Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2014. Show all posts

November 17, 2014

Japan Trip - Ichiran and Kabukicho

Best Ramen in the world!

Being lied of the so call Japanese citizen, we start hunting food via our Google Maps. In before we found any restaurant, stumble upon this Ichiran Ramen shop. One of the most famous Ramen chain in Japan, and so we decided to give it a try.

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Ichiran Ramen
Inside the shop, we have to wait for a small que as it is dinner time. However the que wasn't long, when we finally reached the vending machine, we have to wait again for the remaining customer to finish their delicious ramen to free up the seats.
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Button indicator to show which seat is empty or filled.
So during the que or waiting, we were handed with this small leaflet to customize our ramen along with the coupon you purchased just now from the vending machine.
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Customise sheet to design your own ramen
Some good 20 minutes waiting while chatting with other tourist, is finally our turn! But we got separated due to there's no 5 free seats in a row.

In front of you, there's a tap water valve for your free flow of iced water.
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Free iced water
Beside there's a wooden panel that can be open if you are seated with friends. But normally is closed because lone customer want to have his/her ramen in peace.

September 12, 2014

Japan Trip - Shinkansen to Shinjuku

Speed of Bullet Train

Upon arriving to Shin-Osaka, we quickly rush out from Haruka platform to find where is the entrance for our Shinkansen. The ticket lady schedule us the train ride is just mere 30 minutes after arrive to Shin-Osaka, and due to the fact we're first timer and just arrive to the land of the rising sun, took us quite some time to locate the correct platform.
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Shinkansen Entrance Banner
Just as planned, we went to the bento vendors to get ourself some bentos. So many choices, we can't read Japanese, can't made up our mind and the Shinkansen is leaving. Intense ; we were battling against time.
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Quite expensive for just a bento
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Man, Japanese with their packaging

Japan Trip - Izakaya, Shinjuku

Japanese Mamak

On our way back to Shinjuku Train Station, we came across this huge food sales. Crowded with people, and food and freebies. Staff there are pretty generous and nice, explaining what kind of food they selling in English and free taste. YUM! But is super packed, I can't even bring out my camera to take a good shot.
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Food Market
Our friend here is leading us to the suppose to be Yakitori stall, knowing a good stall serving those, so we followed him, but tragedy happens.

Before of that incident, lets enjoy the Shinjuku street.
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Pachinko - means casino specialise in mechanical gambling 
People everywhere, keep walking, I mean walk fast!
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September 11, 2014

Penang White Curry Mee - Penang Corner @Kepong

All from Penang Corner

Recently, Social networks are being blasted and viral about the MyKuali Instant Penang White Curry Mee. Sold out in all Kedai Runcit, hypermarket, and even some shops are selling it at a much higher marked up price to earn extra profit during the hype. For a foodie like myself, of course the bandwagon are inevitable. Everyone is having it, buying it, loving it, even host some event to promote it.

But there aren't any REAL Penang White Curry Mee laying around, at least not near by KL. Stumble upon on the traditional Chinese food town - Kepong, we found this little stall that selling Penang White Curry Mee.
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Curry paste
As you expected, White Curry Mee is White. Yep, we sure didn't know about it. On serving, it was white soup, more like a chicken stalk with milk, wasn't spicy, just plain milky soup noodles.

However, this magic Curry paste once added to the broth, it was a different food. The spiciness and the chilli flavour spread across the soup, making it a unique White Curry Mee taste. With pork blood, squid and shell meat, bring the freshness into the overall taste, combined with the savoury curry paste, a hearty meal for the day.
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White Curry Mee served with Pork Blood, Squid and Sea Shell Meat with Curry paste added
They do serve Penang Prawn noodles, ain't shabby at all.
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Penang Prawn Mee

Give it a try, not the best location of all, no parking, no air-cond, no walk ways, just a simple stall serving simple food.

