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2012-12-31T22:30:00.000+08:00

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Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up (Lyric Video)

2012-12-23T23:51:00.000+08:00

Loving this song...

Where Are You Christmas?

2012-12-21T00:06:00.001+08:00

Loving this song.

It gives me a perfect peacefulness and calmness within my soul.I just had this urge feeling to just laid down and close my eyes to listen the rhythm...

P/S:Sorry for the long hiatus. I am fixing my blog as my free space is limited in blogspot. I am in the midst on fixing them. I will be back for more updates soon!

Merry Christmas in advance!

《Crazy for Love》Voice of China by Zhiwen Jin

2012-12-02T20:49:00.001+08:00

Today my sister asked me to listen to this song and the story of this guy.

It is truly touching and lovely voice.

I just wanna share it here in my post to you guys..

China House @ Georgetown, Penang

2012-11-29T21:40:00.000+08:00

It has almost 2 years since i step into Penang again. This time is for my friend's wedding which falls on 11th November. I booked my flight many months ago once i received notification from the buddy. I reached Penang one day earlier before the wedding. Boon Yi recommended me a nice place called China House which is located between Beach Street & Victoria Street. The amazing heritage old shop houses terrace place transformed into a cafe cum dine-in place & art gallery for customers.

I am amazed with the structures and the decorations of the place. It truly a colonial place which makes us feel so vintage and comfortable for leisure time. However, one thing to take note that the parking space is limited and you might have difficulties to find place to park your car. It's worth though to give it a try here and enjoyed the atmosphere and the ambiance of such a cosy place.

Each area of the place has different theme and the dinning areas option are available indoor and outdoor too. Too bad as i am using iPhone to take photos so spare me from my poor quality photos of the place.

We went there on 11th November which is happened to be Boon Yi's birthday. So we have a mini celebration. Just two of us only with a nice meal and companion. Each table is set up with white 'mahjong' papers. I even saw some of the customers drew on the papers so i requested for colour pencils from the staff. Guess what, i got the brand new crayon set. I was kinda happy to reminisce my favourite drawing session with colourful crayons. I drew a birthday cake on the papers.

Let the photos below do the talking:-

Chinese Pear Salad - RM30 per serving.

It's one of the popular salad which served with shaved parmesan, cranberries, coriander, cashews, red onions and crispy greens. I can taste the sweetness and sour taste from the combination. It makes my appetizing more appealing. I love the colours of the salad too.

Boon Yi's Beef Curry Spaghetti - RM28 per serving.

The presentation looks tempting to us. The beefball taste good. The meat is not tough and still manageable. I love the curry sauce made to accompany the spaghetti.

The recommendation drink- Gula Melaka Pistachio Shake -RM16

I don't really like it though because it is way too sweet for me. The taste is strong too. I can't take it and didn't finish them in the end :(

Boon Yi with the cake

Dessert always served after main course. We headed to the desserts area to pick the cakes we want. They served varieties of cakes and it looks good and taste good too in my point of view. We choose Banana Trutle Torte - RM15 per slice. It was 'huge' slice for us. The taste is fascinating. The sweetness of banana with the chocolate makes the overall taste bud feels satisfying.

After the lunch, we headed upstairs level 2 to see the art gallery. It was understand that there is different theme of art exhibition going on monthly. This time round we saw the circus art exhibition. I took some of the photos from the gallery and here I am sharing for your viewing pleasure.

*All photos taken using iPhone 4s*

Location address:-

China House

153- 155 Lebuh Pantai

Georgetown

10350 Penang, Malaysia

Tel: +604 2637299

Website: www.straitscollection.com.my/

Restoran Ang Hoay Lor Restaurant

2012-11-28T22:53:00.000+08:00

Recommended by Ah Luar for first stop lunch. It's a Hokkien restaurant which famous with their hokkien specialty dishes.It is one of the authentic restaurant in Penang. It's an old restaurant with home style feeling and authentic feel when you step in.

First we have Fried Tang Hoon topped with prawns and oysters. The noodles are fried with wok hei feel and tasted smooth as its' look. The beautiful strands of the noodles makes the foods look appetizing.

