Home Made

Recently my wife Tracy loves to baked!!! I do not know why suddenly she had the urge for baking cakes.. below are some images of the cakes she had done... it really tasted not bad.. maybe I should start opening my own bakery shop... so guys, place your orders now... hee hee

Cakes she baked till to date if I could remembered it correctly:-

Pumpkin Cakes - 4 cakes
Butter Cheese Cake - 1 cake
Chocolate Cake - 2 cakes
Raisin Muffins - 12 pieces
Lagsana - 1 tray

Fish Farm Thai Restaurant @ Hulu Langat

I heard about this restaurant from my mom actually. She told me the food was good with a nice fish pond and vege farm environment. Ask her where was it and she told me inside a jungle... i was duh.... got the address from her and off we went searching for it with Tracy and Butt. Went up and down the hill and saw a small sign board which says "Fish Vege Farm". We turn in and got ourselves into a bumpy rough country road. It was very bumpy indeed and we could only see trees around us. We thought that we might got the wrong place but then we saw a glimpse of a pond. We headed straight and came to the restaurant sitting above a pond. On its side was the vegetables farm. The decoration aren't great but the environment is superb. We're sitting in a restaurant surrounded by forest with a pond and farm.


It was lunch time and it was quite packed with patrons. I wonder how they got to know such a place. There were monkeys running on the roofs and we're scared if they are hostile... hee hee.. We sat down and came a Thai lady to take down our orders. She recommended some of their specialties and we decided to try it. The food was actually good, espeacially the fish. Below are what we ordered. Sat there chit chat, drank our beer and enjoyed the food. Definitely be back again.

FISH FARM THAI RESTAURANT
Km 4, Jalan Ampang Hulu Langat, 68000
Ampang, Selangor.
Tel:017-2515235 / 0192606493

Lunch, Movie & Tea @ Pavillion KL

Ya ya... yes yes.... Tracy and I went to Pavillion again. We went for the movie Fast & Furious 4. Before the movie we went to have a quick bite. Tracy wanted to try out Subway, a sandwich bar. There's quite a lot of varieties of sandwich to choose. Tracy chose the ham sandwich and the bar attendant get his hand on. Slicing the bread, applying some butter and placing the meat. Then he ask us what vegetables we want to add in. I just say "All in" and he gladly did so. It was a set meal so it came with a cup of tea. I did not taste it cause I was still full from the breakfast I had. Tracy seems to enjoyed it.

We then head straight to the movie theatre. Notice a lot of new movie trailers such as X-Men and Transformers so expected to watch both of them..haha.. movie begins and ended. Nothing much to say about it. Overall, the movie Fast & Furious was quite a satisfactory one. After the movie, I was my turn to feel hungry. We decided to try out the cone pizza outlet called Kono Pizza. The topping was almost no different from the regular pizza shops. Just that the serve in cones. Ordered a set meal which comes with salad, mushroom soup, garlic bread, a soft drink and the cone pizza itself. The salad, soup and bread tasted normal. Main thing is what the cone tasted. To my amazement it tasted normal too... hahaha.. the set costs me RM16.90.

Another day passes by. Expenses for the day.....

Sandwich - RM12.00 kua ( I did not paid for it )
Movie - RM25.00 for 2 pax
Popcorns & drinks - RM4.60
Pizza - RM16.90
Car park - RM12.00 !!!!!!

Total: RM70.50 !!! without beers this time.. hee hee

Lunch @ Pavillion

It was a normal weekday with nothing much to do, Tracy and I went to Pavillion for lunch. Decided to go for sushi and straight we went to Sakae Sushi. It was almost after lunch hour so there were'nt much patrons. The interior was very comfy. As usual, we sat by the sushi rail so that we could grab whatever we want. Tracy loves sushi very much, especially sashimi sushi. It was a reasonable thickness of the sashimi meat and fresh. I had a beer to goes down with my Chicken Teriyaki Don. We manage to chomp down a few plates of sushi and the bill came up to RM70.25. Quite an expensive lunch but we a damn full lunch.

We then head for a little window shopping. Notice a lot of sales going on lately maybe due to the economical crisis we are facing. Then Tracy had the sudden urge to eat donuts and we could only think of J Co. Donuts. We bought a box of 6 donuts which costs us another RM12.50. Then we head to a restaurant cum bar for drinks. I drank more beers and Tracy had a tea and eating her donuts. The bill there came RM30.25.


