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My Birthday Pork Burger @ Cristang

Thursday, September 2nd, 2010

On the exact birthday, which was on 21st March, I went for pork burger dinner with my blogger friends at Cristang!

Here are some photos of the place. Food and camho shots will be up tomorrow!

It’s actually a small little shop which can probably fit 40 pax and thats it.

The interior is quite relaxing and homely.. and there’s a bar at one side of the restaurant.

We were seated at the long table which I had reserved for 20 pax. LOVEEEE this shot! Damn nice bokeh and highlight of the cardboard. ehhehe

We then checked out their list of pork burgers.. yummmmmm heard it’s good!

All the piggies on the counter ahhhaa

OK now that we r done with the photos of Cristang…

Ready to meet the pork burgers? LOL Come back tomorrow for some amazing shots.

CRISTANG
Jalan Sungai Jernih 8/1 Seksyen 8, 46050 Petaling Jaya, Selangor - 03-7956-7877

02.09.2010 Food 2 Comments

My Fullhouse Birthday Dinner

Tuesday, August 31st, 2010

Back in March, I celebrated my birthday with Siaogang and some friends at FullHouse, YapKwanSeng.

The theme that night was purple and pink!

Some food we ordered.

Thanks to everyone for coming to the dinner!

Chicken chop, pasta, lemon fish etc etc were all over the table hehe

3 purple + 1 pink. Nice combination yo! Thanks Hawmeng for coming… thanks Eesze for dragging him here. lol

This one looks good… wonder who ordered this.

Malcolm was having dinner there as well that night, so he joined us for a photo, hence the out of theme, brown shirt.

MORE TOMORROW!

31.08.2010 Celebration, Food, Gatherings 12 Comments

Food at Gardens Cafe

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Now that Hatyai is done, let’s get back to our regular programming.

Months back, we went for dinner at Gardens Cafe at the Curve to celebrate Rames’ birthday.

Check out the food we ordered.

This was mine. Too small portion. Dont order this.

Too dry. Better order something else.

Jacklyn ordered this. She complained that it was tasteless.

This was great according to Rames.

Group shot of us Siao Gang & Friends before we cut cake sing song.

After that we went for drinks at Craft Brews.

26.08.2010 Celebration, Food, Gatherings 4 Comments

Back from Step Up 3 Screening!

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Thanks Advertlets for the movie!

Storyline was okay.. very predictable.. I find the movie rather short… but the dance moves were AWESOME! If you love dancing and love seeing people dance.. this IS the movie for you.

Before the movie, we all went dinner at Otak Otak Place.

Then we all met up outside the cinema and the camhoring session began. hahahaha

The Alpha trio is here again! ahahahah

There was a boob expo too. Thanks for the volunteers: Missycheerio and Chammaine. LOL

The famous Jeremy was there too!

Last but not least.. a group shot! Not everyone lah .. the rest all busy camhoring elsewhere ehhhee

26.08.2010 Events, Food, Gatherings 15 Comments

Hatyai Day 3 + Memorable Moments

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

OK the 3rd day was also the day we bid goodbye to Hat yai. Here are some photos from day 3 + some memorable photos and video.

Hatyai Day 1 Update click here
Hatyai Day 2 Update click here

As usual, in the morning we had breakfast at the hotel coffee house. Then we left for airport and boarded Air Asia to come back to KL.

The flight crew were very friendly and were willing to pose for the camera when requested. Thanks girls!

Goodbye Thailand… and hello Malaysia

Here are 3 memorable shots.. ahah actually more of my self shots lah

Did many smashpOp Jumps in Hatyai.. here is one of them. Just in case you haven’t seen smashpOp Jumps before, check out the JUMPILATION GALLERY.

One of my favourite shots from the floating market. She was very friendly.. and the red ruby dessert she were selling was awesome!
See the notice she placed on her boat? We can actually bring the clay containers home after we finished the dessert. Damn good!

Another poserpOp shot… hehe thanks Jian for taking this. We visited the train station on day 1. Nice experience.

