Beautiful Mistake

Acer Aspire P3 Convertible Ultrabook

2013-05-17T01:48:00.002+08:00

Acer and Intel is going to redefine the way we think about ultrabook / tablet devices. The Acer Aspire P3 Convertible Ultrabook™ will definitely blow you away with not just never seen before tech features but also will be throwing a party for yet another exclusive Nuffnang party with none other than Tiesto, yes freaking Tiesto!

The all new Aspire P3 is an Ultrabook™. Inspired by Intel where it is so compact and yet so powerful. Imagine having an ultraportable device that not only allow you to ~~show off~~ carry around like it doesn't exist, but also ensure your quality of work you can produce with it.

The Detachable screen could instantly transform your ultrabook into a trendy tablet and it comes with an astonishing 3rd Generation Intel® Core™ i3 processor. Imagine working on with Photoshop and other highly resources consuming software all with just your finger tips. With all these out of the box careful design, you're sure to move to a touch-centric way of computing for most of their everyday tasks, such as web browsing, checking email, and entertainment.

With all the tech info aside, do remember to mark your calendar as follow

Date: 23 May 2013 (Thursday)
Time: 7.30pm – 11.00pm *registration starts at 6.30pm*
Venue: Poppy Garden, Jalan P Ramlee, 50250 Kuala Lumpur.
Do check out Nuffnang for further information on how you can win some invite http://blog.nuffnang.com.my/2013/05/04/acer-intel-playsure-redefined-party/

I Am The Unstoppable Explorer

2013-05-12T23:14:00.002+08:00

Honestly, who here have time for TV when we have the internet. Even those who subscribed to satellite services might no longer spend much time in front of the TV anymore, not because the programme suck but is due to the highly addictive technology we had that is way more convenience than what TV had to offered. Being an Unstoppable Explorer myself, I never stop venturing into new adventure, trying out new stuff and ~~trying too hard~~ capturing each and every activity that I attended.

Beside hiking mountain, conquering the sea, or maybe campaign in the dark forest hoping ghost doesn't exist, I actually ~~gate crush~~ venture into some other 'adventure' like going behind the wall on how 4D number is being drawn. I always had the why and how question mark in my head, thus the only best way to my question is to actually be there and heard.

In my recent adventure to Kijal Terengganu, the entire group did not know what to do after dinner as there weren't much night activity as we used to had / enjoyed in KL / city area. With quick thought and a combination of some known skill, we immediately turn out smartphone camera and smartphone camera light into art drawing, and I must admit we did had tons of money can't buy memories.

In all these years of exploring, Astro On-The-Go did play and important impact in keeping my adventure lively. I can always watch my fav programme while waiting for that perfect photography moment like sunrise and I do always get my inspiration from it too. One of the thing I love Astro On The Go as a guy is that I can watch football match live without scarifying the explorer in me.

Do find out more about Astro On The Go here - http://www.astroonthego.com/

Sunway Lagoon - Vuvuzela

2013-05-08T10:21:00.000+08:00

Sunway Lagoon’s latest attraction which is also the world’s largest water ride occupies 3,360-meters (three times of the size of a Olympic standard swimming pool) of the water park. From a launch tower an incredible eleven stories (30-meters) high, the Vuvuzela plunges you through a ride that spans 152 meters, designed to resemble riding rapids on a turbulent river, before mercilessly plummeting you into the world’s largest water funnel, 22meters in diameter which also sits 4 meters above the ground.

The Vuvuzela also comes equipped with its own elevator, which takes rafts up to the launch deck. The rafts are 6-seater rafts and riders will sit in them and splash down the ride.Each ride will allow riders to experience up to 5 thrilling oscillations in the world’s largest water funnel before being shot out back into the enclosed flume. The ride will then end in Vuvuzela’s splashdown pool. The Vuvuzela is designed for riders to experience zero gravity, caused by the swinging to opposite sides of the funnel to reach the apex of the ride.

Now did that scare you? Better not, cause Nuffnang is about to treat you to a wholesome money can't buy experience! You can get the details here http://blog.nuffnang.com.my/2013/04/30/the-vuvuzela-challenge-take-on-the-worlds-largest-water-ride/

I would definitely love to join Nuffnang for a bloggers' day-out at Sunway Lagoon so that I could record how each and every of your favourite blogger scream during the ride. Speaking of scream, to eligible to receive that invite, I'm suppose to record a short clip of me screaming but my first attempt failed cause half way screaming, dad came and ask if everything is ok -.- so here's my polite scream version instead.

Bird Nest Palace

2013-05-04T11:00:00.000+08:00

When I first heard about a eatery place named Bird Nest Palace, can't help but wondering what kind of food they serves, what's more when I found out they are actually serving steamboat. Eventually I set my expectation to have a bird nest soup base on my dining experience there.

Strategically located at Damansara Perdana commercial centre and it is just opposite Tropics Mall / KK Mart. They are even having a promotion (as of 1st May 2013) of RM36.90 for 2 pax steamboat set.

From the main entrance, it has this very Chinese ancient theme / deco and it does feel classy like a VIP. The inner dining area is however very jungle / forest set-up which is of course refreshing and soothing, like totally separated from the hectic world.

Moving on, the soup base I had that day was actually herbal soup and tomyam, they do have "Ma La" (Extra Spicy) soup base to choose from too. Do note that they don't serve individual pot here and everyone would be sharing the same pot.

The photo above shows the complete set you'll get on the promotion set of RM36.90 and as seen, you get more of fishball based along with squid, slices of fish, and prawn among other ingredient like fish noodle, mushroom, needle mushroom, tofu, assorted fishball / crab stick, sotong ball, fucuk and ton of cabbage.

There were also very limited condiment to go along with the food shall you need to boost the flavor. The herbal soup is pretty tasty on its own and guess it is safe to say that it wasn't MSG soup as I did not felt thirsty hours after consuming it. The Tomyam soup however were pretty mild in taste, not that spicy, and were full with residual that annoy my dining experience.

You may also order some side dishes as shown above and unfortunately I don't have the price range with me. Everything seem pretty ordinary and nothing special right up to this moment except for that abalone slice, it is very sweet and chewy like the texture of meat. Can't stop but to help myself with few slices of it to satisfy my crave. So why the name bird nest you may ask? Well the owner of Bird Nest Palace actually have been actively operating bird nest business. They may want to look into improving the steamboat set, not that it wasn't good, just that it wasn't outstanding enough to attract returning customer / attention. The only thing you can't find elsewhere is that you get to enjoy a warm and hearty pot of bird nest as dessert, provided you're willing to pay extra for that.

BIRD NEST DESSERT - RM40

The Bird Nest Dessert cost RM40 per bowl and the price can be justify by the authentic process of preparation and the already pricey bird nest as part of the ingredient. In case you aren't aware, there are seller that use bleach to wash the bird nest so that it have the clean white look. Thankfully Bird Nest here is 100% breed and produce in-house, using only clean water to wash and finest cooking method to preserve the goodness like it should.

You will also notice the place is 'decorated' with bird nest and for a pace of mind, it is best to get your authentic & harm free bird nest here.

Location

Bird Nest Palace

28-1, Jalan PJU 8/5G,

Perdana Business Centre Damansara Perdana,

47820, Petaling Jaya, Selangor

Contact

Tel :017 378 8387

Operation Hours

Monday-Friday (11am-10pm)

Saturday-Sunday (5pm-10pm)

Including selected public holiday

Chargrill Express @ The Publika

2013-05-03T11:00:00.000+08:00

Chargrill began in Australia and soon venture into Indonesia and Singapore, and we in Malaysia too had the opportunity to kill the crave of Greek and Mediterranean cuisine here at Malaysia's 1st ever outlet located at Publika.

That pretty much explain why the layout of Chargrill Express resemble western cafeteria. Chargrill Express is a Halal restaurant here in Malaysia and its best sellers are Portuguese Style Chicken, Roast Beef and Grilled Chicken Burger.

Beside the familiar surrounding, the sauces available does remind me of Nando's in some way but honestly the sauce here weren't as good as I would have expected it to be. They were too watery during the time I dine there but according to Mark, the store assistant, they would replace the sauce every week. The sauces had only a very mild taste in it and it was to prevent the sauce from damaging the already flavorful dish according to Mark.

