Now that I’m in KL, I rarely see an authentic Japanese Restaurant! Most of the Japanese Restaurants here are either a branch or a franchise. Of the many famous Japanese Restaurants seen here are none other than Sushi King, Sakae Sushi and Sushi Zanmai (and of course there are more, but just to name a few).

Sakae Sushi @ The Curve

Anyway, I met up with Yomi and Vivian who have been in KL working for quite some time already. Wow.. It’s been ages since I last seen them. It’s like a mini reunion in KL, but in different style. We met up at IKEA and then continued shopping at The Curve. A very casual way to catch up with each other. Then, we went to Sakae Sushi for dinner.

Sakae Card - member card

Vivian signed up for the membership card, thinking that members are entitle to discounts when dining in Sakae Sushi. Unfortunately, only after she submitted the form, then she found out that under the small prints, it was written that this Sakae card is for members to accumulate $$ for future rebates. Duuuuuuuu…

2 days old member

And little did we know that she had dinner at Sakae Sushi, Subang and got her membership there. LOL! Then, she joined us dinner at Sakae Sushi again the next day!

Frog merchandise

Is frog a mascot in Sakae Sushi?

order via web-based interactive LCD screen

Apart from grabbing sushi from the kaiten belt, and deciding which items you like to order from the Menu, there is this web-based interactive LCD screen at each table by the kaiten belt. You browsed through the Menu and place your orders from here.

Browse & select

Browse & select

Place order & Confirm

Very cost effective for the restaurant. Plus, you can never get your orders wrong because you personally “CONFIRM” your order here. LOL

Sakae Sushi Ocha

You can also order your drinks from the LCD. However, once you are seated, the waiter/waitress will service you with the menu and get your drinks order. We ordered Ocha (green tea) and given 4 glasses and 4 green tea bags.

DIY hot water refill

At each table, there is this hot water tap for you to fill up your cup. However, the one problem we faced with the water tap is that;

1. the cup can’t sit straight up below the tap, so you had to tilt the cup.
2. when we were filling up the cups, the hot water tends to flow out of nowhere from the tap! :L

Wasabi & Shoyu

They customised almost everything here. From plates to cups to saucers to tea bags!

California Temaki @ RM3.90 each

Comparing with Sushi King, handrolls here are slightly more expensive (like 90cents more) but more filled and more varieties!

Fresh ingredients handroll

The California Temaki consists of crab meat, avocado, cucumber, lettuce and fish roe.

Salmon Ikura Temaki @ RM5.90

The salmon ikura temaki is Fawesome!

Uber nice ingredients

The Salmon Ikura Temaki consists of raw salmon, ikura, lettuce and cucumber.

Yummeh Temaki

Enjoyed the temaki till the final bit!

Salmon Makimono @ RM1.90

Ebikko Gunkan @ RM3.90

Spicy Salmon Gunkan @ RM1.90

The sushi here are more affordable and there are more varieties to choose from. Best of all, there tasted fresher than you know where.

These sushi and temaki are just our appetizers :3 We ordered ramen, don and soba to fill up our tanks.

Teriyaki Chicken Ramen @ RM12.90

soaked Teriyaki Chicken

Surprise in a "box"

Teriyaki Chicken Don @ RM10.90

SMELLS GOOD

Beef Soba

Sweet, Tender & juicy beef slices

Soba - buckwheat noodles

While eating, I took pichas of the rest :3

Yomi & Adrian

Ge & Me

Vivian & I

Yomi, Adrian, Vivian, Me

Camwhore pro leh..

My <3 fringe

Checkout the shape of my fringe! lol.. Sometimes, it just happened to look like I got the <3 fringe.

Leanor was busy with work but she dropped by for awhile during our dinner at Sakae Sushi with her BF.

It’s nice to catch up with old friends and get together again. It’s always nice to meet familiar faces especially when you’re away from home. :3

Anyway, before going home, I went to this Taiwanese restaurant/cafe called d’Chef Xi-Men-Ting in Carrefour building itself.

d'chef Xi-Men-Ting

Iced Honey Green Tea

Very nice the drink. Didn’t know that Honey and Green Tea makes a really refreshing combination!

Spicy Slimmering Spicy Beef Noodles

The beef noodles here can buy 2 bowls of beef noodles in Kuching. But heck, this is KL ma. LOL

The noodle is handmade and the beef is very tender. The soup is hot and spicy! I like! Normally in Kuching, when they say spicy beef noodles, it’s always just pepperish type of hotness, but this spicy slimmering beef noodles my friend, is SPICEH!

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Schedule board

We had a quick late dinner at Cheras mamak stalls.

Chu Cheong Fun

This is nice! The chu cheong fun is complimented with various ingredients like fish balls, fried tofu, meat balls, etc and sauces. My first trying this and I’m hoping to have more!

Fishballs Hor Fun @ RM4

The varieties of fishballs, fish cakes, fish something something with hor fun (Kueh tiaw). KL’s kueh tiaw is very different from Kuching’s. It’s thinner and softer than Kuching’s. Very nice!

green chilli

KL’s chillis are always green, small and not very spicy. T___________T

Can someone please import cili padi from Sarawak?

Wineful dinner

I brought a bottle of wine from home. It was a birthday gift from Gordon and Eva. Hehehee..

Breathe Wine Breathe

It costs RM15 only for corkage fee in Mr. Ho’s Fine Food. Affordable corkage fee. Everyone drank wine that night. heeheehee..

I'm adult enough to drink

Well, I’m not so kid to drink. I’m not too old to drink either. I’m just adult enough to drink. Hehe

Mr. Ho's Caesar Salad @ RM19.90

For appetizer, we had Caesar Salad. I still prefer their Garden Salad which contains varieties of lettuces and other gardenish ingredients with its vinaigrette dressing.

Mussels in Chilli Cream Sauce @ RM15.90

We had Mussels in Chilli Cream sauce and Lamb Satay while waiting for our main course.

Lamb Satay @ Rm2.50 each

The lamb satay comes in half a dozen of six sticks.

Spaghetti Aglio Olio @ RM12.90

Rose and I had Spaghetti Aglio Olio. The Aglio Olio is the tastiest Aglio Olio in Kuching for me, so far.

Mr. Ho's Signature Prawn Pasta @ RM19.90

Mr. Ho’s Signature Prawn Pasta is the best spaghetti in Kuching, for me so far. :3

Roast Chicken @ RM13.90

Yien had a whole quarter of chicken on her plate. She couldn’t finish the everything. Big portion you know.

Wargyu Beef @ RM150.00

That night, the waitress recommended their dish of the night, Wargyu Beef. But little did we know that it would cost us RM150.00 for it. T_______T

Cheers

Who cares how much the dinner cost us. What matters most is that we’re satisfied and enjoyed our meal together and nice wine to cheers throughout dinner.

Rose and her supreme-belated-birthday gift

And presenting Rose, our supreme-belated-birthday gift, we hope you like it. Time passes, but memories remain.

Lil girl opening her gift happily

She looked happy and excited to open her gift. LOL

Kelson

Kelson (KL zai) joined us for dinner since he was in Kuching.

