Delicious Dinner

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Yesterday night, through my Stephanie's colleague, we were introduced to this place in Lucky Garden to dine cheap and nice Malay food. After a series of misfortune events, we finally found the spot. Don't expect it to be nice cozy place with comfy chairs. It is just a row of "shops" made of wood pillars and aluminum roof. Situated behind Giant @ Lucky Garden, look for "Tomyam Yusuf", its surrounding is all shop lots, but specifically this row is like how I described, wooden pillars and aluminum roof. They have a huge sign board so you won't miss it. 

As their signage speaks it all, tomyam is a must to order, honestly, their tomyam can even be on par with any other Thai food I have tasted so far.

Tomyam Campur or Mixed Tomyam (chicken, squid, prawns)

They are also famous for other dishes, some say the  

• Kailan Ikan Masin (Pan Fry Chinese Broccoli / Chinese Kale with Salted fish)
• Ikan Siakap 3 Rasa (Deep Fried Seabass with 3 different tastes - chili, sweet, and sour) There are lots of different version in cooking this seabass in 3 tastes. It may differ from restaurants to restaurants. We did not order this dish, we are not sure if the 3 taste is what I have mentioned here.
• Ikan Bawal masak Pedas (Deep Fried Pomfret with Chili)
• Ikan Siakap Stim Limau (Steam Seabass with lime)
• Tomyam Fried Rice
• Sotong Goreng Tepung (Deep Fried Squid)
• Ayam Kunyit (Saffron Chicken)
  
• Teh-O-Ais Limau Laici (Iced Lemon Tea with Lychee)

Like I said, we did not order any of the above dishes, this is just we have gathered and taste bud may differ from individual. If any of you have tried it out, do let me know how it taste. 

Besides Tomyam, we ordered Kailan Belacan (Pan Fry Chinese Broccoli with Shrimp Paste) and my personal favourite, Ayam Paprik (Chicken Cutlets with Chili Paste mixed Oyster Sauce)

When we began to eat, I realised that I had forgotten to order Telur Dadar (Omelet). Then we added another dish - Telur Dadar

Our dinner were beyond satisfying, it is really hard to get such nice Malay food. Maybe there are but I have no idea where to get one. Now we know, I would love to go back and try out all the nice dishes.

I have not even come to the best part yet. With all these dishes for two, the bill came to our disbelief!! a whopping MYR 26.50 !! Isn't that affordable? Now, go and try it out. Let me know about the other dishes eh!!

Here is the exact address, my apologies I have forgotten about GPS coordinates, then next time I go, will surely get them for all of ya!!

Address : Gerai No. 3, Lorong Ara Kiri 3, Lucky Garden, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysia Stance & Fitment Mega Gathering 2014

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It was very last minute for me when I got to know of this mega gathering which was held over last weekend, 14th June, in MAEPS. In conjunction with the World Cup season, I considered myself waking up late that morning and I thought I was so late to be there for some nice shots. To my surprise, when I arrived at MAEPS at 1245 hours, these stance machinery were still rolling in slowly. Half the hall were full, quite well organised though. They had a corner just for food, and another where all the car clubs have their booth setup. 

There were few categories that these enthusiasts can win a trophy for their sweet ride, like Best Tucked Fitment, Best Wheels, Best JDM, and etc. We could see that these amazing machinery shows the different concept of modification done. Whether it was the car owners or their friends who tag along, everyone were having fun and busy taking photos with their sweet ride being the "background" photo. Personally I am not a fan of stance or slammed ride, so I just took a quick stroll around the half filled hall and grab a handful of photos. Too bad, I was rushing off, else I could probably get hold of more sweet rides. 

Here, this is my first attempt in doing my post differently, I have compiled all the photos in a single video. Apologies in advance for the poor editing and trashy background music. I take constructive feedback and I will improve in the future should I be doing similar post like this.

Enjoy!!

Law VS. Law

Today, something crossed my mind which I have no understanding at it at all. I was at the traffic light earlier today, there were about three cars ahead of me. Then I heard from far there was a siren blaring, so I checked my mirrors and saw there was a police truck, I don't know what is it called exactly, but those were used to carry criminals in the back cage like truck. There was only siren, the revolving lights on the car roof was not working. The traffic light was still red, it was impossible for any of the motorist to make way. At this point, cars next to me began to honk, and needless to say, the cars in front began to move forward risking their lives to make way for this, police truck. When finally all the cars from the opposite cleared, the light were still green on their side and red on our side. These motorist began to "jump" the red lights just so this police truck can cross. 

