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  • Petaling Jaya: SS2 Durian Buffet Is Not Bad At All

    Petaling Jaya: SS2 Durian Buffet Is Not Bad At All

    Petaling Jaya: SS2 Durian Buffet Is Not Bad At All – Surprisingly, the durian ‘eat-all-you-can’ buffet at SS2, Petaling Jaya is not bad at all. Funny thing is the durian buffet is all year long and has not effect from the the durian season. Anyway, since now is the 2nd durian season of the year and I don’t want to be left out from the durian trend, I went to eat with my friend Arvin and Hock Sheng.

    They have website somemore! www.durianss2.com
    Me, Arvin of Indonesia and Hock Sheng.

    I only know how to eat but don’t really know how to buy. It’s dad that pick and buy durian all the time back at home and durian cost like RM15/durian. You know, I have once ate 4 durian that costed us RM100 in Balik Pulau, Penang! No idea why. But interestingly at here, it’s RM15/person here and you can eat all you can. You can find a row of similar ‘eat-all-you-can’ durian at SS2, but we went to the corner one as it has the most people. They have different rate, RM9, RM15 and RM25. Well, no idea RM25 is it the best durian, so be safe in the middle.

    Durian, here’s the durian.

    Sit down and the person started opening durian and put on the table. We just eat, some was good, some was not, just throw them away. They will open a new one again until we say stop. =D Surprisingly, they are not bad at all, perhaps my tongue is not a golden tongue that can detect awesome durian. But then, still feeling good with the durian taste in my mouth. Not bad, not bad, can try! At least, we can ignore those bad durian without additional charge.

    By the way, share with me how to see good durian!

  • Petaling Jaya: Otak-Otak & Nasi Lemak At Mapley 223

    Petaling Jaya: Otak-Otak & Nasi Lemak At Mapley 223

    Petaling Jaya: Otak-Otak & Nasi Lemak At Mapley 223 – This is a super halal post because Mapley 223 is a halal food court. Oh yeah! This place was introduced by my friend – Hock Sheng from Universiti Malaya and he told me that there’s cheap Malay-style otak-otak and also nasi lemak, so here we go!

    Mapley 223 Food Court, 223 is because it’s near to Jalan 223.
    Me and Hock Sheng, the friend who introduced me. The friend who sat beside me in class in high school.

    Once entering the food court, don’t be shock by the stalls worker touting you asking you to eat their food. Just simply wave your hand, say no and wander to an empty table. Sit down, again, don’t be shock by the stalls worker walking towards you to ask you order their food, nasi lemak, maggi goreng, nasi goreng and more, and also the teh tarik and stuff. Don’t bother them if you know what to eat, or even don’t so that you can take some times looking around what to eat.

    Yellow and green, pick the green one.
    Hot and fresh otak-otak.
    Bloody red otak-otak, looks weird, but taste OK.

    We sat down and then my friend say don’t bother them. Wait for a guy drop a green basket of otak-otak, only start eating it. Just don’t bother about others. They will know how to calculate how much you have it cause they knew how many they put in initially. A very different style of otak-otak, with very sweet taste, a little bit of spices, and somehow less fish meat than those Nyonya’s style. It’s a good snack at RM0.60/otak-otak.

    This is the nasi lemak stall that we went for.
    And it’s RM2.50 for this plate. The rice is nice.

    He also told me that nasi lemak there is also good and cheap. So yeah, the fragrance of the lemak rice is indeed good, and too the spicy hot sambal just compliment the rice well. It’s just RM2.50 for this plate of nasi lemak, you can add more side dish too!

    Well, I have found a new place for snacks/supper! It’s Mapley 223.

    Mapley 223 / Medan Makan 223 / 223 Food Court


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  • Penang: The Twelve Cups – Awesome Mille Crepe

    Penang: The Twelve Cups – Awesome Mille Crepe

    Entrance from Beach Street.

    Penang: The Twelve Cups – Awesome Mille Crepe – Malacca has a very famous attraction which is the Nadeje Mille Crepe Cafe, people who goes to Malacca will surely visit it for a try. So, mille crepe, the ang mo-style of layer cake is now available in Penang, no need to go until Malacca to try, moreover this one is not bad too!

    The GOOD wall.
    The counter.
    The counter again.

    Located at Beach Street, in a very cool colonial-style building of WhiteAways Arcade is The Twelve Cups Cafe where you can find brew coffee and of course, the Mille Crepe cake. Actually it’s my friend – Huan Sheng who is the designer of the cafe, that introduced to this cafe, and also, the cafe is own by his friend, and that’s why. Haha. Being an interior design student, I am always checking out new cafes and retail outlet to get more inspiration. Well, the interiors is freshy, clean and contemporary, might say is today’s style of cafe.

    Hokkaido Chocolate Crepe, the in-house signature Mille Crepe which I like and rather small.

