Petaling Jaya: myBurgerLab @ Seapark

#throwback Merdeka month

A lot of restaurants introduce special menu in conjunction with Merdeka month. The one that attracted my attention is Nasi Lemak burger by myBurgerLab. Undoubtedly, they serve good burgers. So, for this special menu, I was tempted to give it a try although my spicy tolerance level is rather low. I was lucky to have a good friend who read my mind and said, let's go burgerlab! Woohoo! It Dream comes true! Thanks angel! 

We planned to go early at 5pm to avoid the dinner crowd. But, other people might have the same thought and there was a long queue! Oh no.... it was a horrible experience to queue under the hot sun. I wore my sunnies, ignoring how others look at me. =P

Can you feel the heat????

Luckily the queue moved quite fast as now seapark branch has two floors. My last visit was years ago where I had to queue under the hot sun for hours when there was only one floor. Thank goodness! Here's the advertisement board for nasi lemak burger. So tempting! *slurps*

Two Nasi Lemak Ayam Rendang burgers and one Bait & Switch burger. 

Bait & Switch is good too! It came with Kelantanese sauce which is sweet and sour. Love it!

Close up of the nasi lemak burger! It was served with egg, onions, fried chicken, rendang sauce, sambal, peanut butter sauce, ikan bilis and charcoal buns. Never thought nasi lemak would go so well with peanut butter sauce! But yes, it was oily. How many km to run to burn this off? It was huge. It took me almost 6 hours to digest it. 

I know you miss my face! with a close up of Bait & Switch burger. 

No doubt, this is still my favourite burger place after this visit. Fat with no regret. LOL!

Address:             SEAPARK BRANCH (14, Jalan 21/22, SeaPark, Petaling Jaya)
Opening hours:  Mon-Fri (5pm-10.15pm), Sat-Sun (11am-10.15pm). 
                             Closed on 1st Monday of the month

Pontian: Joe Burger Station + Sri Delima BBQ & Steamboat + Pontian Seaside

Pontian, is a small town, located in southwest Johor. This district has 2 towns, which are Pontian Besar and Pontian Kechil (district capital, which means more happening place). After exploring, I realized that there are no malls or cinema here. So, it is time to explore something new during my free time!

Here's to share some of the food I've tried for dinner and my current favourite seaside.

#1 Joe Burger Station (halal)

This is a shop run by Malay family and it seems to be very famous! They have lots of tables by the road side and there are a lot of people dining in when we arrived. Apparently, a lot of food blogs recommend this place too! So we decided to try out. 

I was craving for Roti John for a while, so I decided to order that instead of burger. They serve noodles and western food here too! My other colleagues ordered chicken chop, burger and lekor. They are all really good! Or is it because I skipped lunch? =P

Roti John (RM6) -- The bread is slightly crispy! So good! I can imagine how good is their burger by having this. haha... I tried the lekor too and it is good too. A place worth trying if you are in Pontian.

#2 Sri Delima BBQ & Steamboat (halal)

To be honest, every night we have problem identifying what to eat for dinner. A colleague found a steamboat place which looks fairly decent and we decided to give it a try. It ended up just walking distance from our hotel and it is buffet style. RM22 per pax, with bottomless drink. Their choices are quite standard. One thing I like is they have satay! We can grill our own satay and there are two types of sauce - rempah (marinated with spices) or honey. Nonetheless, the satay is good! 

The environment is quite nice as they have indoor and outdoor setting. However, there are a lot of birds flying around and we were really worried while eating. Don't wish to have any additional "spices" in our food! XD Oh! Not to forget that they serve ice cream here too! That goes my diet mission in Johor. 

We have 2 types of soup - tom yam and clear soup. Save us from choosing which soup to order. 

