Soldiers... you got to soldier on~~~
Lonely won't leave me alone~~~
Sont des mots qui vont très bien ensemble~~~
I got the magic stick~~~
I am! Whatever you say I am!!
See you at the crossroads~~~
So what!
Somewhere only we know~~~
Walk on~~~~~~~~~~
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Friday, April 24, 2009
Chan Kee Restaurant
AFC : dS! up for some chinese food?
dS : huh? what kind?
AFC : vinegar pork knuckles.
dS : wahhh!! damn sour! okie, what time?
AFC : 12.
And so, LMKL Lunch Club Four went out in AFC's MCKK Centennial Gen-2 Special Edition.
The five of us piled into the sports car wannabe and we were treated with a prelunch roller coaster ride. (LMKL Lunch Club Four is for the four core members. Sometimes other people join us too.)
We got there safely. Oh! There being, N 03 07 239, E 101 43 800. Its somewhere near Menara PGRM, Cheras.
The main course was superb. I feel that the soup was just perfect in texture as well as the kepekatan of its taste. Most of the pork pieces are far too fat and bony though. I'm not complaining. I just love the soup. We did not order much, I saw the other patron's ordering steam fish and other typical chinese dishes. It all smells heavenly. The lunch crowd were mostly office workers. Not to worry. Sufficiant seats for all.
Oh! The first picture is a dish of pork with yam. I don't know what its call. Its just layers of pork and yam in black soya sauce. This one does it quite nicely though. I like the fact that the pork is half lean and half fat meat. Superb!
Conclusion? I will go back there again with my family. dDad love knuckles and I'd like to try the other dishes.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Meng Kee Char Siew
The LMKL Lunch Club Four went to another famous place today. This time its a famous char siew place. Someone said the one at Alam Damai is better than this one, we'll try that in due time. Meng Kee Char Siew King
13, Tengkat Tong Shin
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Please forgive the blurred photographs, the E71 was never meant for photography. Knowing that we'll be heading into town and into Bukit Bintang area, we used dColl1's car for this trip. Its small, light, easy to park and most importantly, auto geared. Traffic wasn't that bad going into town. Parking was a hassle, but the Kenari was a wise decision.
Meng Kee was pretty easy to spot due to its run down facade and from the amount of people heading towards it. But if you are the blur sotong type, just look to your right as you drive up Tengkat Tong Shin. If still blur, go KFC la you. It took them hardly 5 minutes to start dishing out our orders. Within 10 minutes, we were nearly halfway through our lunch.
To be honest, I don't like the rice. Its too soggy and sticky. Something like the rice of Melaka's Chicken Rice Ball. IMHO, the rice of chicken rice' should be sebijik sebijik like the way the Malays do it. If we started a food fight in there, I'll bet the walls will be plastered with the rice.
Coming to the main dish, the char siew. Its heavenly. Ever had liquid chocolate? This is like liquid caramel pork. Half fat and half lean meat, superbly barbequed to perfection, this char siew really is food for the kings.
The chicken however is nothing to shout about. Boring old steam chicken with soy sauce so salty, if the chicken could walk, it will walk over water. Same goes with the crunchy bean sprouts too.... and the soup!
Conclusion? I think I'll just go back for the char siew next time.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Yellow Cab Pizza
We exhausted our usual list of "what shall we have for dinner tonight". I was a few words short of suggesting just having instant noodle when it occured to me this is the best time to try out Yellow Cab Pizza. Both dW and I have been curious about this interestingly gimmicked franchise.
dS : I'm making the call now.
dW : yeah, just order anything.
dS : emm, i can't find the item anything on the menu.
dW : ass!
dS : nope, sorry, cant find ass too.
At the instant, someone picked up the phone. OMG, the amount of noise on the other side. I swear the phone is located in the kitchen. For a company so focused on delivery service instead of eating in, this is highly unacceptable.
dS : hello? yo!
