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An Engineer, a daughter, a mother to an adorable child who has passion in photography, food & travel. My photography covers food, people, landscape....whatever that caught my attention in just a click! I admired people who actually put effort in food arrangement before presenting it to guests. Presentation gives the first impression. I love to eat and also sharing it to my readers. I also love to travel. I meant who doesn't? Because that's the time when you are work free. LOL! You don't have to be rich to travel. A local trip is considered as traveling too. What matters most is the time. I am reachable at 'thammelissa@yahoo.com' Thanks for your visit!

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steamboat gathering

July 29, 2010 thammelissa Leave a comment

Ever since the first gathering at Sin Wei’s house, all of us were looking forward for another gathering. Because all of them had fun & enjoyed the moment.

This round; Sin Wei & myself planned it and got agreement from the rest of them. Since; Sin Wei will be going for a holiday soon, therefore we decided to fix the date before it. All of us agreed to have steamboat. Where?? Where else if its not Sin Wei’s house wor…Her house will be ‘jui kai yan suen’ lor…

Both Sin Wei & hubby are so nice to prepare & buy the ingredients…(but I also got help buy abit lar…hehe) Ohh..yea..important thing is that Sin Wei boiled the soup with anchovies is so tasty wey!!! (no idea how many hours she boiled it). All of us enjoyed the meal again. Sin Wei even told me to dapao the soup home. Because there were still alot in the pot.

the well arranged food for the steamboat.

a must have chili for dipping – MADE BY SIN WEI’S MOM

dumped in part of the ingredient to allow it to boil

a nice set of fork?? erm..what do you name this??

yea…dessert time!!

A plate of fruits. (sweet Mango & Kiwi)

the crystal clear koniaku jelly. made by Sin Wei

yea….a group photo before we dismissed.

Food, Fusion, Halal, Pasta, Petaling Jaya, Sunway Pyramid

Lunch at FULLHOUSE

July 27, 2010 thammelissa Leave a comment

Before our house hunting in USJ on Sunday; I’ve managed to pujuk Alex to bring me to FULLHOUSE for lunch. The full name of it; is Fullhouse Lifestyle Store & Cafe. I’ve kept receiving comments like; the place is very nice, good ambiance, you can take alot of nice photos, price is fair, food is good too! How could you resist when you received so many good feedbacks on this place. There are a few branch in KL. The one I went is located in Sunway Pyramid. Kinda small. I was told that the one located in Jalan Yap Kwan Seng is much nicer. Better ambiance.

welcome…welcome…

browse through the lovely menu.

The menu is so cute. Really look like a children’s story book. We picked the set lunch. Comes in a set which includes a main dish, a mushroom soup, a glass of ice lemon tea & 1 small dessert.

the ice lemon tea. so big glass!!

the creamy mushroom soup. with some almond flakes sprinkled on it.

Alex enjoying the creamy mushroom soup

Alex’s choice. Chicken Ham & Mushroom Spaghetti. – yummy!!

Mel’s choice. Grilled chicken thighs in black pepper sauce.

The mashed potato is very smooth & nice. While the chicken meat is tender, goes well with the thick black pepper sauce.

the dessert. mini size cakes. fluffy….

Mel’s additional order. THE CHOCOLATE BROWNIE.

Comes with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Too bad the ice cream melts so fast.

A MUST HAVE DESSERT!! You can taste the rich chocolate & walnuts on every bite.

Most important that its not too dry & hard.

check out the thick layer of chocolate & rich walnuts.

Our total bill came up to be RM48

Took some photos before & after the meal.

frames hung on the wall. neatly done.

this part is so sweet & romantic

nice lighting

nice rocking horse.

this shoes is nice & cute hor…. got their brand name on it summore. you may purchase it over there.

checking out their goods

the waitress with cute uniform

pose with the car before leaving

this car is placed at the entrance

FOOD = 4 / 5

ENVIRONMENT = 5 / 5

PRICE = FAIR (the set lunch is worth eating)

Address:

Sunway Pyramid,

Lot LG 1.96, Sunway Pyramid Shopping Mall,

46150 Petaling Jaya.

Tel: 603-5621 9960

Shopping

MEGA SALES has began!!!

July 27, 2010 thammelissa 1 Comment

This year’s (2010) ; the yearly Mega Sales starts from 24 July – 16 September 2010.

Normally you will have a higher chance to grab better stuff during the beginning part of it. Therefore; have you got something nice last week? Or perhaps; what have you shopped?

As for me during the 1st week of the sales; I just got a few items only. Clothes?? Nah…bought alot of online clothes recently…… 😀

a pair of new shoes for my niece.

Since sis claims that her feet grew so fast & her current shoes does not fit well already.

yea….a strappy sandals for myself.

Suppose to be buying a pair of working heels, end up bought this. Because the working heels that I Like don’t have my size 😦

a wallet for Alex

WISH EVERYONE HAPPY SHOPPING!!! 🙂

Home, Shopping

Wall Sticker

July 27, 2010 thammelissa Leave a comment

Recently; wall sticker has became a popular thing. I noticed many places are selling it.You may even find them sold on Facebook. But bear in mind; of cause there are different types of quality and pricing as well.

