: : Enrich Points : :

Looks like I have enough Enrich points to go on a holiday trip within Malaysia. Was thinking of going to Penang but KL is a great temptation. Then again, a trip to the northern part of West Malaysia wouldn’t be a bad idea. Perhaps a stay at Langkawi? After all, it’s a free ticket within Malaysia so need to make the best of it. Points are valid until 2006 so plenty of time to get some recommendations.

Any suggestions anyone?

: : 3rd Day of 2004 : :

Can’t say much for today except that I now have a very painful pimple growing underneath my right eye!!! What a bad way to start the new year. On another note, since my trip to the USA, I haven’t found a single bottle of St. Ives Clear Pore Cleanser in KL or in the USA! I hope they haven’t taken it off the production line. Favourite facial care but then again, why am I blogging about it? My pimple was bad enough. Urgh.

Had some stir-fried tong yau for brunch with Granny. I missed this while in the US. Crunchy and sweet at the same time. Great with oyster sauce and a firm favourite for me and Granny. After that, I got hungry again about 3 hrs later after viewing Renee’s posting on Chilli Lobsters. Wah! It look so delicious that I got peckish after that. Made a quick call to Min Yen and 30 minutes later, it was off to Song Keng Hai for some belachan bee hoon.

This gal, ah… so shy one! Don’t want to take picture. So, Min Yen, here is a picture of you averting your face and using your wallet and handphone as cover. :p

I had the ais jagung @ iced corn drink from this stall whereas Min Yen ordered the sugar cane with coconut from the stall behind this one.

We then both had a regular plate of belachan bee hoon from this famous stall.

Seeing a notice for chai kueh @ turnip cake, we had a small plate as well as ordering small one to go for Granny.

This was my iced corn drink @ ais jagung and the belachan bee hoon we both had. The sauce was great and the additional ingredients were cuttlefish, sliced cucumbers and bean sprouts as well as the chilli sauce and belachan @ shrimp paste to go with it. Definintely tasty and refreshing. According to Min Yen, this stall serves the best belachan bee hoon amongst all the stalls in Song Keng Hai. The stall is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The drink on the left is freshly squeezed sugarcane juice with coconut milk and coconut flesh. Tasty and delicious looking alright. On the right, is the chai kueh @ turnip dish which is stir-fried with egg and some pickled veggies. Honestly speaking, my Granny makes a better chai kueh dish. It’s easy to find the turnip cake uncook here and just fry it again at home.

Song Keng Hai is facing the only rugby field in the whole of Kuching town. Not well maintained because not many rugby teams around. The grass was a bit long but it looked like someone was in the process of cutting it down.

And this is the famous flowerhorn fish that is adored by the Chinese community due to the Chinese-looking-characters on it’s body. It was floating around in an aquarium at one of the stalls in Song Keng Hai. An expensive fish, it retails for a few thousand ringgit (a few hundred US dollars), an expensive fish to showcase in a hawker centre.

After that, it was off home for me and Min Yen went to W.G.Cycle for her training session. Came home to clean up my hamsters’ cages and give them a bath. They were stinking quite badly so it was time to do it. Well, that was my 3rd day of 2004. How was yours?

: : Blog Meets & Spicy Chicken : :

Well, it’s going to be a jumble of postings from all over the world now. The variety is going to be interesting but the truth of the matter is that I’m too lazy to organize my pictures in a chronological manner. Still, the mix and match approach should bring along different types of dishes to everyone’s curiosity and probably whet some appetites along the way.

As Grace is organizing another Book Swap Meet, I thought I’d better hurry up and post up the pictures taken from the last one in December 2003. Again, it’s at the same place : KL Sentral’s Starbucks Coffee … err… place? When in the US, I saw a Starbucks at every Barnes and Nobles bookstore. A great place to sit down and sip a cup of tea to relax and enjoy something to eat as well.

Took a snapshot of the painting facing the tables we were sitting at. Thought it look pretty good and then wondered how much it really costs. I find Starbucks very pricey after drinking coffee at Coffee Master in Kuching but after going to the US, realised that it was slightly cheaper after the currency conversion.

We weren’t the only ones having a coffee meeting that day. On the left hand side of the table, you can see a more serious session going on.

