Blessing 2010

It's 31th day in December, 365th day in 2010. What's your resolutions? Here goes mine,

1. Losing weight and keeping fit
First and foremost, I shall eat less, eat healthily and eat smartly. Stay away from those heavenly but sinfully delicious food. Yay, I'll try. Also, strictly no supper! Next, exercise regularly by attending aerobic and yoga class. In short, dieting in a healthy way.

2. Getting a good grade
Set a goal for achieving. Study harder and learn to study smart too. No more procrastination and laziness. No more excuses for myself. Passing all the papers with flying colour ;)

3. Save more money
I shall spend less on superfluous item. I shall also spend PTPTN money wisely and prudently. Window shopping instead of shop hunting. Less entertainment. On top of that, I shall spend less on food which is also an alternative way to diet.

That's it, that's all. I'll keep the rest of resolutions to myself.

2010 has been a pretty good year and I should be thankful so much for this year. Thankful for a wonderful family and caring friends, a lots of awesome foods, good health and safety, an university to attend, frequent traveling and gathering, and last but not least, the PTPTN loan to ease my parent's burden. Disregard the unhappiness, obstacles and downs in life, it's actually filled with much mirth and new experience.

So, be thankful while waving to 2010. Welcoming 2011 with a loving smile and big hug.

Happy Winter Solstice, 冬至快乐!

Gula Melaka flavour.



In the process of making...



Happy Winter Solstice to everyone! :)

The feast

Back to KL, we continue to indulge in feast. We made our way to Sushi Zanmai. They serve one of the best sushi in town. In fact, it's my first attempt and I had been there twice in a week! First time was at 1Utame and second time was at Mid Valley Megamall. I would prefer Mid Valley one because of their prefect cosy ambiance. A friendly reminder, there's always been a long queue in front of Sushi Zanmai, even if the lunch time has passed! Approximately, one will have to queue up for 10 minutes before seated. Or sometimes longer wait.

Sushi Zanmai



Macha float.



Part of our order.
I highly recommended their soft shell crab handroll. A must try!

It's shopping time! Ready, get set, go!
Haha, but before that we filled up our empty stomach with a feast at Chili's. It has been one year since my last savoring. This time we had our first try on Southwestern grilled lamb and Tequila-lime fish steak. Since no photo is taken, there's is the description from the menu.

Southwestern grilled lamb
Grilled lamb with Chili's special marinade, served with mashed potatoes with black pepper gravy, seasonal veggies and garlic toast.

Tequila-lime fish steak
Fish steak dipped in their non-alcoholic tequila-lime marinade, grilled and topped with garlic-lime butter, served with rice and seasonal veggies.

Besides those above, we also ordered Oldtimer and molten chocolate cake.

Oldtimer
Mouthwatering burger with mustard, shredded lettuce, tomato, pickle and onion, additionally added cheese. You can also choose to add beef chili.

Molten chocolate cake.

After a one day shopping spree at Suria KLCC, we had our dinner at Little Penang Cafe. And again the cafe's almost full house. Yay, almost only.

Somewhere my sister's place there (Kota Damansara), there's Jojo little kitchen, a shop well-known for their variety of pan mee (板麵). Two thumbs up!

Fried pork pan mee.



Lor pan mee.



Herbal chicken pan mee.

Fried wanton.

Seremban #2

What's more? Let see...

With the exception of the siew pau, there's another sought-after Seremban siew hai. It's saliva-inducing by just browsing all the photos taken! *drooling :P

We had the best siew hai here.

The starter. Come with dipping sauce (their own secret recipe).

Fried squid.



炸濑尿虾









Black pepper crab.



Believe it or not? This is butter and cheese crab.
Yay, cheese!



The main character: Siew hai!

In my humble opinion, black pepper crab isn't that palatable. Likewise, the butter and cheese crab. But hold on, their seafood is fresh and the siew hai is excellent, truly heavenly! It's worth a try :)

Seremban #1

Seremban is one of the food paradise in Malaysia. Around 1 hour journey from KL, it's a place that full of competitive heavenly food. Seremban is kinda small, so you won't get lost easily. Drive yourself there for one day trip or family day would be excellent.

First, let start with a food hidden at Pasar Besar Seremban. Economical beef noodles (牛腩粉). The stall named Sin Yee Kee. However, I found it salty because they added too much black sauce.

Dry beef noodles. You can also opt for beef noodles soup.

Moving on to a restaurant that renowned for curry chicken bun (咖哩面包鸡). Unfortunately, they don't have it during my visit. As a result, we just have our normal lunch there. Well, actually it's still the superb one.

Forget what its name. But it's my favourite!

Curry fish head.



咸鱼猪腩褒



菜胆

Wow~Hungry?

Indulgence :P

Up next is Haji Shariff Cendol. Its sell cendol, cendol kacang, cendol jagung, cendol pulut, rojak and rojak mee etc etc. The significant feature of the building is its unique green colour, even those tables and chairs are all in green!

My cendol kacang. This is my second times dine in there and my first try was cendol.



Rojak.



Rojak Mee.

Seremban is well-known for its siew pau. And I'd tried siew pau of two different shop. I paid my visit to this Siew Pau Empire last week. This is somewhere near the toll. They also sell egg tarts and durian egg tarts.

Siew Pau Empire.





Siew Pau.

Another one which I would highly recommend:

The shop looks exactly like a typical bakery, or I should call it a 'siew pau factory'. All their siew pau and egg tarts are freshly baked. The aroma should overwhelms your nostrils when you're approaching the shop.

What amaze me is, it remains crispy and juicy and fresh until the next morning. Toothsome!

Savor

Okay, this is a food post again. If you're starving, don't scroll down! Make sure your stomach is stuffed with food.

Living in Malaysia is blissful because of the drool-inducing food. Well, I'd tried Nyonya laksa and durian cendol in Melaka for n times. And I posted it once and twice and thrice! It's time to post some other food in Malacca. Also, it's time to post some other food from another corner in Malaysia.

Back to Malacca, I discovered the juicy and tender takoyaki, Japanese style grilled octopus balls. Found from a stall at Jonker Walk.

Next it was Hup Huat restaurant. They are popular for their porridge and fried wanton.

The lion's share century egg porridge. Thumb up!

The fried wanton and vegetable. FYI, there's a prawn in each fried wanton.

Oyster sauce chicken. Recommended.

Oh ya, they'd moved to: No.101-1, Jalan SP1, Taman Semabok Perdana, 75050 Melaka.


Continue on to Kuala Lumpur.
The sought-after fish head beehoon soup (鱼头米). If not mistaken, the name of the restaurant is Winson. A bowl of it costs nearly RM13++. Can't really remember the exact price since I ain't the one who paid. It's most probably full house during meal time.

There is a thumb-size shrimp on top. Hmm...yummy~Wine added is the soul of the soup.

Size dish.

Next, the famous Foong Foong Ampang Yong Tau Foo. There are many Yong Tau Foo restaurants set up along the street. But I was recommended that this would be the truly delicious one. It's cheap but nice.

Combination of Yong Tau Foo.

Fried wanton.

Had our high tea at Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, KLCC. This is because the GPS mislead us to KLCC carpark. *Sigh and sweat.

Each of everyone has a cup of Ice blended coffee while I had a classic log cake. Although the portion seems small, it's enough to fill up my empty stomach.

My classic log cake. Christmas mood is on while savoring it.

Alright, that's enough for this time. More to come ;)