Next we have Bak Kee Soup. As you can see from the picture, the pieces of meat that are coated with corstarch and deep fried before cooked in a starcy soup with cabbage. The soup was very strong flavored and it taste delicious. A small bowl of it will be just nice for me. Too much of it will turned out to be otherwise.The meat is tender and crunchy on the outer layer.

Not forgetting the famous fried oyster which taste different from the ones i tried in Singapore or JB. This is more sticky type and the oysters are fresh as well. Kudos when you have it with their chilli sauce.

Lastly, Fried Oyster mee which has the yellow noodles with pork, prawns, vegetables and oyster. The gravy was indeed blend well with the combination and enjoyed the yellow noodles with the gravy.

Total lunch is around RM68 for 4 pax include a pot of tea. If you wish to try them out, be prepared to wait for more than 20 minutes for the foods to be served. We were like hungry ghosts when the foods are served. The waiting time is always painful as we need to wait for 2 tables' dishes are served. We are served by elderly so you can guess the speed is a bit slower than youngsters. It's family business i guess because they all worked like family.

Location address:-

Ang Hoay Lor Restaurant

260 Jalan Gurdwara

10300 Penang

(Brick Kiln Road)

Tel: 2624841

Project 365: Second Week Nov

2012-11-26T23:07:00.000+08:00

#1) 11/11 - Genie's Big Day- All the way fly to Penang

#2) 12/11 - Chewing Gums Treat all the way from Thailand

#3) 13/11 - Recommended by Ken- Delicious Carrot cake @ Sin Ming Coffee Shop

#4) 14/11 - Custard snack treat from Boss

#5) 15/11 - JY-one of our Nut Member wedding dinner @ KL. 10 years of friendship and counting...

#6) 16/11 - Pavilion Xmas decoration

#7) 17/11 - Maggi mee for dinner @ Puchong Prima by Wan Teng- Peanut

#8) 18/11 - Oriental Pavilion Dim Sum treat by Big Sis- Lax

Project 365: First Week Nov

2012-11-23T22:34:00.000+08:00

#1) 2/11 - It has been long time since I had supper. Reached KL l5)ate night and had supper at Petaling Jaya Street

#2) 3/11 - Virgin experience on gelish manicure from iNail

#3) 4/11 - Had Snowflake before headed back Singapore

#4) 6/11 - Vegan Burger for lunch. Delicious vegetarian fastfood but slightly pricey

#5) 7/11 - Thai foods for dinner

#6) 8/11 - Snack Time in office

#7) 9/11 - Coastal Settlement Dinner with Quality Friends

#8) 10/11 - Bad start for the day for Penang flight

Max Brenner Chocolate Bar @ Esplanade Mall

2012-11-22T21:59:00.000+08:00

It is such a random decision that we headed off for a quick dinner after work and headed to our actual aim to have chocolates! We are chocolate lovers and it is a great start of the week and of course to kill Monday Blues.

We headed to Max Brenner Chocolate Bar located at Esplanade Mall to satisfy our cravings. It is purely base on recommendation from the website. We are basically greedy at the spur moment and end up too full at night.

My choice is the best recommendation desserts-

Melting Chocolate Truffles Heart Cake & Shake S$16.00.

It is served with vanilla bourbon ice-cream. Strawberry and iced milk chocolate shot. The description was too fascinating that you couldn’t tell from the menu that it is actually a chocolate lava cake. Sinful I would say and it is very VERY rich chocolate. The smell was simply alluring. The combination of the vanilla ice-cream with the chocolate soufflé melted in the mouth with rich dark chocolate.

Pamela’s choice – The S’mores Connection S$13.90.

It is served with marshmallow fluff, milk chocolate mousse,graham crackers and caramelized bananas. She finished all of them within minutes. She is a dessert lovers and she enjoyed the taste of the milk chocolate mousse. The presentation of the dessert caught our attention immediately when it is served. The milk chocolate mousse to go with the marshmallow fluff makes you feel like drinking a milk chocolate but in cold version

Yunita’s choice – Banana Split Waffles S$18.90.

It is served with vanilla bourbon ice-cream, milk chocolate truffle and caramelized rice krispies. It is superb rich plate of dessert. We are awfully shocked with the presentation. It was ‘huge’ for us but we managed to finish it. I love the crispy sound when I bite the rice krispies accompany with the hot waffles and vanilla ice-cream. The chocolate syrup was all over the waffles and sweetness was surrounded us.

