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Kill Routine with Judy Lin

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One of the famous entertainment show that my housemate influence me into was Wo Cai, Wo Cai, Wo Cai Cai Cai (Guess Guess Guess). From the first show I watched, I got addicted to the engaging host as well as the interesting program. From there, I had gotten to know that Taiwan is not only famous for their entertainment industry, but also well-known for its beauty Industry. The people in Taiwan are put a lot of effort in dressing up with fabulous makeup and hair do.

Not only I can see those beauty stylists on TV but now I can see them live personally! Schwarzkopf Professional has invited Judy Lin (a Taiwanese Stylist ) for a talk show that will be held on 17th of October at The Gardens Hotel Ballroom.

For those who need some fresh idea and creativity, this would be an awesome opportunity to learn from one of the best of its industry in Taiwan. She will be giving out simple DIY styling tips by using OSiS products during the show and will be conducting the talk show in Mandarin.

There will be some guests appearance during the talk show and one of the best thing is that you are able to take home goodies bag worth RM226. So hurry! Be the first 150 person to sign up enjoy styling experience on the day by the stylist.

I have just sign up. So what are you waiting for? Sign up now to enjoy all this great benefits by just attending this talk show which is at RM80 and email to : [email protected]/ [email protected] or you can just called up 03-9057 8822 for payment details.

See you guys there~

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Nice Bubble Milk Tea Chatime from Taiwan had landed @ Pavilion

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For me, I would say I am a big fan of bubble tea. Still miss the time when I was studying in Melbourne and take bus back to my house will pass by this bubble tea located at Box Hill Train Station which will definitely walk pass by there. Me and my housemate got addicted till we had 4-5 cups a week till we know most of the people working in there and get to have special mix combination that not in the menu. Chatime had landed in Malaysia.

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After so long, to get a very nice bubble tea in KL is very hard, not until recently I heard one of my friend mention that one of our friend opening a famous Bubble Tea from Taiwan very soon and asking me to watch out. It was not till I heard they are the master owner of this very famous brand for Malaysia market Chatime which located at hottest shopping location area, Level 4, Pavilion (in front of True Fitness). Not to mention I have recently came back from Taiwan and only realise that actual bubble tea is so much different compare to our local market that they have in the mall or pasar malam. They acutally have a very original taste of tea of the mixture rather than most of them are using powder.

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Chatime is quite a well know brand which spread its wings with more than 300 outlets across the globe. One of the drinks to look for is that they do not really use powder but nicely brew tea, mix and match of alot of flavours. Upon ordering we are able to choose less sugar or more sugar just like it is as I experience in Taiwan.

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They have long list of drinks available but this are so far their signature or recommended drink.

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For me the usual way to test the best out of the drink is always go for their original drink ‘Original Milk Tea with Pearls’. Aromatic of tea flavor and milk that doesn’t not taste too condense milky along with the ngam ngam mixed pearl is just good, would just easily beat any of the stalls out there.  RM5.90 – highly recommended

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Another recommendation by one of the staff is ‘Japanese Match Red Bean Smoothie’. If you are looking something cold, then this is an good option, strong green tea flavor that combines well with the red bean that make it solid in taste, and I just forgot to add pearl, it would have been more perfect. RM5.90

So far I like both Snowflakes and Chatime Bubble tea range, something that I would definitely want to have when I go to Pavilion.

For all parties that are interested in getting their Chatime Franchise, please contact them at : 03-77850580

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 8/10, Very Good ah~ Recommended~ -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Chatime
Lvl 4, Pavilion
Jalan Bukit Bintang,
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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Style your way with 4-Play and Hair Spray of Schwarzkopf Professional Osis Range

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Modern lifestyle had created not only women want to looks good when they are out with their friend, so do guys. One of the few fashion iconic that made the trend possible start of with wide publicity of Beckham back in those days. For guys, besides skin to look good, one of the easiest part to take care of is hair.

During my university life, my housemate that got influence of Hong Kong trend makes them into street fashions that are quite trendy; sometimes it takes longer time to set up their hair.

Last time I used to spray my hair a lot to get the solid hair look to ensure it will stand all day long or during clubbing session to make sure I look good during the night. Now, I am going to do step by step how I used to set up my hair to look good as it used to be. Let’s play along with what I have.

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New ala cart menu at Benkay Japanese Restaurant @ Nikko Hotel

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Eating Japanese food can consider everyone’s favorite, but how many of us are able to cook or make sushi? During my uni life at oversea, me and my housemate did try to make sushi ourselves by using our own logic to do it without find a proper recipe to go along with (which is very wrong) but then the meal turns out to be not so bad, the rice we did was using Japanese rice but not as sticky as it is compare to the restaurants.

This time besides eating nice sushi, now I had a chance to learn from the best from Chef Yanagida by teaching us make simple and nice sushis, eg: Nigiri Sushi, Tobiko Gunnkan Nigiri, California Roll and Inari Sushi. During the session, I had hands-on experience by in making the sushi, it was not that easy as I thought by looking at the chef at sushi bar wrapping it but I still prefer my responsible by just eating it.

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All the fresh ingredient prepared for us to get hands on.

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One of the trick to make the rice sticky was to cook a . . . . . . (cannot tell) to make the rice sticky.

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With Chef Yanagida vast experience he had come out with quality food with the Asian and Western Combination.

