Love Eating, Love Travelling

First Try on Lalapan @ Muara Restaurant, Miri

2012-07-30T03:08:00.001-07:00

Recommended by a friend, saying lalapan at Muara Restaurant is super nice. Lalapan is originated from Indonesia and having eight (Lapan) dishes: Main dish(depend what you order), cooked green leave vegetable, cabbaged, long bean, cucumber, fried tofu and tempeh, and with some spicy sambal sauce at the middle, served with rice. The restaurant is located at Waterfront Commercial Center, behind UOB and CIMB area.

Lalapan Ikan (fish)

Lalapan ayam (chicken)

After trying it, what I can say is NICE ~~… I personally like the fried tofu and tempeh, and of course the main dish as well (chicken and fish), but really unable to accept the sauce because I don’t really eat sambal. Strongly recommend especially for those who never try lalapan before.

Muara Restaurant

Lot 1306, Miri WaterFront Commercial Centre,

98000, Miri,Sarawak.

Tel: 0168827370, 0146834050, 0198068876

Bak Kut Teh @ 3 Point Restaurant 三囍楼

2012-07-14T02:37:00.001-07:00

Every time passing by surely will be attracted by its banner – Big Bone Bak Kut Teh tighten with some thread, seems delicious.

Big Bone RM 15

1 Person set RM10

After trying these, what I can say is so-so, not as what I expected and I guess would not going for second try.

Yulee Wantan Mee @ Piasau, Miri

2012-07-01T22:58:00.004-07:00

One of my favourite dining place, Yulee Wantan Mee. To me, this is the best wantan mee restaurant that I have ever eat in Miri, highly recommended.

The restaurant is clean and tidy, especially at the place of cooking. The owner cooking in her own “systematic” way, although a bit slow and need to wait for quite long during the peak hour, but to me is worth to wait.

Wantan Meehon Soup

Wantan Noodle Soup

Dry Wantan

The wantan are big with full of meat and prawns

This is the best wantan mee in Miri, at least to me. Strongly recommend to everyone.

Tea Time @ Old Town White Coffee, Miri

2011-08-02T16:07:00.000-07:00

Waiting for Boulevard Shopping Complex to open, we went to Old Town White Coffee to have some tea. Seeing the menu, wao, look nice. So, thought to give a try on its breakfast set, here it is:

Mee Siam Classic (Set 3)

Comparing with the photo in the menu, very obviously was much much lesser and my very first impression was “Oh my, big plate with few bite of meehun”

Kaya Butter with soft boiled eggs (Set 2)

Bread is a bit small as well.

Xi Mut Milk Tea

White Coffee

The foods are ok, just with the standard coffee shop price I think the foods look like a bit little.

Old Town White Coffee

UGF1.1 & UGF1.1A, Upper Ground Floor

Boulevard Shopping Mall,

Boulevard Commercial Center

98000 Miri, Sarawak

Telephone : 085 434881

Menawan Restaurant @ Imperial Palace Hotel

2011-07-31T23:08:00.001-07:00

Nice and comfortable environment

Here is where the morning buffet served.

Omelette served with Chips

Chicken Chop served with Garlic Sauce

Fish and Chips
Personally felt disappointed as the fish seems being over fried that lost its own freshness.

Chicken Burger served with Chips
Quite delicious and the portion was quite “high” that I had to eat its ingredients “separately”.

Yong Chow Fried Rice RM 8
I personally like this a lot as it smell good, taste good with some big prawns, 2 big crackers and chicken cha siew, inexpensive (one of the lowest price meal in the menu) and quite large plate or rice that may enough for 2 ladies, but felt greasy at the end.

TeoChew Porridge
Never try TeoChew Porridge before this, seems quite special with so many ingredients

Fried Meehon and noodle with seafood, and specially requested fried egg on top with extra charges, of course.

Fried Meehon with Seafood

CHINESE MENU

Environment，of course inside a hotel, definitely the environment and renovation is much better than outside restaurants, just sorry to say that been found some dirty food residues left on fork and cup, seems itchy to me. About services, maybe need some improvement as well.

Sunday Lunch @ Boulevard Restaurant

2011-07-16T21:47:00.000-07:00

Boulevard Restaurant located Jalan Pujut-Lutong beside a flyover, a big building where we can notice it easily. Previously I went there just for diam sum, but get to know that they also offering special price RM 9.90 per dish for lunch menu and seems have lots of choices.

very big bowl of tofu soup

Teow Chow steam fish (cut into half)

3 dishes X RM 9.90 = RM 29.70

Well, quite delicious and the price is really great especially when having lunch with big family.

