3-2 =1

ziling receiving her cert from prof tim wilson, vice-chancellor Uni of Hertfordshire

as the title suggests, 2 out of the 3 lim sisters have graduated. that leaves me as the only member in the family with no BA (Hons) title... yet. well, give me 6 months time, then we'll all have the same qualifications. and then the rat race can begin, harharhar.

nah, just kidding (the rat race part).

family picture without dad again

our way of showing how proud we are of her
[btw, she got 2nd upper]

no, really we do love her... sometimes. and she has never felt so loved before, hence the expression.

yilingl meets kennysia (!!)

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... and this will be my year-end holidays project. scrapbooking!! gosh i can be in that crafthaven shop @1utama foreverrrr fixing my eyes on every single thing in that shop. but everything is so pricey!! and nice!!

rm130 worth of goodies

examples of end results

okie doks. gonna start my project now!

cheeeeeers :)

shihlin taiwan street snacks

sorry folks, meant to post this yeaterday but was as busy as a bee can be!! yesterday morning i had to attend ziling's convocation at inti-uc nilai. yeah she has FINALLY graduated, lol. was a very emotional affair for me *cough* cos she doesnt look like a graduate in every possible sense to me! *end cough* we had 5 first class honours for the accounting major this time and all of 'em were girls! girl power yay. even the valedictorian was a girl.

congrats to jason for getting the leadership skills award!! hoorah!!

will blog about it with pictures later.

teaser: guess who i met there?? (hint: blogger whos sort-of a celebrity, but doesnt act and sings awfully. take a guess! winners will be handsomely/prettily rewarded with my picture with that 'celebrity' LOL)

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at night, i attended the socit homecoming ball 2007 at crystal crown hotel, pj. got to know a few alumni people, will also blog about it with pictures later.

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BUT NOW... lets go back to talking about food.

shihlin taiwan street snacks

as ive mentioned in my last post, i went to 1utama the other day and shihlin taiwan street snacks was my teatime-dinner stop. the shop is really small, about half the size of a normal shoplot and its ALWAYS (with capitals, bolded, underlined, fontsize 72 followed by invisible exclamation question-mark exclaimation asterisk hatch-key exclamation) FULL.

seats are pretty limited, like bout 10 at a time. i thought of getting lunch there, but it was full. half hour later, it was full. an hour later, it was still full. grrrr. ended up it was slightly unfull at bout 4pm.

shop façade

everything take and go! (no need to pay, muahaha)

shihlin taiwan street snacks is famous for its XXL crispy chicken, but it also offers few others snacks, according to your fancy. my sister recommended the crispy floss egg crepe and i know that they sell oyster mee sua as well. yeps, very attracted by the "oyster" word. i love oysters!!

oh jien (oysters omellete), fresh oysters, dried oysters (for boiling soup), dried oysters with peanuts porridge, cheese baked oysters, you name it, i love it <3>also cos oysters are atasan delicacies, and so to have oysters in mee sua for rm5.50 (!!!), you must be kidding me.

... but i kid you not.

oyster mee sua-rm5.50
oh tuhan saya, 3 biji oysters yang besarrrr *faints*

the mee sua has shredded chicken meat and the broth is thick. the only putdown was I HATE PARSLEY (or was it coriander??), anyway i really dislike the taste of the broth mixed with the garnishings. potong steam saya jer.

there were 3 big oysters innit... what can i say, BIG, JUICY, and erm BIG?

crispy floss egg crepe- rm5.50

OH NO... those green garnishings again! luckily the crepe didnt absorb the smell of those pesky greens. anyway, as you can see in the first picture, there is chicken floss enveloped in the crepe and the crepe is a mixed of batter and eggs. it tasted much like a thinner version of roti canai telur tambah chicken floss, and it is served with a sweet brownish sauce over it. it was tasty, but after my third piece or so, i was already feeling full... my full-o-meter hit 9/10.

but. i. must. finish. them.