Last week I just bought some stickers from the night market. You will get shocked if I would to tell you the price is just RM2/ whole set. What makes me couldn’t resist buying it; was because of the price. I saw it somewhere else the price is 10x of this. Nevertheless; they are produced in different country. I suppose the quality is different too. The one I bought is made in China. The rather expensive one is made in Korea. I shall buy some expensive one the next round; to do the comparison myself.

bought 7 pieces

Used this design for kitchen. You must be really gentle when removing the sticker from the sheet. Because it is very thin.

approximate 60cm height only

Chinese, Food, Non-Halal, Petaling Jaya

Hokkien Mee at ‘Restoran Mei Yen’

July 23, 2010 thammelissa 4 Comments

Sent my brother back to his college on Sunday.

We decided to have our dinner near Taman Paramount. Dad told us there’s a popular & nice hokkien mee in that area. Therefore we decided to try, since mom loves hokkien mee alot. But because hokkien mee is very high in cholesterol; she seldom takes it now.

It was around 7pm. The restaurant was about 3/4 occupied with customers. Besides hokkien mee, there’s also ‘loh mee’, khau yuk mee hoon, wat tan hor, stir fry vege, LALAs, and Ohh Chien. By 8pm; more and more customers come in…and FULLed by then.

We ordered hokkien mee, khau yuk mee hoon, yau mak, Ohh Chien(oyster) & siong tong LaLa (LaLa in soup).

hokkien mee’s best companion. SAMBAL BELACAN… must have!

hokkien mee for 2 eaters

yum yum…. the noodles is wet enough & tasty. what’s inside? lard, sotong & choy sum

However Alex & Mom prefers the one from “Petaling Street”. Probably they prefered it to be dryer I guess. :-p

‘khau yuk mee hoon’…I like this very much actually. Its very tasty & not too dry.

yau mak

‘siong tong LALA’ (LALA in soup).

I like this soup very much too! Its best served on rainy days. The soup is warm, a lil taste of white wine, minced ginger & sprinkles of coriander leaves. Nevertheless, the clams size are acceptable too….aren’t those tiny little ones~~~

“Ohh Chien” (fried oysters in egg)

This is nice though. At least you can find the oysters easily….Don’t need to do any treasure hunt on it…You get what I meant? Moreover its not starchy. This plate cost RM8.

check out the oyster.

FOOD = 4.5 / 5

ENVIRONMENT = 2.5 / 5

PRICE = AFFORDABLE

Address:

39 Jalan 20/7 Paramount Garden, Petaling Jaya
Opening Hours: Daily, 7pm-2am. Closed twice a month
Phone: 019-229 8566 (call after noon)

*NON-HALAL*

Life, Shopping

DISAPPOINTED…..

July 22, 2010 thammelissa 2 Comments

A disappointed Sunday…..

There was MAPEX Fair held in Midvalley Exhibition Hall on 16-18 July.

Therefore Alex & I decided to pay a visit to check out the fair, to see if there’s anything that we could scout on our house hunting. We reached there at around 12.30pm. We were really surprised and went “HUH!, so small hall only?? Never mind lor….walk walk and see what do they have.” Walked 1 round (within less than 1 hour); KAUTIM!

Disappointed! Its either the locations not suitable or the type of property not suitable. We preferred to get a landed ones. But all they have mostly are condominiums. Mostly are so high density summore. We wanted to look for Subang area. Unfortunately mostly are in Bangi, Klang, Shah Alam. 😦

Fine then; we gotto think of second plan since the fair doesn’t works.

La Senza sales started on the same week. I thought probably I can get some new inner wears. Disappointed again! The sales wasn’t attractive at all…*sigh* Walked out from the shop and went for a drink instead. After a drink at ‘sweet chat’, then I went over to ‘COTTON ON’. Wah….I’m very surprised to see the only ‘COTTON ON’ with not much crowd ler….. Unlike the one in PAVILION & SUNWAY PYRAMID! So crowded!!

Managed to grab something I like here…Hooray..a reward for myself for the day! (less sad jor).

At around 6pm we left the mall; planned to send my brother back to his college in PJ. Planned to go pasar malam near his staying place in Taman Paramount. Mana tau….it was raining!! 😦 😦 Another disappointment! Had our dinner in Taman Paramount. There’s a popular hokkien mee there. Gave it a try. (will be on next post). Luckily the rain stopped after our dinner. Hooray!! Though there’s so many disappointment; but it ends with something nice too….. 🙂

Chinese, Food, Non-Halal, Subang

Chili Pan Mee @ Super Kitchen

July 21, 2010 thammelissa 1 Comment

I have been to longing to try this chili pan mee ever since I got tempted through the food program shown on television. But each time also couldn’t find a chance to get there. Finally; tried it on last 2 weekend. I was told that there are a few branch at different areas; Kuala Lumpur & SS2. The one I’m trying here is located in Taipan, USJ. (same row as CIMB Bank).

The business is doing good! By 8pm; you can see that the restaurant is already full.