My million dollar question is, do people risk their lives for these jumping the red lights? or what if the traffic light is AES monitored or camera monitored in order to capture those who jump red lights? I mean, generally, let's put all other official vehicles or emergency vehicles, like the Ambulance? Fire truck, patrol police, or this, the police truck. 1. Do people risk their lives? 2. Do people need to pay the compound if caught "jumping" the red lights. 

Just curious, I'm open for feedback. 

This is the truck I was talking about.
Photo courtesy of : http://kgsilou.blogspot.com/2013_03_01_archive.html

Weekender - 07 & 08 June 2014

It was definitely a long weekend for me and my Stephanie. With back to back events, we covered almost the whole KL, PJ, and even in Seremban and Seremban 2. 

We started with early brunch at Suki-ya, Pavilion on Saturday (7 June 2014). Stopped by at Batman event at the center concourse. So happened that when we arrived, the cosplay were there registering, not very sure what is it for, I suppose is a cosplay competition. The only cosplay I personally liked was the female joker. The rest its just...let's just say not up to my expectation. 

Sorry for the reflection...this is the only photo I took from the roadshow

We took a quick stroll and we left Pavilion, headed to Padang Timur, PJ. Here, we were suppose to check out the Burgers Carnival. It was scorching hot, we were too full from Suki-ya, again, we took a quick stroll. Personally I would say the carnival could have done better. Mainly all local burger-joints, some had people queuing under the hot sun just to get the burger, but some had no one buying from them at all. Probably I had a high expectation on this carnival, the hype and the anticipation created did not match the the expectation I had in my mind. However, the event was successful to certain extend and in some areas the organiser did well. At least, they had full-house participation from all the local burger-joint. 

Overview of Padang Timur

Stalls were arranged in horse-shoe-shape

Check out the queue in one of the stalls

Our initial plan was up to this point for the day, but because we left early in the previous 2 events, we had plenty of time to spare, and the traffic on Federal Highway from Padang Timur heading back to Cheras were gridlocked. So we decided to bring forward our program, we headed straight to Citta Mall for Art of Speed Event. To our disappointment again, when we arrived, the congestion started from the highway itself, and there were no possible way for us to get in. We left, went home to get some rest before heading down south for a coffee that we have always wanted to try out. 

After getting enough rest from the hot sun, we left KL around 2045 hours right after our fast food dinner. We arrived Seremban 2 at 2120 hours. We were not sure where is La Roasteria. We searched in Seremban 2 before getting the correct address. Thanks to waze, we finally found the place...but...it was close. We took a good 10mins to think why are they closes? Then it struck our mind, it was a public holiday...King's birthday...that's why. It added to more to our disappointment and we left Seremban heading back to KL and calling it a day. Look forward to try the coffee there some other time soon.

Lunchie with my girl

Sunday (8 June 2014). We headed straight to Art of Speed event in Citta Mall, got a parking and this is what we found. 

Part of the event, was having all these flee market stuff

Very nicely done up Ford Escort MK3

I have no idea what model is this, but surely is one great Alfa Romeo

The lineup

Is this beast on sale? 

This is rare...hotrod !!

The VW lineup...

One of the classics from VW

I would not mind one of this though

Finally!! Datsun!!

Stephanie liked this...

Coupe!! does it mean Skyline? or Datsun?

Skyline R30

More Skyline R30

Besides cars, they have bikes, custom bikes. A booth started up a Ducati, the sound was awesome...I'm not really a fan of bike, except the z800, still a newbie when it comes to bike. Apart from all that, they had local bands performing at the main stage area, some simple packed food stalls. Oh...one thing surely they had it 100 times better than Future Sound Asia's rave back in 5 October 2013. These car enthusiasts do know how to hydrate themselves, not only the beverage stalls were selling drinks, there were some stalls selling chilled soda and mineral water. Under such hot sun, water is the only way to keep everyone hydrated and making sure there are no incident. We need more event organizers like this. Kudos!!

There it was, our weekend, though lots of disappointment, and my Stephanie got sun burnt on the shoulder, nonetheless, we both had fun and finally an event that was fruitful. Great lunch, and great time spent together.