Dine with Annna

Yesterday, I attended the celebration of Grand Margherita Hotel & Riverside Majestic Hotel’s Makeover at Prince Hotel, KL with Chris Tock and Tian Chad.

Celebration of GMH & RMH's Makeover

The celebration began with a speech by YB Datuk Haji Talib Zulpilip, Assistant Minister of Tourism, Sarawak & Chairman of SEDC Sarawak.

YB Datuk Haji Talib Zulpilip

YB gave a very enlightening speech introducing what Sarawak has to offer apart from staying in our own local home brand hotels, how friendly Sarawakians are, etc..

VIPs

After YB’s speech, the other VIPs joined the YB on stage to launch the “Makeover” of both hotels, featuring a video about Sarawak and hotels in depth.

Makeover launch

About the makeover:

Both Kuching hotels were under renovation from August 2009 till December 2009 for Grand Margherita Hotel and January 2010 till June 2010 for Riverside Majestic Hotel.

“The completion of the makeover of both Grand Margherita Hotel & Riverside Majestic Hotel allows both hotels to stay on the competitive edge when it comes to offering the best standards of service and up-to-date products, if not state-of-the-art. To add on to the ease of booking a room at the 2 hotels, they had also recently launched their mobile booking websites at m.gmh.my and m.rmh.my. Room reservations can be done while on the go and within minutes so there’s no more hassles of having to go through tedious phone calls or filling up lengthy forms. With the new look, new ambience and all new quality of service, both hotels would remain the preferred choice and continue to make a mark in the hospitality market in Sarawak.” – Eileen Chong, Marketing & Communication Officer, GMH & RMH.

watching the video on stage

VIPs on stage

When the video finishes, VIPs and guests were invited to the next room for refreshments. When it comes to food, hurhurhur.. Of course you’ll see me walking around with camera in hand and taking pichas of food while other guests looked at me with ??? on their head. T________T

Fried spring rolls

Karipap aka curry puffs

Chris digging in

fried bee hoon

kuih-muih, cookies and cakes

kuih-muih - local delicacy

Chocolate Mousse Cake

Fruits

How often do you find strawberries being served in a plate of fruits? Most of the time, strawberries are found on pastries and cakes as decorations. Now, can have strawberries openly without having to snatch it from pastries and eyes war with other people. Teeeheee…

scones

Coffee & Tea

There’s even a mini Rainforest music gallery entertaining guests with Sarawak’s musical instruments.

Sarawak instruments players

Some must take pichas of us enjoying our food too..

Chris, me, Eileen & Tian Chad

It was nice to finally meet Chris in person and Tian Chad again.

Eileen, Patrick and Me

Thanks for the invitation and having us over for the celebration of the hotels’ makeover. It’s always nice to meet familiar faces and it didn’t felt like I was away from home!

with YB, VIPs and managers

And of course, a picha with the VIPs to show off everyone.

Before I end this post, please check this out:

KL Bizmart Special Offer

‘KL Bizmart’ Special Offer:
RM100++ for Grand Margherita Hotel
RM120++ for Riverside Majestic Hotel

Booking period: 30th July to 1st August 2010
Stay period: 30th July to 31st December 2010

Book online at
www.grandmargherita.com / m.gmh.my (mobile online)
www.riversidemajestic.com / m.rmh.my

I will be attending the Asian Bloggers & Social Media Conference 2010 tomorrow and Thursday (July 27-28, 2010). This is my very first time attending a conference which is all about blogging and social media.

Our former Malaysia Prime Minister YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad will be attending the conference as well (get to meet him leh). There will be a list of impressive speakers from different background; corporate, bloggers, journalist, etc..

Click picha for larger view

Kenny and Mike are flying all the way from Kuching for this conference. Kenny is one of the speakers, so, he sure have to fly to KL for it. But MIKE purposely come all the way from Kuching for the conference! So, all the more reasons why I should participate also, right? Hahaha.. Well, that’s part of the reason.

The main reason to attend this conference is to brush up on blogging, learn how I can make the best out of the social media, enhance networking and learn business business stuff from Dato’ Sri Tony Fernandes and make more money out of blogs.

So, who else is attending the conference? Don’t be shy to say, “Hi!” to me yea, because, I’m shy myself *cough cough*

In my previous post about the Mou Tak Ding LSS which we costs us RM2 per cup, and JJ laughed at us and said that there were nicer LSS and cheaper ones. As promised by JJ, he brought us to Chee Chiong Kai for the authentic LSS after our fulfilling lunches at Shin Kee and Lai Foong.

Bought Rose a yellow Rose

On our way, we saw this florist stall. There were lots of roses, so Yien and I stopped by and bought Rose a Rose (RM1.50 SO CHEAP!). Even though Rose said, “no need” or “nevermind”, but I think lah, she must be shouting with joy hoping for a bouquet of roses. Bahahahahahahhaa…

Petaling Street during the day

This is how Chee Chiong Kai (Petaling Street) looks like during the day.

Malaysia flag spotted

So patriotic one the shop. Got Malaysia flag on it. Just beside it is the fehmes LSS Air Mata Kucing stall.

Air Mata Kucing stall

The stall looks ordinary like any other drinks stall.

Lo Han Guo

This is how lo han guo looks like.

Winter Melon

This is how winter melon looks like.

