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Wish this coming year will be a better year.
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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Dinner @ The Ship
It was on Christmas day. In additional to that, it was Alex’s birthday as well.
Since we were at Bukit Bintang area, we decided to have our dinner at “The Ship” – claiming it as The Best Steak in Town! (but we did not make any orders on steak^^)
I thought I could drop by at 4pm to make a reservation. Unfortunately the waiter told me, there wouldn’t be any reservations considered on that day. It would be on walk-in basis. Alright. Fine. We will come again by 6.30pm then.
As we got into the restaurant, the guests were about to fill up the entire restaurant. And to my surprise; the tables were placed so close to each other. Barely a meter away. I recalled my neighbors were about a 30cm ruler apart from me. You are not allowed to speak much louder, or else you will be sharing your story to everyone next to you. “Welcome to the story telling section”.
On that day, they do offered Christmas set dinner, which I felt not really worth eating. Therefore, we opted for the ala-carte.
complimentary bun & butter
A bowl of salad upon ordering sizzling chicken
Thai Seafood Tom Yam – RM10.90
I would claimed this was the best dish for the entire meal. The rest of our orders sucks.
Sizzling Chicken Fillet – RM22.90
Tender chicken perfectly grilled and topped with gravy, served on a sizzling hot plate with french fries and a bowl of salad
-apparently the sizzling word has removed from my order. Because it came without any sizzle at all-
Seafood Platter – RM34.90
Combination of grilled king prawns, fish fillet, grilled squid, fried soft crab and fried scallop served with french fries and mini salad
-No doubt the squid is quite big. Unfortunately its not well cooked lor, the inner layer still abit raw!!!-
Apple Juice – RM6.50
Orange Juice – RM6.50
Price : Affordable
Food : Would advise please do not dine during festive season. The food quality drops alot.
Service : Moderate
The Ship
102-104, Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur.
55100 Kuala Lumpur.
102 Jalan Bukit Bintang
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
03- 2144 3605
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
03- 2144 3605
Restaurant Business Hour : Daily (12.00pm to 3.00am)
On His Birthday cum Christmas
Its Christmas! Its Alex birthday! Yeap. Both falls on the same day!
Planned the agenda earlier. Alex got me to help him book a room at Piccolo Hotel 2 weeks ahead. Its located at Bukit Bintang in between Lot 10 and Fahrenheit 88. I would say this hotel is good! In sense of location, design and price. Just walk down the street, and you will be able to find ample of food and shopping venue. You can easily return to you hotel room to get some rest. Everything was good. Unfortunately the breakfast was bad. =_=
Our Deluxe Room. Clean, Stylish & Bright. I like it!
The wash basin is placed outside the bathroom
The separated shower area and toilet
The celebration on that day wasn’t much I would say. Mainly were on food & shopping. Pavilion, Fahrenheit 88, Lot 10, Sg. Wang were the places we shopped! ^^
This 2 fella can be spotted at Bukit Bintang. You’ll gotto pay RM2 to take a photo with them.
I bought 3 slices of cakes from ‘Bread Talk’. Requested a candle from them. Personally brought a box of matches from home ^^
Happy Birthday to beloved hubby!! 😉
*wonder what wish he made*
my damage of the day. a pair of shoe again! (yea..AGAIN* as quoted by mom)
Yea…my Christmas present from Alex. THOMAS SABO Charm.
(which I’ve been longing for one)
Thanks alot Alex!! Merry Christmas ar….Happy Birthday ar…Thank kiu thank kiu ar….
p.s: Dear Ashley; You have successfully poisoned me on this. I want to thank you very much. MERRY CHRISTMAS! ^^
Christmas at PAVILION
Alex and I went to Pavilion Shopping Mall on Christmas day.
The crowd was fantastic. “People mountain people sea”
I was pretty impressed by their Christmas decorations. Especially at the outdoor of the mall. It was like a White Christmas! Wished it was snowing too ^^
The center court
The super huge curtain at the main entrance
check out the number of visitors! countless…..
This is what I meant; white Christmas.