SEASONED WHOLE CHICKEN - RM29.90

The Seasoned Chicken here is very good and the way of preparing it is also very unique too. The chicken is stuffed with rice and seasoned with fresh herbs and spices, leave it for a day and is grilled slowly over the auto rotating grill machine. Judging from the effort required to prepare such meal, the price is pretty cheap and one whole chicken is good enough to serves up to 8 pax. Though it taste almost like the awesome chicken rice out there, this version has strong aromatic taste and had an unusual strong flavor in it. The chicken is somewhat little dry maybe due to the grilling process but it still preserve the deliciously good taste.

CHICKEN RICE - RM2.50(Side), RM3.50(Regular), RM4.90(Large), RM9.90(Jumbo)

In case you're wondering, the seasoned chicken is indeed stuff with rice but the amount might not be sufficient to serves every pax, that's why you can order the Chicken Rice separately. The fragrant chicken rice is good even own and it does indeed had a stronger flavor compare to those available out there, and beside that there's nothing special.

PORTUGUESE RICE - RM3.20(Side), RM4.90(Regular), RM7.90(Large), RM10.90(Jumbo)

If you're feeling adventurous, you may want to try their Portuguese Rice. Aromatically it is similar to Nasi Briyani without the presence of spices. Taste wise pretty good but again beside that there wasn't much to describe on.

BEEF SPAGHETTI - RM3.20(Side), RM4.90(Regular), RM7.90(Large), RM10.90(Jumbo)

Since the bolognese sauce is mixed with beef, I couldn't taste this this myself but was told that it had a strong beef flavor all over. So if you enjoyed and love that perhaps you would wanna try this?

CHICKEN CREAMY PASTA - RM3.20(Side), RM4.90(Regular), RM7.90(Large), RM10.90(Jumbo)

The Chicken Creamy Pasta is pretty good to me although it could be better. The cream is filled with lots of shredded chicken and it has a thick creamy texture.

CREAM POTATOES - RM3.20(Side), RM4.90(Regular), RM7.90(Large), RM10.90(Jumbo)

COLESLAW - RM3.90(Side), RM6.90(Regular), RM8.90(Large), RM12.90(Jumbo)TUNA & MAYO PASTA - RM3.90(Side), RM6.90(Regular), RM8.90(Large), RM12.90(Jumbo)

CHICKEN AVOCADO - RM3.90(Side), RM6.90(Regular), RM8.90(Large), RM12.90(Jumbo)

CHEF'S SALAD - RM3.90(Side), RM6.90(Regular), RM8.90(Large), RM12.90(Jumbo)

Cream Potatoes, Coleslaw, Tuna & Mayo Pasta, Chicken Avocado, and Chef's Salad is just some of the many sideline available from the bar / menu. Taste wise were fairly good but not outstanding. You can view their full menu here.

PORTUGUESE STYLE WHOLE CHICKEN - RM29.90

The Portuguese style chicken is marinated in Chargrill's Portuguese marinade for a minimum of 24 hours before sending it over to the grill machine. It is VERY spicy but that spicy burn wouldn't last long. It was indeed a good signature dish but I think the meat inside was not thoroughly marinated leaving some portion of the mean flat in taste.

LAMB SHANK - RM24.90

The Lamb Shank is rather tough and hard on the meat whereas the sauce is slightly oily to my preference. Taste wise was pretty normal to me.

GRILLED CHICKEN BURGER - RM7.90 / RM11.90(Combo)

Grilled Chicken Burger is actually grilled marinated chicken breast on a bed of lettuce, tomato, coleslaw & pineapple with Chargrill's popular perinaise sauce. The burger may suffer from critics resulting from which the ongoing stiff competition in the burger industry. Not saying that it wasn't good but with that price, people might tend to compare it to other burger restaurant like this or this. It does have a taste of the charcoal grill all around the chicken and it has a mild spiciness in it. In my honest opinion, it would be better if there's a stronger flavor in it and option to control the spiciness to it.

CHICKEN WRAP COMBO - RM12.90

Stuff with chicken on a bed of lettuce, tomatoes, onions with Chargrill's perinaise sauce wrapped in pitta bread would be the Chicken Wrap Combo. All I could taste here are the greens and less on the meat, and the wrap is pretty hard to chew on though.

HOT CHICKEN ROLL - RM6.90 / RM9.90(Combo)

Hot Chicken Roll is chicken with seasoning mayo spread stuff into a tall size bread. Bread was pretty hard and the content of this load is very messy and juicy. There's a light taste of BBQ but was soon overwhelm by the taste of mayo.

I think they focus on way too many variety of food and preparation on huge portion of food on the bar, it would definitely be an advantage to scale down the variety, focus and improve on its signature dish to further capture more foodie in Malaysia.

Location

Chargrill Express

A4-UG1-02,

Publika Shopping Centre,

Jalan Dutamas, Mont Kiara,

Kuala Lumpur, 58400

Contact

Phone : 03-6206 4106

Email : marklester.chargrill_express@yahoo.com

Operation Hours

Mon - Sun: 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

Website

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Chargrill-Express-Malaysia/449366621800636

Smashies Burger

2013-05-02T17:00:00.000+08:00

It was another night of fun filling date with Foodirector.com and this time round at Smashies around Setapak area. It wasn't difficult to find the place and as a first timer, I manage to locate it in only one go. It is along the main road toward Festival City Mall.

Smashies offered a perfect hangout place with colourful 'artwork' with motivational quote all around the shop and is good enough to accommodate a crowd of 40-50 pax simultaneously.

Unlike other burger restaurant, Smashies serves a balance of beef and chicken burger. Likewise, all the burger had pretty unique name and is prepared with lots of ingredient for that awesome flavour of their own.

One of the interesting here is that they serves bottomless soda + fries / onion ring set at only RM6.99. For those who doesn't want the fries / onion ring can still opt for the bottomless soda at RM4.49. I'm pretty impress that they could keep the auto refill station clean and tidy at any given time.

Not forgetting their open kitchen concept is also tidy clean from top to bottom and it sure do open up my appetite.

As usual, since I couldn't take beef I could only watch and share the photo of the burger, and maybe some quoted review from others who had manage to tried it.

LORD OF THE MESS - RM16.99

The first burger served is named as Lord of the Mess and to me it wasn't as messy as the name is. Though pretty neat, it sure look sinfully delicious. Lord of the mess is made from yellow bun, single beef patty, single slice of cheese, fried portobello, mushroom, fried nachos, and sunny side up. Was told that it was flavourful but was rather dry in the bun.

I AM SINGLE - RM10.99

I am single is made of black bun, single beef patty, and single slice of cheese. According to my partner in crime, the patty was slightly overcook, resulting in slight toughness to chew on. Other than that, it was pretty ok only burger.

HAPPY COW - RM16.99

The Happy Cow is come with orange bun, single beef patty, single slice cheese, caramelised onion, and crispy beef bacon. My partner actually love this because the bacon had a strong flavour and there's also a mouthful of sweetness that came from the onion. There is also a mild orange taste from the bun that adds up to the overall flavour.

FRIES - RM6.99

The fries here was rather salty and was moderately crispy on the outside and not overly stuff on the inside. Nothing much to mention on the sauce as it is those you could easily get off shelf. Nevertheless it was still a good snack to go along during that hangout moment.

ONION RING - RM6.99

This has to be one nice snack compare to the fries. It was really crispy on the outer layer and moist on the inner onion and it is large in size. The only problem if you're those who love dipping into sauce, you will find it impossible because the sauces are placed on a small container. Highly recommended if you're looking forward to order a snack.

HOT CHICKS - RM13.99

Finally after part of the beef burger, the chicken burger was served. The first I had was Hot Chicks which is made with red bun, single chicken patty, single slice cheese, pineapple, sunny side up, and hot sauce. The egg is cooked timely so that when you bite onto the burger, the egg yolk would burst and dip down to the surface, covering almost ever angle of the burger contain. Chicken patty was perfectly grilled but was lack in flavor. Good thing about this mess is that the sauce and pineapple did play an important part in giving that refreshing Hawaiian taste.

CHICKEN RUN - RM12.49

Chicken Run is made of yellow bun, fried chicken patty, pineapple, tartar sauce, and hot sauce. Being a fried food lover, this has definitely make double thumbs up. The chicken was well seasoned and fried until golden brown. The patty is good even on itself and beware the juicy pineapple and the sauces might make the fried chicken soggy, thus it would be best to consume it upon serving.

