Minum Petang 21 Julai 2009

Minum petang hari ini yang penuh dengan kenikmatan ... haha

marble cheese cake dengan kopi strawberry

Teh Tarik Strawberry

Inilah Teh Tarik Strawberry yang menjadi kegilaan saya sekarang. Stok mesti sentiasa ada, kalau tak mesti susah hati... hehehehe....

Masalahnya satu je... hanya satu kedai kat Cameron je yang jual teh ini, kedai 88 yang berada di antara Blue Valley dengan Simpang Pulai. Jadi kalau nak cari stok, terpaksalah ke Cameron, jadi bila ada kat sana, terpaksalah beli stok berkotak kotak sebab takkan nak berulang ke Cameron tiap2 bulan.... hehe

Durian Kampung Basung

Dapat Durian ni percuma pemberian dari sorang staff kat resort. Sebenarnya dapat tiga bijik tapi passing2 kat orang lain yang dua bijik lagi takut 'Blood Sugar' me'roket' naik kalau saya bedal tiga bijik durian sekaligus, kalu diikutkan sejarah lepas setakat tiga bijik tu sambil dok lepak2 pejam sebelah mata pon boleh 'langsai' sekejap je.

Tahun ni musim durian betul2 menjadi kat area kenyir ni. Di sepanjang perjalanan menuju ke tasik kenyirni merata rata boleh jumpa bangsal menjual durian di tepi jalan. Kalau ikutkan hawa nafsu, memang dah 'check-in' dalam hospital lagi sekali saya tahun ni. Tulah sebab control ayu jer bila nengok durian. Pandang sebelah mata je walaupun airlio tak berenti meleleh.....

Makan Malam 1 Julai 2009

Hidangan cuci mulut... pulut mangga yang sememangnya bagus untuk diabetes yang dihidapi oleh saya. Kalau Doktor saya tenguk pasti meletup. Pulut yang memang dia tak bagi makan. Atas pulut tu pulak diorang tabur gula.. waduhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!

Pastu pulak santan yang memang mempunyai kandungan kolesterol yang tinggi. Bagus untuk makhluk yang menghadapi masalah kadar kolesterol yang tinggi dalam darah macam saya ni....hahahahahaha

Hidangan utama malam ni pulak.... Nasi kerabu dengan ayam bakar. Banyak pulak nasi dia letak. Satu lagi hidangan yang gerenti akan menyebabkan doktor saya meletup......hhmmmmm

Candle Light Dinner

The 'Puteri Lilin' Gang

Had dinner in Pantai Kelulut last few days with the Puteri Lilin gang. Was actually dragged by them and without much protest i volunteered to be the official 'Bapak Ayam' that nite as there was 4 of the ladies and myself was the only guy during that outing. It's quite a scene also as after the food arrived they were quite busy posing with the food and everybody was looking at our table. Also there were quite some envious stares from other guys at me as the 4 ladies walked behind me all the way to the table. I was tempted to say all 4 of them were my wives and wouldn't that be a nasty suprise to all the guys staring at us...hahaha

All in all, it was a satisfying dinner as we managed to knock off one kilo of kerang bakar, one pari bakar, one siakap steam, one ' ayam laut' bakar berempah and also sotong celup tepung. you never guess looking at their petite sizes (except for only one chubby sized, but pls don't tell her that i called her chubby... mampos aku kena pukul dgn dia) that these girls really can wallop.

My Lunch Today

This is prepared by the Chef for me , Talapia Bakar with Garam Kunyit only. Grilled under the Salamander to ensure no oil is used.

This was prescribed by the the doctor, a special milk for diabetecs to replace rice. Just one glass is enough to replace all the nutrients in a plate of rice minus the sugar content.

This was not eaten by me but the chef who wallop this plate of Nasi Kerabu Daging Bakar in front of me. Make my mouth watery you know...hahahahaha

Christmas Eve Dinner 2008

Cold Platter

Assorted Fruits

Fruit Cake

Log Cake

Gingerbread House

Cold Platters

GM Farewell Dinner

The Maintenance Manager showing his dangdut moves to the Financial Controller

Karaoke Session

Makan Makan Session

Parting gift to the GM

Yours Truly Saying A few Words

A farewell dinner was held to bid goodbye to our GM who has opted to end his contract and pursue his career at a much greener pasture at Ibai Golf and Country Club aka Tuanku Mizan Golf Club last nite(23rd December 2008). We had our dinner session at a private room enjoying a nine course chinese set dinner. All the Department heads of the resort was present in the informal dinner that nite.