Overall, the whole afternoon we had use up a grand total of RM120++. I think I should cut less on beers... hee hee

Burger King

Tracy has been asking me to go eat Burger King for quite sometime already after she saw their advertisement on a public bus. She is really keen to try out the Whopper Burger. So last Saturday was kinda free so off we went to Sri Hartamas outlet. Looking at the prices, it is slightly more expensive than other burger fast food chains. We ordered 1 set of BBQ Cheese Burger and 1 set of Black Pepper Whopper. Turns out that the Whopper is so much bigger in size! Of course more expensive lor. Anyway, we chomp our burger but still we could not finish up the frech fries... Taste wise was not bad. Finally fulfilled Tracy's eager for Burger King!

A simple Valentine day

It's Valentines Day, Tracy and I decide to have a simple luncheon instead to celebrate the Love day. It was a luncheon because later in the night my family will be celebrating my brother's birthday together. Anyway, we went strolling around Pandan Indah to see what restaurant we could find. Tracy wanted to eat steamboat but to our dismay, we could not find any during lunch time. So we decide to go to a BBQ restaurant. The menus were then presented to us and we saw they serve steamboat too! Ah, it is like a wish came through for Tracy. We ordered a single pax steamboat, some bacon and lamb BBQ, some sushi and a few bottles of beers. We had great time enjoying ourselves and talking about the old days. Come to think of it, I already lost count of how many years I'd been celebrating Valentines Day with Tracy...:p

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY TO ALL!

B.A.M. CNY Gathering 2009 - 5th February 2009

As usual BAM will have a CNY gathering for the members and public. This time it was held in The Pub, Shangri La Hotel KL. The turn out was great with I think about 200 pax. International buffet and free flow of beer and soft drink was served. A lot of high profile bosses and even celebrities were there. I managed to get a few friends of mine to join and we really drank a lot of beers that night. In the end, I was a bit drunk liao. Anyway, I would like to thank them for the support towards the association.

Bumbu Bali & Kvins House

The holiday is alomost over and the next day we all had to start work liao so we had another get together. We went for balinese food in Puchong called Bumbu Bali. We've been here before a couple of times and the food is still good. Then we went to Kvin house to gamble. Pang Yew, June and Lay Hoon came too but I bet pang yew regreted coming... Cause he lost money to me. It was a lucky night for me as I alone had won about RM200++. But in the end, I ended treating them the dinner and drinks!... great night!

Chinese New Year!

This Chinese New Year, a bunch of friends gather together for a dinner and lou sang. The turn out was about 15 people. They are :-

Gary & Tracy
Kevin & Rachel & Audrey
KP & Lay Hoon
Mark & Yean
Butt & Avis
Pao & Esther
Kirk Keong
Yandsen & Eva

The lou sang session was a fun one cause there were 2 tables. We gather in one table and then off to the next which means we lou sang twice. Haha. I brought some red wines and Butt brought a bottle of whisky too. The dinner was good but costly. Anyway, the dinner ended at about 9.30pm and we went to Lunar Bar for 2nd round.

It is my 1st time to Lunar Bar and it was good. They have a great view of KL city. We were busy snapping pictures away. Since it was a ladies night, the ladies need not pay and comes with a free ladies drink. As for the guys, we ordered a bottle of Martell. Oh ya, another friend join in. It was Thomas and his GF Seok Peik. The party there was then continued to my house for a chinese tea drinking. We chatted about all things. I think it was about 3am the gang went home.

Ah... Visit to Cheryl house as usual each year. Brought my kids along as they long to reunite with Cheryl kids Simone and Keagan. Yes, again they were screaming, jumping and crying... what do you expect from kids wor? The adults played mahjong as usual. See the mahjong queens picture below.. hahaha

Kiku Zakura & Alexis Bistro @ GE Mall Ampang

Yup, we met up again on Friday night for dinner and drinks. But this time it wasn't me who organize the outing. It was Ah Pao. He had ask quite a number of friends to go but in the end turn out only 4 of us but still we enjoyed the night. Actually should be 5 of us but as usual Pang Yew the Fei Kei Yau ffk again. Butt, Tracy and I went to Great Eastern Mall early for some shopping and dinner. We decide to try out the newly renovated Japanese cuisine Kiku Zakura. Remembered the last time there, the food was good. This time though the price has increased maybe due to their renovation. But sadly, the food was not up to our expectation. The sukiyaki broth was too sweet and my chicken teriyaki was deeply fried. Might not return unless their standard rises back to what it use to be.

