Sumptuous Corner @ Tropicana City Mall

If you really miss Penang food, here is one place that can quench your MISS feeling. Sumptuous corner at Tropicana City Mall offers good penang food. Unfortunately, choices of mee are only 3, asam laksa, prawn mee and the other one is XXX (i cannot remember, LOL). Perhaps they should consider to offer more options since their food is delicious! I miss Penang. I miss asam laksa, I miss dimsum, I miss mua chi, I miss seafood, I miss my grandma! =( I miss all of these so much, and of course my grandma holds the higher percentage than the rest. Hehehe... I miss Sitiawan's asam laksa too, and also my mom's cooking and my wonderful bedroom.

Last weekend was our paktoring day as we spent time watching 2012 at TCM together, the last show that we had together in cinema was Transformer! Outdated? Haha.. If I were in the 2012 scene, I would choose not to escape, lie flat and wait for my last second. LOL. But, before I died, every minutes every seconds that I have, I would want people to know God. At that time, people will be very desperate seeking for help and during that time, the only source of help comes from the above, comes from Heaven and comes from our God Almighty!

After movie, we went to Carefour for some groceries shopping and then, Sumptuous corner for stomach shopping! =D

I will definitely visit here if I go to Carefour to grab some groceries!

The environment, it seems like they lack of space..... a very small rented lot.

The uncle is the tauke? I think so.... such an energetic uncle!

They lack of space for them to have kitchen, thus, this is their kitchen! The asam laksa's gravy was prepared at home I guess, put in tong and then use rice cooker to heat up. Good idea if you ever plan to set up a temporary food business.

Yummy yummy....... my favourite!! Really delicious compared to the one I bought at Taman Megah's pasar malam eventhough it mentioned Penang Asam Laksa. But this is so much more better! I like this. Worth RM6. If in Penang, you can easily get a nice bowl of laksa at RM3.

Penang Prawn Mee ~ Also RM6. Want to know if this is delicious? See below!!!! The before and after!!

Hahahahahaha................... so, what do you think? Is it delicious or not delicious? LOL.... I was surprised when I finished my laksa, I saw my hubby's empty bowl. Hahaha.

And this was my after! If I ever miss penang, this will be the place!

Restoran Ho Choong Tuck @ Damansara Uptown

Anyone knows where to get good dimsum in PJ? Everytime we passed by Uptown, this restaurant is always full house. It might be good, otherwise there won't be so many people there. The last time I had dimsum was with Canny at Bkt Jalil. The dimsum there was really good, I love it especially the ji wo kai (I dunno wat it's called in eng) but the distance is kinda far.

One morning, woke up as early as 9am =P just for the sake of eating dimsum. If not because of dimsum, I will still be lying on the bed or busy surfing.

Didn't know that Kampung Koh's chilli sauce is so famous here! Kampung Koh is at Sitiawan, few kms away from my house! At least I can still see some Sitiawan stuffs here!

Hubby's favourite! As usual rite...... haha. Last time I don't really know/like to eat this because of the meaty taste, but now... I can accept it! The next thing to learn is to love drumstick instead of chicken breast. Haha...

Still the one at Sri Petaling tastes better... I miss it so much! Hopefully one day Canny is in good mood and tapao and bring over to PJ for me. Hahaha...

And for this, still the restaurant before Bidor highway tastes better! But we seldom go back Sitiawan and hardly got chance to get this....

Overall, the dimsum here is good and I really miss the one at Butterworth. Everytime when I visit my grandma, I will definitely ask her if wanna go for dimsum the next morning. And she being so sporting, she asked my 5th aunt to join along. I miss them so much..... can't wait to see them again, hopefully in Dec! =D

The Spaghetti Farm - Wholesome Italian Food @ MidValley

I think this was a newly opened restaurant in MidValley. Midvalley is always known as my territory as I used and liked to shop there. Haha. I'm bored and tired of cooking for lunch and bring to office, thus I told hubby let's go to Midvalley for lunch instead. There are many set lunches out there for us to choose. Initially we wanted to go to Italiannies for the set lunch, but The Gardens in Italiannies does not offer the set lunch. So, we looked around for banners saying SET LUNCH PROMOTION. Unfortunately, most of them are not ngam. We walked around Kenny Rogers area and then we saw this "The Spaghetti Farm". Sound interesting, look interesting, and most importantly, does it taste interesting?