The bulbs which similar to ice
A closer view
My favorite shot.
Christmas Eve Dinner @ Shabu Shabu, Seremban
It was Christmas eve. No turkeys, no western food. Instead we went for Shabu Shabu which newly opened in Seremban. It would be something new for Seremban’s residents. The 1st shabu shabu I had was at Puchong.
What is Shabu Shabu? Refer here:- Shabu Shabu
Since its Christmas Eve; we may as well play save. Made reservation in advanced. Mom gave hints to dine there when she first saw the advert printed on the advertising magazine.
What I like most above it; is that it has individual soup pot. Moreover the stove for each soup pot has an adjustable flame controller. They have a few types of soup. Herbal Soup, Malat Soup, Tom Yum, Tomato Soup, ABC Soup, Chicken Stock Soup. The Chicken soup will be free of charge. However the rest will have an additional surcharge of RM2. All the soup are refillable.
The ambiance
Herbal Eggs
Assorted Noodles & Vegetables
Fresh Mussels & Scallops
Ice Cream. (the normal ones)
Assorted dipping sauce
My pot of tom yam soup. We chose herbal soup, chicken soup, malat soup and tom yum. Eventually all the soup that we’ve picked are nice.
Cook everything in the pot
The fried chicken is very nice!
Price : RM24.60/ person (Free of charge for the birthday boy/girl). I felt that the price is rather abit high for Seremban standard.
Ambiance : Looks cosy & nice. But the ventilation is kinda poor. I went home with smelly hair =_=
Shabu Shabu Buffet
No. 11-1, Matrix Court,
Jalan Tan Sri Manickavasagam,
70200 Seremban. (opposite SRJK(C) Chan Wa)
Tel: 06-761 5359
Sunday-Thursday 5pm-12.30am
Friday, Saturday & Holiday 5pm-1.30am
OFF on Tuesdays
Merry Christmas Everyone!
Today is eve’s of Christmas. A festive season filled with jolly joy, presents and beautiful Christmas decorations!
Taking this opportunity to wish everyone MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Mel will be away for celebration. (not far anyway…)
A Christmas Song which I still like!
Tong Yuen In White Fungus Soup for Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice Festival or known as “Dōng zhì“; is one of the most important festival celebrated by the Chinese.
Those days; Dongzhi Festival is also a time for the family to get together. And the interesting part would be making and eating ‘Tong Yuen” (湯圓). It is glutinous rice balls, which symbolize reunion because of its shape. ROUND in Chinese means union.
During my younger days with my sister; my granny used to warn us not to drop any of the tong yuen when you are molding it. She said each piece you dropped counted as 1 year. Which means you dropped one piece; you are a year older. Hahahaha….sounds funny ma?? I think she just don’t want us to mess around or waste the food!! ^^
Here, I would like to share the Tong Yuen recipe gotten from The Star newspaper by chef Amy Beh.
INGREDIENTS:
- 100g glutinous flour
- 10g tapioca flour
- 15g shortening
- 85-90g water
- 20g dried apricots, sliced
- 6 Chinese dates, seeded
- 2 honey dates
- 20g white fungus, soaked
- 700ml water
- 50g sugar
- 2 screwpine leaves, knotted
1) Place glutinous rice flour, tapioca flour and shortening in a mixing bowl. Pour in water and mix into a soft and pliable dough. Pinch out dough into equal portions and roll into round balls of tong yuen.
2) Bring a pot of water to a boil, drop in the balls of tong yuen and cook until they start to float. Remove with a slotted spoon into basin of cold water.
3) In the meantime, combine water, honey dates, white fungus, red dates and rock sugar and bring to a boil. Simmer for at least 20 minutes.
4) Add apricots and screwpine leaves. Simmer for another 2-3 minutes.
5) Dish out the white fungus soup and serve topped with the balls of tong yuen.
Shortening & Glutinous Rice Flour + Tapioca Flour
The coloring I used
Ta Daahh……the colorful Tong Yuen.
Check out the colorful tong yuen. Its ready to eat!
An Early Christmas Celebration….@ Pho Co Seremban
Jingle Bells…Jingle Bells….
