HJ Seafood Restaurant, Kuchai Lama

First time dining in this restaurant. Paid RM100 per pax for the set lunch. Here's the menu. 

It was for an event.

Food was just so-so.....mediocre.

[Below] Roasted chicken for 10 pax (per table).

Baked shrimp (according to the menu)...

Chocolate cakes...

It is a huge Chinese restaurant with a parking lot at the back. Parking fees is by hour and paid using TnG card.

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The spacious Bukit Jalil LRT station on a weekend evening.

Where are all the people?

Anyang Gamjatang

Tried the newly opened Anyang Gamjatang in the neighborhood Pinnacle Mall.

Gamjatang (감자탕) is a traditional Korean soup/stew made primarily with pork backbone (or pork neck bones), potatoes, and a rich, spicy broth.

They have brunch menu which offers promotion from 10am till 3pm.

I ordered their specialty which is bbyeo haejangguk (potato with pork bone stew in a single-serving soup version).

You can choose either rice or ramyeon for carbs, which is included.

The set also came with free drink (cold plain water) and 2 types of kimchis. 

The soup is served in a Korean ttukbaegi pot and is big enough for 2 pax, although I ordered only one-piece bone. There is a slice of potato in it and some veggies.

A box of hand gloves and wet wipes are provided on every table, so you don't have to dirty your hands while eating the pork bone.

Overall, a good meal although i find the soup slightly salty. Just drink a few sips is alright.

The bill came to RM24.20 nett after service charge.

I will be back again to try the sundubu jjigae.

Treasure Isle Hotel

The office admin in BVI booked me a hotel located further away as the place that my colleagues used to stay (Maria's by the Sea) is fully occupied.

This entire block (not sure if it is part of the hotel, don't care to check) but it is vacant and looks dark and creepy at night.

It is facing the sea with yachts and cruise ship docking nearby, so I guess the view must be nice if staying in those rooms.

I'm staying in a chalet-like room. It is a 2-storey building and mine is at the upper floor.

The rooms are connected by an outdoor walkway. You'll get wet when it rains.

This walkway leads you to the side gate that is unguarded. I'm abit skeptical of the hotel's security coz anyone can just enter the hotel compound through the side gate and easily gain access to the room if they got tool to open the room lock. There are surveillance cameras, but that couldn't do much.

Not far from my room, there is a hotel pool and the hotel's only cafeteria with pricey food.

Yes, that's the hotel's main gate.

The receptionist left at 7pm and after then there's no one at the counter. But if any emergency, you can dial the number provided.

This place was so quiet throughout my 2-weeks stay....On certain nights, I came out to count how many rooms having the lights on. Only 2 rooms! Does that mean only me and another tenant?

Other than staffs, I hardly see anyone in cafeteria, lobby nor at the pool....As if no one stay there except me...hahaha!

And the housekeeping staff, I think the most around 3 person. I know one of them by name coz she is so friendly and got the time to chat with me while I was in the room. All in all, I counted the number of staffs perhaps around 10 including chefs, assistant chefs, receptionist and housekeeping staffs.

As for the food....they have menu for breakfast, lunch and dinner but the items are quite limited.

beef steak

salmon steak

some sort of grilled chicken

shrimp carbonara pasta

There you go, the menu with actual name of the dishes.....

*not my lazy description above😂

Prices are in USD.

Hee Lai Ton, Pudu

Been to this restaurant a few times over the past decades for weddings, anniversaries or birthday celebrations. I think it has been refurbished or the carpet has been replaced in the recent years coz I don't remember it looking like this last time. This restaurant is located at the upper floor of Shaw Parade. The shopping mall is now a ghost mall, hardly anyone even at the lower floors and most of the shops are vacant. Such a huge contrast to its yesteryear.

What's the occasion?

Rich aunt's husband birthday😂

Rich coz they are surrounded with loving family and yet are so generous to throw a 9-course Chinese banquet for close relatives/families.

As usual, the starter - Shrimps, shrimp fritter, some kind of seafood balls, and squids

Then, comes the soup....

Next, is steamed 'soon hock' (marble goby fish)

Mantou bun with curry shrimps

Braised sea cucumber, abalone, fish maw....Full of collagen!

There's also roasted chicken (not in picture).....served before the stir-fried 'kai lan' (Chinese kale veggies)

My mouth already tired of eating and munching then came this longevity noodles which have the texture of wanton noodles, springy and al-dente.

The banquet finished off with lotus pancake and sweet soup 'tong sui'

There were also cakes and Chinese birthday buns distributed to everyone after the meal.

The birthday buns are in peach-shaped, pinkish white. Can you spot those buns in the below picture?

Again, I wish him & my aunt good health and wealth, so that I can have another free banquet meal on next year!😂

Texas Chicken coming soon...

Got a RM10 discount voucher from Two Pesos, but it is only applicable for normal hotpot orders.

So, I ordered a regular solo hotpot - with sour pickled veggies soup based. I chose fish for the protein and minced pork rice (lu rou fan) for the carbs.

The pickled veggies soup based is too sour and oily. I could only drink a few sips of the soup. As for the ingredients, it was just same as the weekday lunch promo ingredients which was previously priced at RM13.90+ but this is a normal non-promo hotpot so it is much more expensive. With the RM10 voucher discount, the price came to almost the same as the weekday lunch promo price.

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Texas Chicken is in the neighborhood..........soon!

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Meatballs bolognaise spaghetti in 18 grams cafe...

It is located same row as HoHo Steamboat restaurant. I usually order their pesto pasta but this time I wanted to try something else.

Tastes OK ler....

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In Zok Noodles, I tried their steamed salted fish minced pork patty with rice (RM18.50+)

Quite nice and taste homely.

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Another type of minced pork....this one is pad krapao. Thai-style basil minced pork with rice, in Thai Chala restaurant.

My regular order is usually mild spicy.

El Charro Mexicano @ Costa del Este

How frequent do you go for real Mexican food?

I hardly have one coz most of them are pricey and Mexican restaurants are quite rare in my area, unless I go to the city center or bigger malls.

But while in Panama, I stayed nearby a Mexican restaurant in the neighborhood, and it was just 10 minutes' walk away.

So, I make sure to drop by for the fajitas....

This place is quite colorful and well decorated. The food is pricey too (by Panama standard) hence this restaurant is quite empty.

I was the only customer😂

I had beef fajitas. It was served with some nachos, guacamole, and bean paste on a sizzling hot plate. There were also a small plate of tomato salsa and a super-hot red chili salsa.

A tray of corn tortilla was served separately. I think there were around 4 to 5 pieces of tortilla.

This is how you eat fajitas: place the meat and other ingredients onto the tortilla, then wrap it like a roll.

Avoid the super-hot red chili salsa—one drop is enough to kill you😂

The restaurant is located in a 2-storey complex opposite Tigo office. Tigo is a well-known mobile network provider in Panama (similar to our Maxis, DigiCelcom).

The mascot figure of the restaurant.

The bright colours of the restaurant is visible from afar.

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After the meal, I walked back to my apartment and passed by Marea, a luxury apartment facing the sea.

Seahorse wall art. Nice!