Boulevard Restaurant

Lot 2228, Block 5,

Jalan Pujut-Lutong, Saberkas Commercial Centre,

98008 Miri, Sarawak

TelL 085-658176

Miri Taiwan Restaurant

2011-07-06T22:06:00.001-07:00

Miri Taiwan Restaurant located at Jalan Permaisuri, opposite Imperial Hotel and behind Hong Leong Bank area. This is one of my favourite dining place and I am highly recommended you all to have a try at this restaurant.
As what its name, the restaurant is selling Taiwan foods, offering rice, noodles, soups and some Taiwan local appetizers.

Stir Fry Dumpling (10nos) with choices cabbage or leeks 锅贴包菜/韭菜 RM 9.50

Boil Dumpling (10 nos) with choices of cabbage or leeks 水饺包菜/韭菜 RM 8.00

Hong Shao Beef Tendon Noodle 红烧牛筋面 RM 12 … my favourite

Beef with Vegetable Noddle 牛肉面 RM 8.50

Zha-Jong Noddle 炸酱面 RM 7.00

Pork Leg Rice 猪脚饭 RM 9.00

Spring Onion Pancake 葱油饼 RM 4.00

Egg Pancake 蛋饼 RM 4.00
The restaurant also offering different kind of cold drinks and tea… Chinese tea is one of my favourite, and they offering many special type of tea where I have never try before.
Blue Berry Tea 小蓝莓茶Lotus Tea 莲花茶

Lavender Tea (if not mistaken) 薰衣草（花瓣茶）
Although some prices maybe a little higher than outside restaurant but it is quite reasonable as the noodles are quite a big bowl and most important is delicious … yummy ~

Miri Taiwan Restaurant

S/Lot 860, Lot 1815, Ground Floor,

Jalan Permaisuri, 98000 Miri, Sarawak

Tel: 085- 438749

A Nice to Chat @ Passion Corner, Miri

2011-07-06T16:53:00.000-07:00

Passion Corner with its Chinese name “Bamboo Forest”, you will see some bamboo wallpaper and decoration inside the restaurant, making you feel like you are having meal in the forest, but not too impress me, haha. There is second floor where those with some numbers of friends or family can have wider space for gathering and dining.

Three Layer Pork Meat Set

This set come with rice, salad, appetizer, soup of the day and dessert.

Beef Steamboat Set

The steamboat is personal set with some vegetables and others like fish ball, tofu, etc which already been putting inside the pot when serving. The set also come with a bowl of rice, appetizer, salad, desert, green vegetables and grass noodles.

Special sauce, but I personally only prefer soya sauce for steamboat.

Tea

Overall, I do like the small personal steamboat set which look “cute” and fun to me. The price seem a bit high, I mean not affordable to dining here too frequently, but every set do come with lots of things so make it seems worth as well. One more point, the boss (I believe he is) is very friendly and nice service too.

Passion Corner 梦竹林

56, Jalan Permaisuri,

98000 Miri, Sarawak

Tel: 085 423213

Business Hour: 11.00am – 10.00pm

Ling Garden @ Miri

2010-07-07T18:53:00.000-07:00

Location: Krokop 10, Krokop wet market, pasar, Chan Furniture, Happy Garden, Krokop badminton court

Ling Garden located very near to the market, so it will be a little difficult to look for a parking place especially during morning. What attract me to this restaurant is its Hainan Chicken rice.

Hainan chicken rice set RM 4, with a plate of rice, chicken, soup and its chillies sauce.

Would like to mention on its chillies sauce, for those like spicy should try on it, because its chillies sauce really taste good. Hainan style chicken rice special with its rice, where they will need to sauté the garlic or onions with chicken oil, adding in rice and continue stir fried, pour in chicken soup and wait for it to be cooked. This is the normal way of cooking the Hainan style chicken rice.

The rice was soft, smell and taste good, with it chicken meat plus some of the chicken “juice”, this plate of chicken rice was really wonderful. Its soup was tasty but too monotonous, if there were some veggie inside the soup will be more perfect.

Hainan Chicken meat

Another plate of Hainan Chicken meat

Chicken meat was soft and smooth, and you can see from the photos, all meats were “thick” enough, thus really worth to eat and yummy.

Bak Kut Teh was from another stall in Ling Garden restaurant. This bowl of bak kut teh was individual set, with mix of pork rib, three layer pork meat, intestines, liver, plus veggie and bean curd puff. How was the taste? Well, I would say moderate, not too impressive but still acceptable.

Something special here, its rice was served with fried pork fat and onion, Waooo.. looks crunchy and yummy to me. Yeah, really make the simple white rice more attractive and smell good. Although is yummy but advise not to eat too much of fried pork fat.

Hainan Chicken Rice’s Rating:

Bak Kut Teh’s Rating:

New Hong Kong Duck Eating House @ Miri

2010-07-06T20:00:00.000-07:00

Location: at Boulevard Commercial Centre, Miri

Quite interesting name, New Hong Kong Duck Eating House, I guess its signature dish will be the Hong Kong style roasted duck. It serves not just roasted duck and chicken rice, but also some oriental dishes from wok and some hawker style food as well.

