Office Lunches in BVI

These are muffins from Spain, definitely not related to pig. Bought them in one of the supermarkets in Road Town for my breakfast.

[Below] Map of Road Town

I walked to the office daily, passing by several offices along the way. On some days, I carpooled a local colleague's car back to the hotel. She's a Filipino and has been working in BVI for many years. Lovely & kind lady.

Nice weather in the evening. Most people here travel by cars as they live on the hills with narrow and winding roads.

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My daily office lunches were arranged by the office administrator. I would place my order through her based on menus from the selected nearby restaurants.

Some days I had quesadilla with guacamole.

Other days burrito.

The ingredients in the burrito - rice, corns, black beans, cheese, lettuces....

Sometimes, I had shrimps or salmon pesto pasta.

I like the taste of this pesto pasta. A box of cheese powder is provided separately.

When I crave for rice, I would have rice poke bowl....also with shrimps....Yummeh!

Depending on what I ordered, the lunches here cost around USD15 to 20.

[Below] the view outside the office pantry

The pantry has free fruits supply occasionally.

Also, there's a large TV screen. I enjoyed watching the programs while having my lunch here.

Clean and neat pantry.

They have janitors cleaning the office every now and then.

Bichi Mao Secret Recipe

Secret Recipe

When durian is in season, Secret Recipe will have durian cakes....

Their durian cake is spongy with layers of durian cream...Taste light and pleasant.

The box is colorful with chubby cats....

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Fu Man Yuan Dumpling

Been here a few times, quite a popular eatery with crowds during the weekend. They have dumpling of all sorts combination - cabbage, chives, pork, deep fried, boiled etc.

I had pork with chives dumplings - 10 pieces per plate is the smallest order.

I also tried their chow mein.

It is fried with shreded cucumber, cloud ear fungus, a few pieces of pork. Not spicy but salty from the soy sauce soaked into the noodles.

The dumplings were served with ginger. Chili oil is provided on every table in a jar.

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My very first selfie with my first smart phone more than a decade ago.....Back then I like to hang out at the office rooftop. There's a staff cafe/leisure deck located there.

Don't be fooled by the background of the image....it was AI generated😂

The AI is so powerful that it can change a picture into miniature, like the one below....

These sort of AI generated pictures is getting trendy nowadays coz i see lots of people posting them in social media.

Lazy Saturday

Saturday was a lazy day for me, and with the hot weather in Panama (very much like Malaysia weather) I don't feel like goin out at all.

Mr-Nice-Guy texted me that he would order some delivery and asked if i m interested to try.

Of course it is a 'Yes' from me!

He arranged to have it delivered to my doorstep...

And when it says doorstep, it really mean right in front of the door!

I thought of goin down to the lobby to pick up my food, but then the delivery woman came up, with the accompaniment of a kind resident who tag her into the elevator, right up to my floor. Such a great service.

Here's the surprise. I don't know what he ordered, although he mentioned about some local grilled stuffs, but as long as it is edible, then it's fine.

USD16 for this box of grilled meats and cassava. There is also salads tucked inside the box. There are 3 types of sauces provided. I guess those are mint sauces, cheese and tangy lime mayo...sort of...i really have no idea, despite tasting it various times. 

The box consists of grilled beef & pork, as well as roasted pork.

It was a great meal. It is meant for 2 pax. Hence i kept half portion for dinner.

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My lazy day in the apartment. This place is so comfy that I don't feel like goin out.

like why trouble myself with the hot weather outside? better stay indoor and keep myself hydrated, although my inner thought kept telling me to go out venture the new place.

The house owner has an exquisite taste in furniture and interior decor😂

Foodpanda Delivery - Laksaamana

[Throwback] This was one of the many Foodpanda deliveries during the promotion via evoucher 'Ordernow', back in October.

I tried a laksa shop - Laksaamana @ Kuchai Lama.

Ordered 2 bowls of asam laksa, and 1 bowl of mixed curry & asam laksa. The price is RM16.50 for all of these inclusive of delivery. So worth it!

The mixed curry with asam laksa came with yellow noodles with half hard-boiled-egg, fishcakes, taugeh, fried shallots, and spring onion.