Then at about 9.40pm, Ah Pao arrived and off we went to Alexis Bistro located on the ground floor. I have always wanted to go there for a long time but did get to do so. Now I was excited. As we're walking into the premises, we bonk into my cousin. He is there too with his girlfriend. What a coincidence. Anyway, we were lucky to grab a good table with a view of the stage. Yes, every Friday and Saturday night, they have live Jazz performance. Heard from reviews, it is always fully packed with Jazz fans and it was. At about 10pm, all tables were taken up. Ah Pao who had not taken his dinner ordered the Fish & Chips and was pleased with it. We also order a bottle of white wine. We normally will not order white wine as we don't like it but somehow we want to try again and again it failed to sastisfy us. Should had order the red wine instead. Tracy ordered a Nutty Chocolate cake and it was very very nice indeed. Sharp at 10.30pm, the band starts to perform. The band was called Gruv Avenue. Some of the songs they played was good and some were just so so but the crowd seems to be happy. After gulping down the white, we happily ordered a red. Ah... so much better. Then the waiter came over with another bottle of red wine. He told us that my cousin had paid for the bottle and wanted us to enjoy it. Aiyah... should have waited for another 10 minutes then we will save money for the red wine we ordered... Hahaha.... We had great chats that night and the party ended at about 12.30am with a bottle of red wine in my hand!

Kevin Birthday @ Xenri Japanese Cuisine (11th January 2009)

So here's the 1st Birthday we celebrated in the year 2009! It's Kevins birthday and we chose to eat Japanese Buffet Luncheon in Xenri located at Old Klang Road. Those who were there was Kvin, Rachel, Audrey, Alvin, Pao, Butt, Alicia, Yandsen, Eva, Oscar, Tracy and myself. We got ourselves a room for more privacy and comfort. The luncheon was good although there weren't much choice in term of food but still it was a tummy filling. Priced at RM46++ per head is actually quite a good deal. As usual, Pao along with Yandsen just chump away whatever they could grab off.. hahaha.. kinda scary when we look at those 2 guys.. Audrey was so cute that day compared to my Oscar who was naughty and playful... Everyone just wanted to hug and cuddle the cute, chubby, sweet, innocent etc etc little Audrey...

After the luncheon, some of the gang head to my house for Mahjong session.. And as usual, I lost in the game....:(

Our 6th Anniversary (8th January 2009)

It has been six years since Tracy agreed to marry me. January 8th is our anniversary day and we both had a wonderful day. It was a normal working routine for us that day and at 5pm we were both home getting ready for the night out. Tracy is actually kinda tired after taking care of Oswald who was hospitalized the day before but she really wanted to spend time with me on this special occasion. Me too actually as I had plan ahead a few days ago.We depart from home to Pavillion. Once there, we were hungry indeed. I actually plan to have a Japanese charcoal steak for dinner but Tracy wanted to have Chinese food. So we went to LiJin Seafood restaurant located on the 6th floor. Guess what we ordered?

1. Shark’s Fin soup with Crab Meat
2. Hong Kong Style Suckling Pig
3. Braised Whole Abalone
4. River Prawn Noodle
5. Vegetable with Almond
6. Tiger Beer

The dinner was a delicious one especially the whole Abalone. It was our 1st time taking a whole abalone. The shark’s fin soup also very good. We chatted and she says is this what I can do only for the special occasion. I was like huh? She says I could plan so many surprises for my friends but when it comes to her nothing much wor. I told her ya, I only plan for dinner, shopping and movie only. I think she was expecting me to give her a surprise. Anyway, the bill came and the total amount is near to RM300. Although pricey but it is worth it. After the dinner, we head straight for shopping. It was a weekday so the complex wasn’t that pack with people. Tracy bought me a box of underwear’s which has colorful patterns on it. I was like……….. Then I bought her a Chinese style blouse which I think fits her very nicely. I actually planned to go for a movie but Tracy says she might fall asleep so we continued shopping. We walked for almost 2 hours and Tracy felt tired and wanted to have a drink and later on back to our home. Now here’s where the real surprise is.

