Hiatus

Will be taking a break from blogging. I'm in my final semester of my 2 years Masters of Engineering Science therefore I need more time to write my thesis and journal papers. Tonnes of reading and writing to do. :(

Meanwhile, do follow me on instagram as I'll be updating photos of my travels and food on Instagram hopefully. :)

Signing out,
beanie. t

December is here..

Hello readers,

December is here. And that's when all the festive seasons, tonnes of holidays are. Christmas's just around the corner.. have you been shopping for Christmas? Be it a big gift or small, Christmas is the season of gifting so go get your gifts for your loved ones now :) sounds like I'm helping the malls to promote YES (Year End Sales) :).

My wishlist for shopping is growing.. longer and longer coz there are more pretty things approaching Christmas.. all the Christmas editions stuffs are tempting :) :).

I've been busy.. really busy... and..

Here's some of the stuff that I'm up to for the month of December.

Christmas paper crafts :) I found them on Canon Creative page here and they're really amazing. Some are simpler and some are more complicated, with some up to 20 over pages of instructions.

Christmas socks

 A pair of snowman

I'm also preparing for a Christmas party and I bought tonnes of decorations for the tree (actually I haven't bought the tree yet, still thinking which to buy). And here's the moose pasta I bought from Ikea. Its so cute!! :) Every piece is of moose shape. :)

pasta from Ikea

So how's your Christmas preparation? Have you have any new year resolutions yet? I guess I'll have a list for 2013. 

Till then, enjoy your December! :)

Do follow me on Instagram beaniesspace since I'll be mostly posting photos to update, will find time to blog though. 

Shell Ferrari Model Lego Collection

Many of us grew up with Lego especially those from the 80's and early 90's. And Lego has grown A LOT too, from the very basic sets when I was a kid. I remember I had a box which allows me to build a house, plane, etc and the set comes with a simple instruction booklet. Now LEGO has way more variety - the kids nowadays are just so lucky. I still love how these little bricks forms many amazing structures - I've seen Harry Potter versions in the Lego store in Bangsar, and also the amazing buildings of the world.

Recently, Shell teamed up with Ferrari and Lego to come up with the Ferrari Model Lego Collection which was launched in Malaysia last week. These buildable Ferrari cars consist of 25-61 pieces of bricks depending on its model. Malaysia is one of the first few countries to get this amazing models, after Hong Kong and Singapore. Each car features the smallest ever pull back engine built by Lego.

The first batch is out last week, on 8th November and the next batch, 3 more cars will be out on 29th November. The Lego packs comes with the bricks, accessories and mini instruction booklet, just like any other Lego sets. Want to know how these cars look like? Drop by any Shell outlet of course :), I've got mine!!~
...... and I'm nice enough to post photos of it.

This is the first batch ...

photo from Shell garage website here

and the next three models are ..

How to get these models? You just need to fill up with RM40 of VPower fuel to get these cars at RM10.90 each. For other Shell products including Shell Fuel Save 95, every RM40 entitles you to buy them at RM12.90 each. For Helix Ultra and other products, please see the website here for more details. Also, remember to swipe your Bonuslink to be eligible for this promotion.

There is also the super cute Lego minifigures, where you can only buy it if you pump VPower. Also at RM10.90  per pack of 3 figurines.

If you pump up to RM50 of VPower fuel, you'll also get a RM40 discount voucher for Legoland Malaysia.

Ferrari 150 Italia, 458 Italia and 250 GT Berlinetta

Cars and Lego minifigures

Love the details on the mini figures.

Legoland discount voucher

I'm feeling like a kid once more! Drop by at any Shell outlets across Malaysia to get these limited edition models when you need to fill up your car!~ 

Updated 24/11/2012:

Shell V Power roadshow at Sunway Pyramid launches the 2nd series of Ferrari Model which include the next 3 cars : The Scuderia truck, F40 and FXX.

Here in the roadshow, you get to buy a RM40 Shell Vpower pack and get the cars at RM10 each. Each Vpower pack entitles you to buy a maximum of three cars. You'll also get 4000 Bonuslink points where you can use it to redeem RM40 worth of Vpower fuel at any Shell petrol station.

It's definitely much better than waiting for the cars to be released sometime later next week. And you get to buy all three at a cheaper price too.~ There is a special display case available at the roadshow (I am not sure if you can get it anywhere else), sold at RM50 each. The roadshow is only for today and tomorrow, so remember to drop by!~ 

P/S : There is huge Lego Ferrari model, and if you buy the Shell Vpower pack you get an Instax photo taken at the spot. There are place for kids to build their own lego models, car racing games and much more.!!~

Halloween buffet dinner at Latest Recipe, Le Meridien KL

So how was Halloween? Did you go trick or treat around your neighbourhood? :P :P

I made use of my complimentary dining voucher/RM200 cash voucher from Starwood Privilege membership that I acquired earlier this year for the buffet dinner at Latest Recipe. The normal price was RM108++ for adults and RM54++ for kids.