Roasted Duck Rice RM 5.50

The duck meat was a bit dry and did not have much taste of duck. Even served with sauce, I still felt that this plate of duck rice was too dry to chew.

Roasted Pork Rice RM 4.50

I love roasted pork. The skin of the roasted pork seem crunchy, but they cut too flimsy, unable to taste its crunchiness.

As usually, there will be a bowl of soup served together with the rice, but this soup was too salty.

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New Hong Kong Duck Eating House

Lot 2519 – 2520

Boulevard Commercial Centre, Miri

Buffet Steamboat @ Japan 23 BBQ Steamboat, Setapak, KL

2010-07-05T23:28:00.001-07:00

Location: at CenterMart, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, Danau Kota, across the road from Platinum Point, may enter through Jalan Genting Kelang or Jalan Usahawan

Steamboat is my favourite, it will be good with BBQ, and if there is buffet style BBQ Steamboat, then this will definitely

suit my stomach, because I can eat as much as I can without counting how much I should pay.

There are some fresh seafood, but I guess should need additional charge for this.

There were many different kind of snails, you can pick as many as you like.

Different kind of choices: Japanese tofu, white tofu, mushrooms, fish ball, flammulina, different meat like chicken, pork, lamb, beef, and some meats were marinated for BBQ.

Also had those we usually have for steamboat: sausage, ham, fish cake, prawns (not fresh in tank), oysters,etc.

Not only that, those who are too hungry and can’t wait for steamboat, there are some cooked foods here: shark fin, fried nuggets, fried meehun and mee, sushi, cakes, and fruits.

Each person entitled for 2 fresh prawns which included in your payment, will need to charge extra if you want more. Here are the prawns that were still in the fish tank.

Can you see how big and how fresh the prawns were. These prawns were still “jumping” inside the basket and you will need to be careful when putting it into the soup, because it may “jump” out of the bowl.

Getting started. You can take your own sauce, like chillies and soy sauce, but don't forget to take butter for BBQ and sesame oil for the steamboat.

Second round… this time was BBQ scallops.

The price paid also including one coconut drink per each person.

BBQ meats that grilled by restaurant’s staff.

Restaurant Ah Chuan @ Pertama Complex, KL

2010-07-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

Location: Inside Pertama Complex, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahaman, Kuala Lumpur, next to SOGO KL

Pertama Complex is one of the earlier or known as the first shopping complex in Kuala Lumpur. It located at Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, in a high density traffic area, nearby the well known Sultan Abdul Samad Building at Merdeka Square and Sogo Shopping Mall. In Pertama Complex, there are many shops that are selling sportswear, photographic equipments, handphone, shoes, trophies, watches, some branded jeans and clothing at an affordable prices. You may drive and park at the Pertama Complex parking lot or get there by public transport: Star LRT (Rapid KL – Ampang Line), get down at Bandaraya station, Pertama Complex is just next to SOGO shopping mall.

Restaurant Ah Chuan is located at the top floor inside the Pertama Complex. Usually the restaurant will be crowded with people during lunch time 12pm to 2pm, as there are many offices, especially two large banks (UOB and CIMB headquarter) located nearby Pertama Complex. Previously I worked nearby the complex, thus this restaurant is one of my best choice for lunch, as it sell variety of foods: rice, porridge, and different kind of noodles.

Economy rice – have lots of choices.

Bitter Melon Fish Ball Glass Noodles

Bitter Melon Fish Meat Glass Noodles

Something special to me, bitter melon in soup with noodles. You may choose in meehun, mee or Teared Noodles (板面). Although there are lot of bitter melon, but the soup was not bitter at all. There are bitter melon, fish meat, pork ball, eggs inside this bowl of noodles. Bitter melon is quite good for health, for those who like bitter melon may try on this.

Tomyam Glass Noodles

Every time I smell its tomyam, I will certainly salivate because it is my favourite. Compare with other restaurant, Ah Chuan’s Tomyam has more ingrediants: Pork ball, chicken meat, yuba, mushroom and tomatoes. Not every restaurant serve Tomyam with glass noodles, for my personal preference, glass noodles really suit well with tomyam soup. Its tomyam soup taste sour and spicy, feel good after having this bowl of tomyam noodles.

Why the tomyam noodles so spicy? See how many big chilies I found in the soup.

