Wednesday, July 6, 2016

Genting Trip June 2016

Nearly forgotten to post these pics up taken during my recent trip to Genting.... It was a very "food"-ful trip, hahahaha....


Day 1
Initially we had our breakfast at Marrybrown's, but it was cut short after we witness some little "friends" "running" around the place like nobody's business... So we head towards the restaurant besides "Only Mee" and had Roti Prata/Canai... Absolutely nice!!!! Initially did not expect the quality to be good but in end the prata turned out to be fragrance and fluffy and a bit crispy... Very different from what I had in the Cafe Lobby a few years ago... But the ordering process may be a bit messy (especially for the staff)...



Had our lunch in Coffee Terrace which serves good and varied food, buffet goodness! We all felt the quality of food has improved a lot, and is a bit weird considering now they don't fry the vegetables upon ordering but the vegetables tasted even better! Vegetarian food was unexpectedly good. 1 recommendation will be the Western booth's (roasted?) chicken.. tender and so good!!! Was so full that I had to give up the cake and desserts except ice-cream (the cakes in the pictures belonged to my mum, hahaha...)









Such a nice scenic view with clouds by your side... hahahaha...


And for Day 1 dinner, we went to Bubbles and Bites... A bit disappointed that their variety seemed to have gone down.. and my folks commented that their pizza quality also dropped a little... but the peri-peri wings are still nice... Accompanying the meal was a nice cup of iced latte...







Day 2
Our plan was sleep late and wake up late, in time for lunch, hahaha... So our first meal for the day was lunch... Saw this advertisement that Power Rangers was having a live show performance in Genting... did not want to spend the $ for the admission, so did not go...


Had lunch at Ah Yat Restaurant... And though we did not have abalone, the dishes we ordered are absolutely tasty!!!!!! We had lots of vegetables this time, and the salted egg 4 seasons beans (pardon my bad translation), tofu and dim sum were absolutely DELICIOUS!!!!!!!!










Finally had a chance to eat the super nice tea eggs after many years!!!! Hahahaha....


As for dinner, it was at Munakata Ramen... Originally planned to have steamboat, but it was fully reserved, and seemingly a lack of staff for operation... A good option but cannot say so for the quality of food served... Still ok bah, if you are not particular about food quality... But will try out other restaurants next time we go Genting.... 








Day 3
Day 3!!!! And lunch was at the Chinese-Thailand Cze-Char stall(s) at the kopitiam in 4th(?) floor... Nice!!!!!! (though my parents thought the fried coconut shoots has "de-proved"... the curry fish head was bought from another stall... And had bubble tea for the first time in umpteen years!!! which weird, considering there are a couple of bubble tea shops around my place and especially 1 at a stone's throw from my house... hahahaha....








How can we miss out the ice cream???!!!! Nice....


Dinner was scheduled to be at Ming Ren Restaurant but it was fully booked... So we decided that we could re-visit the Spice Garden restaurant, and it proved to be the BEST decision made in this trip.... Cos it serves EXCELLENT EXCELLENT food!!!!!!!!!! Must eat again must eat again!!!!!! Every dish is delicious!!!!! AWESOME!!!!! Superbly good!!!!!!!










Day 4
As it was the last day, we had to wake up earlier to check out and catch the coach back home... and had our breakfast at East Court restaurant, to try their dim sum... To me the quality of the dim sum of Har Kow and Siew Mai is about a class lower than that in Ah Yat's, but don't be mistaken as they are still good food (yeap, Ah Yat's are probably too good)... Very pleasant dining experience, especially they serve chinese tea old school style...







Head back home... and during a "pit stop" (a.k.a. "leak"-stop), we bought some kueh to eat later in Yong Peng... They no longer make them on the spot but the taste is still quite good!



Had this Fishball-Yong Tau Foo beehoon soup at Yong Peng... the quality has improved!!! Fishballs were flavourful without the "fishiness" smell, and the soup base is no longer too saltish (which was what happened last time I tasted it a few years ago) but light and fragrance... nice... Also ate some kaya balls, and finally bought some steamed chick peas (?) to eat on coach trip... ahhh.... nice... looking forward to the next trip...probably next year or so... till next time!!!


Saturday, June 4, 2016

Fun Toys.... KO Pop-Up Pirate and Crocodile Dentist

Collected the toys bought from Taobao just now... Total cost is approximately SGD14.10... Fun toys, hahaha...


This is the KO of the Tomy Pop-Up Pirate toy... contents are these...


This can be a coin box too!


The barrel comes with the top and bottom halves wrongly attached, and I had to pry them away from the glue and re-position them properly... But still quite fun!


The other is the Crocodile Dentist, probably also a KO, and being a kia-see person, I used a penknife to round the edges and unclean sprue-breaks...


"Gabu (bite) !!!!!!! " Fun... the "bad" tooth changes every time when the mouth is opened... hahaha...

Saturday, April 30, 2016

Prima Juzz's Mee and Daiso Instant Miso Soup

Cousin bought me 2 packets of my (current) favourite instant noodles, the Prima Juzz's Mee - Original Spicy Flavour!!! Nice!!!! Have been hunting for it recently without success... Cost $2.50 per pack (RRP is $2.70 I think ???)...


The noodles are the mee pok type, i.e. wide and flat. They seem to be slightly thicker than other instant noodles brands... Each small packet comes with a small packet of powder seasoning and seasoning oil which I have poured onto the plate, and also 1 packet of chilli flakes that will be added in later, according to the individual preference of spiciness...


Pork balls, which are cooked first before putting in the noodle cake, are added to enhance the meal...


After cooking the noodles for about 4 mins, they are drained and transferred over to the plate to be mixed with the seasoning powder and oil, and also the chilli flakes... nice... The seasoning gives a mild old school dry mee pok taste, and is quite fragrance, though a bit saltish, so perhaps can add in about 3/4 packet of seasoning powder should do... The chilli flakes can be quite hot, so put in accordingly to your own preference... The highlight of this is the noodle quality... It is quite chewy and bouncy, due to its slightly thicker noodle thickness, and free of the stale flour smell that you sometimes get from some other instant noodles... Prima is indeed an expert in flour... Love it... Hahahaha....


Next, introducing the instant miso soup pack I got from Daiso... It works out to be just 40 cents per small pack of soup, which is quite cheap!!! And the taste is quite good too!


The contents (1 small packet of miso paste and 1 small packet of ingredients) ... I bought the tofu version, and the ingredients come in generous portions... nice...


Add in hot water and stir.... and you get a bowl of nice miso soup with generous portions of tofu, spring onion, kelp (hidden at bottom of bowl, hee hee)... nice nice....


And here's my birthday lunch!!! Nice nice!!! Hahaha...