QQ & Family

After staying at Elaine's for four days, I moved over to my uncle's place. He's Ma's youngest bro and has been working in KL for the past 12 years.

Am grateful for QQ and his family for hosting me. QQ has been most kind and loving by sending me to Central every morning before going off to work. Aunty has been cooking delicious dinners for us and bought me breakfast when I couldn't walk for two days. Ivan has to sleep on the floor in the living room coz I have taken control over his bedroom and Laine has been bringing in my laundry while I'm still at the library. And I'm blogging now thanks to Yvonne's David's broadband coz he's out working.

QQ and Aunty J

Yvonne, David (her bf) & Ivan

My couzies Laine & Yvonne

Laine's birthday dinner @ QQ's fav restaurant in Brickfields

Nom nom nom

(minus Aunt J coz she's in KK, visiting)

Bak Kut Teh dinner (minus Ivan who's gone outstation)

July 10: Nam Seng Restaurant 

Thank you all so much!

Yet Another Birthday

Sunday Dim Sum

For this semester, I've been having classes on three weekends out of four. I was free this weekend so I brought Ma and bro for dim sum at Wong Kwok Restaurant after I'd returned home from Sunday service.

I personally think that this is the best place for dim sum in the whole of KK. The taste, texture and varieties are unbeatable, not even Foo Phing's.

We were fortunate to have immediately got a table upon arrival as many families who came after us were kept standing, waiting for an empty table.

Mouth-watering dim sums

April 11: Wong Kwok Restaurant

Family Gathering

It was the Easter weekend and mom's siblings were back for a short visit to pay respect and clean up grandpa and grandma's graves for Ching Ming.

We had dinner at home on Sunday night.

After dinner, we had the wine which Unc Tom had given us. I love wine and it's been awhile since I last had any.

So silly Sophie downed half a glass too much and too fast and soon turned a deep shade of red in the face. Feeling not too well, she went to the toilet and proceeded to regurgitate her dinner, plonked herself on the bed and fell fast asleep.

How embarrassing!

  The cause of drunkenness

April 4: Kitchen

Here are some pics that I've managed to snap before passing out...

Good Friday

After the Good Friday service, I brought Ma, bro and Jenny to a buffet at Novotel. It's a public holiday in KK, everyone's freer and I thought it's a good time to just go out and eat.

There was only another family of four beside our table and we practically had the whole place to ourselves. I guess it's a day for fasting for many hence the emptiness.

 Barren

April 2: Novotel, 1B

It was just a simple spread that cost RM25 nett.

The 15 Days

Backdated post: Feb 14 - Feb 28

It's already March and CNY is over. Good things just end a lil too quickly.

As I have mentioned earlier, I've been very lethargic. The best word is: lazy!

I'd just post some pics here of the fifteen days of CNY though I do not have a pic for everyday and that's coz I'm... lazy. Thought I'd include another two days of my pre-CNY activities.

Warning: Post consists of mostly food pics taken with my low quality handphone and one-liners.

Feb 10 was a hectic and fruitful day for me. Alas... it was also the day that made me sick coz I was out the whole day in the extremely hot weather trying to get many things done. Serviced my car, changed my malfunctioned front passenger door lock and my reverse gear lights, bought some plastic cherry blossoms deco, bought and changed my car seat cover, went for facial, had a late lunch, went to the dentist, went to a shopping mall to buy a chest of plastic drawers for my bedroom and more CNY deco.

Returned home and set up my drawers and deco, did my laundry, bathed, lie down on the sofa and  that's when I started to feel queasy and chilly. I had not been feeling too well since the previous two weeks. Had been trying to keep any sickness at bay but that night I knew I'd lost the battle.

 

 New car seats cover

Feb 10: Car

True enough, the next morning I woke up with a fever and sore throat and worsening coughs. Went to buy medicine and rested at home coz I didn't want to get too sick. Was downing litres of water to rehydrate my system and cool down my body.

 

After a good night's sleep, I woke up on the 12th feeling much better. Took my med and rested the whole day coz I really wanted to go to the annual night market. It's kind of like a tradition for me to just join in the merry-making and buy last-minute goodies. CNY this year was quite subdued so I had wanted to feel the mood at the night market.

 

Went with Sim. We had dinner before walking the whole long stretch of open air market and going in the shopping centres and shops along it. Bought a dress and dried pork meat. Met up with Yvonne and Esther for drinks at Little Italy to end the night.

Went home and lost my voice. Took my med and slept.

 

 Pre-CNY night market

Feb 12: Segama 

Woke up and totally lost my voice. Rested and drank litres and litres of water the whole day. Bought more med, vitamin C, cough syrups and pain killer.

It was the worst reunion dinner coz I couldn't really eat and was feeling miserable.

To my surprise the next morning I was feeling good though I had myself a very sexy voice. Skipped the morning service and went for a dim sum buffet with Spinxie. I could eat!

After buffet, I had a few friends over at home before we visited a friend's home. Came home and my condition worsened again.

  

Day 1 - Dim sum

Feb 14: Silk Garden, Pacific Sutera

Met up with long-time friends who are around in KK or who were back from overseas. A good update from everyone.