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Restoran Ah Chuan

Pertama Complex, Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Kuala Lumpur

Enjoy Mummy’s Dishes @ Miri

2010-07-03T02:36:00.001-07:00

Location: Jalan Merpati, Opposite Imperial Hotel

Mummy’s Dishes 家常饭, a warm little restaurant that recall our memory of taste of our mother’s dishes. Mummy’s Dishes located opposite of Imperial Hotel, same row with Anakku shoplot. It is a bit difficult to locate the restaurant at night, because there are no lights on its shop sign.

Since it is called “Mummy’s Dishes”, most of the dishes in the menu are what we usually cook at home. There are only few choices in the menu, but some maybe special that are not easy to find at other restaurants.

Ginger Soup with Rice 家姜麻饭 RM 5.50

This is a dish that suitable for women who are in confinement – those who just delivered baby, chicken soup with large of gingers.

Very strong smell of ginger and wine, actually I couldn't able to accept the taste of it because really choke my nose but I guess this dish was quite good for health, is good to try.

Old Cucumber Soup 老黄瓜汤 RM 3.50

A very traditional home-made soup, taste good as it had cooked very well, just a bit oily. What inside the soup : old cucumber, spareribs, squid, and jujube, made it tasty especially to those who like soups.

Having Cool @ Snow Ice

2010-06-15T20:00:00.000-07:00

If you feel hot and would like to have something cold, try Snow Ice in the 100¥en Shop, where it sell Japanese foods and some groceries.

There are few flavours: Lychee, Coffee, Mango, Peanut, Green Tea, Strawberry, and Milk. For this time, I had try for the Lychee and Peanut flavours.

Lychee Ice

It taste smooth and in every bit you can also have the taste of the Lychee.

Peanut flavour

I really like this flavour. Plenty of crunchy peanuts with some chocolate on top, you can’t stop eating it.

Closer look into the ice, you can see the ice was shaved into slices.

Every cup of snow ice for just RM 4.90, for extra RM 1.00, you can have additional fruits on it. For girls, you don’t need to worry your weighing scale, as this Snow Ice is non fattening but healthy and tasty. Now, everyone can enjoy the delicious of ice.

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Snow Ice at 100 Yen shop

Jalan Metro Wangsa, Seksyen 2,

Wangsa Maju, Setapak, Kuala Lumpur

Business hours: 10 am to 10 pm

RAMEN TEN @ Harbour Front Centre, Singapore

2010-06-14T19:37:00.000-07:00

There are many restaurants inside the Harbour Front Centre, and Remen Ten Restaurant attracted me was its promotion signboard: “Buy 1 Get Another 1 for FREE” — Order any set of Japanese/ Western set meal, free one bowl of Ramen.

Tidy and nice decorations inside the restaurant, mainly in red colours.

Norwegian Salmon SD 15.90

Norwegian Salmon set meal, one piece of salmon with some crispy fries, plus a bowl of Japanese rice and milky miso soup that had taste of milk. Grilled salmon with some laver on top of it, taste yummy and smell good, especially with its sauce.

Scallop Miso Ramen

There are two big scallop in this bowl of ramen, make it irresistible. Besides scallops, there are boiled egg and bean sprouts.

Hot Japanese Green Tea SD 1.80

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Ramen Ten Restaurant

1, Maritime Square, #02-03/07,

Harbour Front Centre, Singapore

Tel: 02 63764151

Forum Seafood @ Boat Quay, Singapore

2010-06-12T18:46:00.000-07:00

We walked quite a while, searching for something simple for our dinner in the city of Singapore. Along the Boat Quay road, you will see there are lots of seafood restaurants and their staff standing roadside approaching customers. There were many tourist like us looking for foods while enjoying the view and lots of local people who had finished their works and enjoying their happy hours at pubs.

Most of the restaurants hard selling their foods and prices, even offering discounts up to 30% and free drinks, can you imagine how competitive along them. The crabs they were selling varies in type, but most of them sell Sri Lanka crabs, looks good but we didn’t try for this time.

We had decided to have our dinner at the Forum Seafood Restaurant which is located nearly at the end of the Boat Quay road. I guess they were still having some renovation outside their restaurant.

Is kind of good view and comfortable here. We seated at the river side, is Singapore River side. In front are few well-known banks buildings, especially UOB bank, a Singapore bank which its buildings are huge.

Seafood Fried Rice

As that time was quite a late night, so we just had some simple foods as dinner. Quite fast in serving, but is quite small in plate. This fried rice was yummy, just a bit salty. Obviously, it had prawns, some meats, scallops, and others.

Fried Seafood Noodles

Fried noodles with seafood, quite a small plate as well. Inside this dish, had prawn, mushroom, scallop, fish meat, vegetable and squid. A lots of ingredients inside, but the sauce was too sticky and taste moderate.

We had been offer 30% discounts and free soft drinks for the first round, plus 10% service charge and 7% government tax, total cost us SD27.07. If not converting into Ringgit Malaysia, I think this is acceptable, but if you did convert to RM, then I will say is very expensive for just two small plate of “simple dinner”. It is better get more comments and suggestions online or from friends before visiting there again.