OK boys and girls aunties and uncles……….
Here’s a compilation of some memorable moments caught on video.

PLEASE WATCH! ehehhehehe

MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS SOON!

Visit Airasia website now to book your flights to Hatyai!
No more long hours drive on boring highways! Flight only takes about 1hr. Save time!

24.08.2010 Food, Travel, smashpOp Jump 8 Comments

Hatyai Day2 Update: Floating market, Songkhla Mermaid & Eating insects

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

This is the summary post of what we did on the 2nd day in Hatyai.. which was.. 2 days ago. Detailed post with more photos and videos will be up soon.
I posted summary of day 1 previously. Click here to view my Hatyai Day 1 update.

Thanks to Air Asia again for flying us there. Air Asia now flies to Hatyai! No more long hours drive on boring highways! Flight only takes about 1hr. Save time!

So we woke up early in the morning at about 830am for breakfast. Our stay included buffet breakfast for 2 days. Then we hired a guy to drive us around and to bring us to Songkhla. Songkhla is a province in Thailand and Hatyai is just one of the districts in it.

First location was up the hill! They had this Buddha statue on the top overlooking the whole Hatyai. The statue you see at the bottom right is actually statue of the Kuan Yin. This is a must visit spot if you like taking photos of scenery.

We spent like an hour here and took 1000 photos. LOL.. a group shot before leaving for the next destination.

The guide brought us to the sea… I actually didnt know anything about this place.. I later found out that it’s called the Samila Beach and there’s a very famous mermaid statue there. Of course we went and camho with the mermaid. Hahahah

The next destination where we went for lunch… was one of the best/most relaxing one I’ve visited during this whole trip. The car had to go on a ferry ride to make a journey across the Songkhla lake to this place called Yo Island(that’s what it says on Google maps).

It’s a fishing village and we had seafood by the sea next to some mangrove swamp.. which looked good in photos.. hehe (Click here or the photo above to enlarge)

We ordered green curry chicken, sea bass prepared in 2 styles; steam and fried in sweet & sour sauce and a fried kangkung dish. Superb. We also had coconut juice each.. and we only paid about 220Baht each.. which is about RM22. Very cheap.

Oh we also went to the Underwater world in Songkhla.. entry was 300Baht each.(RM30).. looks exactly the same as other underwater worlds like the one in Langkawi, Aquaria KLCC and Sentosa in SG.

My most looked forward destination on the 2nd day was Khlong Hair, aka The Floating Market. At the pathway to the river, they had stalls selling all kinds of food… including fried insects and worms… we braved ourselves and bought some and each of us tried different ones. I tried the cricket. Tasted ok.. ahhaa I had videos of us trying them… will try to post them up soon.

I love this floating market. Although its not as grand as the one in Bangkok… but it was satisfying enough for the floating market virgin me. Hahahah

Our day 2 in Hatyai ended at the night market where we bought food and other stuff.

MORE PHOTOS AND VIDEOS SOON! STAY TUNED!
Hat Yai Day 3 + Memorable moments blog post will be up next!

Visit Airasia website now to book your flights to Hatyai!

22.08.2010 Food, Travel 14 Comments

Hatyai Update 1: Tuktuk, Leaning Buddha & Food Hunting

Saturday, August 21st, 2010

OK As you may know, I am currently in Hat yai and here are some photos of what happened yesterday.
This is a summary post. Details and more photos/videos will be up in soon.

So Air Asia just launched their flight from KL to Hatyai and they have invited a few bloggers to experience the inaugural KUL-Hatyai flight there. In this photo you see me from Malaysia, Adrian from Singapore, Niza and Qasturi both AirAsia crew, Jian from Malaysia and Iska from Indonesia.

Now everyone can fly.. to HATYAI! No need to drive on super long highways from one country to another… save lots of time.. cos the flight takes only 1 hour! Thanks to Air Asia.