GPS Coordinate : 3.207472, 101.644833

August 25, 2014

[Event] - Animagaki 2014

Bigger than ever

Animagaki is an annual event adored by our ACG fans. Hosted on Sunway Pyramid Convention Center Hall from 9th August - 10th August 2014, we expected this gonna turn up a huge event as last year surpass 7,000 attendees for such local event.
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Media Pass -  Cute Design as usual
However, due to 9th August 2014 is also a TedxKL - The Open Future event hosted on the same day, I can't possible attend both functions at the same time. So I'm only visiting the 2nd day of Animagaki, and regretted missing tons of fun of the Day 1 activities.
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Little Akiba
This year due to time constrain, I'll be focusing on the display of figurine and the Indie product design and produced by our talented artist. We can totally see a huge increase of quality and quantity of exhibitors.
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Artwork for sale
These are the awesome magazine that can be purchased on any convenient store in Japan(My Recent Trip to Japan), and the organizers display huge amount of these on the floor to showcase to our local ACG hobbyist.
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Anime Magazine
Last year, the awesome figure and model are displayed in a rather congested walkway outside the entrance, which have poor lightning and area for us to observe and take photo. However this year, they are located inside the hall on the sides where special lightning are set-up for photogs and hobbyist to observe and carry their photography.
As you can see, this are sole lightning provided by the hall, no flash gun.

August 21, 2014

Mourning for #MH17

Mourning for #MH17

20 remains of identified Malaysian remains will be sending back to its homeland on 22th August 2014.


43 ill-fated Malaysian passenger boarded MH17 flying from Amsterdam back to Kuala Lumpur was shot down over Ukraine's eastern region on a tragic day on July 17. Declared by the government as 22th August 2014 the day of national mourning, 20 MH17 victims will be finally sent back from The Netherlands.

[Update] Mourning will start from 1030 to 1115 throughout Malaysia with one minute of silence to honour the victims of the MH17 tragedy. 7 main locations, traffic will be stopped to join the mourning.

This is a historical day for Malaysian, to show a strong unity of the great nation and also act as a reminder why is important to live together in unity as Malaysians. If Dutch can shown their sign of respect by observing silence, I believe Malaysian can do so. 

I hope all Malaysian can unite as one and observe one minute silence for the respect of the MH17 victims.

July 30, 2014

Japan Trip - Kansai Airport

Konichiwa

Is time! Our long planned Japan trip is finally here! We bought our tickets around Nov 2013 during the Air Asia sales, a couple of return to Osaka. Then we revised our plan, again and again and again, and we got greedy; at the end we decided to both Kansai and Kanto region in 11 days. 

During the planning phase, only 2 of us will be travelling, but as times goes, 2 more innocent travellers decided to join us. Revise everything again to take the best advantage of 4 travellers, sharing cost and such. Talking to our host in Japan, liaising with our friend in Tokyo to make sure everything is settle.

Then we were lucky enough to experience the new KLIA 2 just after few days later from the official launch. 
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Snacks booth inside KLIA 2
KLIA 2 was huge, and tiring to walk. However the interior design was OK, just some design flaw of being inconvenient. Tons of potential empty spaces being to utilized. 
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Resting bench
Can you see the design of those chair? It is not design to be slept on! Bad choice of chairs for airport., especially for those who decided to overnight in the airport. Guess KLIA 2 want to make extra profit from their hotel services.
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D7 0532 - Kansai Osaka

July 21, 2014

Top 6 Food Must Try in Melaka (Local Introduced)

World Heritage Town with heritage delicacies. 

A 2 hours drive from Kuala Lumpur to Melaka, enjoying much of the unchange local delicacies. Despite being a tourist town, the flavour and quality are still the same from what I've remember 4 years ago of my first visit. However this time, we won't be looking for the famous place that most typical tourist tried. This time, we would be the hipster, we will try the food introduced by the locals in Melaka.

Here's are the Top 6 Food Must Try in Malaka (Local Introduced).

