Crockfords Hotel - Souvenirs

Besides having a spectacular view of the dried flowers from four different seasons (see here), the hotel lobby is also filled with designer arm chairs and furniture.

so posh-looking...

and in the room, I was being greeted with these....red roses (fake one), fruits (ok, these are real) and a box of ….

…...i have no clue what's in the box

let's open and see....

 aha...lotion, conditioner, shampoos and soaps...such a beautiful packaging

for us to bring back as 'souvenirs'...

this was my second stay in Crockfords within a year...

it was a nice stay in room 5225

the corridor, with jazzy tunes on air, it feels so relax walking along this corridor

Phase Out: Perfume Dance Cafe

When I first heard of the name, I would have thought that this place is a perfume shop.

Even the entrance doesn't look like a café entrance.

 empty seats and chandeliers

 this 'cafe' offers a nice view of the Putrajaya apartments

 and is located on the same floor as the clothing stores...Who would have thought that this is a food outlet?

even the chairs are arranged neatly for instagrammers

chandeliers and blue sofas

don't know if they are selling these masks or just for display only

quite a number of them on the display rack

more masks

and paintings....

feels like in a gallery rather than a 'cafe'

 now, here's the menu...I ordered the one on the top

machiatto

a colleague order seafood linguini

another colleague ordered chicken chop with spicy linguini...

here's mine....spaghetti with chicken in pesto sauce...the real thing looks similar as the menu picture...so WYSIWYG....not bad...

it was a great meal, the pesto sauce has a strong basil taste...if u dislike basil then tis is not for u.

I hope this place could last long so tht I could try on other food, but it has changed owner over the past months and the service was terribly slow during my last visit...not sure about now...

Monday Blues Entertainment - BLΛƆKPIИK

It's already Monday....but i'm still in the 'weekend mode'....and it's just so difficult to switch back to the weekday mode....sigh....

Anyway here's one MV to get rid of my Monday blues

btw, one of the K-Pop singer here is Thai, can you guess who?

Shish Kebab with Mandy Rice

This is one of the item that I ordered from Mr Kebab & Briyani in Precinct Diplomatik, Putrajaya.

It doesn't look appetizing but the beef is well marinated and flavorful. The mandy rice is indeed dry when eaten alone, hence I poured some of the 'tomatoes puree' (in the saucer at right) and some of the 'sourish soup' (in the small bowl) onto my rice.

Shish Kebab with Mandy Rice - RM18

Bandung Syrup - RM3

will be back here for this again....

Midweek Entertainment - Happy Ferris Wheel

Kinda busy lately, but still find time to 'chill'....

here's the midweek entertainment to 'entertain' you...coz no time to blog...

This 'year 1999 song' reminds me of the ferris wheel.....

and memories before the turn of the millennium...

Enjoy listening!

Grilled Chicken Steak at NY Steak Shack

Celebrated a colleague's birthday at NY Steak Shack. As we only have one hour limit for our lunch, we did not order 'lavishly'.

I had their grilled chicken breast steak with 2 side dishes - coleslaw and fries.

The chicken breast was well marinated and tender...

 On another occasion, I was craving for youtiao (Chinese cruller) and decided to get it from the morning market. This stick costs RM1.20 nowadays

It is best eaten with soy milk....super yum!!!

Mee Hailam

It was my first time trying mee hailam...This was from a stall located nearby my office. The price is very reasonable at RM5 with generous ingredients - kailan, carrots, chicken chunks.

for noodles option, they have kuey teow and meehoon too, besides the default yellow noodles.
Mee Hailam basically taste like Cantonese style noodles ('kuey teow kungfu'), but the gravy is in dark colour.
Hopefully they still serve it with generous 'greens' in my next visit!