31st.. Baskin Robbin Day

Today is 31st of May. So all hand-packed baskin robbin ice-cream which sold in tubs (pint [pronoun as pine], quart and half gallon) are entitled with 31% discounts.

It is hard to miss 31st when you see BR as there will be tonnes of people inside whereby normally you hardly see anyone. For those unexperienced (once I am unexperienced), you will need to queue up to an hour for the beloved ice-creams. The TIP is, go to BR on 30th, make you order and pay for it. Of course you wont be able to get it yet as the discounted price only valid on 31st. So on 31st, you just need to grab it from BR. No queues and they will already pack your ice-cream and store in the big fridge. Saves you a lot of time by doing so.

We typically only purchase one tub and only 1 flavour. Namely Chocolate Mousse Royalle. This round we are more enthusiatic :) and purchased 2 tubs and 2 flavour each. V's is Chocolate Mousse Royalle mix with Maui Brownie Madness and mine is Chocolate Mousse Royalle and Gold Medal Ribbon.

Some intro for those not familiar with BR flavours. Chocolate Mousse Royalle is chocolate ice cream with flakes of hard chocolate; Maui Brownie Madness is chocolate ice-cream with bits of brownies cake; Gold Medal Ribbon is vanilla and chocolate ice-cream with a twist of caramel. There are many flavours to choose from so pick your own. Plus it is free to try. One tub can have 2 flavours mixed.

Quality ice-cream comes with higher price, two quart like what we purchased here cost RM60.xx. But I can assure you on the ice-cream quality. It is better than Hagen-Dazz. At least that is what I feel.

Saturday lunch.. Home-cooking

Today the lunch were home-cooked. Mine is teriyaki grilled salmon with brocolli while V's are bean curd noodle with seafood taufu and crabstick. My grilled salmon is nice and in par with many restaurants. The fish quality is also top grade. It is purchased at fresh fish market section in Jusco. It is RM3.39 per 100g now for norwaygian trout salmon. Normal price is RM3.99 per 100g, so for those salmon lovers, grab it now.

No comment on bean curd noodle as I don't really like it and V loves it. So it is kinda hard to me to judge.

Teriyaki grilled salmon starts with maninating the salmon fish with teriyaki sauce. Pour generous portion of teriyaki sauce over the salmon and put it in the fridge (not freezer, prefer to be on the fish compartment). Followed by pealing and chopping onions as aroma enhancements. Put some oil onto the frying pan/pot, stir fry the onion for about 30 seconds, add in soy sauce as necessary. Pour more teriyaki sauce into the pan if you want to have some sauce. Place the salmon into frying pan and flip the fish from time to time till the fish is flaky. Once flaky, the salmon is cooked.

Below pic is what we consumed for lunch today. Salmon with brocolli, bean curd noodle with seafood taufu and crabsticks, last but not least is a glass of ice cold water.

Shang Hai Ding @ Queensbay Street

If you could live with slightly lower quality Shanghainese food, Shang Hai Ding might be the restaurant for you. It is located near Queensbay Mall, same row as HSBC.

Pricing wise, it is about 50% off Dragon-i. But the taste didnt degrade by 50%.

Above pic is showing fresh blended red chilies, sweet sauce, chinese tea and char choy la mien. Char choy la mien (hand-pulled noodle) is one of the good la mien you can get here.

Bottom pic is showing meat shanghainese mini dumping (there are crab and scallop too, but I didnt order; those are slightly more expensive), fried carrot cake, prawn mai and scallop kau. The fried carrot cake here is no match for dragon-i, so I recommend not to order this unless you are a great fan of carrot cake.

Prawn mai and scallop kau here is average taste. Pricing wise is slightly more expensive than dim sum restaurant like Maxim but it is okay as a side dish. Our main focus here is the shanghainese mini dumping right? Shanghainese mini dumping here is slightly above average but the cost is much cheaper. Hence for price/quality, I will recommend this place.

For those loaded with extra cash, dragon-i might be the place for you. Refer my comment on dragon-i in earlier post.

Friday night.. CG night

I attend CG, cell-group, on friday night. The CG I am attending is Jireh Unlimited which means unlimited blessings (check out our CG logo in the picture; it is over-flowing). All the snaps today are from the house of our CG leader. His house has a warm white lighting and hence you will see most of the pictures in yellowish. I didn't switch to tungsten white-balance mode as I wanted to capture the scene as it is. I kinda like the table lamp in his house (as you can see I took a few snaps out of it), it is a blessing (or in layman terms, donation) from brother Eric Lim.

In CG, we have 5 W activities, 1st W is Welcome. We normally play some games as ice-breaker. Today we played a game which needs us to sort our selves with certain criteria (age, height etc) without speaking. The name of the game is simple.. line-up.

2nd W is worship. We will sing songs along with guitarist and pianist. Guess that we could add a drum some time later. :)

3rd W and 4th W typically blend in together, namely word and work. Our CG leader will talk about the biblical teachings, experiences, testimonies then we will have group discussion on certain topic. Sometimes we would need to come out with flip charts and "presentation" of a certain topic which we call it work session.

