Ichiro Sushi Bar @ Isetan 1u

Ordering with iPad

the bar

Not many seats in this restaurant

Treating myself something luxury..

Kappa maki, Toro, Tobiko

Toro and the heavily filled tobiko

Champion of the night..salmon & salmon roes temaki

Actually i have no intention to come here...i was just looking around for dinner in Isetan, then i came across this shop..saw some japanese sushi chef..so i decided to gave it a try..I'm not a person who fancies different different kind of fishes and sushi style..i like to stick to the basics..so i ordered - cucumber maki @RM4.00, Flying fish roe@RM6.00, Toro @RM18.00 and Salmon & salmon roe temaki@RM10. Green tea was RM2 - refillable. I was quite disappointed with the Toro (the most expensive in the nigiri section), wasn't as fresh as i thought ( In tokyo, 2 pcs of toro sushi only cost me 500Yen=RM20!!)..others were all good..i love roes..those salmon are so fresh..thumbs up! Bill came up at about RM46 for a lonely meal...A very hefty dinner -_- Will revisit again for other stuff with a partner of course..

Coffee Chemistry @ First Subang

They've change their furniture 

More comfortable chairs

My usual cappuccino

His Hot chocolate

Grilled Chicken thigh..yum yum

My BLT burrito

My usual breakfast place - coffee chemistry first subang...what i like is their environment, good coffee and food. Price might be on the high side..but acceptable eg.RM10++ for a cup of coffee...visited so many times i didn't blog about it =D

My 2xth birthday at Neroteca

Bit sad when mentioning my age..I still couldn't accept my real age yet :( anyway, pls enjoy the meal pics taken at Neroteca,  a non-halal italian restaurant in Somerset KL.

that tin was olive oil 

Our very corner table

Cold cuts - ham & salami...very yummy! but dunno how to appreciate the cheese though

his pork loin in..smtg..erm..cheese covered? very normal...

My very disappointing seafood spaghetti..seafood not fresh, basically tasteless..

Ordered carrot cake..just soso

Me and my mango tiramisu, complimentary by Maxis, and also a 10% total bill discount.

This shop is not hard to locate, i think it was made famous by the 'meme proposal'. It's a non halal restaurant, which means porky is served here! Menu was a bit confusing as it was too long with all those italian names...but anyway do ask for recommendation by staff, they're happy to help you..i noticed most of the staff were foreigners..hmm..my advice to you is pls reserve a table here because it was really crowded with a  lot of farangs...the highlight of the whole meal was the cold cut..we really love the hams& salami..others were really disappointing..price was on the high side..expect about 100-120 per person (w/o wine). I might revisit to give them a second chance. Finally..I got older =(

Menya Musashi @Isetan 1U

Ok let me finish this review....as u can c from the receipt it was dated in May...sigh...pls forgive my busy schedule...ok back to topic..this was Another ramen shop i visited in 1U's Isetan. It's call Menya Musashi. There were dip type and soup type ramen, Dip type we call it Tsukemen, another bowl of 'sauce' is being given for dipping your noodle, Me myself prefer the soup type, 3 types of soup to choose from - garlic(black), original(white), spicy(red). As you can see i've chosen the black soup because i prefer stronger flavours. Verdict: Very thick noodles and very big piece of charsiu, very OILY!!! omg!! The oil is like 1cm thick!! I seriously cannot tahan oil one...-_- it doesn't not feel oily when eating but i just feel scary about the oil la..very big bowl..i cannot finish..paiseh..Price of course is STEep la! I really cannot afford to have RM30 /bowl of noodle often! Taste wise..i think still losing to Ippudo. I have not tried Santouka yet, so cant compare...and i'm not gonna compare with Japan standard. =P

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Last morning in Ibis hotel bencoolen..nice view with coffee

Sunset viewing with him =)

Loving helium balloons..(by dairy milk)

My annual visit to Singapore..i went with a purpose..and it's consider a fruitful trip =D Nothing much there..stayed at hotel this time..i'll recommend Ibis bencoolen..Cost me about SGD140 (Accor sales)..given the view..it's worth it! I'll do a detail review in tripadvisor later..all for now..c ya!

Pasta sauce review

  

Crab meat cream sauce from 100Yen shop Japan

Heat it

 Pour it..Done!

I cant give a "Like" as it smells "fishy" at first..taste wise..more like a carrot sauce..very bland..not recommended.

Mentaiko Pasta sauce from Shojikiya KL

Sorry it looks disgusting

Taste not bad...best use with spaghetti..could try it again..

Mince pork ramen

Noodle also got 3D??

End product

Bought this in a convenient shop in tokyo. It was a mince pork ramen. I think u must be curious how the noodle can be 3D! hahah..actually it's simple..as you can see in pic 1, the noodle is round, it's texture is quite springy...does not get soft easily..well for the soup, it's quite good except that it's too salty..perhaps adding more water would help. 7/10 points =D

Marutama ramen & Sweethut

Chocolate snow @RM9.90

Egg tart & fries (forgot the price)

Sweet Hut dessert shop is located at subang jaya SS15 . A pretty new place. Small shop, not many ppl during sunday afternoon. Good place for desserts. Pricey but a LOT of variety to choose from. Chocolate snow is very nice! Recommended!

