Foodpanda Delivery - Choo Choo Chicken

 My last visit to Choo Choo Chicken was back in 2018, when it was newly opened in the neighbourhood. After then I have totally forgotten about this place coz there were many Korean fried chicken outlets mushrooming around.
With the recent rising cases, I'm now back to mostly WFH. Just last week, there was 1 reported positive case in the office and the entire office has been sanitized during the weekend. Luckily i did not go to the office on last week, but those colleagues who went have to do a self COVID test.
Now that i m WFH, so it's back to Foodpanda delivery! Ordered from Choo Choo Chicken but i wasn't in the mood for K fried chicken....so...i had these instead....

Toppoki

chewy texture but more towards firm if eaten cold

deep fried potato wedges....crispy outer layer coz these were freshly fried

and Choo Choo chicken burger in honey soy sauce

Total price for all the above inclusive of delivery is RM21.69

Overall food is OK and filing....i had these foods separately for lunch and dinner coz the burger itself is huge enuff for a meal.

Meanwhile, here are the groceries for the week...

also some random pictures from my recent Cherating trip....

i miss walking barefoot on the sandy beach and soaking my feet into the seawater

peaceful & calming beach

hopefully i can be back here again...

till then

HAPPY WEEKEND!

Dine-out @ Boran, Sri Petaling

Went out to run errands on 14 Oct & got everything settled by noon. As I was nearby the neighborhood 'makan' area (where most of the restaurants/eateries are located), i decided to dine-out again instead of take-away.

Tried out this new Thai restaurant - Boran

they were having a lunch promotion with set meals starting from RM13.90

I ordered a green curry chicken with rice, omelette, drinks and dessert.

The green curry came with generous chunks of chicken breast meat.

Other ingredients are long beans and brinjals. Quite alot of them. I couldn't finish the chicken meat.

The gravy is thick and on the sweet side coz of the coconut milk 'santan'. At some point it taste like bubur cha-cha. I suspect that they added sugar in it too.

The dessert was served together with the main meal....This is kuih tako which has corns in it. It is similar to kuih tepung pelita from its appearance.

i chose honey lemon green tea which was served in a bottle with a mug of ice. I only poured a little of the drink into the mug coz the drink was too sweet. The remaining drink (in the bottle) was brought home.

The shop interior...full of bottled drinks from Thailand.

simple interior....

Only a table was occupied by another solo diner during then. The place is quite 'open air' as it doesn't have a door despite being air-conditioned.

here goes my very filling lunch...

BON APPETIT!

Late Dinner @ McDonalds, TPM

Was working till late in the office on a Friday evening. On the way home, decided to stop by McD to grab something. Seeing the drive thru queue was super long, i decided to park my car and dine-in.

Surprisingly there was no one dining-in...so i excitedly went in only to find out that the staff purposely off the aircond in the premise to prevent spread of COVID thru air. No wonder it was so stuffy inside and no one wants to dine-in. I'm still OK with the warm stuffy condition, after all i would just be there for about 20 minutes max (as I can finish my meal quite fast).

Ordered a set of Nasi Lemak McD with a piece of fried chicken and ice lemon tea.

quite a big portion with a huge piece of spicy fried chicken. Was given the chicken rib part.

the sambal, despite its small portion, was super spicy!

i also had a sundae cone for RM1.23 coz long time never had that....ever since the lockdown in May.

my 'happy meal' costs RM14.60 inclusive of service tax.

Overall, the nasi lemak tastes good with fragrant rice and super spicy sambal. I think i will order that again when i crave for spicy food.😀

Club Med Cherating - The Room

Despite opening a day before our arrival, some of the rooms were still not ready. I only received the key to my room slightly after 3:30

In Club Med, they have their terminology to address the residents. We are known as G.M (aka Good Member). Info in: https://faq.clubmed.com/en-us/article/KA-01810

I'm assigned to Block N, which is located quite far from the lobby. Some good 5 to 10 minutes walk passing by various blocks and have to climb stairs to reach the room at the 1st floor (thank God it is not 3rd floor!).

