Company CNY Dinner 2010

We had our company CNY dinner last Friday at Bangsar Seafood Garden Restaurant. It was a joined dinner with Paprika. 3 tables were booked and each costs RM888++.



The decoration.



Vennese and I.



Another shot.



Pretty? Yes? No? Vennese? Jess?

Seet and I.



The closest 3.



Let’s cut the crap and move on to the food. Below are the menus of the night, it was the ordinary Chinese 10 course meal.

Yee Sang
Jade Abalone and Salmon Yee Sang



Personally, I don’t fancy Yee Sang because it’s usually very sweet. But this is acceptable, not too sweet or oily. But overall, it was just an okay dish. Not even the abalone can “capture” my heart and of course, there isn't a need to mention the salmon because I HATE salmon!

Soup
Double Boiled Soup with Chicken and Dried Seafood



My first thought of this dish was: “It must be herbal soup and I hate herbal!” But thank god it was just normal boiled soup, in fact, it was quite okay. There were a lot of dried seafood such as Chinese mushroom, sea cucumber, scallop and etc. But look at my portion, how come it was empty? Ah, no worries, I actually passed them all to Seet (except scallop) as I don’t enjoy eating them.



Chicken
Braised Chicken with Sea Cucumber and Dried Oyster



It was nothing special. The meat are quite hard, not tender at all.

Fish
Sea Garoupa Fish with Golden Mushrooms, Black Funges and Chinese Cabbage


Sorry, no comment. Hate fish!

Prawn
Wok Fried Prawns with Oats 'Portuguese' Style



This is my favourite dish of the night. In fact, prawn has been my all time favourite. It was cooked in Portuguese style – tasted like spicy mayonnaise?

Vege & Tofu
Dried Scallops on Beancurd Ring



From the picture, it looked just an ordinary tofu with broccoli. Wonder where were the dried scallops? It was stuffed inside the tofu, with steamed egg white as the based and egg yolk as the gravy.

Rice
Wok Fried Fragrant Rice with Baby Abalone



Served with small abalones. Unfortunately, everyone was full when it was served. Our stomach can’t accommodate anymore.

Dessert
Chilled Aloe Vera Dessert & Chinese Pancake in combination





Refreshing dessert and nice pancake, not too sweet!

After this post, didn't you just realised that there are quite a number of food that I don't eat?

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一场非常“劲”的Badminton Session

为什么？请阁下看看图片：



没错吧，真的够“劲”吧？! 天啊。。我的球拍！！

这就是鼎鼎大名的Mr. Seet，弄烂了人家的球拍还可以得意洋洋的posing拍照。

真有你的！



请别忘记修好我的球拍啦！

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Wong Soon Kee （王信记）Nasi Lemak

I grew up in Subang Jaya and with the famous Wong Soon Kee nasi lemak.



However, since I shifted to a stupidly hot desert – Cyberjaya, I hardly had the chance to eat anymore. I was tempted to tapau the nasi lemak and its super crispy fried chicken today since I’ve been loitering around Subang Jaya to run some errands.

The well-known restaurant Wong Soon Kee is located at Jalan SS 14/2, Subang Jaya. Its operating hours is from 2p.m. until sold out – usually 6 or 7p.m. or maybe even earlier. If you’re interested to give it a try, be there early to avoid disappointment.

I arrived at 2.56p.m. and please look at the queue! This is only half of the queue and believe me, there are more people queued behind me just for the nasi lemak.



It took me 20 minutes of queuing and finally…



I love the combination of the sambal, vege and fried chicken with some curry gravy! *Sorry, too eager to eat, a simple picture just for viewing pleasure =)*

The chicken is well-marinated, tender and juicy. The frying time is just nice, not under-cooked or over-cooked. The chicken skin is too good to describe.

It’s impossible that I can describe its tastiness unless you try it. There is a proverb that always says: “A picture paint a thousand words”. Now, “A plate of nasi lemak speaks a thousand words”.

The portion is huge right? It can be shared for 2 people if you’re a small eater. However, this is too delicious to resist. I’m sorry; I’m too selfish to share this with anybody.

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梦醒时分

Dedicating this song a good friend of mine, take care ya.

你说你爱了不该爱的人
你的心中满是伤痕

你说你犯了不该犯的错
心中满是悔恨

你说你尝尽了生活的苦
找不到可以相信的人

你说你感到万分沮丧
甚至开始怀疑人生

Chorus:

早知道伤心总是难免的
你又何苦一往情深

因为爱情总是难舍难分
何必在意那一点点温存

要知道伤心总是难免的
在每一个梦醒时分

有些事情你现在不必问
有些人你永远不必等

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2010虎年每月运势

农历一至二月
经济走势缓慢，死气沉沉。谈生意障碍重重，多不成事。有病气，做事多不积极。

农历三月
做父亲或家中长男会有一点偏财运。

农历四至五月
遇上窃贼星，容易有突发事件，如进贼，抢劫，官非，宜小心门户。

农历六月
遇上官非星，凡事宜忍耐，防是非，处理不当或变官非。

农历七至八月
易发生灾难和突发事件如大病，已为人母者会生病破财。

农历九月
运势好转，有桃花财（异性带来的钱财）， 事业方面可着重女性，尤其是少女的市场。

农历十至十一月
是主管和生意人重新掌权的月份，宣大展拳脚。

农历十二月
对商界有利，尤其是主管级和大企业，运势可见明显好转。


各位亲戚，朋友们。。要小心咯！
祝：新年有新开始。

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Revisit to Home Cook Fish Head Noodle

As promised, a revisit to Home Cook Fish Head Noodle.

