Saturday, December 31, 2011

My 2011

Last day of 2011...

My 2011 has been a peaceful one. I have been through some fun yet challenges moments. 
Let's see what I got here...

#1...Blood donation
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My very first blood donation. I'm a typical coward person yet so random I overcame my fear and gave my hand a shot. Something went wrong thus my hand looked horrible for few weeks after the donation.

#2...Travel

Perhaps this year I travelled the most. 

1. May-I went to Kota Kinabalu and Labuan.

Strong wind lol...on the way to Pulau Manukan

2. June-Betong, Sarawak.
3. July-Betong again!
A nice and friendly family...their hospitality was touching~

4. September-Johor Bahru (pass by I supposed?) and Singapore


5. November-Malacca

Assam Laksa at Jonker 86...not the good one though...

6. December-Port Dickson, Seremban, Batu Pahat (Johor)

Crazy pre-graduation trip with my coursemates though only half of them attended the trip. That was the period that I drank the most beer throughout my life so far.

Kee Mei Siew Pau

Seremban Siew Pau...pretty yummy

Spent Christmas with Shelvi and her family at Batu Pahat

 
ate the otak bun at famous bakery and cafe, Han Kee, Batu Pahat

#3...Completion of my final year project

A hard cover thesis of frustration and fear that took me a year to complete it. I learnt to travel alone to Betong for data collection and came across a place of yellow pufferfish (ikan buntal kuning). Betong is indeed a underdeveloped and peaceful town. I met a helpful and friendly family which aided my data collection a lot. Without them, I could not imagine how am I going to collect my data at all.

#4...A new member of my family, Queenie

Queenie has brought so much laughters and special moments to the whole family. She is so cute and adorable yet naughty girl. We love her so much. Seeing her growing and getting bigger day by day is like a miracle.

Indeed the QUEEN of the house~

#5...Photo Shooting

Without editing 

Edited~

Happy 2011 and welcome 2012! 






Thursday, December 29, 2011

Scrumptious feasts at Jojo Little Kitchen & Murni

Great foods are meant to be shared! 


First recommendation: Jojo Little Kitchen@Seri Kembangan

Awesome lat jiu
 #1 Dried Chili Thin Pan Mee RM 6.50
The is one of the best pan mee ever!
When I had the mee in first bite, it reminded me of Sarawak Kolo Mee. Wow..I miss mom's cooked kolo mee so much. The mee used the lard so it tasted pretty similar with my favourite kolo mee. The combination of the dried chili, half cooked egg yolk and the minced meat with the mee is simply delicious and yummy!

#2 Loh Mee RM6.80
This loh mee was good too. The soup base was similar with the shark fin soup that we owed having at banquet dinner. They marinated the meat in the soup so well. Simply irresistible!!!

Pretty sure I would only order the above 2 items when I go to Jojo.

Second recommendation: Murni@SS2

Crazy celebration for the ending of our thesis/final year project. 

Murni@SS2 is a great eatery place in Malaysia. Murni has undergone renovation and now they have printed menu. Last time the Murni staffs would just bla every menu items from their mouth out and not everyone, particularly me could not grasp what they mumble out. However, the staffs there still remember all the menu ordered in their minds without writing in piece of paper.


Murni offers a variety of refreshing and some interesting name drinks.

My drink, Soursop RM5

There was 6 of us and we ordered 6 main course to share. 


#1 Mee Raja RM8
The best of best. Hottest item in Murni. This fried mee is not usual one. The mee was cooked with seafood and the taste was so great. Not oily at all. Thumbs up for this mee.


#2 Spaghetti Bolognase RM7
Nice also.

#3 Nasi lemak with chicken rendang RM6
The sambal was so good!



#5 Dragon (what?) Forgotten...RM12
Good also but it was pretty messy when we tried to cut into smaller pieces to share.

#5 Naan with mozarella cheese RM6
 The chezzy naan was good enough alone without all the curry gravies. Murni was really generous enough as I could taste the generous amount cheese inside the naan.

#6 Hawaii Pizza RM12
The staffs heard wrongly as we ordered Roti Hawaii instead but they gave us Hawaii Pizza. Sayang lor since Roti Hawaii is so famous, delicious and was one of hottest foods in Murni. This pizza was also not bad actually but nothing special for me. The pizza crust was thin.

Every portion was big and we were so full yet satisfied since we could try all the foods together.

There were so many yummy eateries nearby the Murni. We went to Isenbin before we went back to UPM.

Creamer for the dessert

Bestseller of Isenbin. Grass Jelly topped with Taroballs. Similar to Snowflakes bestseller too. The price was same. My friends said these taroballs were nicer than Snowflakes but I was not so sure the differences.

Great outing with great foods and great place. I'm going to miss everything. 

I'm not inside the above photo as I'm the photographer~

The people, the foods, the moment.

Malacca trip: Day 2

Yeah, breakfast! We went to Chung Wah Chicken Rice Ball at Jonker Street. As usual there was queue but luckily the queue was not that long since it was breakfast time. I did not planned to have chicken rice ball during the trip because I had twice at Famosa Chicken Rice Ball Shop and I realised I did not like chicken rice ball at all. But my roommates wanted to give it a try so we randomly went for it.

5 chicken rice ball per pax (RM6.50 per pax for rice ball and chicken)

The rice ball was good. Unlike the Famosa one.
 They counted for number of pax so we did not have choices to either reduce or increase the rice ball quantity. Maybe addition could be specially ordered but I think reduction portion was not allowed there.