I think we are overdose as we ordered 3 different desserts and managed to finish them off after our main course. We had rice and noodles for dinner. It was a perfect ending with wonderful desserts on the table.

Location Address:

Esplanade Mall #01-06/08
8 Raffles Avenue, Singapore 039802
Tel: +65 6235 9556
Website: http://www.maxbrenner.com/home.aspx

Desserts to TRY @ KL

2012-11-21T22:20:00.000+08:00

TONG PAK FU

Desserts are always a must whenever we had our main course. It marks the perfect dinner. The current desserts choice in KL would be Tong Pak Fu and SnowFlakes. I had both when i went to KL on the first weekend of this month (November).

We headed to Tong Pak Fu located at Subang Jaya. Tong Pak Fu (in Cantonese) is actually a famous Ming Dynasty scholar. Fu carries the connotation of shop, Tong refers to 'Tong Shui' or dessert while Pak symbolises the blooming of different varieties and styles. The combination then brings out the message of 'a dessert shop offering myriad of choices"-be it traditional or new flavours. (Source: Malaysiamostwanted website). The dessert branches are expanding fast in Malaysia.

The famous Treka Durian- durian snow ice dessert which is extremely sinful! Very rich durian taste and the snow ice is nicely done! No much comment but once you taste it, you will enjoyed it. It will be a wise choice for durian lover.

We also ordered the Matcha (Green Tea) Snow ice with red bean. No much comment as well as it really taste like green tea and the snow ice is nicely done as well. All I can say this is Malaysia's snow ice version which is popular among Malaysian desserts kaki as well.

SNOWFLAKE

Next we have the Snowflake, Taiwanese dessert that began popular few years back.The business is booming and franchise branches are available in the market We had snowflakes for desserts on the day before Elaine and I headed back to Singapore. It's her first try and she loving it as well. I miss the taste and this time round i am able to reminisce the taste of the icy snowflakes with the yummy taro ball. I personally feel that no other desserts stall are able to copy the exact same taste of taro ball like here. It's really chewy and Q! I love to chew them and eat them with the snowflakes.

Location address:

The first ever outlet in KL

Snowflake

No. 61A, First Floor, Jalan SS15/8A,
Subang Jaya, 47500 Selangor

Last Week Oct

2012-11-20T21:48:00.000+08:00

#1) 23/10 - Snack Time

#2) 24/10 - Desserts with Cousins to end the day

#3) 25/10 - Dinner with Beanbean and we are late for 2 hours "_"|||

#4) 26/10 - Homemade spagethi from dearest mum

#5) 28/10 - Chef Recommendation from Bakerzin which is extremely delicious

#6) 30/10 - Snacks during office hours to reduce stress level

#7) 31/10 - Online Shopping!

#8) 1/11 - Astons for lunch

My Say: Volupza Victoria Dress

2012-11-19T22:44:00.000+08:00

I created this column quite sometimes back so here I am reviving it back to my post. I bought an elegant black maxi dress from Volupza few weeks ago. It was my choice to have it dress up on my buddy's wedding dinner. The parcel arrived in good piece and there is even the logo of the blogshop on the corner of the envelope. I always love unwrapping the package that i bought through online. It's like unwrapping birthday present. The feeling is awesome.

The dress fits me very well and I am loving it! The dress is made of lustrous chiffon with 2 separate piece of satin inner lining.It is superb comfortable to wear. It's my first time shopping with Volupza and i had a pleasant experience. The replies are prompt and patient with my enquiries.

I posted on my instagram too :)

Add me at my instagram @hazelleo.

Jojo Little Kitchen Pan Mee

2012-11-17T22:30:00.000+08:00

It has been 2years since i last tried KL famous chilli pan mee. The first time I tried the noodles was on my first job in KL 2 years back which is located at Restaurant Kin Kin @ off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman. It is actually nearby to my office back then. Since then the chilli pan mee business is booming.

Rui brought me to Jojo Little Kitchen instead.He said it is famous with it too. So we headed over for dinner before we headed back to Singapore. We went to the subang jaya branch and i saw few other shops that are selling chilli pan mee too but their business is not as good as Jojo Little Kitchen.