Tried something new today - Seafood CNY Cake a.k.a. Nian Gao in X.O Sauce (X.O酱炒白年糕).



This is so good, highly recommended! I requested for extra spicy but apparently, I should even request for less oil as it's a little too oily - in my opinion.

As for Seet, he ordered suppose-to-be the signature dish of Home Cook Fish Head Noodle – Fish Head Noodle lah, abuthen?!?? I love the soup, specifically.



Another satisfied but weight gainned dinner.


**Please note that Home Cook Fish Head Noodle did not pay me for publicity ya. It’s purely self opinion based.**

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How do I Spent My Federal Territories Day?

I didn’t watch a football match.

I didn’t go to Merdeka Square to watch the launch of the Federal Territories Day celebration.

Instead, Seet and I went for a haircut (sempena Tahun Baru Cina yang akan datang) then we headed off to Alamanda, Putrajaya. Our initial plan was to walk around just to kill time. We planned to have a badminton session at 5p.m. and it was being postponed to 9p.m. because the court near my place was fully booked.

But of course, our most important mission is to hunt for food. We decided to pick Black Canyon Coffee this round as it offers attractive set menus.

I picked one of these ‘Super Value Meal’ that costs RM17.95++, which includes:

Starter Mini Tom Yum
Tom Yum is the most well known Thai dish, easily found on menus all around the world. However, Black Canyon has the very authentic taste of Thailand, even though picture shown isn't that attractive.
MUST TRY!



Main Course BBQ Chicken with Garlic Fried Rice, served with Barbecue Sauce
Chicken, capsicums and cherry tomatoes are skewered on a bamboo stick and grilled. Chicken are very tender and juicy.
Garlic fried rice in rectangle and has a very strong fragrance, tasted just like my mom’s 炸蒜米炒饭.
YUMMY!



Dessert (Half melted and half eaten) Ice Cream
A scoop of ice cream. You may choose between chocolate, strawberry and vanilla. Being a huge chocolate fan, of course and no doubt, I will pick chocolate.
SLURP SLURP!



Drinks Mexican Iced Coffee
No comment since I don’t take coffee.
This was Seet’s drink and it was served in a cowboy boots. Cute!



I was very impressed that food at Black Canyon is really great. Vote for a return some time soon.

Okay, now! It’s time for a walk. Initially, window shopping is in our list but NOT shopping – shopping. Unfortunately or shall I say fortunately? Esprit Outlet is having 20% off storewide promotion. Very tempting! As expected, I bought 2 pieces of clothes (purely for one same reason – CNY) and same goes to Seet and *yippie* my bill was borne by Seet, thanks dear!

Whatever happened up next, I shall just put them into summary:
1. Went for a car wash – both our cars
2. Played pool
3. Played basketball (Seet only)
4. Swimming (Seet only)
5. Chilled and watched TV
6. Badminton
7. Not-so-light snack/dinner

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Spring Cleaning Part 2

As mentioned in my previous entry, spring cleaning part 2 is today (or shall I say yesterday?). However, it is not just to clean the living hall, but my parents’ room as well. So much work yet so little time.

Sigh.

Before we started, I prepared brunch for my father and sister – Baked Pasta!



Ingredients:
1. Bowties pasta
2. Pasta sauce (Tomato, basil and garlic)
3. Baked pasta sauce
4. Black pepper and lemon tuna
5. Low fat Mozerella cheese
6. Some salt, pepper, oil and butter

These were the other type of baked pasta that I've cooked previously - different ingredients and with different taste.





Does it look yummy to you?

The cleaning took us about 7 hours then I headed off for a primary school gathering - 6M, Class of 98', SJK(C) Chen Moh.

The group.





The gentlemen.



The ladies.



There are a lot of classmates that couldn't make it for this round and of course, many ffk-ers too! Hope to meet them all some time soon again.

Shall we organise:
1. A back-to-school trip;
2. CNY reunion dinner; or
3. Klang seafood dinner?

You pick!

Seet and I also met up for a moment after my gathering. We went McDonald's and followed by "Lok-Lok". Gosh, I'm gonna be gaining so much weight again. More green tea!

It's Federal Territory Day today, which means no work! *Yippie*

Happy Federal Territory Day to all.

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