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Best Nasi Lemak @ Restaurant Wong Soon Kee, SS14,PJ

31/07/2014 1 Comment

[Repost cause old pictures were deleted accidentally]

Restaurant Wong Soon Kee is one of my place that I used to eat alot during when I was studying at Metropolitan College back in those very long long time ago. Let me seee…I think should have been around 6 years already as I left Metro was year 2003.hmmmmm….back in those days, would eat late lunch if we crave to go here makan. Cuz they start operating after 2pm. Go too early also don have.

As I tried 2 attempt previously as once they were closed, 2nd time I was too early thought of trying my luck as I was there in that area early, mana tau..don have..

Average queue here is about 10-30 minutes, depends on your timing.

Currently it had become more like a family business whereby 3 of their son is at the stall helping out.

An option for rice or their chee cheong fun

Friendly family service.. . .

Dining in here can be very hot and if you do not mind for a good plate of nasi lemak with some sweat then do drop by.

This is what I usually order back in those days, their signature fried chicken wit white cabbage & mutton (curry banjir)and of course……….

The fried chicken that must not miss. I waited 15 minutes for the chicken and yet they still taste the same as last time.

I highly recommended this place to eat if you stand a chance to go nearby that area.

-= KA CHING =-

Food rating 10/10 ,Very verY GOOD -Stamped-

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

Location:
Restaurant Wong Soon Kee

Jln SS14/2,

Subang ,PJ

[Opposite Maybank/Burger King (SS15)]
(at the junction and nearby the pedestrian walk over link from SS15 to SS14)

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In Chinese Food By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

New Cathay Kopitiam @ Pulau Tikus, Penang

08/04/2013 No Comments

It has been long long time since I last came to this coffee shop and I think the last round I came here was bout 12 years ago, during college time. Used to come here to have our breakfast weekly before class and since then did not really come over. Its one of a famous kopitiam, New Cathay Kopitiam known for breakfast that you will be spoil for choices, as the food here are pretty good.

Till last holiday, went for hiking and came down, then my friend keep asking me where to eat and I mention why not go back to our old kopitiam and he mention good idea where he also did not go there for quite a while.

As usual, I will order my few favourites in a shop and I am suprise to see that this Curry Mee stall is listed as one of a top 10 food to eat in a online guide and my friend told me that their business been so good that make them actually a star in this kopitiam. They also got feature in Penang Food Trail and Rasa Rasa Penang.

All the classic food are available as you name it, most of the food you can get it here, from Char Koay Kak, HOkkien Mee, Char Koey Teow, Wantan Mee, and many more. . .

Not only that, this kopitiam had gain its popularity to many tourist, as the table I am sharing, have Indonesians, Ipoh People and Thai people.

Oh, one of my favourite Indian Apam as Penang version is slightly different to those in KL. Right in the middle we have an egg that makes it flavourful. I forgot to take pic of it. 😀

HOkkien Mee here are pretty good as the soup base are pretty sweet with prawn head taste and I always love mine to have lots of Chili to make it extra kick.

Although Curry Mee are listed in food guide and online guide, I find that the soup flavour is pretty mild with coconut taste and the curry paste they have is slightly different. The squid sauce that make it slightly sweet that doesnt comes to my liking. I prefer other places but well,

This is not Chinese Pan cake, but more like a modified version and used to be famous back in those days and now, I guess many prefer hawker food and I still find this pretty good,as its filled with Banana, raisins, egg and pair with my kopi kau just nice.. @ RM 5

If you are in Penang, you can put this kopitiam as one of your hunting ground for breakfast. . Wan TAn Mee here is quite another signature too. .

Location:
Kedai Kopi New Cathay
Lorong Kucing off Jalan Burma
10350, Pulau Tikus, Penang

Operating Hours : 7am – 1pm

GPS: 5.432376, 100.309504

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In Chinese Food By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Chuan Chiew Bak Kut Teh @ SS 14

28/11/2012 No Comments

It has been a long long time since I last came back here and hunt for Chuan Chiew Bak Kut Teh in this area. Used to be one of my hang out spots when I was studying, till I have a few disappointed bak kut teh hunting around my housing area till have to come back here for a decent one.

SS14 is already quite well know with a street filled with Bak Kut Teh with many offerings. Every shop have their very own customer base and down till which stall you prefer. As too many years back and little did I remember which one was the best and start off with 2nd outlet on the street which is Chuan Chiew.

Early dinner it is as the uncle already busy preparing all his ingredient and cutting it off for waiting customer.

To dine Bak Kut Teh of course the ambiance must be in Kopitiam Style ..

2 types of soup base, one which is all the ingredient being boil along and another one is to mix it around.

After mixture or order, and putting it into claypot, its left on this stove to boil till pippin hot.

I quite like the Dry Bak Kut Teh here as its cook along with dry shrimp, taste of squid that make the slight saltiness and thick soy sauce to make it thick, along with chili padi to make it slightly spicy. Just perfect.

My pippin hot claypot bak kut teh ..