Bro

Bro joined us too.

The hostess of the evening:

Gladys

It’s not easy to meet Gladys as she travels around very often. :3 So nice kan?

Yien

YienYien…My CHH Loumou. lol

Yours Truly

After our dinner, we head over to Pavilion in Travilion for the XPAX XPLAY Party.

The Fusion Cafe

The Fusion Cafe is a new cafe in town and currently my favourite place for my dosage of 3 layer pork cravings. Years back, the cafe was known as Red Tea House and years later, they changed management to some stir fry cafe and today,  it is The Fusion Cafe. The Fusion Cafe is located in Jalan Song Thian Cheok, just somewhere near MAS building.

The Fusion Cafe location map

Parking is convenient during the evening. During the day, to get a parking slot in the city centre will depend on your luck, unless you park in Taman Kereta or in Tun Jugah’s basement parking.

The Fusion Cafe building

This is how The Fusion Cafe’s building looks like from the parking outside MAS office.

The Fusion Cafe's Business Hours

The Fusion Cafe operates 14 hours daily (10am – 12 midnight) and closes on every 2nd and 4th Sunday of the Month.

Interior

Interior of The Fusion Cafe

The Fusion Cafe is a nice place to chill out,  gossiping chit chatting, catching up with friends, etc. The place is air-conditioned and complimented with ceiling fans, whilst the doors are always open. Hence, the place is never too hot nor too cold, just cooling.

Here’s a slideshow of the cafe:

The wall is painted soft pink and decorated with wall stickers. Very simple yet unique and creative. I like the one with the girl walking with the dog. (Can I bring home the poodle?) hehehe…

Well, I was at The Fusion Cafe with Kevin, Jess and  Albert (aka AhBird) for dinner. Thanks to Sharon for the great treat We enjoyed the food and drinks lots.

I’m impressed with their menu. There are varieties of drinks to choose from. From milk tea (recipe brought down from Red Tea House) to fruit juice  to iced tea  to beer. And of course,  they have their very own created special fruit punch:

#69 Paradise @ RM4.50

Paradise is #69 in the menu. It is a mixture of Lemon juice, soda and fresh strawberries. It is a refreshing and cooling drink, with a tinge of taste.

#69 Paradise

Paradise is one of The Fusion Cafe’s popular drink. Most of their customers order this.

notti flash light

This is just a notti and random shot.

Real fresh strawberry. No cheat one.

Sweet strawberry

* * *

#71 Love Elixir @ RM5

Love Elixir is #71 in the menu. It is a mixture of Watermelon juice and lychee.

Do you see anything at the bottom?

Spot the lychee

Canned lychee

As elixir of love as its name, it is sweet and lovely (provided that you love watermelon and lychee).

* * *

#68 Soda Blackcurrant Lemon @ RM4.00

Soda Blackcurrant Lemon is #68 in the menu. It is a mixture of soda and blackcurrant syrup (I presume it is Ribena) and topped with a few slices of lemon.

something is glowing inside

Well, it is a simple and pretty ordinary drink, but familiar to those who love Ribena sprite

* * *

Apart from all the icy and sweet drinks, they have nice healthy and unique tea.

Special tea

Unlike other cafes which serve Early Grey Tea, English Tea, Boh tea, Lipton tea, etc tea bag, here in The Fusion Cafe, you get to taste a variety of hot healthy  flower tea.

Plum Flower Tea @ RM5

The Plum Flower Tea is a mixture of Plum, red jujube, longan, hawthorn, licorice, mysotis and marigold. Don’t look at me, I have no idea what they are except for Plum. The plum is the round item at the bottom of the teapot filter, whilst the tea is at the top.

Not tea leaves

Who said tea must be in the form of tea leaves?

* * *

Butter Chicken Rice

Butter Chicken Rice @ RM5.50

The butter chicken rice is not bad. The thick sauce is butterish and sweet. Goes well with the hot steamy rice.

piglet figured plate

served in a cute plate. Awww…

toothpicky tail

But too bad the piggie lack of its tail and AhBird made him a stiff tail by using a toothpick. lol

* * *

Salted Fish 3 Layer Pork Meat Rice

Salted Fish 3 Layer Pork Meat Rice @ RM5.50

fatty porkie rice on porkie plate

I didn’t get to try the Salted Fish 3 Layer Pork Meat Rice but the look of it is so enticing and I MUST ORDER THIS next time.

* * *

Fruit Salad

Fruit Salad @ RM5

The Fruit Salad consists of green apple, watermelon, lychee, pineapple and raisins with generous salad dressing.

this is green apple & raisin

The fruit salad is not bad. That night, I learnt that AhBird and Kevin actually prefer veggie salad! That’s something new. hekhek..

* * *

Fried 3 Layer Pork Meat (recommended)

Fried 3 Layer Pork Meat @ RM10

This is one mountainous plate of Fried 3 Layer Pork Meat (san zhang bak)!

#1 Succulent and juicy porkie

succulent & juicy porkie

#2 FATTY

fat. not lean.

#3 chewable

chewable

The porkie is cut into thick slices for a chewable sensation.

#4 better than satay

san zhang bak on toothpick

#5 Affordable

portion at its price

#6 Condiment that compliments

delicious condiment

The porkie is served with fresh crunchy cucumber and sambal belacan. The sambal belacan is sedap lagi enak (delicious condiment: chili based sauce with belacan) but not spicy enough for me.

* * *

Fried Chicken Wings

The chicken wings are also recommended.

4 pieces of Fried Chicken Wings @ RM10

Truth to be told, the fried chicken wings are not very oily and it’s sweet and juicy. Goes damn well with the sambal belacan.

you must try this

You must try the chicken wings because AhBird said so. He labeled the chicken wings here as the best chicken in Jalan Song Thian Cheok. lol.. Don’t believe me??

AhBird and his comment card

AhBird wrote, “THE Chicken Wing *draws a chicken head* is da’ BEST! #1 in Song Thian Cheok & Malaysia.”

a picha with AhBird and his comment card

Took a picha with AhBird and his comment card because he wrote “Albert #1 was here! with ANNNA.NET on 18/05/10″ *lamao*

My Comment Card

I also got to write a comment card leh.. I wonder if they are going to post it on the wall or not. Anyway, if you happen to be there, spot it for me yah! hekhekhek.. *thick face*

The Fusion Cafe Chop Card

The Fusion Cafe Chop Card

Ada makan (got food),

Ada minum (got drink),

Ada chop (got chop), if you spend RM30 and above in a single receipt.

1 chop for every RM30 and above in a single receipt

Lunch Promotion

The Fusion Cafe Lunch Promotion

Currently, The Fusion Cafe is offering this lunch promotion. For RM6.90 only you get a set of lunch which comes with iced red tea and soup!

I’ve tried their lunch promotion, it’s great and will update on it in the next post. heehee..

A shot with the Orchid Garden Coffee House signage is a must!

For Mothers Day, we went to Orchid Garden Coffee House, Grand Margherita Hotel (formerly known as Holiday Inn) for dinner. There were several reasons why we chose GMH in the end.