Since my hubby is now Italian and not Malaysian, he decided to try this!

Mushroom soup ~ Order any spaghetti and add on RM3.20 for free mushroom soup and carbonated drinks. So, we chose mushroom soup. There are four choices of soup for you to choose : chicken soup, mushroom soup, asparagus soup, tomato soup. Choose your favorite!

The nice drawing... the chicken looks so real. Haha.

The environment in the restaurant.

I ordered this : Carbonara turkey ham worth RM9.80 + RM3.20 (for soup and drinks). Taste ok ok only la and I think my Italian hubby cooks better than this! Especially his salmon carbonara. Awesome! Try it to believe it....

Hubby ordered this : Farmhouse! Worth RM8.80 and add RM3.20 for mushroom soup and drinks. This taste better than mine.... but still, hubby can cook much more better than this!

Extra flavor to the dish.... hubby thought this is tomato powder! When he sprinkles and brought over to me for photoshooting, I nearly ha-chiew! It is chilli powder! LOL ! From tomato to spicy spaghetti. Luckily it's not that really spicy... otherwise, tomyam spaghetti. Haha...

The total bill for the day.. RM25 for our lunch. Sad enough to say, if you really want to eat good spaghetti, go to Italiannies, otherwise if you would like to try cheap affordable spaghetti, go to Jusco, grab a can of Prego tomato spaghetti sauce and a pack of spaghetti mee and then cook them yourself! I believe it will taste so much better......... =D so, this shall be our first and last visit.

Gogung Fushion Restaurant by Koryo-Won @ The Gardens

It has been really long since I last had Korean food. The Korean ginseng chicken soup that we had in Korea in year 2005 was still so fresh in my memory. I just couldn't forget the awesome taste of the ginseng chicken soup. Half chicken boiled with ginseng, added on with some Korean mee & rice which you can't get anywhere in Malaysia. If I were to go back Korea again, I will definitely not miss the Korean ginseng soup.

Last Sat we spent time window shopping and then lunch at The Gardens. As usual, when it comes to lunch time, the same question will always be asked, "What you would like to eat?". Finally, we opt for Taiwan food and decided to go to Fong Lye at The Gardens. It's always full house, no matter what time it is. And the queue on the sofa is already long, so... don't want to wait! Then, we decided to have Thai food which is just opposite of Fong Lye, but we would need to go to ladies first. So, on the way to ladies, while waiting for the girls.. hubby saw Korean restaurant! And he looked at the menu, the dishes and he forgot to look at the PRICE! So, we decided to try this Korean food.... and went in without looking at the price!

The stove for BBQ....

The ventilator at every table to suck the oily smoke when BBQ. Quite smart... if you're staying in condo and plan to have BBQ in the kitchen just like this, don't forget to get this! This ventilator can be adjusted, you can choose to make it very low or high. Quite interesting as this was the first time I saw this in a restaurant, LOL. Usually restaurant just don't care to fix this and let you soak with oil.

The cover was opened and here is the place you're going to grill....

My mom in law and Linda....

The environment in the restaurant.......

Look at all the free side dishes..... Learn from mistake, choose a bigger table! Not a just nice table yeah if you plan to dine here. We barely have place to put our stuffs.

The waiter will do all the grilling, so you just sit down and watch. And then eat!

Mo Dum Kui (RM190, for 2-3 persons) ~ Smoked charbroiled assorted beef, chicken, prawn, cuttlefish marinated with Go-Gung special BBQ recipe.

Busy grilling..... after this meal, we went to Jusco and bought a grilling pan. Wanted to get TEFAL but it's darn expensive. RM330 for one grilling pan. LOL, I'm not any high recognized chef and I don't need that expensive pan. So, we looked around and found ENDO brand which cost only RM69.90. At least, it's more worth it! Thanks for showing us how to grill!

Look at how they grill, onion in the middle, beef on the left and chicken on the right. After the beef is cooked, they will place the beef on top of the onion and the taste of the onion will soak into the beef for the onion aroma. Smart! And the waiter is so good at grilling that even it's cooked, the meat is so tender and soft and juicy. As usual, hubby loves this!

