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Friday, January 22, 2016

FOOD IN JONKER STREET, MELAKA , RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN TRADITIONAL CUISINE, FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE


Hi readers,

I think once in a while, you are interested to see something else than beauty and skincare.

The reason I don’t talk about my trip because most of the time, I forgot to take photos. XP

I told you before I am a glutton and when I remembered to take photos; I already gobbled them up. I can’t show you ugly looking half eaten food!

I figured that you might be interested in my recent trip to Malacca if you are coming to Malaysia somewhere in the future. What I am going to say is probably different from what others said so take it with bags of salt XP. After all, my taste buds are probably different from others because I am use to spices and flavorful food.

Malaysian’s food has stronger flavor compared to Taiwanese food and some people might not like it.

So what is good to eat in Malacca? That was my first question to her when I asked her what is good to eat there. I know because I am a glutton.

So I quote her answers “Her mum’s cooking is the best”. She was at lost for answers to my question because of course I expect something that will blow my mind away and she knew how high my expectation for food is. I do prefer home cook food actually.

You can actually find or Google up those common places for Top ten foods to eat in Malacca so I should not dwell into it.

I did not go for the famous satay celup because you need at least 3 people to eat them. It opens only at night. I did not go for ice cream cendol made with coconut water too. The main reason is because I hate waiting in line for food. Besides, there are tons of reviews for those so I don’t think I want to queue up outside the hot weather for 1 hour to just add into those review.

Better go somewhere else for food.

 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN


This time I went to a friend’s place so she brought me to this Nyonya restaurant. There is no pork and they serve traditional cuisine. Nyonya cuisine is actually a blend of chinese and malays cuisine.  The speciality lies that is spicy so for those coming to Melaka, Nyonya cuisine is a must try. XP
 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN Sour plum drink
Sour plum drink
Sour plum drink
Yeah, it is sour.LOL


 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN Cendol drink
Cendol drink

Cendol drink with coconut milk
ermm, no idea how this taste like.  Malaysian don't double dip or drink from the same straw unless you are couple or something XP . Besides, I already have my drink.



RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN Sambal udang petai
Sambal udang petai

Sambal udang petai

This dish is for those can eat the traditional 'ulam'-raw herbal vegetables.  The toilet will stink so lucky we are outside that day. I love the fresh prawn.  It is not spicy in my opinion but to those who doesn't eat chillies this is going to burn your tongue.

RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN TRADITIONAL CUISINE Soup itik Tim
Soup itik Tim

Soup itik Tim

Itik means duck.  So, it is a duck soup.  It is sourish in clear broth. The meat is pretty soft XP.  I can't help to drink few bowl of this because I like sourish soup.=)

RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN TRADITIONAL CUISINE  Kangkung with sambal belacan

Kangkung with sambal belacan

Kangkung with sambal belacan
This is a local cuisine and I am surprise with the crunchy 'water spinach'.  Malaysian love their sambal belacan(dried up salted shrimps) . It is not spicy to me but if you have very low tolerance for chilies, don't order this.





 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN
 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN 
Here is the interior =) . they use 'Batik' as table cloth

 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN
 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN 

 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN
 RESTORAN NYONYA SUAN 

Overall, it was a satisfying meal.  I think it is not over RM50 for all these so it is cheap for something as good as this. My friend was actually very full as the portion was actually big.  Even if you eat a lot like me you will find it a lot.  Overall, not bad and I will patron this restaurant again =) .  This is actually near Mahkota parade.


JONKER STREET , MELAKA
JONKER STREET , MELAKA
Here is the end of Jonker street.
JONKER STREET , MELAKA
JONKER STREET , MELAKA
These are some shops around Jonker street.

JONKER STREET , MELAKA
tau sa piah – traditional mung beans cookies.

Here is the Chinese tau sa piah – traditional mung beans cookies.

JONKER STREET , MELAKA
JONKER STREET, MELAKA

makam Mahsuri
makam Mahsuri

Passed by Makam Mahsuri(graveyard). There is a famous legend of her.  I am not interested to see graveyard and it was scorching hot so just walked away.



 Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong
 Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong

Here is the Datuk Wira Dr. Gan Boon Leong. Behind it is the toilet XP
I have no idea where else to find toilet in Jonker Street.