Chilli pan mee isn't just the normal noodles as you see. The secret is the dry fried chilli flakes but go easy with amount you going to take. It is super duper spicy!But you will be amazed with the taste when you mix it with the noodles, egg yolks and silver anchories. Never estimate the power of dry chili flakes.

Lat Jiu Pan Mee (Dry) @ RM6.50 per serving

Vegetable soup @ RM3 per serving.

Simple vegetables soup to clear the spicy throat.

Elaine ordered Knife cut noodles (Dried prawns soup) @ RM6.80 per serving

Clear soup base with the firm knife cut noodles brings out the aroma of the hot pipping noodles. It taste extremely warm when you have it during rainny days.

Porkball soup @ RM5 for 6pcs of porkball.

No much comment of it. The soup base are taste alike with vegetable soups.

The serving time was fast within 15 minutes i would say so.

Fret not to go with empty stomach but just don't finish up the bottle of chilli flakes that may you go red!

Location address:-

Jojo Little Kitchen

30 Jalan SS15/4D

Subang Jaya

Selangor

Brunch with Antipodean @ Bangsar

2012-11-15T22:57:00.000+08:00

We headed for brunch the next day noon to be exact. I finally get the chance to patronize Antipodean located at Bangsar Baru. I seen many good reviews through the website and looking forward to explore the culture cafe. The cafe has the similar concept like Wild Honey in Singapore. So, you can imagine the concept behind.

Antipodean - pronounced "an.tip.o.de.an" (adj) means:-

(1) coming from or relating to Australia or New Zealand

(2) Ancient Greek: anti "opposed" pous "foot" opposite points on the globe.

The cafe was already occupied by crowds and we are in the waiting list. We waited for approximately 15 minutes to get a seat. The queue is like never ending so you can imagine the business is booming.

Photos taken using Canon camera:-

Rare scene phone of Elaine & Me

The lists of foods & drinks menu are all scribbled with chalk across the board of the cafe wall. We have difficulties looking at the menu as the place is already crowded with people and we need to stand and turn our heads around up and down, here and there to see the available choices. It would be best to have the hard copy of the menu on hand so that we can flip it and choose carefully.

Mango Lassi @ RM10 which truly mango with thick fruit taste of drink

Iced Cappucino @ RM10

Iced Mocha @ RM19

Big Breakfast @ RM19 per serving. The combination of toast bacon with scrambled eggs and sauteed mushroom. The portion was just nice but it's overdose of scrambled eggs for me as i can't finish it all. Taste is as good as it looks.The scarmbled eggs are moist and buttery taste and i love to eat them with the grain bread.

Scrambled eggs salmon with toast @ RM19 per serving. The combination of the salmon with scrambled eggs to go with the fresh salads and grain bread does give a choice for salmon lover. It's the choice of Elaine as she loves salmon.

It's absolutely a decent choice to hop by if you are staying in KL. Such a rare opportunity to have lovely brunch with affordable price for whole day breakfast in KL. It is lovely to have gathering and bonding session with loved ones and friends but try not to have them over the weekend as it is surely packed with people and you just have to speak slightly louder to each other.

Asides to this, no reservations are allowed and only accept walk-in customers. The customers' turnover is quite fast so it's reasonable that no reservations are allowed. So be prepare to wait a while before getting seated for your lovely brunch

Location address:-

Antipodean Cafe

20, Jalan Telawi 2

Bangsar

Kuala Lumpur

Tel: 03-22820411

Open 8am-10pm on all days

Chinatown Seng Kee, Kuala Lumpur

2012-11-14T22:27:00.000+08:00

November has been a busy month from the start. I spend my first weekend of the month at Kuala Lumpur. Thanks to rui for his hospitality over the weekend. We reached KL around 10plus and we headed to chinatown Seng Kee located at Jalan Sultan, Petaling Jaya Street.The last time i had them was 1-2 years ago with Sin Yee if my memory never fails me.

The kitchen is just by the road side and the ingredients and kitchen utensils are all prepared outside. So, if you are concern with hygiene, you might want to think twice.

But the foods are as good as it taste.

