Food: Chinese Style Seafood

Monday was hectic. Immediately after work, Gua came and picked me up and brought me to Desa Pandan for Nasi Lemak. He claimed it was the best in the world. We'll see... :)

I liked it but to me, nasi lemak is nasi lemak. It's all the same. The lauk makes it special or different. The rendang was quite nice. But the service was a turn-off. The lady serving us was kinda rude. Not only did she have this holier-than-thou face, she never bothered to acknowledge your presence or your order. If you ask for extra rice, she'd go about her business as though she hadn't heard it. I sometimes speak softly and swallow my words, so I would've assumed she did not hear me and would've told her again and again, which would then aggravate a body... But since I had seen how she acted with Gua's order, I know she heard me. And don't even get me started at how slow her service was. She did not care if people are lining up like it the 31st of the month and it was at Baskin Robbins, she'd go about her business slowly. A snail would have died of a heart attack waiting for her. Sigh.

Venue: Desa Pandan, the sidewalk near traffic light, across from petrol station
Cost: RM6 each
Foodie: Gua

Sorry for the bile. Anyways, after the very early dinner, we went for karaoke because the bowling practice (yup, still practicing with Zaf's husband) would only start after 10pm and it was barely 7pm.

Yes, yes, a bit addicted. This time I purposely chose difficult songs that would require straining of the vocal cords AKA 90's slow rock kapak. Hehehhe. But of course, I couldn't really pull it off that well. Buat malu jer kat Gua... and then there's the whole echo thing going in the room. Crap.

Then, Gua's frens showed up. Admittedly I have hung out with them before but I am not that close to them so I had issues singing in front of them. Luckily I've sung the difficult songs before and all that's left are the easier songs. Nak tak nak, kena nyanyi jugak la... Gua sang mostly nasyid songs, heheheehe. Takut tau....

After the embarassing karaoke hour, we headed to Times Square for bowling. Gua's worked with Zaf before when she was Erra's PA so it was not a problem to mingle.

Unfortunately, she was a bit late so we played a couple of games first. Then we played two games with her. Then, we played two more games when her hubby arrived. Total: 6 games. Gua's so good that he beat me. Everybody can beat me at bowling...

After the strenuous game, we got hungry and decided to go eat something. Zaf's hubby suggested we go for seafood. Behind Lot 10. Zaf's told me about this place but we've never gone there... Aidil went ahead and ordered everything for us since we've never been there...

Zaf's husband, Aidil AKA Anuar Zain (according to Simon)

Chinese Fried Rice

Lala (spicy gravy)


Curried Shrimp


Mussels (taucu I think)

The food was nice and hot. We dug in quickly. It was a messy affair but I guess seafood is always messy.

Gua's leftover

Mine

Aidil's

Aftermath

Venue: Chinese Food Court, Somewhere behind Lot 10

Cost: RM90 (seafood) + Rm10 (fried rice) + RM10 (drinks)
Foodie: Gua, Zafirah Najmi, Aidil

Saturday Outing

Last Saturday, I had a craving for ikan bakar at Jalan Bellamy. Run the plan by Panzer and he did not mind. So we headed there, salivating over the thought of having grilled seafood. Unfortunately for us, that stall was closed. Maybe they closed shop on Saturday.

So Panzer decided to go to Tupai-Tupai. It's been a while since I was there. Three years I think. Panzer mentioned they do the goreng stuff at night but when we get there, Tupai-Tupai now offers Steamboat Buffet. After deliberating over the menu, we decided to go for the Steamboat.

Three options and we could choose two soups. Coconut-Based Soup and Tomyam Soup.

The buffet line

The three base food: Fried Mihun, Fried Udon and Fried Rice

The steamboat pot at the table. The steamboat stuff was plenty and varied in selection.

The best thing in the bunch: Stuffed Shitake Mushroom

The best thing in the bunch: Salmon

The veggies surrounding the seafood

Panzer putting the stuff into the steamboat contraption

Waiting for the food to cook

The end result: Cooked Food


Would you believe the red sauce is just Chicken Rice sauce?
Quail Eggs: Do not eat immediately after taken out of the boiling soup. Will explode in mouth.

Eating time. The brown sauce tastes funny...

Panzer and his love for shellfish...

Luckily, this place offers Ice Cream, unlike Terminal Seafood

This was a pleasant surprise. We did not anticipate the food to be that good. The soups were kick-ass! Some of the steamboat stuff were not available at other steamboats I've been to so I was quite satisfied.


Venue: Tupai-Tupai, Jalan Bukit Petaling
Cost: RM28++ per person

Foodie: Panzer

After the delicious dinner, we headed to Times Square for our rendeszous with the rest of the gang for bowling. Since we were slightly early, we decided to stop by the arcades at Level Six and play some video games.

Panzer is extremely good. Keeps kicking my ass at Marvel Vs Capcom. I lost at least RM6, until I finally get it thru my head that I can't beat him so I moved on to play Tekken 5.

Panzer's winnings

At 11, we reconvened at the bowling alley on the 5th floor and played 3 games. I don't know why I bother to play with him since he's so good at everything. He won the first game and the last game, I think. Although I am not quite sure, maybe it was someone else kot winning the third game. I only managed to sneak a win in during the second game. I think his finger was hurting hence I could get that win...

Our scores...

Venue: Ampang Superbowl, Times Square
Cost: RM5.50 per game (shoes free)

Keglers: Panzer, Hard, Azrul, Lee, Epul