The welcoming ceremony when we landed in Hatyai was AWESOME. They had people forming lines on both sides welcoming us with flowers, souvenirs etc etc… and another section with people holding these “Welcome to Songkhla” boards…. local media was snapping photos and videos of us coming down from the plane. Thanks Airasia for flying us here.

The hotel we are staying in now is called J.B Hotel. Not the best one I’d say… probably a 2-3 stars hotel.. AirAsia.. you’ve got to do better than this. hehe.

First thing we did was to look for food. The locals there kept telling us that this wooden roadside stall sells very nice fried kuey teow so we went to give it a try. Not bad.. we had more things there.. some deserts and Thai version of Otak-otak.. but i’ll show those photos next time.

We then took the Tuk-tuk van to our first Hatyai attraction: The leaning buddha aka “Hat Yai Nai”. Tuk-tuk rides in Hatyai are by default 20 Baht. If you are paying more than 20, you are paying too much.

They famous Hat Yai Nai is actually located nearby the town… so its easy to get to. More shots from this spot soon.

When you go to Hatyai, you have to try their Bird’s nest desert, it’s damn cheap there.. ahaha this one I had was just 200 Baht… which is about RM20. Of course, they are categorised into quality… the lowest quality one.. which is this one you see in the photo.. is the cheapest. Better ones are priced at 300 Bhat, 500 Baht & up.

In the evening we went food hunting at the streets… hehe we managed to find some stalls selling some unique desserts, fried stuff and other types of food. Videos of us trying them will be uploaded soon.

We ended our Day 1 in Hatyai by going to this famous restaurant called “Kam Eng” that serves cheap Thai food. It’s a must to try out the Tom Yam when we are in Thailand, rite?

Hatyai Day 2 summary will be up tomorrow!
I’ll be back in KL tomorrow btw (21 Aug).

Visit Airasia website now to book your flights to Hatyai!

21.08.2010 Food, Travel 17 Comments

Mango Sago Guys & Girls

Wednesday, August 18th, 2010

OK last post from Funky Villa. After dinner we went upstairs to chill and to try some of their desserts.

This one was nice but not cold enough.

Sipping with Yvonne

Seriously.. it’s perfect for 10 ppl lol cos 6 of us couldnt finish this.

We were caught camhoring LOL

By these 2 ladies hehe

Ok a proper one of our muskels.

Photo taken from Alexander Voo’s flickr.

18.08.2010 Food 3 Comments

Funky people funky food

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010

OK now that we have seen the faces at the dinner at Funky Villa.. its time to checkout the food!

I like their funky wall design.. hehe ok ok here comes the food.

We tried 3 of their famous drinks, Iced Roselle, Iced Tamarind and Iced Lemongress. The one I like most is the Roselle. At first sip, I thought I was drinking some sweetened flower petals, then only I found out it was made of rose and its good for health.

We ordered a few appetisers. My favourite was this, Half Boiled Eggs Wrapped in FishCakes. It’s superb I tell you! It’s not the ordinary thai fish cake that you tried before. This one is specially made fish cakes wrapping half boiled eggs with some of their own gravy.. heavenlike. Yumz!

Another one I enjoyed was this.
Imagine… fish floss with peanut.. mixed it with mango slices = wow. Lol I rate this 9/10. My mouth is watering as Im typing this lol.

This is new to me as I’ve never tried before elsewhere. Prawn Wrapped In Vermicelli. This one is like prawns wrapped in springroll skin + crunchy vermicelli. Rangup dan lazat as some might say.. ahhaha. Ok enough about the starters. Here comes the main dishes!

This one is called Basil Leaf Beef. I’m a beef lover and therefore I love this. Ahaha. It has a little bit of spiciness and a little bit of sweet which carries very well with the tender beed and basil leaves. I would’ve finished the whole thing if I could. I rate this one 9.5/10.

I can still remember the taste of this very well. The sweet and sour gravy with tangy cuttlefish is to die for. If you want to fully enjoy yourself, you have to order this Steam Squid. Just by looking at the colourful chopped garlic, lime and chilli will get you hungry straight away.