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After the special sauce was cook, the sauce was pour into the rice and let it dry up. (part to ensure sticky of the rice and aromatic)

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slicing and prepare California Handroll.

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This is the way how you wrap a proper handroll, little ingredient at the start roll to solid in the end.

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Samples of the chef’s creation.

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To make another sushi. . .

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and at the end with my hand’s on…This is my skillfull set of wrapping sushi (please do laugh) . . .

After the mini preview of the class, we head back to another section to enjoy what had been prepared for us.

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Not Just a Good Food Guide

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One of the hope for local F&B industry that one day a publisher will come out with a book for food guide that I did own one when I was in Melbourne, that every time me and my housemate have no idea of what to eat, the food surely comes handy as the recommended food in the book never fail to impress. My version was Cheap Food Guide by The Age year 2005 and they have a few versions of it, one which is Good Food Guide.

I am very happy that recently I get to know that actually we have a local author with a passion to eat and that she was actually involve in hotel management, that is where she began to fall in love with food and since then have been a food hunter and become a blogger since year 2005 ( jommakan.blogspot.com ) and with her compilation throughout the year, she is the author of a new book that recommending all the nice food around KL area, Not Only a Good Food Guide.

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Her new book are available now in most of the bookstores in town that cost around RM42 per book, that will comes in handy to hunt for food.

NST 10 May 2010

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And not until yesterday night, we manage to catch up with the author herself which is very warm and passionate to food, of course as a foodie, her signature is a must in the new book that I just got.

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Me and Alice Yong (the author)

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Pho Hoa – Vietnamese Food @ Tropicana City Mall

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My first try on Vietnamese food was during my college time where there is one quite famous Vietnamese restaurant at Taipan, USJ which is called Vietnam Kitchen. Went to this restaurant quite frequent and I love their soursop drink a lot! Wondering is the restaurant still there and is the quality still the same? Till my very last exposure which I had a satisfying meal was at Pho Hoa months back.

Then recently got a chance to try out their food again, but this round I try out their food at the very wrong time which during 9th God festival which I am on vegetarian.Then my friends they request the kitchen to do vegetarian for me. I plan to go sit and migle around mana tau kena makan.

Drinks to start of with ‘Vietnamese Dripping Coffee’ and if you are looking forward to be caffeinated then this is a good drink to go after. RM5.95

Something thick and creamy yet not that sweet ‘Blended Fresh Avocado Juice’ not my type of drink but still alright. RM7.95

I cannot remember what is the last drink called but I love it, gassy, yet a bit diluted feel but with asam that pulls in the taste of it.

All of us waiting patiently for our food to come and been explain by a friendly host. He is really a great guy.

As I remember when I was studying in Melb I used to hate this a lot because of the vegetable ingredient that they use and my housemate used to ta pau a lot back because he work in a restaurant till my Vietnamese friend teach me how to enjoy it and now it had become one of my favourite.

‘Summer Roll Shrimp, Chicken, Salad & Rice Vermicelli’ RM3.95 per roll as it was wrap solid as it is and you must dip it with the dipping sauce(taste something like, ‘Shrimp paste/penang rojak paste’) to make it very flavourful. Mine this round was pure vegetarian roll. Still as good as it is.

We had a mini version of the appetizer is for food tasting purpose making sure we enjoy most of it.

– Lemon Grass Chicken @RM7.95 per plate of 4 sticks
– Fried Roll @RM3.25 per roll
– Sugar Cane Prawn @RM7.95 per plate of 4 sticks

As this round me on vegetarian,so got no chance to try out but only to see and swallow my saliva but based on my previous food outing, the sugar cane prawn was grill and very aromatic.

 

When it comes to Vietnam food, beef is always their signature. It would be best to eat with beef as ‘Beef Pho with combination of Steak, Brisket, Flank, Tendon and Tripe’ @RM16.95 which is my all time favourite that all the lembu spare parts are in there. The soup base is clear and sweet as it taste like the parts had been cook along in it for hours.

As today I am hunting for healthy food concept, the next serving would be ‘Vermicelli with Veggie and Grilled Chicken’(mine without the chicken) RM12.95. To best eat it is to pour the gravy in, and mix it around like rojak then you eat. Something light and healty which fill in your taste bud with a bit of sour, sweet and clear feeling for you. The chicken meat is to pull up the taste of the veggie which goes along very well with it as what I have been told.


My vegetarian version.

I love my fried taufu very much as it is, fried to perfection to my likings that the outer layer is a bit solid crust crispy and the inside is soft and hot yet the show the taufu with the Vietnamese sauce is just heavenly.

Besides that, they do have ‘Seafood Noodle Soup’ as I did not try out this one, so cant really comment much on this.

Lastly, we got serve with ‘Net Spring Roll with Ice Cream’, a simple ice cream with fried yam that taste very yammmy which makes a perfect couple. RM5.95.

When comes to Vietnam Food, certainly this is in my list to recommend.

Thanks to Richard for organizing and thanks to Sidney for inviting. My last review on the shop, click here

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 8.5/10, Good ~ -Stamped-

–Warning– This is based on my individual taste. Try it at your own risk-

Location:
Pho Hoa
Lot L1-52, First Floor,
Tropicana City Mall,
3,Jln SS20/27
47400, PJ

Tel:03-7728 1714

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