I have a mixture of meat, variety of parts, meat is not too tough yet cook till soft as i prefer. The sad part is always remember to order your needle mushroom to be separated if not the taste of it will over power the taste of the soup. As I order another portion without it. Soup base here is mild not so herbal which most of the locals prefer. Soup definitely can be refillable. I prefer mine to be strong in herbal taste but this is good enough to satisfy.

Overall came up to RM61.20 for soup with portion of 4 and dry bak kut teh with 2 portion and 3 of us just whack it.

*Non- HALAL

-= Ka Ching =-

Food Rating 6.5/10, not bad lah.. ~ -Stamped-

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

All pictures and video taken with Samsung NX 210

Location:

Restoran Chuan Chiew Bak Kut Teh
18, Jalan 14/2
Subang Jaya
47500, Petaling Jaya
Selangor
Tel: 03 – 5633 0629
Business hours: 8am -10pm daily, Closed on Tuesday.

In Featured By Taufulou 2 Mins Read

Movie Review: Hotel Transylvania (3-D)

15/10/2012 No Comments

Movie Genre: Animation/ Comedy/ Family

It has been a while since I last do a movie review as most of the movie I watch was on average or nothing to shout about, and yet this movie I must really do a review on it. I always love to watch animation, that it gives you the happy feeling after that with 3-D effect and always watch animation in 3-D, its just so cool. Although this movie is been in the screen for quite a while and yet still near full house.

Hotel Transylvania is a movie that says something about parenting with famous voices behind such as Adam Sandler, Selena Gomez and many more.. Count Dracula who operates a high-end resort far far away from the human world with a tragedy that his human wife being killed by humans because of him. Left behind is his new born daughter and raise her by himself. As a pain in the tragedy that, he is being over protective over his daughter by building a huge spooky forest with zombie and ghost in between to scared the humans away before reaching his huge castle.

On the special weekend whereby his daughter 118 birthday, he invited all his best friend Frankenstein and his wife, the Mummy, the Invisible Man, a family of werewolves, and many more for this occasion, with a castle that is free from human for long long time till a hiker (human) found this castle. Later scene, by creating all the funs that all monster had never enjoy before and soon fall in love with Dracula daughter. Things grew from there.

I must say its one of the best animation that I have come across so far in year 2012 with great story line, laughter and music. A highly recommended movie that you must watch if you feel stress or not in the mood. Will be a great movie to cheer you up. 🙂 Of course must watch in 3-D.

– Tik Ching, Pass, Stamped –

Overall ratings 9.5/10, very nice with 3-D effect. . . .highly recommended

– The movie rated by me is by my own personal preference. Watch it at your own risk –

In Chinese Food By Taufulou 3 Mins Read

Petaling Street (Chee Cheong Kai) known as ChinaTown @ Kuala Lumpur

04/11/2010 No Comments

It has been long long time since I last went to Petaling Street for food and walk around the area. I think it was 3 years ago since I last visited the place.

Petaling Street or Chee Cheong Kai is know as Chinatown located in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is infamous for pirated clothes and accessories along with bootleg DVDs and CDs. Petaling Street however does not exclusively offer pirated products. Haggling is a common sight here and the place is usually crowded with locals as well as tourists.

The area has dozens of restaurants and food stalls, serving local favourites such as Hokkien mee, ikan bakar (barbecued fish), asam laksa and curry noodles. Traders here are mainly Chinese but there are also Indian, Malay, and Bangladeshi traders. (source Wikipedia)

If you wish to stay around the area, there are many budget hotel available too.

If you love bargaining then this is one of the place you must visit with many things to see for.

One of the food stalls that used to be very famous was this ‘Ikan Bakar’ that is located in front bank. The last time I dine here was about 6 years ago that it was so famous that we have to order first as usually need to wait for around 1 hour and we stroll around the place to see any nice thing to hunt. .

Now the order came less than 5 minutes and the place was not as pack as before.

BBQ under this hot stove pit.

I ordered the ‘Sting Ray, Lala, Squid and Prawns’ RM16 for small. The taste was not as good compare to last time, as it was very spicy (at least I need 4 glass of water to cool it off) and this round, the bottom was burn, and the whole spicy dish is filled a bit with that flavour and the sambal taste is not as nice as it used to be.

When I always come to this area, one of the drink that I will not miss and it is always pack with people is this ‘Air Mata Kucing’ RM1.80 per cup. It is sweet, refreshing and filled with longan at the base of it. A recommended drink if you do go there.

At the end of the night when they are ready to pack up. . .

Another one of the street food that to eat is this stall, Seng Kee (click here)

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In Advertorial By Taufulou 7 Mins Read

Pangkor Island Beach Resort @ Pulau Pangkor

04/10/2010 No Comments

It had been a long long time since I visited this island Pangkor Island Beach Resort , as I still remember that when I was kid that my dad bring me to this island, when I landed at the dock, I stare at the sea water and I can see many school of fish swimming around the area but now it had change as I went to another jetty. This island Pulau Pangkor, famously known as one of the jewels in the crown of west coast peninsular Malaysia, that offers travelers the ultimate tranquil gatewa from the hustle and bustle of city life which is located 2 and half hours drive from Kuala Lumpur. To get here, travellers can purchase a direct bus ticket from Bukit Jalil Bus Station (a temporary station) with the price from RM27-RM35 per way but bring a neck pillow as it depends on driver that, it can be a painful ride as it took us about 5 hours to reach here.

