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Catching Up ~ Project 52

Not posting week by week but by batch. Is it even counted as project 52? In my book, the answer would be YES! ^_^

Week #20 - Can’t recall anything significant except that it’s official first day back to same ol same ol. On the first day which is Monday, I actually panicked when I woke up and finds myself in my Penang bedroom instead of KL room -_________-

Life as “newbie” is what true honeymoon period is. Clock in, absorb as much information as possible, clock out. Since it’s also my official first week relocating back to penang, cant miss out the part where I was stuffing my face everyday with the cravings. But truth be told, I crave for snowflakes more. The craving got so bad on the 2nd week, that I actually dream of eating snowflakes and waking up, I had to eat the next best thing, Chatime.

Week #21 - The week was horrible as I was terrible sick for the entire week. Imagine waking at 3AM to vomit. Vomiting continues the next day and diarrhea follow soon after :(   Doc said it was due to gastric problem from eating too much 0_O. I lost close to 4kg that week alone which is the silver lining  :) On the new Penang Hill tram which is so much faster that in my opinion, had lost the novelty of the slow and steady ride up the hill.

Week #22 Finally a weekend back in KL visiting ex-colleagues and friends. Custard Buns!! Singing with superstars! Dinner with 2 rare persons at a restaurant you will rarely see me in - Bitter-gourd Theme restaurant -_- Uncle Cheng’s Beef Noodle, Snowflakes and Bak Kut Teh. Food Galore!

Week #23 MrSmallface left for China but before that, he got me the camera which I’ve been wanting to own since 2 years ago –>  Olympus EPL-2

No, i did not break the rule of no camera for the next 3 years because technically its a present. And although I love my lx3, I think this baby would definitely suit me so much more.  :p

Wow, i really did manage to compress a month worth of life into 1 post

Last weekend and this week is gonna be crazy. That would be another story another post to tell.

Naughty Nuri’s Heavenly Ribs

Still stuck in my Day 1 of Bali -_-  Everytime I want to blog about this, i got hungry and it got deferred..

But this could be one of my top 3 good enough reason for me to return to Bali over and over again until I get sick of it (never!! )

As we had our spa session before this, we practically had to rush like to mad to get to this small shack before it closes at 10pm. It was a little out of town and we did not expect it to be this far. It was an adventure, riding under a crazy drizzle just relying on a gps device, not to mentioned the road was creepy with much giant trees. Hey, it looks creepy at night with little or no street lamps -_-

At 930pm, we finally got there, so relief that it’s still open and taking orders. Famished, we ordered each a platter of ribs and some sate to go. Not very logical decision which we came to regret later on. Here’s the menu, just 1 for everyone to see and share. No need to wait for it

The whole place smells sweet from the ribs grilling outside the small shack.

A staple for every meal. CHEAP IDR22k / RM7 per mug.

After a short wait, the sate was first served followed by the plates of ribs plonked onto the long wooden table. Wasting no time, we squirt lemon on it and dug in. Definitely worth all the rushing to get to this place. It was so yummy!! Full of flavour especially when you dip into the Indonesia magical sauce, Kicap ABC.

Ribs IDR75k / RM 25

The ribs are so soft and tender, it was easy enough for me to polish the entire platter all by myself ^_^ I really do love it! On top of that, we ordered Chicken, Pork and Beef Satay which we can’t finish at all. The sate here are different from Malaysia as they come in huge chunk of meat and rice.

Satays are IDR35K but beef are IDR 135k/ RM 45

The beef satay was so expensive! making this the most expensive meal we had in our entire trip. What more, it’s not so delicious :(

The next time I would just stick to bintang beer and my ribs. Yes, I would still order 1 plate all for myself and I miss it so much now!!

Total meal IDR908K / RM310

Jl. Raya Sanggingan (Across the road from Neka Museum)
Ubud, Bali
Phone: (361)977547
8am-10pm daily

Tags: bali, indonesia, ribs, ubud

Café Wayan @ Monkey Forest

We had our first very late lunch here. Recommend by my colleague as one of the best local place to try local food in a very nice settings. We were super impressed and took photo like jakuns. hoho!

