Yuen Kee Dumpling

This is another new eatery that I wanted to try. Saw it since I came back during end of March, so I'm not sure when it was opened.

The shopfront incorporates a transparent glass window, inspired by the Din Tai Fung concept, enabling passers-by to watch the dumpling-making process in action.

The interior is bright and spacious. 

Order is done via online from the QR code, then proceed with online cashless payment (ewallet, etc) before they serve the food to your table. Similar concept like Nando's.

I ordered a set B (RM22.90 nett), comprises of dumplings with wanton noodle in soup, a plate of blanched romaine lettuces with garlic and red bean soup dessert.

The sauces and cutleries counter is located at the side where customer can DIY their own mix & match sauces.

The wanton noodles are al dente. I chose prawn with pork dumplings. There are 6 pieces in the noodles. Taste OK, but personally I prefer the prawn/pork dumplings in Xiguan coz it has stronger umami taste.

A plate of greens....I need my veggies! 

The red bean soup is quite nice & refreshing, coz i requested for cold.

There is green bean soup in the option too.

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[Below] Another new eatery by 'Sun Thai' (a muslim-Thai food restaurant) which opened a week ago.

This eatery specializes in braised meat, but it has other items in the menu which are similar to Sun Thai.

I've been to Sun Thai a few times and would usually order their pad kra pao rice (which is also available here).

The colorful interior at the shop front.

Will drop-by to try their braised duck rice on one of these days😀

21 Sizzling & Grill, Bukit Jalil

21 Sizzling & Grill, Esplanade Bukit Jalil

Family dinner on a quiet Sunday evening. This restaurant is quite hidden compared to others located at the main road and corner shops. It specializes in grilled meat....so we ordered sizzling plate grilled chicken chop each, but with different sauces - mushroom, black pepper, mongolian.

For veggies - choose either coleslaw or mixed veggies.

For carbs - choose either fries or fried potato wedges.

Here's mine - grilled chicken chop with mushroom sauce, fried potato wedges and mixed veggies. Tastes OK. RM14.90++ for this sizzling grilled chicken chop. If add-on mushroom soup, would be additional RM5 per bowl. The mushroom soup comes with garlic bread by default.

Jojo Pan Mee

I went to pan mee shop and ordered a yee mee😁

But the ingredients are similar to the normal soup pan mee with minced pork, black fungus and mani cai. I also add-on a bowl of wantons in soup. 6 pieces of wantons by default.

Both taste OK, nothing to shout about. The yee mee in pan mee soup tastes good, something different if you are bored with pan mee.

Green Lane Noodles

Went to this place which specializes in Penang white curry noodles and Penang prawn mee.....but instead or ordering their core, I had.....

Penang char mee....aka fried noodles....

It tastes ordinary, bland with no wok-hei....and has gravy, like those mee goreng basah.

hmmm....I think I better stick back to their core specialty.

Never try never know. Now that I have tried, I can avoid ordering this in the future.

Albert Heijn Supermarkt, Netherlands

[Throwback March 2025]

This was on last year during my transit in Amsterdam. I did the same again on this year😂

After a stroll in the city, I came back to the Schiphol station and went into the supermarket just to look-see if anything I could buy (to fill up my hungry stomach).

Stroopwafels!

The price is way cheaper than those sold inside the airport....

If the supermarket is closed, last choice is FEBO nearby the airport check-in counters...I saw this vending machine with warm food...but of course they are overpriced ones...People don't buy from here unless got nothing to eat at all.

Check-in!

Right after the check-in gate, you will see this "Man in the clock"....Not a real man but animated graphics. The man continuously wipes and draw the clock pointers on every minute.

From AMS - KUL, I was served with lousy KLM airline food....

Another one...

Unlimited wine served onboard...so I tapao-ed back home....with Beemster cheese.

That was last year....already finished this wine before my trip earlier this year and again i tapao-ed the same. The 2026 wine is still sitting in my fridge, waiting to open on special occasion😂

Sunny Food Republic again

Weekend dinner with parents....Since they were only 3 of us, we ordered only 3 dishes.

Steamed tilapia (RM34)

Pork belly with yam (RM25)

Included a plate of blanched iceberg lettuce (RM8) with 3 plates of rice (RM6), total bill came to RM73 nett.

Decent meal, taste OK....Will definitely come back again to try other dishes.

Road Trip - Northern Barbados

[Continuation from the previous post] 

As she drove up north, we reached to the tip of the island, here you can see the Atlantic Ocean.

Cherry Tree Hill Reserve

Some kind of monument 😂

This place was previously the residence of the colonial British.

A petrol station - Rubis

Some wooden hut at a farm...

She drove us to the farm to drop by her MIL house. They own a farm.

Saying 'Hi' to the goat....

Some veggies at their farm.

The chattel houses at the rural area nearby....

Our short road trip took around 4 hours (to & fro)....

The skies turned dark around 5pm and it started drizzling....there was a landslide somewhere and it jam for an hour...
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We reached back to the town centre (Bridgetown) around 6 plus....

Since it was nearing dinner time, me and my teammate went to tapao at the nearby mall, while our kind colleague waited for us. We offered to buy her dinner to return her kind gesture but she declined.

I had Indian food....

They have daily specials as below. Prices are in BBD (Barbados Dollar). 1USD=2BBD

Guess what I had?

The "Weekend Madness"

which is curry beef with spinach rice and coleslaw. It came with a can of soft drink.

The curry beef tastes like our Malaysian 'beef rendang'😋

Barbados - Weekend Road Trip

[Throwback November 2023] 

A kind local colleague offered me & my teammate a weekend road trip around the lovely island Barbados. We were so 'paiseh' to decline her kind invitation. She is a sweet lady in her late 50s, and holds a senior position in the office. After her church, she came to pick us up at our apartment and our journey begins....

We headed towards north to Bridgetown....passing by various landmarks...

This is one of those luxury residences along the coast....the coastal roads are long and winding and up the hills.

Port of Bridgetown is where the Caribbean cruise embark/disembark the tourists.

This clocktower is in Bridgetown town center.

Another historic building below....light and power house from the last century.

Then we reached...Spiegeltown....a town located slightly up north.

To be continued....

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[Below] My usual lunch of wraps bought from the cafe opposite the office.

I had salmon wrap served with mango chutney.

Unwrapping the wrap to see what's inside....

Smoked salmon....yummmmzzzz😋

MITEC

Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre or known as MITEC is the country's largest venue and premier trade and exhibition centre.

It has a huge glass panel similar to KLIA. On a sunny day, you could feel the heat from the window.

In the recent years, MATTA Fair has frequently been held here, as the venue offers multiple event halls capable of accommodating thousands of visitors.

This was my second visit to MITEC

This time was not for Matta Fair but attending AGM as proxy....and for the yummy food😀

Nasi lemak with chicken rendang and prawn sambal. There are 2 pieces of kuihs too - bingka ubi and kuih koleh. Delicious!

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The day before, there was also another AGM held at M World Hotel....and this one is even merrier....

Being a foodie, I went there for the food sampling😂

All the well-known brands.

There's even a Koko Krunch truck.

Nestum truck.

'Every Day' milk truck.

And the famous Milo truck. I'm a happy kid!

As for the breakfast box - 2 pieces of quiche, a brownie, a cheese sandwich, and 2 curry puffs.

More goodies in the goodie bag...yay!😆

Looking forward to next year's AGM....lol!