KL Menjerit!!!!! / Screaming KL!!!

It's a beautiful day to go KL! ... the sucky part was I was terribly under weather with my fever, cough and block nose ... I was constantly hungry ... that good right cos we go KL to EAT! ... and this trip we share it will my fwen and her mini family.  Alhamdulillah we all had a great time.

Note: If you are a small eater ... this entry will expand your tummy ... 

Day 1: Nice cloud .... and a hot day ahead.

We reached KL at about 9-ish ... 1st stop ... Nasi Ayam Chee Meng! 

50, Jalan Bukit Bintang, 55100 Kuala Lumpur

We had 3 portions .... yes 3 portions for 2 pax ... of rice and chicken.  Kerabu mangga is a must! and we ordered taugeh oyster sauce ... mmmmmdaaap!

People watch - the guy in the grey shirt as a ringtone All About That Base and it kept ringing every 5mins or so ... 

This little boy gave us a "gift" .... hhahahah ... and tested our bed to make sure that its comfortable and we have a pleasant nights hahhaha ....

He has very strong arms and legs which i think he felt that the bed should be a swimming pool ...

Some quirky packaging. We stayed at WOLO over the weekend. erm ... i think this hotel cater more to youngsters and probably a hip newly weds .... cos I felt abit out of place ... the lift music is a little bit too loud as if you just entered a club ... room wise was ok but the direct sunlight made our room quite stuffy... I like the shower thou ... ehem ... all in all was an ok stay probably next time we are here we will look for a more cozy and relax hotel.  But WOLO is not bad lah ...

PAVI!!!!! ... I miss euuuu so muchhie ...

This is late lunch for us. 

Since its friday lets go TGIF! (actually I prefer local food but the man likes his meat!)

FRIDAYS Three For ALL: Our big-enough-to-share platter features a trio of our most famous appetizers: Loaded Potato Skins with beef bits, Fried Mozzarella and our spicy Buffalo Wings, complete with sour cream and green onions, marinara sauce and celery sticks with Bleu cheese dressing. Perfect for sharing

Penne with Beef Bacon Bolognese: This traditional savory meat sauce of beef bacon and bruschetta marinara is tossed with al dente penne pasta and baby arugula leaves then garnished with fresh Parmesan cheese.

He is quite a smiley baby - Muhammad Syafi'e

This restaurant is not certified halal due to the bar they are running but the food are from halal source.  Click here.

After that late lunch we walk-walk for awhile and head back to hotel to rest and stone ... and Nurul and family needs to check in to their room as it was not ready when they reached at 2pm .... (Not happy hor very tired of waiting ok)

Dinner we went back to Pavi food court.  Tarbush is at the entrance of Food Republic.

Shawarma Chicken (RM12) shared with Esa 

Day 2: Breakfast at the hotel ... Yumm-O quite a decent spread... Fuel up before we head down to ... Kenanga Wholesale City.

Today Syafi'e had mashed potatoes for breakfast.

I like the deco of the hotel especially the brick walls...

People watch ... a group of makciks (they are fwens I assumed) ok there's only 1 in this picture but after that the table was full with makciks ... I wish my mom enjoys going out with her fwens like this rather that stuck in bed all the time ... pfft ... lazy ..

He pretend ok.  This one haven start shopping oso ok .... tsk

We found Chatime! ... he was a happy camper cos he only drink chatime and always and only order Strawberry Pudding Au Lait.

StyloMylo: the salesperson saw me taking photo she combed her hair with her fingers and sit properly hee hee ... vain eh ...

Esa managed to get some tees for his project ... I'm not too sure how many he bought cos he gotten members price ...

Old Town White Coffee: Take 5 before we went to the next location 

WonderMilk at Publika.  I just like walking around Publika and look see look see ...

Quirky Coffee Label: Esa said there Hazelnut after taste ...

Kopi Beruang: Nice Creamy Coffee

Bite size cupcakes.  We took alot of photos probably a good 20mins before we started to eat ... cos the place the food must take photo!!! lots of it.

I think they did abit of re-deco since the last time we came ...

Zoooooom KL: Esa, Shah, Nurul, Lil Syafi'e and me

Alamak this one he was looking at his abah...

He's expression was too funny!!!

His eye lashes - GERAM!

WOLO ... YOLO ... LOLO ... 

Amcorp Mall: We were here cos Esa was looking for Vinyl ... I got bored cos it took him so so long to find what he wanted ... when he got what he wanted it was way too expensive

People watch:  Aunty was kind enough to inform us that they guy that owns the vinyl when for his prayers

This is from an antic shop which i find that it was cool ... the cups and plates in the 80s they have it

Highlight of the trip.  We went 1Utama cos Dheepen had to work over that weekend and we dropped by to say hi ... and guess what?!!!! Esa got to test drive the jeep with all of us inside ... lol ... it was hilarious, fun and so cool ... and the men feeling datok2 ... boleh pecah perot!