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FORUM SEAFOOD

73, 74, 75 Boat Quay, Singapore 049831

A Visit to Singapore Zoo

2010-06-10T14:47:00.000-07:00

I guess most of us at least have once experience visiting zoo. The very first time I been to the zoo was during my primary school , one day trip to the National Zoo. When I was young, my impression to the zoo was boring, a bit smelly and nothing to see (possibly I was too short). During the school trip, what impressed me was not the animals, but the KFC fast food restaurant inside the zoo. Hastily random walk a while, I went inside the restaurant to enjoy the delicious fried chicken meal, and after then walked back to the entrance to wait for time to go back.

After a interval of twenty years, I visited a zoo again, but this time I had went for Singapore national Zoo. Well, at first I was not quite interested to go, but since had token long hours of train from Malaysia to Singapore, no harm to have a look on it.

Coincidently the day we visited the Singapore Zoo was school holiday, so we saw lots of students wearing school uniforms everywhere and some family who taking their children to visit the Zoo. From the first step I step into the zoo, it really started changing my impression on how a zoo look like.

Before we reach the ticket counter, there were some “animals” waiting for us.:

Rights into the zoo now. The first step into the zoo, it give a feeling of comfortable, feel like really came into a forest, because there are plants everywhere.

It is large inside, with different types and themes: Australian Outback, Wild Africa, Cat Country, Primate Kingdom and etc. What was great was there will be some of the zoo’s staff using broadcasters to introduce and explain some animals and their hobbits to the visitors from the time to time. In specified period of time, there will be some special shows and feeding animals performances. Let us have a look on some selected special photos :

A scary False Gharial

If not mistaken, I think this is Siamang, with white face coarse tail.

Babirusa , one kind of pig species.

Famous White Tiger

Pygmy Hippo that yawning and open its mouth widely.I feel wanted to yawn like this hippo when I saw this picture ^O^

Australia Grey Kangaroo，they are cute!

Cute, what a lovely couple.

I guess this elephant should be quite old, see its skin and hairs!

A group of penguins that had just finished a show.

Komodo Dragon eat a lot, a Komodo Dragon with weight of 46kg can eat up to 41kg of wild boar, which equal to 90% of its weight. We as human normally daily’s eating volume is only 3% of our body weight, so I guess we should call this Komodo dragons as a “Big Eaters” . Well, I think this Komodo Dragon was quite thoughtful to the visitors, as its pose was not much changes although I went and pass by few times, it still not moving. Maybe it wanted visitors to take a better photograph of it?

In this Fragile Forest，we can have closer contacts with these animals, is kind of fun:

What a little “ride roughshod”, please take note this is the pavement for human!!

The Flying Foxes hanging on the trees.

Another gang who love to “ride roughshod” --- Ring-tailed Lemur. The male ring-tailed lemurs would use their unique tails to attract females attentions. This kind of ring-tailed lemurs can only be found in Madagascar.

Hei brother, don’t you think the way you sit is a little bit rude here?

Squirrel Monkey – do not underestimate this little thing, its action can be very agile, is really difficult to catch a photo of this little squirrel monkey.

Lions are resting leisurely

Most looking forward was the Polar Bear show. Polar bear has strong sense of smell which is the most sensitive among all other type of bears, where it can sniff out traces of seal from 64km away. Besides that, polar bear’s height can up to 3m high, which is twice of my height!!

Time for feeding.

A group of zebra looking for foods.

We had spend 4 hours in the zoo, although tired but I really learned a lot from this trip, and was my right decision to visit the Zoo Singapore. Too bad we didn’t have time to go for the Night Safari, maybe next time if there is any opportunity, surely I will try on this fun night adventure.

For those who interested may visit the Singapore Zoo official website, quite interesting, have a look on it: www.zoo.com.sg

T.G.I. FRIDAY’S @ The Curve

2010-06-09T05:24:00.000-07:00

This was my first time dining in FRiDAY’S, after so many recommendations from friends. While I was waiting to be seated, saw there were some people singing birthday sound loudly and joyfully. Have a closer look on it, those who singing are the FRiDAY’S staff, they are enjoying and celebrating birthday with customers. What a warm and pleasant staff and environment here.

There are lots of decorations everywhere in the restaurant, and you can spend your time in looking on these while waiting for your foods.

HEINZ tomato and chilli sauce

Strawberry Surprise

For soft drinks, you allowed to refill as many times as you wish.

Something good for weekdays, where you may order for 2 course meals with just RM 29.90, sound great to me. Of course there are just some limited choices for you, but still worth if the choices are your favourites.