TWILIGHT BELLA - RM10.99

One of the good thing here which I didn't notice on other burger restaurant is that they do cater for those who doesn't feel like consuming meat (not sure if it is 100% vegetarian though) but still want to have a great time munching on awesome burger. The twilight bella consist of red bun, single grill portobello, and single slice cheese. Simple but tasty. The portobello offer a strong mushroom taste and the lecture was refreshingly crunchy.

RED MOO - RM14.49

The Red Moo is a beef burger that consist of red bun, single beef patty, single slice of cheese, hash brown, and extra hot sauce.

SHROOM BOMB - RM16.99

The Shroom Bomb is yet another meatless burger and as seen from the photo, it is filled with a gigantic mushroom. Shroom Bomb is made of red bun, double fried portobello patties, mozarella + cheddar cheese, and is finished with tartar sauce. As fierce as it look, the Shroom portobello had overly strong flavor and I believe not everyone would like the taste. The portobello is very moist and juicy whereas there is a lack of sauces in this burger.

ANNOYING ORANGE - RM18.99

Annoying Orange has to be one of the priciest burger from the menu and it consist of orange bun, single beef patty, single slice of cheese, hashbrown, sunny side up and crispy beef bacon. I was told the taste wise was pretty close to Happy Cow.

ONE MORE NIGHT - RM17.99

Beside Chicken Run, One More Night is also my favourite burger here at Smashies, and it is made with red bun, double grilled chicken patty, along with double slice of cheese. Sinful I know but the taste is pretty unique. Chicken was not over grill, moist and tender, and it has a presence of mild sweetness in it.

Location

Smashies Burger

Lot 126-G-5, Metro Genting,

Jalan Genting Klang, Setapak

53300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Operation Hours

6:00 pm - 11:30 pm

Contact

Phone : 012-399 7815

Email : smashiesburger@gmail.com

Website

http://www.facebook.com/SmashiesBurger

On an unrelated event, I do love the effort they put into Smashies Burger. Look at their cash voucher, it does stand out compare to others, doesn't it? However the overall taste of their burger was OK and I think they still have plenty of room for improvement. Do hope to see some new menu on my next visit.

Identity Thief

2013-05-01T11:32:00.004+08:00

What can I say, been busier day by day and yet I'm attending event and screening all around, thus piling up on pending post. Anyway here's a quick view on what I think about the movie Identity Thief that I watched back in Monday night at GSC Mid Valley, and courtesy from @NuffnangMY

Though one could closely relate to the storyline of Identity Thief, it doesn't mean one will enjoy it, after all who enjoy losing their identity? It all begin with Sandy Patterson starring Jason Bateman receiving a call from a supposingly bank offering him free security upgrade to his credit card.

Eventually after several awful event, only then Sandy came to realise his identity has been stolen. With the police in his state couldn't do much with criminal across other state, Sandy set a mission to hunt and to bring the criminal back to confess.

As interesting as it may from its tralier, there isn't much to look forward to in the movie. The surprising element has been revealed in the trailer and they did tried too hard to be funny which of course failed in every aspect. Unlike other genre of movie, comedy movie usually doesn't have the rewatch value and it is pretty important to keep the best part out from trailer.

Rate: 1/5

Iron Man 3

2013-04-28T20:40:00.001+08:00

Like how I always ~~show off~~ said you'll never regret joining @NuffnangMY community simply because they have plenty of reward for you and it just keep coming. I had the privileged to once again watch premiere screening a day ahead of the release date and all thank to Nuffnang

My impression toward the Iron Man movie franchise wasn't that good. The first part was somewhat entertaining because it was fresh, then Iron Man was a rather disappointing film in its trilogy so far, as for Iron Man 3 I wouldn't say it was that great as many claimed.

Stay out from here on cause it contain SPOILER!!
Tony Stark's world got torn apart by a terrorist that make a name for himself called The Mandarin and had since then been separated with his loved one. What's worse, his partner, the war machine also failed to protect the president of United State. On a mission to save his wife, Tony went into hideout and gathered intelligence information about The Mandarin only to realize the real master mind behind all these mess.

Throughout the rather draggy 2 hours + of run time, can't help but notice there were lack of 'Iron Man' time and pretty much questionable mistake done. Take for example the heavily iron suit couldn't fly out of the locked wooden hut / door. Also if they could actually give more screen time for the different suit that Tony had, it would have make it much enjoyable.

Beside that, it was actually a pretty enjoyable movie minus the Iron Man suit. Plot focuses pretty much around the Mandarin and the mastermind and Tony desperate moment. Although I didn't watch the 3D version, from the overall scene and past 3D experience, guess Digital 2D is good enough for that 2 hours+ of pleasure.

Rate: 3/5

Sakura Kristal

2013-04-25T10:59:00.000+08:00

Was yet another week of food review with the awesome people from Foodirector.com and this time round it was held at Sakura Kristal at Giant USJ. FYI this is the first franchise outlet whereby the previous 4 outlet were own by the founder itself. Even Giant USJ were just recently relaunch with a new look on early January 2013 and Sakura Kristal were one of the pioneer shop that open at the same date to capture the crowd and to cater to those who are always on the hunt for great food.

It wouldn't take you long to notice that they do serve reasonable priced food here in Sakura Kristal with the huge bunting located on every corner of the restaurant. They were range from as low as RM8.90 for lunch set which include a main course with drink.

Sakura Kristal serves mainly local and western cuisine and offered a pretty decent dining set-up for that comfortable dining experience during rush hours. You'll never see the place vacant at any given time.

Shall we start dining now? The first dish serves was Signature Peranakan Seafood Curry priced at RM20 per pot. It is good enough to serves up to 4-5 pax (of course depending on how much you consume) for each pot and there's a spoonful of seafood in it. There were oyster, prawn, crabstick, squid, brinjal, lady finger, and long bean in the pot. Imagine how heavenly it could be especially when the thick gravy curry infuse into your plate of white fragrance rice. The dish can be consume itself as it is because it weren't too salty and has a strong presence of coconut and mild spiciness in it.

Signature Peranakan Seafood Curry - RM20

Next we have the Hong Kong Kuay Teow with Black Bean priced at RM8 per plate. Black Bean is known to be packed with protein and fiber which will keep you full and energetic for hours and it is rarely seen in our local cuisine. The method of cooking is pretty similar to the stir fried noodle and is finished with the black bean gravy. There were a fair amount of seafood in the dish too but taste wise I personally found that it is pretty lightly flavoured. There were lack of salt to give that impressive taste and thank to the portion of ingredient, it did gave some flavour in every chew. The Kuay Teow has a pretty smooth texture and had a wide surface.

Hong Kong Kuay Teow with Black Bean - RM8

Next on the menu is Pan-Seared Dory with Vinaigrette Sauce price at RM17 per plate. Though served with Vinaigrette Sauce which is a mixture of oil (olive oil and such), vinegar, and some inhouse seasoning. Serve alongside were fresh salad made with lettuce and shredded carrot and a fair portion of potato wedges. The Dory fish were soft and tender but there were a lack of flavour to it. The crispy outer layer may be slightly soggy due to the vinaigrette sauce but it was the same sauce that kept it moist.

Pan-Seared Dory with Vinaigrette Sauce - RM17

One of the highly recommended dish here at Sakura Kristal would be the Black Pepper Beef Fried Rice priced at RM12 per plate. Even though I couldn't consume beef, I did tried on the fried rice and man how I wish they have the chicken version of it. Being a black pepper fan, it is rarely to taste such a good fried rice without having the black pepper ruin the entire taste of the dish. It wasn't as spicy as some would have thought but I would prefer it to be slightly hotter. Notice they gave a huge amount of beef in the fried rice and the portion can be good for 2 pax of light eater that is.

Black Pepper Beef Fried Rice - RM12

This Thai Fried Soh Hoon may look like typical Fried Beehon is actually quite ordinary. Instead of beehon, grass noodle is being used and it is priced at RM10 per plate. Sadly this is the one did that didn't really impress me not because it wasn't good but because it was the common taste that often found elsewhere. It may also due to because I have strong flavour food tasted before this dish. There were also not as much ingredient in this if were to compare to the other dishes mentioned above.

