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• Friday, September 10th, 2010

Today is Hari Raya and is a public holiday. I would like to take this opportunity to wish my muslim readers Selamat Hari Raya. I still continue to work even though it is a public holiday and have scanned many copies of brochures for the client just now and converted them to PDF format for faster retrieval. There were more than 10 files emailed out this morning to 3 different clients. By the way, Hari Raya is a time of get together and a time of forgiveness. All muslims alike will share home baked cakes and cookies in this festive season. The favorites are lemang, bubur lambuk, apom, kambing bakar, ikan masak merah, etc. Many hotels are whipping up halal food for this occasion with special discounts.

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• Sunday, June 08th, 2008

Strawberry Cake
I was sifting through old photos when I found cakes taken in Dorsett Hotel buffet. It was a treat by my youngest sister when she recently joined Oriental Rewards as a member. With this membership, you can dine at half price and stay in hotels in Asia at discounted prices. Above is a strawberry cake on a nice pretty plate.

fruit cake
Here is a fruit cake set on a glass plate. Since we were early, I took the opportunity to snap as many nice photos as possible before the cakes are cut and eaten.

dessert
Mango pudding and other dessert are served on small glasses that are cute.

blueberry cheese cake
Here is a blueberry cheese cake with generous topping of blueberry sauce.

my dessert
This is my dessert with tiramisu or coffee cheese cake on the top left corner. It was simply delicious but I did not take too much of the dessert to watch my weight.

dessert of cakes
Some cakes on the dessert corner of the buffet in Dorsett Hotel in Penang.

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• Friday, May 09th, 2008

I was in Sunway Pyramid (SP) last night and wanted to dine in a new pasta restaurant near the entrance of SP in the new wing. It is set up by Pasta de Waruku Singapore for this Japanese Casual Pasta & Restaurant. When I enter, I was told by the waitress that at the moment, it is by invitation only but nevertheless allowed us to enter as we happen to be there. She further told us that all dining is on the house.

I had crabmeat with fetucine and cocoa shake. Then we shared a green tea ice cream. There are no photos here as the batteries of my digital camera happen to be flat. What we ate was worth more than RM70 with taxes but thanks to their promotion, we dined for free. We happen to be in the right place at the right time. For those who miss out on the free dining, do not fret. You can say pay RM100 and get back RM100 dining voucher which means that you only pay half on 9th May 2008.

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• Monday, February 04th, 2008

slipper lobster
The buffet dinner was themed Seafood with slipper lobster, prawns, salmon, oysters and more.

seafood buffet dinner

prawns
Prawns and more prawns. Nice decoration.

seafood buffet dinner
Seafood buffet dinner with meat and veges.

dessert

dessert
Good selection of dessert with custard, chocolate mousse, etc.

parkroyal hotel, penang
Outside the hotel with tourists resting by the pool.

swimming pool
Beautiful swimming pool lined with palm trees.

hut for massage
Foot Massage in the Hut.

bedroom
The room that I stayed 2 weeks back in Parkroyal Hotel, Penang.

tv and table
The room furnishings.

carpark view outside bedroom
Carpark view outside my hotel room.

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White linen covered chairs in the garden for barbeque dinner.</p>
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• Friday, October 26th, 2007

Today is a Saturday and it is time for my weekend hotel stay. I have not decided which hotel to stay yet, but last week, I was in Vistana Hotel in Bayan Lepas, and before that in Cititel Hotel in town. Vistana hotel is near to Max, a famous ‘tim sum’ restaurant which is always crowded with diners. I love the almost crusted fish ball and ‘har kau’. Normally I will order the ginseng with bamboo shoots tea in this new ‘tim sum’ restaurant. Cititel hotel is near to Chinese Gardenview restaurant serving delicious Chinese food. I dined here once before and the food was not too bad. It also depends on vacancy and whether is it peak season during the holidays that we are able to get a room for today.

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• Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

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• Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Each time I come back from KL, I will stop in Tapah to buy about RM50 worth of fruits back home. I will buy a large pomelo, a packet of red apple custards, imported giant mangoes and sometimes some star fruits. My family loves to eat fruits which is our dessert after lunch and dinner. Fruits are rich in anti-oxidants that remove free radicals in our bodies and help prevent cancer. As they are eaten fresh, you can be sure that the vitamins are not destroyed by heat through cooking.

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• Monday, July 16th, 2007

Last night, I had dinner in The Food Loft in Gurney Plaza. And yes, there is a statue of a brown naked woman with a violin. It was part of the decoration and the ambience looks like those of a hotel. The chairs were linen covered soft cushion. You need to get a card each person to order. Simply find your table and take note of your table reservation number. Then order your food and you need to bring your card along to be scanned by the computer for the order. Tell the cook your table number and he will bring the food to your place. After the meal, you card will be scanned again for the payment.