1. Hainanese Chicken Rice Ball

Hainanese Chicken Rice Ball
Succulent Roasted Chicken or Steamed White Chicken along with hand pressed Onion-Oiled Rice Ball to kick start your journey in Melaka is a must try food here. Serving with fresh light cooked cabbage to add in some sweetness into your overall experience. For person who can't live without any spicy, their home-made chilli sauce is a good enhance to your taste bud. Head to this place early for its fresh steamy rice balls.

Heng Hainansese Chicken Rice Balls
Address : No. 536, Jalan Melaka Raya 10,
Taman Melaka Raya, 75000 Melaka
Opening Hours : 0900-2000 Daily

2. Durian Cendol

Durian Cendol with Gula Melaka and Ice Cream
How can you come to Melaka without trying their famous Durian Cendol or Normal Cendol with Gula Melaka(Melacca Sugar)? Rich taste of sugar cane(Gula Melaka) with chilly smooth blended ice, Cendol, red bean, topped with heavenly Durian and vanilla ice-cream is your sweet tooth fix. A different perspective of Cendol from Penang. A must try! Do tell us which version of Cendol you carter the most.

Jeta Groves
Address : 115 Taman Melaka Raya,
75000 Melaka
Opening Hours : 0745-1600 Closed on Monday
Contact : 013 6265992, 06-2821526

June 26, 2014

A Pie Thing @ Damansara Uptown

A Pie Thing - Very British

Tv-series, movies, travel show which always have a English pie in the scene. Especially the British kind of shows. But fear not, the Pie has landed in Klang Valley @ Damansara Uptown. A Pie Thing that is.
A Pie Thing
Being a super strategic position, A Pie Thing is very easy to be spot along LDP with its beckoning flashy signboard. Step inside and few glass cabinets of pies, freshly baked presented.
Menu board for drinks and combination
They serve a series of beef, chicken, lamb or even chili with cheese and veges.
Besides savoury pies, they serve a wide selections of chocolate cakes and candy too.

June 3, 2014

Burger Junkyard @ Empire Damansara

Sounds like a Dirty Burger

The burger hype are still building within Malaysia and it's all started with the Geek's Startup - MyBurgerLab's high-profile entrance to the market. For still having not tasted MyBurgerLab, I can't compare Burger Junkyard with it, but as dirty as it sound (JunkYard yuck), it does offer a solid burger meal within Petaling Jaya.

Burger JunkYard @ Empire Damansara
By visiting the interior, is very JunkYard indeed. With pipes and creates and stuff, is a pretty nice looking restaurant with raw materiel design along with funky colour highlights.
The dining area
Quite a lot of choices that listed out the ingredient.
A nice touch for listing out the ingredient
The Beef in Blanket is what caught my eye with beef bacon and patties @ Rm18.9 in a regular set. Price indicated does come in fries and drinks.
Beef in Blanket
The dipping sauce is delicious thou. I think is a mixture of mustard, mayo, and cheese with salt and pepper.
Soft bun with sesame and seed added a little chewy and crunchy on the texture.
Side look of the burger
Serving is pretty fast, I got my order within 5 minutes which serve the standards of burger waiting time.
Definitely a try for those are burger hippie, or simply when you are around that area,

Burger Junkyard,
No. G-23 Empire Damansara, Jalan Pju 8/8,
Damansara Perdana, 47820, Petaling Jaya
Operating time : 12pm-2.30pm, 6pm-9.30pm, closes on Sunday


June 1, 2014

Taiwan - Overview

The Master Plan of Taiwan


So you are thinking about travelling to Taiwan and have no idea where to start? Here's some information of my itinerary for my trip. Guide for 7 days in Taiwan.

Day 1 - Arrival
Our flight ticket was just Rm900 with return flight, however this consider a mid range priced(can get even cheaper if we purchase earlier with AirAsia free seat promo). We ain't complain much on winter season.
Due to night flight, we stay our night at City Suite @TaoYuan for Rm300.

Day 2 - TaiChung
Took bullet train to TaiChung from TaoYuan that cost NTD540. Then we checked in to our Ming Shu which can be found in HERE.
Feng Jia Night Market, our night activities. Forget about dinner, snack your way through this night market and be a happy kid to sleep at night.

