What a wet wet day. And I went out of the house. Got myself a new DVD-Writer (it’s for the game addiction that I have) from Saberkas. Anyway, some arty tarty pictures today.

Went to AHA Cafe with a friend for some tea and coffee. AHA Cafe has an interesting concept that it promotes healthy eating and living. They have Ayurvedic drinks there as well as a variety of fruit juices. Cooking is usually grilled or toasted. Couldn’t see any fried there so that’s a plus sign. Also, the interior design of the place is definitely amazing. Found out that it was designed by a local ID designer who currently manages Atelier Gallery.

A Caffe Latte that look very inviting. There’s a variety of coffee found there, mostly made using a LaVazza machine. There is a coffee grinder there though. Not sure which coffee drinks are for those.

A smoothie made from honeydew and banana. The banana is to give it a more filling taste. Definitely very very milky and satisfying. And quenches one’s thirst.

Definitely a very very healthy chicken salad. A few pieces of chicken meat to vet the appetite and more vegetables. Actually, it turned out to be very nice and tasty. All you men who are groaning, now stop that. Try not eating vegetables for a few days and see if you have constipation. Ha!

Yummy yummy sandwiches. Thick slices of bread with melted cheese, turkey ham, beef bacon and slices of pineapple. I was surprise to see the pineapple slices but it definitely went very well with the sandwiches. Hmm…another way to spruce up boring sandwiches. Going to do that in future although it was canned pineapples that were used and not the fresh ones.

And to top it off, I had a cup of Earl Grey Tea to clean the mouth. Ahhhhhhhhh! Well, that was a nice cuppa for a rainy day today. It was pouring this afternoon and poor Wena got immensely wet. Ah well. It was nice to warm up a bit in AHA Lounge. Try it sometimes. It’s at the corner of the same block as Tsui Ha Lau restaurant.

Contact Details

Ground Floor, Lot 326
Jalan Ban Hock
93100 Kuching, Sarawak
Malaysia.
Tel : 082-414104

Hi all!

A short post to reply to everyone who has posted comments recently in various postings.

It’s good to be back. Needed a break from online gaming, although Streamyx is forcing me to go “offline” more often than not. The line that connects between East and West Malaysia goes down fairly often that there’s just not enough connections. Hence, slower broadband connection compared to good ol’ Jaring dialups. Amazing, isn’t it?

Anyway, the new cameraphone is nifty although I do need a lot of lighting. The light diode only works for inanimate objects and not people. Folks get seriously blinded by the light too much that their eyes cannot stay open long enough for me to take a picture. Oh well. Time to look for another small teeny weeny camera to carry around.

Thanks for the warm welcome back guys. Nice to be back. Although, a lot of spring-cleaning to be done in this place. Have been gone for so long that everything is collecting dust. There’s about a hundred photos in this PC, idling away as I was too lazy to edit them. Well, going to do something about that.

Replies back :

Farid : Thanks for the greets. I’m not celebrating it though. Errr… different religion. 🙂 Anyway, hope you’re having a good time.

cookengr : The W800i phone was RM1,999 (USD526) but I had to order it online. No one in Kuching had is. Ok, it’s definitely more expensive than in the USA but this is an unlock version without a subscription. Oh well. The K750i was about RM1,899 (USD500) so I decided to get the W800i instead. The Motorola Razr V3 went down in price so much though. From RM1,900 (USD500) when it first came out to now about RM900(USD237) – don’t know why it drops down so fast in less than a year. Also makes me wonder what is not right with the phone – prices usually drop that fast if there is a problem and people just don’t like using the phone. It brings back memories of the old StarTAC which was a classy phone in itself before Motorola went and revamp themselves to their V-Series (which was crap). As for your party, yeah, I wouldn’t mind joining again although better ask someone else to take pictures. Otherwise, you’re going to have to wait another 2 more months before Wena sends you the pictures. 🙁

fish fish : Hi hon! How’s things in Japan? When are you back? Chinese New Year? We should meet up and do the makan-makan thing a bit in Kuching. Am thinking of arranging a small dinner during Chinese New Year. Still thinking about it. Not sure how to go about it yet. Must try to find a new place to do it though.

NSDS3HvLDjJd : Hi! I see you’re still alive. Good lah! Now start blogging! :p

killuminati : Hey there! I get the most hits from your website. Why ah? 🙂 Anyway, thanks for the welcome. Hope things are well with you.

Hmm… and there’s just too many to say hello, thanks, and I’m back.

So, I’m back. 🙂

See? Even the food smiles for Wena’s camera. Smiley pineapple tarts. Makes you think twice before chomping down on them.

Taken at Fariah’s house. And that’s Gette.

HI GETTE!

…or rather, how to make fettucine. The pictures are a bit old. I think they were taking somewhere about a year ago in Ristorante Becchari. It was during the Sunday night Pasta Buffet, one of the many Sundays.

First, have 2 obliging chefs around. They were sporting enough to smile at the camera. Must have thought I’m from out of town or something. Then again, anyone with a big camera cannot be mistaken for being a bit touristy.

Of course, they’d already have some pre-made dough to make the paste.

Right then. With a pasta making machine, they put the dough through the side that makes the lump flat and thin. And they repeat this over and over then, thereby lengthening the entire piece of dough. It should now be very long and flat and thin.

And believe me, it was long. Very very long.

The next thing is the take the crankshaft out of the machine and slot it into another hole. Then put the flat dought into that portion and churn the crankshaft until the entire dough is cut into noodles i.e. the fettucine.

Voila! It’s done. Fresh fresh and great tasting pasta at Merdeka Palace, Kuching, Sarawak.

…Happy Deepavali to all Indian readers…

…Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri to all Muslim readers…

Wena, Granny, Uncle Cyril.

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