The famous Lao Shu Fen (Rice noodles) with raw egg.

It's their signature dish and very rich with their ingredients. It is served with claypot and pipping hot. The minced meats are covered on top of the rice noodles and when it mix together with the raw eggs, it taste delicious. The texture is smooth and Q as the raw egg are mixed together and cover the first layer of the rice noodles. It can just slipped through the chopsticks.

Another famous signature dish- Siew Yuk Noodles.

The noodles are wantan mee or also known as sang meen which topped with siew yuk and cooked with dark soy sauce. It's superb dark, greasy with the siew yuk( fried roast pork) and lotsa garlic mixed together with the noodle. I don't really favor it as it is greasy and oily for me

Too much of the oily, greasy and meaty dishes, we ordered a plate of vegetable to go with it.

No much comment on the vegetables but it's truly chewy and fresh.

As for the price wise, i personally think is affordable. It's around RM10++ per pax for the dishes and drinks we ordered. Absolutely worth trying KL signature dish which open for business for late nights. There are always people come here purposely to have it for supper after their clubbing sessions or whatever reason.

No proper address found in website. So if you wish to give it a try, take a left immediately after Nando's when you are heading towards Petaling Street (Jalan Sultan). Just keep heading straight and you will see the restaurant at the end on your right side.

Good Luck!!

Bad Experience with Tiger Airways on 10th Nov

2012-11-13T10:42:00.000+08:00

It is supposed to be an awesome start of the weekend on my second week of November but it turned out to be disaster. Woke up 5plus am to get prepare to catch the 8.10am flight from Singapore to Penang. I reached changi airport terminal 2 approximately 6.40 am and the queue at row 12 was dramatically long queue. I was shocked to see the queue and only 2 check-in counters are opened for Penang & Taipei flight.

I was getting worried as the time passes the queue are the same and not moving at all. It was like 7 am and I was getting worried.So i left my luggage in the queue and went to the information counter to ask. There were few people surrounded the staff and keep asking questions. There is no information saying flight delayed and we only being notified when people start to ask. The official announcement was made after 7.15am or even later which i can't remember the exact timing. I was feeling worried and frustrated at the same time as the staff did not mentioned flight delay and no further information was provided. The screen started to show 'System breakdown'. And the only counter is open using manual check-in system.

It was terrible and the airport staffs are trying to please us with candies and mineral water. I stand for 2 hours and 50 minutes just to get myself check-in to catch the flight. All the Tiger Airways flights are delayed due to the system breakdown. I managed to get myself check-in approximately 9.20am and were told to board immediately. The flights are ready to board by then.

I reached penang around 11.30-11.40 am and byi, luar and kyew have reached penang for quite sometime already. They started off the journey from KL to penang around 8am and reached earlier than me. It's terrible and frustrated as i am alone i couldn't walk away for breakfast or quick bite.

Everyone was confused and shocked when they see the queue. The queue has form the shape of long snake and everyone was taking photos away on the situation. Everyone was in puzzled and we need to approach the airport staffs to ask on the upcoming situation. No direction or guidance were given at all and we were told by the official announcement around 8.20am (if i can remember clearly) which supposed the flight should have taken off.

I managed to settle down into the plane around 10.20am and the people are flooding into the plane which tired and exhausted look. I was like.. finally i get into the plane and set off to Penang to start my weekend.

There is also news featured on New Straits Times regards to this issue as well. You can click here to see the stories of the system breakdown on that day.

Project 365: Mid week Oct

2012-11-12T22:05:00.000+08:00

#1) 12/10 : Had fish steamboat for dinner

#2) 13/10 : Cheryl's Hen night

#3) 14/10 : Peggy's wedding dinner at orchid country club

#4) 16/10 : lunch by ken frm bugis

#5) 17/10 : frog leg porridge with Yunita and husband

#6) 18/10 : fei's birthday celebration

#7) 19/10 : Stay over in hospital to accompany grandma

#8) 21/10 : dinner at Bedok reservoir

Dessert First @ Liang Seah Street

2012-11-11T22:53:00.000+08:00

This is recommended by Yap after our dinner.

It is located along the Liang Seah Street which is famous with Ah Chew's Desserts. Guess more and more competitors coming their way along the streets. Neverthless the desserts shops are always full house.