Thai Fried Soh Hoon - RM10

The Indonesian Treasure on the other hand is priced at RM12 per plate and it come with not just Indonesian style fried rice, but also 2 pcs of papadam and 2pcs of fried chicken. I didn't get to taste the fried chicken but from the look of it, it is promising. The fragrance fried white is pretty darn good all by its own, there's no gravy required and it make you wanna lick the plate clean. As satisfying as it get, the papadam was sadly not as crispy as it should, it felt like it was left on the open air causing it to be soft on certain part of it.

The Indonesian Treasure - RM12

Another signature dish here in Sakura Kristal is none other than the Tofu Jong Kong Emas. Even though the name suggested there's tofu, it wasn't the silky soft type of tofu as I've expected. It was actually minced along with fish meat forming back the tofu shape with some seasoning, deep fried until golden brown. It is also served with chili sauce which I did not have as the tofu itself was sinfully delicious. It has the crispy crunch texture, chew-able, and is flavourful. Tofu Jong Kong Emas is priced at RM14 per plate.

Tofu 'Jong Kong Emas' - RM14

Crispy Brinjal which is priced at RM12 per plate did wonder to me. I never like and never take brinjal, but if you were there, you will be surprise that I almost finish most of the portion. Although named as Crispy Brinjal, it wasn't that crunchy. It simply mean it has been deep fried and served with some in-house condiment. Though slightly over salty, it really go well with the white rice. The miracle part is where you might not even fall in love with the dish or worse case not knowing that you're having brinjal.

Crispy Brinjal - RM12

Mango Crispy Chicken is something similar the your sweet and sour chicken and is priced at RM18 per plate. I think it was rather cheap for that price, you're actually getting a huge portion. Mango is used to replace the traditional sauce and it does leave behind a refreshing sweetness to the dish. Chicken were boneless so you could enjoy it like without hassle of debone it.

Mango Crispy Chicken - RM18

Chocolate Volcano doesn't met my expectation as I though there would be large amount of chocolate syrup would be blasting out upon cutting the cake. It was rather dry and the cake has a strong chocolate flavour with crispy outer layer. There's this Vanilla ice cream that would definitely add some moist to the cake and they weren't that sweet compare to other dessert elsewhere. The Chocolate Volcano is priced at RM9.

Chocolate Volcano - RM9

Bread and Butter Pudding on the other hand had a refreshing appearance and is priced at RM9. There were cubed fruits on top of it and is also served with a scope of Vanilla ice-cream. The bread was soft and filling at the same time. The fruits were however too sour as dessert but overall it was still a great dessert after a heavy meal.

Bread & Butter Pudding - RM9

For those with sweet tooth, you may want to try their StrawberryTower which is priced at RM8. The gigantic dessert resemble ice-cream on cone that you could get in the market. The corn flakes used actually gave the crunch factor and the sinful dessert is sweet as it should.

Strawberry Tower - RM8

Berry Cool come in two size and is priced as RM7 for regular cup and RM12 for large size. It is actually a combination of soda and blackcurrent topped with slice of lemon. Be sure to stir well before consuming because otherwise you couldn't feel the uniqueness of the drink. It is gassy and refreshing especially after a tiring shopping trip in the hypermarket nearby.

Berry Cool - RM7 (R) RM12 (L)

Crushed Ice Jasmine is my preferred drink because it was simply a healthier choice and is price at RM7. It consist mixture of jasmine tea and honey. Refreshing as it should and it wasn't overly sweet according to my preference.

Crushed Ice Jasmine - RM7

The next time you shop at Giant USJ, why not drop by Sakura Kristal and tried the few signature dish I mentioned? It wouldn't disappoint you and your tummy.

Location

Sakura Kristal

Lot no G14 - 15 giant hypermarket,

subang jaya, 672 & 673USJ 1 subang 47500

Operation Hour

Mon - Sun: 10:00 am - 10:00 pm

Website

http://www.facebook.com/sakurakristal

Together Vegetarian Restaurant

2013-04-24T12:43:00.000+08:00

Without me realizing, yesterday was Earth Day! Earth Day is celebrated on 22 April annually, and with such great celebration, what have you done to contribute back to planet earth? If you're not creative person like me but would still love to do something to make the world a better place, why not go Vegetarian on this special occasion next year? Or if you have strong will you can go green every once a week. The number of vegetarian restaurant within KV has indeed increased as compare to the past and it is also a good sign to indicate that more people is aware that we need to do something to save the world. Beside being a hero, it is also for the better health for our own.

Together Vegetarian Restaurant is one of the place where you get not only meatless dishes, but also dishes that uses less flour based ingredient. Many had the impression that going vegetarian means consuming more flour, which really depend on your choice while ordering. Anyway was invited by OpenRice.com to an exclusive food review at Together Vegetarian Restaurant (Puchong branch).

The restaurant offer a quiet and relaxing dining environment where you could really take your sweet time after a hectic rush from work and outside pressure. Theme wise there aren't much focus on that but just so you know, Together Vegetarian Restaurant do cater to wedding dinner and buffet catering at your designated location.

Shark's Fin Soup with Crab Meat

Without delaying much, here's the first dish we had for the night, Shark's Fin Soup with Crab Meat. Without informing, one might not even know this is vegetarian as it really assemble the real deal. It even have a similar taste to it simply because shark fin itself is tasteless and it is the soup that gave the strong flavour. It was as good as you've expect it to be. Thumbs up for the Shark's Fin Soup with Crab Meat. It has a thick and sticky texture. It too had a strong presence of herbal soup but if herbal isn't your cup of tea, you can always add in some vinegar to boost up the taste.

Fried Beancurd with Fresh Mushroom

Moving on to the Fried Beancurd with Fresh Mushroom, it was indeed drooling dish with specially made tofu that is soft on the inside, and fragrantly sweet on the outside. Its soft texture of the tofu taste really good all by itself and would definitely go for more.

Butter Abalone Mushroom

As sinful as it look, the Butter Abalone Mushroom offered a strong aromatic smell while served. It was deep fried with in-house specialty together with butter and curry leaf that gave it an extra strong flavour to it. Crispy as it get, the dish got snap up almost instantly upon being placed on the table, you can imagine how good it is.

Red Enzyme with Mushroom

The Red Enzyme with Mushroom is a dish where either you love it or your can't accept the strong enzyme taste of it. For me the enzyme taste is pretty strong till a point where all I can taste is nothing but enzyme only. It wasn't something within my preference but don't let that stop you from trying because enzyme benefits your health.

Asam Fish

Asam Fish as you may guess it, has a rather sour taste. The dish was pretty spicy too but the ingredient used to replace the fish was pretty soft and tender.

Curry Mutton

Bread

One of the highlight I was looking forward was the Curry Mutton with Bread. I could easily survive with nothing but just bread and curry, they are always the best married couple. The rendang like gravy is pretty thick and tasty but surprisingly wasn't spicy to my preference. The bun was slightly fried to have that crispy skin leaving the inner part fragrantly soft. Mushroom is used to replace the mutton of course and it was pretty hard to chew on.

Spinach in Herbal Sauce

Whether you're on a vegetarian day or not, you shouldn't forget the green vegetable. Spinach according to my understanding required alot of effort. A simple dish as such may look easy but the effort took to prepare one has to be very hectic. Thus kudos to Together Vegetarian Restaurant for not only serving spinach in its menu, but also serving it with a twist. I love how they mix herbal sauce to a simple dish giving that extra and unique flavour to it. Double thumbs up!

Sweet & Sour Fried Squid

Toward the end of the dining experience, we had surprise dish the sweet and sour fried squid. It was actually needle mushroom wrapped with a layer of dumpling skin, then another round with seaweed, deep fried and serves with sweet and sour sauce. The crispy crunch at the tip of the mushroom is delightful whereas the sauce gave in some extra flavour. There is also the presence of sesame but was easily overwhelm by the seaweed.

In conclusion, Together Vegetarian Restaurant uses less flour based item but instead replace it with other original form of alternative like mushroom. It is crucial that you eat healthy and you eat right.

