Esquire Kitchen Pastries

[Throwback] During the recent Foodpanda evoucher promo, we took the opportunity to order our favorite Chinese pastries from Esquire Kitchen. We ordered a few times during the evoucher promo period + low delivery cost period, thus a 'double discount'.

Below are chicken siew bao (in triangular shape). It has crispy crust with savoury minced chicken fillings.

They also sell pork siew bao (in round shape) but we prefer the chicken more.

On other days, we tried a variety of pastries such as kaya puff as well as the round shape 'lou poh beng' (wife cake).

I like their kaya puff as it is not overly sweet. The wife cake is not bad too...Huge and generously stuffed with filling.

The colorful floral packaging box.

The price for the pastries (inclusive of delivery) as follows:

*That was in October. We managed to get a better price in November using the 'Ordernow' evoucher which deducts RM10 from the total, making it RM13.15

I'm looking forward for such promo again in the future😋

Chinese Birthday Feast @ Hee Lai Ton, Serdang

Ever since the dining restriction was lifted, people has been dining out and having group/wedding/birthday/family gathering feast in restaurants.

Recently a 'rich aunt' celebrated her 70-something birthday and invited all the relatives to her birthday banquet at a nearby restaurant.

It was a 9 course meal similar to those wedding banquet.

For starter, we had cold platter aka 4 types-of-meat/seafood appetiser....*sorry for the terrible description, it has a nice Chinese name for this dish but i couldn't translate

chicken soup with fish maw, mushroom...

steamed fish in soy sauce

2 types of prawns, deep fried ones and cooked in black sauce

Spanish Iberico pork ribs

Fresh salads to eat with the ribs

Braised mushroom with abalone and broccolis

fried longevity noodles

and lastly desserts (no picture)....

It was a sumptuous dinner and best of all, she paid for the entire meal, and refusing our angpows.

Food quality and quantity is consistent as this is an established Chinese restaurant. Quick and efficient service too.

The meal is said to be roughly around RM150 per pax, with drinks and wine.

Here's the full menu (if you can read Chinese)....

*I could only admire the neat handwriting....

Thank you aunt for the dinner treat. May she be blessed with abundance health and wealth😄

Farewell Lunch by a Dear Colleague...

A colleague recently left for greener pastures in SG. Prior to that, she was so kind to organise a farewell 'makan makan' with us (her closest buddies and teammates). I was delighted to be in the invitation list...coz got 'free food'😁

She bought/ordered the dishes from various shops.

Malay dishes (masakan Melayu) by her MIL who runs a business in Seremban...Yea, imagine the effort of 'transporting' all these from another state. 

A few other bowls on the side were home-cooked and also bought from a nearby 'warung' (stall).

Below (left) is 'ayam masak lemak' and (right) is 'masak lemak pucuk ubi kayu'.

She ordered a huge tray of beef rendang too....We can't finish this, and she brought some disposable containers for us to tapao...Such a generous and kind of her!

The watermelon was contributed by another colleague...It was juicy and sweet, the first item to finish instantly.

There's also keropok from Terengganu brought by my ex-HOD (who is retiring soon)...It paired well with the dishes. I felt like having some authentic Malay meal at kampung!

Here's my portion...

btw, she brought the plates from home too....i was😮

I'm super grateful for this meal what more with her effort & hassles of preparing a 'feast' for us.

Jollibee @ IOI City Mall, Putrajaya

Went to IOI City mall after work to explore the new F&Bs that were recently opened in the new wing.

At first i thought of trying the Taco Bell, but this outlet is more appealing with its wide range of 'fastfood' items...

and also its colorful interior

As a first timer to Jollibee, I'm ambitious to try out as many items on their menu. I ordered a combo set meal consists of chicken joy (fried chicken), cheesy fries, bolognaise spaghetti and top up with a mango peach pie. Total price: RM23.50 nett

Here's how the packaging looks like:

the foods....yummmmzzzzz....i kept the mango peach pie for the next day.

Ordering can be done through the touch screen kiosk, and then pickup food items from the counter....Same method as any fastfood (KFC/McD).

As for the fried chicken, i opted for the spicy one. I got a piece of huge chicken breast with crispy skin and succulent meat...overall taste good, on par with Texas chicken.

Pricewise is almost like Texas Chicken range....so far the chicken quality is on par with Texas Chicken (maybe because it is a new outlet), hopefully they can maintain it over the years. Quick and friendly service too...

I left around 9:30pm when it was near the closing time, hence the empty tables.

Weekday Lunches

Went out with colleague to a nearby chicken rice stall (Malay stall) which is located next to this lake in Sri Serdang.

Nice scenery despite the cloudy weather.

A playground situated nearby. These swings are facing the lake.

Here's my chicken rice with extra rice & 'upgraded chicken parts'. It costs RM9. 

My colleague was having drumstick and i had chicken thigh.

On another day, I had 'vegetarian', from a nasi campur stall nearby the office.

I had sambal potatoes (in cubes), kangkung belacan and stir fried french beans, all for only RM5.

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(Below) Egg tarts from Oriental Kopi. I usually buy 2 at RM10. Tastes good. Will buy this again whenever i pass by.

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Lunch at Maulana....I had ayam madu (honey chicken), some okras, eggplant and deep fried bittergourd....super delicious with briyani rice soaked in flooded curry gravy. Can't remember the price but is somewhere between RM11-13.

My craving is satisfied!

Dining @ MST Golf, The Gardens

This is our second visit to this indoor golf course, in the past six months.

During the first visit, my boss was OK with their food, hence decided to have a 'makan makan' again, this time with the entire company and a few partners who flew in from US & Europe.

Since this is a large-scale 'makan-makan' event, the company has booked a section of the indoor golf course and the entire bar. So, it was a free-flow drinking session for us.

(Below) Nice decoration of wine bottles. 

As for the food, we had it buffet-style, rather than ala-carte.

My plate of everything - classic roasted chicken, massaman beef with Thai eggplant, Tuscani salmon, sauteed medley veggies, roasted potatoes, Mediterranean rice, roasted lamb leg with mint sauce.

After that was free-and-easy, karaoke session and indoor golf games (sing/play as much as you can).

Nope, i did not join, but instead i went for.....shopping!

The gingerbread and log cakes are on display at some bakeries in Mid Valley...

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.