To get around town, we rented bikes instead of walking around. I love to ride bikes around during holiday. I find it the most economical and easiest way to see things and get around. Our bikes are less than RM10 each from 3pm to 11pm ( more than half day)

Tips: Negotiate to death for everything!!!

Inside of the place. Impressive or not ~~

Most of the tables are place far from each other. Plenty of space and privacy.

Surrounded by greeneries, it’s no surprise that it’s very relaxing and GREEN while waiting for our food. How often are we surrounded by GREEN during our meals in cities!

Four Season Pizza – IDR 66K /RM23. So So but generous toppings.

Nasi Campur = IDR 94K/RM32 Quite pricey for a fried rice and I think most of us are not used to eating empek empek.

Nasi Mixed Satay = IDR 67K/RM23. This is the best satay ever. It is so tasty and meaty. Must try!!

Waiting for desserts

We read that the Black Rice Pudding (IDR 21K/RM7 ) is yummy but turns out it is just like our “Bee Kor Moi” -_- and ours are way better. But the chocolate cake may look normal. It is anything but normal because it is THE Death By Chocolate cake IDR 32K/RM11)

The cake is just pure evil !!! Ridiculously rich can die. Yummy….!!

After the meal, we zoom around the area before heading back to hotel to wait for our pick up for our heavenly Spa session

Grand Total for the meal: IDR 537K /RM184

Café Wayan
Monkey Forest Road
Phone: 0361 975447

Tags: bali, indonesia, ubud

Grace Café, Johor Bahru

One of the nicest place I had dine in JB is Grace Café!!

I was out running around the entire day, meeting after meeting and i was starving the whole day! No idea where to eat, I just head to the nearest place on my gps.

This is the classic salty crispy chicken bites. I had all the food by myself ^^

The place is actually run by a Taiwanese lady. The one holding the file/menu

Generous beverage. Most of the drinks now served in restaurant are in small quantity. Drink halfway then only remember to take photo. Haha..

The highlight of the meal, Stew chicken in tea leaf – or sound something like that. The menu is in chinese and I don’t understand. This was recommended by the Taiwanese lady and it was fantastic!!

I will definitely got back again!

Address: 43 Jalan Maju, Taman Pelangi, Johor Bahru, Taman Pelangi

Next week………………………….!!!!

Can’t Wait!! Can’t Wait!! Can’t Wait!!

Tags: johor bahru, taiwanese

IT ROO CHICKEN CHOP, ROOST !

So last week I pwned North South Highway because I was in Johor Bahru in the morning, KL by evening and Penang by midnight. I is the best~

Anyway, I was in JB for an entire week for business and I was seeking for tips on where to eat all the time. Unfortunately, i think the place doesnt really have anywhere super fantastic eateries as the response sounds like silent cricket….  [-_-]

Meet up with Wanster, my twinsie for dinner 1 of the day, and he gave me 3 options. I picked the supposedly ” BEST CHICKEN CHOP IN TOWN” – It Roo Cafe at Jalan Dhoby, somewhere near Jalan Wong Ah Fook.

Love the ambiance of the place. Very old skool.

They have 2 type of chicken chop, the normal batter deep fried or mushroom sauce. We both had the root beer float just cos it’s Root Beer Float wor~!

Comes with laughter and good conversation ^_^

After dinner (they close pretty earlier, about 9pm+) we proceed to chill just few shops down the road – http://roostjuicebar.blogspot.com/

Its a nice vintage place again. But it’s not very well kept. IMHO okay..

Again, ambience + good chat = happy dopes looking forward to next vacay~

Passion Storm is yummss!!

Will share more on some good food i stumble upon in Johor when I finally stop procrastinating or have less work (yea, like that is going to happen +_+ )

toodles..

Tags: johor bahru