Voila Hotel - Dinner, Day 4 & 5

The office cafeteria food is quite limited. It is either local Mauritius meal or western food. I preferred to have local Mauritius food as much as I do to try out their local cuisine.

Well, their local food is very much like ours, with rice as staple, though sometimes Indian roti or French croissant.

My lunch consist of beans (lotsa them!), rice, curry sardines and some pickles. The green thing at the side is their local pounded chilli paste. If the Chinese have soy sauce, the Mauritians would have this chilli paste as a must-have-item to enhance the spiciness of their food.

I kinda like it, it was superbly spicy with a hint of raw chili taste (and some herbs). The spiciness is equivalent to the hottest Peri-peri sauce.

as for the dinner, I had 'Mediterranean chicken' in the hotel

the hotel menu is just a 2-piece cardboard , it does not offer much choices, more so if u hav a restricted diet such as vegetarian, non-beef eater etc.

Luckily I'm not ;-)

my GOAL is to try out all items in the menu before I leave

The Mediterranean chicken wasn't good nor bad, just so-so...Hotel food, what to expect?

if wanna have better food then spend $$$ and go out dine lor...

 

The following day

The next day, I had something unfamiliar for my lunch...

The red ones were chicken chunks cooked in tomato sauce, the colorless was eggplant and the yellow thingy I still couldn't figure out despite finishing the dish...It tasted like some pumpkin, but not-quite too....

googling out, I tink it is mashed Patty-Pan Squash

 as for dinner, I had grilled fish with mac & cheese

Voila Hotel - Dinner, Day 2 & 3

The first day at client's office was kinda challenging with 'major hiccups'...

Anyway, I managed to brace thru them and hence, I must reward myself with good food after goin thru a hard day.

I revenged the Client by ordering the most expensive item in the menu (not me paying anyway!)

the sirloin steak

look at the thick cuts, i like it medium rare with blood oozing out!

wuakakaka!

*carnivore mode ON

alrite, this slab of meat is well-marinated, but is too meaty & heaty

went back room to brew some 'ho yan hor' else tomorrow sure fall sick

 

The following day

If you have read my previous post, the office that I was stationed has its own cafeteria and in-house chef that prepares healthy meal. Usually it serves 2-3 items in the menu for the staffs to choose.

During my first day, I was given the menu chit for the week and the following week. Basically I have to tick my preferred option and they will key-in into their database. They will put a 'mark' once I have eaten/claimed my meal from the cafeteria.

Unfortunately the menu were all in French, so I have to make do with my limited French to guess the food item.

On the 2nd day, I had beef steak for lunch again...but this was a more decent steak with no blood oozing...

It was served with a generous portion of French bean and mashed potatoes...

drinks in the cafeteria consists of free-flow coffee, tea, hot chocolate, soft drinks as well as the usual drinking water...Yea, just take a cup/glass and DIY from the machine.

During the evening, i hav enuff of beef and tried the chicken Milanese in the hotel

they use chicken breast for this and was a bit dry....Would prefer it to serve with salad than fries.

Voila Hotel - Dinner, Day 1

continuation from the previous post...

The client booked us hotel package that comes with dinner, hence we can have our daily dinner there without having to pay a single cent.

My first dinner was curry chicken rice. I always go with the safest choice when dining at a new place..

Well, u can't go wrong with curries!

it comes with a very diluted dhal soup (on the side, small bowl) and a very sour pickles (in the saucer)

the pickles were too sour for my tastebud that I could oni take a piece....As for the rest I finished the whole plate clean....

*too hungry mah...

after this meal, continue to work until midnite before calling it a day...Coz gotta meet the boss the next day...ermm...I mean 'client'

 

The following day

Woke up to a bright morning, but a cloudy mood (Monday blues + nervous to meet the boss).

Went down for breakfast with my finest office attire and was surprised to see a lot of occupants in the hotel who were also dressed smartly and elegantly in their suits and ties. I guess they are also working in one of the nearby giant corporations. 

The office is located some 10 minutes drive from the hotel that I stayed. Since it is so near, the boss, who is also the Head of IT would came to pick us up from the hotel on his way to the office.

The office is a curved building, 5 - 6 stories high, and is located in their 'Cyberjaya'...Yes, they have their version of cyber city too, known as Ebene Cybercity.

The Cybercity houses large corporate offices such as HSBC, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Standard Chartered, among others.

Inside this curved building, occupies some other offices within the same 'Group', so basically their staffs shared the floors and amenities despite from different sisters companies

the top floor - with all the director's room

*photo taken illegally

the lobby

 and the green view from the boss's room.

 the parking lot view, taken from the office cafeteria

 another view taken from the office cafeteria. Both the 'World Class Banks' buildings are located in that scatters.

 

to be continued...

Dinner Date with Colleague

While working late on one fine evening, my colleague from next block called....