Other than the famous chili pan mee; they also have all sorts of pan mee (dry version lar, soup version lar..) and other side orders as well.

the menu

herbal drink

‘kat jai suen mui’

the chili flakes

the ordinary pan mee(soup version) – NOT SO GOOD

ta dah!! the chili pan mee. comes with a bowl of soup

how you shall eat:- if you can tahan spicy; add about 4 small spoons of chili flakes into the noodles. Break the egg yolk(the egg yolk is not 100% cooked), mix it well with the chili flakes, the noodles, the minced meat, the fried anchovies. Make sure the yolk is well coated on the noodles before consume.

this is the look of the noodles after stirring it all. If you feel that the noodles is too dry; you may add some soup. But to me its just fine; not too dry though.

I like it very much. Will find chance to eat again. 🙂

FOOD = 4/5

ENVIRONMENT = 4/5

SERVICE = 4/5

PRICE = I would say RM5.50 is abit expensive for a bowl of pan mee. But thats the standard of living in KL right? :-p

Address:-

Taipan Business Centre, USJ 10 (Taipan), USJ (UEP Subang Jaya), Selangor

Life, Photography

admiring the beautiful landscape…….

July 20, 2010 thammelissa 4 Comments

What will you do when you were to be seated on the passenger seat, while the driver will be doing the driving?? Will you be sleeping? Munching tit-bits? Read a novel? Chit-chatting? Did you ever admire the beautiful landscapes or scenery along your journey?

I used be sleeping if I’m on a long distance journey. But not now. Because I would like to accompany the driver (Alex) or else he might gets bored or felt sleepy. ^_^

Though he will be saying its ok larr….but I do understand that you will feel more alert if someone would be keeping you accompany. Therefore, what I will do now to keep myself awake or alert at the same time, I will try to capture the beautiful landscapes view from my car. At times,you may not be able to witness them from your house nor even from you office. Throughout the journey, you may witness the changes of clouds, changes of the sky color. So, why not “STOP & STARE”.

Here are some beautiful sky, landscapes that I manage to capture during my recent trip. 🙂

this was taken when our car stopped for the ‘red light’-near my house

the formation of clouds; looks as though its snowing over the mountain

the beautiful cloud patterns on the sky

huge rock mountain near Ipoh

entrance of the tunnel-the famous tunnel along ‘Karak Highway’

the tunnel

its evening now- rows of transmission tower.

its almost sunset. the color of sky changes again.

the beautiful sunset shot

coconut tress with sunset background

the sky is so colorful, ain’t it?

the blooming ‘ladies finger’

the blooming water lily

the green green paddy field in Sungai Petani

this was taken on the way back to KL. The sunny sun hidden behind the clouds

*sings* somewhere over the rainbow…….

Aren’t they look pretty. 🙂

Butterworth, Chinese, Food, Non-Halal

Lunch at “Ah Chong Seafood Restaurant”

July 20, 2010 thammelissa Leave a comment

Ah Chong Seafood Restaurant aka “Kantin Ah Chong” is located at Pantai Bersih of Butterworth.

Can you imagine that we were here after an hour break from our dim sum breakfast.

We are proven the great eater I suppose! After checking out from our lodging place in Sungai Petani, we drove there and reached at about 30 minutes later.

This restaurant has good view, because it is facing the sea. You can admire the beautiful sea view while enjoying your meal. As we came in a big group, therefore we sat on 2 separate tables. While the rest were busy ordering the food; lets have some photo shoot first. Common why want to waste the good scenes right

this shot was taken after we got our car parked here

the calm sea with sampans

Alex & Chip

Daphne & Ginny

Ginny & Mel

Mel in action

Alright. Its time to get back to our food!

the restaurant name

fried stuffed ‘taufu pok’ (taste good in dipping sauce)

chili prawns (very creamy gravy)

spicy fried asparagus (acceptable)

spicy LALA/ clams (it would taste better if the clams were to be bigger)

claypot fish maw & cuttlefish (yummy)

fried mantis prawn (hardly taste the prawn)

steamed Garoupa Fish in Teo Chew Style (very fresh & tasty)

FOOD = 4/5

ENVIRONMENT = 4/5

PRICE = FAIR / AFFORDABLE

Address:

No 2, Pantai Bersih, Bagan Ajam, 12300 Butterworth.

Operation hours: 12:00noon – 11:00pm (7 days a week)

Contact: 012-476 7021, 012-402 3418

*NON-HALAL*

Chinese, Food, Non-Halal, Sg. Petani

Dim Sum at “Dai You Bin”

July 19, 2010 thammelissa Leave a comment

The following morning after Khong Hean’s wedding; all of us get ready by 10am and went for a light breakfast (kononya light, but from the photos you’ll see later, you will doubt that). This place was suggested by Daphne. Knowing me..for sure everything also feel like trying or order. Moreover went there with an empty stomach. :-p

I wasn’t quite sure whether is the popular ones or not. Judging from the amount of crowd in the restaurant it looks as though its good and popular. After trying it; I felt SO-SO only. Not every item is nice.

porridge with century egg and minced pork (this is good)