#3 Pontian Seaside

It is located near terminal bus Pontian Kechil. Along this seaside, there are a lot of seafood restaurants, either Malay or Chinese. You can come for seafood hunt! To be honest, I haven't get to try any. So wait till I give a try then I'll share =)

Pontian: Kemangi Restaurant (Mee Gulung)

Hi all!! It's been a while since I update this blog. Have been going to different places for the past few months. Hong Kong trip, Kuantan working trip, and guess what, I am currently in Pontian (Johor)! Travel too much this year! Oopss.

Pontian is a small town in southern part of Johor. I will share more about this town in later post. Today, I would like to share about my visit to this restaurant called Kemangi Restaurant, which serves Mee Gulung.

What is Mee Gulung?? Sounds special right? Will show you in a bit.

Kemangi Restaurant is easily located as it is just by the main road side. It is a halal restaurant and they serve a variety of food! Fried rice, noodles, ayam penyet, tom yam, etc...  From a short review online, I noticed that they serve something special, which I never heard of -- Mee Gulung. It is noodles wrapped by omelette, served with sweet/spicy gravy (Kemangi version) or soup based (something like Mee Kung Fu)

I went there with my new colleague and ordered Mee Gulung Kemangi. Was really looking forward to try it out. =) The food was served really quickly! 

My first time trying this type of noodles! It was served with seafood and vege. This costs me RM7! Good deal, especially in such a restaurant with good environment. The taste is not too sweet nor spicy. Just nice and its very stomach-calming! Was really hungry before dinner XD

Thailand 8D7N Trip: Day 7 & 8 Mall Hopping; Chinatown; Chatuchak Weekend Market

Day 7: Breakfast near Platinum Mall --> Big C --> Siam Paragon --> Siam Square -> MBK Shopping Centre --> Chinatown

Second last day of our 8D7N trip in Thailand. We decided to go mall hopping in the morning and check out Chinatown at night.

First thing to do: Feed our stomach! We went to hunt food at the street opposite Platinum Mall, again. This time, we found a small local stall that sells wan ton noodle soup and chicken/roasted pork/roasted duck rice. 

Platinum Mall (le heaven)

So this is how my breakfast looks like. I ordered a bowl of Wan Ton Noodle with soup and they served with quite a number of Char Siew (pork) (THB40). I find it quite OK.

After that, we started our journey to explore malls that are nearby. We first stopped at Big C Supermarket (Right opposite Central World) as the weather was really hot and all of us were sweating. And we did some shopping there to get junk food. The price at Big C is cheaper than elsewhere. A good place to buy stuff to bring home, especially junk food. Another place to buy cheap junk food would be a stall at 7th floor of Platinum Mall. Their Pocky is relatively cheaper than other places. 

After that, we walked from Centrtal World to Siam Paragon, which was about a 10 minutes walk.Walking under hot sun is really a big challenge. We just did some window shopping at Siam Paragon and went to Siam Square.

Group photo in front of Siam Paragon =D

At Siam Square, I found my beloved kitty cafe! Awww..... Unluckily, I was running out of cash and decided not to try it out. What a waste! I would definitely come back for this as it looks very promising and larger than the one I've visited in Taipei. 

Till we meet again.... >.<

Then, we had lunch at A&W. Fast food restaurant again! 

Bacon Burger + Fries + Rootbeer. 

This is not available in Malaysia though. Something special at least. 

After lunch, we continued to hop to MBK shopping centre as our last stop. We did our shopping along the way. MBK shopping centre isn't that nice to shop. It looks more local and older than other malls. However, I still get to do some shopping. Got my neck pillow here from a Korean Shop. XD

We were all very exhausted walking everywhere under hot weather. So we decided to head back to hotel with cab. NO MORE WALKING, they said. Haha.... However, girls decided not to rest in hotel until dinner time. We went out to the Pratunam market to continue our shopping journey. Pratunam market is huge and there are plenty of stalls! However, it is open air and I find it uncomfortable to shop in there. Ended up, we spare another hour time in Platinum Mall before going to dinner at Chinatown. 