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• Sunday, July 15th, 2007

I did not go to Gurney Plaza for quite some time and when I dined in Food Loft last night, I noticed that there were a lot of changes to the refurbishment in the process. On the ground floor outside, there is a new restaurant called Chilis serving something like Mexican food with burgers and tortillas. It was very crowded and poor Breeks shifted further away from near the entrance did not even have a customer. Maybe it was poor planning to shift so far away and being overshadowed by the newly opened Chilis. Tonight, I am going to treat my family to Food Loft as my parents have never been there before.

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• Sunday, July 15th, 2007

yam-basket
On the 6th of July, my family treated me dinner in Jade Seafood Restaurant beside Sunway Pyramid in Subang for my birthday. Above is one of the orders of yam basket. The yam is deep fried and added with stir-fried pieces of chicken, green pepper, button mushroom, cashew nuts and other ingredients. This was super-licious.

sharks-fin-soup
We also had a bowl of sharks’ fins soup for RM20 each with genuine crab meat and sharks’ fins strips. The soup was more of a thick gravy and double-boiled.

jade-seafood-restaurant
This is the view from our table. Notice the ambience with red cushioned chairs and chinese decorated settings.

baked-crabs
This are the baked crabs with crab shells. The crab shells look like they have 2 eyes looking at you but they do certainly decorate the plate.

vegetables-prawns
We also ordered a dish of vegetables with big prawns and ginger. The vegetables were well cooked.

combined-dishes
These are the combined dishes that we had. There were about 4 orders just for us.

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• Tuesday, July 10th, 2007

orchids
This photo was taken some time ago, about 3 weeks back in the lobby of the hotel that we stayed. Aren’t the purple orchids beautiful? There are so many of them here in the lobby of the hotel by the staircase.

salad
Here is the salad spread for the buffet breakfast downstairs in the hotel. There were many choices of veges, cream and Japanese food corner with the well known Japanese seaweed for the miso soup.

salad-corner
This is the Salad corner with bouquet of flowers that decorate the buffet table spread.

bread-buns
There are many varieties of buns and croissants in rattan baskets.

flowers-chrysanthemums
This shot is a photo of a large arrangement of chrysanthemums in a huge vase that decorates teh lobby of the hotel.

giant-vases
This vase of flowers sits comfortably between two huge Chinese vases. I just had to take this shot.

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• Thursday, June 28th, 2007

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• Monday, June 18th, 2007

orchid
This photo was taken at the breakfast table during my weekend stay in a beach hotel. The pink gels provide moisture for the otherwise dried white orchid.

mushroom-breakfast
Here is my breakfast of mushrooms stir-fried with thick sauce, grilled tomatoes and some potatoes.

lobby
This is the lobby and I took the opportunity to take this shot while waiting for my friend.

happy-fathers-day-stage
It was on a Sunday on Father’s day where we stayed in this place, Hydro Majestic Hotel in Batu Ferringhi, Penang.

fruits
This is part of the decoration and the faux fruits makes the breakfast buffet spread attractive.

ambience
Here is the ambience of the restaurant of Hydro Majestic Hotel in Penang. The hotel has just been refurbished and renovation is still ongoing. After the renovation is completed, the price of stay will definitely increase. In this photo, you can see the new vertical striped round sofas for more comfortable dining experience. The interior decoration is awesome.

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• Saturday, June 16th, 2007


Along with durian, mangosteen is one of the two most popular Asian fruits. However, unlike durian, mangosteen is thought to have cooling properties. The fruit of an evergreen tree native to Malaysia, the mangosteen is often available in Asian markets when in season. The ripe mangosteen is roughly the same size as a mandarin orange, with a reddish-purple rind. An interesting fact about this fruit is that there is always a flowery scab at the bottom . This is a remnant of the flower, and the number of remnant flower parts contained in the scab will tell you precisely how many segments of fruit are inside. Besides containing more fruit, those with the most segments will have fewer seeds. The fruit itself is sweet, with a texture that has been likened to a ripe plum. The fruit is sweet and succulent.


When purchasing mangosteen fruit, look for ones that are dark purple or reddish purple in color. At home, store them at room temperature and eat within a few days. Also, it’s important to remember that unlike mangos, the mangosteen can’t be frozen. Mangosteens are commonly eaten raw as a dessert. The white succulent juicy flesh is sweet and tangy as shown in my photo above.

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