Meanwhile the asam laksa has the usual basic ingredients (cucumber, pineapple, onion, fish chunks, rice noodles)

The gravy/soup were packed separately.

Here's how the asam laksa looks like after poured with gravy/soup.

Thick, flavorful, sourish and spicy too. I would buy this again when there is promotion.

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Meanwhile, more pictures of my furry friends again...

My fav is still the black cat. As much as i admired her silky smooth fur, i also admired its long tail....

One day i did nasty thing to her....

yea, i 'kacau' her by pulling her long tail...but she didn't show any reaction nor angry with me. I guess she doesn't mind (although cats usually dislike their tail being touched).

Then i pull harder😈to see if she reacts...but nope....she's still cool with it. A very patient cat indeed😸

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The below is a birthday cake bought by annoying sis for dad's b'day (coz she seldom bakes these days).

Cheese cake with some strawberries and chocolate on top.

decent looking, taste ok-lah...

i wouldn't buy this kind of cake...usually it looks nice and colorful but taste so-so only...

Only good for decorative purpose in b'day party.

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Here's my ugly looking nasi campur from a Malay stall nearby the office.

My heavy-meal-combo comprises of fried chicken drumstick, sambal sotong and fried egg....all the fried stuffs, full carbs, and no veggie😋

heck cares if my life gets shorter by eating this...eat first guilt later.

When the room is not ready....

We reached the resort at around 3. Most of my colleagues had reached there earlier and checked-in to their rooms.

Despite arriving after 3, my room was not ready then. A few of us got to wait in the air-conditioned seminar room.

I'm not those type of person who can sit still even in the comfy cooling room, hence went out wandering around and snapped some picturesque sceneries.

Blue skies, green grass, sandy beach and clear blue sea....such a paradise!

more greens....

i was shielding under the verandah while snapping these pictures coz the scorching sun is burning my skin

for some reason (high tide?) they don't allow anyone to swim or walk nearby the beach. See the red flag?

The red flag indicates that it is not safe for swimming. This area is guarded and the guards will tell u off if u attempt to swim😓

the shady verandah with couch, facing the sea...

these wooden houses are the guestrooms

My room was ready some half an hour later...Will blog about it in my next post....

Meanwhile...food first.....

Here's my first dinner in Club Med:

Salmon and tuna sashimi

And all sorts of foods from the buffet counters...

I tend to take deep fried stuffs such as fried fish fingers, burger patties, potato wedges and paired with a mug of beer😆.

Can't imagine the calories!!!

I chose an outdoor seat by the pool coz the indoor was too crowded. Too bad, the pool has closed, else i can get a good view of people swimming in bikinis and trunks...

My colleague got me a plate of foie gras...but is too oily for my liking.

BON APPETIT!

CNY 2021

This is a summary of happenings during this year CNY under the new normal.

Self-entertained/bai nien with myself and had snacks that we bought for CNY...

Here, i finished the whole canister of crabstick crackers...ALONE😀

Then, annoyin' sis brought her home-baked choc chip butter cake for us on CNY eve.

limited edition, since her oven couldn't accommodate a large cake.

she also brought some cookies and a pack of mushroom (the packet on the right) which she bought in Petaling Street.

The price of each cookies/biscuits is labelled on the cover.

Had Zoom bai nien with relatives/cousins locally and abroad on CNY chor-1...The 'meeting' involves 3 generations, some i have not met for years.

On CNY chor-2, i went for solo dine-out at A&W. Parking was easy and FOC since it was a public holiday. I parked right in front of the shop.

Ordered a beef burger set meal for RM10.50 nett. Got a free gift - colour pencils!

Then, for dinner we had Ayamas chicken - black pepper and percik flavour....I prefer the percik one.

some weird decoration at home....this is definately not my job!

and on CNY chor-12, we opened a can of Eu Yan Sang abalone to cook with mushrooms and romaine lettuce....Just a weekday meal, nothing special about this day.

By CNY chor-14 (today), i'm back to the office and manage to lousang with colleague...It was a last-minute plan as we are sort of doing a farewell for a colleague. Will post up pictures in my next post...