and so i did. all by myself (*flashes wide grin*). now who says im undereating ??!! grrrrr.

at shihlin, every item on the menu is at rm5.50 (i suppose they're all inclusive of the obligatory taxes) as i read of the price jump from rm4.80 only last time.

rm11 for both items

i will certainly come back to try the XXL crispy chicken next time!!

shihlin taiwan street snacks
lot s54, 1 utama shopping centre (old wing)
no 1, lebuh bandar utama,
bandar utama damansara,
47800 pj, selangor.
(2nd floor near tgv cinema)
and new outlet at pavillion, kl

[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

caffé 1920

caffé 1920

i went to 1utama today. it has been quite awhile since i last roamed the malls.

and of cos, i had a few food places in mind that i wanna try out after reading some flogs (food blogs). i was reading precious pea's flog yesterday and she recommended caffé 1920. it was initially not on my mind as i was more looking forward to try out shihlin's taiwan street snack which i read about it over at masak-masak.

please dont question me weather ive been reading my superdupertrooper sien accounting books or reading flogs, you should know the answer if you know me well 'nuff. blehhh.

anyway, here's my take on caffé 1920!

the menu: colorful, informative and interesting

i opted for the set meal. there were 9 choices of mains, while the drinks and dessert is the same for all sets. i chose the eggplant and beef parmigiana- rm14.50++.

ice lemon tea

eggplant and beef parmigiana
layers of eggplant, mozarella cheese and beef patty topped with egg served with toasted baguette

beef patties beneath the layer of cheese and egg

chocolate eclairs

i used to despise eggplants (a.k.a. brinjals, terung, aí guà). but now i find 'em acceptable and yummy too. there were two fat but thinly sliced eggplant in the main course, also it had loadsa mozarella cheeeeze and eggs!! funny but it tasted not too bad. i thought the cheeeeze would be very overpowering as when the waiter served it on my table, the mozarella cheeeze had such a strong smell! (if jill smelt it, she might faint) but after tasting it, i think the eggs helped to contra the cheeeezy taste (i dont know what word to use, hence the word 'contra'). i didnt quite like the beef patties though. it tasted like ramly burger patties to me.

the dessert was a stingy piece of chocolate eclairs with, erm i think its chocolate syrup. the dessert was a big putdown. it's hard, and the pastry wasnt fresh. but i whacked everything off the plates anyway, hehe.

the total bill was rm16.68.
5% for gov tax and 10% for service charge.
i would say its reasonable and affordable and i will certainly come back to try out their other dishes.

total bill- rm16.68

do pay a visit to caffé 1920 for their set meals, ranging from rm14++ to rm20++. the food is comparable to secret recipe (choice-wise, even better).

set meals

next post will be on taiwanese food!! stay tune, folks!


caffé 1920
lot s65, 1-utama shopping centre (old wing)
bandar utama,
47800 petaling jaya, selangor.
03-77268010


[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

thank god its friday

im officially done for the semester and the year! yesterday being my first and last paper for semester 6. and that would be 6 sems down, 1 more to go...!!

now, feast yourself with pictures of food, from where else but everyones favourite american food joint, tgi friday's (tgif). these are the collection of photos amassed from the few visits with friends throughout the year.

p/s: check out the american's tgif EXTENSIVE 3 course meals menu!! wish we have those in m'sia instead... and keep it to rm39.90 of course! then everyday can be a friday!!

pp/s: really do check out the the links above, and make sure you explore all the pages in the website. check out their retail products!!

do drop a comment if you can recognize and name the dishes/drinks. i shall name this the "how-well-do-you-know-your-tgif" challenge. im sure its gonna be a breeze for many tgif aficionados out there!

enjoy :)

appetizers/starters

main courses


desserts

drinks

tgi friday's® restaurants
at 1utama, subang parade, seksyen 14 pj, queensbay mall penang, the curve, life center kl, wisma jotice johor.

