Thursday, April 29, 2010
Twitpic Week #3
I suppose the most common twitpic-ing period would be during meal times when one just has to try and one-up the next person in trying to make someone hungry. So here goes.
19th April 2010
I am the mayor of The Place Kopitiam with good reason. It's right in front of the office and eating there makes me feel like I'm on a holiday of some sort. It's open air, I'm sitting in a nice stone-tiled courtyard with a fountain/water feature gently gushing somewhere and there is the ocassional cuci mata opportunity when nice young men in office attire come down for lunch.
Baked beans, ham, sausage and an egg for lunch. I am really made for Western breakfasts any time of the day.
19th April 2010
Here's an odd little fact about SS15, Subang Jaya - at the row of shops opposite the Sime Darby Medical Centre, there are about 6 - 7 Japanese restaurants all along the same row. About 4 of these Japanese restaurants are right next to each other!
It's pretty baffling as to why of all places, SS15 seems to be the central hub for Japanese food around the area. The only Japanese I know are.. Ok, so I dont know any Japanese, but I'm assuming the students studying around this college area sure cant afford to have Wagyu beef and sashimi for supper.
Anyways, David and I are on the quest for the best Japanese restaurant on the block (we have our own hashtag. look it up) and so far, it's 2 down and X more to go. The first one we went to was Tomoe, which was not bad, but kinda pricey (very generous with their Chicken Katsu Don). Our second Japanese restaurant along SS15 Jap Row is Jyu Raku.
I like it! We sat upstairs because downstairs seemed a little cramped with the conveyor belt and open kitchen, but upstairs was pretty spacious! Looked pretty authentic too with the traditional looking Japanese tables where we had to remove our shoes before sitting down. But with a little cheat where there's a hole underneath the table for our legs. Which is good because my feet fall asleep pretty fast.
Food-wise, we almost always order the same thing when eating at Japanese restaurants. Beef Sukiyaki for him and soft-shell crab anything for me (with the ocassional chicken katsu don/yakitori). We're rather used to Sakae Sushi's Sukiyaki where the beef slices comes raw on a plate and you cook it yourself, but so far, we find that at places where the beef comes to us already simmering in the broth, it tastes so much better. My soft shell crab roll was a pass too! Though the soft shell crab in it was kinda oily.
So far the best soft shell crab roll I've had is at Umaiya at Damansara Perdana - only because they serve a soft shell crab + unagi roll!
19th April 2010
Being spoilt is kinda fun. Which is why try to spoil myself as often as possible! My mum alerted me about the new Starbucks tumbler collection, so we popped into Starbucks SS15 to have a look. They're terribly expensive, but lately I've been quite obsessed with them. If you dont already know, you get RM2 off your drink whenever you use a Starbucks tumbler (either that or 10% off with a Jusco card). I have 2 tumblers so far which are:
The Cold Cup Tumbler (16 oz.) which I absolutely love because it err.. Looks like any other Starbucks cold drink. It's just a fun tumbler to use. I have to be really careful when using this one because there have been several ocassions where I'm an inch away from accidentally throwing it when I've finished drinking!
It was supposed to be limited edition (I went to about 4 Starbucks outlets to find it), but now I've seen it on the shelves of at least 3 -______-"
The very adorable sheepy tumbler which was for Easter I think (8 oz.).
Look at it! It's the most adorable thing ever!! It's so small, it doesnt even fit the smallest drink size (Tall). It's so small, I actually keep this in my work handbag. It's so small, I sometimes have trouble finding it in said handbag.
19th April 2010
The latest addition to the Starbucks tumbler family! The new collection has mostly green-themed tumblers (Earth Day?) which didnt really catch my fancy, but the minute I saw this little beauty, I had to get it (16 oz.)!
That pattern you see is actually fabric! It's apparently 100% cotten hand-woven by Indonesian artisans. Thank goodness nothing else from the current collection caught my eye. These tumblers cost a pretty penny.
22nd April 2010
I dont know how I can find something called the Osama Naan appetising, but I did. And this bad boy went down with a fight! Spicy lamb curry, potatoes, peas and cheese naan! Found this little gem at the Ming Tien foodcourt in Taman Megah.
23rd April 2010
I won Kelly Clarkson concert tickets from HOT magazine!! Had to go to their office to collect it, but I went during my lunch break and there wasnt anyone around, so I killed some time at the Hot Chocolat Cafe next door for lunch.
23rd April 2010
Ais krim potong Cendol before dinner. It's been awhile, my cold friend.
23rd April 2010
Spot the banana in my Chicken Maryland!
24th April 2010
It was the first anniversary of the MAS Facebook page (link), so they had a birthday bash at Euphoria MOS in Sunway. The turn out was pretty bad, but I quite enjoyed it! They had several artistes perform such as Joanna & Co. (pic), Joe Flizzow, Altimet and Pop Shuvit.
24th April 2010
One Buck Short performing the same songs I've seen them perform a dozen times at other events.
25th April 2010
Kelly Clarksonnnnnnnnnn!!! It's been a pretty good year concert-wise so far, and having the first American Idol perform in KL seems kinda surreal. Granted my tickets had me seated right at the back, I had a high vantage point and didnt have a problem enjoying the concert.
26th April 2010
It was an amazing concert! Kelly Clarkson's vocals were consistently powerful from the first song right until the mad frenzy of "My Life Would Suck Without You" as the final song. She sang almost all of her radio hits and a few good covers too. It was insane. I am in awe.
*All Twitpics taken with my N97 Mini*
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