Fried Mac & Cheese

Inside the Fried Mac & Cheese

Quite special to me, there were some creamy cheeses and elbow noodles inside it, and you may get full after you ate all of these.

Beef Bacon Cheeseburger

A beef burger covered with melted Colby cheese, crispy beef bacon with the classic fixings and served with crispy fries. This plate of burger is big and mean too big for a lady, but it quite tasty, just that the beef bacon was a bit dry.

Sizzling Chicken and Shrimp

Sautéed garlic marinated chicken breast and plump shrimp tossed with zesty roma tomato basil salsa. Served with onions and peppers and some cheddar cheese mashed potatoes on a sizzling platter of melted Colby and Jack cheese.

Shrimps are springy, and pretty good for the chicken meat, just that may a bit of greasy because there are lots of cheeses here. It was quite a large plate.

Chicken Ranchero Tacos

Inside the Tacos

Tender slow simmered chicken mixed with spicy Ranchero tomato sauce, Monterey Jack cheese stuffed in soft tortillas and topped with some corn, black bean pico de gallo and shredded cheese.

You may choose to be served with a choice of Roasted Potatoes and Peppers, Grilled New Orleans Corn Cob or Herbs Rice. Here we choose Roasted potatoes and peppers, moderate rating.

Fish & Chips

Three portions of fish filet battered and fried to golden brown, served with fries, coleslaw and tartar sauce. The fish filet really big comparing with others restaurant, taste fresh and crispy.

Garlic Marinated Grilled Lamb Chops

This was the plate that we had been waited for quite some times.

Lamb chops marinated with garlic, seared to medium, which is my bro’s favourite. Serve with demi glace, beef bits, seasonal vegetables and cheddar cheese mashed potatoes.

Medium cook was just nice, as the meat was still tender and soft. The vegetables were tasty with some sauce on it.

Chocolate Oreo* Mint Crunch & Tropical Delight

Lastly, some desserts, very small cup but is just nice after some large plate of meat.

Chocolate Oreo, was yummy, it was a small cup of chocolate mint custard covered with crunchy Oreo cookie.

For the Tropical Delight, scrumptious coconut custard sprinkled with toasted coconut flaske and pieces of fresh sweet pineapple. It was something special to me, it has some pineapple in it, was not sour but sweet.

Foods were served pretty fast, even there were many customers on the day we visited, but if you still haven’t get your food after some while or after seeing your friends finished theirs’, you better check your order, as one of our order was being left out. Pity my bro waiting there for nothing but just seeing us to enjoy our meal. But some points add on here: the person in charge I guess, when he get knew on this, he quickly send a bowl of soup for him as compensation, and my bro can choose what soup he like, so envy of him.

Mushroom soup

Well, some disappointment: there was a small sticker on the plate of Chicken Ranchero Tacos, which may swallow it accidently if unrealised, but we didn’t complaint on this to the manager.

Total RM 201 for five of us. In this kind of environment, locations, foods deliciousness, services, staff warm and kindness, I will say it is worth.

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Restaurant T.G.I FRiDAY’S

F77/78/82, Ground Floor, Western Courtyard, The Curve,

6 Jalan PJU 7/3, Mutiara Damansara,

47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia

03 7722 5576

http://www.fridays.com.my

Lai Foong Beef Noodle @ Cheras, KL

2010-06-08T04:55:00.000-07:00

Lai Foong Restaurant has 54 years histories since 1956. The HQ is one of the stall in Lai Foong Restaurant situated in Jalan Tun HS Lee, Kuala Lumpur, which I have been visited many times since few years ago. Recently, Lai Foong has another branch at Taman Taynton View in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur.

I like its beef noodles very much, especially it’s soup, as it is tasty with original taste and concentrated. It has mixture of more than ten kinds of medicine herbs, plus its secret recipe, and boiled with the ox bone, make it irresistible and must try, especially those who like to eat beef.

This Cheras branch is very clean, tidy and the restaurant gain grade A from the DBKL for its cleanliness.

Lean Meat with Beef Ball Meehon – RM 5.00

Lean Meat Ball and Beef Ball Lai Fun, served in soup – RM 5.00

Lean Meat and Beef Ball Lai Fun, served in dry -- RM 5.20

The meat is a bit raw and soft, beef ball is springy and it has original beef flavour. This is my favourite, where I prefer to serve in Meehon.

Leaf Tripe and Beef Ball Lai Fun in Soup – RM 5.00

The leaf tripe was in slices, but had cut it too thin, so didn’t really know how the taste the leaf tripe was.

Fried Keow Teow – RM 4.00

Tasty, even if you just smell, is already irresistible to try it.

X.O. Teh, which also known as three layers teh, as you can see there were three different colours that form into three layers.