    Cut the crap and let’s check out the one and only mille crepe Clarice and I ordered. Haha. It’s the Hokkaido Chocolate Crepe (RM10.90), with chocolate layering, the strong aroma of milk melted in my tongue, give me a refreshing sense of sweetness and satisfaction. Yes, it’s nice. However, the portion is a little bit small in my opinion and it should be cut bigger. =) Sky juice is free by the way. XD

    I will come back again for more!

    12, The Whiteaways Arcade,
    Beach Street,
    10300 George Town, Penang.

    Telephone: +604-2626812


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  • Penang, I Am Coming Home

    Penang, I Am Coming Home

    Lovely Gurney Drive view from Straits Quay. Beautiful, isn’t it?

    Penang, I Am Coming Home – The last time we (me & Penang) met was more than a month ago, I told myself I can leave home for a long time, yes I can, but my heart does think of home, some times, think of my parents more, I can’t imagine what would it be if I am studying somewhere not in Malaysia where I don’t get to go home so often.

    It’s not the aroma of food anymore that I am craving for Penang, it’s the feeling towards Penang; it’s not the fresher air there, but it’s the visual; it’s not the language, but it’s the people, family and friends.

    So yeah, even though I have made up my mind that I won’t be residing in Penang permanently for the next 5-10 years, it’s still my home, I miss it, and I will be going home, next week, for the time being at least, two weeks! =D

  • 121212: Let’s Intern

    121212: Let’s Intern

    121212: Let’s Intern – Well, do I need to say more? Hahaha. Let’s intern and learn! Few days ago, I was so worried about getting an internship job, but now I can put down the rock in my heart. I actually got 3 invitations for interview, but this comes first, so too, I accept it first and moreover it’s so much nearer to my place. You know lah, the traffic in the capital of Malaysia is so bad, working somewhere closer is much better. Getting excited to learn in the real world interior design firm. Oh yeah.
    Now, I can plan my trip and go back to my hometown soon!
  • Ipoh: 糖水街 Tong Sui Kai (Desserts Street)

    Ipoh: 糖水街 Tong Sui Kai (Desserts Street)

    Ipoh: 糖水街 Tong Sui Kai (Desserts Street) – Ipoh oh Ipoh, I spent the day eating at Burps & Giggles, and also some times in Ipoh Parade shopping centre, it’s also the day I went to watch Sinister, oh so scary, shocking and exciting. =D Night, I went to this Tong Sui Kai, which literally means desserts street near old town, somewhere just in front Sam Tet Primary School (SRJK Sam Tet).

    So this street has a lot of desserts right? Not really, there’s few stalls only, selling the same Chinese desserts like lin chi kang, ABC and mix-fruit ice and stuff like that. Besides there’s local food stalls like wan tan mee, beef noodle and more! Sounds interesting right?

    Once interesting thing in Ipoh is that they are proud about their food, unlike in Kuala Lumpur, hawker stalls tend to write food place name at the their stall like Penang Asam Laksa, Ipoh Hor Fun and blablabla. At there, it’s just Asam Laksa, Wan Tan Mee.

    Well, I ordered a plate of wan tan mee (RM3.50) and a bowl of qing bu liang  清补凉 (RM2.50). Cheap and yummeh! Well, consider this as a place for dinner in Ipoh. =)

    Tong Sui Kai, 糖水街
    (in front of SRJK (C) Sam Tet)
    off Jalan Sultan Idris,
    Ipoh


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  • Share The Love: 12.12.12

    Share The Love: 12.12.12

    Share The Love: 12.12.12 – Well, there’s too much people to thank and to be grateful of – of course my lovely family, my sweet girlfriend Clarice, my high school crazy bunch of animal friends, my university friends from my class, from the degree class, from my senior’s class too, those lecturers have taught me before, and you.

    The lovely one and the powerful one.

    Happy 12.12.12 and good luck, all the best and be happy in everything and life, the apocalypse, will….not come. Well, the next 12.12.12 will be 1000 years later. =D

  • Ipoh // Sekeping Kong Heng

    Ipoh // Sekeping Kong Heng

    Lobby, I assumed, A common area too.

    Ipoh // Sekeping Kong Heng – NG SEKSAN, one famous landscape and building architect in Malaysia whose concept is based on raw materials. Sekeping Kong Heng is one of his masterpiece located in Ipoh, Old Town, on top of of a old school kopitiam called Kong Heng.

    My classmate actually went there before on a class trip but I missed the chance last time. On my visit to Burps & Giggles, I accidentally came across it that this is connected with the cafe. They are just back to back.

    Well, talk a little bit about Sekeping, it’s a modern type of hotel, or you might call it homestay, it’s totally different from the typical hotel with a luxurious lobby, nice hotel room with warm light and shiny marble floor bathroom. The Sekeping is a hotel series located throughout Malaysia and which most of them have their different identity or style, but most of them with design based on bare raw material. There’s one Sekeping Victoria in Penang too.

    Well, side alley of the building.
    Kopitiam Kong Heng in front. It’s totally different thing from the back of the building,
    Corridor to the room.
    Green wall shading the area and the room.
    I was able to open up the louver window and snap a shot of interior of the room. Weird, cold, cool, open, raw feeling.