I told her that I’ll bring her to a nice place for a drink. We drove out of Pavillion and went to Picollo Hotel. She asks why here? I told her that there is one very nice place on the 9th floor that I longed to go. We went into the lift and once we got out, Tracy was blushed and surprised. It was actually the hotel room floor. She says me very bad for cheating on her. I took her to room 916. Once entered, she was shocked that I had booked a Suite. She then noticed a bottle of red wine on the table and a present. She then says she had nothing to change into but I told her I had already prepare everything such as clothes, shampoo, etc etc earlier on and they are in the closet. She then says mom will kill us for not going home. I told her not to worry about it because I had earlier informed my mom about it and ask her to keep it a secret. I told Tracy, is this Surprise good enough for you? She hugged me and says Thank You.

We had some red wine and chatted. The rest of the night I will not go into detail lar. Hee hee. The next day, we had San Francisco Coffee for breakfast and off we went back to work. A great night with my love one and wanted to say to her “I LOVE YOU”.

Xenri D'Garden Terrace

It was a typical weekday, Tracy, Butt and myself decided to have Japanese Food for lunch just to greet the year 2009. Tracy then thought of this Xenri D'Garden Terrance restaurant located in Menara Hap Seng. This restaurant is another new outlet. The 1st one is located in Old Klang Road. This restaurant has a small garden but with a stunning KL city view. The prices isn't as expensive as we thought it would be. Each set lunch costs approximately RM25 - RM35. The food is actually good. Good food & good environment. Will sure be back in the night to check out the scenery!

Xenri D'Garden Terrace
Lot 2.04, Second Floor, The Podium
Menara Hap Seng
Jalan P Ramlee
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-2078 6688

Oswald 1 Year Old Birthday Party (28th December 2008)

Sorry for the delayed posting of this wonderful party. It is a great party indeed. Tracy and I held a Birthday party for Oswald at Hee Lai Ton Restaurant, Shaw Parade. It was a luncheon then. We arrive there early to do some decorations to the room with balloons, banners etc etc. As time strike 12pm, family and friends starts to arrive one after another. It was a good turn out as a lot of my friends were there to celebrate this memorable occasion. All of my friends gave gifts and ang paos. Very grateful to them espeacially Vteck & Stella who could not attend had ask Pao to pass their angpaos to me. Thanks man!! Need to thank Yean too for coming as we only met for the 1st time in JB. Not forgeting Tracy's friend... S.Wei, S.Fun, Alicia, Cheryl, Alex, Simone and Keagan.... hope you guys enjoyed the party. Also to the camera man or camera men, whoever you are. Great pictures! Last but not least, thanks to all Tracy and my family members.

The food was good and of course so was the alcohols! We had whisky, red wine and beer. The adults were all Yum Seng here and there. As for the kids, it was a pack of them too. All together 9 kids, running, jumping, screaming......... very noisy scene but yet a cheerful one. A lot pictures taken that day but I could only post up a few..... Ohya, after the luncheon, a few of us went for 2nd round in Neway Karaoke and we Yum Seng again!!!

I would like to thank all that had attended Oswald Birthday party and wishes you all the Best of Year 2009!!!

Christmas Party - 24th December 2008

Jingle Bells.... Jingle Bells... Ho Ho Ho...Merry Christmas Everyone!

It is festive season, Tracy and I decided to throw in a Christmas BBQ Party for the family and friends. It was actually a last minute decision and we call up everyone to come and they did. So early in the morning, Tracy has to prepare all the foods while I take care of beverages. Then each person is required to purchase a gift not more than RM20 to be exchange during the night. We took the initiative to even decorate the christmas tree and bought some christmas hats too. The night was a wonderful one where we enjoy the food and drank a lot of beers. Everyone seems to be happy espeacially the exchanging gift part. Even my mom join in for the fun. We then unwrap the gift and some of the gift are A Towel, Recyle Bag, Mask, Cookies, Facial Cream, Chinese Hat, Chopsticks, Ashtray, Ang Pau Packets etc etc. I would like the thank all for making the night a memorable night!

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL!!!

Another party coming. It's Oswald's Birthday party!!!

Vteck & Stella Wedding - 19th to 21st Dec 2008 (J.B.)

