First class of the Year

Today, was officially my year 3 class started. It was a good kick start of the day. Where a good motivation class was given during the late afternoon. then, once I reached home from class, I gotta start to work le.

I just finished my work. Feeling exhausted and very hungry right now. Gotta rest soon as tomorrow gotta wake up early for morning class. I'm here to express my feelings since there is no other venue for me to do so. Enjoy in working huh? The answer is YES. MORE money ma.

Chinese New Year is just barely few days from now. People tend to buy things at the eleventh hour. So, without doubt, we gotta work harder and provide good services to meet customers' demands.

After knowing my father is sick and ill, has added more burden on my shoulders. Couldn't celebrate this cny with pleasant and harmony moment ma?


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ now...

PreBirthday Lunch

Pasta sauce

It was a generous serving as the the amount of ingredients were more . Couldn't get it else where. (other restaurants la.)

Spaghetti

This was the tastiest home-made spaghetti i have been tasted so far... As you can see, the sauce was rich with ingredients from sliced-button mushroom to fresh tomatoes from Giant supermarket.

Grilled-Dory fish

The dory fish was well grilled as both sides were equally grilled in golden colour. Each fillets was deliciously marinated to the meat with herbs and spices. but it was abit salty only. Don't worry, practise make perfect.

Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Thank you very muchie for the time, efforts, patience while preparing this very warm lunch...

Dinner @ The Ship

Salad

Salad was served as a starter. It was a good appetizer as the vege was fresh and crisp.

Bun

The bun looks like a normal one but in fact it is not. This is because it’s served hot from the oven and the aroma of the bread is so tempting. With a slice of Anchor's brand butter, it actually melts into your mouth.

Shark Fin Soup

This was so called Hong Kong style shark fins soup. To me, the taste was good as it was served hot from the kitchen. It was recommendable.

Garlic Bread

The bread was spreaded with garlic generously. The texture was crunchy outside and nice aroma can be smelt. It actually melts into your mouth once it was bitten.

Seafood Tom Yam Soup

Don't let this photo deceive you, as my skill having reach the par level yet. This tom yam really taste good! It has thick tom yam essence.

Escargot

This is my favourite dish of all. It was served with garlic cheese gravy. It has the "Uphmm.." factor here as the gravy has been absorbed into the flesh of the escargot, making it very aromatic and nice to consume.

Phoenix Combo

The meat was tender and served well with the brown gravy. With the combination of both chicken and prawn together on the hot and sizzled pan, has created a great fusion.

Seafood Pallete

From prawn to crabs. you name it, this seafood pallete have it. Haha, not so "kua jeong" la. Anyway, it was a nice dish.

Banana Split

Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Busy busy busy...

Dinner @ Kimgary, The Curve

KimGary Member's Card

Pudding

This pudding's taste weird and is not a good appetizer at all.

Chicken Flakes

The chicken flakes was free as it was part of the monthly free meal for Kimgary membership cardholder. The chicken was crunchy and yummy as it was well marinated and fried.

Cheese and sweet corn gravy on variety of mushrooms

It was a taste of haven with a combination of variety of mushrooms with cheese and sweet corn gravy on it. Thumbs up!

Double cheese Unagi seafood Rice

It was a delight food for cheese lover, as it has both kind of cheese, mozzarella and new zealand's cheeses. But to me, this dish was kind of bloatedness.

New Zealand Cheese with pasta sauce on Unagi Rice

This dish here certainly did not fail to impress. It was nicely baked with small shell served with mixed seafood and creamy tomato sauce , it mixed really well with the paste.The amount of cheese was perfect, still have the elasticity, not too much and not too little. However, if you are a cheese lover you may not enjoy the mild cheese slices used on this dish.

Seafood Palette on sizzling plate

Grilled salmon fillet served in thick black pepper gravy along with mixed seafood and potato wagges which was very crunchy. It also has sotong ring. Hot and crunchy on the outside while soft and chewy in the inside. Delicious! This is one of my favourites because I am a fan of salmon and the sauce really blended well with the salmon.

Man Sing

Jayson

It was our regular custom where we will celebrate each other birthday by treating them a meal. As for mine, both of my cousins celebrated my 21st birthday with me although it has passed few days after the actual day. Anyway, it was a fine dine and good deal tim. The whole bill was slashed by 50% as a result of my birthday and so i was entitle to enjoyed this 50% discount.

Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Today's moon is quite yellowish & round and big

Light Supper @ Wong Kok, SS2

Ying Yong

Bacon rolled stuff with sliced turnips on sweet & sour sauce

The bacon was rolled and stuffed with turnips and other ingredients which i can't recognize of. But overall, the taste of this snacks consider OK OK la...

Cheese with corn gravy on Chicken Wings

Tada...this is my favourite order each time i dine at Wong Kok. It's taste never failed me. The thick gravy of cheese and sweet corn blanketed on top of the chicken wings was superb combination! Haha

Honey chicken with noodle

Nothing special about this dish. The noodle was just a simple wan-tan noodle. While, the chicken was not very nice either. It has too much flour on it. Plus, the gravy was too sweet and sour le. No good, no good.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ I was borned on Thaipusam Day...

Dinner @Jimbaran

tsk tsk tsk...

