Family Dinner @ Yang Ming

Family dinner at Yang Ming again.

We ordered:

Claypot tofu with assorted veggies and siu yuk (roasted pork)

Stir fried green amaranth

Marmite pork ribs

Claypot fish fillets with assorted veggies and taupok

[Below] These 2 dishes arrived first....

Do you wait until all dishes arrive then only makan or eat whatever is served first on the table?

4 dishes in total for 5 pax

The bill came to RM140.20 nett. Quite reasonable. We did not order drink coz we brought barley drink from home.

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Only in Malaysia.....

only in Malaysia that the government gave eligible citizen RM100 each for grocery shopping....

and for those who are lazy to think on what to shop, the supermarket has done all the homework of calculating it up to single cent (not even 1 cent wasted) with Combo A, B, C below. Well done, The Store!

They even packed them nicely in a shopping bag (see below the red shopping bag), you can just grab that bag off to the counter.

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Back to Kebun Kopi eatery for their nasi lemak chicken rendang. They have this 'Makan Card' where you spend 9 meals and get 1 meal free. I'm accumulating that to get a free meal😀

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Lunch Set Menu at Midam Korean BBQ.

so far, I've only tried their bibimbap and sundubu jjigae.

Both are quite nice. The owner is a Korean couple.

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My sister went to try the luicha (thunder tea rice) at Hakshan and gave positive review. I just went there on yesterday. Will blog about it next time.

Houmanzi Cafe

Time flies, before we knew it, it's already mid October.

BrewMaster

[Below] Oktoberfest decorations in BrewMaster...

Nope, i wasn't there for the beer, but for their lunch promo RM16.80++ (or RM19.50 nett) set meal of Hainanese chicken chop with iced lemon tea.

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McD

McD is also having promo with RM10 nett for a cheeseburger set meal, from 12-2pm weekday, until 17 October.

I had chocolate sundae to replace the fries...(with no extra cost)

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Houmanzi Cafe

Tried the newly opened noodle place...specializes in pan mee...

Ordered a bowl of freshwater prawns thick pan mee....aka 'sang har pan mee'

I like the chewy texture of the doughy thick pan mee...

The soup has slight taste of Chinese wine, which is nice.

The prawns, however, are not the fresh type (frozen ones), but well, you can't expect much from a RM20.80 nett bowl of sang har pan mee.

[Below] The interior...so red like CNY....

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Pizza Hut

10.10 Pizza Hut promo. I had a regular 'super supreme' pizza for RM14.10 nett

Taste so-so only...not gonna order this again.

Panama Canal

Bought some coffee beans from the local mart in Costa del Este a few days before departing. I should have buy more coz it was good.

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The company sponsored our tickets to the Panama Canal. 

Me & my colleagues from other regions went there on one of the weekday evening. We left the office early and the company driver chauffeured us there....yay! Feels like school field trip 😂😀

Weather was hot, but windy. The temperature is similar to Malaysia, and it hasn't rain for weeks!

Panama canal - one of the greatest manmade-canal of the last century, connecting the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean.

This is the original canal (aka Panamax Route) which is narrower for smaller size vessels.

The visitors can only watch from the viewing platform.

From afar, there's a bigger cruise ship sailing on another canal for bigger size vessels (aka Neopanamax Route).

'Brisk business' there....the vessels continuously coming...non-stop

The canal uses a series of locks to raise and lower ships between sea level and the elevation of the canal.

Atlantic to Pacific (or vice versa), here is the process:

Gatun Locks – Raise ships ~26 meters to Gatun Lake.

Gatun Lake Transit – Ships travel ~33 km across the lake.

Culebra Cut – Narrowest section, carved through mountains.

Pedro Miguel Lock – Lowers ships ~9 meters.

Miraflores Locks – Final descent to sea level (~17 meters).

I only witnessed the Miraflores Locks process as the others are located elsewhere along the canal. Pedro Miguel Lock is located 1.5km away and is not clear from the viewing platform.

[Below] A picture for remembrance.

Athanasiou @ Costa del Este, Panama - Part 2

During the daytime, this place sells freshly baked pie, pastries etc

Cakes....

and gelato with assorted flavors

more pastries and cupcakes

coffee

It opens from morning till night....but I prefer going there in the evening, after sunset, because during the day it gets quite stuffy inside due to the sunlight streaming through the glass windows.

Athanasiou @ Costa del Este, Panama - Part 1

[Throwback] My manager recommended Athanasiou....so I went there for my dinner one day....

It was a quiet evening....

Empty seats....it is usually crowded during the daytime.

My pesto fusili....yummmzzz yummmzzzz!

Then I had dessert....

The price for different scoops as shown below.

Order and pay at the counter then show the receipt to the staff for them to prepare the gelato.

I had single scoop Stracciatella gelato on cone. Fancy Greek name, but it is actually a creamy vanilla or milk-based gelato with fine shavings of chocolate mixed in.

Enjoying this on a quiet weekend evening.

How quiet?

Look at the empty streets and tables...Not even a human in sight!

Daytime was not that many people too....It was a long weekend with public holiday so many has gone for holiday elsewhere outside the city.

Cutie Pie

Spotted this cute lil' boss sitting outside the Yi Poh restaurant some time ago.

Look at the well groomed fur...so white and fluffy.....

She/He seems unfazed with me taking her/his picture and even look at my phone camera directly. Very photogenic!

Dave's Deli, IOI City Mall @ Putrajaya

I had a date with my colleague cum ex-colleague (2 times colleague then now back to ex-colleague).

We were a loyal fan of Dave's Deli since 10 years ago when Dave's Deli has 30% discount during lunch time. Back then, her eldest daughter was in primary school and now she is already in college. Time flies!

I would usually order the Hainanese chicken chop or Chicken Parmigiana.

The below is Hainanese chicken chop.

The interior of the restaurant. 

Order via the counter. After payment, the staff will give you a number and the food will be delivered to your table.

Usually, the food is prepared within 10-15 minutes depending on the crowd. Back then we make use of our waiting time by going off to the nearby bakeries to buy bread or get some groceries done at the nearby Tesco supermarket, while one colleague will look after our seats. By the time we came back, the foods were already served on the table.

The bill: RM27.90 nett

[Below] IOI City Mall - East Court.

This section is under the new wing launched during August 2022.