Location

Together Vegetarian Restaurant

No 9,Jalan Puteri 1/4, Bandar Puteri, 47100 Puchong

Contact

Phone: +603-8060 0465, +6012-2386800, +6012-6918118

Email: togethervege@hotmail.com

Operation Hours

Mon - Sun: 10:30 am - 3:00 pm, 5:30 pm - 10:00 pm

Website

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Together-Vegetarian-Restaurant-%E7%9B%B8%E8%81%9A%E6%AC%A2%E7%B4%A0%E9%A3%9F%E9%A6%86/167647666649009

Brisik

2013-04-23T09:36:00.001+08:00

Brisik, an Indonesian Siamese based cuisine quietly located in the center of Jaya One. Seriously I've been to Jaya One numerous time but never really notice Brisik. It seems to be pretty quiet on its main entrance and was especially confusing on whether it was a makan place or merchandise / message shop. Well that's what I felt when I first step into the main entrance.

The reason it was confusing is simply because its dining area is located upstairs and there were some rather soothing set-up on the lower level as illustrated in the photo below.

The surrounding of Brisik is moderately decorated according to the restaurant theme. The space is big and good enough for company function and to cater for bigger crowd despite the close gap arrangement. The inner dining area is somehow pretty dim but would the food be good enough to compensate it? Let's find out more after the photo below

The first dish of the day is of course none other than the drooling fried based appetizer called Satagor. It is actually a made with minced beancurd, mix vege, chicken, and potato wrap together and deep fried until it is brownish, alongside with fried mushroom. The Satagor is pretty unique in taste but the were sadly overwhelm by the potato. It wasn't crispy like the fried mushroom and it is pretty "meaty" with filling. The price for Satagor is RM9 (3 pieces) and Crispy Mushroom served with Thai sauce is priced at RM11

Satagor with Fried Mushroom

Next dish served was undeniably one of Brisik's Signature dish and is no doubt to me that one of the best Satay I had so far. Instead of the wooden stick you often seen, it is replace with lemongrass for that extra aroma. The chicken was minced marinated with in-house spices and then wrap around the lemongrass before being BBQ over the fire. The best part of this is that it has no lean meat in this Satay. Every bite without the sauce is indeed satisfying. The Satay is priced at RM12

Chicken Satay

Still on the appetizer, we had some Kerepok (cracker) lookalike but instead of the ordinary ingredient (fish, flour, etc.) it was made from some vegetable which I couldn't recall its name. According to the owner, they are VERY bitter when eaten raw, but after the process which turn it into Kerepok, it is editable. I tried on one and love it immediately even though there's still slight bitter in it. This is the dish where either you like it or not, there's nothing in between. I think I finish the entire plate without realising. Texture wise, it was pretty similar to the other Kerepok we had, except that it wasn't that crispy in the middle part of it. This dish is priced at RM5 per plate.

Kerepok

Then come the main dish, there were several dishes serves at the same time, along with white fragrance rice to go along with. There were Pucuk Paku, Ayam Penyet, Dancing Fish, Gulai Kambing, and Tauhu Telur served to the table. Will go into every single dish in details.

The Tauhu Telur as the name suggest, is mainly Tofu wrapped in egg. It was fried until golden brown before serving it over a plate of sauce and is finished by shredded of cucumber and carrot for not just the presentation, but also the flavour to such a simple yet delicious dish. The Tofu has a soft and smooth texture that would definitely melt in your mouth whereas the outer layer leaves a strong egg aromatic behind.

Tauhu Telur

One couldn't miss Ayam Penyet when they're dining in Indonesian based Restaurant and so we had the Ayam Penyet too. The best part of this dish is that the Ayam Penyet (flatten chicken) is that it is boneless. The chicken is grilled and season with large amount of tomato with some chili for that mild burning sensation in your mouth. Not spicy to me to be honest but the large amount of tomato used, did in fact add on to the sweetness to the dish. The meat used were mainly from breast and/or rib. It was pretty unique in taste but I still prefer the usual Ayam Penyet I had and don't get me wrong, this is good, but my preference has always be fried food.

Ayam Penyet

Pucuk Paku is on of the green dish among all the protein we had. Stir fried with red pepper and topped with lots of sesame. It was very crunchy and there were a mild presence of sweetness in the vegetable. It wasn't any typical vegetable I usually had and would really die for more.

Pucuk Paku

Gulai Kambing is a curry based mutton serves on banana leaf. The outstanding part of Gulai Kambing is where coconut used to cook curry has been replaced with low fat milk and surprisingly not only it didn't ruin how curry should taste, it enhanced the flavour and also giving the right thickness to the curry. Is was indeed good as gravy for the white rice as it has spicy yet sweet and milky taste in it.

Gulai Kambing

The Sundanese Dancing Fish, as glamour as its name sound, is a dish that would definitely caught the attention of any diners, stopping others from dining, making way to feed the camera first before feeding the guest. Taste wise was however pretty dull to my liking, maybe due to the lack of seasoning. However the condiment served along did give the taste a boost and is a must dip for this dish. I for one didn't really fancy the Sundanese Dancing Fish simply for the fact that it was pretty troublesome to 'dig' in. There were fish bone everywhere.

Sundanese Dancing Fish

To finish the meal of the day we were served with a sweet dessert. Not sure what it is called again, but it is pretty close to our version of cendol. There's this milky based with brown sugar to add on the sweetness to the dessert, pretty decent nothing special except that it does feel and taste good given that weather nowadays is steaming hot.

Dessert

As for the drink, we were served with pretty much few types of fruit juice, asam boi, and avocado chocolate.

Lemongrass Asam Boi

Asam Boi

Avocado Chocolate

Mango Juice

Papaya Juice

Watermelon Juice

Location

Brisik

Blk M, Unit 10, Level 1, Phase 1 @ Jaya One

Contact

Tel: +603-79586681

Fax: +603-79586681

Email: nusmawati@gmail.com

Operation Hour

10am-10pm (Fri & Sat until 12am)

Website

www.brisik.com.my

Frontera Sol of Mexico

2013-04-15T14:00:00.000+08:00

For the forth week in a row, foodirector.com has been inviting its community member in a journey to hunt all the good food surrounding us in every corner. This time round it was a food review session at Frontera Sol of Mexico.

Strategically located at the heart of Jaya One in PJ, you wouldn't miss the Mexico restaurant. Frontera offer pretty decent ambiance and would definitely a great place to chill especially during weekend.

Despite having separated zone, I find that the indoor area was pretty hot. I had mild sweat throughout the entire session but guess what, food is the remedy to everything. So let's dine straight into the courses shall we?

Here's the menu for the night

Watermelon Agua Fresca
Top-Shelf Guacamole
Jalapeno Crab Cakes
Jicama Salad
Chicken Enchiladas
Baja-style Fish Tacos
Prawn Chimichanga
Impossible Chocolate Flan

The Mexican Degustation Menu will only be available from 10th April 2013 onward and will be priced at RM68 per person for the entire dining experience and the menu is designed for group of 10 diners.

The Watermelon Agua Fresca is one heck of refreshing drink which is a mixture of lime juice along with diced watermelon for its sweetness. The watermelon cube too give an crunchy chew to every sip of the drink.

Top-Shelf Guacamole which is also the appetizer, serves with specially made sauce of smashed avocado, tomato and some spices. The crunchy chips is good with or without the sauce but personally I would love a dip for that extra tastiness.

Jalapeno Crab Cakes as its name suggest, is made of shredded crab meat, deep fried along with some spices until crispy brown. It is truly a heavenly bite as the seafood aroma burst in your mouth.

Jicama Salad in short is a mexico way of salad and instead of the regular vegetable you get shredded sengkuang which gives sweetness to the salad, sliced avocado, chili, mint, peeled orange and mint. I think there's also lime juice in it which gave it multiple taste from spicy to sour to sweetness.

Chicken Enchiladas is made of minced chicken wrapped in tortilla, topped with cheese and sprinkle with small amount of spices, serves along with baked bean fresh tomatos and fragrant mexico style rice. I couldn't really taste the filling in tortilla and it was because it was overwhelm with the strong fragrant from the cheese and tortilla.

Baja-style Fish Tacos consist of fried fish roll alongside with diced and sliced vegetable in taco will indeed leaves an unforgettable flavour in your taste bud. It is crispy and juicy at the same time whereas the sauce spice up every bite.

Prawn Chimichanga is yet another satisfying dish and it seems that I pretty love all the seafood based dishes here at Frontera. The prawn wrapped in tortilla is very well cooked, leaving it moist and fresh. The bursting flavour inside-out is truly enjoyable although sinful.

Impossible Chocolate Flan would be the last item from the menu and it is not too sweet. Rich in flavour but the custard is quite liquid.

