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Chinese, Family, Food, Genting Highland, Non-Halal

Dinner@Ah Yat Abalone Forum

November 9, 2010 thammelissa Leave a comment

When we were at Genting the other day; we went to Ah Yat Abalone Forum of First World Plaza. Often sees their advertorial in newspaper. Hence this is my first time trying it. They do have several outlets in Klang Valley.

Dad made decision on the orders. We just eat whatever he ordered. Since we got no idea what to order.

Though it was quite crowded; they still manage to cope with the endless good service. I.e: kept refill your tea.

sauces & nuts

Beancurd with Mushrooms – RM32

mui choi (preserved vegetables), kau yuk (braised belly pork) – RM36

The preserved vege were cooked till soft and the belly pork they served not just fats….you can actually eat the meat.

Cod Fish – RM83

The overall fish meat cooked in soya sauce. Taste good!

Baked Pork Ribs in “Chan Kong” – RM60

I like this dish the meat. As the ribs weren’t too hard nor just bones. Its quite meaty & the sauce coats well on the meat.

Mexican Fresh Abalone – RM420

The cooking method for this dish retained the freshness of the abalone.

Hot & Sour Soup in Sze Chuan Style – RM55

Contains huge prawns & fresh scallops. The soup tasted more like tom yum soup. Very appetizing!

FOOD : 4/5

PRICE : Quite Expensive.

Ah Yat Abalone Forum Restaurant

Lot F/L 2A23, Level T2A,

First World Plaza Hotel,

Genting Highland Resort,

69000 Pahang.

Tel : 03-64361286

**NON-HALAL**

Family, Genting Highland, Hotels, MALAYSIA, Travel

I Had a Great Time@Genting Highland

November 9, 2010 thammelissa 2 Comments

Its a long weekend. Due to the public holiday celebrating Deepavali.

Therefore I planned a family trip to Genting. Couldn’t recall when was my last visit. Few years back?? I think so. Dad made the room reservations. Unfortunately sis called up & said she couldn’t join us. What a disappointed call 😦

**Due to ” SELFISHNESS OF SOMEBODY”!! :@

Had our breakfast cum lunch & departed from Seremban at about 11.40am and arrived safely at the peak at about 2pm. As we reached the peak; we saw several cars broke down & cars were moving bumper to bumper.

Its so difficult to get a car park even if you are staying in the hotel. ITS ALL FULL! Anyway; we got our car parked & check in our luggage into our room. The room is spacious and has a comfy bed! Heard that they have just undergone a renovation.

Deluxe Room of Resort Hotel

From Resort Hotel; we walked to First World Plaza through the link way about 10 minutes apart. Had our brunch at Coffee Bean. It was quite crowded there. Everywhere we walk….there’s just *people mountain people sea*. At about 4pm we walked to the outdoor theme park which is just 1 floor below. What I like most; is the weather is very cooling & breezy. The temperature was at 19 degree. I hardly sweat. Isn’t that nice? 😉

In First World Plaza

First World Indoor Rides

Some portraits taken by Alex

Ticket to Outdoor Theme Park at RM40/person

The entrance pass covers all the outdoor rides. All you have to do is just queue. We skipped most of it because of the long queue.

Monorail

Boating

Antique Car

Flying Coaster

Space Shot

Matahari

Grand Prix Fun Kart

Dinosaurland

Tunnel to the Land of Dinosaurs

An Overview of Outdoor Theme Park

It was about 6.30pm by then. We headed back to First World Plaza for our dinner (next post). Had a nice dinner and got ready for the next schedule. GLITZ!! A Performance by several well known people; Charles Bach (Award Winning Magician from USA), The Mystical Grace of The Huachen Acrobatic Group and Daria Pushankina (Sand Animation Artist from Ukraine). What inspires me the most is the sand animation! She actually can make several arts or figures using sand. She even can do several images of our beloved Michael Jackson.

Phew….back to room, took a bath and went to the casino to try our luck.

CHEH!! Made me lost money…..How I wish I can print money 😀

There goes a tiring day. Am I getting old? As I gets tired fast now…. *sigh*

Chinese, Family, Food, Non-Halal, Seremban

Dinner @ Restoran Win Loy

October 29, 2010 thammelissa 5 Comments

We celebrated Michele’s birthday earlier.

Had a simple dinner at Restoran Win Loy which is located just a few minutes drive from home at Seremban 2.