"Happy Mother's Day" fruit & veggie carvings

#1 They are celebrating Mother’s Day

Mum eats for free

They have one of the best promotions offered on Mother’s Day – Mum eats for FREE and FREE wine. So meaning, instead of paying RM79++ per pax, we are paying RM68.14 (3 x RM79 x 15%/4) per pax. A great saving of RM22.71 per pax and total savings of RM90.84!

P/s: The dinner buffet is RM79 and subject to 10% service charge + 5% government tax = RM90.84.

#2 Complimentary FREE wine (choice of Red or White)

FREE wine

Each diner is served with a glass of Complimentary house wine (except Muslims). They only serve the wine upon request. I saw few tables don’t take wine and requested the Captain for more wine. He was reluctant at first telling us the reasons that they serve based on per head. Told him that since other tables are not drinking, we help them drink. And again, the Captain regrettably apologize that it couldn’t be done.

camwhore with the FREE wine is a MUST

Nevermind lah.. It is okay if we can’t get extra pouring of wine, the wine not that great anyway (the white wine is not even chilled! wteff).

Anyway, 15-20 minutes later, the Captain, he came over to our table with 4 glasses of wine!!! LOL! So sweet of him.

P/s: Pretty disappointed with the wine served (tasted cheap =x)

#3 FRESH RAW OYSTERS!

Oysters chilling out on the ice cubes

They serves real fresh RAW oysters. The all you can eat!! <3 <3

Oyster said, "eat me eat me"

They refill this section pretty often as it is one of the section which finishes within seconds!

I had plenty of Osyters

They are smart to place dessert plates near the salad bar. So, the max you can fit on the plate is 3 Oysters, unless you stack them up, WHICH I don’t advice you to do so lah.

Good for men

Yesterday, princess_Yen mentioned on Twitter that Oysters are GOOD for men in the ahem aspect (improves men’s sexual health). A real eye opener lah.. So guys, how true is this? LOL! share share lah..

Juice it, Slurp it

So, how do you eat raw oysters?

Some prefer to taste raw oysters without any seasonings, while others prefer seasonings like lemon juice, cocktail sauce, tobasco sauce, etc sauce. The usual one is lemon juice. Personally, I love it with a squeeze of lemon juice.

Using a fork, work it under the juicy oyster to detach it from the shell.

Juicy raw oysters

Place the oyster shell at the bottom of your lips and give it a big suck like how you take a deep breath but with your mouth (duh!) and slurp the oyster into your mouth.

Last but not least, don’t just swallow it. Give it a chew, else how would you  taste the hamness (oysterness).

I <3 Oysters

#4 Seafood, See Food

Grilled Scallops

This is damn sedaps!!

Seafood Squid: Fish, Squid & Prawn

Superbly great with Tabasco sauce <3

Pacific Clams

The veggies not really ngam (suitable) with the clams. =X

[please imagine pichas of PRAWNS]

There were grilled prawns, butter prawns, and something prawn. Totally didn’t dig any prawns (except the seafood kebab), because I was lazy to peel the skin off. =x

#5 Japan was in Orchid Garden

Chuka Idako & Wakame

They also have seasoned scallops which I screwed up on the picha and hence, no picha for display.

Red & White Tuna sushi

The raw fish is fresh, but the rice =/ taste farny.

Salmon & Tuna sushi

Unfortunately, they don’t do Sashimi (even though we requested the sushi master for just raw fish without rice). So, we ate the raw fish only and left the sushi rice for something else (see below below) =x

Fish Roe sushi, Tuna sushi & California Maki

Fish Roe sushi & Chicken Floss sushi

If you don’t like their sushi, you can always DIY your own:

Special DIY sushi

Give it a wild guess for the name of this sushi.

(THIS IS JUST A JOKE)

#6 Meat Galore

They have varieties of meat to choose from; chicken, duck, lamb, beef and NO PORK lah. Meat in different cooking styles; steamed, sauteed, roasted, grilled, you name it.

Roasted lamb & veggies

This is one of my favourite among all! I love their mini roasted potatoes. So cute and sweet. :3

Mixed Grill

The sausages are grilled on the spot and you need to wait…with patience.. for them and the beef steak is ZOMGood!

Roasted Smoked Duck

Bro didn’t like the roasted duck as it has a mild smokey taste in it. Surprisingly, the duck is smoked before roasting (I think).

#7 Soup needs improvement

Tomato soup and brown bun

The tomato soup is too diluted =x and tasted like my spaghetti bolognese sauce with extra 1 liter of water. (just saying)

[a picha of screwed up Ginseng soup]

I’m very sorry for this very harsh comment on the soup but seriously,  does the chef knows what he is cooking?

As a Chinese who drinks soup at every dinner since she was born, I can cook Ginseng soup (sedaps lagi enak) with one eye closed.

second helping on Ginseng soup

Or maybe I’m not a pro Ginseng soup drinker as I watched a lot of people scooped ounces of the Ginseng soup.

#8 Desserts

Tropical Fruits: Papaya, Honey Dew, Watermelon

The fruits are very sweet *thumbs up*. They have fresh pineapples as well, but I dislike pineapples. Every time I eat fresh pineapples, without fail, my tongue get cuts and sometimes, I get ulcers from it.

Red Dragon fruit

They didn’t peel the skin off the fruit! Why? To show how dragonish the fruit is? ~..~

A MUST Mothers Day Cake

And of course, on this memorable Mother’s Day, how could we miss out on the cake.

some bitter pudding

A sweet mango pudding topped with fruit parfait and perhaps a small slice of strawberry on top would be lovely. But what they have here is some pandan pudding burnt sugar syrup on top (which made it bitter) and topped with almond flakes.

Not so Banana Chocolate Cake

LOL! Remember my Banana Chocolate Cake? This is so opposite of it! The chocolate cake is decorated with BANANA CRACKERS! What a combination of sweet chocolate and salty, crispy banana cracker.

At this point, I wonder if there is any vacancy for food taster. I want to apply, can?

Chocolate mousse & Pandan agar-agar

Pandan & coconut milk agar-agar lapis

The Pandan layered jelly is really the opposite of yum. T___T I love agar-agar and jelly but this is beyond likable. The whitish green is coconut milk/ideal milk flavoured tasted very geli!

P/S: Seriously need improvementssssssss.

Bro making a statement

*scared*

Chocolate Mousse

This is the best among all the cakes and puddings. The chocolate mousse is very delicious! But I don’t like the pink deco (DIY on sushi rice).

Ice-Cream and some cheesy cake

They have ice-cream too. There were two flavours of ice-cream that night; strawberry and peppermint. Got lotsa toppings to go with the ice-cream too; almond flakes, chocolate syrup, berry syrup, chocolate rice, colorful thingy, etc..

The cakes are pretty okay. Just okay only.

#9 Miscellaneous

For display only

They have this candle in XO glass, but they didn’t light it.

Bro making another statement

Bro: what’s the point of having it on the table if they’re not going to light it.

