Another tea break

Pork congee

A sweet delicacy. The top layer are actually petals of chrysanthemum.

Honey tea

Worn, exhausted, but happy

Me, and my piece of pork. Muahahaha...

Road side tummy fillers, and sights around the shopping district

A shop by the blog?!

As autumn approaches, I dress up, Not!

Nope, no stinky tofu in broad daylight.

Tea Break @ McDonald's

" I better call them quick. I see the the Big M sign!"

Shogun Burger!

Juicy, tender filet Pork Burger!

McWings!

The look of satisfaction... :)

Lunch hour rush in Hong Kong

All ready for takeaway.

A famous way of getting quick lunches.

Apparently HK people values time so much, that everything's made simple and fast.

Ducks! Glorious ducks!

Lunch hour traffic. HK roads are narrow between the buildings.

Yummy.....

Quick lunch. It's sandwic for Thursday.
Ooh, how I wish this is readily available here.
IN a supermarket!

Nathan Road, Granville Road

Fung Shui purpose?

HK Skyline

Wooo.... The Royal Pacific Hotel. Very classy..

Mineral bottles in a vending machine?

I'm just curious...

Beef ball noodle

The famous HK Yin Yong beverage

Nope, we didn't do anything wrong.

Cheng was asking for directions to the nearest char chan theng

Dinner at Tak Kee, Temple St

Fried Noodle (unknown noodle type)

Claypot of braised roast pork and tofu

Fried oyster ala HK (no egg, only flour)

Fish fried with some sort of onion leaves (oily, but tasty)

Scallops with broccoli (again oily, but tasty)

The Canton way of cooking - fast, strong heat, heavily spiced, oily.

Expectations of Temple St.

This, is what to expect at Temple St. All openly displayed, with staircases leading to basements of Go-Go clubs.

3rd October - Tsim Tsa Tsui / Jordan

The hotel room - Tiny Weeny

Evergreen Hotel, Tsim Tsa Tsui - My jaws dropped when I arrived.
It didn't look like this on the internet.


The famous Temple St is located one block away from the hotel.

Blogging the HK Trip

I'm @ the LCCT Airport, awaiting our flight to Hong Kong.
From now onwards, I'll attempt to blog our trip daily (or nightly, to be exact), so watch this space.

A brief itinerary:

3rd October - Flight to Macau, Ferry to Kowloon
4th October - All along Nathan Rd, Kowloon, Tsim Tsa Tsui, Yau Ma Tei, Jordan
5th October - Disneyland
6th October - Peak, Madame Tussaud's Museum, Causeway Bay
7th October - Ferry to Macau, Roam the place, Flight back to LCCT

That's the brief. So expect lots of photos on Flickr about the places we visit, the food we eat, the sights we see...

Signing off, till the next.

Uh Oh, trimming day again..

Bummer, I'm getting a trim again. Every time this happen, I'll get flipped on my side, legs spread wide. Not to mention enduring the posture for an hour, whilst I get all four paws cleaned.

Klang Valley view

A view from the 16th floor of Amcorp Mall

Why I want to eat at Friday's

"It's too darn hot."
"Will this weather ever let up?"
"Fat chance". Jo picked the hair off her trouser.
"I'm hungry. Wanna go grab a burger or sumthing?"
"McD! We'll ask Cheng along"

Barking outside. JD's seen a cat again. 'Doesn't he feel the heat out there?'

"JD! Come in!" She's off to get the cane.
"Nah, don't want that. I'm getting sick of the fries. All their stuffs taste the same."
"Apa you nak then?"
"Something sweet. Chocolaty..." I said.
"Look at the tummy first la!"

JD's squeezing himself under the sofa. Smart bugger, knows when to hide.
"He's underneath. Let him be la.."
"Haiyooo, really want to cekik him, cute but geram".
"Where's Cheng? We go round and see what's available."
"Eh, I just remembered. NuffNang's giving away free meals at TGIF."

"Who?!"
"See my blog. I'm to write sumthing bout TGIF, and I'll get a free meal there."
"Fat chance for you".
"Hah! We'll see bout that. So what're we having for lunch?"
"There's chocolates in the fridge. Go cari yourself."

