PappaRich, Averagely Rich @ Kajang

"We must accept finite disappointment but we must never lose infinite hope", by Martin Luther King, Nobel Peace Prize Winner 1964.

My buddies from Uni. It was such a long time since we gathered for dinner. This was already more than a year ago, I guess. The longer people stay together, they do develop similar behaviour. LOL, even the same camera-shy pose!

PappaRich is not a unfamiliar name and located at Kajang KTM area! As a "last" dinner as Uni-friends, we went to this restaurant for closure (sound overly-serious). On the way to Kajang KTM, you will see definitely see this place. I like it for the ambient and spacious parking area.

We ordered some nasi lemak, nasi ayam, etc. To our slight disappointment, they looked almost the same except for the side dishes (fast food?!). The taste was ok only, yet, the price was above average. Anyway, it was more like we are enjoying the company/ environment rather than the food. 

The drink was quite nice with jelly (^^) And, the bak guo dessert was slightly sweet. Overall, everything was just average, but, definitely a good place to gather!

Libra Star Cruise Adventure Part 2

"A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men", 

by Roald Dahl, British novelist, author of Charlie and The Chocolate Factory

As inspired by the quote, the adventure continues on the Libra Cruise so as the exploration. We further wondered around the outdoor. The pool and the Jacuzzi looked so inviting. There was even a short-distance jogging track here. Go for night joggers (^^) 

Apart from exploring the cruise's compound, there were even shows available from Hokkien singers, English singers, etc. For the children, I bet the most attractive show in the cruise would be the MAGIC show! It was combination of humour and tricks (^^) Perhaps not much youngsters there, the disco was totally empty!!! For the adults, you will find a lot CASINOs in the cruise!!!!!

As you can see the outdoor facilities, there were many sport facilities! Yup, totally suitable for sport junkie!!!!! Basket ball court, sprint track, etc were quite favourable! A final walk around the decks of the cruise statisfied our curiosity before heading to bed.

Without realising that the cruise had docked, it was another beautiful morning! The breakfast was another complimentary buffet! Yup, again, it was a variety of food! What another amazing meal (^^) 

We climbed to the highest deck again to have an overview, it was truly beautiful(^^)!!!! And, surprisingly, there was photoshot going on near the pool area with sexy bikini girls (@@).. Another exploration indeed....

After leaving the cruise, we set on a short trip around Penang. What a pleasant town with nice food! My mom was totally craving for the cendol ice there. So happen, I knew the location of the stalls. A nice bowl of cendol ice ended our journey in Penang prior heading home to Ipoh (^^) 

Overall a chill trip with no hassle was simply enjoyable and relaxing (^^) 

Libra Star Cruise Adventure Part 1

Nope, this wasn't the Libra Star Cruise! It was the Logo Hope - Floating Book Fair/ Store that aims to educate people and to help needy people around the globe!

Anyway, the story in this post is solely about Libra Star Cruise. To cut the long story short, I won a pair of tickets, more precisely, a room! Therefore, I ajak my mom to join me on this cruise adventure for a night stay on the ship!!!!!

We drove to Penang to board the cruise which was located at the famous jetty - Swenttenham Pier. Yup, what a shallow me! I didn't even there was a pier named after Swenttenham - a very famous name appeared in Sejarah! Anyway, Penang was awesome (^^)

As you can see, the cruise ship was quite nice in  the exterior! Numerous entertainment facilities were available - swimming pool, CASINO, gym, restaurant, etc.... Of course, just to remind you all, despite the room was free, we still need to pay for the sea tax or something. It was not cheap though. 

After all the hustle and bustle checking in, we finally arrived our lovely room! It was kinda small though. But, it was comfy enough for both me and my mom! And, the shower was amazing (^^) To our surprise, most of the crews were from China !!!! 

There are several restaurants in the cruise ship! We tried the 4 Happiness restaurant 1st for our dinner. The food was quite okay (^^). Crazy variety of Chinese food, Malay food, Western....We were totally satisfied! After 1 hour + of dinner, my mom and I roamed freely checking different decks (^^)!!!!!

Then, we arrived at the pool outside. We just sat there and chilled while listening to the live band singing English oldies! Of course, occasionally we were "harassed" by the waiter to order drinks. But, it was still enjoyable!!!!!

The Story to be Continued.......

