Amazing Thailand

Sawasdee Kaa!!!

We were in Bangkok recently for my 31st birthday. This is a short post of our transportation which I found absolutely amazing!

We started off trying to hail2 tuk-tuks from our hotel, but only managed to come across one. The tuk-tuk driver very generously offered to take ALL 6 OF US into his tiny 3 wheeled vehicle. So since, he seemed so confident, we hopped on. Anything to save that few bahts right? Every 10 baht saved is another 10 baht for shopping I say.

All 6 of us squeezed into a tuk-tuk for 40 Baht. No mishaps. Everyone survived.

The tuk-tuk experience made us feel kinda brave. So we did the same stunt with a cab. And again, the driver said ok. So, before he could change his mind, we hopped into the cab. Can’t remember how much we paid for this ride. In case you were counting, Vick was our camera man in the shot sitting in the front seat.

Gotta love Bangkok/Thailand. Amazing!! 

Of course, stay tuned for more posts on the rest of our Bangkok trip.

XOXO

I’m sing….ing in the rain…

TGIF!! Here’s a funny post on funny umbrellas!!

Received an email about some funny looking umbrellas which promted me to write this post. I’m not an umbrella person. I’d rather walk in the rain or wait till it stops. Coz I can’t quite figure out how to open or close it from within the car.

Now, this would be PERFECT for me!!

This umbrella would be purr-fect for my dog. He hates to be out in the rain. All I need now is to get him to wear shoes!! Then he’ll be dry as a bone. No worries of water splattering everywhere!

I can’t imagine any kid that’d want to use this!!! LOL.!!! Almost like an alien invasion.

Imagine walking in the rain with your love ones. I remember watching black and white movies. Many a love scene was based on two people walking in the rain and this was usually how their love blossomed *butterflies fluttering*, or how they managed to get the courage to declare their love to each other. Walk in rain, must do for every couple.

Have a good weekend everyone!!

xoxo

The Lonely Traveller Series: Kirishima Shuzou

It’s been ages since me a.k.a ToyBoy logged into the blog and I have been getting an earful from ToyGirl on how she is the only one doing anything.  Technically la.

Every now and then, I drive to various states in Malaysia for my work and it is always a lonely drive. The amount of time I spent on the road, I probably could drive to ChiangMai and back. And for all these long drives, I probably spent less than hour with my clients hence the lonely traveller series. With clients, it is all work and on the road, it is the 6 CDs changer for my companion. But sometimes, I do enjoy these lonely periods of solitude where your mind peaked in thoughts, ideas, memories and nothingness. I reckon I solved half my problems during these periods not to mention half the world problems except that I can never memorise it so till another drive then. The only consolation on the road are the ignorant insects which splattered across my windscreen making me think I am making the world a better place to live in. MUAHAHAHAHAHA. I am not evil.

Well, there is always the meal at the end of the drive to think about. I always tell myself to treat myself well after every long drive. And I always do. This time round my last stop is in Johor Baru and this time round, the drive has been really really long. At least 6 hours long. That deserves my comfort food and drink, Japanese.

Into Kirishima Shuzou, the only Chinese Speaking Japanese restaurant I know. This time round, a young part time Chinese waitress greeted me and me being me, I sometimes plead ignorance to the Chinese language for the fear of anyone engaging me on a long lengthy I-Don’t-Really-Care conversation after my long drives. So being abrupt, I sat down at my favourite corner hidden from the main floor, I mouthed my favourites without looking at the menu. “Bring the Hot Sake first, then a Teppan Gyu Tan and a Chawan Mushi. For the Main, give me a TenZaru Soba and also some ToriKawa”. All these are spoken in a carefully viled Chinese accent as not to give myself away. I thought I did good. Then waitress looked at me and asked, “Do you know GyuTan is Cow Tongue and ToriKawa is Chicken Skin?”. And this she is asking a customer that just recited everything without the menu. I should have acted suprise and go “Eeeerrr, how can you all serve such things???”.

Back to the food.