Latest Recipe serves decent buffet which has pretty much everything, ranging from Japanese - sushi, sashimi & teppanyaki, Indian food, noodles, grilled dishes, salad, raw oysters, and a good variety of dessert. Since this time it was for Halloween, I managed to try few types of the spookiest dessert.

Be prepared for a photo heavy post! (I'm too lazy to describe)

pumpkin decoration

cold appetizer

fresh sashimi

grilled dishes, sausages, crab, fish and beef

 

Indian style

raw oysters, crab, mussels, clams, prawns, 

combination of rice. tandoori chicken, curry potato and keropok

soup of the day - pumpkin soup

garlic rice, beef , prawn and cod fish teppanyaki

noodle soup

And for the desserts.......

tombstones

spooky cakes =.= some even comes with eye balls

finger @.@ cookies

fresh cut assorted fruits

chocolate fondue

waffle with ice cream

They have scooped ice cream and teppanyaki ice cream too. :) *likes*

more pumpkin decorations

another one

a pumpkin got murdered

witchie hat and pointy ears

ootd : LBD from Robinsons, shoes from Mango Touch, clutch from YSL

That's all for tonight, have a spooky Halloween. Nites.

Address:
Latest Recipe at Le Meridien KL,
2, Jalan Stesen Sentral, (same area as KL Sentral)
Kuala Lumpur.

Dining Reservation: 0322637434
See Discover Le Meridien for more dining promotions.

Happy Hallooweeeeen!~

Hie all, I'm dropping by to say Happy Halloweeen!

Some of the decorations I made: spiders and bats, and my Witchy hat

Going anywhere tonight to celebrate? :) I'll be going to Latest Recipe at Le Meridien for the Halloween dinner. Shall blog about it when I get back, hopefully I'll find some time tonight.

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See ya! Happy trick and treat!~~

Tatsu - Japanese Ala Carte Buffet at InterContinental KL

I love Japanese food! So when I was planning for a friend's farewell dinner,  I immediately choose japanese cuisine :) :). That's partly because the friend who's leaving to the states said he wants unlimited sashimi.

I decided to give Tatsu a try, since I prefer ala carte buffet. I feel, that way our food will be served fresh. 

Tatsu is having 88 splendid dishes ala carte buffet at RM98++, available during the weekend. We did not managed to try all the dishes, but we do have repeating orders for some, especially the fresh sashimi and seafood teppanyaki.

me at Tatsu !~

Edamame 

Ebi tempura maki 

They have quite a good selection of sushi rolls, ranging from prawns, soft shell crabs, salmon and tuna to california and vegetarian roll.

chawanmushi

Dobin mushi (Clear soup in teapot)

Tuna and salmon sashimi

more salmon sashimi - look at the thick cut. satisfying!

other selection of sashimi - one of the many sashimi platters that we ordered

Scallop teppanyaki

We ordered beef , salmon, and prawn teppanyaki as well but I failed to capture a photo of it as I was busy nom'ing on other yummy food. :( my bad. The prawns were surprisingly large. :) I'll try to update some photos once I got it from my friend. 

Gindara teppanyaki (Grilled cod)

We tried their other selection of grilled dishes as well, they have grilled fishes - mackarel, salmon, cod, pacific saury, all the ones you usually order in a Japanese restaurant, most likely you'll find them in this 88 dishes buffet. They also have Japanese skewers.

Unagi yanagawa (hot pot unagi with egg)

cold soba

Hot soba, udon, garlic rice are available as well.

Tempura platter

Unagi kabayaki (grilled eel)

Apart from the dishes featured here, Tatsu do offers hand roll sushi, a range of cold and hot appetizers, sushi, many other fried dishes like Tori Karage (fried chicken) and bread crumbed fried prawns, mini Sukiyaki. 

Goma and macha ice cream (black sesame and green tea ice cream)

assorted mochi and red bean soup with rice dumpling

more ice creams.

I love most of their desserts selections! The black sesame and green tea ice cream are really smooth. We had multiple orders. :D *nom nom* However, we didn't like the mini chocolate fondue. The chocolate fondue came with skewers of fried fruits dices and was just fair.

The mochi has three flavours - sakura, green tea and red bean if I'm not mistaken. :) They were good! The red bean soup is a little too sweet for me. Instead, I requested for macha ice cream with some red bean as topping. :) Try asking the waiter for that if you like redbean coz green tea always goes well with redbean :) Yummy.

the group

the props for photo sessions

the pretty Jess who went to the states with her Mr Ngu :)

Details: 

Tatsu @ InterContinental KL, Jalan Ampang

RM98++ per adult, RM49++ per child

Weekends only, lunch and dinner.

Tel: 03-27826118

Do check out their website for updated promotions

http://www.intercontinental-kl.com.my/