1901 hotdogs

1901™ food for friendship

everybody loves hottttdogs, eh? 11 out of 10 people i know loves it though. it can be eaten at anywhere and anytime of the day- breakfast, lunch quickie, dinner (if you have like 5 of it lah), teatime, supper, when you're watching your EPL match, when you're hungry in the shopping mall, when you're depressed, when you're happy...

kesimpulannya, whenever you feel like having it-lah.

new mighty mubarak

i had my fix of hotgod hotdog yesterday at none other than 1901™ hotdog. it is THE place i always go to for my hotdog fix.

eeee... i hate mustard! strictly no mustard for me!!

my fav and THE only hotdog i always HAVE to have is texas ted. i like it cos its really simple (not messy) and it tastes great! its actually a chicken/beef sausage with steamed fluffy bread and a piece of melted cheese, bbq sause and chilli flakes. i always have the chicken sausage but yesterday i opted for the beef. IMHO, chicken taste better cos it seems juicier to me :)

texas ted beef
a choice of steamed beef sausage, covered with cheese strip and topped with our very own barbeque sauce with a dash of chilli flakes for the extra zing

rm4.73 (inclusive 5% tax) for regular ala carte
rm6.45 (inclusive 5% tax) for great ala carte

yummy

i love the fluffy bread cos it was steamed with the sausage. bread never tasted this guuuud. if im not mistaken, additional strips of cheese costs 50¢ each. prices has certainly gone up in the recent years. i remembered having my first texas ted for rm3.90 (rm4.10 inclusive of tax)- signs of inflation, sighs.

1901 not only offers hotdogs but also sandwiches (a.k.a. hoagies), burgers, sausages-on-a-stick (a.k.a. soakin' ted) but also a variety of drinks. set meals which consist of a hotdog of your choice and a drink are also available.

oh my dog. such kiuuut gods.

1901™
available at [nearly] all major shopping complexes


[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal view, tastebuds, and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]

restoran tian tian lai seafood

restoran tian tian lai seafood

restoran tian tian lai seafood is a regular makan place for my family. actually we dont call this place by its name but we refer to it as 'sunway belakang' cos this tai-chow place is located right behind sunway pyramid. its not exactly a 'restoran'... but rather a tai-chow occupying 5 shoplots at the selera sunway foodcourt.

notice how people often misuse the word 'restaurant'.

from our first visit here dating few years back till now... this humble little tai chow has grown in terms of the shoplots it occupies and its crowd of customers. few years back, the wait was much shorter as there were fewer customers and there wasnt any vip air-cond room, but now aside from its kitchen, it has vacanted 2 shoplots and turned them into vip air-cond room (yes in a foodcourt!) and of cos if you go during the weekends, the dinner crowd can be quite alot hence longer waiting time.

the food here are awesome though. for a humble little place like this, its as good as those in real atasan restaurants. well, then again... i think chinese food are pretty awesome anyhow and anywhere (within m'sia).

we had a 7-course dinner.

steamed garoupa with steamed eggs- rm 54

green vege (tau miu)

salted chicken- rm24

homemade fried beancurd

steamed eggs

ku lou yuk

stir fried long beans

every dish was yummy. my personal fav of the dinner was the homemade fried beancurd... its so soft inside and dipped with mayo, omggggg it will make the french go, "mamma mia!! délicieux!!"

beneath the steamed garoupa was actually a layer of steamed eggs though you cant actually see it from the picture. the eggs and the fish was a great combination.

pricewise, the total bill for these 7 dishes inclusive of rice and chinese tea was rm161. my uncle said that the fish was alil too pricey. overall a very satisfying dinner (albeit the long wait).

other recommended dishes are the fried sotong, marmite pork ribs and nyonya assam fish.

:)

restoran tian tian lai seafood
selera sunway foodcourt,
jalan pjs 9/5,
bandar sunway,
46150, selangor.


[disclaimer: the opinions expressed here are based on my personal views, tastebuds and preference and may vary for others. please dont sue me, i dont have money. kthxbye.]