This restaurant is usually crowded during weekends. At around 7pm, you can see that the restaurant is almost full with customers. The food served was quite fast. We ordered a few ordinary Chinese cuisine and some are their signature dish.

cili padi & chopped garlic served with the dishes.

ku lou yuk/ sweet & sour pork – RM8

铁板豆腐 tit pan tau fu – RM8

stir fry 菜胆 – RM10

yin yang chicken (thai style chicken & lemon chicken) – RM18 (recommended)

Siong Tong Lala (Lala in Superior Stock) – RM15

I kinda like this dish. The soup flavored with ginger shreds, chillies and rice wine.

Deep Fried Squid with Salted Egg – RM10

This is their signature dish. I find it quite yummy. Especially when it was served hot.

FOOD : 4/5

PRICE : 4/5

SERVICE : 4/5

Restoran Win Loy

119,Jalan S2 D30,City Centre,Seremban 2,70300 Seremban

Tel: Nick 012-2112787 , 辉 016-6582727, 华 016-6516500

**NON-HALAL**

Family, Food, Korean, Non-Halal, Seremban

Dinner @ SIL RO AM, traditional Korea Restaurant

October 25, 2010 thammelissa 6 Comments

Me and my family loves Korea food. So does Alex.

Saw some brochures about this restaurant opening its second brand in Era Walk. Therefore we decided to give it a try. We went for dinner instead of lunch. This Korea restaurant actually runs by Korean. The business was really good on weekend. Night to be precise. Business was good –> Insufficient staff –> Poor service. We were so hungry by then. It took us 1/2 hour for our dish to arrive. Moreover with the smell of bak kut teh ;just next to the restaurant makes me even hungrier. (Can’t blame the owner. May be he did not expect it was that crowded.) After all; the food was good.

Studying the Menu. Got the waiter to assist us upon the orders.

The wrapped cutlery

Assorted Korea side dishes. Not allowed to refill. Only kimchi is refillable.

Doi Sok Bi Bim Bap – RM20

Boiled rice with assorted mixture in a stone pot. Well; its taste good.

Sam Gae Tong – RM25

Young chicken stuffed with glutinous rice cooked in ginseng soup. An ideal one to order during cold weather. The soup is very tasty too.

Ber Sek Bok Geum – RM25

Assorted mushroom cooked with vegetable. For mushroom lover; you gotto try this.

Sam Gyup Sal – RM25

Sliced Pork Bacon with fresh salad & sauce.

Grill the pork, cut into smaller pieces, place it on a piece of lettuce, add a small amount of rice, finally some sauce. Roll it and then consume it.

Taa Daah…this is how it looks. Ready to eat lah…

FOOD : 3.5/5

SERVICE : 2/5

AMBIANCE : 3/5

Korean Restaurant Traditional Sil Ro Am
Era Walk No.30, Seremban
Negeri Sembilan
Tel: 06-677 7516

**NON-HALAL**

Chinese, Family, Food, Non-Halal, Seremban

Lunch at “Silver Dragon Restaurant”

October 11, 2010 thammelissa 3 Comments

There’s a restaurant newly opened near my house; located at City Park Seremban 2. Therefore I suggested to dad to try the food there. Moreover its on Sunday; it would be more like a family day.

To my surprise; the interior of the restaurant is quite nice and the design is rather modern too.

I like this stairs. It would be nice if a bride would to pose while walking up/ down the stairs ^^

the dining hall

tit bits

tofu in garlic sauce with fresh scallop – RM20

These tofu cooked this style is quite nice. Smooth beancurd with strong garlic taste.

Tung Poh Yuk (Braised Fatty Pork Belly with Soy Sauce) along with Mantau(bun) – RM25

These half fat half lean meat(pork) taste so-so only. The gravy is so nice.

Claypot Prawns in Coconut Juice – RM40

The prawns is very fresh. Somehow the taste is so-so only.

Dwarf Pak Choi/ Nai Pak cooked with yam & crispy cuttlefish – RM20

My first time to eat this kind of cooking method. Hmm….quite special though. Most important is the vege is fresh.

“ Siong Tong Yin Choi “上汤皮蛋硯菜” – RM15

Its spinach in savory soup with century eggs.

Steam “Hoi Pan” (type of grouper fish) – RM143 (RM100/kg)

Shanghai Pancake – RM8

The skin is not crispy enough & the filling is too little.

Fa Sang Wu(花生糊) – Peanut Paste Tong Sui – RM5/bowl

Ambiance : 5/5

Food : 2.5/5

Price : 3/5

Address :

SILVER DRAGON (S2) RESTAURANT SDN. BHD.

PT 21383, PERSIARAN S2-D5, CITY CENTRE,

SEREMBAN 2, 70300 SEREMBAN, NEGERI SEMBILAN.