Durian Snow Ice @ S$6.00 per serving.

It is extremely heaven!The durian is super rich and they are generous with the servings. But beware if after serving because your mouth is full of durian smell.

November birthday guy in the picture..

Green Tea Snow Ice with red bean S$5.00 per serving.

Green Tea is always to go with red bean and it makes a perfect combination. The snow ice is smooth and it just melt into your mouth.

Mango Snow Ice S$5.50 per serving

Pure generous mango colour is beautiful on the serving.

The taste is sweet as it looks.

The place is a bit squeezy though.

It's a self-order counter available and the staffs will serve the desserts once it is ordered. Our seats are so close with the next table and our movement cannot be extreme otherwise we will occupied next table.

That's how dessert shop design is for nowadays.

We ended our day with instax wide photos.

Love all the photos taken!

Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant @ Bugis Junction

2012-11-09T23:39:00.000+08:00

It was a dinner date with Mr Yap & Mrs Yap last week. So sorry for making them to wait for us like 2 hours time for dinner. Yap decided to try this restaurant called Nanxiang Steamed Bun Restaurant located at 2nd Floor of Bugis Junction.

We decided to go for their Set D which costs S$138++ for 4 pax. It is just nice for 4 of us.

Foods that we had on that day:-

Shanghai spicy soup which looks spicy from the picture but in actual fact it is not as spicy as I thought. I love the taste of the soup especially when you drink them while they are hot.

As usual, a must for dinner dish- Vegetables.

Special sauce chicken which i forget the actual name of this dish. It has the unique taste which smooth layer on the meat itself and sweetness flavored when you taste them.

The Duck meat that is cooked after the skin is served with the crepe.

We choose noodles instead of rice. Although the noodles looks normal and not that appealing but trust me. The taste proves that we can never judge the appearance of the presentation. Although first impression may widen your appertizer.

Peking Duck Skin Wrapped with egg crepe.

As usual, taste is cunchy because of the crispy skin and also the slices of spring onion to go with it. A little bit of special sweet sauce does the trick to make the taste perfect :)

The dinner ended with mango pudding as the dessert.

The whole set is quite filling as 3 out of 4 are ladies and our appertize is not as big as guys.

So, yap finish mostly of the foods.

After our dinner, we headed for the dessert shop located at Liang Seah Street.

To be continue in the next post..

Grand Serela Hotel & Stone Grill

2012-11-07T21:27:00.001+08:00

Continue from my previous post of Bandung, so here I am posting my last post of my short Bandung trip.

We headed back to check-in hotel which took us 3 hours to reach the place.

The hotel that we stayed over the weekend is Grand Serela Hotel which is near to Yunita's wedding location.

Photos taken using my iPhone 4s so pardon for sharpness of the photos of the room:-

The lobby of the hotel which is link to the bar counter as well.

The hotel is boutique hotel style which has a comfortable room with affordable rates.

A photo taken during our breakfast.

The hotel served breakfast as well and are all local delicacies. They even served french fries for breakfast.

After we check-in the hotel, the driver recommended us a place for dinner which is approximately 20 minutes drive from our hotel.

The restaurant named Stone Grill Restaurant. The place has a great atmosphere and ambience as it is at the hill peak which able to view the overall view of the Bandung city. Too bad my iphone 4s quality is not that great unable to capture the beautiful scenery.

Mushroom soup in western style

Nasi kambing with eggs. Simple dish but filling..

Claypot noodles with vegetables

This is extremely yummy!!

Fresh Avocado Juice

Coffee Latte

Western foods- Beef Steak

The price is affordable and the taste is as par as the value of the price.

My choice and i think i made the right choice.

Indonesian food - Bebek Bakar Rp58 000.

Grilled Duck served with steam rice, chilli sauce, vegetables and anchovies chips.

The duck meat tender and smooth. It blends well with their chilli sauce. I realize Bandung chilli sauce is very delicious and spicy. So i just can't help to give a dip with the duck meat.

Dinner was great with good ambience and atmosphere. Loving the place and accesible by cars only.There are many people flocking the place for the atmosphere and the affordable foods.

