our next round.
We went to Brewball for some drinks and a few round of pool.
At Brewball, we took turns to play 2-3 rounds each before we sat down to chat with Evan.
It has been a while since we met so we have quite a bit to talk about.
It was a great night of games and chats since we it has been a while all of us can make it together to a gathering.
I guess we will have to wait another 5-6 months till the next time we can all gather together again since Evan will only be back by then.
Senditos Tapas
Address: Feast Floor, Starhill Gallery, 181, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Phone: +603-2145 3385
Website: http://www.ytlcommunity.com/tapas/
Opening hours: Sunday -Thursday : 12pm – 12am, Friday, Saturday & Public Holiday : 12pm – 1am
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Moments later, Loh came… and I thought I am fashionably late. Look who is later?
I am evil!
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Woohoo… yet another delicious food being produced and easily available. Yes, with more and more 24 hours McDonald’s outlets, it’s never to hard to get hold of this new Spicy Beef Foldover. As similar as it is to the Grilled Chicken Foldover, this time around the Spicy Beef Foldover is stuffed with marinated beef strips, crispy lettuce, onions, tomatoes and cheese. I personally think it is spicy enough to kill me (maybe I have sore throat). But well, at least it still stings me. I must say the amount of beef in the foldover is lessen by half from the amount shown in the poster. Yeap, unlike the Grilled Chicken Foldover… I find it rather dry since they didn’t exectly use real chicken meat. Instead they use those chicken burger meat which is rather dry, doesn’t exectly have any meat texture and to top that, it doesn’t have much gravy or sauce which makes it rather dry. Not to even mention I find that it taste like those McChicken burgers with extra lettuce and tomatoes. The fact that for once I really taste meat and have the hang of the texture. Seriously, I never have this sorta feel eating any dish from the McDonald’s menu (except for the fried chicken). I don’t know, most of the time it tasted like any other processed food. I totally loved the Spicy Beef Foldover compare to the Grilled Chicken Foldover because like I say, it is much juicier. It makes it easy to swallow and the spicy sauce just makes me more appertized. Well, like I say not everyone fancy the same thing as most people enjoys the Grilled Chicken Foldover more. I think the Spicy Beef Foldover is cool… would be even better if they throw in more beef strips! Yumm… The Spicy Beef Foldover McValue Meal (which comes with a carbonated drink and french fries) retails at RM8.95 (M), RM9.70 (L) or RM6.95 (ala carte)
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But well at least it is juicy enough to make the foldover not dry.