Kim Chi Jeon Gol (Small for RM75 and big for RM85) ~ Beef or chicken kimchi served with vegetables and noodles in spicy soup. It actually came in a pot but our table is too small and can no longer fit any extra pots... so, the waiter distributed the soup into smaller bowls. Due to this, I don't get to take picture of the spicy soup pot!! =(

Finally, the total bill appeared to be this! Gosh ~ we can actually dine in to Jogoya with this price. So, don't get too excited without looking at the price. Most of their dishes actually ranged from RM40 onwards. Except for drinks, minimum also RM8. It's kinda expensive, so dine in only during special occassion. Unless you are earning thousands a month, then go ahead. =)

Overall, the food here is delicious and hubby said he will go back there once a year! Hahaha.... Why don't we add a little bit more and we go Korea for the authentic food? =P

GoGung Fushion Rest By KORYO-WON

Tel : 03-2287 2981, 03-2287 6981

Fax : 03-2287 7981

It's located next to Borders, The Gardens... same floor as Fong Lye and few doors away from Fong Lye.

Am loving the new home look!

How do you describe home?? Home is always the best place to be after a long day outside working or shopping or outing. A place where you can be yourself, so transparent and care less on what other thinks.. if and only you have a rather loving family. I love my home!! I don't really like to stay in rented house because the house is not mine and I don't want to waste money decorating and buying stuffs for the house which is not mine. I just love the art of shopping and decorating and cleaning. If you have your own home, IKEA will just be the perfect place for home shopping and also to steal some home deco idea! I like shopping at IKEA because of their concept : SPACE SAVING CONCEPT! A very good concept for condo-ians. Most of their things are stucked to the wall, if you notice from left to right, which saves up a lot of space!

Our desktop PC has finally arrived, filled with Windows 7 and thus, we intended to build our little home office. An office table with office chair!! So, this was our shopping list. MIKAEL table with glass on top worth RM339 and an office chair (ALLAK) worth RM339 as well. When I first sat on this display chair in IKEA, it was so comfortable and I just didn't want to get up! I asked hubby to try on that chair and worst still, he was closing his eyes, enjoying as if it will be his 2nd bed if he's forced to sleep outside. LOL.

Serving another IKEA Customer ~ Unfortunately the table was a little bit long and couldn't fit in our car. No choice, had to call for delivery which ate up our RM65. *sobbing*... Since we needed them to deliver, we requested for fixing as well which cost 5% of your total receipt. Finally, we spent RM776.90! Sigh, I thought next month I will be debt free, but somehow somewhere there are just things to buy and pay. Anyway, I would rather spend more on IKEA items rather than I get them in JUSCO/CAREFOUR. The quality is so much more better, a more solid wood and I wouldn't want to use a table that cracks 6 months later.

The IKEA guy fixing our ALLAK chair.... my favorite chair now! And it's so comfortable compared to the one I have in office...

Building Lego ~ MIKAEL office table........ Since there are new things in the house, our Sunday was spent on tidying, cleaning and rearranging our stuffs. See if you love our new home look!! And truly..... I love this home more than anything else! A home that I can find love, support, and it's so relaxing and warm!

Our new little home office ~ Just incase we need to work from home. This will be a very good place. The ALLAK chair indeed can absorb all your stresses because you might just fall asleep anytime! ;p

Next to the mini home office, there's my collection of bears.... Koala, kangaroo, penguin, snoopy, Paddington bear, and Kiwi all the way from New Zealand, Australia, Watson & Guardian.

Rearranging our exercise machine, sofa, Billy bookshelf, TV Cabinet & Po Ang. Looks better like this? At least the exercise machine does not block the walkway.

While exercising, you can watch TV so that you will not feel the tiredness or pain while cycling. More calories will be burnt this way..

And our bookshelf.... 50% bookshelf & 50% display shelf. =)

And suddenly I thought of the idea of decorating the aircond pipe with some bears! Again.. bears! These bears were bought from Australia, 4 for 10aus. Cheap?

We placed a desktop next to the TV and the purpose is to watch downloaded movies/dramas on the TV instead of monitor. Got our Edifier speaker next to it as well.

The vertical look .....

And this will be hubby's mini studio. Only one speaker as the other half is still in Banting, not sure when he wants to bring back the other half. Pity the single lonely speaker. And my guitar that I bought 2 years back. That time I was so semangat to learn guitar, but it's hangat hangat tahi ayam only. Till now, I can only strum. LOL. So, now it belongs to hubby.