After the dinner, we headed back to hotel to rest. We went to SPA the following day before we headed to Yunita's wedding. Yunita's wedding was beautiful and elegant. She is pretty and the husband is handsome. I ended my post with a photo with Yunita & husband and myself on her wedding day.

香港街珍達記 @ Joo Chiat Place

2012-11-06T23:18:00.000+08:00

A short update as I simply can't resist to share my findings during my lunch yesterday. My colleague recommended this nice place little hawker centre located at the junction of Joo Chiat Place and Still Road. I will never found this hidden gem if not my colleague who drove us over for lunch. The stall is famous with it's XO Crab Bee Hoon but we do not have time to have it. So, we ordered their second speciality, XO Fish Bee Hoon Soup @ S$6.00 per serving. We waited for 20minutes just to get a bowl of it. I ordered the fried fish and the sliced fish is thick and the meat is tasty when it goes with the XO sauce.

I was impressed with the taste of the XO soup base. It's worth trying it but i will not wait for so long unless i have extra time. We had a rush lunch as the waiting time is way too long. There are many people ordered this when we had our lunch there. Definitely a good place to recommend though.

Location:

香港街珍達記 @ Joo Chiat Place
258 Joo Chiat Place (Still Road)
Singapore, 427940

Operating Hours
11:00 to 14:00hrs & 17:00 to 23:30hrs

Arnold's Fried Chicken for Lunch

2012-11-03T17:00:00.000+08:00

Ever since we have a new colleague joined us, he always think of driving out to look for nice and affordable food. We went to Arnold's Fried Chicken located at City Plaza for lunch. I only came to know about the existence of the fastfood restaurant from the mouth of colleague. Surprisingly Arnold's has a long history back then.

It was long queue when we reach around 1plus. Never did i expect the queue was so long. We waited for about 15 minutes to get a seat. So, while we are waiting for our seat, we ordered our choice while waiting for the seats.

Finally we got our seats and waiting for our foods to be served.

Photos taken using iPhone 4s for your viewing pleasure:-

The foods are served pipping hot! The spring chicken skin is very crispy and the meat is tender and soft as well. The taste is different from KFC and McDonalds. It is also the preferences for Malays. My Malay colleagues are in love with Arnold's. I can see that there have many Malay customers patronizing the outlet when we were there.

The plain bread is slightly oily a bit but it's still taste good when we have it with the coleslaw and mashed potatoes. I personally think the bread is softer than KFC bread though.

The mashed potatoes tasted like Popeye's version and similar to 7-eleven quick bite mashed potato. Coleslaw taste similar to KFC and not much big differences.

Overall the taste is acceptable like any other fastfoods but the size of the chicken is quite small compared to KFC. As for the price wise, it's slightly pricey for me if we order individually. The price range per pax is around S$7 and above for the foods & drinks.

Location:-

Arnold's Fried Chicken

810 Geylang Road

#02-99/101 City Plaza

+65 6746 2372

Birthday Celebration @ Ootoya Japanese Restaurant

2012-11-02T22:07:00.000+08:00

We had Fei's birthday celebration few weeks back. Luckily for me as this time round I am not the last person who reached. It's such a rare case as i always the last one or second last person to reach for the gathering. So, there is improvement though!hehe! Initially we wanted to have our dinner at a korean restaurant at Orchard Central recommended by YL but in the end we sat for like 15-30 minutes, we decided to go for other options.

In the end, we choose Ootoya Japanese restaurant for celebration. It's my all time favourite choice for homely made feel japanese cuisine. We managed to get a place for 8 pax and the servings are quite promptly.

Photos of the foods that we ordered that night:-

Sumibutadon set meal @ S$23.50

Rice bowl with charcoal grilled pork and sweet sauce. Love the charcoal grilled style which makes the whole meal more appertizing!

Shogayaki Set meal @ S$23.50

It's sauteed ginger pork with a set of refillable rice, miso soup and side dishes.

My friend commented too much of ginger slices but overall was nice.

My Torisalad set!

You can read my post here and here for Ootoya post.

Yap's order from Shio Koji Menu.

Buta Shio Koji jyu @S$23.50 for set meal. The combination of grilled pork loin marinated with shio koji sauce and served with potatoes and vegetables. Absolutely lovely combination. The pork loin is tender and the meat is juicy as well. Totally worth value for a homely set meal.