Location

Frontera Sol of Mexico

72A, Jaya One, Jalan Universiti,

46200 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.

Contact

Tel: 03 7958 8515

Operation Hours

Opens daily:

Sun - Thurs: 11AM to 1AM

Fri - Sat: 11AM to 2AM

Website

http://www.fronterabar.com/

https://www.facebook.com/fronterabar

Iron Man 3: My Way

2013-04-14T19:11:00.003+08:00

In conjunction with the most awaited Iron Man 3, @NuffnangMY did it again by giving its community member a money can't buy opportunity to watch the all time favourite superhero in action at the big screen with great crowd. Do find out more on how to score your invite at http://blog.nuffnang.com.my/2013/04/10/nuffnang-premiere-screening-iron-man-3/

Alright will cut straight to the point, I'm here to score myself a pair of invite to the screening as follow

Date: 25th April 2013 (Thursday)

Time: 8:30pm

Venue: TGV, One Utama

So how would I customize a suit that is already making way to every kids that idolized it and every girl had fantasized about? What's more when Stark had several version out of the best suit already?

Thus if I were to customize anyhow I like, there are indeed a few amendment I could made to further enable the suit in facing greater danger smartly. My way of suit would be named THULK DESTROYER and is short from Thor and Hulk Destroyer. The name also suggested it is built not only to last but to defeat even the strongest possible immortal known so far. Without further ado, let's dig into the feature

1. Hidden Blade where it would be trigger when the suit run out of ammo / energy during a battle. This is made with utmost steel and metal and would basically cut anything into half, so powerful that even Thor and Hulk would have to think twice

2. Spiky suit will be trigger in battle mode so that no enemy can come backstab from behind, might even kill some along the way.

3. Last but not least, a less threatening feature would be putting a smile to the suit. After all it doesn't which industry or country you're form, service is a smile would really someone's day better.

Do bear with me for the lousily edited and incomplete picture of the suit as I know nuts when it come to design. Now only thing left to do enjoy the really awesome official trailer.

Burger Junkyard - Just another Burger Chain?

2013-04-07T21:14:00.003+08:00

It all started with a burger stall in Wangsa Maju where people used to queue for hours just to get a bite of one of the popular burger, then the trend switch to burger chain, where you get to enjoy awesome burgers in air conditioned environment and yet preserving the long queue. You probably have heard of burger with black bun, crayon color bun and etc. With all these burger craze, does it make Burger Junkyard just another burger chain trying to gain a piece of market share? Personally I don't think so, here's why.

Burger Junkyard isn't really like what the name suggest, and it is in neither way that it is similar to burger sold fast food franchises. Credit have to be given to Burger Junkyard simply because every single thing that you're about to put into your mouth is freshly made, and nope it doesn't pop out from the can nor bottle like everyone would have expected. Stuff like the patty to buns to fries and to even the sauce are all freshly made minus the nonsense (MSG/preservative). In a layman term, whatever junk the chef wouldn't put into their body wouldn't appear in your food.

Just before we go into the drooling burgers, have a quick look at the environment and promotion that Burger Junkyard had to offer. For lunch, there's lunch set which is RM13.90 nett and you'll get a burger along with fries, drinks, and desserts. Yes you heard it right, dessert! You will know why I emphasize on the word dessert later.

Just before entering I do notice that there's a no pork sign that's simply because they are catering for our Muslim friends too. The location where Burger Junkyard is location (Kota Damansara) consist of 60% of Muslims population and is a huge potential to big with not only eliminating the pork, but also the introduction of 80% of beef products in the store.

The surrounding of Burger Junkyard is basically like the name suggest, a place decorated with scrap. Though it was a junkyard, it has to be one of the most comfy junkyard cause everything is so organized and clean, and not forgetting chilling yet spacious.

The menu were pretty simple to read if you're having issue understanding it like I do. The icon beside the item indicate where it is a beef or chicken burger. Since I'm a Buddhist and couldn't consume beef, I guess my choice are pretty much limited. The good news is, despite the restriction and limitation, the chicken burger I had is superb. It wasn't like any other burger I tasted this far. But before going into that let me post some photo of all the burger so that you can drool on it.

The photo above is Formage et Fungi and is not on the menu, my bet it is one of the Mystery Burger the very adventurous item to order off the menu cause you'll never know what you get.

Next is the Texas Hold 'Me' which is made from Chargrilled Beef Patty, Steamed Aged CHeddar, Fried Onion Rings & Homemade BBQ Aioli. One of the comment I got from my GF who blog at http://nini-ong.blogspot.com is that she loves the texture of Texas Hold Me. The fried onion ring gives that crispy crunch in every bite whereas the patty and grilled beef gives that flavor.

Then came the Brooklyn which is made of Beef Patty (Chicken Meat is available too), Steamed Aged Cheddar, Turkey Ham, Beef Bacon, Grilled Pineapple, Fried Egg, Garden Greens & Homemade Aioli. Likewise I couldn't try this because it is a beef product but here's just a brief introduction so that you could drool on.

Soon after all the beef burger comes the chicken burger, which also mean my turn to munch after the much drooling watching others praising the beef burger. Hoola Hoop Hawaii is the first chicken burger I had and it is made from Chargrilled Brine Cured Whole Chicken Leg, Steamed Aged Cheddar, Turkey Strip, Pineapple, Tomato, Garden Greens & Tangy Cocktail Sauce. One of the concept that Burger Junkyard practice is not to use breast meat cause they are very dry. To keep the meat moist and tender they used meat from the chicken leg AKA drumstick. They also preserves some fat on the meat so that when it is grilled, the oil will drip into the fire which fire and grill the meat just to have that extra aroma. The tower monster is rather huge in size, the lettuce add that freshness and crunch to a sinful stack of meat covered by in house made sauce. Taste wise not bad, but not the best I had yet.

Then come my favourite of all time - Buffalo Soldier consist of Chargrilled Buffalo Hot Sauce Cured Boneless Chicken Thigh, Steamed Cheddar, Crispy Celery Sticks, Flavoured Sour Cream & Tomato. To make is simple yet understandable, it is like having your all time favourite deboned buffalo wing packed between 2 softy and aromatic bun. Together with Burger Junkyard signature steamed cheese, the texture of Buffalo Soldier is pretty chewy and the sauce offers a strong flavour with mild sweetness to the already awesome burger. I think there's like almost 2 stack of buffalo wing in the burger I had and for once I have to let go of my diet plan to kill the crave.

With all these main dish aside. Every burger purchase comes with fries. I think the fries worth the mention simply because they are freshly made. Gone were the days where we have to wait for CNY to enjoy the prosperity fries (curly fries). Fries where freshly made and is very filling within the outer crispy layer. They were serves hot and weren't too oily as other fries should have. What make the fries outstanding has to be the sauce that came along with. The tomato sauce had similar taste to the bolognese where as the brown sauce is pretty unique. The brown sauce is made from 20 ingredients and yes is made not bought.

Now come the dessert, the first one I had was Panna Cotta. Not too sure what it is made off but it sure does complete the heavenly meal of burger and fries. It wasn't that sweet to be exact and it melts in your mouth. The dash of chocolate add flavor to the Panna Cotta.

Just because they are burger expert, it doesn't mean you shouldn't look forward for its dessert. This is one modern twist of classical chocolate brownie where I would really die for any given time. The brownie is made from dark chocolate thus giving that bitter sweet taste. Complete with vanilla ice cream that doesn't just add sweetness to the brownie but also that extra chilling sensation especially during hot and stuffy days. In case you're wondering, the ice cream does not compromise the origin brownie taste. Serves on a plate with caramel and jam, you're sure to find exploding flavor in your mouth. The brownie does however have that grill taste in it and it is uniquely the way I love it.

Do arrange make a date with Burger Junkyard and be amazed by what it have to offer. With fresh blood from the four young and talented chef who started Burger Junkyard will definitely know what their guest is looking forward to.

Address

16-G, Jalan PJU 5/20D

The Strand Kota Damansara

47810 Petaling Jaya

Malaysia.

Contact

Tel: (+603) 6143 4305

Email: burgerjunkyard@gmail.com

Business hours

Mondays - Saturdays for lunch 12:00p.m. - 3:00p.m. & dinner 6:00p.m. - 10:00p.m.

