AGM

Went for an AGM for a company that owns the kit kat and milo brand...

It was held in the M World Hotel Bandar Utama, formerly known as Avante hotel.

The meeting started at 10 but most shareholders were already there in the early morning to collect their freebies/breakfast and participated in the 'fun fair'.

They have a mini 'fun fair' with food samplings and games to win more freebies, which are their food/beverage products.

Free Kit Kat and Milo ice-creams too....

Here are the free breakfast pack and some 'food freebies' that I got....

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Hong Fu Lao Dim Sum

Had dim sum on last weekend. It has been some time since i last had one.

Ordered the following:

Xiao long bao - RM8.50

Tastes OK with flavorful pork broth beneath the doughy skin wrapper.

Shrimp cheung fun - RM7.50

There are roughly 6 medium size fresh shrimps wrapped inside the rice noodle rolls. Sambal belacan is provided by default. Smooth cheung fun with pleasant savoury taste from the soy sauce😋

Mushroom, chicken and waxed sausage rice - RM13.90

Boneless chicken thigh meats with few pieces of lap cheong and shiitake mushrooms, on top of white rice doused with their signature dark soy sauce. Taste 'homely', like my mum-cooked rice-pot chicken rice.

Total price after service charges and tax: RM34.70 nett

I will definitely order these items again.

Genting Secret Garden Hotpot

Took a day off on last Friday and had hotpot for dinner.

My first time trying this restaurant. It was crowded during the peak dinner hours and had to queue for around 10-15 minutes.

Will try to avoid peak hours if I know that this place is opened till 1am on Friday😅

The menu

There are also set per pax for those dining solo.

The windows were opened for air circulation. Those sitting next to the window can enjoy the cool evening breeze. It wasn't that cold then, just 21 degree Celcius.

Ordered the RM58 per pax meal and add-on rice and beancurd skins.

The veggies - enoki, shiitake and shimeji mushrooms, pumpkins, romaine lettuces, bok choy, lotus root, sweet corn...

The meat platter consists of 1 miserable prawn, 3 slices of toman fish, some chicken & pork slices, pork balls, squid balls, fish balls, spam.

Udon noodle is included with the set. Chicken soup base. The other one is just plain water.

Free flow Chinese tea provided. 

Nice to have hotpot once in a while especially during the cool evening😃

BON APPETIT!

Town Center Mall @ Costa del Este

Went to the Town Center Mall for dinner after an evening walk.

With such hot weather like M'sia, going to the air-conditioned mall is refreshing after the walk.

I went straight to the foodcourt to 'hunt' for food.

The Carl's Jr menu looks fascinating.....

KFC menu....

Chicken Factory....

It has combo of Ribeye and quarter chicken...very meaty!

Then I browsed at the Chinese food menu at "Mr Chen"

quite standard 'westernized' Chinese food😂

Price is almost like fast food too.

The foods are all pre-cooked, similar style like Panda Express.

I ended up at....

yea, Carl's Jr!

I had set meal with Jalapeno burger (USD11.65)

yummeh...big fat juicy burger😋

For dessert, I went to Heladeria and had ron con pasas (raisin rum) and arequipe (sweet caramel) flavors again. Super sweet!

2 huge scoop costs USD4.28 which is almost MYR20😐

heck cares, claim company😁

After done with the heavy meal, I went to the gallery at top floor for 'jalan jalan'....

This mall doesn't change much (since my last visit 2 years ago). Most of the shops and restaurants are still there.

It closes at 9pm, although some restaurants open till late.

Berry's vs RT

Bought croissants from 2 different bakeries for comparison. The smaller one is from RT Pastry and the bigger one is from Berry's.

Both tastes almost similar. 

The one at the back is polo bun with yam filling. Tastes so-so only.

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Good Morning Kopitiam

[Below] Rat tail noodles with minced pork, spam and fried egg. The fuchuk (deep fried beancurd skin) in the soup is provided with the noodles by default, meanwhile the curry potatoes is an add-on item for RM1 only.

There are 4 pieces of potatoes in the curry gravy.

Total price: RM9.80 + RM1 curry potatoes = RM10.80

The curry gravy is Chinese style curry, not spicy and similar to those Chinese style curry noodles.

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BrewMaster

I had chicken chop 'lunch promo' from BrewMaster again.

They ran out of bun hence substitute it with fries.

Soup was also included with the lunch promo.

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Secret Recipe

Bought a pack of 3 Hokkaido's cheese tarts from Secret Recipe for the price of RM16.50 (promo).

The black one is Oreo, which costs an additional RM1, hence totaled RM17.50

Years ago, these cheese tarts used to be a 'craze' with outlets like Tokyo Secret, Uncle Tetsu and Pablo mushrooming everywhere.

Things just go crazy then cooled-off....similar fate to coffee bun, donuts, thick egg tarts.

I wonder what's the latest craze these days? is it still beef roti or something else?

Evening walk in the neighbourhood

An evening walk in the neighbourhood Costa del Este.

Used to stay here, some 2 years ago. The rental per 1000sqft unit can fetch up to 2k USD (back then).

These newer apartment costs even higher.

It is a clean, peaceful, safe and quiet neighborhood with a mix of local and expat residents.

I wonder why I don't walk around the neighborhood that often last time. It's common to see residents out for an evening walk/jog, while bringing their pets along.

This time I stayed in a hotel which is located in the same neighborhood but nearer to the sea.

Despite that, there's no beach but a muddy land which dries up during the hot season.

[Below] Evening sunset view of the Pacific Ocean and a glimpse of Panama City on the right. The city center is located some 9km away from this neighborhood.

There are lots of birds flocking around during dusk.

The town council has set up a mini recreation park along the seaside (elevated platform above the muddy ground) where the residents can enjoy bird watching and do light exercise.

Across the road, there is a 'Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf' located next to a luxury apartment tower facing the sea....

I should 'lepak' here more often next time....not the CBTL but the mini park😂

My favorite mall, the 'Town Center mall' is located nearby too. It's an ordinary size mall with cinema, foodcourt, restaurants and is quite happening.

Here you can greet stranger on the street without fear of being labelled 'crazy'😂

Most infrastructure are well-maintained, and the streets are clean, hardly see any trash nor broken/vandalized items. 

Definitely an 'atas' neighborhood, hence I think the people here have high civic awareness.

Dinner at Chee Seong Restaurant

[Throwback] Family dinner at the neighborhood Chinese restaurant.

We prefer this place than Happy Garden Mun Kee restaurant because this place is indoor with air condition, much comfortable for dine-in during the hot weather.

We ordered the ordinary dishes, nothing fancy, just a decent weekend dinner.

Sweet & sour pork

Assam steamed tilapia

Stir-fried potato leaves

Claypot tofu with assorted veggies

Let's dig in....

Overall, a good meal, the dishes were done perfectly, except for the stir-fried potato leaves which is slightly old & tough to chew....but we still managed to finish it.

Total price for 5 pax is RM158.80 nett.