Finally, we are done with shopping and going for dinner! The guys should be relieved that we had done our shopping. XD We headed out to Chinatown for shopping. We wanted to try and find out how to take local bus to Chinatown. The hotel reception thought us how to take bus but due to time limitation, we ended up trying Tuk Tuk instead. 

Bought ourselves a stick of BBQ pork as snack along our way to hunt for a Tuk Tuk. 

THB10 per stick, it's good!

Thailand 8D7N Trip: Day 3 Phi Phi Island Tour, Sunset at Ao Nang Beach, Indian Food as Dinner

Day 3: Phi Phi Island Tour, Sunset at Ao Nang Beach and Indian Food @ Taj Palace for Dinner 

Island hopping is a must in Krabi! I haven't been to beach for months. Seriously, I miss my vitamin SEA. Initially, we were contemplating which island tour to choose from. Phi Phi Islands? 4 Islands? Phi Phi Islands can be access via Phuket too. So should I keep it for next trip?? But Maya Bay is too attractive and hence we chose Phi Phi Islands tour in the end. I feel a little sorry for a friend as she has been to Phi Phi. But she said she don't mind going there again. That assures me that it would be a great island hopping experience!

I booked the tour at airport with THB1000 per person, which include hotel pick up and buffet lunch. I think it is worthy as the lunch is good and they brought us to 7 islands (though we are not allowed to go down for all islands). 

Tuk Tuk picked us up at 8.30am. Favourite photo -- look! the sun shines on my face!

We are ready to get tanned and to enjoy the sea!

While waiting for the tour guide to brief us... Tourist photo first!

After 5 minutes briefing, we are good to go! Our tour consists of about 18 people, from different countries. The tour guide speaks good English (no problem in understanding). Was so excited to see these boats! We are really going to Phi Phi Islands! NOW!

Short walk to the boat (No.2!)

We need to take off our thongs prior getting on the boat. This is good! Make sure my thongs are safe throughout the trip. XD Spot my man-ish thongs!

We sat 2 by 2 opposite of each other so that we could chit chat in the boat. Smart, isn't it? =P

A little sharing on what I found about Phi Phi Islands. Phi Phi Islands are located between the large island of Phuket and the west Strait of Malacca coast of the mainland. The islands are administratively part of Krabi province. Technically, Phi Phi is 2 islands of Ko Phi Phi Don, where long beach is located, and Ko Phi Phi Leh, which is smaller and only accessible by tour or chartered fishing boat. To enter the national park, we are required to pay another THB400 per pax for entrance fee. Don't be too surprise with entrance fee as a lot of national park will require us to pay, for instance our Kota Kinabalu marine national park too!

The boat ride took about 45 minutes to reach the first stop. Bamboo Island.

The sand is soft! The water is so clear. O-M-G! I love bamboo island the most!

Look at the emerald green sea. So fascinating.

Sunbathing.

To be honest, the boat was really hot when I sat down and took this photo. Almost burn my butt! XD

Kuala Lumpur: Murni Discovery @ USJ 9 & Jin Xuan Dim Sum @ Puchong

Murni Discovery @ USJ 9

If you are looking for a mamak stall for dinner or supper, you might want to try out Murni Discovery. They serve Chinese, Western, Malay, Indian and Italian Cuisine. There are so many food choices which will make you have problem choosing. XD Murni Discovery has several branches and one of the famous one is in SS2. The one I went to try is at Taipan (USJ 9) as I feel that it is more spacious than the SS2 one. 

I ordered a cup of "Korean" (which is actually Nestum smoothie) (around RM5) and sis ordered a cup of Teh Tarik (RM2). OMG~ The portion is so huge! 2 bucks Teh Tarik for such a big glass! Surprising! The Nestum smoothie is nice too but a little too sweet. 

They have special drinks named "I love you", "I miss you", "Don't Worry", "Be Happy" etc.... Those are quite nice smoothies. You can try one if you come here. Even the name can make you smile. 

