Mid Autumn Festival

 

Today is Mid Autumn Festival. We went dinner with daddy and few of my aunties yesterday. Ming’s parents went for wedding dinner tonight so i decided to cook. invited Ah Mun to come over since he got no where to go. since it’s been a long time i didn’t cook “mien fun kueh/mien fun cha gor”, or better known as “pan mee”, i decided to cook it for Ming for the first time. bought some vege, minced pork and meatballs. there were flour and mushrooms at home so we’re good to go.. i went out and was late back home so luckily Ming’s mother cooked the mushroom for me so i only had to cook the minced pork, boil the soup, fry the anchovies and make the dough for the mee. after 2 hours working in the kitchen, here’s the end product.

mee made scratch from flour by me! yums!

add some  anchovies

 

add some minced pork

  and some mushrooms

like this.. (sorry for the bad photo)

a happy customer.. bleh.

 

i bought mooncake from Starbucks for Ming’s mother last week. this year no budget so opt for Starbucks instead of Ritz Carlton like previous years. Heh. but i’ve always love Starbucks’ mooncake cos they have nice box. =P

Tiramisu flavor

Berries Cheese

i bought the small box so only limited to this 2 flavors. they have other flavors but it’s bigger box i think 4 or 6 in a box and including Tazo tea. as i mentioned, low budget this year, so as much as i wanted to try it, i didn’t get it. heh.

cheese in the middle with a hint of coffee taste for the paste. love the combination!

cheese in the middle and berry paste. slightly hint of berry sourness. i like! something different.

Starbucks mooncakes are not very sweet, which is good cos i used to hate eating mooncake when i was a kid cos they made it super sweet. apparently because last time (few decades ago) they don’t have fridge in every house, so in order to make the mooncake last longer, they use a lot of sugar.

i’ve always love Ritz Carlton’s mooncakes. especially their white lotus paste with single yolk and durian flavor mini mooncake. it’s the best!! gonna order it next year!

 

yesterday, Ming’s mother brought back something that was long forgotten… as a kid, i’ve always liked those..

it’s called 猪仔饼 (piglet biscuit). that’s what kids eat during Mid Autumn Festival cos kids don’t normally like mooncakes.

one thing about this piglet biscuit.. the shape is not like pig! ugh.

ok that’s besides the point…

we were testing my camera yesterday just to see what a normal compact camera can do.. and we went a lil bit overboard.. heh..

 

wanna know why those piglet is in the cage and why they kena 浸猪笼 (zam g long/ caged up throw in water. wtf)? here’s why..

 

once a upon a time, there are 2 pigs. one male, one female. they were both married but not to each other. they were having affair behind their partners.

69 wtf.

one day, they kena caught by the village people… and they were forced to 浸猪笼.

they bid each other with a goodbye kiss..

and off they were sent to the “river”… wtf.

sorry for the lame story. bare with me. heh.

HAPPY MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL!

 

all photos are taken with Nikon S51 compact camera.

ghost of us.

we looked like aliens! lol!

LaLa Chong Seafood Village

Was looking at my photos archive and i found some of the photos that i’ve forgotten.. heh.. not a true blogger. (i insist that i’m not a blogger. i just happen to be a person who owns a blog. bleh!)

 

my ex boss took me to LaLa Chong Seafood Village at er.. i dunno the exact place cos i’m road idiot. but it’s near NZX and Aman Suria. he told me this LaLa Chong dont serve pork while the one near Subang Airport does. we went there after a long meeting with a client and he said he feel like eating something light so we went there since it’ nearby our office.

 

 

 

“Seong Tong LaLa” LaLa Soup. their specialty it seems. this soup is definitely highly recommended! very flavorful and best thing is, the lala is very fresh and size of it is just nice. unlike most of the other restaurants, their lala is quite big. thinking about it makes crave for it now.. slurpz!

  “Yuet Kwong Hor” Fried Kuey Tiao with raw egg. this is nice too! well, at least up to my expectation la.. but if they have pork lard in it, it will be perfect!

 

that’s the only 2 dishes that we had. i ended up tapau-ing for Smelly and his parents that night. 2 of the same dish as well. and if i remember correctly, it doesn’t cost a bomb. i think total bill came up to about rm50 or something(including take away). ah.. i would go back there for more if i remember how to get there.. hmmmm.

Vince’s 24th

 

 

forgot to post this up…

went to Frontera Bar & Grill at Jaya One to celebrate Vincent’s birthday… which was one day after Smelly’s birthday dinner.. (and his birthday is actually one day after Smelly’s so since the day i knew Vince 2 years ago, i remember his birthday until now.. and forever… wtf)

  deco of the place.