  

Day 3 - Group photo of ex-JFYers

Feb 16: Lorraine's home

My bro, Kenny, actually joined a Chinese chess competition during CNY and won the fourth prize. Didn't know he was that good. No wonder a few days before the competition he signed up onto an online gaming site, hogged my computer and was religiously playing online chess to hone his skill for the real battle against 'older' competitors.

  

Day 4 - Hamper

Feb 17: Home

Had an appointment with the skin specialist at QE. There was only one specialist on duty in that department that morning - the rest were on leave.

 

 Day 5 - Registration counter

Feb 18: QEH Specialist Centre

Met up some Form 6 friends coz Sia made his annual pilgrimage back to KK from Spore for CNY. But the 'VIP' turned up late and left early... =.=

 

 Day 6 - BPF & YMH

 Feb 19: Old Town, City Mall

Classes resumed that weekend, on Sat. Had Sarawak Kon Lo Mee at a coffee shop. The food was delicious but the weather was so unbearably hot!

  

Day 7 - Sarawak Kon Lo Mee

Feb 20: A coffee shop

Met up with Spinxie and Monica for lunch on Sun after class. Ordered ice-cream with 'fresh' fruits. 'Fresh' fruits = raw carrots!!!

  

 Day 8 - Ice cream with carrot

Feb 21: Upperstar, Damai

Renewed books at the uni library, looked for some materials, slapped with a summon from uni's security coz parked illegally just so I need not walk that far (serves me right!), settled summon, drove to 1B to enquire about buffet offers, called up Gertie, she was free, met up and had lunch with her, jalan-jalan and then went home.

Day 12 - Lunch out

Feb 25: Yoshimi

It was a public holiday on Fri and I went for a buffet with Spinxie and my bro at Souled Out, 1B. Priced at RM26++, it was surprisingly delicious for that low price. Limited choices but good enough.

  

After sending Spinxie home, went and brought Michelle to the beach - jalan-jalan, took some pics, waded in the water, my slipper broke, chit-chat, had dinner and then went home.

    

  

 Day 13 - Sophie posing...

Feb 26: Tg Aru Beach

Another weekend arrived and had classes again. Went to the same Kon Lo Mee shop again... This time ka liau... Yummy!

  

Day 14 - Kon Lo Mee (ka liau)

Feb 27: A coffee shop

The last day of CNY ended with mom's home-cooked dinner together with Unc Tom, Aunt Laura and Anna (Vic's gf).

 

Day 15 - Mom's home-cooked delights

Feb 28: Home

I know it's already way too late to ask but I'd ask anyway...

How was your CNY? :)

Steamboat Buffet

After waiting for ages for Kenny to treat the family to a meal, he had finally consented to buy us dinner. Poor man. He finally succumbed under pressure and had to part with his hard-earned money :)

We went to a steamboat buffet at Man Yuan Steamboat Chinese Dishes, Taman Dixon. After turning left at the traffic light junction to the Luyang Hospital, take the right turn and drive about 400 meters down the residential road. It is the second block of shops after the hospital and it is a corner shop situated just beside the road. You will definitely not miss it because it is painted in an ugly (my perception) green and its walkway is full of tables.

This eatery has only been in operation for just a few months (less than half-a-year according to bro) but many already know about its existence because of the irresistible offer of a cook-it-yourself buffet for only RM20 per adult and RM10 for children. I was here just a few weeks ago with some high school friends.

This outlet is so popular and is always filled to the brim. It's advisable to make reservations or if you could make it, go there earlier, preferable around 6 p.m. or much later at around 8.30 p.m.

We were late and reached there at 6.30 p.m. and all the tables were already taken or reserved. We had to wait for awhile to let the worker set up tables for us and for another family of seven.

The food are displayed hawker-centre styled with one section for the fresh and raw food and another for hot items served from the kitchen. It is self-service and customers help themselves to the various food and different dipping sauces.

I was ecstatic when I saw sambal among the various dipping sauces. However, I was sorely disappointed with this version because it was too spicy and did not have that special sambal fragrance that I like. I wouldn't call it sambal though it looked like it; it's just cooked chilli to me.

Each table will be given a platter of prawns, which is the more pricier item, depending on the number of people per table. I find that the prawns are not too fresh and they are so small.

There are four flavours of soup to choose from - tom yum, chicken, fish, or Chinese herb. We chose the former two.

For dessert, there are Nestle ice-cream and cut fruits such as watermelons, honeydew melons and papayas which are also self-service. They were running out of ice-cream and did not replenish it so I took these unidentifiable flavours over strawberry.

Overall, it is worth it. If you are a big eater, then you can eat your money's worth. However, do not expect first class service because it is just too crowded and the workers are just too preoccupied to attend to you within a reasonable time frame. It is better to just help yourself unless it is to change the gas can in the stove which could run out at anytime. It happened on the two occasions I was here.

In fact, if you want to pay the bill, just walk over to the counter. Don't bother to wait for them to come to you because they are just too busy to notice that you wish to settle the bill.

Verdict:
Food variety - 5 / 5
Service - 2.5 / 5
Pricing - 5 / 5