Order Taker : hello, ye?
dS : I want to order a delivery.
OT : ha? apa?
dS : DELIVERY!!!
OT : ah! ok ok. kali pertama ke?
dS : tak, kali pertama aku masa umur aku 15.
OT : ah?!!
dS : lol... takpe. yes, kali pertama.
She proceeded to take my name, number and address as well as my order of a 10" Four Season pizza and a portion of Twice-Baked Potato Halves amidst all the noise and several repeats.
After taking my address though, she shouted above her shoulder without covering the mouthpiece if they do deliver to my place. Damn unprofessional.
I asked how long would they take. The reply was 45 minutes. It actually took them more than an hour. I was slightly put off by the price though. But since we were trying it out. Its ok. We still have our arms and legs intact.
The smell is not really appetising. You know, some food will make you hungry just by smell alone. Well, this one doesn't. Still, we gave it the benefit of the doubt and proceeded to pick up the potato first. Nothing special. Just the taste of saltiness and extremely oily. I hope they used olive oil. Extra virgin would be preferable.
Then we turned our attention to the pizza.
Taste : salty and very salty.
Smell : no comment
Misc : OILY!!!
Conclusion : Delete phone number. Will never order again.
dS : I'm making the call now.
dW : yeah, just order anything.
dS : emm, i can't find the item anything on the menu.
dW : ass!
dS : nope, sorry, cant find ass too.
At the instant, someone picked up the phone. OMG, the amount of noise on the other side. I swear the phone is located in the kitchen. For a company so focused on delivery service instead of eating in, this is highly unacceptable.
dS : hello? yo!
Order Taker : hello, ye?
dS : I want to order a delivery.
OT : ha? apa?
dS : DELIVERY!!!
OT : ah! ok ok. kali pertama ke?
dS : tak, kali pertama aku masa umur aku 15.
OT : ah?!!
dS : lol... takpe. yes, kali pertama.
She proceeded to take my name, number and address as well as my order of a 10" Four Season pizza and a portion of Twice-Baked Potato Halves amidst all the noise and several repeats.
After taking my address though, she shouted above her shoulder without covering the mouthpiece if they do deliver to my place. Damn unprofessional.
I asked how long would they take. The reply was 45 minutes. It actually took them more than an hour. I was slightly put off by the price though. But since we were trying it out. Its ok. We still have our arms and legs intact.
The smell is not really appetising. You know, some food will make you hungry just by smell alone. Well, this one doesn't. Still, we gave it the benefit of the doubt and proceeded to pick up the potato first. Nothing special. Just the taste of saltiness and extremely oily. I hope they used olive oil. Extra virgin would be preferable.
Then we turned our attention to the pizza.
Taste : salty and very salty.
Smell : no comment
Misc : OILY!!!
Conclusion : Delete phone number. Will never order again.
Saisaki Restaurant
The finance and HR team has a post audit celebration last week. It was a reward from management to thank everyone for their concerted effort that earned us "Met Expectation" status.
We went to :-
Restaurant Saisaki - Japanese Buffet
Unit No 1-9, 1st Floor,
Wisma UOA II,
No. 21, Jalan Pinang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 603-2166 3728
Operation Hours: Lunch 12.00pm - 2.30pm, Dinner 6.00pm - 10.30pm
Traffic to the area was a bitch. Well, maybe it was due to the fact I knew only 1 way to get there and that was by circling KLCC. Nontheless, we manage to get there just in time for our 6.30pm reservation.
We were promptly shown our table and were left to explore the buffet on our own. I like the machine there was located beside the cashier that dispenses cool antiseptic wipes. Really refreshes oneself before digging in.
Before pigging out, I took an exploratory walk around to make my attack plan. The choice of food was amazing. I'm sure there are more than a hundred dishes laid out for the taking.