And lastly, the view few steps from the entrance! So wonderful when you have a home with warm light. Guess I will be staying at home very often now.... =)

Chee Wee & Alice Wedding at Renaissance, KL

Chee Wee and Alice tied the knot on 7 November 2009 at Renaissance Hotel. Congrates to both of them!! Let God's blessings flow tremendously in their life and they shall be the light and salt to other going-to-get-married couples! =)

Renaissance hotel is such a beautiful place.... filled with so many romantic lights that perfectly lights up the whole hall.

The stairs on the way to Grand Ballroom....

Wedding album....

Ice Sculpture.....

Do you know why this little girl is in the list of photos? Cause I like her dress!!! LOL! Sweet sweet pinky dress!

The menu for the day... the one that I'm looking forward to is the shark's fin... =D

Wedding favor by Renaissance...

Both of them love photography? I think so.....

The INTI's gang.... all of them are hubby's kakis.

No picture for shark's fin.. but vege.

Crab mee....

Dessert! When I looked at this, I remembered the story shared by James; "Maggie soup tak mahu jari". Hahaha...

Unfortunately I did not have much to blog because they were all hubby's friends. But, I would like to wish both of them a very blissful marriage and greater days ahead of them, walking in the light of God! God bless them with multiplications & prosperity & health & etc..... =)

Chillies @ MidValley

Nowadays, I don't really like Chillies because they are kinda stingy with their drinks. Even TGIF or Nandos or Kenny Rogers or McDonalds didn't even mention the word "No Sharing!" in their restaurants. Unlike in Chillies, when we intended to order only 1 freeflow of orange juice, they started to sound and said Miss, this drink is only for one person. I was like, ok, give me warm water then. Since then, I don't really like Chillies. Such an expensive restaurant but you make this kind of rules which make people don't feel like going back there again. Why don't I just go TGIF for the 2 course meal with freeflow of ice lemon tea? Ain't it much more better & cheaper? So sorry to you Chillies... guess you are now dislike by many people! =D

This makan time was actually what I promised Mr Hubby due to his hardwork helping me to send about 3000 emails for a project. Without his help, I think I don't have to sleep, stay awake for 24 hours to send emails. But, I get to claim OT for this... so, a little amount of the OT claim I will use to reward my hubby's hardwork!! Thank you so much!

Fire-Grilled Chicken & Protobello ~ Fire grilled chicken breasts with a marinated portobello mushroom served over zesty peppercorn sauce with loaded mashed potatoes (beef bacon) & seasonal veggies. (RM32.95). Guess whose meal is this? Hehe... I just love the Portobello mushroom. Tastes so good. But the breast meat kinda hard....

Southwestern Grilled Lamb ~ Grilled lamb with Chili's special marinade. Served with mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy, seasonal veggies & garlic toast. (RM29.95). I tried a small slice of the meat and suddenly, I can accept lamb!! The meat is so tender and soft but I don't like the chewy taste. After chewing it for some time, the meat smell started to come out. So, after chewing it for a while, and I will swallow the whole thing.. to avoid the meaty smell & taste. Haha. But I saw hubby chewed it with all his might and strength and he was enjoying every moment of it!!

Popeyes - Louisiana Kitchen @ Sunway Pyramid

Popeyes is just like the next KFC. If you really love KFC, you might like this too. But the spicy is not as spicy as the one in KFC. I still think this Popeyes chicken looks more healthy, less oily compared to KFC. KFC chicken you can see the oil dripping, but not the same for Popeyes. Since they claimed Popeyes is much more better than KFC, so I shall try once! Let's see....

Popeyes Sunway Pyramid, Tel : 03-56312476. It's located at LG2.45, just around the ice skating rink at old wing.



They even have their own chilli & tomato sauce..

The environment at the one at Sunway Pyramid.

Their coleslaw & mashed potato are delicious!!! I swapped the coleslaw with mashed potatoes because the mashed potatoes look very tempting! Obviously, the taste is much much much more better than KFC. I like the mashed potato. Hard to describe the taste, but it has some spicyness, kinda of meaty taste... and it's definitely kicking! Try it to believe it... it's their signature dish anyway.

Their homemade biscuits... the outside tastes like biscuits, but the inside tastes like butter bread. And it's healthy cause less sugar. That's what I think.....

And the fried chicken.... It's really not that oily because when I peel off the skin, no oil is dripping. Unlike in KFC, when I peel off the skin.. oil started to drip and I had to use tissue to wipe away all the oil.