It's birthday celebration so a birthday cake is a must. Fei's healthy conscious guy so we got him non-sugar green tea cheesecake. The cake is ordered online from a website. It was yummy and sweet though without any sugar except the green tea powder from the top topping a bit bitter.

The cake is a bit pricey though around S$60 plus.

Definitely a good choice and try for the cake.

Most of the photos are at Fei's camera so not uploaded here.

So here I have the instax photos taken that night which round up the post for the day :)

It has been a yearly event in our list for every single pax birthday celebration.

It's the effort to be together and gather together for a purpose. It is really rare as everyone starts to have their own family and partners. Glad that my friends still are in to such bonding sessions.

Eminent Frog Porridge @ Geylang Lorong 19

2012-10-31T23:58:00.000+08:00

Photo uploaded to instagram on the frog leg porridge that i had with Yunita & her husband. This is the first time ever Yunita recommended a place to have dinner. It is an impromptu dinner as well because i went to be Yunita & her husband 'light bulb' for the night. Newly weds want to have private time together but I just tagged along!Haha!

This is the famous Eminent Frog Leg Porridge recommended at the website as well. It is located at Lorong 19 Geylang which is surprising full of people. Geylang is always known as red district lanes with legal prostitution but it is also known for the famous frog leg porridge. We saw the reviews for this restaurant at Lorong 19.

They are having "buy 2 get 1 free " for $16 promotion. 1 frog leg costs $8 so we opt for the promotion. So we ordered plain porridge with kung pao and spring onions style. We also add on dishes to complete the dinner. Kang Kong as our vegetable choice for the day.

Plain and tastless porridge to go with the frog leg dishes. The combination is great as the sauce of the kung pao and spring onion blend well with the tasteless porridge. It lighten up the plain look of the porridge.

We also ordered Salted Egg with crab which is Yunita's husband favourite. It's his first time trying this dish and he is loving it. He thanks me for the recommendation. The crab meat is fresh and juicy in the inner shell crab and the crab shell covered with salted eggs which thumbs up!He is licking his fingers over it.

The salted egg is liquid type here in Singapore compared to the ones i tried in Malaysia. Nevertheless the taste is still sweet and salty combination that licks your fingers away. But the price for the crab is quite pricey though.

Dinner was around S$70 plus for 3 persons. It is quite affordable except for the crab. The crab price is go by the weight of the crab. It was a pleasant dinner and Yunita's husband had a satisfied dinner during his visit in singapore.

Location address:-

明煇活田雞粥

EMINENT FROG PORRIDGE
323 Geylang Road (Lorong 19)
Singapore 389359
Open from 4pm to 4am

Ichiban Boshi @ NEX, Serangoon

2012-10-30T22:56:00.000+08:00

Impromptu dinner happened once in a while. It just happened two weeks ago and colleagues and I decided to go for dinner after work for bonding sessions. Bonding sessions with new colleagues from design & sales department. So we ended up at Ichiban Boshi @ NEX, Serangoon. It has been quite sometime since my last visit to Ichiban outlets. I miss having Japanese foods for food tasting.

We ordered sashimi which consists of fresh salmon, scallop, yellowtail, maguro, mekajiki, ebi and also tako. Simply enlarge my appertizer for the night and the freshness of the dishes. The scallop taste sweet and i love the colours of the sashimi!!

We also ordered ala carte and also the chef recommendation to share. The portion for chef recommendation was generous as usual and luckily we all shared the foods and managed to finish everything.

Ended the dinner with matcha ice-cream with red bean and dumpling. It is the usual choice when i visit Ichiban outlets as this is the yummy dessert for me. Simple but filling! I miss having foods at Ichiban outlets as it taught me from zero knowledge on japanese foods to basic knowledge on japanese foods.

Just a random post on dinning experience with colleagues @ Ichiban outlets. The staffs are friendly but slow to respond though. Perhaps we are seated far behind corner of the restaurant and we have difficulties being seen by the staffs. Overall dinning experience was nice though.Looking forward for dinning with colleagues for bonding sessions as we able to share our different views and thoughts other than work stuffs :)