Pan Mee @ Ikano

We found this small humble shop at the ground floor where it links Ikano and Ikea one day, and we gave it a try.

The chili:

Verdict? The pan mee is actually delicious! I had the Chili Pan Mee and it was really good. The spiciness really got to me. Vincent had the soup Pan Mee and it tasted good too. This is a pan mee in a shopping mall to have the taste of a bowl of pan mee sold at the road side. Recommended!

Dim Sum Breakfast @ Taman Connaught

Craving for yet another round of mouth-watering dim sum, I asked for hubby's idea on where to go for dim sum. I want someplace new and not in a restaurant. I want it to be an outdoor-ish type stall... Something more "home-ish". And he said we could try to look for it in Connaught... He said he had been to this dim sum shop before but can't exactly remember where, but we took the risk anyways.

After missing a turn and doing 2 U-turns, we finally got to the place. It was full house just judging from outside. This place is called Kedai Kopi dan Makan Seong Kee.

The waiters were carrying around the trays with just a few varieties of dim sum, and there are a whole lot of them. The varieties of dim sum is so much! Much more than the restaurant offers. We got greedy and grab a whole lot. We didn't even have enough time to take the pictures and we were hungry... So hubby just took a few snap shots so that I don't get pissed LOL!

This is the Salad Prawn, Fried Wonton, Fishball, and Steamed Rice Flour with Prawn. All I can say is yummy yummy yummy! I reckon it is so much tastier than any other restaurants I've tried.

Fried fishball

Steamed Siew Mai - Not really my favourite, but it's OK.

This is something new for dim sum breakfast - Fried Roasted Pork. One word - AwEsOMe!

One thing hubby must have is porridge, and this is the Century Egg Porridge. The best difference between this and the one served in restaurants is that this is served in a smaller bowl, which is just perfect!

This is for myself only - the Bittergourd. As long as you eat this vege, you will like this dish!

There is another dish that we never took a picture of. We were too busy eating and have kept the camera away. So anyways, the other dish is the Tau Fu cooked ala Yong Tau Fu. Total for this dim sum breakfast that got us all full is only RM30!

Definitely a great visit and experience. We wanna be back soon to this place to try the rest of the dim sum! Will so post the next visit.

Wedding updates - Change of dates and venue!

There has been a slight change to my wedding dates. The dates are now:

18th Sept 2010 --> Tea ceremony
25th Sept 2010 --> Dinner reception

The reason for this change is because we changed the venue of our dinner, and the venue that we have chosen do not have availability on 18th Sept 2010 (earlier scheduled for dinner reception). Since 18th Sept 2010 is one of the auspicious dates, so we moved our wedding dates a week later. Sigh... Well, better than nothing I guess.

The venue that we have chosen is Bankers Club. This is a private club located on the 22nd floor in Amoda Building (next to Melia Hotel and opposite Times Square).

Now, the deposit we have to booked Ah Yat Abalone is non-refundable. I read in a forum that it is transferable though, but I've yet to get this confirmed by the restaurant. Sigh whatever. There are a couple of reasons why we have chosen to forego the deposit in Ah Yat and invest in this club. No doubt, this place is much pricies and is halal. This halal issue is a major put off as I won't be able to have roast piglet for my guests anymore. But anyhow, these are some of the reasons why we have made this move:

1. The whole concept which is not too traditional, but still covers some customary Chinese wedding dinners
2. There is a huge cocktail area, and they served canapes for our guests too. Something for our guests while waiting for the dinner to start.
3. The deco provided by the club covers everything, i.e. from the fresh flowers to drapes. In Ah Yat, this is on our own expense, and we hav surveyed the price for this. At least about RM1.5K for the basic deco.
4. They serve real cake for the cake-cutting ceremony, which will be served to our guests for desserts.
5. Dance floor is provided for our first dance hahaha! Meaning we will have to practice our dance steps.
6. A pianist is provided during the cocktail session.

The place is really beautiful! Check out some of the photos taken. You can check out more of their pictures from their website

We paid the deposit on 9th Jan 2010. Now that the venue is settled and finalised, we will have time to concentrate on other aspects of wedding. I have to admit, all these stuff that needs to be booked earlier is best to be done way early to avoid from frustration. I went through hell trying to look for a suitable hotel. We actually selected Concorde but they can't confirm if the dates we want is available. But has fate would have it, as we were waiting for the confirmation from Concorde, we stumbled across Bankers Club, and fell in love with the place!

So, again, the dates to look forward to are:
18th Sept 2010
25th Sept 2010

Don't say I never tell!

NY dinner - Angus House

To ring in the New Year and also mostly to celebrate Vincent's bonus for 2009. Since he is buying dinner, he gets to decide (with no objection or question from me) on the place to eat.
He chose to have dinner at Angus House in Pavilion.

It is a very nice and cosy place... Dim lights and down-to-earth deco.

Since we are no big eaters, we ordered a set and another ala carte. We get to fill our stomach just nice and try another dish.