Chawan Mushi (RM 8 ) Hot Sake (RM 28)

For all the nonsense I spouted, the food here is really good and reasonably priced. Nothing relaxes you better than a good bottle of hot Sake after a long day. And starting off with the Chawan Mushi, a relaxing dish to swallow with almost no effort yet every spoonful is a delight.

Teppanyaki Gyu Tan - RM 18

Another favourite of mine, the thinly sliced GyuTan with Teppan Sauce requires a bit of chewing, just a bit. Tender and it satisfied the meat craving in me. Felt a bit savage after a long drive and demanding clients.

Ten Zaru Soba (RM 16)

To me, a Japanese restaurant in Malaysia must be able to serve a mean bowl of Cold Soba before expecting my patronage as it is one of my favourite Comfort Food. Soba must be ice cold and slightly chewy. And also with Tempura on the side. The sauce must include wasabi, chopped spring onions, a quail egg and tempura bits.

And this completes my journey.

Kirishima Shuzou Japanese Restaurant

117 Jalan Tebrau,

80250 Johor Baru, Johor.

Tel: 07-2762838

Fax: 07-2761665

ToyBoy

p.s: All stated in this post are based on my personal experiences, knowledges, ignorances and thoughts. All grammar mistakes are based on a period of misspent youth thinking English is easy. All can be forgiven.  

New favorite drink

Toyboy and I have a new fave drink. COFFEE!!

Up till now, we have not been fans of coffee because:

1. Toyboy gets nauseous from the caffeine

2. Toygirl feels agitated and excited from the caffeine

But recently, we tried the espressos at Espressamente and we have been hooked!! Of course, it helped that they serve coffee with alcohol. *Double happiness*

Pictures below are some of the drinks we had for breakfast one morning.

We highly recommend this espresso shot. Boys and girls, forget about the essence of chicken in the morning. ToyBoy felt an instant boost after downing this espresso and grappa shot.

Can’t remember what these were. Will update the post after we revisit.  

There are two Espressamente  outlets, Bangsar Village and Pavilion.  However, if you enjoy people watching the way we do, I strongly suggest the Pavilion outlet.

Till our next coffee outing…

xoxo

Car crazy

Car drives past us. Toy Boy points at it and asks:

ToyBoy: “What do you think of that car?”

Toy Girl: “Huh? What car?”

ToyBoy:”That BMW Z4 that just past us? Didn’t you see it?”

ToyGirl:”Which one is that?”

Or

ToyBoy:”That 911 Carrera that just drove past us?”

ToyGirl:”What carrera?”

Of course, by now, I know what’s a carrera and Z4. Z4 just happens to be

ToyBoy’s favorite car. But don’t ask me to tell between a Z4 and a Z3. Or even

new generation carrera and old genertion carrera. I just know, as long as

they’re nice and curvy, I like. Like the one below.

 

And the one below.

My dream car.

The perfect shade of pink.

I must say, I prefer the pink on the Nissan Micra than the Audi TT.

What do you think?

XOXO

ToyGirl

Take me home

I love all things vintage and retro.

Saw this kitchen scale by Typhoon at Robinson’s department store last night.

As I was caressing it, feeling its smooth steel surface and salivating over the vintage design, I could practically hear it whisper to me “take me home…”.  

Oh, how I had to resist the temptation.

Be Inspired…^o^

I love reading about ’before & after’ projects on Design Sponge. So inspiring! Makes me start imagining (and also wishing I’m not that lazy) all the things I can do to give my home that personal touch.

Before

After

Doesn’t this table look like something you’d pay a few hundred bucks for?

xoxo

My childhood

When I was a young girl of around 4 – 5 years old, I played with paper dolls such as this (I only had my first Barbie when I was 11 yrs old). We had to tear out the doll, clothes and accessories according to the perforated line. The dresses has little foldable sides that holds on to the doll. After finished dressing them up, we will make up our own stories that involves our masak-masak sets or doll house sets. We would come up with so many stories. One day we would pretend to be having a party. All dolls will be ‘dolled’ up. We would parade our dolls up and down, chat politely to each other and then leave the party and go home. Another day, we would play restaurant. Or play mommy and daddy with little babies. Or play teacher and student.