Last but not least is 5th W which is whack. Meaning eat. We will prepare some finger foods and/or drinks for refreshments after the word/work session. So everyone can get together and have a good time to chit-chat.

Our CG consists of young working adults and if you are looking for a CG and want to join us, feel free to do so. Contact me thru email.

By the way, the one on the bottom right picture is our CG leader. He is friendly and SINGLE still :)

birds drink from pool

I wonder whether bird flu transmit-able thru water. If it does, I am glad I seldom use the pool. Hmm, should I say never use it before? I snap this on my way out to work.

About Nandos.. part 2

If you haven't notice, I actually enlarged the photos by grouping less picture into a collage. Hopefully this will be easier for you guys to check-out the foods in the snaps.

Above pic: One of it is mild peri-peri nandos 1/4 chicken with coleslaw and peri chips. Another is lemon and herbs nandos 1/4 chicken with coleslaw and mediteranian rice.

It tasted above average and is recommended for those whom like spicy food. For those whom like it original, try lemon and herbs. Dare you to take the extra hot peri-peri, order more drinks :) Oh yeah, the drinks is free-flow. So drink all you can.

Here is my dip sauce, I mix ketchup with garlic peri-peri, I like it this way. The dessert here is mud cake served with ice cream. I got this free by showing them my Jusco Card. If you have your J-card, remember to show them, they wont remind you. Term and condition is you have to order any two chicken meal, so bring your partner or friends along and share it out.

This mud pie is good, no, it is great. Even you dont have a J-card, order it, no regrets.

Total cost for today's dinner meal is RM41.85 for two. This branch is located at LG of Queensbay Mall, near bodyglove shop.

Nandos Peri-peri... Basically a restaurant

Nandos is famous for its flame-grilled peri-peri coated chicken. For those whom not familiar with peri-peri, it is a variant of chili grown originally in afrika. It is flaming hot. There are four level of peri-peri sauce for coating. No peri-peri: Lemon and herbs, Little hot: Mild peri-peri, Hot: Hot peri-peri, Extra Hot: Extra hot peri-peri.

In the picture is the snap of extra bottles of sauces available on the table in case you want to add more flavours to your dish and a servette. More info on Nandos in next post.

Lunch at Subway

Today I had my lunch at Subway of Gurney Tower as I went to the lawyer office to collect some documents. Many people will skip Subway as its price/value is not up to many people's expectation. However I kinda like Subway when it comes to healthy food. I have to admit it is pricey but I felt it is fine to dine-in once a while.

Here I have is 6-inch Subway Meltz (consist of turkey ham, turkey breast and beef breakfast strips) which serve with cheese, lettuce and onions. You can add cucumber, pickles and tomatoes FOC but I chosen not to have them. As for the sauce you can choose from mayo, mustard, thousand island, chilies and BBQ. Mine were with BBQ, mustard and mayo. Bread was toasted hearthy italian.

Total cost is RM15+ with soft drink. Subway available in E-gate and Gurney Tower, Penang.

Dragon-i Shanghainese Cuisine

When it comes to Shanghainese mini meat dumpling, many would think of this place, Dragon-i. It has many branches but mostly in KL. Personal favourite is pan stickers which is pretty similar to traditional steamed mini meat dumpling but the cooking process is slightly differs.

Bottom side of pan stickers were lightly fried before the pot filled up with hot water and cook it till it boil. While mini meat dumpling are prepared by steaming them. I typically order pot rice and fried carrot cake along with pot stickers and mini meat dumpling to fill up the stomach. As for drinks, I take cold chinese tea.

A meal like the pictures here cost RM60+ and it is enough for two. Penang branch located in Queensbay Mall near center court.

Ipoh famous chicken koay teow plus bean sprout

If you are Malaysian, you probably already heard of Ipoh's most famous food, namely the chicken, bean sprout and koay teow. Local dialect call it Nga Choy Kai. The shop featuring here is Low Wong Nga Choy Kai located at the Ipoh city centre. There is a neighbouring shop selling the same food but I personally prefer this. I typically order bean sprout, steam chicken, pork balls and dry koay teow.

This shop also featured in one of the newspaper. Many Hong Kong and local artist visited this shop before. The price is also economical, for two person it cost less than RM20 and comes with herbal drinks. If you want to go and dont know the place, email me.

Night shot around my current apartment

Well, since I am shifting away in a couple of months time, I decided to take a few night shots around my current apartment. The night shots are not ideal as I didnt lug the tripod with me. Dont want to be seen like a weirdo but snapping close up shots with a slr is weird enough for most of them here.

I tried to shoot without flash at first but most of the shutter speed came out to be 2-4 seconds which I cant help shaking my hands. Later I snap with flash improved the quality as the shutter speed is just a mere 1/50-1/125 seconds. Again mostly close up are flowers. Enjoy the night scene.

Home-cooked Breakfast

Snaps on the home-cooked breakfast. If you noticed, one of them are successful eggs and another was unsuccessful. Tasted good though. Breakfast complimentary from V :)

Hang-on...tomorrow will be better

I kinda like this picture not because it is well taken. In fact it is a little bit under-exposed which helps to bring into the mood of what I am going to say.