Steamed chicken for 3 pax sharing

I changed my mind of chicken rice ball after eating at this place. Strongly urge to everyone not to switch to Famosa just to skip queues because the taste was totally different. No wonder everyone so crazy about it and  did not mind to queue. There were never empty spaces in the cafe. People were queuing everytime I passed by this place.

Another famous drink in Malacca is Coconut Shake but the authentic one was not reachable by us. It was quite far from town area.

Came across this place selling coconut shake at Jonker Street.

No harm trying it out. Special coconut shake with ice-cream. RM 2.50. Cooling and refreshing but it was just coconut juice blended with the coconut flesh, ice-cream, syrup and ice.


Tried the Bu Cai Kuih bought at a stall along Jonker Street
RM 1. I tried the sweet potato one. Not really nice though.

For late lunch, we went to Wong Kok Char Chan Teng at Dataran Pahlawan before heading to Malacca Sentral.

Pork Burger RM 6.90

My lunch. Fish with rice RM 9.80. Forgot the exact name.
The fried rice was undercooked. I made complaint to the staff and they changed the rice into white rice.

 I did not mind as long as the rice was cooked. We, as consumers should not be given undercooked foods!

Wong Kok was quite packed with people that time. But the foods was not as good as I thought. Perhaps the variety of the menu added credit to the popularity. 10% service charge was applicable.


We almost missed the bus back to UPM due to the rain and the jam at Malacca town area. Luckily we made it and the bus departed from Malacca Sentral right after we boarded in the bus. Really close. I kept worried and was so nervous along the journey to Malacca Sentral.

The trip was a nice one but I failed to savour the Jonker 88 Laksa and Nyonya dish. 
When is my next Malacca trip? 
 2 years later?

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Malacca Trip: Day 1

Tough weeks eventually ended! Finally...

I actually went to Malacca during one period of toughest week. Who cares? I don't think I would produce much output if I stay at room to study and do assignment!

2 days 1 night of Malacca Trip with my four roommates. Upon arriving, we went to Dataran Pahlawan  to savour the infamous mille crepe.


Mille Crepe Cafe Mocha RM9.50

Parline Lover RM9.90


Tiramisu RM9

I wanted to try the mille crepe long ago and finally I ate it. But I should not put so much hope on it. The mille crepe was merely okay to me. The only specialty of the cake was the layers and layers that made up the cake. I could feel there were really many layers but in fact, looking close at it, it was just one layer of thin crepe, layer of cream on top of it, followed by the thin crepe and cream repeatedly. And I realised there were only two types of thin crepes, chocolate and vanilla. So the cake house just needed to do different creams for different mille crepes and madee two types thin crepes since they could be used for all mille crepe.

Then we went to check in to The Jiong Guesthouse at Kampung Pantai. Within walking distance to Jonker Street. I booked the room one week ago and bank in money to the Guesthouse account.

Some interesting images and quotes in the guesthouse



Went to take photo of this double room since it was not occupied and the room was not locked. Pretty cozy huh? Recommended place for cheap stay at Malacca.

 
4 of us in a room. RM25 per person and RM100 in total. Pretty cozy and with air-conditioned.
Sorry for the mess. We threw our stuffs out before went to food and stuff hunting.


The shared bathroom was clean but the whole guesthouse there were only two bathrooms. Hot shower was available. We had to wait for our turn  to bath especially during the peak showering time.


Another bad thing of this guesthouse was the narrow and steep stairs. Caution must be taken when climbing. Worst part was we lived at the second floor and the bathroom was located at ground floor and first floor. So we had to climb up and down for few times.
After checked in, we went to have lunch. We wanted to try the Jonker 88 Nyonya Laksa but the queue was horrible and we ended up eating at the shop next to it. We regretted. Should insist to queue as after we finished eating, the queue was short so we went Jonker 88 for the cendol.

Nyonya Laksa RM4 at Jonker 86


Cendol at Jonker 88 RM3. I had this every time I went to Malacca. This was the third time. Could not give feedback since I never tried cendol at other place in Malacca.


Crowds as usual. People had to stand nearby the occupied table to wait for seats.


This man was trying to caught everyone attention by driving the car with loud music for so many rounds at the Jonker Street.
Night market at Jonker Street. Time for street foods!


Ingredients for popiah

Tried the popiah at Malacca. RM 2.20
They used lard in the popiah. Still nothing beats the best popiah at Serdang Night Market.



The young girl was preparing the maci.

The girl was cutting the maci. Nothing special though. RM 3 per box.


Another famous eatery in Malacca is Geographer Cafe, located at the heart of Jonker Street. My 2 roommates had their dinner at Geographer Cafe while me and other one went for street foods. Many kinds of foods was served there, including Vegetarian, Malaysian and Western style. It catered for both domestic and foreign visitors, and was also a great place gather for the locals.




See the cutie and tiny fan?


Vegetarian nasi lemak

Forgot what was it already. 

Geographer Cafe opened all day long and was a great place for drinking session. There was live performance too. The location was strategic and the business was really good. The price was of course a bit high but still affordable since it was classy than most kopitiam.
得不到的东西, 我们会一直认为他是美好的, 那是因为你对他了解太少, 没有时间与他相处在一起. 当有一天,你深入了解后,你会发现原不是你想象中的美好.