Closed on Sundays

Website

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BurgerJunkyard?fref=ts

Blog: http://burgerjunkyard.blogspot.com/

Manage to persuade my friends to try out the new hype and although not everyone have the crave like I do, were glad that most actually find it uniquely delicious like I do

WeChat Official Launch (Malaysia)

2013-04-06T14:56:00.000+08:00

Although it has been there in the market over cross platform for several months, WeChat has finally (or officially) touch down in Malaysia, and to go along with the memorable moment, WeChat threw in a forgetful party with WeChat Party 2013 along side with the announcement of their Malaysia version of TVC as follow:

WeChat is also proud to announce the 2 local ambassador Lisa Surihani and Shaheizy Sam to bring WeChat to a further milestone. But wait this is a party, which mean they will be more than just press statement, and WeChat does know how to pamper its guest. There were performance, games, prizes, food, and most importantly unforgettable moment.

Upon registration, guest were greeted with a 'camwhore' photo machine where you get to pose like a star and get your photo printed as an extra door gift. Look at what this simple and yet personalise gift did to a bunch of blogger? More photo session :D

Because WeChat is all about mobile communication which support sending of voice, video, photo and text messages, guest were invited to scan a QR code where it would eventually grant them an invite to group chat with everyone else at the party. The chat session was also projected onto the huge screen at the center of the stage.

Soon after I mingle around with the bloggers and guest, the first performance kick in. It was the opening dance which is then follow by opening speech by the Emcee Rudy.

It was then followed by welcome speech by Mr. Poshu Yeung (Vice President of Tencent International Business). Mr Poshu Yueng too showcase the 3 TVC to the guest and with that dinner was served. There were tons of delight to choose from and I must say I enjoy most of the dish.

Then the party continue with performance by Vivian Chua and Henley Hii.

While everyone is busy munching, there were the first round of ground activity. Guest are required to collect some puzzle like card located in their goodies bag to win some WeChat merchandise. I manage to get mine but forgotten to bring the other piece and left it on my table T_T. The first round of game is like battle of the sexes where 5 men vs 5 women and each is given an opposite gender based question to see which side could answer correctly most. The second round of game was much interesting and is like every man for himself in order to win an iPad mini.

Then there were also performance from Awi Rafael, a very talented handsome hunk who happen to be a singer/songwriter currently signed under Warner Music Malaysia and has released 2 albums. I'm really impress with his song and could really move to his rhythm even though it was my first time listening to it.

Just before WeChat call it a night, there was a spinning session by SkyoGroove along side with dance from the opening dancer. There were a lucky draw session too and the prize were really generous, from iPhone / iPod speaker to Beat headphone to even iPad mini.

So now with party aside, be sure to download WeChat onto your smart devices. It is available in all the major platform player ranging from iOS. Android, Symbian, BlackBerry and even Windows OS. It feature several interesting feature that would make your communication session a fun and interactive one. WeChat also supports social networking via shared streaming content feeds and location-based social plug-ins like Shake, Look Around, and Drift Bottle. WeChat supporte up to 17 languages with all our major local dialect included - English, Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese. For more information do visit http://www.wechat.com

Resorts World Genting iHoliday with FXMicropay

2013-04-02T12:16:00.002+08:00

Not too long ago, Resorts World Genting launched Genting Mobile Apps across multiple platform ranging from iOS to Android as well as the Windows 8 devices. Few months after the launch, we heard from Resorts World Genting again, and this time round, we could book a room in Resorts World Genting with several different currency beside Malaysia Ringgit (MYR).

Resorts World Genting had again made it into the pioneer list by being the first among others to offer Multi Currency Booking here in Malaysia. With a strong partnership with RBS, we can really look forward to have more currency available soon. The best part of this integration is that it doesn't affect the current user friendly transaction flow and it open up opportunity for visitor from other country to book and confirm their accommodation at the ease of their preferred currency. The 2 new currency added to the booking system are USD and SGD (Singapore Dollar).

According to Thomas, SGD was introduced based on a statistic study that there were a huge amount of Singapore visitor (since we're neighboring country) visited Resorts World Genting. The online multi-currency pricing is now available at www.rwgenting.com under iHoliday booking for Resorts World Genting, Resorts World Kijal and Resorts World Langkawi. Customers can now pay for their purchases online in any of these currencies – Malaysian Ringgit (MYR), US Dollar (USD) or the Singapore Dollar (SGD). Guest were invited to try out with their booking after the launch.

Side Effects

2013-03-22T09:42:00.000+08:00

Was suppose to attend Finding Mr Right in MBO Viva Home but manage to score myself invite to Side Effects at GSC Mid Valley again from Red FM.

A young woman's world unravels when a drug prescribed by her psychiatrist has unexpected side effects. There were however some pretty sick twist behind everything and I just don't know how to put it into word without giving out the spoiler.

The doctor (staring Jude Law) and patient relation somehow got haywire and nope it is not romance that caught between them but something else. Everything else was pretty screw up when the patient's husband was murdered and the reason was due to the side effects of the pill that the doctor gave.

Rate: 3.5/5

The Croods

2013-03-21T12:00:00.000+08:00

The Croods bring the audience back to an era similar to The Flintstones where every new thing spark a debate among the family member. Was invited to attend the premiere screening in 3D on Tuesday night at GSC Mid Valley

The Croods family was forced out of their cave due to some disaster and had to go on a road trip with a Guy they newly met to escape what Guy believe to be end of the world.

The journey of course wasn't smooth as expected and it was a journey of their life that strengthen the family bond and widen their perspective through new discovery. The CGI of the movie is pretty cartoonist, and gone were the days where these animation focus on every single detail on the character. 3D wise, it went pretty OK but not to the extend of awesome. Definitely a family oriented movie.

Rate: 3/5

Fresh Code

2013-03-18T17:00:00.000+08:00

Got an invitation from Foodirector.com to a fan gathering at Fresh Code located in the heart of Damansara Utama (aka Uptown) last Saturday at 2PM. So what is Fresh Code?

Fresh Code is a health concern, fresh fruit beverage cafe that is modern and offer a soothing environment for that relaxing and pampering moment after a hard day on work. Their aim is to provide safest, healthiest & yet joyful juice that is refreshing and tasty at the same time. Let's take a look at the inner interior of Fresh Code.

Upon stepping into the shop, you will notice a money changer at your left while the ordering around on the right. First impressing when I stepped in is that natural and soothing feeling and it is exactly like I'm stepping in a garden / farm.

A fridge storing assorted flavor of sorbet can be spotted at the main entrance.

Price and menu are shown on the back wall of the counter and it is clear and straight forward. You get to know what are the fruits that would be blended in the drink you ordered.

Just slightly beside the cashier, there's another fridge with chilling and colorful thirst quenching juice bottle sitting in it.

Along the walkway there's this greenish artificial grass like throughout the stretch of wall together with picture of fresh fruits hanging to it. Good thing here is that it wasn't too bright nor dim and is just perfect if you need some alone time / reading session.

Each table contain an informative pamphlet explaining the benefit and nutrition information on highly recommended fruit. This could play as a suggestion card that aid you in making up your mind on what to order.

There is this TV at the very back of the shop showcasing the very best of Fresh Code, differentiating it from "just another fruit juice" that is widely available out there. Fresh Code applies the most advanced Technology – HPP, choosing the freshest seasonal fruits from the best origins, breaking the time and space limits, squeezing freshly in natural colors. Do drop by and check it out.

Now let's go to the drink, but one last thing before that, introducing Jackson (right) the owner from Foodirector.com and Alex (left) owner of Fresh Code.

According to Alex, their juices were squeezed and packed fresh and don't take their word just yet. These compressed juice had been sent for a test and had pass the freshness test with over 90% score.

We begin by sipping on a testing cup of high fiber pineapple juice. I must say that it does taste sweet and there's this 'meat' in it. By meat I do mean the pineapple leftover after the blend and it does taste good cause I get to chew on the rough texture.

Next up I ordered Berry Blast and Multifruit Vital. The Berry Blast is made of raspberry, blueberry, blackberry and strawberry and is said be energizing along side with the benefit on aiding eye sight, skin, and the brain. There's 2 cup size to choose from; regular or big and Berry Blast regular size cost RM11.90. The Multifruit Vital on the other hand contains Pineapple, Mango, Passion Fruit & Banana and is priced at RM10.90 on a regular cup. Personally I love the Berry Blast for its rough texture with all the berries chunk in it whereby Multifruit Vital is rather "waterish" to me. Do note that there's NO sugar added into the drink and apple juice is used to give that sweetness taste. They do deserve a round of applause for making consumer health their top priority.