Both are the main ingredient for the drink? I am not sure but I guess they should be, otherwise, why would they be at the stall, right?

JJ, Rose, Kelson & Yien

The KL zais and Kuching duo.

Rose, Yien & I

The Kuching trio.

Oh dem.. I miss having you girls here in KL. So miss everyone back home

Right after our first lunch at Shin Kee Noodles Specialist, we proceed to our second round of lunch at Lai Foong Restaurant which is just accross the street from Shin Kee.

Lai Foong Restaurant

Maybe in the olden days, people see coffee shop as a restaurant. =X

Fehmes Kolo Noodle stall in Lai Foong

It is said that Lai Foong is well known for this noodle stall for its wonton mee. So, the Kuching trio (ahlost, yien and I) led by the 2 KL zai (JJ and Kelson) went for our second round of lunch here.

Char Siew Wonton Mee

Just look at the glorious shiny char siew! The kolo mee is quite different from Kuching’s kolo mee as they add Soy Sauce. Plus, it’s very oily compared to our local kolo mee. Heehee.. The Char Siew Kolo Mee comes with a bowl of soup and 2 wonton in it. The noodles are Q~

Chicken Feet Kolo Wonton Mee

This is flat kolo mee with chicken feet. Also comes with a bowl of wonton soup.

slurps

The noodles is really tasty and flavourful! I don’t know what they put in it, all I can say it’s delicious. The chicken feet is superb!

Green chillies

Throughout my time in KL, I never get a saucer of spicy chillies. It’s green and sometimes red, but never spicy. T____T

Exactly 2 weeks ago, I joined Kelson, JJ and Shirley to Klang. We went in the morning, and so, we had Klang Bak Kut Teh for breakfast :3

JJ the audio GPS

Before heading to Klang, both JJ and Kelson did their homework the night before. They checked on blogs for the fehmes Klang BKT and map. *So amazed!* However, when we were in Klang, in looking for the fehmes Klang BKT shop, we lost track because we couldn’t spot the “Am Bank”. Then, we used my Nokia 5800 GPS to find our way. LOL.. Watching the duo from the passenger seat, Shirley and I couldn’t stop laughing.

Long story cut short, we found the place.

Restoran Fei Kay Bak Kut Teh

And to my amazement, it’s not a coffee shop, it’s a RESTAURANT (note the shop’s signboard). hahaha.. I am Miss Jakun in KL lah.

Varieties of Chinese tea leaves

On every table, there’s a tea set and a basket of varieties of Chinese tea leaves for you to choose from.

(Klang people drinks a lot of tea. And most of the time, they bring their own tea leaves.)

Pu Er Cha

We decided to have Pu Er Cha. It is believed to help cleanse fat and oil.

Tea Master

JJ was our Tea Master.

Little cups of Pu Er Cha

Since there were so many little cups, and also each cup is like a mouthful only, we had 2 cups each.

Green Chillies

I wonder if it’s just me or the chillies. Everywhere I go, there’s only green chillies, even if they have red ones, they are not spicy at all. T________T

Garlic

When having Bak Kut Teh, garlic is an essential! Believe me, it is!

Our Klang Breakfast

Here comes our breakfast :3

Yew Char Kueh

Yew Char Kueh is a MUST for bak kut teh. It’s like coffee and creamer.

Fei Kay Klang Bak Kut Teh

The bak kut teh is still boiling when it was placed on our table. Crispy lettuce covered most of the claypot.

BKT settles down

Had to wait till the BKT settles down then can scoop the inside to “show off”

BKT ingredients

There are lean meat porkie, fatty porkie, porkie parts and tofu skin inside the BKT.

chewy fatty porkie

porkie innards

One of the thing I like about Klang BKT is that the soup is very nice and you can ask for soup refill for FREE. Mehh.. If in Kuching, they will charge RM1-RM2 for soup refill. =_____=|||

Fei Kay Klang Dry Bak Kut Teh

I absolutely love this dry BKT. It’s very different from the wet BKT. The taste is very flavourful.

smelling good

The dry BKT is not BKT without soup. The cooking method is different. Instead of cooking the porkie with herbal soup, the dry BKT is porkie cooked with dried chillies, sotong (cuttlefish), and ladies finger.

porkie innards

dried chilli, sotong & ladies finger

fattie porkie

The limited sauce from the dry BKT is a fight for. The sauce is very tasty and best to go with plain rice <3

Porkie texture

JJ said that Klang’s porkie’s texture and porkie from KL city is very different. This is because of the food these piggies are fed are different. Very enlightening. o.O!!

"posters" on the wall

Apparently, Fei Kay BKT was featured in some local papers, and according to JJ and Kelson, lotsa blogs review them too, and what not, now on Annna.net as well.

Price list

This is the price list for their Dry BKT (left side) and Wet BKT (right side). If you know how to read Chinese, you can easily understand the price list. If you are Banana (don’t read Chinese) like me, here’s the translated price list for your reference:

Dry BKT per person – RM8.50

Wet BKT per person – RM7.50

Rice – RM1 (Big); RM0.60 (Small)

Tea – RM0.50

Canned drinks/Soft drinks – RM1.80

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My food hunters:

JJ & Shirley

Mr. Don't Want Show Face to Camera Canon Kelson Ng * Zhu Zhui Tang

<3 BKT <3

I have a feeling that we are going for food hunting again this weekend :3