Among the items savoured during the dinner was a 4 seasons hot and cold dish which serves spring rolls, calamari, prawns and mussels.

Second course was Sharkfin soup with crabmeat. It was just perfect and no need to add vinegar as sometimes you have to at some Restaurants.

Then come the Butter prawns which was nice also. And scallops in noodle basket. Now. this item i savoured with gusto also as it's damn expensive and not often you would find it served. We also had Free Range Kampung Chicken served in herbal soup which was marvellous. We also had Sweet and Sour Garoupa. For vege we had Siew pak Choy with Black Mushrooms in Oyster sauce. Second last was seafood fried rice and lastly followed by fruit cocktail for dessert.

After the dinner we had a karaoke session. The dinner lasted until midnight when we broke off and made our way back to the jungle again. All in all, it was a nice and enjoyable dinner and luckily they could not persuade me to sing or else it would be raining all the way back.

Lunch Today

Guess who i had lunch with today. Well, no other than the famous host of Jalan Jalan Cari Makan, Maria Tg. Sabri of course. She's here at the resort shooting for the ZOOM programme for Tourism Malaysia.

A very nice lady who is very approachable, it's very easy to entertain her unlike some others who are quite difficult. She's very nice in person and that makes my job a whole lot easier and the whole production crew was also very cooperative. Well, half of the day today was sppent with them shooting around the resort and i only managed to sit down at the office after lunch. It was worth all the effort though.

IKETERU

Visited an old friend working in KL Hilton the other day. As he was working at the Japanese Restaurant (IKETERU), i decided to sample some of the dishes available there. The restaurant itself is divided to three areas which is the Teppanyaki, Sushi and ala-carte dining. For that day i decided to sit at the sushi bar and enjoy the offerings there. I was lucky enough to be introduced by my friend to Chef Voon, the Sushi Chef himself and luckier when my food was prepared by Chef Voon himself. Not everyday that you can indulge your palates by the master himself.

The picture above is one of the items that was prepared and reccomended by Chef Voon. It is 'Tuna with Momotaro tomatoes topped with Bonito Flakes in Special Sauce' The chilled tuna i don't have to describe because it's taste is perfect. The intersting part is that the Momotaro tamotoes are a species which originates from Japan but now are grown at Cameron Highlands. You have to eat the Tuna together with the tomatoes to get the full flavor of both. The bonito flakes adds crispiness to the dish. But the main factor which is the sauce which gives full flavor to the dish. Thumbs up for this one.

The dish above is created by Chef Voon and he presented this complimentary to me to try. It is 'Salmon wrapped over Cheese and Manggo'. My verdict. Delicious!. The flavors of the tuna mixed with the saltiness of the cheese and sweet taste of the manggo erupts the full flavors in your mouth at one shot. No soya sauce or wasabe for this one. It's supposed to be eaten on it's own.

This is my favorite dish wherever i go to a japanese restaurant. Unagi.. eels.. some of you mught not like this but for me.. i just love 'em. One of the best unagi dishes that i have ever tasted. Just the right combination of kikkoman and the other ingrediants that made this this perfect. How much does it cost?  RM 58++. But worth every cent of it.

This is the main dish that i had at the restaurant that night. It's the sushi platter called 'Sansui'. I dont know what is Sansui and it's meaning in English, but this one really is nice. A combination of Tuna, Salmon, Calamari and i don't know what is the other two ingredients... haha.. forget to ask ... All the items is chilled, not frozen mind you and some are air flown from Japan. The cost of this dish.. simple as you might say.. RM 100 ++per platter

All in all this Restaurant is really a good place to wine and dine and worth every cent you spent.

