Time.. I need more time!!

Have been waiting to write something - but havent got the time yet, been pretty busy once I started my research master in Monash Uni. Oh, my poor blog, you must have dust all over you by now. :)

I am currently busy planning for a trip in end November :) yay!, hopefully I will have some time to update about it when I'm back.

And I have some new restaurants which I have tried and not blogged about yet... Oh no, I really need more than 24hours a day.. sigh.

Time to get some rest for now.. Good night!

Big Bad Wolf book fair

To all book lovers, don't miss out the Big Bad Wolf book fair at MAEPS, Serdang. 1.5 million books are at more than 70% discount!!~ The book fair will be on till 16 October 2011.

My harvest for the day..

Most books are going at RM8-RM12.. Time to get the all the books you want, do check it out~

So tempted to get more .. :)

Hong Kong style char chan teng @ Restaurant Tsim Tung, Pandan Indah

Over the years, more and more HK-style cafes are sprouting around town, some of them are good, but not all really resembles what they had in Hong Kong.

Recently I saw on Oversea Restaurant facebook page that they have a char chan teng under the Oversea group in Pandan Indah, Restaurant Tsim Tung. Since I am craving for more HK food after my HK trip last year, I decided to give it a try, although it's quite a long drive all the way from Sunway :) and it's a day before mid-autumn festival so it's ok to crave for some good food.

watercress honey with lemon (RM3.50) & ice milk tea HK style (RM5)

Japanese style pork rib with soup noodle (RM9.80)

BBQ pork HK polo bun & BBQ pork puff (RM2 each)

American mixed grill (RM23.80)

First of all, the HK style milk tea is good, served in a bowl of shaved ice just the correct way, like what they do in Hong Kong. Yay, thumbs up! By doing this, you'll have icy-cold milk tea without compromising on its taste (when the ice melts in your glass).

I wanted to order the HK polo bun (served with butter - polo yau), but they ran out of it, so I replaced it with the BBQ pork version. The Polo bun tastes good, but i still longed to try the one only served with butter. I missed the one I had in Hong Kong - Kam Wah cafe at Prince Edward, yummy!~

The pork ribs noodle is flavourful and it has bean-curd sheet in it, very traditional. I like~ The American mixed girll consists of pork chop, beef steak, chicken chop, sausage and bacon. A very good combination, however this dish would be perfect if they add an egg :)

The price is average - just like any other char chan tengs out there, but they do serve food and drinks more similar to what Hong Kong has to offer. A meal for two comes up to RM50 for all the above.

I'll be back to try their polo yau.

Give this cafe a try if you stay nearby, or if you want to try out more Hong Kong style drinks and food!~

Address:

Restaurant Tsim Tung

No. 22-28, Jalan Pandan Indah 4/6,

Pandan Indah,

55100 Kuala Lumpur.

03-42951896

.... thoughts ...

It's one of those nights which I laze around.. then wondering what would my life be with you still around.. A little nagging from you?..Laughters? Daddy-daughter bonding time?.. more serious talks? anticipated business talks?.. particularly in these times, i do miss you..
(Decided to voice (type) out my thoughts, thinking that the IT world there may be more advanced than what we have here..)

Signing out zzzzZzZ..

Mcdonald's Smurf collections

McDonald's Happy Meal launch their set of Smurfs collectibles, ten different Smurfs characters. After the first batch, it was difficult to get the second batch and so on, as most outlets have already sold out their smurfs toys. I went to a few Mcdonald's to be able to collect all of them. Phew!~

my Smurfs collection

Smurfs @ GSC Mid Valley

And here's a happy Smurf song to cheer up your day ~

All day breakfast @ Departure Lounge

Departure lounge is indeed a place for you to relax, have late breakfast or brunch, read a book, chat with friends or just watch the day goes by .... the list goes on. This cafe prides for their specialty coffee and espresso, besides having a wide collection of travel books. If you love travelling, and want to look for a place to browse through all these travel books this is the place you're looking for.

I woke up late during Merdeka-Raya holidays and was craving for some nice omelette, and Departure Lounge just comes to my mind.

The decoration in this cafe is simple and does resembles the cafes I went to in Australia.

selection of breakfast items

other sandwhiches, pasta and salad which are available

travel books :)

hot chocolate (RM7)

mocha latte (RM10)

7 item do-it-my-way (RM13.90 + upgrade RM1.50)

5 item do-it-my-way (RM11.90 + upgrade RM1.50)

upper deck with wholemeal bread (RM12.90)

I loveee the hot chocolate, very chocolatey and not too sweet, I can even opt for low fat milk to make me feel less guilty :P The mushrooms are good, I chose to upgrade them to fresh buttom mushroom for RM1.50 by the way. In my opinion, the breakfast sets are averagely priced, the 5 item DIMW breakfast feeds me just rigt, however, if you have a big appetite it may not be enough, there are other choices.

So, the big-eater chose Upper deck, that comes with triple deckers of turkey ham, crispy bacon bits, egg mayo, cheese, lettuce and tomato. You get to choose from white bread or the wholesome, wholemeal ones.

A nice all-day breakfast lounge, which serves good breakfast where you even can choose only the items you like, with a nice setting and relaxing environment for you to pick up any book you like. For the non-caffeine addict do try their hot chocolate. :)

Address:

Departure Lounge

10, Jalan SS21/39,

Damansara Utama,

47400 Petaling Jaya.

03-77251682

Mont Kiara outlet:

No. 10, Jalan Solaris 4,

Solaris Mont’ Kiara, 50480, Kuala Lumpur.
03-6203 0362

**Business Hours: Monday – Saturday 8am – 7pm, Sunday & Public Holidays 8am – 5pm,
Close on Tuesdays and major holidays

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Departure-Lounge/24541933315

Wedding gifts

Recently, a close friend from university got engaged, will be attending my cousin's wedding in 2 weeks, coursemate wedding next year and a few friends from school got married. So many blissful events to attend :P

Well, I've decided to DIY gifts for their special occasion, and the first I started with is a pair of glass wines for my cousin :)

groom and bride pair wine glass

The second one was when I heard about the friend's proposal, and decided to make them a couple egg. With some help for the 'technical' job (cracking the egg) :P, here's the result we came up with.

girl & boy eggie with lots of little hearts

Anyone wants to order some of these gifts? :P :P I shall remake lots more other designs if there is demand :P

tray of eggies

Congrats to you all!~