JONKER STREET, MELAKA
JONKER STREET, MELAKA




JONKER STREET, MELAKA Restoran Famosa Chicken Rice ball
Restoran Famosa Chicken Rice ball
Restoran Famosa Chicken Rice ball

Here is the most popular chicken rice ball which I did not go into. Ate it long ago and not interested in eating it anymore. This is less delicious. It is chicken with rice made into balls.

The reason I passed by this is because we are going to the popular café for coffee. I am a tea and coffee person XP .


 FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
 FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE

So here we are. Sorry that you have to keep seeing people back. The people here just want to be in my photo. I have waited under the hot scorching sun but they are just so ignorant or probably wanting to photo bomb everything.



 FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
 FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE

By the way, if you notice, Malaysian wears slippers everywhere because it is so hot. Most of the time, we will go out bare face even if they have bad skin and no one will bat an eye. However, if you do put something like a patch on your face, everyone will look at you! LOL

It is 35 celsius room temperature and outside it is 45 celsius so bring something breathable and light! Just wear t-shirts and pants will do. You can wear sleeveless and short pants too. Just no bikini.
 FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
 FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE

Here it the interior of the shop.
FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
Here is the menu book
FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE

FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
Melaka coffee

Calanthe Art Café named all the coffee with the name of 13 states in Malaysia. Mine one is Melaka and my friends one is Perak.(hers is not in photo) They look the same but taste different.

We have to order cold one as I was sweating so much from the scorching hot sun outside. 

It was around Rm12 per cup of coffee. I can’t remember the price.

Melaka coffee  FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
Melaka coffee

banana chocolate brownie.FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
Here is also the chocolate brownie.

Here is also the banana chocolate brownie.
FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
FIRST&ONLY CALANTHE ART CAFE MALAYSIA 13 STATES COFFEE
The photos of Malaysia divided by states.




Chicken rice ball JONKER STREET, MELAKA
Chicken rice ball
Here is the better tasting Chicken rice ball. If you want to try, this one is better. I can’t go because I already ate my lunch and dessert.

JONKER STREET, MELAKA
JONKER STREET, MELAKA


The Melaka river

JONKER STREET, MELAKA
JONKER STREET, MELAKA


The Cendol stalls

Cendol, JONKER STREET, MELAKA
cendol
The cendol from the stall next to the river and opposite the red house. My friend said the river used to stink so badly in the past. Not sure how much those cendol cost because it was my friend's treat. XP
It is nice to have a bowl of cold cendol on a scorching hot day.  It is hard to find seat here and we had to share the table with others.  One tiny table with five adults so one might have to quickly finish your cendol since we might not be comfortable enough to talk with others.  People though we are Singaporeans because well, I look Chinese but speaks English.  Locals speak Mandarin.

 San Shu Gong,JONKER STREET
 San Shu Gong


Before you got out from Jonker Street, remember to stop at a corner shop named San Shu Gong for souvenir. Their coconut cookies and candies are great. I also bought some herbal 'Ba Kut teh' herbs which is very famous and only available in Malaysia. XP Sorry I really forgot to take a photo of the shop.  The thought went out of my mind because it was too hot and we just want to go somewhere cold.





I am thankful of my friend for being such a kind host for bringing me around.  She had to follow me eating the whole day too. Pity her because I hate to be outside under the scorching sun.  Ermm, no photo of me because I look like an idiot and my friend dislike her photos up here XP  .  Well, looking at food photos are way better than looking at me right?  I actually gained like 4.37 kg when I weight myself at my friend's place!  OMG!



I think this is a very long post about food in Malacca. I hope that you will like it.  Let me know if you have any questions about Malacca or other things =) .



I will be writing another post about the things to see in Malacca so let me know if you are interested in that =) .



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Tuesday, August 18, 2015

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT


Hi foodies,


When there is no one to cheer you up, you cheer yourself up!

One of the MUST get when you are in Japan is their Kit Kat. There are as many as 200 types of Nestle Kit Kat flavors. From dark chocolates, strawberry cheese cake, tofu, miso, wasabi , soya sauce and even the cake flavor which you have to heat up. Don’t get the wasabi unless you are up for a challenge. XD


It is a great souvenir since you can't get it from other countries.