Christmas is just around the corner. We have planned an early Christmas celebration cum Christmas gifts exchange.
RED & WHITE!
Sin Wei suggested a theme. We shall all dress in either red or white color.
“I will come in RED lar”; I told Sin Wei.
The present ones were Sin Wei, Joanne, Tracy, Kristy, Siew Yen & myself.
Apparently; there’s a newly opened(few months ago) Vietnamese Restaurant in Oakland. They served Vietnamese cuisine and steamboat. Therefore Tracy suggested to try their steamboat.
looks clean & bright
sauces for dipping
Passion Fruit Drink – RM4.50
Vietnam Coffee
sorry…I’ve forgotten the name.Its the ingredients for ‘fresh spring roll’.
See Below
Given a sheet of rice paper. Place the ingredients(mee hoon, sliced meat, lettuce, carrot, bean sprout) in the middle. Add some sauce.
Roll it as above.
We ordered the steamboat meal for 3 person. RM18/ person.
The steamboat portion is big. Enough for 6 of us.
The steamboat consist of sliced chicken, pork balls, sliced fish meat, cuttlefish, enoki mushroom, prawns, crabstick, taufu, cabbage, taufupok.
and also mee hoon & eggs.
The soup base is very tasty. It has slices of starfruit.
Boil it in the soup base.
The shop owner was so kind to help us to take a group photo ^^
RED & WHITE!!!
After the meal; we are all set for the gifts exchange. Wrote our names on the paper. Then each of us draw our gift.
Presents from all of us!
Excited or Meeting???
Below are everyone’s photo with their respective gift. Macam IC photo….. :-p
Kristy got Mel’s gift
Joanne got Siew Yen’s gift
Sin Wei got Joanne’s gift
Tracy got Kristy’s gift
Siew Yen got Sin Wei’s gift
Mel got Tracy’s gift
Everyone seems to like this very much.
My favorite photo
My favorite shot
PHO CO
No. 68b, Lorong Haruan 5/3,
Oakland Commercial Square,
70300 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
Ms. Chong : 017-6715995
**NON-HALAL**
Dinner@Empayar Seremban Siew Pow
Seremban is famous for its siew pow (bun with bbq pork/ chicken baked till golden brown). We are now at Empayar Seremban Siew Pow; the main branch of siew pao. Not only selling siew pow but also assorted local products. Their siew pow is well established for many years.
The siew pow and other bakeries (egg tarts, pineapple tarts, salted egg cookies, kaya kok & etc) are baked freshly everyday. Sold out fast too…especially during holidays. You may expect alot of tourists there too. Besides the siew pow, their egg tarts also is a must try item!
You may refer here for the list of products:- PRODUCTS
A huge signboard which is visible along the North South Highway.
Assorted local products
I bought 10 pieces of siew pow. Each priced at RM1.30
Too bad the content wasn’t as generous as before.
Apart from that; it does served as restaurant. Particularly on Seafood. The fishes, crabs & prawns are fresh too. What I meant fresh is that; its still alive before its cooked.
Kirin Ebi (A type of prawn reared in deep ocean and specially processed using advanced technology).
I couldn’t really differentiate the difference, but kirin ebi’s shell is much harder and the size is slim & long in shaped.
Alex and I couldn’t figure out what to order. Therefore we went ahead with their recommendation.
Sang Min with Kirin Ebi (Yee Mee in Cantonese Style) – RM15
Hakka Char Yoke (客家炸肉) (Fried pork in Nam Yue) – RM20
Crabs cooked with salted egg – RM45/kg
We enjoyed eating the crabs. Tasty and fresh. Overall the food that we ordered were good! But I felt the price is slightly expensive.
FOOD = 4/5
PRICE = 3/5
AMBIANCE = 3/5
Empayar Seremban Siew Pow
LG1-57, Tingkat Bawah Tanah,
Pasar Besar TBK 4, Taman Bukit Kepayang,
70200 Seremban,
Negeri Sembilan.
Tel: 06-601 6308/9.
**NON-HALAL**
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