City Hall Orchestra

The "Festival Orkestra KL" was held from 31 May till 29 June. During this whole month, there were several orchestra concerts held in the KL City Hall. Some were free but got to book for tickets via online.

Managed to secure tickets for the Sunday evening slot from 5pm to 6:30pm.

The hall was full-house coz of weekend.

The orchestra were led by conductors from China, Philippines and Malaysia respectively. Each conductor took the stage for 30 minutes, directed the performance of several compositions from their respective countries. The famous one is "Jasmine Flower" which is a Chinese song, then the Malaysian conductor directed the performance of P. Ramlee’s compositions.

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After the orchestra concert ended, I walked to the nearby Sogo mall and had dinner at the foodcourt....

Tried this teppanyaki chicken.....

Just another foodcourt item, so the taste & quality subpar only.

The miso soup is so diluted.....

It has been decades since i last went to Sogo mall. I remembered it was one of the prestige mall in KL back in the early 90s, but now it is just another sunset mall....so quiet on a Sunday evening. Maybe the weekdays will get better with human traffic from the nearby offices(?)

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Took the LRT back home. Our LRT rail track has long been exposed without glass barrier doors since begin operation in the late 90s. Not all stations but most are like this. It was only recently after the incident of a Taiwanese man fell onto the track, the authority begins to take action of putting up the barrier doors (which would take time).

But true enough, it is actually quite dangerous and accident prone with such exposed track.

[Below] The KL Street on a quiet Sunday evening....

Do you see KLCC?

Sogo mall on the left....

Estancia @ Town Center, Costa del Este

Went for an evening walk cum "dinner and window-shopping" in the mall after work on one evening.

I have always wanted to try this since the last trip 2 years ago....but did not have the chance then.

Glad to have a second chance this time😀

Try just it out of curiousity....grilled meat fast-food style...

It is located in a foodcourt with ample dining tables available during the weekday evening.

Ordered and paid thru the counter and they gave me a waiting number plate. The food is then brought over to my table. Waiting time is around 10-15 minutes.

I had grilled porkloin, chicken, cassava and fries combo....served with guacamole (in the small container) and ketchup (in sachet).

My kinda happy meal😁

The bill (price in USD)

Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf - Chicken Pesto Pasta

Saw some vouchers in Foodpanda for pickup 30% discount, so I tried with ordering a pickup in CBTL

Chicken pesto pasta RM18.60 after applying the voucher discount.

Taste subtle and just so-so only. It has almonds bits for some crunch.

I think i better stick back to their blended ice mocha😂

Went to the supermarket at lower ground Pinnacle Mall and bought 2 packs of imported chips for RM14.90

'Brets' brand chips with Aioli (garlic) flavour which is usually sold at RM14.90 per pack but now it is on buy 1-free-1 promotion (due to nearing expiry date).

Despite that, the chips were still fresh and crunchy like any other chips.

Sweet Bean @ Sri Petaling - Tong Sui Desserts

This tong sui shop has been around in the neighborhood for 2 decades, but I only went there a few times....The last time i visited was more than a decade ago😂

I'm not into sweet soup, so that explains it.

This time was exceptional as we want to have some dessert after the dinner.

Ordered a mak chuk (wheat porridge dessert), and 'sesame+peanut paste combo' for sharing.

The taste was okay, and both were served warm, which made them enjoyable while still hot.

Thick peanut and sesame paste, would be good if there's something to dip.....Good for sharing.

The bill came to RM15.95 nett.

Will come back here again to try other items😀

Al Diafah Restaurant

Back to having middle eastern cuisine....

The last time i dined here was more than half year ago.

The interior is very captivating....like some sort of 'atas' restaurant.

There are colorful lamps decorating the counter too.

Here's what I had - Mendy rice with whole chicken leg....

It is no longer nice as before.

Price has increased too....almost RM30 for this meal (after service charges and tax).

I think I'm gonna skip this restaurant for long.

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McD v-shape fries which was available a few weeks ago....

Nothing special, tastes just like ordinary fries, only the shape is different.

By the way, McD is currently offering a weekday promotion from 12 PM to 2 PM

with McChicken Value Meal for just RM5.95 nett, valid until 13 August.

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[Below] Chicken essence in packet form....

I seldom drink this sort of chicken essence although it has nutritional value. I prefer the natural chicken essence that is not packaged. How about you?

Midam Korean Restaurant - Bibimbap

Was craving for Korean bibimbap, it has been a year plus since I last had one....

So I went to Midam again for their set lunch.

The set comes with 5 banchans and a refillable barley tea.

The banchans are blanched broccoli, sausages, kimchi, pickled cucumber and mashed potatoes.

Now the mains......the stone pot was hot and the bibimbap was sizzling when served.

Sesame oil and gochujang sauce were provided.

Stir well the rice with the ingredients, gochujang and sesame oil before eating.

it was good!

The bill came to RM22 nett after service charges and tax.

2013 Seafood Restaurant

After our first visit, we thought of coming here again to try other dishes.

This time we ordered:

Curry fish head

Thick & flavorful curry gravy that goes well with rice, curry is not spicy at all.

The other dishes we had are: Chongqing chicken in pot, minced pork tofu and romaine lettuces in 'fuyu' sauce.

The Chongqing chicken has peppercorns, so have to be careful not to bite into it. This dish has lotus roots, chives, chilis and chunks of chicken. Slightly spicy, but still bearable.

Meanwhile the tofu and romaine lettuces are just ordinary, nothing to shout about.

The bill came to RM197.80 nett for 5 pax.

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Apam manis from the weekly pasar malam....

I prefer the crispy ones, so i bought 3 pieces for RM6.

Sweet and nice to enjoy as snack.

Hong Fu Lou Dim Sum

This was sometime ago during my 2nd/3rd visit to HFL dim sum....

I had:

Shrimp cheung fun

Stuffed green chilis

Xiao long bao

and chicken feet (pheonix claw)

The bill came to RM36.55 nett after service charges and tax. Tastewise OK. I will definitely order these again.

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After I discovered that they have mushroom chicken rice, I decided to give it a try and immediately hooked on it.

The mushroom chicken rice is RM13.90++

Some other items which are available from noon onwards (this was in year 2023 but is still valid now, maybe the price slightly different):

I have also tried deep-fried shrimp dumpling (*in another visit)....it was served with mayo sauce....

JP & Co @ Pavilion Bukit Jalil

Beef Roti

Went to join the queue coz i was curious on how the beef roti tastes like....

The staffs kept making rotis while they were trays readily available at the counter. I wonder how many rotis are sold per day.

Good arm exercise!

Their marketing strategy....the word 'viral'

but personally I don't see the reason why it is viral....it tastes just ordinary....

Deep fried dough which is so oily....like youtiao....and the minced beef filling is just so-so compared to our beef murtabak.

JP & Co

I finally made a visit to this restaurant for a meet up with friend.

Had smoked duck pasta (RM23 nett) whereas she had big breakfast....

Al-dente pasta with very salty smoked duck....

The food was just OK.

Dao

We later adjourned to Dao for our desserts....

I had my fav soybean softserve in a cup, not too sweet just nice😋