Me: DECO bah

What is wrong with this picha?

You tell me lah.. LOL..

Overall, the dinner buffet is okay lah. I enjoyed the seafood and meat (YUMYUM) minus the desserts (no offence). In fact, I was looking forward to Oyster shooters!! Well, I hope they serve that again in future

Posing in front of Rajang Lobby Lounge

The lounge is located in the lobby and it is easy to spot when entering the hotel through it’s main entrance.

The bar

The bar itself can accommodate approximately 10-12 pax. The entire lounge can accommodate approximately 50 pax (based on my own estimation).

Happy Juice

They have various range of liquor. You name it, they have it.*

Rajang Lobby Lounge's weekly promotions (click for larger view)

And of course, they have weekly promotion to enjoy. For the ladies, yes, again ladies always get to enjoy the best promotion, the TGIF, Thank GOD It’s Friday promotion.

TGIF promo

Applicable for ladies only on every Friday, 7-9pm. Yippee!! It’s Friday today! TGIF!!

Bartender in action

They mix the happy juice on every order, and not from jug – the-free-pouring-style. So, you get to enjoy fresh happy juice throughout the 2 hours.

Margarita @ RM18

Margarita is my favourite cocktail. It is a mixture of tequila, triple sec and lime juice.

Icy, Salty & Zesty

Lime or Lemon?

TGIF!

Only on Fridays you get FREE unlimited Margarita from Rajang Lobby Lounge from 7-9pm!

Enjoy~

I had approximately 6 glasses of Margarita that one evening to go with my dinner.

the beverage menu

They have various Cocktails and Mocktails to choose from.

Blue Lagoon @ RM18

Blue Lagoon is a mixture of Blue Curacao (citrus liquor), vodka and soda.

Blue Curacao & soda

The color of the cocktail is pretty but tasted like cough syrup but in blue. :S

FREE snacks

To add on the excitement while happy juicing in Rajang Lobby Lounge, we were treated with prawn crackers and peanut. It’s FREE as well. 1 prawn cracker for 1 lady and a portion of salted peanuts to be shared. ^3^

the Orchid Garden Coffee House menu

As the TGIF promo starts at 7pm, and if you happened to skipped dinner to fully enjoy the 2 hours FREE margarita spree, as I am, you can grab a bite or get a full meal from the Orchid Garden Coffee House’s kitchen. Just request for the menu and enjoy the meal with the happy juice of the night.

Weapons to Eat

GMH Fork & Knife

Pizza Al Fresco @ RM18.75

Pizza Al Fresco is one vegetarian pizza. It is topped with generous mozzarella cheese, spinach, onions, roasted red peppers, tomatoes and bechamel sauce.

This green thingy is spinach

Even though there’s no meat in it, it’s still a very tasty pizza. *thumbs up*

Pizza Ala Diablo @ RM18.75

The name of this pizza reminds me of an online game I used to play years back, Diablo. LOL.. So, we gave it a try.

stuffed with all the goodness

Pizza Ala Diablo is topped with mozzarella cheese, prawns, mushrooms, coriander leaves, chilli, and basil. This pizza is superb! One reason, it has prawns in it! Fresh prawns!

Fresh prawns

This picha is to show that the prawns they used for the pizza is fresh from its shell.

Love the pizzas here. Tasty in its own style and rich in ingredients.

Vegetarian Cutlet @ RM16.50

We saw this Vegetarian Cutlet on the menu and finds it interesting and gave it a try. Another thumbs up dish.

The veggie nugget

The vegetarian cutlet consists of breaded puree of mixed vegetables and potatoes. It is served with fresh green salad, steamed veggies and fresh tomato sauce.

Fish & Chips @ RM26.50

The deep-fried fish in batter served with fries, fresh greens and tartar sauce is not bad. The fish itself is crispy on the outside, tender and smooth on the inside. I like it with lots of lemon juice *licks lips*

Don't think it's Dory fish

There’s nothing fishy with the fish fillet. Just want to show off the thickness.

You must be curious how come there’s no pichas of meat.   I don’t take meat on Fridays.

Live band

Of course there’s entertainment at the lounge. There will be live band performance from 9pm till late.

FREE Wifi

Apart from the FREE margarita, FREE snacks and FREE air, there’s also FREE Wifi. Just request from the lounge. You will be given a piece of sticker with username and password. Each sticker entitles you to go online for 2 hours, for FREE. Yet another TGIF, Thank God It’s FREE!

GMH Privilege Card

When I gave them my namecard, I got this Grand Margherita Privilege Card in return :3

I'm privilege card holder #94

Got it before we settle the bill, hence, we get to enjoy the 10% discounts for our meal!

That’s not all. If you’re a fan of Grand Margherita Hotel Kuching in Facebook, inform them and get yourself a mysterious gift (while stock lasts)!

The Mysterious Gift

The mysterious gift is this Guinness padlock! It’s no longer mysterious as I revealed it here. Nyek nyek..

It’s been 2 weeks since my last Happy Juice dosage. TGIF! Going to get  mydose of Happy Juice tonight! Join me lah!

waiting patiently for the arrival of YB Makanan. Look at bro's hand grip

As it was a Wednesday (ladies night at Silhouette), we enjoyed our dinner with free house pouring of the night, Gin. There were two types of mixture: Gin Tonic or Gin with Sprite.

Gin Tonic

I ordered Gin with sprite as my first glass and it tasted somewhat terrible to me. Then, I tried marther’s Gin tonic which tasted much much much better. My seconds and onwards was Gin tonic.

Imported lemon

Bro didn’t order any liquor that night as he wanted to try out the Italian Ice-cold sodas *roll eyes*

Italian Ice-Cold Soda - Green Apple @ RM8

Bro ordered this apple soda which tasted like Baby Borneo the apple flavour ones. fuhhh.. Really brings back the good old time taste! Anyone knows where to buy Baby Borneo? Or has Borneo discontinued that product?

just soda with green apple syrup

Perhaps we can start making our own Baby Borneo from home. teehee.. Just need to find out where to get the green apple syrup and mix with soda.

For dinner, we ordered 3 dishes of pasta and pizza:

Spaghetti Aglio e Olio @ RM17

The spaghetti is cooked with olive oil and garlic. I normally toss the spaghetti with lots and lots of Tabasco sauce to give that extra kick *slurps*

Pizza Funghi e Prosciutto @ RM23

The pizza funghi e prosciutto consists of turkey ham, mushrooms, tomato and mozzarella cheese. We love this pizza the most among all they have in Silhouette. Also, I recommend this pizza for you to try!

Pizza A'matriciana @ RM21

Pizza A’matriciana consists of beef bacon, onions, chilli, tomato and mozzarella cheese. This pizza is slightly spicy. I liked it but not bro as he don’t take spicy food.

After our dinner, we continued drinking and hee hee haa haa… Then, we went home. After an hour later, I was back in Silhouette again for second round, and this time with Evey. Then, Ehren dropped by and joined us.

Ehren and I

Later that evening, the surprisingly familiar faces, CKY, Brandon and Kat joined us.