Then there's this Mango Booster which I get to taste from other participant during the gathering which offered a thick texture and strong taste in it. The regular cup of Mango Booster is priced at RM7.90 each.

Just when everyone sipped away every last dip of the juice, we were in for yet another treat, and you guess it right, it was sorbet time!

Among the assorted flavor are Taiwan Irwin Mango, Taiwan Lychee, Pink Guava, Hawaiian Paradise, and Berry Bliss. There will be 2 new flavor coming soon and they are Calamansi Blast and Summer Breeze. Each scoop of sorbet is priced from RM5.90 and from RM9.90 for 2 scoop. The taste is closely similar to the taste in their juices / smoothies. These sorbet had an average texture with rich and refreshing taste to it. Personally I love the Pink Guava cause it gave me that sweet punch.

Trust me, these sorbet are the coolest and closet best dessert you should get to replace the unhealthy ice cream that you always crave for. After that we wrap things up and called it a successful gathering and is hoping to meet everyone else in another exciting gathering with Foodirector.com fans. Do check Fresh Code out if health is your priority and they can be contacted / found with details below

Address:

No. 23 Jalan SS21/37 Damansara Utama (Uptown),

47400 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Tel:

03-7731 7628

Email:

freshcode.my@gmail.com

Website:

http://www.facebook.com/i.love.freshcode

Oh ya they do provide delivery service too, so now you got no reason not to be healthy. Remember, Fresh Code is a health conscious juice / smoother / sorbet that is safe to consume by all age and best part of all it doesn't compromise the taste you desire.

The Last Exorcism Part 2

2013-03-18T09:30:00.000+08:00

Had a replacement screening of The Last Exorcism Part 2 at Cathay Cineplex e@Curve on Friday night instead of Monday night at GSC Mid Valley as scheduled. The distributor also throw in free pop corn and drink to go along with the horror movie

As Nell Sweetzer tries to build a new life after the events of the first movie, the evil force that once possessed her returns with an even more horrific plan.

To be honest, I don't recall part 1 to be as bad as this even though I couldn't remember much from it. But anyway it looked like a horny demon to me as it acted sexually toward the victim which it planned to take over. Several self pleasure scene appear throughout the movie and the demon would harm anyone who tried to stop it or fall in love with the host.

There really isn't much in this movie except for scream and more scream, and not forgetting the dark shadow figure which appear for no freaking reason.

Rate: 1/5

The Call

2013-03-18T01:24:00.001+08:00

The Call is a movie where action begin in the 911 operation room. Had gotten numerous invite to the movie and had chosen to goto GSC 1 Utama for an earlier screening and for "business" purpose.

The call has a pretty straight forward plot but it is dramatic to some extend. Probably Halle Berry who acted as the 911 operator did a good job in connecting not just to her victim in the movie, but also touched the heart of audience.

Trying hard to recover back from a tragedy few years back, Halle quit answering emergency call and headed on to be the instructor to new recruit. Still haunted by the mistake she had done in the past, tragic strike again, leaving her no choice but to face and aid yet another victim.

Good thing about The Call is where there weren't over many scene in the operation room and scene of the operator speaking to victim. There were on field action and investigation to keep thing at a pace, and let's not forgetting the process of a psycho kidnap.

Rate: 3/5

[AFOOFA] Youth Credit Card

2013-03-17T01:16:00.001+08:00

Still arguing on my YouthFlex thinking it is too plain and simple? Argue no more cause here's my 2nd entry to the Youth Credit Card design organised by Nuffnang, and this time round I'm gonna go straight to the point

The card is called AFOOFA short for All For One, One For All. Youth dislike carrying tons of stuff in their wallet / pocket especially when fashion (of saggy jean) come into picture and it would be a disturbance to them. Thus this is the one and only card for them where it would handle all the on and offline transaction, from shopping mall to e-commerce, it would reward them with unsuspecting surprises that is tied to the card.

Regardless of age, everyone love going on a vacation, and that explain why I make the beach view as the background image of the card. It would definitely give you a soothing and relaxing feel when you're look at the credit card.

Tag Cloud is another attraction on the card. Bank that issue the card could customise the wording in the tag cloud to indicate or to highlight the specialty of the credit card. The words is floating on the blue sky resembling the cloud also carry the meaning of AFOOFA since cloud storage is now also part of the hottest service every provider is fighting to gain account.

[YouthFlex] Youth Credit Card

2013-03-16T23:58:00.001+08:00

Have you seen the latest video on Samsung Galaxy S4 where it showcase the highlighted features. One of the spotlight would be a snapping photo simultaneously from the front and rear camera. This has definitely give multitasking a whole new meaning.

Now no worry, I'm not off topic and am still in the right track. The reason why I brought this up is because multitask is one feature that every manufacturer claim their decide to perform at its best. It allow you to do few task / job at the same time without having to quick / close the app. This is what kept me thinking how can I do more with a credit card that is place in my wallet.

I would skip the futuristic credit card away on this post cause that would involve technical and structural design in order to have a card that would tell you your balance, or making call, or watching football live, and etc. Before I show you my actual card design, I want you to imagine and picture my design first. I will guide you through.

It would be handy regardless of gender. Note that I'm talking about the design of the card and not the feature .

It is made from a material where you can also find it used on some smartphone and tablet.

If have a clean and simple design. I wouldn't use the word blank or no design because the 'image' on the card will change every single time. So are you able to predict how my design is now?

This is my design, and I name it YouthFlex. It is glue to a layer of mirror screen protector where you can find it in shop that are selling mobile phone accessories. The holder face would be shown on the card when they're holding the card.

Beside that, youth can now use the card to quick fix their hair, make up touch up and etc just like what they would do with a mirror. The other usage by having this mirror protector is to create and educate youth to be financial responsible. Everytime their face is shown on the card, it would also act as a reminder that they will be spending some amount of cash on their purchase. It would allow them to think if that purchase is a necessity or just to kill the lust in them.

**Psst, the frame / border around the card wasn't intentional, but decided to add that in so that it look like a mirror. Since I have no knowledge in using those design software, figure that's the best way to convey my concept.

Ah Boys To Men: Part 2

2013-03-13T14:30:00.001+08:00

Ah Boys To Men is back to the big screen not too long after its success release few months back. Actually it was already planned to break the movie into two part during production due to the lengthy storyline.

A continual from its previous title, Ah Boys to Men: Part 2 focuses mainly on the recruit after settling the family issue of a few particular recruit. It is said that part 1 of the movie is more humorous and part 2 would be more dramatic, which I don't quite agree. They were both hilarious the Singapore way with all the rhythmically mixture dialect.

There's nothing much to write about without spoiler to the plot. There is one thing that annoy me is where they tend to integrate CGI unnecessary in both series. No doubt it wasn't bad CGI judging from Asia CGI so far, they just overdone the whole thing without a real purpose. Likewise, every Singapore movie aim to convey all the positive message in a humor way through a hell of experience

Rate: 2.5/5

Django Unchained

2013-03-12T14:31:00.001+08:00

Was suppose to watch The Last Exorcism Part II at GSC Mid Valley on Monday night but due to unforeseen circumstances, the movie had to be postphoned to some other date which is yet to confirm. Thank God to Ivan Chan, my night was replaced with Django Unchained at GSC 1Utama instead

The movie is set back before civil war where Django is a slave to the white skin and were bought over by a bounty hunter who happen to be in fair white skin too for a mission / assignment. The plot quickly focus from slavery to the new lifestyle Django gain after gaining his freedom.

Beside Jamie Foxx, Leonardo Dicarprio too star in this movie which act as another attraction to the old school cowboy styled dramatic action movie. Beside slavery, there are other sensitive scene like racist, nude, violence and etc and it was a surprise to actually not only see this movie being air here in Malaysia but also uncensored too.

The long and draggy journey to safe Djangi wife offer nothing new nor impressive except for the part where brain were blown like minced meat. The interesting part is where Django had to figure out a way to buy back his wife legally from a richman. Beside that everything else were pretty naggy. Though many sauce gave it a high rate, it wasn't really my cup of tea. I'm not saying that it is bad, but instead too draggy.

Rate: 2.5/5