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Just the other week we were on a 'hunting' trip for hogs. We kicked it off at the Hungry Hog in Subang Jaya. The pork burger (it goes by the moniker: Three Little Pigs) was sinfully good. It is stuffed with bacon, ham and a pork patty. Awesome combination of all things pork. Served alongside with chunky cut fries and a salad, it makes for a satisfying lunch.



Three little pigs @ The Hungry Hog Subang Jaya

Dinner was at Euro Deli where we were supposed to tackle the Matterhorn.



It didn't seem that big from the pictures but trust me, it's bigger in real life. Thankfully we came prepared and brought backup, 6 guys in total, to take on the Matterhorn. You might think that 6 is way too many but we just barely managed to finish it.

After this stint, I'm swearing off pork for at least a week.



The Matterhorn


Pork powah!

Nothing much to blog about. Just some cupcakes which were too pretty to eat. These were for charity and all the proceeds from the sales would go to them.

Was wondering about SS15 again today. Since we've already memorised Uncle Seng's menu like the back of our hands we decided to try something thing different. Bob suggested we try out korean food instead instead of the usual local fare. So we popped by a nondescript shop called The Street Cafe which was sandwiched along a row of shophouses.

Can't remembered what I ordered but I dare say the food had exceeded my initial impression of the shop. Apart from the overplayed Nobody but You song (who can fault them, its a shop serving korean food), the food was great.



The salad was crisp, the chicken was well seasoned and tender while the rice was just nice and fluffy. Washed it down with a glass of dragon fruit juice. Total damage to bank was only about RM15.




Who said you can't get anything cheep and cheerful these days? :D
I'm definitely heading there next time if I get tired of the usual eating spots.
Btw, there's also another branch in Sunway Pyramid.

So a few months back, I was surfing the net and I came across pictures taken from the Putrajaya International Hot Air Balloon Fiesta and I thought, "Man, I wished I had that big snazzy camera to capture those fantastic looking pictures" and then I left it at that. Few months down the line, I became the lucky owner of one.

It was around a month ago when the idea came back to me. This time was different as I had everything I needed;
DSLR - check
own transport - check
free time to snap pics - check!
research on the location, itinerary etc - check!
friends to drag bring along for company - check!

Perfect! Everything's in order. All I needed to do now was to mark my calender.

So at 3p.m., I reconfirmed everything and made sure all preparations were complete.

After planning the outing for months, how's a slight drizzle at 5p.m. going to affect the outcome right? Boy was I wrong! That drizzle turned out to be a torrential rain... for a full 30 minutes. With the sun peeking out of the clouds, I headed to pick up my friends and head for the venue.

On the way there, we missed a turning and ended up heading to Holland. Thankfully we took the nearest exit but got stuck in a bumper to bumper crawl somewhere in PJ. When we finally got to Putrajaya, it was already night and the hot air balloons were long gone. What rotten luck huh? 3 months of planning went up in smoke.

It didn't help that there was a slight drizzle by the time we got there which persisted throughout pretty much of the night.

Even so, we were determined to make the best of it and immediately went looking for the scenic spots in Putrajaya. Looking for the Seri Wawasan bridge wasn't difficult. Finding a good location to capture the bridge was.


Initial spot.

So being adventurous, we continued exploring Putrajaya despite the rain although on hindsight it would've been better to have worn slippers that night as it was so dark, we were basically stepping into every puddle of water on the ground.


The Seri Wawasan Bridge taken from another vantage point.


Putra Mosque.

Although we had intended to travel around Putrajaya further, our plans were cut short due to the sudden heavy rain. Since it was getting late, we decided to head back to KL for dinner.

Dinner was at Murni's in SS2. Determined to have their signature XXL curry puff for dinner, I ordered their Dragon Pizza (its a misnomer if you ask me) which took 30 mins to arrive. :( But the wait was well worth it as I've been longing to order/eat it.


Dragon Pizza

The XXL curry puff wasn't too bad although it was a tad salty. It was stuffed with meat and scrambled eggs topped with some pasta sauce. Be warned that the XXL curry puff is larger than it looks and can easily substitute your dinner especially when you've downed half a glass of their laichee special beforehand while waiting for the food to arrive. :D


Laichee Special

Pizza Hut's online delivery system works like a charm. There's no need to ring them up either. All you need is a pc and a credit card/ maybank2u and 30 minutes later, your pizza is served right at your doorstep. Talk about convenience!


Ordered the perennial favourite, the Super supreme; hardly ever fails to deliver and when it does, you know never to visit that outlet again. :P




Hawaiian chicken on the so called thin crust. Wasn't too my liking as it felt like eating brittle bread. :/

Lunch today was at a restaurant named Ipoh Yong Too Foo which is situated along Jalan Ipoh. I've always patronised the place but this is the first time I've actually brought my DSLR along with me. As usual, the food was superb; the tofu was firm while retaining its melt in your mouth texture, the lady fingers were young and soft while the 'sui kow' was just right as it was crispy on the outside while retaining its moisture on the inside. Add a dollop of chilli sauce and a dab of plum sauce for that extra 'kick' and we're all set. :D

Have I whetted your appetite yet? ;P

Dinner at Subway + camera in hand = an increase in shutter count! =P




Sub of the day: Tuna (something... the name escapes me)


D5000 in action!