'I'll get that meal. I'm a true blue fan of Mocha Mudpies!' And why would I want to eat at Friday's? Because...

• It's Friday!
• I'm hungry!
• It's hot at home!
• I'm lazy to cook!
• It's good good food!
• I'm dying for sumthing sweet!
• It's available only when I'm back from Melaka!
• I'm back in Subang!
• It's good food!
• I'm craving for chocolates!

Did I make it clear enough?

I hope so. I want to eat there!

Besides, they've got really cool marketing. Dig this - Keep the Glass! Where else would you get that? (Can't figure what I'm going to do with the glass, walking round the shopping centre with a Martini glass)

But I liiiiikeeee.....

Pork Burger

There's this little shop that serves Pork Burger, an uncommon food in the Klang Valley, unless you head to the ala-HK eateries. So it's quite a treat to for Melaka.

The chef here was supposedly from Renaissance, and the shop, Wok & Pan, serves a fusion of East, West and Nyonya dishes.
The rates are reasonable, the servings quite generous. Ambience isn't much to shout about, nor was there any interesting drinks. But the food, hmm.... I'll rate it 3.5 / 5. Filling, little over oily, slightly bland, over generous with the ajinomoto.

Also took the opportunity to do some photo compositions. Hope to hear some feedback, which is the better angle?

The Cross angle - a little of everything, plus some background for perspective.

The Square angle - maximum subject matter, minimum background.

Walking JD

An evening back home.

Just finished dinner, and decided to take JD for a walk round the neighbourhood. He loves that. Sis loves that too.

He never ceases to be a wonder. Somehow having JD around really brought the family closer together. That is, until it's time to clear his mess.

Nurin Jazlin

Recent news of the kidnapping, torture and murder of Nurin Jazlin had caused quite a stir in this country. Are people getting more brazen to conduct such perverse acts, or had it always been around, but kept under wraps?

Whoever the man was, or woman - they deserve a lot more than jail time for this. Given to the public, justice would certainly had been served. The kind of justice that acts as a deterrent, and reminder of their cruelty.

We wouldn't see the day when our judiciary system allows the "eye for an eye" justice. Needless to say, the sentiment is now running strong in the hearts of many. The culprit/s would receive more than vegetables.

My take - don't spend taxpayers money to imprison and habilitate them. Such beings have no worth to community, or mankind. Put them in a wooden box together, and bury 10 feet under in the dirtiest and most disgusting sanitary landfill that can be found.

Cruel? At least I do not degrade our food, eye for an eye.

Jacobsen by Carlsberg

Found it!
The beer that was launched, but hard to find.
Photos below feature the two variant - Saaz Blonde & Bramley Wit

Saaz Blonde is 7.1%, and comes in 75cl.

Bramley Wit, 4.6% in 33cl bottle.

Fantasy Premier League

Joined another online competition - soccer!
Some friends introduced this today. I get to setup my own Premier League team, using real player, and relying on real playing statistics.
Who knows, my team may end up the right combo... an opportunity to be a Football Manager?

Best part, this coming from a person who doesn't follow the Leagues in any way....

Reflections, over Ice Cream, Banana and Chocolaite!

What do you see in a mirror?
Do reflections give a real sense of who you are?
I looked in mirrors all the time. Strangely, I'd feel the reflection is never me.
Ever compared a photo of yourself, and the mirrored you?
Is it really the same?

Slurp!

"Do you have bananas today?"

"Yes sir, we do"

"I'll have one"

(A conversation at Secret Recipe)

This had been all-time favourite, since my childhood. According to Wikipedia, the Banana Split had been around since 1904. Oddly, in the western hemisphere, this dessert is usually associated with drug stores!

Hmmm... sweet tooth and diabetic pills in a package?

The key ingredient - banana. It has to be the sweet variant, and nicely ripe so as not to be too soft, or too hard.

The other ingredient - whipped cream!

Cherries, nuts, chocolates... those are optional.

That's a friend who did much to introduce Melaka to me. Even went as far as trying to convince me to settle down in this town, often times by showing me the food spots, short cuts, fun cuts and drunken nights...

I'll do him justice by an official introduction:

Birth Name - Mavin Krishnan

Blood Heritage - Indian Chinese

Commonly Known As - Too Explicit to Say