This is really worth trying & for often visit because the price is just the same as in KFC. Perhaps I can say slightly cheaper? Combo meal, 2 pieces of chicken with coleslaw, biscuits, mashed potato and ice lemon tea worth RM9.90. If 3 pieces of chicken set with coleslaw, biscuit, mashed potato & ice lemon tea will cost RM11.95. Since this is almost the same price as KFC, why don't you eat this? The mashed potato is so much more better than in KFC. And the chicken looks healthy! Even though it's fried, but no oil is dripping... haha.

Homemade Nasi Lemak

Suddenly the word "Nasi Lemak" just came into my mind and since I've not tried cooking this before, why don't I try! My nasi lemak is very simple, no sambal and cucumber but I replaced it with ayam masak merah, which I got the recipe from Ieta and my hubby loves it so much. Since I started to cook ayam masak merah, he didn't request for curry chicken anymore. But, it's always ayam masak merah.

Nasi lemak... a bit failed, cause my first time cooking this. The rice was a bit hard, perhaps I should add more santan & water. Usually they will bring this to boil, but I don't dare to use the rice cooker pot and put it on the stove because of the coating. So I just mixed chopped onion, santan, water, some ginger, a pinch of salt and pandan leaves and put in the rice cooker to cook. Tastes ok, just that lack of water. First time ma rite... hehe.

Hard boiled eggs....

Ayam masak merah ~ Thanks to Ieta for sharing this. I fell in love with this when she shared her ayam masak merah during her team meeting. Awesome! It's very simple as well. Blend chillies, onions, garlics, serai, bunga kantan together and add some oil & water while blending. Then fry the sambal until fragrant, put in the chicken and add some santan. Add salt to taste. If you prefer dry style, dun add any water until the santan dries up and then slowly add bit by bit. Otherwise it will turn out to be curry chicken instead of dry style ayam masak merah. Cook with low fire until the chicken is cook and the water dries up. This is what always happened when I wanted to cook rendang, but became curry chicken instead. LOL.

Cagayan's at Centrepoint, Bandar Utama

Filippino food is very rare to be found and usually you will see Thai/Vietnam food. But, if you're staying at PJ, then the best Filippino food that you can opt for is at Centrepoint, Bandar Utama. The first time I had Filippino food was when I visited Pastor Vic's hometown at Baguio, Philippines. The food there were awesome, especially the roasted spare ribs & sinigang! Never forget, gado-gado.. their famous ice kacang. Oh, if only I get to go back there again, I will definitely order those things again. Check out my Philippines blog!

Pork Sinigang (RM15) ~ This is a bit different compared to the one I had in Philippines. Of course, the one in Philippines tasted better! More kao and more ohm... the taste is just like our tomyam, but is white color.

Golden Mushroom Bacon Maki ~ about RM10. My favorite.. enoki mushroom wrapped with bacon. Perhaps I should try cooking this! Delicious!

And lastly, this was the promotion time.. steamed fish with Thai sauce. Only for RM15. If lunch time, then it will be RM10.90. So, always go for good food during lunch time. It's way more cheaper!! I miss Philippines.. and hope to go back there again for the awesome spare ribs!

Btw, this restaurant is Non-Halal.

Cagayan's G107-108 Centrepoint Bandar Utama

47800 Petaling Jaya

Tel: 03-77241022

Business hours : 11.30am-10.00pm

The one thing that you must try was their spare ribs! It's slightly expensive, but worth trying! Unfortunately I do not have the pics cause at that time, I wasn't actively blogging. ;P

Asian Terrace @ Mont Kiara

Thanks to Adibah for recommending such a wonderful place. This was actually my 2nd trip to Mont Kiara. LOL. So ulu of me that such an awesome place for food and to hang out, this was only my 2nd visit. The first visit was here : Golden Triangle! Asian Terrace is a truly authentic Thai & Vietnamese food under the same roof which makes your life easier if you love those two countries food! The reason why we were there was to celebrate farewell of most of the leads in SS Tower, HP. Even our manager, Mr Kang got promoted; venture into new role, some of the leads moved to the dedicated Japanese team and then new lead joined the team... so many changes and now the team has a new manager. Changes are good because it creates new opportunity to others to venture more in different position/task. I hope one day I will be part of the change too... LOL. So, Asian Terrace was the choice for the day for this special occassion!