Corn soup

Kangkung

Local planted rice

BBq Seafood

Lazing at the beach, drinking icy cold coca-cola, enjoying the sea breeze, getting a good sun tan and watching girls passing by with bikini’s have always been a dream for me. This is what I am wishing for during my retirement time, nothing to worry about life and financial, dining without looking at the figure and so on.

Dinner at Jimbaran was not that romantic as Ah Ben claimed as the weather was not kind enough during that day. Big and dark cloud block the whole sky, unable to see sunset.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Tomorrow's exam...

Bali~Bali 3

The edge

Breath-taking scenery

Above pictures were taken at Uluwati, Bali. We were 80 feets above sea level. As you can see the water was crystal clear and big waves were prowling against on the hard and solid rock.

This post, is merely about the beautiful scenery of Bali. Post about food will be coming soon.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Lack of blood, feeling tipsy right now....

Balinese Children

My first kid models in Bali

One peace was never enough for her. So, another "peace" was shown

Pictures taken above were at Bali. While walking in the market, suddenly, something caught my attention. It was these typical Balinese little girls were sitting on the floor. Hence, i decided to grab my camera and took some photos of them. As you can see, one of the girls was very sporting! She keep posting infront of the camera while the other standing straight like a military style perhaps she was nervous ba.

I like to take photos of children especially the candid photos as you can see through their eyes showing how innocent and stress-free they have.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ How wonderful to have children around...

Dry Bah Kut Teh @ Aman Suria

Tau Fu Pok

Fu Zhok

Sang Choi

Yao Zha Gwai

It is an usual companion of the Bah Kut Teh. It was dipped inside the soup to loose some of it crunchiness and absorb the taste of the soup.

Dry Bah Kut Teh

Here comes the main dish of the day, Dry Bah Kut Teh. The thick gravy has been absorbed into the pork meat. Hence, the meat was juicy and tender. Sliced sotong and lady fingers were add into it, making it more aromatic. Bydaway, I had tasted a better one in Klang. Hehe


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~Rainy days please go away...

Farewell & Birthday Dinner @ Cheras

Masvynn and Yee Teng

Farewell dinner for ms and yt as they will be leaving for London soon in a couple of weeks time.

Dato' Tan and Dato' Mas

Grilled-Stingray

Sotong

This sotong was well marinated with curry powder and other spices. It was an aromatic dish. But the flesh of it was just abit hard to bite perhaps overcooked?

Chicken Wings

The servings of ingredients were big and freshly made.

Chicken-sliced, Squid, Fu zhok ^^

Additional side orders

Mouth-watering huh?

Mah Tai Kou

Group pic

Initially, i thought we were celebrating for ms and yt's farewell so, they bought a cake. To my delight, it was actually meant for my birthday. Haha. I was in seventh-heaven and surprised. On top of that, at the same time, there was a band playing birthday song in live for me too!! I thought they were hired by them to give me surprise, mana tahu, it was really co-incidentally, the band so ngam passed by to sing for charity purposes only.

Last but not least, a lovely souvenir from yee teng as she was back from vacation.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Thank you very much guys. Wonder when we will meet up again...

Bebek @ Padi Prada

Really dining at tepi sawah

Orange juice

Our best meal of the trip

Pork Satay

The satay was good, it can be eaten even without the satay sauce. The satay sauce was different from Malaysian taste. I don't understand how they can marinated the satay in such a tasty way. Ma ma Mi Ah. Two thumbs up!! Peanuts were blended to paste and mixed with the satay sauce. There’s no crunchiness in the paste. On top of that, those satays served were meant for us to D.I.Y (masak sendiri)

Local Keropok

Star of the Day : Bebek

Bebek in Indonesian means duck. We were brought to this lovely restaurant by the friendly tour guide, Ah Ben. The Duck was obviously a bit dry, but the meat was good. Blend it with the sauce, it will be tastier. The only downside of it was that, there was still fur on it. Just imagine!! masih ada bulu!! Thanks alot to the person who is very kind and patient enough to peel of the skin for me as i have phobia against it since child.

In a nutshell, it is a must try it once u are in Bali.

Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ 谢谢你...

Bali~Bali 2

One of the many statues

The God of Sun

Washing away all the bad lucks

Mr Tan

Got to wear the sarong in order to enter the holy temple as i was wearing short-pants,not because of "Bak Zham Gai" =.=

On the day one, the tour guide (Ah Ben) or Benjamin, brought us to the Tampak Siring (the Holy temple and spring) . Ah Ben is mature in age, but his name seems to be a little younger than he is huh? Sorry, no picture of him taken.

Due to the constraint of picture sizes, it has been keeping me away from posting pictures as the pictures are too large to be upload.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ More pictures in a week time...

Babylon Cafe @ Kepong

Teriyaki Chicken

Mozzarella Cheese Ham on Grilled Chicken

This is one of my favourite.The chicken chop was well marinated with lemon grass and spices. It was grilled and served with fries and salad tender and juicy. The mozzarella cheese ham was gorgeous although the amount of cheese has been reduced gradually compared to last time. The meat was tender and juicy. This is a recommendable dish.


Desmond Tan Kok Keong~ Why everyone has to go through this moment of pain...