Thats a lamb shank that I shared with the HR team. Frankly, its not as good as Secret Recipes. We didn't even finish it even though I took the trouble to debone the damn thing. I wish I had a dog though. It will have a field day with the shank.
To be honest, I do not have much experience with Japanese buffet. My main plan was to try as many dishes as possible and maybe just eat some of the favourites slightly a bit more than necessary.
All in all, the food was just edible. Nothing really stands out. Well, the steamed egg was kinda fresh, but that was probably because it was my first time having Japanese steamed egg.
The service was pretty good. My requests for cold jap tea was promptly satisfied and they are very good with clearing the table. So good I think they just want us to quickly eat and fuck off so they can have more customers.
In case you are wondering, yes, Saisaki and Shogun belongs to the same company. Ok, I'm bored blogging about this. TTFN.
We went to :-
Restaurant Saisaki - Japanese Buffet
Unit No 1-9, 1st Floor,
Wisma UOA II,
No. 21, Jalan Pinang,
50450 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: 603-2166 3728
Operation Hours: Lunch 12.00pm - 2.30pm, Dinner 6.00pm - 10.30pm
Traffic to the area was a bitch. Well, maybe it was due to the fact I knew only 1 way to get there and that was by circling KLCC. Nontheless, we manage to get there just in time for our 6.30pm reservation.
We were promptly shown our table and were left to explore the buffet on our own. I like the machine there was located beside the cashier that dispenses cool antiseptic wipes. Really refreshes oneself before digging in.
Before pigging out, I took an exploratory walk around to make my attack plan. The choice of food was amazing. I'm sure there are more than a hundred dishes laid out for the taking.
Thats a lamb shank that I shared with the HR team. Frankly, its not as good as Secret Recipes. We didn't even finish it even though I took the trouble to debone the damn thing. I wish I had a dog though. It will have a field day with the shank.
To be honest, I do not have much experience with Japanese buffet. My main plan was to try as many dishes as possible and maybe just eat some of the favourites slightly a bit more than necessary.
All in all, the food was just edible. Nothing really stands out. Well, the steamed egg was kinda fresh, but that was probably because it was my first time having Japanese steamed egg.
The service was pretty good. My requests for cold jap tea was promptly satisfied and they are very good with clearing the table. So good I think they just want us to quickly eat and fuck off so they can have more customers.
In case you are wondering, yes, Saisaki and Shogun belongs to the same company. Ok, I'm bored blogging about this. TTFN.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Bangkai
Every once awhile, we stumble across a gem in this vast pool of virtual information highway. I was googling for "rims batu caves", lo and behold, I chance upon this blog by Bangkai.
Yeah, I have to say the blog name is kind of a put off. Trust me, its not as nasty as it sounds. In fact, the blogger writes with such eloquence, it reminded me of my favourite chinese author, "Wei Hui".
I didn't have much time to explore Bangkai, but I love it enough to post an intro here to those of you who loves a nicely written blog. Bangkai's experiences and trips down memory lane really does evoke some sort of a melancholy feeling.
If there is no objections from Mr.Bangkai, then I will be adding his link to my Halo list soon.
Yeah, I have to say the blog name is kind of a put off. Trust me, its not as nasty as it sounds. In fact, the blogger writes with such eloquence, it reminded me of my favourite chinese author, "Wei Hui".
I didn't have much time to explore Bangkai, but I love it enough to post an intro here to those of you who loves a nicely written blog. Bangkai's experiences and trips down memory lane really does evoke some sort of a melancholy feeling.
If there is no objections from Mr.Bangkai, then I will be adding his link to my Halo list soon.
3.8 - 4.9
3.8! There I go again. Its pretty obvious this is my current favourite word. Give me any situation and subconciously I will insert the word "3.8!".
3.8.. its pronounced "sampat". It means crazy in hokkien. Come to think of it, its the same for cantonese too.
The other night dW was annoyed with me for using "sampat" on her too often. In jest, I replied, "better 3.8 than 4.9 right?". Two seconds later, to her wild amusement, I burst out laughing as though I was sitting in a live Russell Peters show.