Colleague: wanna go for a dinner?

Me: sure!

Colleague: jom, let's meet at the parking lot in 5 min...

5 minutes later, I hopped onto her car and still undecided where to eat....

As she is the 'adventurous' type, I let her decide...and she brought me to this Malay Thai restaurant.

'Aroy Tomyam Restaurant' somewhere in Bangi...

 it isn't even near our office at all...

well, that's kinda 'adventurous' - somewhere in the middle of some small town road, along Jalan Ayer Itam...

The restaurant offers a variety of dishes and with reasonable price.

 my colleague had one of those 'nasi goreng' and 'kerabu sotong'

 and since it was my first time, I tried their tomyum sotong soup.

tastewise ok....the tomyum was good but too spicy for my tastebud....a few sips is enuff to burn my lips!

I would opt to try out some other items in their menu if I happen to go there again.

Food Adventures - Second Try

I usually give a second try for any newly opened F&B outlet. For instance, i went to Go Noodle IOI City Mall again a few weeks after my first try on their spicy soup. This time i had the bursting porkyball noodle in clear soup which isn't clear at all, as it was added with chinese wine. I like that subtle wine taste in the soup.

 As for the Peranakan Place outlet, i ordered the Baba Platter coz i wanted to try their ayam pongteh.

The Baba Platter comes with side dishes of juhuchar, sambal ikan bilis, half piece of hard boiled egg and a bowl of ayam pongteh which is a full chicken leg (cut into drumstik and thigh). The gravy is just nice enuff to eat with rice. This platter cost RM19.58 after tax and service charge.

 And my usual food adventure is non other than the Maulana nasi kandar/briyani. This isn't my second try, as i have been here many times.

I will usually have briyani flooded with curry, but since its briyani is kinda overprice, i had normal white rice with dishes instead. 

Here goes my flooded curry rice, cabbage poriyal, egg omelette, and kurma chicken. This set is RM9.50

Lunch @ Precinct Diplomatik, Putrajaya

It was one fine afternoon and my colleague decided to bring us and a newly joined colleague to try out the kebab and briyani rice...

 It is located in Precinct Diplomatik, Putrajaya

 It has wonderful parks, shops and apartments....

 and the place we went is no alien to us, as I have blogged about it before....

The Mr.Kebab & Briyani restaurant....

It occupies the entire row (ground floor) of the shoplot.

A colleague tried out the vegetarian briyani...

 meanwhile I had Chicken Boti Kebab with Mandy rice (RM18) and Bandung syrup drink (RM3)

burrppppp.........

Fine Sunday in Moka, Mauritius

continuation from the previous post...

As I thought I would be motivated to continue my work after the brunch, somehow yours truly got distracted and went for an adventure....

Well, the hotel is adjacent to a shopping mall, and it is a NEW and the LARGEST mall in Mauritius...as claimed, ahemmm...ahemmm

 It was less than 10 steps from the place where I had my brunch...and since I was so full, perhaps some 'walks' to digest off those bacons would be good...The mall is calling out to me......

Okie, i'm coming!!!!!

it was still early for shopping as the mall just opened its door....I got to take pictures without anyone obstructing....great!

u hardly see anyone there...except staffs. 

 the food corner in Bagatelle mall...it has Chinese, Middle-Eastern, Italian restaurants, KFC, some cafeterias and a mini food court

 There are 3 supermarts in this mall alone - Monoprix, Intermart and FoodLoversMarket. And I went to all 3 of them!

But before that, I stopped by an electrical shop coz I was mesmerized by this retro looking fridge!

oh man, this sexy thing cost a bomb!

 and I also went looking at displayed cars...yes, it is our Perodua cars!

Coincidently they set up a booth on the first week I was there, coz the following week was another brand...

Feel so much at home seeing this Malaysian-made cars

 but the price will give u a shock (u do the conversion-lah)

 Was in one of the supermart and enjoyed myself looking at the buns and pastries

fresh grapes

Vitasoy!!! imported from HK...yeah!!! must-buy must-buy...

sushi - limited choice and expensive...

after a half-hour stroll, came out from the mall to enjoy cool & fresh air...

it was a nice 'cool' weather

why is there no one at sight? the day still early?

not much shopper...ample parking spots and it's FREE....

*most of the shopping malls here have free parking space

after a short outdoor walk....I went back to the hut cafeteria where I came from...at the corner end of the mall, interconnected to the hotel

still lazy to start work...so took a picture of the surroundings from my room...

and then reluctantly start my work, spreading papers on the desk but not working...

I love my job

I love my job

I love my job

the room looks different during the day, it is more spacious & bright

the usual tea/coffee supplies

then i worked my ass off throughout the noon, skipping all rest time in between and only stop working when it is dusk....

the sunset view from the room...So captivating!

ok, time for dinner...
to be continued...