We ordered a roti and a naan as supper. Missing the Roti Hawaii a lot. They have so many types of roti canai available. Ranging from the very authentic roti canai, roti planta to Roti Jepun, Roti Beckham, etc... 

Roti Hawaii is served! 

Topped with mayo sauce, there are chicken, pineapple and sausages stuffed in the roti. This is my favourite roti *kiss*

Sis wanted to try cheese naan a lot and hence we ordered one. 

It is so huge and so cheesy. We have problem finishing it. 

Lesson learnt: Don't order so many food if you are not really really hungry as they are of big portion.

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                                            Jin Xuan Dim Sum Restaurant @ Puchong

The next morning, we decided to have some dim sum as breakfast. So, we went to Puchong for Jin Xuan Dim Sum Restaurant, our favourite dim sum place. 

This place is easily located but parking is very hard to find. We waited 15 minutes for a parking spot.

Ordered mini polo buns (there's pineapple inside), egg tarts and crispy fishballs.

Langkawi: Cable Car & Tanjung Rhu

If you are in Langkawi for the first time, cable car is a must-visit place. This is a place where you can enjoy the terrific cable car ride and fantastic view from the top.

The cable car ride is quite steep. 

I felt a little scared and have to stop taking photos at some point. XD

Cable cars ahead!

Spotted cute clouds at the horizon. 

Sky bridge! View from cable car.

Great view of Langkawi from the the observation deck. 

I love the blue sky, clouds and mountains. 

Sky bridge from observation deck.

Us with the blue sky. 

I think we can use this photo to get some toothpaste advertisement. XD

To get to sky bridge, you need to jungle trek for 10 minutes. Climb some stairs and and walk a distance. So tiring. It was much better compared to the first time (longer path), but hair still get messy after the walk. T_T

Another photo before leaving sky bridge. 

So hard to climb up here, surely we should take more photos. 

After 2 hours in Oriental Village, we proceed to Tanjung Rhu for sunset and dinner. I have been looking forward to visit Tanjung Rhu as it is known as a quiet but beautiful beach. If you want to find a beach to enjoy the beach without crowd, Tanjung Rhu is your choice. It is much peaceful compared to Pantai Cenang and they do have water sports here. 

Beach with few people. Beautiful soft sand and blue sky. =D

Panorama view of Tanjung Rhu beach.

We decided to have our early dinner at Scarborough Fish & Chip Restaurant as it is located by the beach and we can get a good view of sunset.

Singapore Getaway Part 5: Chir Chir Fusion Chicken Factory @ Somerset 313

Part 5

Second Day of Singapore Trip

After so much of walking, we are hungry and it's dinner time! Was thinking to have local food or Korean Fried Chicken. I read some food blogs on Chir Chir Fusion Chicken Factory and decided to try it. Photos look so tempting! 

Western brunch and Korean dinner. Why am I having such combination for my Singapore trip? Such a weirdo. I should be eating food like chicken rice, laksa, popiah, etc.... But wait... Those are easily accessible back in Malaysia, so yeah... Korean Fried Chicken for dinner!!

Our friend reached Somerset early and got us a table. If not, we would need to wait for about 30 minutes. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Ordered a cup of Lady killer ($16.90), which is a jumbo-sized mojito slushie comes with a downturned bottle of beer. You can drink from sweet mojito first and then mixed with beer bit by bit for the bitter taste. 

Our fried chicken. The portion is kinda huge. So we shared among 3 person and it is really filling. 

Talk about the taste, we ordered a non-spicy one as my sister is having bad stomachache. The sauce is a bomb! Thumbs up. There is another cheesy version, which I think would taste really awesome but fattening. XD Maybe next time, I would try that. 

They provide us with glove and small clip to hold the chicken wings. So thoughtful. Able to finish the whole bowl of chicken without getting dirty/oily. Yumzzz....