"whats so funny?", she enquired while patting Lil Saint to sleep.
While massaging my jaw from the laugh, I just said, "4.9! Hokkien."
dW laughed, igniting another bout of laughter from me.
4.9 in hokkien would roughly mean "dead dog".
3.8.. its pronounced "sampat". It means crazy in hokkien. Come to think of it, its the same for cantonese too.
The other night dW was annoyed with me for using "sampat" on her too often. In jest, I replied, "better 3.8 than 4.9 right?". Two seconds later, to her wild amusement, I burst out laughing as though I was sitting in a live Russell Peters show.
"whats so funny?", she enquired while patting Lil Saint to sleep.
While massaging my jaw from the laugh, I just said, "4.9! Hokkien."
dW laughed, igniting another bout of laughter from me.
4.9 in hokkien would roughly mean "dead dog".
Friday, April 10, 2009
R.A.H.M.A.N
R - Rahman
A - Abdul Razak
H - Hussein Onn
M - Mahathir
A - Abdullah
N - Najib
Who is next? His full name is
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Anyone we know whose name starts with P? Don't go saying P.Ramlee. :P
A - Abdul Razak
H - Hussein Onn
M - Mahathir
A - Abdullah
N - Najib
Who is next? His full name is
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah
Anyone we know whose name starts with P? Don't go saying P.Ramlee. :P
User Problem
dColl : hey dS, can you come over?
dS : whats the prob?
dColl : come la. i'm on this 15 mins dy. faster faster. this laptop can't scroll. something wrong with the scroll bar. come quick.
dS : scroll bar?!! *scratch head* where are u?
dColl : Sultan II.
dS : on the way...
*2 mins later*
dColl : haaa... quick. whats wrong ler?
dS : what scroll bar? why do u need to use scroll bar?
dColl : how else to move the mouse? *moves finger around touch pad*
dS : *sigh* dude, this is a touch pad. its turned off. just press that on button directly above it.
dColl : #$@^$%^$&^%*&!^&$%@ *whispers : can you not solve it so easily in front of my staff?*
dStaffs : *snigger snigger*
dS : whats the prob?
dColl : come la. i'm on this 15 mins dy. faster faster. this laptop can't scroll. something wrong with the scroll bar. come quick.
dS : scroll bar?!! *scratch head* where are u?
dColl : Sultan II.
dS : on the way...
*2 mins later*
dColl : haaa... quick. whats wrong ler?
dS : what scroll bar? why do u need to use scroll bar?
dColl : how else to move the mouse? *moves finger around touch pad*
dS : *sigh* dude, this is a touch pad. its turned off. just press that on button directly above it.
dColl : #$@^$%^$&^%*&!^&$%@ *whispers : can you not solve it so easily in front of my staff?*
dStaffs : *snigger snigger*
Monday, April 06, 2009
Marley and Me
What a boring movie. The first few pages of the book was so engrossing. How it translated to such a boring movie I'd never know.
If you have never read the book nor seen the movie, please, just read the book.
IMHO, the end should have been done better. Such a simple death for such a naughty dog is just too BORING!!! The impact Marley made was so down played that, frankly, I don't see the point of the movie.
Worst still, Jennifer bared her boobs and all we get to see is just a backshot. #@$%$#$ Note to producers, boob shots of the female star will always boost your rating.
Overall, just don't bother with the movie. Get the book!
If you have never read the book nor seen the movie, please, just read the book.
IMHO, the end should have been done better. Such a simple death for such a naughty dog is just too BORING!!! The impact Marley made was so down played that, frankly, I don't see the point of the movie.
Worst still, Jennifer bared her boobs and all we get to see is just a backshot. #@$%$#$ Note to producers, boob shots of the female star will always boost your rating.
Overall, just don't bother with the movie. Get the book!
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