Lunch at E-West on 1 July 2007

Jul 3, 2007, 8:34 pm

Today Sophia Tsen and I had lunch at E-West, a recreation club on the left after the Damai-Bukit Padang junction. This club serves fusion food - Malay, Chinese and Western.

Sophia ordered lamb chops with black pepper sauce while I ordered fish and chips. We both had sky juice. The four to five big pieces of lamb chops came with fries, salad and black pepper sauce (served in a gravy bowl). The three pieces of crumbed fried fish came with fries and salad. The fish were not too hot so I can eat it right away.

We were very satisfied with our food. I think the lamb chop cost RM16, double the price of my fish and chips.

Managed to chit-chat until about 3pm before going home.

Dinner at Hilltop Coffee Shop on 16 June 2007

Jun 25, 2007, 9:44 pm

After coming back home from working OT on Saturday until 5.30p.m. and showered, Lily dropped Sophie Choo at my place so that I could take her out for dinner.

Sophie was in transit in KK overnight staying at Lily Tan's house after attending a seminar in Kuching the last few days. She said she wanted to eat Chinese food so I suggested Hilltop Coffee Shop since this was one of her favourite shops when she was living in KK.

We ordered salad chicken, steamed white beancurd with fried onions & soya sauce and sayur manis. All the food were nice but we had leftover of beancurd so I took away.

After that, I dropped Sophie at LTS Supermarket Luyang to get chicken essence for a friend who had an operation recently.

We proceeded to Warisan Square and saw Joseph CH Wong eating at Fish & Co while David, Diane and Hannah Wan were having ice cream at Veda Blue.

Before Sophie went back to Lily's house, we chatted at McDonald's Api-Api Centre.

Dinner at Yoshimi Japanese Restaurant on 14 June 2007

Jun 25, 2007, 9:30 pm

Yoshimi Japanese Restaurant is situated at Block C, 1st Floor, Warisan Square (above Times Bookshop).

Lily Tan and I treated Sophia Tsen to an early birthday celebration. We ordered Gyuniku (beef) Teriyaki, Tori (Chicken) Teriyaki, Sushi Moriawase (which consists of an assortment of sushi both cooked and raw stuff) and two servings of Enoki Teppanyaki. We shared all the food but I had mostly the sushi with raw stuff cos both of them don't particularly like them. The sushi were prepared by a Japanese chef while the other dishes by a Chinese chef.

The food were great and of course needless to say, company as well.

It was a good turnout on a rainy Thursday night. Customers kept coming and going.

After that we adjourned to have icecream at Veda Blue, Block D, Ground Floor, Warisan Square. I had single scope of durian flavour. Sophia had a scope of Belgian chocolate and mocha each while Lily had a scope of Belgian chocolate. The durian flavour was simply fabulous, not too sweet as compared to the ones Sophia was having.

Lunch at Recipe House on 10 June 2007

Jun 25, 2007, 9:04 pm

Today I had lunch with Audrey at Recipe House, Damai Plaza and this was the first time for both of us to eat in this shop. When I entered the shop, I couldn't believe that the tables were all occupied except the one near the door and freezer. We managed to upgrade to one of the inside tables after some customers left before we ordered our food.

Audrey had grilled salmon while I had sushi bento which included sushi, miso soup, fried chicken nuggets and salad. I was surprised that the sushi were really fresh.

We stayed there and talked for more than two hours after our meal. I would love to go back and eat in this shop again.

Potbless Dinner at Dr. Peter Ong's house on 9 June 2007

Jun 25, 2007, 8:51 pm

I met Dr. Peter Ong the night before at a get together of ex-OCFers. I 'knew' him before because he was one of my late dad's doctor in QEH when dad was suffering from colon cancer in 1998.

But tonight I had the priviledge to be one of the guests at his house (which is very near mine, just across from Lintas Highway at Taman Bunga Raya). Dr. Peter Ong and his beloved wife Susie are really humble people. It is really an honour of finally knowing him personally. He has a great sense of humour.

His wife is a very good cook. I had the best chicken pie tonight since coming back from Down Under. Never tasted one as good as those ones I had in Australia yonks ago. Talking about pie, Dr. Peter Ong used to work in a pie factory when he was studying in Melbourne and he went on to tell us how the pies were done before transported to the supermarkets/shops. Mrs. Ong also made a lot of other food like sausage bread, potato salad, vege salad, muffins, etc and allowed us to take away but the pie is the one I would remember for a long time to come. Even thinking about it now makes me salivates! Yum yum.