A haven in the city you can escape to; slip into serenity and endeavor the traditional yet contemporary interior, unwind with a glass of wine, enjoy our unique selection & blend of tasty Thai & Vietnamese Cuisine, and settle yourself in a truly unique dining experience; here at Asian Terrace, Solaris Mont Kiara. Quote from their main website : Asian Terrace.com

Orange & apple juice... the juices were kinda diluted, too much water added and is damn expensive! Green apple juice for RM12, orange juice RM12, Mango juice RM13, Watermelon RM10... I don't mind paying this much if the juice is NOT diluted. I ordered mango juice and it was not real mango fruit juice. Disappointed on the juices....

Choosing hard what to order..... and don't know what to order, thus, all orders were left for MR Wallet to decide. =)

Mieng Kam - Served with Chef's home-made suace (Thai) RM18 ~ I didn't try this because I don't really like to eat raw vege stuffed with all those side side thingy. But they said it was good! Perhaps you should try if you like it?

Saiful, myself and Nizar..

Crispy Prawn Rolls wrapped in wonton skin (Thai) RM15 ~ This was really good and I love the crunchiness of the skin. Taste really good frying together with prawn. Perhaps I should try cooking this at home too?? =D

Asian Terrace Platters, 3 persons sharing (Thai & Vietnamese (RM29) ~The black thingy in the middle is beef, tastes good but I don't dare to chew it. I cut a small piece of it, chew a little and then swallow the whole thing. Just for the sake of trying how it tastes like. LOL.

The ambiance in the restaurant....is it great? For romantic-ness, it's good.. but not for photography unless you have your gadgets with you. Too bad, I'm only using a digital cam which gave me such quality of pics... I WILL invest in a mini SLR! That's for sure...... =D

Round the table from left : Adibah, Kaoru, Hiroko, Kang, Bala....

Deep Fried chicken wrapped in Pandan leaves (Thai) RM19 ~ Per plate has four, so we ordered three plates of that.

Steamed sea bass with chili and lime juice (Thai) RM49 ~ This was really good, really must try! I love the Thai style steam fish.... We did order another fish which is Deep Fried grouper in sweet and sour sauce (RM49). Unfortunately, I do not have the photo cause the dish was served at the other end.

After walking around Mont Kiara, I ordered this for dessert! Mango sticky rice ~ RM14. First time trying this, and you can actually eat the sticky rice just like that!

Myself, Swee Yng, Yen Fen & Adibah...we were preparing belated birthday cake surprise for Kang!

Hunted all over Mont Kiara and not managed to find any cake shop other than Coffee Bean. LOL. Mont Kiara indeed is not my territory... If only Louise was here she will definitely give us few choices of cake shop to choose from. Mont Kiara is her territory!!

And finally... the last photo of all of us! Hope we shall meet again and have meal, giggle, talk together. Kang will be moving to Cyberjaya next year Jan and some of the leads were busy with the Japanese team. And us, in A6 having sweet sweet time working together! Proud working at HP!! =)

No 1, Jalan Solaris 2, Solaris Mont Kiara,
50480 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
( Behind Maybank & Opposite Soho KL )

Business Hours:
12 noon till 12 midnight
Open Everyday (except 1st monday of the month)
Kitchen closes at 1045pm

For Reservation, please contact :
Tel : +6 03 6204 9100
Fax : +6 03 6204 9600
Email : reservation@asianterrace.com

Italiannies @ 1Utama

This was my 2nd time here and I love Italian food. Starting to fall in love with Italian food so much, maybe because our honeymoon was there! Starting to indulge in all sorts of Italian food, including the famous Gelato! Starting to look around for more varieties of Italian Restaurants! Oh, Italy is just so awesome......... Btw, don't think we are such a spendthrift, we actually got a free meal at Italiannies, due to the points that we collected with our OneCard. Is FOC meal at Italiannies. I have about RM66 in my OneCard, equivalent to XX XXX points. I don't know how many points and I don't bother to remember. I can only remember how much money I have in the card, don't care bout the points. LOL. So, after using the cash for this food, we still have RM18 remaining. Can cater one more free meal for Nandos! Check out my previous Italiannies review.