TEL : 012-6741910, 016-3236148, 012-6767913

**NON-HALAL**

Buffet, Family, Food, Hotels, Japanese, Seremban

Yuri Japanese Restaurant, Seremban

September 13, 2010 thammelissa 3 Comments

Yuri Japanese Restaurant has been well established for more than 10 years. Brought my family to Yuri Japanese Restaurant in Klana Resort Seremban on Sunday for their lunch buffet. With an affordable price of ~~RM48++~~ (price has revised. its now RM50++ for adult & RM34++ for kids) we gotto enjoy the good Japanese food in Seremban. The restaurant, despite its relatively small but cosy interior, allowed seats of 85 pax and has three traditional tatami rooms for those who prefer privacy.

It comprised 80 varieties of Japanese salad along with fresh sashimi, tempura, unagi, chicken and beef sukiyaki , variety of tepanyaki, prawn, scallop, fresh oysters, grilled crab, California roll, sushis and chawanmushi. The buffet is only available on Sundays from 11.30am-2.30pm. Kindly make your reservation. Luckily I made my reservation a day before it, as it was full!

the teppanyaki corner.

yes! These are from teppanyaki corner. unagi & salmon.

For Unagi lovers; you can eat as much as you can.

you can have fried rice too…

tempura corner.

the prawn tempura is good! prawns are fresh though…

cold noodles

cold soba noodles

cooked mussels.

very fresh & yummy!

grilled prawns

crabs

fresh cooked squids in mayonnaise with sprinkles of roes

Miso soup

udon soup

sukiyaki chicken/ beef

dessert corner.

with assorted cakes, puddings, fruits & ice cream. too bad; there aren’t any green tea ice cream 😦

an array of food

the striking color of kiwi

the colorful sushi

along with wasabi & soy sauce

sashimi

chawanmushi (steamed egg)

-taste is ok, but I felt that the egg ain’t smooth enough-

fresh oysters which got snapped up within minutes. Indeed very fresh!!

Vernice enjoying her meal too

Apart from that; it was such a coincident to bump on Yin Yee and Pei Ling, both are my high schoolmates. (as though it was a planned gathering). Yin Yee; whom I have not met for a decade…am so delighted to meet her in person. Moreover her baby gal is so CUTE! Look so much like mummy. Yea; Pei Ling and her lil Issac boy, whom always looked adorable & his ‘good’ signature.

Yin Yee & her baby Hayley

Myself, Pei Ling & lil Issac

Myself & Pei Ling

Overall we had a satisfying meal. Everyone enjoyed it pretty much. Valued for money.

Address:

Yuri Japanese Restaurant,

Klana Resort Seremban,

PT4388, Jalan Penghulu Cantik,

Taman Tasik Seremban,

70100 Seremban, Negeri Sembilan

Tel: 06 – 766 7888

birthday, celebration, Family, Food, Life, Seremban

Mel’s Birthday – Part 1

August 30, 2010 thammelissa 1 Comment

Owww…..sad to know that my 28th birthday has just over.

I’m aging year by year….gosh…time flies really fast without one realizing it..

As usual, I’ll be celebrating my birthday with my family & my loved one.

This year, I spared the earlier weekend to celebrate with my family.

We decided to have dinner at a cafe, which newly opens not long ago. Received some good reviews from friend & colleague. Therefore decided to give it a try. They serves fusion food. (western & chinese).

the very 1st dish. “tom yum soup” ..

not so good…. doesn’t taste like tom yum 😦

black pepper udon – NICE

fried chicken wings

-yummy….taste of ‘nam yi’ –

pork meat balls……tasty

Spaghetti – delicious

black pepper chicken chop

chicken maryland – SOSO only!

YOO….We siblings ROCKS!!

Note: This cafe is located in Uptown Avenue, Seremban 2.

I think their western food (those chop chop) so so only. Their chinese food taste nicer….. Out total bill came up to be RM80+ (with drinks). Quite fair lor…each person average less than RM20.

After our dinner; I suggested for 2nd round – ice cream as dessert over in A&W. The place where we able to makan cheap ice creams. Unfortunately, they no longer serves various types of ice creams anymore 😦

Therefore we were restricted to few types only…..*sigh*

I ordered the ‘chocolate ice cream’

with mom, niece, sis & bro

Hubby & I

After all the makan & food, we return home. My mom surprised me with a cheese cake which she made it the day before. Wahhh….I’m so happy & touched.Thank you mummy…thank you everyone!! 😉

Chinese, Family, Food, Non-Halal, Petaling Jaya, Sunway Pyramid

CANTON-I of Sunway Pyramid

August 18, 2010 thammelissa 2 Comments

We were at Sunway Pyramid on Sunday for a family weekend shopping spree.