*Dissapointing Fact:
During the trip, I realise that we are not the only people that going there as on that day, half of the bus were filled with international travellers from HK and Aus. As approching to the destination, as a Malaysians, I am VERY dissapointed with that xx bus comany driver of his attitude towards the tourist, or maybe he did not know that they were from international as one of the lady went to ask the driver are we reaching soon, and the replied from the bus driver ‘GOING TO REACH SOON! Can you please SIT down!’, 15 minutes later, The Aus couple were getting very uncomfortable as the journey on that day took us very long, then the guy went to ask the driver by ‘How Long does it takes us to reach there? The bus driver replied ’30minutes!!!!!!!’ he was like near yelling and I was shocked~ This is how you treat people? I was like keep shaking my head . . .. . Well, what the hell…

Now I get a chance to come here again, with all thanks to Ee Lune for helping me to arrange this wonderfull trip, as I was send here by her to do some photoshoot for a resort. The main shooting of the resort is to help to capture children friendly environment and facilities and other nice facilities of the resort.

What I get to know from the locals there, it is usually packed with local tourist but its seasonal as towards end of the year, there will be many travellers around the world will flock the place.

It did shock me a little that I didnt know the surroundings area of the dock had many nice building and well taken care off, which I hope, Penang will have this kind of feel and look.

Entering the Ferry Terminal.

If you plan to go in by yourself or the hotel that you are staying didnt not cover your ferry, you can directly purchase it at the counter located directly at the entrance. For Adult it cost RM10 and Children is RM5

When I see the ferry, instantly I think of those ferry that took us to Langkawi, as these are the types of ferry that going to transport us into the island. It takes about 30 minutes boat ride into the main town of Pulau Pangkor.

Seats inside the ferry or boat.

I just got to know that we actually do assemble and build ships as the cruise ship located there lokks like being build.

Finally, I have reach the destination and I am all excited to check ot this resort. A resort that place specially at another jetty which specially arrange for pick up by the resort on certain time. To reach this resort from the jetty at the town center, it takes about 20 minutes car ride.

This resort is not small as is nestled amidst 73 acres of lush tropical forests overlooking at the Straits of Melacca, let’s not wasiting time and take a mini tour into the resort.

Under such a hot sun sitting a buggy around that huge green fields surround the main path towards the main entrance of the hotel.

From the right view is the Garden Wingz room that over look a big green flat land and golf course.

A open air concept looby that you can hear the waves splashing, birds churpping and cool windy breeze blowing towards me. Wooden furnitures and ceiling as to reminiscent the Malay heritage.

Hornbill icon is place here for a reason as many of the coconut trees, house many of this hornbills.

Their front dest staff is very attentive and providing good customer service.

Tadda… My room in the Ocean Wingz that over look a swimming pool and directly to the sea. The room

Spacious bath room that can even dance in there.
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My room view. Swimming pool and to the ocean.

The outlook of my room view.

The resort are equip with mini sports area that have ping pong table, pool, foosball table for kids and adults to play on.

Then lets head to the kids care center.

That they call this Pandy panda kids club that they have a great hotel crew that opperating this place.

Gated fences on this area that provides a mini play ground area for the kids.

Tortise feeding session is available everyday on certain selected time.

The panda kids area is decorated more like a kampung house that decorate with timber flooring, wooden walls and roof.

Every kids that reach this place on that day in that session will be given an ice cream as a welcome gift. Most of the ammenities have provided kids friendly environment with most of the item are plastic. Besides this, they provide a place for drawing, colouring, painting and many others.

Not us can write email so high tech but for kids they prefer to go into old classic way by looking for a penpal. To write to another kid from other part of the world that had been in here b4.

Besides that area, for adults you can always enjoy your leisure time by playin golf as this is a 9 holes goft course.

Or if you want something challenging, can head to moutain biking or jungle tracking.

I was also told that the resrort have very big space to cater specially for Corporate functions.

This is one of the place that usually did the team bonding.

Playing sports of Tennis.

If you do not like all the above you can head to their pool.

They certainly have a very safe baby pool with its depths of 0.4 m which is more like a 3 year old kid standing there wont be drown, in fact I assume that it will reach till their waist.

Then this cute kid went into the water and with a look of scared of the cold water, with his dad as he was scared then the dad persuaing him to walk around.

If you want something more relaxing, then you can just sit at the Kingfisher Pool Bar to enjoy a great cup of your cocktail or mocktail.

If all this doest suit you then beach definately will always be one of the best section.

I keep wondering what is this, but as when I take it up, it break into dry sand but wondering why the whole beach is full of this mini round balls of sand.