Justin with the free complimentary bread..
Salmon Fettuccine RM36.90 ~ Salmon fillet sauteed with tomatoes and red onions, white wine and heavy cream. I know it's fattening, but the taste is just so delicious! I like this dish..... especially the salmon! We only ordered 1 dish and shared, quite big portion and just nice for 2. If you're a really big eater, then order 1 for yourself... At first we thought we will not full after eating this, and planned to go for haagen Dazs, but after this meal.. we were full, not so full.. but full! Just nice portion for two..

The ambience in the restaurant....

The halloween's section at 1Utama.... I chose the most *un-scariest* halloween deco. There was a big spider on the ground, and I hate it. Too ugly + scary.... and I hate the hanging skeletons, stupid scary masks hanging around which made myself afraid. So, make sure those photos are not captured! This pumpkin is still accepted, assume it's just a pumpkin with teeth. ;D

I wonder who created Halloween Day........ ??X@@!!???

d’italiane kitchen at Jaya 33

Italian food is always my first choice because the word Italy gave me such a vivid memory of my wonderful honeymoon! Since I won't have the chance to go back there again, perhaps 30years later, so I would like to try all the Italian restaurants in KL and see which restaurant offers the almost-the-same-taste as in Italy. We were there at d'Italiane Kitchen to celebrate Louise's farewell. Blessings will follow you wherever you go!! =)

Mushroom soup ordered by Jenny and Louise. Looks delicious rite! Unfortunately, they do not have set lunch, otherwise I would have ordered that.

d'Italiane Kitchen
Address : PG-01B, Jaya 33, Jalan Semangat, Seksyen 13, 46200 Petaling Jaya Selangor , MY

Tel : 603-7956 3684

Open Daily: 11.30 am - 11.00 pm

Mango Granita (RM7.90) ~ Alphonso mango, milk & cream. Vaniglia Granita (RM8.90) ~ Vanilla, chocolate, milk & cream. I was tempted with the word vanilla & chocolate, but it turned out to be so white, as white as snow and I asked the waiter, why there's no chocolate and he said chocolate and vanilla were blended together. I was like, are you using white chocolate? Perhaps there's just the chocolate syrup but is transparent and only gave the taste chocolate. I don't know.

Cappuccino Granita (RM7.90) ~ Coffee, chocolate, milk & cream. Kelvin ordered this and he said, "Why no layer?" and Andrew said, "I can do better than this!" Haha....

Yen Fen's "Everything but the Kitchen Sank" (RM9.90) ~ Blueberry, raspberry, strawberry & cream. Andrew's Ciocchino Mint Granita (RM8.90) ~ coffee, chocolate, mint, milk & cream. How can I miss this chocolate mint drink. I should have ordered this..

Yen Fen & myself..... while waiting for the food to be served. =)

The star of the day was the girl in PINK!!! =)

I ordered this!!! Grilled Salmon ~ Premium fillet of salmon seasoned and slightly undercooked to maintain the smoothness of salmon, topped with our signature shallot brown sauce, served with homemade mashed potato and seasonal greens. RM26.90. This is good and I like the signature shallot brown sauce, taste delicious! Besides, the mashed potato is just comparable with the one in Chilli's. So, this is worth trying, and cheaper than the rest. Hoho.

Most of my colleagues ordered this. Salmon Gamberi ~ Premium fillet of salmon stuffed with fresh prawns, sliced aubergine, cheese and herbs, baked and topped with lemon butter cream sauce served with sauteed spinach and young potato. RM35.90. Kinda big portion and eventually the spinach were just left untouched....

Carbonara Risotto ~ Very filling I guess....

Seafood Risotto ~ Andrew commented that the seafood tastes better than the Risotto. LOL.

Yen Fen ordered this and Louise said "I think you will eat this until 4pm". A very big portion! I think good for two person to share... Mixed Poultry Platter ~ Chicken thigh stuffed with chicken and mushroom farce, jumbo sausage topped with sauteed fresh mushrooms and onions, served on a bed of homemade mashed potato and drizzled with our signature shallot chicken brown sauce. RM35.90. According to Yen Fen, the chicken thigh is good, and the mashed potato as well.

Lastly, happy farewell Louise and all the best to you. Don't forget our Sunway Lagoon trip ok!! Overall the food is good and worth trying if you're bored with Italiannese! =)

Big Headz Guardian!