As soon as i opened the door, there was a strong floor wax smell. They've just recently polished the wood flooring till shiny....

The room is well....quite standard. This is the view i get when entered the room.

The toilet is separated from the bathroom/shower...which is good. Can do 'business' separately without hijacking the bathroom.

the usual soap and lotion...

and a hair dryer too....I did not use it coz it was dusty.

the shower room next to the basin

standard tea set, kettle and a small fridge (at the lowest compartment)

the room has a huge build-in cupboard (which came with more than enuff hangers to hang our wet towel/clothes).

On the side, it has an extra bed, which i used to put my stuffs/luggage.

there is also a safety box and laundry bag inside the cupboard.

surprisingly there is a door connecting to the neighboring room...which is useless to me.

and last but not least.....

my comfy crib for the next 3 days!

my roommate canceled her trip a day before, hence i got to occupy these 2 beds! woohooo!

next to the bed, there is a sliding door to the balcony...I got a nice view from the balcony.

Green grass and the sea (far left in this picture).

Well, overall a good stay, air condition temperature is adjustable (unlike some hotels with central air-cond). The only drawback is the smell from the floor, though it is still bearable by opening the windows.

Dinner @ Tasty Wok, Bukit Jalil

We had our first 'post-lockdown' dine-out family dinner on 30 Oct.

Went to our usual place in Bukit Jalil and ordered our favourites...

Lala soup

Taste sweet with plenty of lalas and superfine prawns...unfortunately the lalas were not cleaned properly...as i can taste sand in it. Luckily no diarrhea the after the meal.

Stir-fried sweet potato leaves with fermented beancurd paste (fu yee)

It has subtle flavor from the fermented beancurd paste

Claypot tofu

this dish is just so-so....ingredients include carrots, mushrooms, napa cabbages, prawns, pork slices and tofus. However the taste is just mediocre

Deep fried squid with salted egg

This one is excellent. I can polish up the entire plate coz i like the salted egg with the aromatic curry leaves. The squids were chewy and bouncy.

Sweet & sour fish

Instead of ordering the entire fish which we could hardly finish, we decided to go with fish fillets. Tasty and the gravy is nice to go with rice.

Overall a good meal except for the lala soup.

 Total price for all the above with rice and tea for 5 pax is RM113.20

BON APPETIT!

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!

Club Med, Cherating

This was our first company trip since 2019.

After a year plus of on-and-off lockdown, we finally get to have a company trip. Having a vacation by the beach is such a bliss!

This was my weekend view a few weeks ago....i still miss the moment of sipping cocktails by the beach!

well, but before that....i had to go thru self COVID19 test using the test kit provided by the company.

To prove that we are not COVID19 positive, we got to snap a picture of the test result together with our staff ID tag and send to the committee....like this:

anyway, that was my first self COVID19 test, hence this pic for a remembrance😆

On the day itself, me & my 2 other colleagues departed at 10 from our office. It was a smooth drive with no traffic jam except for a short stretch of road in MRR2. After a 3.5 hours journey, we reached Kuantan to have our quick lunch. Hotel check-in was at 3, hence we got to have some ample time to enjoy our lunch before heading to Cherating.

Weather was hot....supposedly we would be served with a welcome drink and a towel to clean ourselves but nope....maybe the staffs have forgotten....

Nevertheless, we were greeted with such a scenic view of South China Sea...and it was windy too (though it was blowing hot warm air)....immediately my holiday mood kicks in!

the resort was officially opened on 15th Oct, and we went there on 16th....

some of the facilities were still under maintenance after a long lockdown hence the resort was not operating in full capacity yet.

However, the main area, lobby and beachfront were quite well kept

i believe they have just tidied up the place the week before

here's the main pool

quite sunny and hot, hence there wasn't anyone swimming yet

the lazy benches at the relaxing porch

to be continued....