Brandon, CKY & Evey *high five*

So surprised to see Brandon with CKY. hahaha.. It is either Kuching is such a small city or CKY knows everyone. LOL..

Brandon, CKY & Evey doing random stuffs

That night we were quite happy so I ordered a round of tequilas. There was an extra shot that Eve doesn’t drink, so CKY sneakily poured into Brandon’s Graveyard. BAHAHAHAHAHAH!! Till today, I don’t think he realised the extra shot in his drink as Graveyard tastes really strong and yucky!

A toast for the random crowd

Now I mish the random crowd doing the random things..

]]> http://annna.net/pre-birthday-dinner-at-silhouette/feed/ 8 http://annna.net/pullman-kuchings-grand-opening-gala-dinner/ http://annna.net/pullman-kuchings-grand-opening-gala-dinner/#comments Mon, 05 Apr 2010 17:51:51 +0000 annna http://annna.net/?p=4902 I was invited to attend Pullman Kuching’s Grand Opening Gala Dinner on March 26th, 2010, along with ahlost and JF. It was a very grand dinner. Dinner was held in one of Pullman Kuching’s biggest ballroom, the Colosseum.

Pullman Kuching's Grand Opening Gala Dinner Programme & Menu

Colosseum was decorated with handmade or tailor-made props to match the theme of the night, China Shanghai Paris. In other words, the theme was Black and Red. I wore a simple black dress with a red  clinch belt around my waist to match the theme. Simple yet elegant? *perasan*

with the paper Eiffel Tower & napkin

Camwhored with the props on the table, the Eiffel Tower. It is just too cute to  not camwhore with it :3

with the entrance sticker on my arm

Upon registration, Frankie got me the Pullman Kuching’s logo sticker and sticked it visibly on my arm. Every guests of the gala dinner has it on them.

As mentioned earlier, I was at the dinner with ahlost and JF. We met lotsa familiar faces at the dinner;  Jeffrey Sia, Alex Lau (body combat&pump-mate), Fahriee, Cyril, Angel Pep and BF, the Aviva, friends, etc…

JF

with pretty ahlost

Ahlost’s hair looks great that night. She got her hair washed from the hair saloon shop in Sekama for only RM18. FML! Should have joined her for the hair wash. Piff…

Please notice the curls on my hair.

Story of the hair:

I went to Cutting Edge, The Spring for a hair wash (RM25) and to get a glamour hair blow. The fella who washed my hair (I’m sure he’s younger than me) is very talkative. Ask east ask west (obviously trying to dig info), taking what seems like forever to wash my hair. Then, he asked what type of hair blow I want. Told him just blow it straight down with a curve into my face. Guess what he did, he made curls. Not only that, the curls didn’t even last throughout the night. Piff.. Talk about having a glamour hairdo. MEHHH… Not surprising that he asked for a colleague (who blow curls so much nicer) to give him a hand to do the other side of my hair. The curls he “tried” to make looks like sh*t!! Long story cut short, I have two different waves of curls on both side of my face. FML!

met Alex at the dinner

Fahriee & Cyril representing Shiok!

Unfortunately, we were not all seated on the same table. Oh btw, Cheesie and Jaclyn were there for the dinner too. No pichas taken with them as we were seated in different tables and also because yours truly is shy.

This is a rough idea on where we were seated during the gala dinner:

where we are seated

The CM and VVIPs  were seated in a long horizontal table facing the stage. The best seats in the house. Get to have the best views on the stage, no interference while watching the first ever performance by Chinatown Shanghai in Malaysia.

the screenview from our seats

This is the view of the screen from the stage from we were sitting. It’s pretty far away so, it’s quite a small viewfor us. lol

Presentation

The evening began with the slide presentation of Pullman Kuching’s construction progress.

IeatU

I was very hungry during the presentation. =X Dinner began at approximately 8.55pm T_______T

Table settings

This is the table setting for the night. Many tools (utensils) to use for food attack >:]

softdrink & Chinese tea

We were served with either soft drinks (choice of Coca-Cola, Sprite or Orange) or Chinese tea. The soft drink is nice because they don’t put ice in it Chilled soft drinks and not iced ones.

Pain mean bread in French

On each table, there were Pains (bread) to keep the hungry ones quiet. =x

Condiments to go with the bread

Didn’t try the bread nor condiments as I was saving the tank for the real deal of the night (I’ve studied the menu upon sitting).

Enjoy the menu:

Mise en bouche (Pre-starter): Quail Ravioli, truffle cappuccino

Pre-starter: Quail Ravioli

Mise en bouche

Just a mouthful of tasty pasta wrap. Wish to have another spoonful of it…

Petite Entree (First appetizer): Prelude, Synphonie de la mer (Prelude, Symphony of the Seas)

with the Petite Entree/First appetizer

Petite Entree: Prelude, Synphonie de la mer

First appetizer: Prelude, Symphony of the Seas

South-China Sea lobster carpaccio

Wok-tossed peppered crab claw

Marinated Hokkaido giant scallops in passion fruit reduction

All is great except for the crab. It was kind of overcooked as the meat is very much stucked to the claw. Hard to eat as you need to scrap off the meat from the claw.

Grande Entree (Second appetizer): Acte premier, les parfums de I’Asie (First act, Perfumes of Asia)

with the grand entree/second appetizer

Acte premier, les parfums de I'Asie

Fine Oolong tea smoked duck breast, Chawan mushi of foie gras with confit Anjou pear

Succulent juicy & tender duck breast meat *slurps*

My favourite one of all :3

Soupe (Soup): Interlude

The Soup of the night

Blackened chicken consomme, infused in jasmine and Chinese herbs

Jasmine flower

*nom nom nom*

The cookie with raisins in it tasted weird to go with the soup =x it sure is a whole new experience to drink oriental soup with a piece of cookie. Teeheee…

Poisson (Fish): Acte second, L’orientale (Second act, The Oriental)

Slow-simmered "Foo Chow" fish dumplings in citrus & lemongrass scented broth

the "Foo Chow" fish dumplings

Viande (Meat): Intrigue, la rencontre des saveurs (The plot, Encounter of Flavours)

ahlost & I with our Encounter of Flavours

Ignore the reflection from the plate on my face. meh…

Camwhore with mah beef

Rib-eye Bulgogi infused with abalone & matsutake jus

boiled & deep fried kuay tiaw

The kuay tiaw cooking method reminds me of the Ying Yang kailan (2 in 1 cooking style on one dish), where the kailan leaves is cut into very thin slices and then deep friend, and the stalks is stir fried. This kuay tiaw, I think it’s both boiled and deep fried.

Rib-eye Bulgogi

Tender & sweet

The rib-eye aka beef steak from the beef rib is well done and pretty chewy.  It would be better if it is medium well done, so that the meat would be more tender and juicy. *perfecto* However, it’s not easy to please everyone in a banquet as everyone has their own preference on how well done they like their steak. So, no hiam-ing for this case.