Had rojak for tea today. Since I had my camera in hand, I decided to snap some photos. :D

Recently met up with Frena whom we haven't seen for a long time and her cute daughter, Ashley. :D


Opus


Frena


Ashley


Everyone else lol

I doubt anyone would use hdr to capture dynamic range found in their food but then again I don't see why not apart from wasting almost half an hour post processing the photo. Talk about too much free time...


Dinner time!

I finally got round to merging the photos into a panoramic view of the dinner that night. The picture quality isn't particularly great since I had to use ISO 800 (which causes the photos to turn out grainy and 'noisy', ISO 200 would cause the picture to look like a blurry mess of moving bodies) to capture the moment and and was forced to turn of the flash because some of the attendees insisted on a no camera flash policy (which in time I've learnt to ignore since I don't have steady hands to frame night shots and between a noisy/blurred picture and a turning a deaf ear, I'd go for the latter, I'm only human after all and no snide remarks about the shaky hands please...). If you need the full resolution of the photo, just click on it.

This is how the quintessential English fish and chips are made with zero knowledge.

The next night (7th of Feb), we decided to head out to the HK Diner for another dinner albeit with a smaller group of people. This was the second time I was there, the first being a horrible experience as the food was crap and the service was poor.

Being wiser from our previous run in with HK Diner, we decided to play it safe by ordering a rice based dish with came with a few side dishes. Thankfully this time around, the food turned out to be pretty good (well I wasn't expecting much in the first place...). The best part was we had a free dessert on the house thanks to the festive mood of the restaurant which made everyone rather generous that day.

As they say, the best things in life are free and the dessert was rather memorable as it was the best food in there by a mile. I could be pedantic by saying the gula melaka didn't quite taste like the ones found in Malaysia but then again, it's free! Too bad I couldn't remember what the name was although I did have a picture of it.





'Char siew' with duck.

I'm hard pressed for time to blog right now so in the meantime, do take the liberty to browse through the pictures on facebook.

On the 6th of February, we organised a small chinese new year dinner amongst ourselves at Dynasty. A total of 40-ish people were expected to arrive on that night. We reached Dynasty at 7pm to set up the place in time for the dinner at 7.30pm which meant having a go at the antique karaoke machine while it was still empty!

The guests started streaming in at 7.30pm and the dinner was at full swing by 8pm. Tory Tan opened the dinner with a slew of CNY congs solo. Dinner was then served and after that the gathering started to liven up even more because it was now time for the fun and games! Hidden in a few angpow packets were 'lucky' cards which meant the receiver had to sing a song which was either a blessing or a curse depending on how you look at it. =)

Once that was through and done with, everyone jostling for the mike to sing/scream/holler/croak (take your pick) along to the music. Overall the gathering was a memorable event as it was the first CNY dinner away from my family.



Dynasty.


The ang pow.




I only got one (cashless) angpow... ='(



Surrounded by angpows.


The venue before the start of the dinner.


Caught Vincent red handed snacking on the fish crackers.


Tory kicking off the dinner with his solos.


Food!!


Camera hoggers.


More pictures.


Even more pictures.


The shortest Coke bottle!

The rest of the pictures were some of the dishes which was served:

Today or rather a few hours ago, me and a group of friend eagerly went down to Filton for dinner. Our mission should we choose to accept it; was to infiltrate the premise and pass our verdict on how the 'Malaysian' food there fared in comparison with the ones at home.

The moment we got hold of the menu, we ordered the first thing that came to our minds; 'roti canai'! The only drawback was it costs £2 a pop which is a fry cry from a piffling 80 cents back in Malaysia! The 'roti canai' came replete with a steaming saucer of curry which we wasted no time in digging in and for that reason there wasn't any pictures of it. As for how it tasted, I'll leave that until the end of the post just to tease you guys.

After the 'roti canai' we decided to order a few more typical 'Malaysian' dishes mainly the ubiquitous 'nasi lemak', 'char kuey tiau', 'wat tan ho' and fried rice with a plate of fried water spinach/'kangkung' to along with the other dishes.



'Char kuey tiau'


Fried 'kangkung'


Fried rice


'Nasi lemak'


'Wat tan ho'


Me and Vincent in high spirits before eating...


Finally, the part that you've been waiting for, the verdict on the food. We unanimously decided that the food there was utter crap even when given the fact that food which have been exported over to another country usually isn't on par with those served back at home. Although the 'roti canai' had the right taste to the dough, we had a sinking feeling that it was frozen food and it had been reheated before being served to us. Its only redemption was the curry that accompanied it but then again, the curry wasn't anything to write home about.
The 'char kuey tiau' was so so at best since it hardly had any taste in it, Vincent's fried rice was soggy, lumpy and too top it off, didn't even taste like fried rice. The 'wat tan ho' was edible at best and wei chi hardly touched the 'nasi lemak' while the fried 'kangkung' lacked the kick/oomph found in those prepared back in Malaysia.

Our conclusion? If you want good tasty Malaysian food, either:
a) buy the frozen version and save a few quids in the process or
b) cook it yourself or
c) screw it and assimilate yourself with the food here

p.s. The service wasn't that great and the waitress even got ticked off by a customer for being too mindful of other people's business as the waitress watching was constantly looking at her direction throughout her entire meal and we sat just opposite that customer and we could felt the waitress' constant gaze bearing on our backs. Uncomfortable to say the least...


Extra footage!


Vincent pushing himself to finish up the plate of fried rice which he gave up on eventually.