This pictures shows an old tree which is almost leaf-less. While showing its age at one side, the other hand new leaves is growing, symbolizing a new beginnering. If you have a hardship today, hold-on, may peace be with you and tomorrow will be a better day. Strive for a better tomorrow.

One fine day at Gunung Lang, Ipoh

These were the snaps of Gunung Lang lake side recreational place in Ipoh. It is located just off of Jalan Kuala Kangsar. Easier if you were coming from north-south highway, take the exit at North Ipoh. You can take a boat ride of the other side but I didnt do it due to time limitation. I was told it is nicer the other side. Great scenery for photo shooting. These are samples of shoots I took there. It is somehow cropped to fit into the matrix. My photo shooting skill is not as bad as not showing the full name of the place... Enjoy!

Airplanes - Singapore Airlines and Air Asia

I intended to shoot birds (shoot as in take photos) on my balcony. Birds flew too fast to be captured as any unique enough snaps to post up here. While I am tracking down the birds, I found two man-made birds instead. These were captured using tele-lens of 200mm. Still bit blur as this was hand-held. Maybe next time will put onto a tripod, I have it but not fast enough to track birds. There are two airplanes here, one is SQ another is Airasia. Spotted which is which? (no prize award..sorry)

Retro-style pictures of Youth Park

My first ever retro-style pictures of Youth Park community. Sunday is definitely a family day for many people here. Most of come with children. A heaven for photographers like myself and children. We snaps and children play. Many of them played badminton, although open air, who cares? Just a game, not a sports in their eyes.

PHoP - Paddington House of Pancakes

There's one place for good pancakes. Paddingtons or in short PHoP. It is similar to IHoP (International HoP) of US. From the name, it sounds like it originates from UK, but that's just my guess. Makes me remember about Paddington Bear cartoon (although it is not really the cartoon of my time). Mine were thundercats and transformers era. Snaps here were from my nokia phone. It consist of hot chocolate with marshmellows, iced mocha, bite-sized dollar pancakes served with fruits and maple syrup, banana/vanila ice-cream/hazelnut spread pancakes and front view of PHoP. This branch is located in Queensbay Mall. Pricing okay for food but slightly pricey on drinks. Overall satisfaction is above average and recommended for readers which sick of rice. Give it a try and let me know whether you like it.

Finally...Regency Heights Photos

Outside view of my new condo. Well not officially mine yet. I purchased it and now in the process of transfering name. The view is kinda cool, I was attracted by the night view actually. Will post night view snaps when I shift in. Here are some surroundings snaps consist of flowers, craftings, plants and city view from top of the hill. Oh yeah forgotten to mention it is located at the top of a hill. The night city view is spectacular unfortunately my unit is not facing city view. It is 20-30k more expensive for city view. Mine is "hill" view which actually seeing trees. The trees are part of the jogging track facility.

Here is the inside view. Let me post here the before renovation snaps. Plan to make some renovations to the kitchen and ceiling. Kitchen as usual suck up a big amount of the money I have. Planning to bring down the door and windows at kitchen. Change the drying area into a mini-bar :) Covering up the drying area with sliding windows. Kitchen top plan to use solid surface (arcylic?) with high gloss cabinet finish. Ceiling plan to have plaster ceiling with down lights (depending on cash flow). Wanna change toilet sink to glass type (also pending cash flow). Renovation, everything cost money...well have to save now. Care to donate some? ;)

Dome treat by V

Dome is my 2nd favourite western restaurant next to Chili's. Their gourmet pie is delicious and one of a kind. Gourmet pie comes with baby carrots, brocollies and baby tomatoes. The variant I like is chicken and mushroom pie. Currently there is a promotion for dinner, if you buy certain main course (pies included), you can purchase a soup with only RM5. The soup portion is big and enough for two.

Spagetthi shown in the picture is so-so, not too bad but nothing special either. Spagetthi comes with mussels, prawns, squids, onions with white cream sauce. Still prefer Pizza Uno's spagetthi but unfortunately no branch in Penang.

Snaps at Youth Park

I want to snaps photos at botanical garden but ended up in Youth Park. Well I am not a penangite hence would get lost sometimes. :) Here are some snaps from waters, flowers, plants to monkey. Hope you guys would enjoy it and give some comment. All are pictured using my new Sony A300. I am a beginner hence expect beginner snaps. Expert comments are welcome.

Collections of current perfumes

This is a collections of various perfumes of mine and v's. My favourite is dunhill x-centric. It is hiding somewhere is the picture. Found it?

The forgotten part of me

These were once my joy and pride in sports but now seems to be a forgotten part of myself. I am not an athlete anymore and grown out of the athelete figure. :( Now I am an office worker and work from day till night. Wondering if I were able to be active in sports again... dream on...

Chili's my favourite western restaurant

A collage from snaps gathered from Chili's Penang. It is located at ground floor of G hotel in Gurney. Didn't go there as often as I wanted to because it is far from my home and slightly pricey. The food comes in generous portions and taste exceptionally good. Give it a try and guarenteed no regrets.