Dinner was scheduled to end at approximately 10.45pm followed by fireworks, but dessert was not out yet. Ahlost, JF, Jeffrey and I stayed back for dessert, while the rest went off to capture some fireworks pichas. Good thing we stayed back for dessert as it was more worth missing out on the fireworks.

Dessert: Acte final, Delices sucres (Final act, sweet delicacy)

I has bird nest for dessert

Chilled rock sugar, premier bird nest & ginseng

For dessert, we had BIRD NEST in GINSENG okay! It was a very nice dessert! :3

I has bird nest for dessert (repeating again)

Another picha to rub in for those who missed out dessert for fireworks *evil*

Chilled rock sugar, premier bird nest & ginseng

Bird nest is one of the luxurious food on earth as it is among the most expensive animal products eaten by human. It is believed that bird nest help make your body, skin and face looks younger. On the other hand, ginseng is believed to relieve stress and gives good health and stamina to your body.

ahlost plays hide and seek

Ordinary girl like me can’t afford bird nest with ginseng. So, I ate ahlost’s portion because she don’t like the ginseng taste. Ji lucky sia lo..  Hohoho ..

Do I look more youthful than before?

Throughout the evening, guests were entertained by Chinatown Shanghai. It is said to be their first time performing in Malaysia. It was a very Broadway-like performance minus the theater. Here are among the pichas taken on the performances:

Love the lighting

hosting the night away

musical dance & songs

nice costumes

she has a very lovely voice

Final dance of the night

Super tall fella posing in front

The fella with the top hat is supremely tall! *digs Facebook*

Our boobies is just at the height of his waist!

See! So tall right?!

with the Chinatown Shanghai babes

They are pretty, sexy, hot and talented! I feel so fat and short in between them. Meehhh…

Apart from Chinatown Shanghai, look who else is performing in the house:

Aviva - Alex Chai singing

Alvin the wolverine, the basist

The evening is not just about entertainment, eating and socializing among guests. There were interval during dinner for cheque presentation Interhill Group and witnessed by YAB Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud to PERYATIM Kuching Education and Basic Living Fund for 152 orphans, PETIPUN Education Awareness Programme for Penan Communities, and DBKU Plant-A-Tree Programme.

Each organisation receives RM43,000

I also want cheque.

After the cheque presentation, there was a special cake cutting ceremony specially arranged for YAB Pehin Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud for his 29th Anniversary as Chief Minister of Sarawak.

CM checking out the cake

VVIPs join in the fun on the stage

CM is happy

I am just a small photog among the paparazzi

The cheque presentation and cake cutting were the intervals during dinner.

Where's everyone?

Of course the evening did not end just like that. We got ourselves a ticket entrance to Liquid Blast! Party.

Thank you, Stephane!

Next stop… Liquid?

Where to next?

Dinner was at Topspot – ABC Stall. One of the best spot for seafood at an affordable price.

Bamboo Clam

This bamboo clam is one of my favourite seafood! Love it to the max when it is cooked with curry powder. *YumYum*

Sea Needle/Ambal

It is also known as Sea Needle or Ambal in Malay language.

Andre's Tooot

That night, I learnt that within the group, it is known as Andre’s something. *swt*

Crispy Oyster Omelet

The Crispy Oyster Omelet is so gigantic! It practically took up half of the space on the lazy susan.

Prawnies <3

I didn’t know that Amiey is allergic to prawns. I know a few friends who are allergic to prawns and sad to say, that they can’t take prawns, but at the same time *evil grin* more for me to eat. In a cover cover manner, “I shall eat your portion for your sake”. JK only..

Crispy prawns

The prawns are big and fresh *slurps* Love the crispy skin and normally, I eat the skin as well….if they are crispy.

Sea Cucumber Soup

As if dinner is not seafoodful enough, Cyril had ordered the Sea Cucumber soup!

Apart from seafood, of course there are veggies to balance the meal.

Fried Midin with Belacan

Mixed Veggies

And there’s meat as well.

Lemon Chicken

The lemon chicken is delicious. The portion for all dishes are so big, we couldn’t finish the chicken.

Pandan Coconut

Nothing beats the freshness of the coconut juice! A great combo of seafood and coconut. Even with beer also best lah, but I prefer coconut juice. It is sweet and refreshing~

Sweet Coconut

After the fulfilling dinner, we took a group picha. The waiter helped to take this picha.

For Project 365

From left to right: Cyril, Amiey, Ron, Fahriee (the only white T), Me, Irene and Andre.

The group picha taken looks so………….weird.

Camwhore #1: Where's Ron?

Camwhore #2: All in

Still camwhore pichas are the best.

Jam in parking lots

The evening did not end there. We had “fun” jammed in the parking lots. Apparently someone parked their car in their own convenience and hence, made the way out complicated and caused a massive jam in the parking lots. Throughout the jam, some of us were on twitter. Yours truly was the typical kiasu tweeple, she tweeted the whole time till she left the place. *champion*

Standby change

I even prepared some changes, so I can just pay for the parking ticket and F1 home.

Extra payment

As expected, the extra wait in the jam cost us an extra 50 cents. Ron even suggested that we repark our car, and we go over to Pica for a drink till the jam settles. lol

idiot

When I reached the payment booth, needless to say, I effed.

Anyway, let’s not let the jam distract us from the main topic.

I wish Amiey all the best and good luck in her studies. Hang in there, girl! It’s a new place, new environment and a place nothing near like  home. Always take care and update your twitter often yea!

XOXO

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She is hungry.

Last weekend was our Company’s 7th Annual Dinner at Pullman Kuching. There were lots and lots and lots of food and pichas taken that night. Viewed quite a number of albums in the sharing folders and decided to post this picha as a teaser before I have the time to update on the night itself.

Thanks to Cheong for the picha I leeched from the sharing folder. Ngekngekngek

Will update more on the annual dinner (food of course)…….soon….saya harap (I hope). *keeps fingers crossed*

ya ya.. A super late update.

Mum's personalised gift voucher

To date, the voucher is still visible on her dressing table. Let’s hope she won’t suddenly jump from behind to “claim” again. *LAMAO*

The Carvery

Carvery Restaurant is located in Pending and it’s not very far from the town. Carvery is well known for its meaty lunch and dinner buffet. You get to taste a wide variety of meat right from the skewers!

Here’s the location map:

Carvery Restaurant location map

View Carvery Restaurant in a larger map

It’s not surprising that the place is packed almost at all time and especially full house during the weekends.

Full house as usual

It is advisable to make an early reservation before hand. This is to secure you  a table and to avoid disappointment to go all the way to feast and yet FULL HOUSE. By then, Super GG lorh..

The buffet consists of a wide range of salad, saute veggies and meat, soup of the day and non-stop serving of 14 baked, grilled and roasted meat and seafood (may be refilled).

The Salad Bar

The salad bar looks very inviting. We all need to maintain a balanced diet, veggies is also a MUST to feast on. Apart from that, who would say “No” to those crispy fresh imported lettuces? Plus, there are imported chicken and turkey ham. Yum Yum!

Lettuce, Olive, Pickles and cucumber stick

PICKLES MY FAV!! <3

Appetizers

There are spaghetti/pasta, baked potatoes <3, saute veggies, and meat, steamed veggies, beef stew, and much more…

Starters

For starters, I had the salad and veggies.