Franco:  Is not certified Halal but the food are from Halal source

Chicken Teriyaki Pasta: Nice and very light 

Creme Brulee

Since the men dah feeling datok one decided to buy cigars to match with the character 

We end of day 2 with foot massage 

ouh and this is supper ... a must buy subway!!!

Day 3: Breakfast and feeling lazy as we know time to pack up and face reality ... but before that last min shopping ...

We went back to Kenanga ... Esa had successfully distracted me to take photos then spending his monie again hahahha 

Here are some photos I took around Kenanga area and nearby market

Take 5 for our part 2 breakfast =D

Time to go back to Hotel to pack up and nap abit before Nurul and family catch a coach home ...

Entrance of the hotel ...

Empire Damansara

dpac: Nice place to take photos and I was telling Esa we should go and watch the performing arts.  I would love to watch leh

We stubble upon Bungkus:  We were suppose to have lunch at Noodle Boat but it was on renovation

and I think the lady boss greeted us ... authentic woooh..

Last photo before we head to the airport.

We took KL Express to Airport from KLSentral. It's 28mins train ride and it's only RM35

That sun set that makes your heart heavy  that weekend is finally over and back to reality 

Irish Breakfast Tea ... Not too sure what so Irish about it. End the day with a cuppa tea to soothe the sore throat... An enjoyable weekend with Good Food and Great Company

نڬارا بروني دارالسلام

This is my first time to Brunei and I came with an open mind... I did some research of my own. Brunei felt like Batam, clean like Spore and spending power like Msia (iloike). Brunei is a huge country (7x bigger than spore but their population is less than 500k Singapore is 7x smaller and our population is 6M? How crazy is that😳) So in future if you need your space, Brunei is an awesome place. I didn't know that Malay has many kinds, in Brunei there's 7 kinds of Malay ...ouuuuhhh ... Most of them are English speaking erm ... Their Malay is abit different from us... Hee Hee here are some of the words I learnt during my trip.

Pusu - ikan bilis

Lauk - ikan

Awda - Awang Dan Dayang

Inda - Tidak

Bah - is something like lah and is also a Yes 

Here are some of the food and places we went I don't put up all thou I love to but it will bore the audience heeh! 

1st stop night market its 5 mins walk from Radisson Hotel: Jalan Tasek 2203, Bandar Seri Begawan BS8211, Brunei.

A generous serving of fried rice with fried chicken wing cost B$2 ... It's yummy and tasty. 

This was Papa John B$2.50 and I realize the shops around Brunei are all mother, father .... 

This shop is Mann & Marr's Tamu Selara Seafood (we did not manage to try the seafood due to time constraint... Sad lah)

at Kiulap while waiting for Rahim to fetch us ... We sat in front of Mister Softee Machine (you can no longer find Mister Softee in SG) and people watch and we realised people came out of the supermarket (it feels like sheng siong) without plastic bags, some brought recycle bags but most just hand carry ... interesting .... understand from Aliamat, its a no plastic bag day from Friday to Sunday which I think they really did a great job.  In SG they tried but its not working cos the people find that it's ok to pay for plastic bags ... sigh.

We went to the Kg Kianggeh Open Air market on Day 2 and it felt like old geylang serai.

Some of the fresh items at the market ...

Squirrels, I thought they were pets but noooo ... They are remedy for asthma ... I shall not go into details how to prepare it 😖.

This is called Kembayau. It's a fruit. It's black and you have to scrap it off and it shows the yellow skin then you soak it in warm water for awhile and after that you can dip it in salt and sugar and eat. Nope I have not try 😜

Here are all the different kinds of woods and herbs for any kind of sickness

Ehem ... 😏

I so wanted to eat these ... and they are only B$0.50  

Handcrafts and Woodworks... 

There's a lot of cute animals ... The bunny on top of the cage was soooo "friendly" it lets strangers touch it ... Bunnies are known for their timidness, I was quite surprised it didn't hopped away ...

We went to the Istana but the Sultan was not in ... hahhahah ok I'm kidding ... actually Sultan come out of his palace everyday at 4pm and come back at 5pm.  So if you want to catch a glimpse of the Sultan be at the gate by 4 or 5 ... lol ... He don't mind selfies too ...

These are bamboo forks called a chandas, by rolling the ambuyat around the prongs and then dipping it into a sauce, of which there are many varieties. (I am not so smart but I took this info from wiki)

This was what we were waiting for!!!!! Scared and excited to try... 