Rating for IKETERU

Food Quality      :   4.5/5(MUST GO)

Service                  :   4/5

Pricing and value for money spent : 4.5/5

SOHO

Went to Bangi the other day and was reccomended by a friend to makan makan at SOHO in Bangi. When I arrived at the place, the makcik has already arrived earlier and ordered Limau Suam and Tauhu Bakar. I shared the tauhu bakar and it actually tastes good with all the right flavour combined to make it one of the best that i have ever tasted. Still cannot beat the Tauhu Bakar at the old Food Court at Section 14 PJ(near the old Jaya Supermarket/below the parking ) though. That one was better.

We proceed to other dinner and the makcik ordered Nasi Goreng Kerabu and yours truly ordered Nasi Goreng SOHO. We also decided on Kerapu Bakar and Kerabu Perut. When the food arrived at an acceptable time after our order..(the service there is normal.. not  fast and not too slow) we started to indulge ourselves with the food.

The Nasi Goreng Kerabu was nothing exceptional and the presentation was like any other 'TomYam Shop'. The taste is bordering to bland and nothing special about it. I would not reccomend that to anyone who wants to try this dish. Try others... not the Nasi Goreng Kerabu!

My dish was Nasi Goreng SOHO. In terms of Food Presentation, only one simple word... OUT.. no presentation at all. But wait!!!! the taste... it tastes like Nasi Goreng Maggi Mee Kari.. thats right.. the perencah kari of Maggi Mee.. the makcik tasted it and come to the same conclusion. For a signature dish which features the Restaurant's name... they use Maggi Mee perencah!!! The only thing which is positive about the dish was the four medium size udang that they put there.. i couln't the grade size but it's somewehere between small and medium grade. Other than that, nothing special about this supposed to be special dish...

The next thing we ordered was the Kerabu Perut... to keep things simple.. just one statement.... NO GOOD... don't order this.

Lastly.. the Ikan Bakar.. we choosed kerapu and guest what.. there was only one kerapu available at the Ikan Bakar Stall.. hampess... so, we had to take that one... and when the dish arrived... it was covered all over with rempah and Chinese Parsley as garnishing.. after shifting through all the debris, finnally we found the fish. Sad to say that the fish is not fresh.. the flesh is tasteless like it was in the cold room for five months and just came out from storage. However the rempah was good and it covers the bland taste of the fish. 

Verdict for Ikan Bakar.. make sure the fish is fresh than only you order.

As for the price.. All of the above food plus four drinks.. RM 53.00... not money worth spent.

The Ikan picture above is after we consumed half of it... hehehe.. sorry about that.. but lapar.. cannot tahan.. wallop first and think later....

Overall rating for this restaurant...  

Food Quality      :   1/5(NO GO)

Service                  :   2.5/5

Pricing and value for money spent : 2/5

Kijang Meat

Got a nice suprise the other day. The chef came back from cuti yesterday and brought some 'Kijang meat' from his kampung. Now, how he got hold of the meat i don't know  and i don't want to know. So yesterday, we had this 'kijang meat' for lunch yesterday. I had never tasted 'kijang' before.. wild deer meat i tasted a few times... but not 'kijang' and 'napoh'. 

It was quite interesting the taste of the meat. It was tender and does not need any tenderiser. It was only fried with garam and kunyit but it was quite good. Was still juicy also. Not bad for my first taste.

Makan Time

What's the highlight of your day?

For me sometimes just sitting at the dining table and appreciating the food served is an experience which help smooth the rough edges that comes part and parcel with my daily work challenges. Though the Restaurant has a new menu just introduced early this month, the process of ordering can be quite an ordeal if you happens to live in a resort and eat at the same place day in day out. I was cracking my head just trying to figure out what to order, when i finally decided in Fried Yee Mee, my boss also ordered the same thing. To avoid being accused of being a copycat, a last minute decision was made in my mind to just change to Char Kuey Teow.

Well, any meal is as good as any and you don't expect Fine Dining quality food from a normal Restaurant, just eat what is available. Anyway, after working in the hospitality industry since 1996, everything tastes the same. You can see for yourself what i ate. Sorry about the picture quality, but the phone camera is a little bit blur since i dropped it last time.(Actually i dropped it twice allready).

Anyway... Bon Appetit