There are variety of choices of beef part: Beef ball, lean meat, tripe, beef lam, beef tendon, leaf tripe and mix. Additional on these, some parts from the beef that we normally never try before: Beef tongue, beef intestine, and bull penis. Even noodles, there are 4 types to be choose: Lai Fun, Keow Teow, Mee, and Meehon. You may choose to served in soup, dry, with rice, or without noodles.

Based on my experiences on the HQ and Cheras branch, there seems a bit different in the taste of soup, where the HQ restaurant’s beef soup is thicker in flavour and colours, which I prefer more. However, Lai Foong beef noodle is still one of the best beef noodle that I have ever try.

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HQ Restaurant:

Lai Foong Restaurant

138 Jalan Tun HS Lee, 50000 Kuala Lumpur

Operating Hours: 6.30 am – 4.30 pm

Branch:

Lai Foong Beef Noodle Shop Cheras

8 Jalan Nadchatiram, Taman Taynton View,

Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur

Operating Hours: 8.00 am – 4.00 pm

Off Day: Every Tuesday except public holiday (business as usual)

Restoran Chin Hiong @ Rawang, Selangor

2010-06-07T04:31:00.000-07:00

Restoran Chin Hiong located just besides the road, between the Petronas and Caltex petrol station, and it has some distance from the center of Rawang town. There were just few customers on that day we visited, so we didn’t need to wait long after made the orders.

招牌蒸鱼（木耳金针蒸）Steam Fish -- RM 20

It is the restaurant's signature dish, steam fish with lily and Jew’s ear fungus, plus some wolfberries and smell of wine. I kind of like this fish, as it seem can nourish our skin and good for our health.

螃蟹扒豆腐 Crab meat with tofu -- RM 12

Tofu is smooth tender and some crab meats which is my favourite.

宫保鸡丁佛盆 Kung Pao Chicken Yam Bowl -- RM 15

蒙古排骨 Mongolian Pork Ribs -- RM 20

Personally do not like the taste of the sauce, moderate rating.

富贵菜 Wealthy Vegetables -- RM 12

Firstly, when this dish is served, we smell something like urine, thought there was some bamboo shoot in the dish, but nothing like bamboo shoot found. After complain to the cook, they serve us another plate again. This was fresh and sweet, tasty without the smell of urine.

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Restoran Chin Hiong 清香楼冷气海鲜酒家

Lot 7, 8 & 9, Medan Bayu, Batu 21,

Jalan Batu Arang, Sungai Bakau, 48000, Rawang, Selangor

H/P: 012 2026125

Business Hours: 10.30 am – 3.00 pm

6.00 pm – 10.30 pm

FRATINI’S RESTAURANT @ Miri, Sarawak

2010-05-27T04:16:00.000-07:00

Fratini’s Restaurant is located in Boulevard commercial centre, is an Italian Restaurant in Miri.

A nice and romantic atmosphere in the restaurant, just that the seat that we were sitting is a bit dirty on the day we visited.

They provide cheese powder on the table, which is my favourite. Too bad, I was not ordering pizza or spaghetti on that day.

Large cup of drinks, of course, with the higher price paid.

CREMA DI FUNGHI   RM 15
Cream of mushroom topped with cream and croutons. A good starter, tasty soup served with a slice of bread. I like this soup but is a bit too much for me, but is perfect for two to share.

FILETTO DI MANZO   RM 55
Grilled beef tenderloin served with anchovies and garlic jus, mashed potato and grilled vegetables.

RISOTTO AL NERO DI SEPPIA    RM 37
This is Italian rice braised in a black ink squid stew, topped with crispy tiger prawn. As there is no squid on that day, so they have changed it to mushrooms. Moderate rating, as I feel the taste is weird, I guess is because of the mushroom not suite with the tiger prawn and rice.
Overall, the foods are acceptable, and there is only few Italian restaurant in Miri, so Fratini’s Restaurant will be one of the good choice for those who like to have Italian foods.

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Fratini’s Restaurant
2512 & 2513, Ground Floor, Block 5,
MCLD Boulevard Commercial Center, Miri, Sarawak
Tel: +6085 431155 / +6085 431115

Nasi Lemak @ NagaLiar, Miri

2010-05-24T02:07:00.000-07:00

NagaLiar located at Jalan Merpati, opposite Imperial Hotel, famous with its nasi lemak.

NagaLiar is using self service practice, where customers need to order and pay at the counter and it’s business hour is from 7:45 am to 3:30 pm

Bubur kacang hijau RM 1.80

Quite tasty, but I heard that its Bubur ChaCha is much better, too bad it was unavailable on the day I visited.

Nasi Rendang Kambing RM 5.30

What have we here, of course, rendang, fried egg, some sour vege, plus salted fish. What I disappointed was, I thought I will be given some “Papadam” biscuit as picture shown in the menu board, instead of fried egg.