Ambuyat is a dish derived from the interior trunk of the sago palm. It is a starchy bland substance, similar to tapioca starch. Ambuyat is a national dish of Brunei,^[1][2] and become a local delicacy in the Malaysian states of Sarawak and Sabah and also the federal territory of Labuan where it is sometimes known as linut. -wiki

It's was surprisingly good! The problem was we need to swallow it and not chew just swallow. That was quite a challenge hahhaha

The spread ... I LOVE everything on the table including Esa's food 😜 nice Leh the daging but I don't think he took photo of his food lah

Esa show you how to eat the ambuyat .... hahaha 

So grand so so grand sooooooo grand this is the empire hotel ... http://m.theempirehotel.com ... its a 5-star hotel but not a 5-star pricing... the view was gorgeous and so peaceful... most importantly no crowd... We manage to take nice photos and videos

This yellow buns were from Babu's Kitchen: Jalan Pretty, Brunei Muara 
Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Darussalam 
It's like Yakun or Wangs ... But this bun after its toasted, it still maintain its softness which I like very much ... and here I went crazy with the Milo Ping (SG: Iced Milo or Milo Peng) cos it's sooo good and it reminds me of the old days

Floating Mosque in Brunei (Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddien Mosque) it looked so majestic 😍😍

Across the road from the mosque there's a pop-up cart and here I ordered my Milo Ping ... I think I drank a total of 7 Milo Ping ... but this shop one not so nice cos she did not use condense milk but sugar

Nasi Katok!!!!!!!!! 

Kampong Ayer: They've gone through changes ... on the right are all the old atap houses with wooden bridges on the left are huge 2 storey brick houses. Understand from Mr Aliamat that brought us sight-seeing Bruniean likes to live together in a huge homes with all the generations there ... Sadly my flat can only fit less than 10 people 😕

Boat ride to Kampong Ayer and Museum ... They have crafts, batik, songket, wood cravings ... Our guide for the day Mr Aliamat ...  

These badass were behind the Kg Kianggeh Open Air Market 

This is my best buy from the trip!!!! lol Tudung Saji! We walked to the open market after our breakfast (btw .... bruneian they don't walk they drive ... ouh yes ... cos petrol cost B$0.50 per litre!!!!!!!) We also saw a few bikes but not on the road... there are so many cars on the road but the roads are not congested and they don't need ERP ... 

Will I be back? ... Yes! I like the vibe here ... It's not over crowded, It's not noisy, the road is so clear and nobody honks ... Drivers patiently wait ... for SG we are constantly rushing constantly honking ... but chill ok theres more to life then honking ...

I also like the forestry area so it does not feel so hot on sunny days... I would love to jog or cycle around my hotel area... Key word love to but I'm too lazy 😅

Food: the comfort food here were so satisfying.  You paid so little for good food but you cannot say the same for SG

Sight-Seeing: I love handcrafted stuff as long as its not made in China ... and Museum where you learn about the history for the country..

Shopping: not so much cos I don't see the need to visit another shopping mall ... but we went to airport mall for Brunei Kendama event and there's Gongcha!!!!! woot woot... so drama ... I can survive lah without bubble tea ... but not too long ...

till the next trip ...

Batagor (BAkso TAhu GOReng)

Recipe taken from: allrecipe.asia

Ingredients 
Serves: 8 

• 4 firm white tofu squares
• 60 g prawns, peeled, deveined and minced
• 40 g minced chicken
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• salt and white pepper to taste
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 2 teaspoon cornflour
• oil for frying
• For the batter
• 50 g plain flour
• 1 egg
• water

• For the sauce
• 30 g dry roasted peanuts
• 1 fresh red chillies, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 teaspoon vinegar
• 70 ml water

Directions
Prep:20min  ›  Cook:30min  ›  Ready in:50min 

1. Slice each tofu cake diagonally to make 8 triangles. With each triangle, make a slit on the cut side to make a pocket for stuffing. Hollow out some tofu from the pocket.
2. In a bowl, mix well the hollowed out tofu pieces with minced prawns, chicken, green onions, sesame oil, cornflour, egg and season with salt and pepper.
3. Carefully stuff the tofu triangles with the filling, making a slight mound on the outside of slit. Place the triangles in a steamer and steam for 20 minutes.
4. Meanwhile make the dipping batter by combining the egg with flour and pouring enough water while whisking until you've reached a medium-thin consistency.
5. Make the sauce: Chop the roasted peanuts until medium coarse and add all the ingredients together in a bowl. Stir until the sugar and salt has dissolved. Set aside.
6. When the triangles are cooked, remove from steamer. Heat oil in wok until hot. Take each triangle in batches, and dip in batter and slowly lower in hot oil. Fry until golden brown and batter is cooked. Drain on paper towel.
7. Serve hot with accompanying sauce.