Now, kids get to play the online versions of paper doll. I just played with Gisele Bundchen on PaperDoll Heaven. All I had to do was click and drag the dresses, shoes and accessories I like and drop it onto Gisele’s body. That’s it!! No story. No imaginations. But I suppose, a budding fashion stylist may use this as practice ground.

Sometimes, I do miss the old days. Where girls play with dolls or masak-masak sets in the garden and boys climb trees or play with mud and tadpoles. Although, truth be told, I was not the type of girl that liked to get dirty. So I only played with my dolls and masak-masak in the house or patio. And kept the boys away unless they were willing to stay clean and listen to us. *sigh* Those were the days….

 

 

Where should we go to eat ah?

ToyGirl: So, what are we having for lunch? (or dinner)

ToyBoy: Anything you want darling.

ToyGirl: But, what do you feel like eating?

Toyboy: You know what I want….

ToyGirl: Besides that…!!!

ToyBoy: Up to you la. You decide la.

 ToyGirl: Fine. Let me think…..shall we eat japanese? or chinese? hmm…do you feel like pasta? or maybe mamak? ooo…i know i know…how bout bak kut teh? (and the list goes on and on…)

And sometimes, when the decision making is getting complicated (or getting nowhere..)

ToyBoy: (frustratingly) Why don’t we just go eat at xxx restaurant then…

ToyGirl: (exasperated and wondering why didn’t he just say it in the first place?) Ok.

This is the same conversation that happens everytime (with some very minor variations). 

So one on particular weekday, the same conversation repeated. And we ended up in Klang for lunch coz ToyBoy had to visit a customer in Klang.  ToyGirl wanted to eat lala fried meehoon. ToyBoy remembered one restaurant in Klang that had a rather good one. However, when we got there, they said they don’t serve that anymore. So, we asked them what’s their specialty. They said, Oh Jian (Fried Oyster Omlette).

Fried Oyster Omelette (RM 12)

This is THE BEST omelette we have had in KL / Klang. Can you see the oysters? Or more importantly, can you count the oysters? The oysters were fresh and juicy. The omelette was just right. Not full of flour like the commercial hawker centers. Worth every ringgit. yummmm…

MeeHoon with Fish Curry (RM 24)

 This was another dish recommended by the tauke. The fish curry with meehoon on the side was just the way we liked it to be. Thick! And the meehoon served with the curry was not soggy. We were in heavennnn….

Barley in a Bottle (RM 3)

They sell freshly made barley and soya bean milk in a bottle.  The bottle is the size of a 750ml whiskey bottle. Could fill 3 glasses of the beer mug.

Of course, we had vegetables too. Must have a balanced meal right?

Location: Klang

Restoran Soon Tong

No.1 Jalan Rengas, Southern Park, 41200, Klang, Selangor

Tel: 03-3373 2780

p.s. second best omelette was the one at Bangkok Chinatown Mei Loong Restaurant. Oysters were even bigger!! But how often can one go to Bangkok for this? Hence, dropped to 2nd place. :p

p.p.s This restaurant doesn’t open on Sunday.

Kordell’s Walkathon

About a month and a half ago, we participated in Kordell’s walkathon in our little effort of adding more fitness into our social outings besides clubbing and drinking. Yes, this was done with our Subang/USJ Club and ALL our social outings involve drinking one way or another.

Venue for walkathon was at Taman Jaya in PJ. Organised by Kordell together with the Arthritis Foundation. It was a team event, each team consisting of 4 members.

Knowing the competitive streak that we have, we made the walkathon into a competition between our two teams. Our celebrity, The National Hockey Player, even had T-Shirts made for both teams. We called ourselves The Red team and The White team. Loser team had to belanja breakfast.

Needless to say, White team WON, especially since we have the national hockey player on our team. Although Red team didn’t do so bad themselves.

Our team leader, The National Hockey Player, even had a trophy made for the winning team! Now this is dedication to the club.