Day 3 - Qing Jing Farm(清境农场)
We have hired a local tour of 4 days to ease our trip, because some places are just too difficult to go. His name is Panda, although is a bit expensive as compared to other, but his service is very good.
We visited Taroko Gorg(太鲁阁),Qing Jing Farm(清境农场), Carton King(纸箱王) and Small Swiss Garden(小瑞士花园).

Day 4 - Sun Moon Lake(日月潭)
We visited Sun Moon Lake(日月潭) and Paper Dome.

Day 5 - Jiu Fen(九分)
Visited Jiu Fen and Jiu fen Old Street(九分久道)

Day 6 - Yang Ming Shan( 阳明山)
Visited Yang Ming Shan, have lunch at Kuang An Temple(广安庙). Then headed to Dan Shui(淡水).

Day 7 - 故宫(National Palace Museum)
Visited 故宫(National Palace Museum), then Xi Men Ding(西门町).

Day 8 - MaoKong, Shi Lin Market
Visited MaoKong for some tea. Then Shilin for the food.

Day 9 - Taipei 101
Visited Taipei 101.

Total Cost : Rm2.5k

Ok I lied, it surpose to be 9 days, but 1st and last day doesn't consider full day, So make it a 7 day guide?

Anyway, have fun in Taiwan.

March 30, 2014

Johnny Rockets @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara

Milk Shake at it's finest


A hamburger restaurant featuring retro style American diner - Johnny Rockets finally arrives on its first branch @ The Curve, Mutiara Damansara. Checker board floor design, with overall white and red definitely eye catchy and appetising. The branch in The Curve is large enough to fit in round 40-50 tables, and despite that we are still having trouble getting a table because it is usually crowded with hungry customers. Especially on weekends, I have to wait approximately 30 minutes for me to get a table for four.

Picture by HungryGoWhere
I was being told their milk shake are the best there is, so I order one. I'm not quite a sweet tooth person, but man this milk shake is so good. Creamy, smooth, milky and the vanilla flavour just exploded in your mouth with a chilly touch. However, is still too sweet for my taste.

[TIPS] : Because the milk shake is too sweet for me, I have to suffer the sweetness in my throat till I found 7-Eleven to buy a bottle of water to rinse my throat because they DO NOT serve plain water. Yes, they only sell mineral water on a ridiculous price of Rm5 per bottle. So BRING YOUR OWN WATER.

Vanilla Milk Shake - Classic - Rm14.90
The Original Hamburger as their slogan said, why would you choose other than 'The Original' burger from their menu.

'The Original'
Juicy beef patties with fresh lettuce, pickles, onion and cheese dressed

February 24, 2014

Randaevoo @ Ativo Plaza, Bandar Sri Damansara

Rendezvous on Randaevoo


Pretty cleaver name for this Cafe because Rendezvous in French means to meet up, and this cafe are inviting customers to meet up in their Cafe.
Locating in the newest area - Ativo Plaza, Bandar Sri Damansara, a morden complex with similar design as Jaya One and Sunway Giza, this classy cafe is not far away from One Utama.

Picture by Eat Drink KL
At the first look of the design itself, it reassemble Plan B by the B.I.G group. With black bars, covered with glass and yellow lightning, giving it a contemporary look but somewhat boring as the newer cafe are abusing these style of front design now a days.
Napkin by Rondaevoo
The main selling point of Rondaevoo is their Fresh, Nutritious, & Organic food and coffee.

January 8, 2014

[Blog] - Apple's Store Red Friday

An Apple a day, keep Andriod away

Apple Malaysia Online Store will be having a sales on this coming Friday 10th January 2013. Most probably will be the older version of Macs and Ipod for clearing stock purpose. But still might be a very good deal for those who wants a Mac for work or home use while doesn't care about the 4th gen vs 3rd gen processor. Just merely 10% performance increase while price cut might be more than 10%, do the math.

Get your credit/debit card ready and do some Apple shopping.

Source : http://store.apple.com/my/browse/new_year/red_friday