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT
JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT
JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT
JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT
JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

So, basically there was only that usual milk chocolate Kit Kat until I got this green tea kit kat. Of course I was really curious about it even if it is more expensive than the normal ones. The packaging is the same as the one from Japan just that it has other languages on it. At least we can read it!

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT
JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT

JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT
JAPANESE GREEN TEA KIT KAT



It has mild green tea taste. It is sweet to me but everyone threshold of sweetness is different.  Anyhow, if you care about your waist line, then don’t eat more than one mini bar per day.  Treat it as some sort of 'treats' that you can have once in a while.   It is good to share it with another person. It is nice and if you love green tea, this will be probably one of the flavors that you should get when you are in Japan. XP Better than those ‘cute looking banana cake’ which does not taste good to me.

One serving contains:
7.6g sugar
1.1g protein
5.6 fat
16mg sodium
9.7g cabohydrate

So, it is not advisable to eat more than 1 mini bar per day because you can easily go over your daily intake of 60g of sugar daily.  Besides, eating too much process food with high sugar content causes diabetes in long run,  you will also have bad skin(acne) and pot belly appearing.  After all, sugar is Number 1 killer for skin.

I think by the time I wrote this, other Asian countries probably already have this in their stores. Also, I have been thinking about it the whole day and by the time I came home, tired and unhappy, I was made even angrier because someone ate all the green tea Kit Kat I have been thinking all day. T_T



Products retails at
A packet of 8packets mini Kit Kat for RM13

Product is not sponsored. The opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always.

edited: You can also subscribe for  a Japanese Candy Box direct from Japan at USD19.90


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Saturday, August 8, 2015

REVIEW ON THE FACE SHOP REAL NATURE RICE MASK


Sheet masks are part of beauty routine in Asian and now it has also becomes favourited by many skincare junkies for the calming, faster visible results properties and not to mention handy to carry during travel.  It is recommended to use a face mask to calm the face during the flight =).

So, here is my review on the rice sheet masks.

THE FACE SHOP REAL NATURE RICE MASK
THE FACE SHOP REAL NATURE RICE MASK

THE FACE SHOP REAL NATURE RICE MASK
THE FACE SHOP REAL NATURE RICE MASK


Rice:- It exfoliates dead skin cells and brightens dull skin with no artificial coloring contained.


How to use:
Step 1: Apply the sheet on your face after thorough rinsing
Step 2: Leave it for a few minutes
Step 3: Gently rinse with water and wipe with cotton for best results


Rice mask has brightening effect and is gentler to the skin so skin.  It is also moisturising to skin.  The mask sheet is huge enough for my face.  There is some scent which is not too strong but I have no idea what it is. Overall, it does make my face brighter and more moisturise.  The effect lasts for few hours.  One will need to continuously use the mask to see more brightening effect.

Not for anyone who wants to avoid paraben and fragrance.


I did the review for the TheFaceShop aloe sheet mask.  Check it out to see the size and texture of the sheet masks as the sheet masks looks the same for the Real Nature range.




Products
The Face Shop Real Nature Mask Lemon retails at RM6.90 per piece.


I redeemed it from this Muffin website. Registered and then collect points for reviewing products. It is a free sampling Malaysia website.

For more information, please visit TheFaceShop facebook official website. Not a sponsored product. The opinions expressed here are my own and honest as always.



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Monday, July 20, 2015

RANDOM: HOW TO COLOUR SEA SCENERY

Dearest readers,

Today is just a day when I don't feel like doing anything, stress going up to the roof and people are testing your patience.  I have one of those days too. T_T

I like to draw although I am actually not very good in it.  It is actually self taught since I don't get to go for art classes.  Most Asian parents like mine doesn't encourage it and find that drawing is a waste of time.  I don't get to draw or colour at home so if I do colour, it has to be a secret. .

Anyhow, here is a drawing inspired by my feelings.  I didn't use any pencil in this drawing.  I just use the white pastel colour to draw the outline of it.(just the rock).  There is not smudging here.

I am only using the 6 colours-yellow, brown, dark blue, light blue, black and white.

HOW TO COLOUR  SEA SCENERY


If you are interested on how I come up with this, here is the few simple steps:

Ingredients: 6 main pastel colour (yellow, brown, dark blue, light blue, black and white) You can use pencil colour too.


