Laksa Janggus

Sure it's fun to drive around and try new stuff, new food and new environment. sounds like i'm off to somewhere not in malaysia. hihih. i'm went back to penang last weekend and some how manage to squeeze in a lil trip to have laksa janggus with my bff, awe.

we went out for wolverine, tickets sold out and there's only couple of seats left in the front row. frustated, we tried to check other movies; it's just the same. i think people are using labour day as relaxing day or movie day like what we r doing now. we bought the front row seats. lucky enough the seats tilt back a bit so u won't cramp your neck while watching 2 hours of Hugh Jackman (wolverine), Danny Henney (zero) and Taylor Kitchs (gambit). Hehehe.. googled them after the movie.

so, after having so much of them, (their images planted in my head up until now) awe and i went off to balik pulau, even though she's staying in penang, she haven't tried laksa janggus yet. what's so special about laksa janggus?

honestly speaking, i'm not a huge fan of laksa. i've tried few laksa penang before. a friend of mine, shara is a big sucker for laksa. she can have it everyday. there are few places i went to and tried the laksa, like kuala kangsar laksa (sucks!), laksa shack (even worse! i don't think they should be allow to operate!).

laksa janggus serves penang style laksa. for those who doesn't know, there are different kind of laksa in malaysia, laksa penang, laksa kedah, laksa kelantan, laksa johor, laksa singapura. Laksa Janggus offers laksa penang, small bowl for RM1.20 and regular bowl for RM2.oo and u can't even finish the regular bowl. it's a lot. there's other meal as well, kuey teow soup, mee hoon soup and some cucur udang, pisang goreng and of course rojak! u have to q up to get your laksa and drinks. oh ya! apart from laksa, u should try ABC. air batu campur or in penang they are known as ais kacang.

don't be confused ya, laksa janggus (janggus is cashewnut) doesn't has cashewnut serves with any meals. it's just happened that the place is located under cashewnut's tree. lovely place. lovely village environment.

how to get there? well, basically u have to get to penang first, then just follow a signboard to Balik Pulau, u can take Relau or Genting to get to Balik Pulau. Once u r in Balik Pulau, search for Pulau Bentong or Kampung Perlis, once u've turn in, turn left on the first junction, drive on till u see a pink mosque/masjid, turn right on it just drive straight, u can see there's lots of cars parked alongside of the road. laksa janggus would be on your right. it's open everyday except wednesday, 2pm till 7.30pm.

have fun!

Chilli's @ KLCC

After sometime staying away from KLCC, it's nice to go back and check out what's new in KLCC. On my way back from work last week, I heard that there's a photography exhibition in Petronas Gallery. So me and a friend of mine, Musfiza aka Kak Fiza, took a trip to KLCC. Owh! I'm supposed to explain why I stay away from KLCC. I can't stand the crowd during weekends. That's why if you ask me to go to shopping complex during weekend, I'll just pass. It's not that I don't want to go out with you, I just couldn't stand the crowd.

Anyway, back to the original story. We went to couple of shops to find stuff. It's Kak Fiza's stuff. We managed to check out the exhibition, I'm a bit dissappointed. I thought it's going to be a candid of black & white pictures of our artists. It's more to studio-taking-photos. However, it's not that bad, inspired me to polish my photography skills! For those who wanted to check it out, you still can visit the exhibition by Soraya Yusof Talismail, from November 4th untill January 18, 2009.

There's an exhibition of sculptures from Ameen Gulgees, it's very artistic (which kind of hard for me to interpret what she's trying to say) and fun too. We must be very loud cause the next thing we know the security guard is checking out the sculpture for himself; just to confirm what we've discussed while checking out the sculptures. Huhuhu. That's fun though! Let's do it again! further details of these exhibitions; http://www.galeripetronas.com.my/

After walking for couple of hours, we had our lunch at Chilli's. Though the food is pricey (for me!) but it's worth it. I had lamb shoulder and Kak fiza had monterey chicken (not sure bout the spelling). The lunch was splendid! Rugi Kak Muna tak join kite!! Hihihih.

