Happy Dragon Boat Festival

It's dragon boat festival on tomorrow. For those who are celebrating, they might already eaten a few bakchangs by now😋

This year i got mine from....

yea....bought them using points😀

a box consists of 3 dumplings of different flavors...

Description below:

Overall tastes good. It was prepared fresh daily, but with limited quota. So, it was a first-come-first-serve basis.

Some updates from the SkyAvenue complex....

Swensen's having a brisk business...quite a strategic location to sell cold dessert/ice-cream right in front of the theme park. The seating area is at the upper platform, so while enjoying the dessert/ice-cream, the diners can have a good view of the Skytropolis theme park and the various surrounding billboards/screens.

[Below] First World hotel lobby. The First World plaza is connected to SkyAvenue complex as both are just adjacent to each other.

[Below] Seafood noodles I had at Peace Cafe.

It was a set meal with pandan mochi and drink.

Artefacts from Panama Canal Museum

I couldn't remember when was the last time i went to a museum, maybe some 3 decades ago....or could be more...

A trip to the museum is a great educational trip to learn about a country's history. It's like a history textbook but with real-life visuals.

Entrance fee for Panama Canal Museum is USD10 per pax. This museum is a 3-stories building, clean and well maintained.

[Below] The barrel used in the construction of Panama Canal. This thing is hundred ++ years old.

Back then during their colonial days, there were magazines like this for public info/notification. Some of the illustrations are quite comical.

Harper's Weekly is an American magazine featuring foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations.

[Below] The statistics showing the number of resources hired to build the canal.

Seems like the canal construction involved resources from various European, Latin America and Caribbean countries.

[Below] antique kinetoscope

lights...camera....action!

[Below] Public notification warning the foreigners of the disease from whores. This was during the days when Panama canal was in construction and there were many foreigners, particularly Europeans onsite. The lonely European men would engaged in sex services unaware of such disease they would get from the whores😂😅

Al Majunas @ Sri Serdang

Al Majunas

Sometime during the fasting month, me and my colleague (who was fasting) went to Al Majunas for dinner (and her buka puasa time). We used to have this 'tradition' of 'breaking fast' together in the office or at some eateries over the past years. Despite we are no longer working in the office this year, we still went to our favourite 'buka puasa spot' for some catch-up.

We ordered the same food - cheese naan and chicken tandoori. Both were good as they were prepared fresh upon order. It has been some time since i eat from a steel plate like this.

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HK Roast Shop

Roasted duck breast bought from HK Roast, Sri Petaling for about RM12++ 

It was boneless....i wonder how they remove the bones till having no trace at all😂

Yes, it was tender and succulent. I will buy this again.

A few slices of cucumbers hidden beneath.

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RT Bakery

Taro bun and egg tarts from RT Bakery. Both were OK. The color on taro bun looks scary though.

The egg tarts sold here are pricier than Berry's (RM5.40 for a box of 2)

I still prefer their Portuguese egg tart which has crispy, buttery crust that is priced at RM6 for a box of 2.

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[Below] View of Bukit Jalil skyline which is full of high-rise apartments/condominiums. 

20 years ago that area was particularly an empty land with only a few blocks of apartments.

Two Pesos 'Pot for Lunch' & 'Lunch Combo Rice Box'

[Throwback post]

The 'Pot for Lunch' from Two Pesos is a weekday promo from 12-3pm daily, excluding public holiday.

I went for the classic chicken soup and chose fish meat. Other meats like lamb and beef would be charged extra.

The pot looks full to the brim. Underneath these ingredients are cabbages.

Added the bacon wrapped enoki mushrooms which I claimed from membership 'free gift'.

The 'free gift' item which I can choose under the 'meat/seafood' section from the menu.

This meal costs only RM14.85nett. Usual price would be RM25++ with the bacon enoki mushrooms.

Apart from the 'Pot for Lunch' promo, they also have rice box combo from 12-5pm.

I had braised pork rice (RM11.90) and add-on a grass jelly milk tea with additional RM5. 

Total: RM18.60nett after service charge.

Tastewise OK, except that the 'braised pork' was too watery with gravy more than the minced pork.

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I tried the Nam Heong 'Kuangxi Taupok' which I think is a seasonal item. Nothing fancy, just normal taupok which i can get better ones out there😂

Also tried the loh mai gai. Quite standard, although i can get better ones in dim sum shop😂

Anyway, nice try for them to sell a variety of items to suit the palate for everyone.

