I love capturing photos of plants, food and non-living things because I always believe, although they are not human, but they do have their own expression and emotion yet to be read and appreciated.

Friday, March 30, 2012

Restauran Light House Seafood, Taiping

This wasn’t a food trip, it was a trip to attend my god-sister’s wedding in Penang island during Christmas. We were god-sisters since we both participated a community service during our college time and we were both assigned to the same foster family.

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The bride is my god-sister, the lady in purple next to my god-sister and me is my foster mother, and the guy in blue batik next to the groom is my foster father, the young lady in black dress front row is their daughter aka my foster sister.

The community service was a compulsory activity in the college if you didn’t choose any of the sport curriculum to earn the credit point. Obviously I was joining this instead of sport, I’m not a sport person since young. Looking back, it was fun and meaningful, we visited a rural village in group of about 40, with the mission to close the educational gap between the city and rural village, and I got to know this group of “member” who are very kind-hearted and fun too.

Most of us were actually going to Penang from KL, we car-pooled and when we were traveling back to KL, we stopped by Taiping to visit another member who is staying in Taiping. She brought us to this restaurant which was hiding nowhere, but apparently very famous in the country! Their specialty is seafood porridge, look at the pot that we ordered!!! So huge!!! So YUMMY!!! I must remember how to get there… will sure come again for this.

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We ordered a dish of clam and fried fish too… OMG, the clam was so good, believe me, I can’t stop once started! As for the fish… I do not know how to appreciate this dish, the other members like it, they ate the bone too.

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The signboard of the restaurant and us, my beloved 2000 community service group 7 members!

Thursday, March 29, 2012

Handcrafted Coffee - Full of Beans

It’s hard to relate me to coffee, because I can’t tolerate with caffeine, of course I love the coffee scent, like to go cafe with friends, and I support art, anything related to art, I admire artists’ passion, their unlimited inspiration… and these are what I don’t have. When I was traveling to Penang last Dec, my bestie brought me to the new mall – Strait Quay, it has variety of unique restaurants, nice scenery because it’s by the sea, but still a bit quiet due to new opening I guess, then we discover this cafe – Full of Beans, handcrafted specialty coffee.

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The young and pretty barista was syphoning our coffee… this is what we called art (coffee and pretty girl) and science (syphon the method)!!!

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Lemon cake to go with our syphon coffees, I forgot what’s my bestie’s husband order, but he likes it black, and we girls want coffee but at the same time afraid of the after effect, so we had latte. Cake was too sour to eat alone, but to go with coffee, wow, it’s another experience, lemon and bitter coffee can be besties too!

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                                                               The happy girls…
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FULL OF BEANS

(Handcrafted Specialty Cofee)

Unit 3A-1-6, Block A, First Floor, Straits Quay, Jalan Seri Tanjung Pinang, 10470

Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Pastry House KL

Through friend recommendation, now I’ve got another place to hang out! This pastry house is very similar to Levain, they have dessert, bread and some hot food too… The very significant difference probably it wasn’t as pack as Levain during lunch time… or probably it was still very new when I 1st visited this pastry house last Dec.

My first visit to this place was a non-working day, we had our brunch there. As usual, non other than breakfast set and latte…

I still remember how long the barrister took to make my latte… I think she took a long time to draw the flower… well… taste wise, as long as you are not using the expired milk, latte always nice, visual wise… ermmmm… I prefer something simple and nice, but I really really like the breakfast… well, you also can say nothing can goes wrong with this kind of breakfast as long as you fried the hash brown right, fried the eggs right, bake the bread nice and cook the onion right… but to do everything right, it’s not easy, big thumb up for this.

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Then the next visit was to taste the dessert in the house. We chose the pineapple strudel and a white chocolate tart or something. They were very attractive, like a French ladies, but erm… maybe we didn’t choose their specialty, I don’t think I like the taste, the pastry part of the strudel was alright, I was wondering if the chef using the fresh pineapple to make paste… and the white chocolate tart was too sweet, or probably I seldom take white chocolate, so I’m not too comfortable with the sweetness. 

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The boss is a very nice guy, after the dessert we were checking if there’s anything light in the menu, like fries, but there isn’t any, so, we were asking if the chef can just fry us some, then… the boss surprise us by sending us a big bowl of fried FOC!!!

pH Pastry House Kuala Lumpur is a nice and quiet place to chill, or probably a good place to spend your Sunday afternoon here with a cup of coffee and your favourite book. The boss has a very good taste in the interior and exterior design – modern minimalist.

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pH Pastry House Kuala Lumpur

54 Jalan Utara, 55610, Kuala Lumpur
012-342-5464

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Plan B

If plan A doesn’t work, do you have a plan B? Does your boss/ parents/ partner always ask you this?

Now I’m suggesting a Plan B to you… Smile with tongue out

Love this restaurant at the first sight… not only the interior (simple, solid, practical, clean and nice), most important is their breakfast! Yes, I love this kind of big breakfast (please don’t take this to compare with McD). The breakfast is serving all day long, it has 2 eggs (prepare according to your request, sunny side up, half boiled, hard boiled, fried…), bacon, hash brown, thick bread slice, sautéed mushroom, sautéed baby tomatoes served with a glass of orange juice and your choice of coffee from the menu. 