Restaurant Ipoh 新怡保饭店 @ Ipoh

 Even though Ipoh is publicly known as the "Retirement Town", it still develops like hot cake as there are more and more tourists coming here to visit. Anyway, the most common phenomena in Ipoh is that the youngsters will either go to KL or overseas to study or to work, leaving their senior parents at home. You might think that they will be bored to death without their children by their sides; but, you are so wrong! In fact, most of them are more adventurous in further exploring Ipoh for good food. And, they are getting pickier by the day. 

The NEW IPOH Restaurant was discovered by my parents during their past time. It is quite a popular restaurant in town especially for family customer. It is a typically Chinese restaurant for ordering dishes!

Eversince I am older, I prefer to eat simpler food - less fried, more fiber. Perhaps, in this age, I should also start to take care of my health so that in the future, medical bills won't that enormous. For the dish above, it is the steam tofu with fried shrimps on top (^^) Simple yet yummy!

As for those with bad tummy/ digestive problem, eating more vegetables most probably will help. Yup, we should start to eat more vegetables since young age! Another simple dish here - clear fried vegetable (pardon my direct translation)..hahahahaah

Lastly, since my parents still adore some meat here, we ordered the yum sandwiched pork (Waaa, my translation getting better or worse??!!!@@). Anyway, the portion wasn't too large so that we won't overfed ourselves. Hahahaha!

Overalll, New Restaurant offered a simple dinner to the locals. You can always try it out as it is just located opposite the Ipoh Pet Center. Oh no, tomorrow I am going to KL already. Sign, there goes my one month holiday (><)!!!!!!!

Clan Dim Sum Restaurant 大家城點心茶樓 @ Sri Petaling

This scheduled post is intended for those who wake up early in the morning and feel hungry! Why?! Because it is dim sum time. Unexpectedly, I am covering KL/ PJ dim sum instead of the ultra famous Ipoh dim sum; however, don't expect less (^^)

Clan Dim Sum Restaurant OR 大家城點心茶樓 is located at Sri Petaling. 

Like typical any other dim sum, they also have the almost the identical choices. For example, you can definitely find xiao mai, egg tart, fried yum, fishballs etc as follow: (To me, the taste is just typical; but, I compliment the egg tart, worth to try also)

Of course, as a foodie blogger for quite some year, I am definitely looking for that special dish in this restaurant~ Can you give a guess??!!! Hahahaha, the answer is the famous 鸡窝包 (Gai Wo Bao ) or direct translation Chicken Hive Bun??? Pardon my translation. Well, what is this dish about?! It is like a combination of very slight char siew taste, nuo mi gai (glutinous rice chicken) and typical bun ----- Wala, this combination created 鸡窝包.

Have a good try! And, the address is as follow: 

140, Jalan Radin Anum 1,
Taman Seri Petaling,
Sri Petaling,
57000 Kuala Lumpur

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5)

At last!!!!!!!!!!!!! The end meal of the 5 Meals 1 Day Edition!!!!! Also known as 5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5).   For the final dinner, we went to Yulek Garden @ Cheras to try some Thai delicacies, Awet Thai Cafe!

For people who really know me, I am totally not a spicy person! Means, I don't stand spicy food! Anyway, for the purpose of the purpose, I opened my mind (literally) to accept the challenge. To my surprise, it was not too spicy and enjoyable too!!!

The Fried Kang Kung truly stole my heart!!! The Thai-Style Salad was quite nice too (^^) Yup, but, beware of the chili padi! The Coconut Soup was quite ok, a little bit spicy!!! Lastly,the Roast Pork (Chu Jing) was superb,hahahahah~~~!

Of course, there were the typical Red and Green Curry! I was quite surprise they tasted quite okay! But, I took a bit due to the spiciness.  Of course the meal wasn't completed with nice Thai-Style Fish! The Pandan  Leaf Tea was quite enjoyable too as it was totally good for cooling down the hotness of the food! Overall rating is 9/10. Totally worth the time and stomach regardless of the traffic jam there (^^)

There you have it !!!!! The full series of the 5 Meals 1 Day Edition (^^). Below is the complete list of the links for the whole journey! Enjoy the posts and embark on your own journey in venturing into foodie world.