    Located on the first and second floor of the Kong Heng Kopitiam shophouse building is the Sekeping Kong Heng hotel, there’s like 10 rooms on first floor and and there’s a mini lobby at the ground floor. The second floor is more likely the roof area is a leisure/gathering spot. The whole building is open for visit except the hotel room.

    The sexy stairs.
    Attic area where there’s two more bed up here.
    Gathering, hangout spot at the roof.
    A view of adjacent building. Truly old town of Ipoh.

    It’s more likely something new that you haven’t experience before. Living so close to the local, you can hear the laughter of uncles drinking kopi-peng in the morning, chattering in local Cantonese dialect, a connection with the raw material and the original building, it definitely will bring up a lot of feeling and inspiration in you. Well, Sekeping Kong Heng is sexy, I would say. Yums.

  • Ipoh: Burps & Giggles – Cafe With Interesting Concept and Feel

    Ipoh: Burps & Giggles – Cafe With Interesting Concept and Feel

    The old school five foot path, or called Varendah, or in Hokkien – Goh Kha Ki.

    Ipoh: Burps & Giggles – Cafe With Interesting Concept and Feel – Let’s go to Ipoh now shall we? It’s getting a trend that old Chinese shophouses in Malaysia are converting into art cafe/restaurant with vintage feeling, or contemporary style. It’s either super modern or go back to the old school way of decoration. Penang has many of them and Ipoh too, has one very cool one – Burps & Giggles located in the old town area.

    Let’s go in…. Nice door by the way.
    The indoor section, here it’s air conditioned.

    It’s actually quite easy to find, located in the old town which is near to those famous Lou Wong, and old school kopitiam. The two tiny shophouses are converted into one not-very-big cafe, in fact it’s kinda cramp in there with many tables and chairs setting up near each other.

    The interiors is cool, has a two section where one is semi-open and one is indoor with the kitchen located here. It was a Saturday noon and it’s so crowded when me and lovely Clarice arrived there.

    The cafe spanned all the way to the back lane where you still can find some seats outdoor which something I’ve never seen before. Connecting to the back of the building is another cool attraction – Sekeping Kong Heng where there’s kopitiam (coffee house) at the bottom and rusted and modern designed homestay hotel at the above.

    The cafe itself is a nice place for photography as it’s vibrant and colourful. It’s not really a good place for long chat as it’s very noisy when it’s full of people; but having a meal at the semi-open area seems more comfortable and got feel than the indoor one.

    Open-kitchen, so you might get smelly, or the other way, you can smell the aroma of the food cooking.
    Lovely pastry! I want them all please!
    The wall.
    Lazy lane, door to the back lane seating.
    The backlane.
    The backlane with seats.
    Well……. to the toilet.
    Semi-open area with bar and sofa seating. Lovely isn’t it? There’s tree inside some more!

    Let’s talk about food. They offer western food like burger, sandwiches and pastry! Being a very authentic Asian, I am not familiar with western food, I only know about chicken chop and fish and chips. Haha, but of course, I am always ready to try new stuff. =D I think it’d been like a month I’ve visited this place so I’ve forgotten about the food name, so anyway, I’ll let the photo bom your eyes and mind.

    Burger, grilled chicken, vegetable, sauce, something something.
    Something pastry something with lots of cheese and chicken again.
    A cup of earl grey from TWG. Is it true that earl grey taste like your soap?
    Love Clarice and me.

    So, yeah. This is it. Some place is meant to be visit once, moreover Ipoh is not my hometown. What I really like is the way, the concept they decorate the place.

    Burps & Giggles,95, Jalan Sultan Yussuf, Ipoh, Perak.
    Tel: 05-242-6188
    Open 8am-8pm, except Tuesdays.


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  • Singapore: Another Swim At Marina Bay Sands Skypark Swimming Pool

    Singapore: Another Swim At Marina Bay Sands Skypark Swimming Pool

    Singapore: Another Swim At Marina Bay Sands Skypark Swimming Pool – It’s swimming again! The weather on Saturday was very nice with a little bit of Sunny weather, yet it’s still windy up there and the water was still chilly cold. =D

    Lovely sunset from the 57th floors of Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.

    How can I not swim till the max when it’s one of the best swimming pool in the wold with awesome view at a high altitude and moreover we paid S$300+/night for the hotel room. So yeah, swim to the max. This time, a little bit of blue sky, a little bit of Sun, not too cloudy yet, and I have my super wide angle lens with me – photography time!

    The pool was even more crowded on a weekend evening. People were everywhere, sunbathing, swimming, just chit-chatting. Me and brother went for a little dip in the water, it’s cold and crowded so it’s not really swimming. Just fooling around with the camera and jokes. Still, I wish the water has heater to maintain a warm water, how nice it would be?

    Well, that’s my last time in the Marina Bay Sands SkyPark Pool and I kinda miss it. Please share with me some other cool swimming pool in the world. For instance, I wanna visit the Therma Vals in Switzerland, it’s a hotel built over a thermal springs. So cold, and so warm!

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