Freshly baked bread

On every table, there is a freshly baked bread. Every table has different types and sizes of bread.

Fluffy bread

The bread is very fluffy and soft, and goes very well with the soup.

Hot Cream Soup with bread

Don’t take too much of the soup. You definitely don’t want to fill up your tank with just soup and bread.

Before serving all the meat to every table, they served us the two sauces to go with the meat first. There are the black pepper sauce and brown sauce.

Black Pepper Sauce and Brown Sauce

How I wish they have tabasco sauce. Heehee..

Waitress at Work

The meat buffet consists of chicken, lamb, beef and sausages cooked in many ways; grilled, roasted, and saute. They are brought to the tables still on the skewers and we can decide the cut size of the meat

Roasted Lamb

We all get small slices of meat. If you think that the waitress is ngiawchee (stingy) for serving us such a small piece of meat, you have mistaken her for it. They serve us in tiny pieces because there are approximately 14 kinds of  meat and seafood for us to try!

If they serve us in big pieces, by the time we reach the 4th or 5th piece, we are full already. Then, we won’t be able to try everything they have prepared. If you accumulate all the small pieces of meat in one plate, you’ll get a mountain of meat! Don’t believe me, see it for yourself and add them all up on a plate:

Grilled Lamb Chop and Chicken Wing

Mussel

Butter grilled fish fillet with lemon topped with saute pepper

with bread

Bro said the grilled fish is a bit too plain and nothing. So, he made a “toast” by putting the fish on his freshly baked bread.

Chicken Sausage and Chicken Wrapped with Turkey Ham Roll

The pulps on the turkey ham roll are lemon pulps. Mum added lemon on for the extra tangy taste.

Beef sausage and Smoked Chicken

Smoked beef

Sirloin Steak

Roasted Lamb Chop

Roasted Turkey

All these can be refilled upon request but one round of them is enough for me. I’m so bloated having to try every single one of them.

Love the buffet here

Feast on till you Bloat!

Price per adult: RM48 Nett (RM27 – Child below 12)<– The buffet is worth every single Ringgit you pay!

Carvery Restaurant
Lot 2069, Jalan Utama,
Bintawa Industrial Estate,
93450 Kuching, Sarawak.

Tel: 082 345 429
Fax: 082 345 428

Opening Hours :

Monday – Saturday (Lunch): 11.30am – 2.30pm
Monday – Saturday (Dinner): 6.30pm – 10.30pm

Close on Sunday

Merry Guinness

As much as a Guinness Stout lover, I absoGUINNESSly favour Silhouette Restaurant & Bar for serving Guinness gravy apart from Guinness draught. Yes, you read that right. Guinness gravy as in the tasty gravy poured over succulent delicious meat which contains Guinness Stout. This my friend, is called food pairing. The inspiration to combine food for a better taste and experience, and yes, for better health as well. *chuckles*

Guinness Christmas Menu

In celebrating the festive season, Silhouette is currently serving the Guinness Christmas Menu. There are two main courses in the Guinness Christmas menu: Beef Stew and Lamb Chop @ RM35.00.

Dine with Guinness, Silhouette & Annna

For every main course you order from the Guinness Christmas menu, you will get one perfect pint of Guinness draught on the house aka FREE Guinness Stout.

This absoGUINNESSly great promo valid till 31st December 2009.

Merry Guinness #1: Beef Stew

Merry Guinness Beef Stew. Enjoy this delicious succulent beef chunks and potatoes stewed in a gravy of Guinness stout served with baguette (bread). The beef is really tender and delicious. It is very herbish and a little little spicy. Don’t underestimate this plate of beef stew as it is very filling. The Guiness gravy is awesome. You can really taste the stoutness in it. When you’re chewing the beef, take a sip of Guinness, it tastes even better.

Merry Guinness #2: Lamb Chop

Merry Guinness Lamb Chop. The grilled lamb chops is served with potatoes, carrots and broccoli in a wholesome of Guinness gravy. For lamb chop lovers, you absoGUINNESSly will love this. The juicy lamb with the delicious Guinness gravy is to die for. If you think black pepper or mushroom sauce is the best to go with lamb chops, you definitely haven’t tasted the best.

A Perfect Pint of Guinness draught on the house

If you worry about getting drunk from consuming so “much” Guinness Stout – from food and drink, well, fret not. The Guinness gravy has zero to superminimal alcohol % in it once it’s cooked. OR just give me your pint of Guinness draught. Kekekekekeke…

I lafu Guinness Stout

P/s: Guinness Stout is Good for You! It is good for your heart as it contains antioxidants which can be similarly found in vegetable and fruits. Enjoy while leading a healthy life…style.

With BIG Guinness

The Merry Guinness Christmas menu valid till 31st December 2009! Where can you find a place that serves succulent red meat with Guinness gravy and a perfect pint of Guinness draught at just RM35?

Be sure to try it and let me know if black pepper or mushroom sauce are still the best gravy.

Free WIFI

To top it all, there’s free WIFI in Silhouette. All the more reason to tease share your absoGUINNESSly great experience with your buddies over twitter/Facebook while dining in Silhouette.

* * * * *

This is specially brought to you by Guinness and Silhouette Restaurant & Bar.

Silhouette Restaurant & Bar

Silhouette Restaurant & Bar
Lot G4, The Spring Shopping Centre,
Jalan Simpang Tiga, 93300 Kuching.
Tel: 082 232 662

Business hours:
Sunday – Thursday: 11am-1am
Friday, Saturday and Public Holiday: 11am-till late

The Life Cafe is a Taiwanese cuisine eatery in Kuching. To date, it has two outlets in Kuching;. The first one in the City centre which is located in an old shophouse beside a Chinese temple (just behind Star Cineplex). The new outlet is Brighton Square, Jalan Song.

Life Cafe @ Brighton Square

I prefer the new location. Two reasons:

1. Now, I can enjoy a bowl of yummilicious spicy noodle without worrying about parking issue. Although there are times I had to park behind someone’s car because I am lazy to walk from FTMS.
2. New spot for supper after class =X

Dine with Annna

I’ve been to the Life Cafe, Brighton Square three times. If it’s not for the crowd, I would go more often. Heehee..

The crowd

It’s always so packed every time I dine in (even after 9.30pm). There was once I had to wait for about 10 minutes to get a seat! So, yeah, it’s that packed. As Kuchingkia as possible (AKAP), people tend to “pick” seats. In this case, just sit when there’s available seats. Plus, AKAP, people don’t just order, eat, pay the bill and leave. The typical us who are AKAP, we order, eat, drink, chit chat, make sure the seats are warm enough before we get the bill and leave.

Life Cafe Order Form

Because we are just AKAP, instead of waiting for us to decide what to eat, the waitress would leave the menu and order form on the table. The waiter would come over to collect the order form once we filled it in.