The bread and butter serving. This is one of the best I've tasted! The outer layer of the bread was very crunchy, but the white bread filling was very soft and tangy. If only I could have another one!

The first serving of the set - This is their specialty. It was a type of fish. The taste was kinda weird, but in a good way... Strangely enough.

The soup from the set. The menu did not state what kinda soup this is, just "Soup of the day". We reckon it was corn soup.

Salad from the set as well. They used the sesame dressing that I have... I finished it clean!

This is the set that I have chosen. The beef that I have chosen is the Sirloin Set 200g (RM90.00). The beef was very tender and juicy! It was cooked just right.

Finally, the dessert. Hmm scrumptious! Sinfully delicious!

The ala carte that Vincent ordered was the Tenderloin 150g. It was delicious too! Though I'd prefer the Sirloin that I ordered.

This place is recommended for those who loves beef. It is a really good place for you to enjoy delicious steaks.
6.44 & 6.45 Level 6, Pavilion, Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur
03-2145 6015

First lunch with "HuSBaNd"

We had this lunch right after our ROM on 30th Dec 2009. Done with the photoshooting, we were exhausted.We couldn't even be bothered to go home to shower first and drive out for lunch cos we know we will be too tired to move our ass.

Hesitant to go into KL area for dim sum lunch, we stepped in the Shark's Fin Restaurant.


We were surprised that they did not serve dim sum (sigh), so we had no choice but to get other food. Their specialty? Already clearly hinted in the name of their restaurant, i.e. shark's fin. No fan of shark fin, we skipped that. This place sells shark's fin like selling dim sum. The shark's fin were placed on a tray with plastic wrapping each group and price labelled on them. This is so cruel to the sharks! So unfair to them when you just take their fin and leave them to die in the ocean.


Braised peanut served as appetizer.


The rest of the food we ordered for the day.


I can't recall the total price we paid that day, but I do know that we don't be coming back to this place. Not that the food is no good, it's just not what we want and nothing special that I want to have again, or at least try.

Honey Cornflakes Cup

Another attempt at baking. This time, it is Honey Cornflakes Cup. I've done this a dozen times last time at my dad's, but somehow, my memory just doesn't work anymore.
So I had to look for the recipe online again.

The trick to this is to make the cornflakes stick to each other. This is the tricky part. The ingredients with the accurate measurement plays vital role to the success or failure of this recipe.

Let's do this.


The cornflakes mix with honey, butter and sugar.


Ready to go into the oven.


Ta-da! Done! In 30 minutes. Everything done in 30 minutes!


I let it cool for almost about 3 hours before storing them into the container. Success? Yes, I think so!! It sticks! I turned it upside down to and it sticks very well! YAY!

Or at least that was what I thought. After a few days, Vincent's friends came and tried it. By that time, it doesn't stick to each other anymore. I have no idea why and how that happened!
It stuck perfectly well together when I had it cool the other day but after a few days, they don't stick together anymore.

Sigh anyhow, this is not the cornflakes cookie that Vincent wanted. He wanted something else. So I guess I won't be doing this Honey Cup anymore. I'll try something new that involves cornflakes. Better luck next time!

Chocolate Chip Almond Cookies

I love baking. I’ve loved baking since I know how to operate an oven. I love baking cookies and cakes in particular.

When I was living with my dad, I baked every weekend. At that time, I have my brother to finish up whatever I baked. He claims that it is very good! LOL!

So when I moved out, I have not bake at all, and that was 4.5 years of no baking activities. That is why when selecting the microwave oven for our new place, I insisted on getting a very good microwave/convectional oven for me to continue with bakery.

The stacks of recipes I’ve used were left at my dad’s, and I reckon my dad would have thrown it away. So for this recipe, I had to google and search for what I thought would be decent recipe… Something simple but delicious. So I settled with Chocolate Chip Almond Cookies.

I would say I started off pretty rusty. I guess practices do make perfection, but as I have not gotten my lazy hands on any baking activities, I had to start from scratch. That includes getting the baking utensils, the measurement conversion between gm to ml and Fahrenheit to Celsius, ingredients hunting, etc. For all these, I had to go to 3 supermarkets to get everything in order before I start my mess.

So here it goes.

The ingredients I used.


That’s the batter of butter, sugar and flour.


After mixing in the egg and almond.


The batter ready to be baked in the oven.


This is the final result of the cookie! While baking the cookies, the aroma filled our living hall and it actually smelt good! I was so anxious waiting for it to get ready. There was the hiccup of trying to get used to a microwave/convectional oven to bake but after a few trial and errors, I finally made it!


The verdict? Sigh it was a disappointment. LOL! The cookie came out too salty… Very salty actually! Vincent couldn’t take it, but he said other than the extra saltiness, the taste was in reality very delicious! My mum tried it and said the same. The only person who really likes it and almost finishes it for me was Phoebe LOL! She loves salty stuff, so it was a really good deal for her.

Making a note to myself to use unsalted butter for any baking in the future. I totally forgot about this point. I hope the next round will turn out to be better!