Address is here: No 12. Ground Floor, Jalan SS15/8B Subang Jaya, Selangor, 47500 Selangor, Malaysia

Marutama Ramen @ Empire Subang

Used to tried Clarke Quay and Fahrenheit88 branch, both were run by japanese while this one was run by chinese. Hmm..verdict..I still dont quite like the chicken soup compare it to pork soup. It was a healthier choice though. Lotsa Negi and wakame! Btw MUST order the yaki char siu..damn yummy ok!! I will revisit for the yaki charsiu..hahhaa..actually the ramen is not too bad la..just that i'm too picky..i prefer pork based soup =D Price for a bowl of noodle about RM15-RM20..varies with ingredients..oh btw the upper bowl is the SPICY soup..don't play play..u will choke on it! That's all for today..CIAO

Hotel tips sharing

Sharing my experience of booking hotels:

Thailand
bangkok.com
phuket.com
Agoda.com
Sawadee.com

Both bangkok.com & Phuket.com are under the Asia web direct(AWD) group. Fantastic website, full of info, user friendly but.. Price a bit high. Make sure u click to the end of the booking to get the actual price! They require to pay deposit of 10%. The rest pay at hotel. They charge THB.

For agoda, price is much higher than the above. But sometimes they can offer some hotel which AWD don't. So compare before you book! Agoda charges USD, beware. Pay in advance.

For sawadee.com it's the cheapest among them. Crap website, but it offers the best price, and it's safe. No worries. Charges in THB , pay in advance.

For those "unique" hotels, book directly with hotel because usually agent has no offer. Accor group has sales once in a while, do register as member. Hotels like holiday inn, usually official rates and agent rates have no difference. Anyway , compare before you book!

Transfers:
Bangkok
From airport ,take a cab, won't cost a lot although drivers tends not to use meter. Expect about 350-450 baht.(without meter).

Airport express train, never try before. But it cost about 150baht If I'm not mistaken.

Travel around the city- bts skytrain, convenient and to avoid the jam. I don't recommend tuk tuk cuz usually they bring tourist to gem factories! Cab are plenty! Also my favourite because it's the best transportation after a long day shopping.

Travel 
Phuket
Pre-book a cab from hotel or agent . Charge around 550-650 baht. Do so to avoid airport taxi taking you to some travel agents n force u to buy with them.

Travelling around island can use a rental car, I've tried Budget car rental. Good service, free delivery one way. Cost about 1700baht/ day for a honda jazz.

Hong kong/ Macau

Asiatravel.com

My favourite website for hk/Macau
hotels, competitive rates and no deposit required! Easy to do cancellation( foc) . Charge in hkd, pay at hotel.

Websites like agoda do offer some good rates. But compare 1st! Most probably more expensive because u will only get to know the total cost after u click the confirm page.

For hk, it's very easy to travel around with MTR, u can possibly reach everywhere. Choose airport bus to/from hotel to save cost. I will recommend you to book a hotel near these airport bus station and a mtr station. My preference location would be at Kowloon area, convenient shopping n stuff.

For Macau, get a hotel with free shuttle is all you need! U can go to any place with the free shuttle transfer from the ferry terminal! From airport u can either use taxi or the free shuttle ,but it requires transfer. I prefer staying near st Paul ruins/lisboa. Convenient for shopping and casinos

Will update other countries when i have experience..Happy booking!

The vacation month

I was suppose to travel to Bangkok end of October but too bad the flood has ruined our plan :( So me n my parents change our ticket to Bali instead. We used enrich points but still hav to top up the airport tax and penalty charges.. Sien..

The trip was very "unplanned" because I've only book my hotel about 1 week before departure! Nice! The first time I was so rush in booking..booked the driver for two days.. We felt it was too much..hotel (kuta beach club) was ok but a too many mozzies around..breakfast lack variety.. Hmm...do some revisit for a few attraction and had great pork ribs at Dekuta hotel..satisfied! The whole trip was a bit odd but ok..watching tv every night at the hotel room was fine for me.. relaxing for me :) I'm still missing the pork ribs...omg...

                                                         

November 26th , flew to Phuket for my girl's trip..it was my first time being in a country with just the two of us..good and cheap shuttle send us to patong on the very 1st night...i've even directed him to our hotel..haha..im just too familiar with it...went for bangla road to have some "sight seeing" as usual..drunkards ozzies everywhere..hate it..enjoyable shoe shopping as well =D

Next day we went to the nearest mall -Jungceylon to continue our shopping...spent almost whole day there! So happy ! then we took a cab to our hotel in Kata beach (kata palm hotel)...a thai theme resort..quite pretty! Enjoy our sunset at the beach and seafood at a nearby restaurant..then it was raining like cats and dogs.. so we decided to head back and ordered room service for supper..Luv it!

Last morning we had our buffet breakfast at the hotel ,a very 'full' variety of breakfast! Yum!! We head to the beach after that!! YAY !! Cant wait to go into the water...!! A very sunny day...crowded beach..big waves...lovely!! Spend the evening doing massage and nails...our trip ended with a wonderful sunset..Enjoy spending the time with my dearest =D

Again...an outdated post...sorry for waiting..kinda busy...be back soon!