Jasmine Green Tea @ RM3.50

The Jasmine Green Tea I had was uber sweet! Sadly, I finished it within few sip (had to control from drinking too much before my noodle arrive). Honestly, the drinks are expensive. Why? It’s such a small glass for the price of RM3.50 which is obviously just tea and sugar syrup with ice. =X

Personalised glass mat

They even have their own personalised glass mat which adds in the uniqueness of the cafe apart from its interior decors.

Interior decor - bamboo wall/dividers

Paper Lantern lightings

My main focus in Life Cafe is none other than the Spicy Noodle (Ma Lak Mien).

Life Cafe Spicy Noodle @ RM6.90

It’s not easy to find a good bowl of delicious and spicy (which is spicy enough for me) ma lak mien in Kuching. The Life Cafe so far has the up-to-expectation spicy noodle.

Da Lak - big spicy

The Life Spicy Noodle consist of minced pork with sliced mushroom, spicy sauce, topped with spring onions and fried onions. The noodle has 3 degree of spiciness to choose from: Xiao Lak (Little spicy); Zhong Lak (Medium spicy) and Da Lak (Big spicy). Alternatively, there’s also Chao Lak (Blasting Extra spicy). The bigger the spiciness, the spicier it is.

Chao Lak - Blasting Extra Spicy

From the two pichas, Da Lak and Chao Lak ma lak mien, you can see the differences. The Chao Lak Mien is redder than the Da Lak Mien. As Chao as it is, it is damn blasting!

spicy ingredient - dried chillies

The source of my “au natural” botox.

Zha Dao!

Memang best! The cafe is well air conditioned, but I still sweat from the ma lak mien. See those kishable lips. *LAMAO*

If hot and spicy is not your kind of taste, you can try their other specialties range of noodles.

Life Cafe Dry Noodle @ RM6.90

This is the non-spicy version of ma lak mien. It tasted the same as the ma lak mien, just not spicy at all. Bro had this and he described it as, “just like kolo mee but with different toppings and noodle”. *LAMAO*

mushroom

The Life Dry Noodle consist of minced pork with sliced mushrooms, shredded cucumber and carrots topped with spring onions and fried onions. I’m not sure if anyone realised or able to taste it, the noodle is mixed with vinegar. So, I guess that’s how Bro describe the dry noodle is like “kolomee”.

Life Cafe Shanghai Noodle @ RM6.90

The Life Cafe Shanghai Noodle consists of minced pork with sliced mushroom and green veggies topped with loads of spring onions and fried onions.

Onioness

Too plain for my liking. *adds chillies*

Every bowl of noodles come with these side dishes:

Side dish: Cucumber & Carrot Pickles

Delicious especially with my ma lak mien. If only this is generously served in bigger portion. Hakhakhak..

Side dish: Soup of the day

In my three visits, we were served with three different soup. AhA! which I can conclude that this must be the soup of the day *Briing Briing* One great thing I like about the soup is SEAWEED.

Their noodles are handmade and it’s very delicious. Like the meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee here!

Better stop talking so much about me mee and brag more on their other dishes. Apart from noodles, the Life Cafe  do serve rice. There are varieties of menu with rice – which I haven’t tried yet because every visit I only order ma lak mien. They serve vegetarian food as well.

There are also some other side orders dishes to go with your fulfilling meal. One of my favourite from the menu is the fried dumplings.

Pork and Leek Fried Dumplings @ RM5.50 for 6 pieces

The dumplings come in six and served with some pickles and their special sauce (grinded ginger with black vinegar). I still prefer sliced vinegar with black vinegar =X Some prefer chopped garlic with light soya sauce.

There are three types of vinegar to choose from; Pork, Cabbage, or combination of Pork and Leek.

Porkish and Leekish

Aiyaaaaa.. Seeing this picha makes me want to go back there to gain extra KGs again. *LAMAO*

Life Cafe @ Brighton Square
Sublot 28, Lot 7691, Block 16,
KCLD Brighton Square, Jalan Song,
93350 Kuching, Sarawak.

Tel: +6 082 285 688

Business Hour: 9am – 12am

Ramadhan Bazaar (For Project 365: Day 152 August 26, 2009)

This year’s Ramadhan Bazaar was located outside the Jubilee Ground, Padungan. Throughout the years, it has been in the MBKS Dewan Masyarakat compound. But because the Ramadhan period clashed with the Kuching Festival, I think they moved further up/out. If they were to have the bazaar in the compound, the festival will have to close early (which was initially to close early but later cancelled) and they will need time to uninstall the festival’s stalls and reinstall new stalls for the Ramadhan Bazaar. Best way is to change to the location for the bazaar. Anyway, the stalls are operating for a couple of hours only.

varities of food stalls

My guess, there were at least 30 stalls in the bazaar. Selling varieties of food for those who buka puasa. Check them out more below..

one of the fully decorated food stall

Ikan Panggang (For Project 365: Day 158 September 1, 2009)

Just looking at the fish BBQ-ing there is already very enticing. Especially with the smell of it.

Left is RM 12; Right is RM15

They sell the fish based on the size not weight. So there’s no fixed price for it actually. Almost took out my measuring tape for it. LOL

BBQ fish says, "Ahhhh"

The fish is very boney. It has a lot of bones and have to be very careful when eating it. The flesh is sweet and juicy.

Ayam Panggang

BBQ Chicks

Die die must try! These honey coated BBQ chicken is a must try.

From Chicken Wings to Chicken Organs

Whole Chicken

Honey coated BBQ chicken is simply the best! Just eat it with plain white rice is enough to cover for a meal.

Umais

These are preserved RAW seafood ranging from fish, jellyfish, and prawns. Mostly preserved with big onions, chillies, garlic, perhaps ginger, lime and some with peanuts.

Umai Obor-obor (Jellyfish)

It’s very nice! Just the look of it is pretty gory, but close one eye, pop into mouth and really, no second thought of mouthing the whole thing in.

Umai Ikan (Fish)

This is my favourite! I love Umai fish. Raw fish is used in making umai. Of course when you eat it, it’s already cooked because the lime and etc ingredients does the cooking – food chemical reaction.

Big packet of steamed white rice @ RM1.00

We bought a packet of rice from the Umai store. We were surprised to see the portion of it when we arrived home. It’s so much!! LOL!! For just RM1.00 we got 2 person’s portion of rice and even 2 person can’t finish it!

Fried Noodles

Left is Fried Noodle @ RM2; Right is Fried Beehoon @ RM5

The RM5 packet of beehoon is like 4 times more than the RM2 noodles! hahaha.. Wanted to get 2 packet of the fried beehoon but in the end we decided to take all the beehoon they have on the plate.

Roti Canai Kosong @ RM1; Murtabak Ayam @ RM4; Murtabak Daging @ RM4

The Roti Canai Kosong is delicious! Crispy and the kuah kari (curry gravy) that goes with it is superb. It’s so unfortunate that we didn’t ask them where they normally sell. Now that the bazaar’s over, guess we have to wait for another year to taste it again.

All these are combinations of visits and food we bought from the bazaar. Prefer buying from the bazaar for dinner as we can go over after work and take away in a nic of seconds.