1. draw outline with white pastel colour.
2. Use the yellow to colour the rock. Just colour anywhere you like and leave some empty white space.Use the dark brown to colour on the yellow and places near the water. Use the black to top it on the outline of the rock.
3..  Use the light blue to colour the flow of the water.  Leave some empty white spaces near those rocks where the waves will hit.  Use the dark blue to darken it.  Lastly, use the black to lightly draw on the outline.
4.  Just colour the light blue from the left to outside to the inside.  Leave some empty spaces in upper centre.  Then use the dark blue to darken some part follow up by black.  Then use the grey to fill up some spaces between the two colours.
5. Finally, use the white pastel to clear up and lighten up some part.

As you can see, my rocks look weird XP.



So what do you do when you are stress up or what you do for your hobby?






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Friday, June 5, 2015

TRAVEL: KLCC PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE AND AQUARIA KLCC



I have been meaning to write about this trip to KLCC for sometime but then I kept putting it on hold. Finally I have the time to write about it. Sorry that it has been a year already. hahahaha.

Anyway, if you are stopping in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia then one of the places that tourists will go will be the bridge in KLCC and the Aquaria KLCC. You can reach this place via the Putra LRT train-KLCC station or you can walk from the Pavilion to KLCC. Just ask at the information counter at Pavilion which way to head.


KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE

You can buy the ticket at the concourse and has to be at waiting line one hour before your time to enter. If I am not mistaken there is 10am up to 7pm. Each hour, there can only be 40 who can enter to go up the bridge. 
Here is the details about the visiting.


PETRONAS Twin Towers Visit Operations

VISITING DAYS Tuesday to Sunday (CLOSED on Monday)

VISITING HOURS 9.00 am – 9.00 pm (CLOSED for FRIDAY Prayer from 1.00pm – 2.30pm)

ISSUING OF THE TICKETS Start from 8.30am until 8.00pm

(Tickets are limited and issued on “First Come First Serve” basis)

TICKET COUNTER LOCATION Concourse Level, PETRONAS Twin Towers


Skybridge & Observation Deck
MyKad
Non - MyKad
Adult
RM 25
RM 80
Children *12 years & below
RM 12
RM 30
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
They will take some photos which you can choose to buy later.

Then, there will be officer that will bring you into the lift to the first station which is the moving bridge. Before that, make sure you go to the toilet first.  Here is the officer that will tell you more about the twin tower.

KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
 Here you can snap some photos. Here is what I got.

KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE

KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE


KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
 Then they will take you to the 86 floor which is for adult. Children are not allowed to go up to this floor and the reason for the cheaper ticket.

KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
KLCC  PETRONAS TWIN TOWER SKYBRIDGE
 You can use the ticket to scan and to look at the 3D TV.

There is a toilet on this floor but the cubicle is too small. You can wash your hands here.

Downstairs is a souvenirs shop which has lots of expensive souvenirs. I didn’t get anything XP . The tour is about 45minutes.



AQUARIA KLCC
AQUARIA KLCC


The aquarium is open daily from 10.30am – 8.00pm.

(Including Weekends and Public Holidays)
Last admission 7.00pm.

aquaria klcc entrance fees

Admission TicketAdmission RateMyKad Admission RateStation Aquarius Walkthrough
AdultRM53RM40RM5
Child
(3 - 12 years old)
RM42RM30RM5
Senior Citizen
(60 years and above)
RM32RM30RM5

AQUARIA KLCC
AQUARIA KLCC
 As for Aquaria, it is just fishes and those aquatic animals. There is nothing much for me to see actually. I guess it is a place for families and not a person like me. I am not much excited about it than visitors here.

AQUARIA KLCC
AQUARIA KLCC

AQUARIA KLCC
AQUARIA KLCC

AQUARIA KLCC
AQUARIA KLCC

McDonald Burger Malaysia

Food in KLCC is expensive and people usually go for MC Donald’s at the food court area.  You can also buy food from the Cold storage and eat at food court or at the garden.
There are other things that you can do such as shopping, visit the Kinokuniya bookstores and visit the art galleries.




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http://www.suriaklcc.com.my/

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