Then, we decided to have our lunch in CANTON-I because I misses their porridge very much! CANTON-I serves Hong Kong cuisines. (Of course its not so pure as in Hong Kong lorr..). We ordered individual meal instead of set. Upon ordering each of us punya food….the captain whom took down our order kept insist us to order the ‘roast goose’. Therefore we ordered for quarter size. And its not cheap ler….quarter size already RM48, if request for thigh side additional of RM8. @_@ Moreover she kept insist us to get half bird.(which will be RM88)

when it comes to Chinese cuisine; a pair of chopstick is a must.

a kiddy bowl & a set of culinary for Vernice

Vernice feeding grandma even before the food arrive :-p

sea coconut + longan drink

from left: cham, lemon tea, milk tea

fried carrot cake (lo pak kou) – NICE

signature egg tarts – freshly bake & yummy!

char siew rice (bbq pork rice)

5 combination rice (roast pork, roast chicken, braised egg, braised beancurd, sausage) – this is good!

century egg with shredded meat porridge – my favorite!!

the porridge is very smooth.

this is the roast goose that I mentioned above. Taste OK. The skin is crispy.

sis enjoying the meal

mum enjoyed her meal too….while brother is duno talking to whom =p

Mel had a satisfying meal too….with a big damaged on the wallet 😦

Vernice with both grandma & grandpa 😉

Everyone was so kenyang. Shopped in the mall to sort of exercise after the meal ^_^

Address:

Sunway Pyramid

G1.112, G1.113

Ground Floor Blue Atrium

No.3, Jalan PJS 11/15

Bandar Sunway

46150 Petaling Jaya

Tel: +603-5636 2888

*NON-HALAL*

Family, MALAYSIA, Travel

Short trip to Melaka

June 28, 2010 thammelissa 2 Comments

Mel persuaded Alex to bring her for a short trip to Melaka on Sunday. Alex agreed; and Mel jumps up happily. Hoooray…Hooray…Therefore; Mel decided to bring along mummy & siblings as well.

Went for our lunch at around 12pm in City Park; Seremban. Returned home to get our stuff ready for the trip. HOORAY…HOORAY….(again) hahaha….

Started our journey at around 2pm. Was worrying that it might rain in the afternoon or evening. phew….luckily the weather was fine throughout the day. Instead it was flaming HOT!! Reached Ayer Keroh Toll Exit at around 3pm. (thanks hubby for driving. I know its tough to drive under the glaring sun. make people feel sleepy too….never mind..you got good assistant here….she will try to keep you awake. kept talking like a parrot. sure awake one) :-p

Our first destination was to Taman Buaya. yea…I know..I know…sounds awkward to visit there right. Never mind lar….heard that they did some improvement on it already. So, try to check out and see lor…YES; Indeed! They did improvise the place. More nicer cages/aquariums for the crocs, cleaner area, new place for the reptiles. I recalled this park was often a visiting place during school days. The entrance fee without the water park; is RM8.

sis & Vernice

the miniature A Famosa

the miniature twin tower & penang bridge

mini Tugu Malaysia

mini Sepang Circuit

mini Putrajaya

this croc is unique. THE TAILLESS CROCODILE

Mel trying to pose

the Reptile Corner

ANACONDA

the sleeping PYTHON

duno what lizard

ALBINO PYTHON

tortoise

racoon

spotted a monkey on the tree

At around 4.30pm; headed over to our next destination. SATAY CELUP!! Its a famous food in Melaka.Capitol Satay Celup.

After the satisfying and kenyang meal; we drove over to Jonker Street. Jonker Street is like a ‘pasar malam/ night market’. Selling various items from food to clothing, collections, souvenirs, accessories. It is located at Jalan Hang Jebat. The stalls/traders only operates on weekend. While the shops there open daily.

Left jonker street and return home at around 8pm. SELAMAT TINGGAL!!

Family, Mummy's Cooking

Happy Birthday Marcus

June 10, 2010 thammelissa 1 Comment

It was my brother’s birthday on 6 June. He suggested to have a small BBQ party and invited his ex-schoolmates to come over to our house. However we celebrated it one day earlier, which was on Saturday. Mom prepared the food, marinated the chicken and pork. We did help mom over the minor stuff of course. The food prepared for BBQ are chicken wings, chicken satay, pork ribs, prawns, vege balls, sausages. The other sidelines are fried mee suah, coleslaw, watermelon.

these are the food