Lily Tan, Fah Lee, Eunice Lo and mum also contributed to the potbless. Food glorious food! Just reminded us all the great potbless we had during our OCF days.

Lunch at Wagamama Japanese Restaurant on 3 June 2007

Jun 3, 2007, 4:06 pm

Today I had lunch with Sophia and we went to Wagamama Japanese Restaurant at Lintas Square. This was the first time I went to this restaurant eventhough Sophia had been there lots of time.

She had tori katsu (chicken) set and two plates of octopus sushi while I had tempura udon. The noodles were yummy. The tempura was quite good as well, very crunchy and flaky. Sophia also liked her tori katsu set and sushi but unfortunately they didnt give her enough sauce for the salad.

Overall, a very satisfying meal. Yeah!

Birthday of SPB Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 2 June 2007

Jun 3, 2007, 3:52 pm

This day is a National holiday but for those people who don't work on Saturday, it doesnt make any difference.

I arrived work at 7.30a.m. and left at 6.15p.m. I actually worked a total of 10 hours and had KFC for lunch. Yes! KFC finally opened near my office at Giant Hypermarket, Kolombong. So convenient for me. I no longer have to drive to Plaza Juta near Servay Likas to have KFC.

I wasn't the only one working. Two of my bosses also worked and one left at the same time as me.

I will be well compensated for working these three public days! Yeah!

Harvest Festival on 30 & 31 May 2007

Jun 3, 2007, 3:40 pm

Every Harvest Festival Sabahans enjoy two extra days of holidays as compared to other states with the exception of Sarawakians who celebrate their Dayak Day on 1 & 2 June.

Not only I didn't travel during these holidays this year, I was actually working on both days.

The first day I was working at home after having dim sum with my family at Foo Phin. Quality of food has deteroriated over the years eventhough I hardly go to this place. There are many dimsum place in KK nowadays so eventhough we left around 8.45a.m., the place was not full yet.

After coming home, I started to do my work while chatting with some friends online. I was very pleased with what I accomplished that day.On 31 May, I arrived office at 7.15a.m. and worked until 2.30p.m. My bosses also came to work and I was also pleased with the amount of work I had done that day.

With all the hard work I had done on these two public holidays, I totally deserved some retail therapy. It was member's day at Parkson so I went there. There were so many people shopping.

I bought some of my Shiseido skincare and was rewarded with vouchers which allowed me to get a nice black bag and black dress for free!

Hi-tea at Cafe Promenade on 26th May 2007

Jun 3, 2007, 3:15 pm

Sophia Tsen invited Lily Tan and I for a buffet hi-tea at Cafe Promenade, Promenade Hotel last Sunday.

She said we should not be so jinxed as compared to the previous time I had invited her and two other friends.

Well, we were surely jinxed cos not only the waffle machine was still malfunctioned but the char keow teow tasted lousy simply cos it was a different cook. No OJ was available and I forgot to have ABC. The only consolation was the fish and chips which tasted fabulous esp. fried dory fish. This time I also enjoyed the deep fried stuffed crab, curry mutton and fruit rojak.

Of course I always enjoy catching up with friends and savouring some good food at the same time.

Mother's Day Dinner at Hilltop Coffee Shop on 13 May 2007 (Sun)

May 14, 2007, 1:23 pm

I guessed correctly the night before. Mum decided to go to Hilltop Coffee Shop for Mother's Day Dinner. Chloe and I accompanied her. I told her we should go early cos there would be a lot of people eating out tonite.

We arrived at 545pm and to my surprise, there was an elderly couple who were already eating while there were people at 4 other tables. That's a confirmation to me that some people do like to eat early or is it cos it's Mother Day's and people want to be early bird to avoid being turn away later on in the evening?

We ordered deer meat with kailan and ikan bakar which is one of mum's favourite dish in this shop. We also ordered takeaway for grannie - 'wet ho fun with veges'. Our food came quite fast and by 620pm we had finished dinner already! This had to be one of the earliest dinner I had in my entire life.

Mum enjoyed her dinner and we even had one side of the ikan bakar to take away cos we couldn't finish it. She said the deer meat was very tender.

Happy Mother's Day mum!

When we arrived home, Jeff called my handphone to wish mum a Happy Mother's Day!