The Serial Links of 5 Meals 1 Day Edition are here:
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (1) - Jin Xuan @ Kuchai Lama
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (2) - Remember To Eat @ Kepong
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (3) - Dreamz Bakery @ Kota Damansara
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4) - Levain Boulangerie-Patisserie @ Jalan Delima
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5) - Dun Egg @ Jalan Sayur 

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5) - Awet Thai Cafe @ Cheras

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5)

It had been more than a month since my last post on the AWESOME 5 Meals 1 Day Edition. Yup, working life is busy as always; similar as study life as always. Hahahaha, anyway, this time around, I will be introducing the 5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5) (^^) Why 4.5? The reason is that this is not really a meal but a snack on the way to meal 5!!!!

Can you see my girlfriends running towards the stall despite it was raining!!! ???? Yes, the magical attraction, I would say! The location of this stall was quite awkward! Because it was located behind quite a busy road!!!! All sort of weird stuffs in KL (^^)

The price wasn't that expensive too! Yup,totally worth a try (^^). We packed to have the hot "Dan Dan" (so-called by my friend) on the car! Because it was really rich with the good smell and taste of eggs, that's why it was referred as "Dan Dan". 

The Serial Links of 5 Meals 1 Day Edition are here:
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (1) - Jin Xuan @ Kuchai Lama
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (2) - Remember To Eat @ Kepong
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (3) - Dreamz Bakery @ Kota Damansara
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4) - Levain Boulangerie-Patisserie @ Jalan Delima
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5) - Dun Egg @ Jalan Sayur 

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5) - Awet Thai Cafe @ Cheras

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4)

Continuing the foodie track, the next stop was Levain!!! I believe that this bakery is really famous and well-known to all! Yup, another nice place for dessert and lunch! Location of this amazing bakery is at a secluded   Jalan Delima! Totally have no idea where is it, I was only the passenger....hahahahaha~

Obviously, I think the decor in that place really plays an important role in attracting customers! With nice setting at the exterior, the interior design completes the total package with interesting paintings, display items,etc.

When you enter the bakery, it is practically filled with breads~~~ Yup, all sort of breads, you name it, you will get it (mostly). I really lost track of the name of the breads!

Of course, apart from breads, Levain also offers other type of food! Their spaghetti was exceptionally tasty! Totally in love with the seafood spaghetti on the right!

The breads were not only well-baked, they were so nice to look it until you would feel "What a waste to just   eat it"! Hahahahaa!!! 

Every month, they would introduce some new cakes/ breads. Yup,continual improvement, to be creative....

Maybe,that's is why this bakery is so successful!!!! Overall rating: 9/10.

The Serial Links of 5 Meals 1 Day Edition are here:
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (1) - Jin Xuan @ Kuchai Lama
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (2) - Remember To Eat @ Kepong
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (3) - Dreamz Bakery @ Kota Damansara
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4) - Levain Boulangerie-Patisserie @ Jalan Delima
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5) - Dun Egg @ Jalan Sayur 

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5) - Awet Thai Cafe @ Cheras

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (3)

Super busy these days! Yes, working life is not easy. Food is really the sweet escape perhaps causing my body to go out of shape (><) Anyway, this time around, after the Dessert @ Remember To Eat, the sweetness of the dessert did not satisfy our "sweet" buds! 

Located at Kota Damansara, Dreamz Bakery was not easy to find at all because it is located at the 2nd floor of a building!  Yes, the signboard was quite small too! But, this didn't hinder us or anyone else to find it because its dessert is really good!!!!!!

A little story from my gossip gf: It was said that the owner and his girlfriend went to learn baking in Taiwan prior returning to Malaysia to set their DREAMZ come true. Not sure about the story, I am pretty sure their cakes are nice! Despite being a bit cramped up there, a lot of people still visit this nice shop! Totally love the decor there!!!!

Looking at the variety of cakes, we basically tasted most of the dessert there! My fav was the upper left! It was some sort of cream brulee (^^) Overall rating: 9/10

The Serial Links of 5 Meals 1 Day Edition are here:
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (1) - Jin Xuan @ Kuchai Lama
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (2) - Remember To Eat @ Kepong
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (3) - Dreamz Bakery @ Kota Damansara
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4) - Levain Boulangerie-Patisserie @ Jalan Delima
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5) - Dun Egg @ Jalan Sayur 

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5) - Awet Thai Cafe @ Cheras

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (1)

When my body can still digest almost anything, my unimates and I went on adventure of 5 meals in One day. Yup, right now, even drinking water, I could gain weight..hahahahaha~

The very 1st stop in the morning obviously would be the Dim Sum Restaurant! In this case, we had chosen to go for start at the Kuchai Lama's Jin Xuan HK. With that many people, we could try as many dishes as we wanted without spoiling our appetites later.