 

 

they have this  pinate thingy hanging on the ceiling.. which i think is very cute..

 

the bar

 

(forgot the name again) some tomato soup. surprisingly very appetizing (wtf.. memang pun appetizer right..) i like the herbs they use in this soup. Vince said it tasted like tomyam? i think it tastes like tomato soup with dunno what special herbs with tortilla chips.

 

nachos. better than chilis’ ones.. they have those jalapeño chilis on it. a bit of kick there..

 

 

their famous chicken wings. the waitress asked if we wanted super spicy, so we thought ok.. we’re up to challenge. but a bit disappointed cos it’s not as spicy as i’d imagine. tak puas hati so i asked the waitress again if it’s their spiciest. she told me got somemore… Gila Spicy. ceh… turns out the one we ordered is normal spicy only. so i requested her to add some more spicy thing in it…

after adding Gila Spicy. quite a disappointment tho cos it’s still not as hot as i’d imagine…. just a tiny little bit hotter than the first one. so those reviews about this very spicy chicken wings is kinda overrated. hmm.

 

here’s me trying my first wing..

 

too hungry to layan me..

so i turn on my CW™ mode with nachos.

 

beef burger. which is very HUGE serving..

i ordered with extra bacon strip.

see how huge is that? i think bigger than Carl’s Jr. and cheaper too… and i don’t even know how to eat it..

 

Vince’s beef enchiladas. very flavorful.

this restaurant’s serving is very big.. so don’t order so much when you’re there..

 

ah po’s er.. i forgot what. i think it’s er.. i really forgot. but i remember it’s chicken.

 

 

can’t finish my burger even after Vince helped me.

 

Vince’s enchiladas. cannot finish also even after i tried to help him…

 

po’s leftover.. but he finished it in the end..

 

 

Vince took the challenge.. LOL too spicy for him.

“mmmm…. i think it’s not very spicy. still can accept”

“wtf!!!”

 

it’s really not THAT spicy.. i didn’t even have the urge to drink water after eating those wings.. it’s a bit too salty tho.. not spicy. hmm… i wonder if it’s really Gila Spicy.. or the waitress got my order wrong?? perhaps there’s another Wickedly Gila Nutcase Spicy that they didn’t serve it out.. i wonder….

bill came up to RM175++ i think it’s quite okay for the fact that their serving is definitely huge. worth the try but definitely not everyone’s liking cos it’s very authentic tex-mex food. i personally can accept the taste but not ah po.. he still prefers his char kuey tiaw..

Makan Session v2.0

Went to Nambawan Cafe for dinner with Deric, Kiera, Shirley, Uncle Mun and Smelly just now. It was totally recommended by Steven when i chatted with him last week. he said the food there is nice and affordable. and best of all, they serve pork! very few western restaurant in KL serves pork so we thought of giving it a try since Steven said it’s better than going to El Cerdo… i googled the place and found a few bloggers review and most of them rates it quite high.

 

 

my lemonade. quite a big glass…

 

Deric’s daughter, Kiera. very cute five year-old. i ordered orange juice after asking her if she wanted to drink and when it came, deric don’t let her drink cos she’s got cough.. so we ordered another glass without ice after persuading deric that it’s okay to drink.. ahh.. reminds me of those days when i was a kid.. parents not letting us drink cold drinks and all.. =P

 

pork sausage. there’s a name for it but i forgot most of them. this sausage is totally recommended! the juice and cheese spurt out the moment my knives cut through it! and each and every cut, there’s juice! whoa!! orgasmic!

 

lamb chop.

though usually restaurant will give 2 pieces, this one only gave one. but still worth it. very tender and cooked to perfection. not too dry.

 

 

pork ribs.

it was recommended by the restaurant. weekend special, she said. the best dish of the night! i only had one bite but it’s really nice! not too dry and tastes like.. er… char siew.. hmm..

 

another weekend special. roast pork belly. the meat is juicy, the skin is very crunchy! i like! too bad they gave too little skin. heh.. Smelly really liked this dish. roasted just the way he likes it!

 

 

meat ball.

i think it’s pork. another star dish. very flavorful. better than Ikea’s meatball, IMHO.

 

dunno what grilled white fish.

the fish texture is not rough. no “fishy” taste. Smelly said the sauce taste weird (not bad kind of weird) i think it’s the herbs they use. some new taste to me tho…

 

overall, the food was delicious for my tastebuds. will definitely go back for more. and the best thing is, for all that food plus drinks, the total bill came up to about RM108 only. TTL!!! (tai tou larn!)

 

here’s the restaurant’s info:

Nambawan Restaurant & Cafe

No 10, Sri Manja Square One, Taman Sri Manja, Jalan Kelang Lama 58200, Petaling Jaya.

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