Total price for these: RM22.90nett

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[Below] Sausage cheese kimchi rice gimbap bought from Family Mart at RM11.90

Whenever i crave for kimchi rice, i would just get a pack of this gimbap. It tastes exactly like kimchi fried rice with sausage and cheese😋

This is way cheaper than ordering a plate of kimchi fried rice from Korean restaurant.

Kenny Hills Coffee @ The Food Merchant OUG

First time visiting The Food Merchant OUG, after recommendation by colleagues. It was a Sunday and there was a Thai Food Fair at the parking lot, hence parking space was limited that day.

Hot and sunny day so i wanted to have something cooling...at a comfy place - Kenny Hills Coffee.

Ordered a watermelon smoothie 'Pink Guzzler'. Paid and seated at table 6, waiting to be served😀

A decent size glass of iced smoothie for the price of RM18.55 (i think i can buy a 3kg watermelon with this price). The glass is smaller than the table number😂

Anyway, nice to enjoy a pricey smoothie in the cafe once-in-a-while. 

After cooling down, I went to buy sushi from the Food Merchant supermarket. Tuna and salmon sushi. On the side is cucumber roll.

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Outside at the parking lot, the Thai Food Fair with various stalls set up - there was a stall selling deep fried insects....

Do you dare to try?

Tables available for outdoor dining...I guess it is only 'merrier' in the evening. No one will sit here under the hot sun during the daytime.

Plenty tables....

I did not visit all the stalls, just glanced thru some of them....this sort of Thai Food Fair available all year round, rotating around the neighborhoods in the vicinity.

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[Below] Unrelated to the above, my first time trying the crispy deep fried fuchuk (beancurd sheet) from Super Kitchen Chili Pan Mee shop. It was served hot and crispy, so it is nice to bite on like keropok.

Am not interested with deep fried insect, but deep fried fuchuk a big yes!

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[Below] 'Buy 3 free 1' promotion at Authentic Bakery, Pinnacle mall from 7pm onwards.

I bought a cheese stick, donut, sausage bun and sugar bun.

Total RM10.80nett

The buns, cheese stick and donut taste alright😋

Will buy again when i'm in the mood of eating buns/donuts.

Menya Hanabi @ Sri Petaling

This outlet has been around in the neighborhood for a few years now, but i have not visited it even once.

Its specialty is mazesoba, but I'm not keen on having dry version noodles, so I ordered a Nagoya ramen.

You can view the menu here: https://menyahanabi.com.my/menu/

WYSIWYG - the noodles look exactly like the picture in the menu. It has pieces of charsiu in it...and chunks of garlic on top. 

Plain water is provided FOC for every customer.

Decent bowl of ramen which tastes like any other ramen from established ramen chain😂

Al dente noodles, thick & flavorful soup, and meaty charsiu...which is quite standard.

Sorry, am not ramen expert, so all ramen tastes similar to me. LOL!

Lunch Delivery at Office: Breadfruit

Excerpt from Wikipedia:

Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) is a species of flowering tree in the mulberry and jackfruit family (Moraceae) believed to be a domesticated descendant of Artocarpus camansi originating in New Guinea, the Maluku Islands, and the Philippines.

British and French navigators introduced a few Polynesian seedless varieties to Caribbean islands during the late 18th century. Today it is grown in some 90 countries throughout South and Southeast Asia, the Pacific Ocean, the Caribbean, Central America and Africa.

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Despite from Southeast Asia, I have not seen nor heard of this fruit before. I only know of jackfruit and this breadfruit looks similar to it but in smaller size. I don't think it has big seeds like jackfruit. I only learnt about this fruit from Wiki, as did not get the chance to see the fruit in its raw form.

Anyway, to cut the story short, I've only seen it once - a cooked one. It was introduced by the colleagues in Barbados, as they ordered it for lunch.

Breadfruit is quite common in the Caribbean that the locals cook and turn them into staple.

Here's their local specialty: Pig's tail on breadfruit bowl.

Served with diced pickled cucumbers and tomatoes.

It was grilled till the skin burnt (which turned black like ashes).

This is how you eat it. Scoop the flesh out like you're eating jacket potato.

The texture is very much like tapioca, starchy and dense. It doesn't have strong smell like jackfruit, but it has a distinct light aroma, abit like a burnt jackfruit. It feels like eating 2-3 jacket potatoes portion. I felt so full after finishing this.

The pig's tail is cut into pieces with bones intact. It was salty and i believed it has been marinated, nevertheless it pairs well with the tasteless breadfruit flesh and pickled cucumbers/tomatoes.

Overall tastes good😋

This was my once-in-a-while exotic local meal, besides their famous flying fish.