We been waiting for this day to come and finally it does. A gang of friends travel to Johore Bahru to celebrate Vteck & Stella wedding. We went a day earlier so that we could enjoy ourselves. Reaches there at 12pm on 19th Dec 2008. Had lunch and the ladies went straight for shopping. We guys then went for snooker. Later in the night, the groom Vteck suggest karaoke and off we go. Since the karaoke package includes a cake, so we decided to celebrate Butt's B'day there too. It wasn't plan in that way as we earlier on plan to do it in Vteck & Stella wedding. Now I bet he'll be surprise tomorrow night.. hee hee

The next day we went over to the grooms house. The groom and bride just looks fantastic! The dinner was great too just that the MC was kinda annoying. After the dinner, we then pushed out another cake which is meant for Butt b'day. He was really shocked as he thought it ended the other night. I think he really shed some tears leh.. hee hee... After that we went for drinking session again but sadly Vteck could not join us!.. Anyway, a great trip, a great wedding with a great friends!

Muar & Malacca Food

Ok... the next day, we went for lunch with KP and PZ. It was a good lunch espeacially the bitter gourd soup. Sorry, I was busy eating and forget to take some photos... hee hee. We then head to Muar town for its famous Otak Otak. It was indeed good and we even 'ta pao' some back home.

Then we decided to head to Malacca for dinner and the Satay Celup was in our mind. The Satay Celup was not as good as I last use to savour them but still we had a full stomach. A great trip down south for food and beverages.

A good lunch!

My uncle brought my mom, Tracy and I to a chinese restaurant in Pandan Mewah, Cheras for lunch. He said that it is a good deal with good food. We were given the menu and yes the deal was good. Every dishes costs only RM5.80 and they have 65 different food to choose from. See the list below. Quite a good deal huh!

We ordered a few dishes and it was good indeed. They even gave free chicken soup. Although the portion wasn't huge but still we had a full stomach! What we ordered?

1. Kam Heong Lala
2. Potato leaves with belacan

3. Chicken Fried Rice
4. Fried Pray Mantis Prawn
5. Butter Chicken
6. Pineapple Fried Rice (not in picture)
7. Chicken feet soup (free of charge)
8. Chinese Tea

Total bill:- RM38.00

Will sure be back as there are still a lot to choose from the menu!

Big Sis B'day @ Milwaukee Kepong

Big Sis or we usually call her "Ah Tai" birthday is just around the corner, so my mother in law ask for a dinner outing. Set on a Sunday night and venue at Milwaukee Steak Corner in Kepong. The restaurant also known as a big bike concept restaurant for the Harley Davidson Club. This steak house also has another branch in Balakong and another in Vietnam! I have been to the Balakong outlet long long time ago liao and recall I had some good food there.

As we're looking at the menu, I found out that the prices are above average but worth it if the food is good. We ordered our dinner and overall it turns out all being acceptable. The one that is real good is the US Spare Ribs, medium done, so tender and juicy! But the price is high also lar. Hee hee. We also order some Escargot and it taste not bad either.

The food is not bad but the drinks are a bit on the steep side. Every drink cost at least RM6.90++. Another wonderful outing with my in laws. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AH TAI!!!!

Divino @ One Bangsar

It was Hari Raya eve and since it is holiday tomorrow, we decided to celebrate it too. So off we went to Divino Wine Bistro at One Bangsar along with a few friends. This bistro was runned by the same boss of Denise Wines. I have heard of the place for quite sometime and the thing that attracts me is that they had a wine cellar there where we could purchase retail prices of the wines and savour in the bistro. No extra charge or corkage. I love wines.


We reach at about 8.30pm and the place was not pack. We ordered our dinner which was surprisingly not that expensive and could actually consider cheap for a place in Bangsar. Anyway, after placing the order, off we went to choose the red wine. The price range is from RM50++ to RM12000++ per bottle. Of course we did not get the 5 digit bottle lar. Hee hee. Was recomended a fruity and soft wine for starters. It was called Pinot Noir. Not strong at all but the ladies would love it. Food was not bad and we later on ordered another bottle. This time I chose Carbernet, a level higher than Pinot Noir.

Then a few more friends joined us and he chose another bottle Carbernet Sauvignon Merlot. Ah.. even stronger.. love it. We were chatting away and soon we ordered another bottle Shiraz this time which is the strongest in flavor. One of my friend got a bit high and went for a nap. Hahaha. It was a great wine night indeed.