Cakes cakes cakes! I remember buying a packet of Kettle Chips instead. IreneQ had a chicken sandwich, I think, and someone ordered a slice of Chocolate Cheesecake. Can’t remember who. Chooki, April and Ryuu bought food from Kenny Roasters and ate them in Starbucks. Haha! BTW, Nicholas, your book is still with me but cannot return it to you during the next meet. Some time this year, you’ll be getting it but not in January 2004! So, have to wait. :p

After that, Chooki suggested we go over to Old Klang Road to a cafe (whose name eludes me at the moment) for dinner but because of the massive traffic jam, IreneQ, Albert and myself decided to go to Sunway Pyramid instead. We went to look for my corduroy jeans that I needed to bring over to the US. Corduroy jeans will keep one very warm during the winter months.

After buying my jeans, we went off to eat at Nandos Chicken which Albert swears that it is so good. Something new for me so I thought why not? Thanks to IreneQ for being such a good sport that day for fetching us around and having dinner with us there.

While waiting for the food to come, I took awhile to read up on the stories on the wall. Click on the pictures for a bigger size picture for easier reading.

The plastic chicken reminded me (figuratively) of the skinny, scrawny kampung chicken until Dr.Liew posted up this picture! Urgh! Will never EVER touch the plastic holder again!

There were 4 different table sauces available. Can’t remember the names of the sauces. Think there were 3 spicy ones and 1 garlic sauce.

Grrr…they ran out of the Peri-peri version so we had to settle for the Lemon and Herb version of the chicken. Albert was pouring the hot peri-peri sauce like mad onto his plate. He adores sour chilli sauce. One day, you should try Jalapeno chillis. Think you’ll like that.

After that, we parted ways. Albert to catch the KTM back to the train station and catch the bus back and IreneQ send me back to Kelana Jaya. It was a nice ending to a busy day and I had a great time with you all.

Till we meet next in KL!

: : Blog Meets & Spicy Chicken : :

Well, it’s going to be a jumble of postings from all over the world now. The variety is going to be interesting but the truth of the matter is that I’m too lazy to organize my pictures in a chronological manner. Still, the mix and match approach should bring along different types of dishes to everyone’s curiosity and probably whet some appetites along the way.

As Grace is organizing another Book Swap Meet, I thought I’d better hurry up and post up the pictures taken from the last one in December 2003. Again, it’s at the same place : KL Sentral’s Starbucks Coffee … err… place? When in the US, I saw a Starbucks at every Barnes and Nobles bookstore. A great place to sit down and sip a cup of tea to relax and enjoy something to eat as well.

Took a snapshot of the painting facing the tables we were sitting at. Thought it look pretty good and then wondered how much it really costs. I find Starbucks very pricey after drinking coffee at Coffee Master in Kuching but after going to the US, realised that it was slightly cheaper after the currency conversion.

We weren’t the only ones having a coffee meeting that day. On the left hand side of the table, you can see a more serious session going on.

Cakes cakes cakes! I remember buying a packet of Kettle Chips instead. IreneQ had a chicken sandwich, I think, and someone ordered a slice of Chocolate Cheesecake. Can’t remember who. Chooki, April and Ryuu bought food from Kenny Roasters and ate them in Starbucks. Haha! BTW, Nicholas, your book is still with me but cannot return it to you during the next meet. Some time this year, you’ll be getting it but not in January 2004! So, have to wait. :p

After that, Chooki suggested we go over to Old Klang Road to a cafe (whose name eludes me at the moment) for dinner but because of the massive traffic jam, IreneQ, Albert and myself decided to go to Sunway Pyramid instead. We went to look for my corduroy jeans that I needed to bring over to the US. Corduroy jeans will keep one very warm during the winter months.

After buying my jeans, we went off to eat at Nandos Chicken which Albert swears that it is so good. Something new for me so I thought why not? Thanks to IreneQ for being such a good sport that day for fetching us around and having dinner with us there.

While waiting for the food to come, I took awhile to read up on the stories on the wall. Click on the pictures for a bigger size picture for easier reading.

The plastic chicken reminded me (figuratively) of the skinny, scrawny kampung chicken until Dr.Liew posted up this picture! Urgh! Will never EVER touch the plastic holder again!

There were 4 different table sauces available. Can’t remember the names of the sauces. Think there were 3 spicy ones and 1 garlic sauce.

Grrr…they ran out of the Peri-peri version so we had to settle for the Lemon and Herb version of the chicken. Albert was pouring the hot peri-peri sauce like mad onto his plate. He adores sour chilli sauce. One day, you should try Jalapeno chillis. Think you’ll like that.

After that, we parted ways. Albert to catch the KTM back to the train station and catch the bus back and IreneQ send me back to Kelana Jaya. It was a nice ending to a busy day and I had a great time with you all.

Till we meet next in KL!