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I'’ve visited this restaurant 3 times in 2 months I guess, then I think I should stop before I get bored about the breakfast. But only had their breakfast twice, then the 3rd time I had spaghetti and sandwich… opps, forgot to take picture… rate of yummylicious is guaranteed.

Then lately after I had visited one of my high school teachers who was admitted to the Pantai Bangsar Hospital, [ding] 1st plan came out from my mind for lunch was Plan B. I knew I should not take up the responsibility to order or later we will end up eating breakfast again… I always have difficulties in choosing options or trying something different. My friend did a very good job (or probably all food in the menu are just very nice), she ordered a mushroom soup, a chicken and bacon burger and a lamb meat ball spaghetti. 

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Last but not least… “somebody” told me that their carrot cake is one of his favourite, I tried… yup, heavenly good…

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Plan B
Gr Floor, Bangsar Village I.

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Testing Testing

Test test test... Just downloaded this apps... Am trying to see what I can or can't do to it!

Attach a siasui look after just a pint of Leffe... Like it's cherry after taste...

Monday, March 19, 2012

Bagan Sg. Tengorak/ Bagan Sg. Burung

北上东去的参加婚宴、圣诞、新年、农历新年、公司年初的各样会议、还有一些有的没的的吃喝玩乐。。。还以为时间不够用我没资格说,还是说我的心太野没让自己休息安定下来的意思?还是换个说法,我就是一个字 –

好了。。。这一切都该尘归尘,土归土了,该让心定下来,不属于我的,甭想,想自己能够掌握的就好了!就像这个,照片整理好就差文字的这篇博文,从去年12月12日就一直乖乖的呆在草稿箱内,若不是这星期报纸有报道到这个地方,我这该死没良心又善忘的人什么时候才会乖乖的把文字填上。

Bagan Sg. Tengorak

Tengorak means skull, those time during the occupation of Japan, the army used to kill the captive on the beach there, and later when the Malay found skull and till now they name this place Bagan Tengorak. Of course now no more skull, Bagan Tengorak is now a peaceful fisherman village and is well known by the delicious seafood there.

We were actually going to my friend’s (Perlyn) hometown (we all used to work in the same company, I left but they are still colleagues), as we were using the old road (not highway), we stopped by Bagan Sg. Tengorak for lunch. This is my first time eating at this one and only seafood restaurant in the village, we were already talking about the restaurant and the lady boss in the car, they said, the boss has her own way of running business, you must be able to wait patiently, you shouldn’t call her to take order unless she walked to your table, cannot add or cut any food that you’ve ordered, cannot rush her because you have been waiting very long for the food to be readied and served…

When we were there, all tables are occupied, we waited for about 30 minutes to get a table, then another 30 minutes or longer for her to walk to our table to take order, another 30 minutes of waiting for the food to be served… The food… fantastic! So good until non of us remember to take pictures, we just eagerly gorge in everything presented on the table… I think the food is worth the waiting… but of course this is very subjective. Actually while waiting, you actually can walk around the village, if you are lucky, (I’m lucky that day), you will be able to see the Egrets searching for food by the beach.

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Bagan Sg. Burung

It’s kind of fun to experience “going back to hometown”, everybody seems friendlier, simpler, happier… they have stronger bonding with the family members too, taking my friend, Perlyn for an example, her family knew that we will be visiting, all family even those who have married or moved to another places, young or old, they all came back to throw a party for us.

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Guess what? Jelly fish, round-disc-shape are the “umbrella” and in the barrel are the tentacles… well, kind of gross until you eat the fresh one, taste so good that you will force yourself to forget about these.

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Photo time!

Dinner time!

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                        Homemade rojak (even the sauce)                                                       Teowchew stewed duck

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All sort of seafood, you name it, they have it. Can either cook them in steamboat or bbq pit. Look at the portion?

We were so full that we can’t take in the giant crabs anymore… so, Perlyn’s brother brought it to the nearby coffee shop, asked them to cook with beehoon for us – that’s our seafood breakfast!!! Yummy!!!

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After breakfast, Perlyn brought us to visit her relative’s salted fish “production house”

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                                                                                                        Old man knitting the fishing net

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Next we were brought to another relative’s fish ball “production house”, although they do things on the floor, but it is very hygienic area. Of course we got the chance to buy the freshest fish ball from them too!

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Photo session again!

Seafood all the way!!! Seafood lunch @ Teluk Intan

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The seafood porridge was unbelievable tasty…

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As we were travelling north, it will take a longer hour to go back to my hometown – KL, so, we decided to try the local famous asam laksa before departing. For me, asam laksa is not my favourite food… no comment whether this is nice or not.

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Photo taking in front of the leaning clock tower marked our arrival to this town – Teluk Intan, Perak!