Suddenly the song "If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands" just lingering in my mind. Past few days I don't look happy, yesterday I was but today again not happy... so, this song came in just at the right time. If you're happy and you know it clap your hands!! I like it.... I think this was one of my favorite kindy songs when I was in kindergarten. I like the song "You are my sunshine" too... They were just so refreshing and pure! If only a person won't grow up and remain a kid forever, how good it is. Then, you won't experience people dying too. Kids are just so pure and innocent, no hatred at all and they are truthful! They don't lie, they don't hurt people, all they know is they know how to giggle when they are happy, and they cry when they need something. They are honest! So, do not simply scold your kids for nothing, just because you are not in the mood. Listen here! They are not wrong... is you yourself that is wrong! When they are small, they don't know how to think like you do... so if they do something wrong, reflect to yourself first, did I do something wrong? Did I teach them properly? Don't simply shoot your kids ok.

Anyway, this is what I wanna get from Guardian next year. I don't think I can accomplish the mission, to collect 40 stamps by this year. If yes, means I was too impulsive in spending which is not good anyway. I'm currently into saving... save as much as I can! Looking ahead for a landed house!

If you know some people that just love to take Big Headz photos... then here are the real big headz bears. I found them so cute when I first saw them displaying in Guardian.

Which one is cuter? I opt for the Hippotamus/Giraffe..... Will make a decision next year. I find Elephant is cute too... Aih, who is willing to donate me some stamps? Then I can get these three!!

Here are all the stamps that I got.... which means I have spent RM120 in Guardian. Marketing strategy to make people spend in Guardian instead of Watson/Jusco/Giant/Carefour... Learn this tactics friends! Customer always love free gifts!

Last year was Paddington Bear and my MIL helped me to collect all the stamps. I think she shopped thrice ONLY and she managed to get this big bear! The biggest!! She actually got 80 stamps... 40 stamps for me and the other 40 stamps for Julia.

This was me... last year with my Paddington Bear!!! Just can't wait to strike 20 stamps and top up another RM20 to get my Big Headz bear!! I love it....

Kettler Crosstrainer Verso 107

Year 2006

Year 2007

Year 2008

Year 2009

October 2009

If you were to look at the photos from Year 2006 onwards.... I think it's time to start exercising! Good life, good job for me that I actually put on weight easily since now I do not have to walk much. Previously when I was a GRC teacher, I have to walk from Taman Bahagia LRT station until Grace Church, opposite the tennis court at Taman Megah or few more steps from the Fu Kua Restaurant if you know it. So, at that time, I was really *fit* I can say. Hehe... Anyway, back to S Size is my inspiration, since most of my clothes are S size. And I decided to buy this!!!! See below!

Kettler Crosstrainer Verso 107 from 1Utama. I have been eyeing an exercise machine for long because I think there's no point to sign up for fitness because I know I won't be commited to it anyway. Initially maybe I will be excited and go every twice a week, but slowly I know I will be lazy travelling... I would better use the monthly fees to invest in an exercise machine that belongs to me and I can use for long term! That's just my point of view... You might think it differently, but is your choice anyway =)

Using a 12kg Flywheel mass, Verso 107 provides stable cross training exercise with a sturdy frame that supports weights up to 110kg. Training computer to indicate time, distance, speed, calories consumption and pulse recovery rate.

Here's the specifications:

Training Computer
- You can measure the time, distance per session, total distance, speed, stepping speed, energy consumption, possible settings, fitness mark

- Measurement of pulse (polar compatible) through the hand sensors

- Display/Strain graphics : LCD

Technical Data

- Brake System : Magnet

- Flywheel mass : approx 20kg

- Performance range : 1-10

- Power Supply : Batteries

- Size when set up (l/w/h/in cm) : 115/60/164

- Max. Weight : 110kg

Fittings

- Ball-bearing mounted swivel joints : 300mm

Or you can have the comparison review here :

Kettler CrossTrainers

This is where you are going to adjust the difficulty of cycling.

And we got a free gift!!! Hand Grips worth RM13.

And yes, this is my achievement thus far up to yesterday, 27 Oct 09. The very first time I used this machine, I managed to burn 10 calories only. It's 10 ok! That was really terrible. Slowly, my legs get used to it and now, I managed to burn 114 calories. Kinda of satisfied, 40 calories non-stop -> rest -> 30 calories again -> rest -> 40 calories again..... Hopefully this machine helps me! Let's see in January 201o if you see any difference in me. Haha....If you want to have a healthy life, invest on this RM1800 machine! =)