Had enough with KLCC, we took train to PS (as in Petaling Street). I'm going to find a perfect beg for myself. Huhuhuh. That will take a while. We go around and around and another round of PS, but I couldn't find the right bag for me. Kak Fiza already bought her bag! And she didn't plan to buy a bag. I'm supposed to buy bag, not her.. I like this bag, Chloe; try to bargain. the salesgirl set the price at RM185!! Do I look like I'm not local? Is it so obvious?? Told her that I'll take the bag for RM50 only. Everyone knows PS is fulll of pirated stuff. RM50 considered high enough ok. At the end, I didn't buy that bag. End up buying some Jimmy Choo bag because that guy really know how to sell. Love the bag!

Kak Fiza show me the best place to have tau foo fa, do u know the chinese stall at the corner in the middle of PS? It doesn't even have a place for u to sit. U can enjoy ur meal while standing. Lot's more stuff I didn't mention here. Too lazy to type. HIhihih..

Q Thai

Working is always tiring, don't u think? Weekdays, i caught up with my work and weekends, worst! always and always for my family.

I always appreciate simple pleasure during working hours. A good laugh, ease music, good mate and the most important thing is good food during you lunch. Hihihi.. It's always about food. Well, u are reading my blog already, keep reading.. go on.. keep reading it.. :)

I had to give a brand briefing thingy last Friday. To those who know me, I sucks in presenting stuff in public. Hate being in the spotlight, Hate it when people staring at u and listen to every word u said. Some people enjoying it but not for me. It gave me a nervous breakdown. I am so nervous of the presentation day that I've dreamed about it a nite before. Sucks!! Tell me about it!

So after the eventful briefing (managed to deliver the message; i think!) Me and my colleagues decided to try new restaurant. Its called Q Thai. Since I'm working in Cyberjaya, of course Q Thai is located at Cyberjaya, Street Mall to be exact. Very nice, cozy place. Deco wise, it does not reflect Thai that much, I've seen better! But the food is sooooo... yummy! Or may be it's because I love gravy thingy.

Don't care, I ordered beef kuey teow something.. something. Can't remember. Just look at the picture, it tasted really good. It's not that spicy or sour or salty, it's just nice. U can taste the food well. Please go there and try it for yourself. Very nice. A friend of mine ordered tom yam meehoon, which taste good as well and the other girl had some kind of soup (not sure what it is) and the most interesting is a bowl of rice, with Thai green curry and mango salad. It's a food that Siamese used to eat back in Thai. Yummy! the green curry is totally different from local orange reddish and yellowish curry.

To help you guys, I've managed to get the details for the restaurant,

Contact Details:
+603 8318 9099
+603 8318 9097

Address:
Q-Thai Restaurant
Lot X
Street Mall
Persiaran Multimedia
Cyberjaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Malaysia

Business Activities:
Serving delicious Thai cuisine

Have FUN!! I will tell you guys my experience with Noodle Station soon!!

Sawarabina

Huhuhu.. We are in the second week of Syawal. Missed my frens sooo much. Hope none of them bloated with all the rendangs, puluts and ketupats during raya.

So, last nite Shara, Lydia and me went out for dinner. We've tried a new dish called chick peas; originated from Syria. It's an appetizer comes with bread which looks like chapati (but taste much better than chapati) a special sauce from Syria which contain olive oil and diced tomatoes in it. The owner gives us a chance to try arab chilli sauce. It taste very different from the sauce that we've always eat before. The arab chilli sauce is not spicy at all, the chef did put garlic sauce together with the arab chilli sauce. For those who eat it, please standby a mint chewing gum extra strong or you date will ran away!

How to eat the food? Well, i'm not sure how to really eat it but who cares? i really enjoy the meal. Hope you would try it too!

Owh! forgot to mention the location. its called SAWARABINA restaurant, and the one that we went located at Hartamas Square (google it).

Gonna go food hunting! Daaaaaaa

Ole-Ole Bali

Other than busy with upcoming Hari Raya, and new job, I barely have time to try new recipe. Can't post any new recipe today. So I am going to share something else with you guys.

Last week, me and the girls went out for 'buka puasa'. Sponsored by the newly wed Mr&Mrs Papa. Xue said its a treat for her delegation who runs around like headless chicken on her wedding day. huhuhu.. Love the wedding.

Anyway, have anyone tried Ole-Ole Bali? Hihih.. Nice restaurant! Located at Sunway Pyramid, Subang (you can see it when you drive pass Sunway Pyramid). As per her name, Ole-Ole Bali serves traditional food from Bali. I would recommend Ole-Ole Trio for everybody! (Luvv it!!)

*Thanks to Shara & Apap for the pic!