Nasi Lemak Regular RM 3.80

A normal nasi lemak, plus a salted fish, fried egg and chicken wing. Same as Nasi Rendang Kambing, the rice has santan smell, but not strong.

Heard friend said NagaLiar nasi lemak is super yummy, but as far as I experience, it is just normal nasi lemak, maybe is because I had try nasi lemak that is much more yummy than NagaLiar in Kuala Lumpur.

Christmas Trip in Prague (2)

2010-05-21T14:37:00.000-07:00

After having breakfast in hotel, my friends and I had joined the local Orange Umbrella one day Prague Walking Tours.

We got to know this tour from the hotel lobby, and it’s Explorer tour cost 1000 CZK for an adult and 950 CZK for student. This price includes: the walk, the heated boat trip, a snack, lunch, drinks, entrance fees, coloured map of Prague and of course super guide. To join this walking tour, we just need to wait and look for the tour guide with orange umbrella sign at the Astronomical clock in Old Town Square.
Breakfast at Hotel’s restaurant

The Astronomical clock in Old Town Square
Closer look on the Astronomical Clock. This clock is quite meticulous and complicated, as it composed of three main components: The astronomical dial, position of the sun and moon and some other astronomical details like zodiacal ring, and also the time scale, calendar and some moving figures coming out when time reached.

The Church of Our Lady Before Týn, is an obvious and dominant feature in the Old Town. It has been the main church in Prague since 14th century.

Another view on the Church of Our Lady Before Týn.
The Powder Gate or Powder Tower located right next to the Municipal House and it is one of the Prague’s medieval monuments. It called as Powder Gate as it was used as a storehouse for gunpowder in 18th century. To reach to the Prague Royal place, The Powder Gate act as the starting point which lead through the Old Town over the Charles Bridge, through the Lesser Town and finally go up to the hill to reach to the Prague Castle.

The Old Town Bridge Tower, located at the east end of the Charles Bridge, as the entrance to the Old Town. While on the other end of the Charles Bridge, is a tower called as The Lesser Town Bridge Tower which guide as entrance to the Lesser Town.

Under the Old Town Bridge Tower, entrance to the Charles Bridge

On the Charles Bridge, there are about 30 statues mounted on the two side of the Charles Bridge, which had established for more than four century. The local people believe that if a person can touch on the bronze carve on the statues, it can bring him or her some good luck. Unfortunately, I was unable to put my both hand on the carve at the same time --- well, my hand not enough long. We had a boat ride with some hot refreshments that served on boat. Below are some of the view from the boat:

Church of St Salvator, Clementinum

Statue of Charles IV or also known as the Monument to Emperor Charles IV located near the Old Town Bridge Tower.

Guide at the entrance of the Prague Castle

Saint Vitus Cathedral is the biggest church in the country and located within the Prague Castle. It is huge and magnificent both inside and outside of the building.

The back part of the Saint Vitus Cathedral.

The inner part of Saint Vitus Cathedral Christmas market in Old Town Square

Night scene in Prague

Mee Suah @ Hee Bing in Miri

2010-05-19T02:00:00.000-07:00

Hee Bing 喜宾楼茶室, situated at Jalan Helenium, opposite Imperial Mall area. Heard that there is red wine chicken soup mee suah selling in this restaurant, so I thought give it a try.

Although it is using red wine, but it’s taste moderate, no taste of chicken soup and a bit salty. The chicken meat was too dry and the mee suah was starchy with no elastic. Well, for me a good chicken soup mee suah, not just the taste of the soup is important, but also the quality of the mee suah, which is the main ingredient to determine how good the chicken soup mee suah will be.

Airy Cafe @ Miri

2010-05-18T01:57:00.000-07:00

Airy Cafe situated at lower floor of Boulevard Inn 富丽华酒店, just opposite the Boulevard Hypermarket.

The atmosphere inside the restaurant is good, tidy and clean, is comfortable to dine inside the restaurant. You can side inside the restaurant with air-conditioned and TV, or choose to sit outside the restaurant to chat loudly with friends. I have been there twice, and coincidently we had ordered the same dishes and having the same feedback: Roast pork rice and seafood fried rice.

The roast pork RM 4.50, look quite nice, but disappointed to say that is not as delicious as I thought, the roast pork skin was too dry.

Roast pork rice with sauce served separately.

Seafood fried rice RM 6.00, as you can see, besides some small prawn, only green bean, egg, carrot, some chicken meat and corns, which are not seafood. Feel unworthy, it is more like simple fried rice rather than called as seafood fried rice, and it price a bit more expensive than other kind of fried rice. I am wondering how it’s simple fried rice will look like, only without prawn? However, the fried rice did taste good.

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Airy Cafe

2459 Boulevard Commercial Centre

Miri, Sarawak