I truly think the Dim Sum there was up to standard. However, compared to the ones I had in Penang and Ipoh, it still lacks specialties in the dishes! The above was typically Dim Sum. However, the special one would be the LAU SA PAO (The yellow pao with dripping filling)..hahahaha, Yup (^^) Overall rating for this restaurant is 6.5/10.

The Serial Links of 5 Meals 1 Day Edition are here:
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (1) - Jin Xuan @ Kuchai Lama
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (2) - Remember To Eat @ Kepong
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (3) - Dreamz Bakery @ Kota Damansara
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4) - Levain Boulangerie-Patisserie @ Jalan Delima
5 Meals 1 Day Edition (4.5) - Dun Egg @ Jalan Sayur 

5 Meals 1 Day Edition (5) - Awet Thai Cafe @ Cheras

Private Annual Fine Dining @ Westin Hotel

In the midst of Chinese New Year, I truly felt the festive season from head to toe. It is just that perhaps because of the older age, I think I am losing the festive touch.hahahahaha~ sound so old ^^ Anyway, Happy Chinese New Year again!

This time around, I am gonna to share a old piece of story during my uni days (Actually, just last year) So, as a chemical engineering class of 2012, we decided to throw ourselves a private annual dinner which costed us a leg RM200++. It was held at the Westin Hotel! Yup, high class-nya.hahahahaha! A final enjoyment before our FYP ends...

As usual, I spent a lot on the clothing which was not satisfactory at all because apparently, guys formal wears are so much more expensive than girls' dress! I arrived Westin Hotel after fetching two friends. 

As you can see, the setup was truly astonishing! Yup, totally classy and nice! The opposite of the room was actually Pavillion! We could see the building so clearly! The menu was simply unique! Despite the taste might  be suitable to all, I was having a fun time eating them (since so expensive, hahahaha).

The usual starter would be bread and butter! There were several type of bread available. My fav was the 2nd (^^). Then, came the 2nd dish which was the Seared Tuna and Scallops with Ruby Red Grapefruit and Orange Dressing! The taste was rather unique unlike anything I tasted before; but the sweetness from the Grapefruit actually spoilt a bit of the enjoyment. However, overall, it was quite nice!

The main course was Roast Chicken Breast Filled with Wild Mushrooms. The taste was fine but the meat was overcooked and the mushrooms were too dry. It was a disappointing despite of its well-decor appearance. Thankgoodness, its dessert saved the day - Vanilla Panna Cotta, Raspberry Compote and Ginger Crumble!  Hahaha, despite the price, the portion was really a bit small~ I came to a conclusion that Fine Dinner = Fine Particle!!!ahahahaha

Of course, the day was a day to be remembered as it was not just about food! It was the celebration of our 4 years hardship that was going to bear fruits (^^) Yes!

How are you all? 

Nottingham Malaysia MEng of Chemical Engineering 2012 (^^)?

Wish you all a Happy Chinese New Year! Have a great career and future (^^)!!!

Kwong Hong Noodles @ Gunung Rapat, Ipoh

Oh yes, Ipoh foodie is back once again! Of all the food I tried around Malaysia, Ipoh still serves the best food in town! This time around, I am gonna introduce you all one of the best noodles in town! >>>> Not,the Tukang JahitWinly,but, it is the Kwong Hong Coffee Shop (广丰 or 廣豐) >>> The big difference of traditional Chinese and simplified Chinese.

What we order?Hahahaha, a lot of different yang tou fu (yang liao)>> Pardon my direct translation (^^). As you can see from the pic below, they have all sorts of dishes from fried tau fu, fried fu pei, yang vegetable, yang.................Yes,almost everything is "yang" (@@)

Of course, there are also different type of meat balls. Oooo,my fav egg plant is here too (^^)

These were what we ordered! Simple and nice!!!!

As for the noodle, you can order mix noodle or single noodle. They even have curry mee tooo ~

There are so many choices there and the price is reasonable~~Totally worth a few tries (^^)