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How often do you go for holiday? Generally, a typical company will only give approx. 25 days of annual leave. Indirectly, you are only allow to have 25/365 x 100 = 6.8% of opportunity in a year to make something special in your life. If you are lucky to work in a country where it has a lot of public holiday, the percentile will increase by a little. Saturday and Sunday are not counted as holiday as it typically means, “no alarm clock” day or “I just enjoy doing nothing” day!

When I go on holiday, combining breakfast and lunch is kind of common to me, or as many called it brunch. To many, brunch means combining 2 meals into 1 but to me, brunch means, having 2 meals at 1 time. How can I afford to miss a meal especially I am suppose to keep my stomach happy during this period, right? Give my stomach a break too! 2 meals at 1 time?? Oh yea, this is what I have, not long ago at Sainbury’s Aberdeen.

2 x pastries (blueberry muffins and sorta raisin bread) and a drink for breakfast

Fish and Chips for lunch..with yummy sauce

With the combination of various sauces

Chicken Tika Masala with Yellow Rice and Pita Bread .. again for lunch.. I love this most! The gravy.. yum yum..

And.. Cafe Mocha as a closing drink..

How’s that? Is it brunch or breakfast + lunch + dinner to you? This only cost about  £ 38 and it proves that I still have bottomless stomach .. hehe..

Sainsbury’s Supermarkets Ltd.

Web: www.sainsburys.co.uk/

People are never satisfied. When you have something you complain, when you don’t, you complain. I guess this is what people call human nature.

The last time I check I am still a human, so I guess I cannot avoid from the fact that I do complain once in a while. I used to complain about Chinese Food until I am here.. a place that makes me pork-free for almost 3 weeks now.

Looking back, I did actually spent a great time in China, Shanghai in particular. Old photos remind me of this Gui Hua Lou Restaurant in Shangri-la Pudong.

Now, I hardly even see any oriental food within my vicinity. Although this restaurant is just another Chinese Restaurant.. it reminds me of my root, a Chinese one where dim sum should be my breakfast.

I miss this fried spring roll and century egg porridge every morning. I tried to order porridge here but guess what, the hotel serves me with oatmeal porridge instead of rice porridge, how sad .

Believe it or not, I hardly find soy sauce or sweet chilli sauce. If this continues, I guess I will start writing on my travel instead of food. Or worse, you don’t get to read my post anymore as I might starve to death here.

It doesn’t matter if the char siu pau or siu long pau is good here but I can tell you it is a lot better than most of places I have been. I wonder when I will get a chance to go back to this restaurant again.

Try to put yourself in position with no pork and alcohol free for 3 weeks. It is rather torturing. The feeling is like pregnant lady who are craving for certain food. Ohh I never pregnant before but I have big belly that the effect is almost the same.

Aww.. looking at this porcupine custard bun shows how creative and insensitive a human can be,  creative because the chef can creates a miracle with scissors on pau and insensitive because his customer is an animal lover.

If you are cruel enough to take the first bite, the sandy custard blood of porcupine is melted in your mouth.  I tried it for sure and kept the other two as souvenirs

Chee cheong fun with big prawns or char siew is my all time favourite. When it serves with a glass of Chinese tea, just makes the breakfast as wonderful as it can be.

With RMB 163.30 (~RM 80), you are completely ready to start your wonderful days ahead. Slap by reality now, I have to figure out what I need to order for my breakfast, not bread and butter again

Guihua Lou (inside Shangri-la Pudong)

33, Fu Cheng Lu, Pudong,

Shanghai, China

TEL: +86 21 6882 8888

GPS:

If you are holding a DSLR, you are prone to unnecessary attention. Is it cute girls asking you to take their photos? Neh.. not that kind of attention but people tend to have a bias views on you.

It is rather hard to hide your skills especially when people thought that you are paparazzi, private detective or maybe you are a nerdy photographer. Not knowing the real you, they will just stopped you and said, “Sir, you are not allowed to take photos in here”.

Hello, I have not even turn on my camera or open my lens cover yet. Duh.. Should I laugh at their ignorant or appreciate their courtesy? This is not a joke, k? This is based on true story that happened when I was in Golden Lounges in various countries.

To avoid superfluous embarrassment, my wife a.k.a iPhone will normally come very handy. What I normally do here is sneaking around all “business” men and catch them with their silly stunts . Some caught sleeping with drooling effect

Beside free food and drinks, free internet, free bla bla bla, there is a spot which I fail to take photos, the massage room. I really wonder if there is a pretty masseuse on action or just a robotic massage chair?

Remember all long queues before boarding the plane? It is not happening this time. Lucky me because I get to go through the priority lane like any other aging man, pregnant lady or those with kids. Yea I am pregnant and still like kids

Not to mention there was an air stewardess stopped me and said, “Sir, you have to queue up in economy lane” and stunt later after saw my ticket. Before the plane board, I managed to camDUCK myself in golden class.

Yea.. I didn’t dress up smartly when I travel, normally with only t-shirt and jeans. Sometime I didn’t even comb my hair or with my unshaved moustache. Why need to dress up? I thought we suppose to travel comfortably? Besides, I have no one to impress as well!

Why I like to travel? Free food! And in-flight entertainment. Before they served me with appetizer, an air stewardess approached me and asked for my age. She claimed that I am very young.

That conversation is not related to this post but would like to emphasize that she claimed “I am very YOUNG” hehe..

There is nothing much to talk about in-flight appetizers. Why? The portion is too small and I finished it before it can activate my taste buds.

But the main course is different! Absolutely different! Most of the time, you get a few choices, Western, Asians or local food. I managed to capture all main courses that I took from all the flights that I board recently.

Of all, there is one special one. Bim Bim Bak. This is a traditional Korean rice with mix vege, meats and pickles (see photos above – the bottom one). I called it “rojak” rice as you need to mix everything in on bowl before you dine it.

All taste equally good but a meal is never complete without dessert. Strawberry Haagan Dazs was served as dessert. Once I tried it, I want more.. hehe.. ice cream always makes me happy and that is why I label it as happy food.

What I do next on the plane? Watch movie and sleep laa.. What else I can do, right? Err.. Ok.. I was disturbed by a group air stewardess as usual.. Not I disturb but being disturbed instead.. wonder why but I am going to censor that in here.

How many of you still remember what happen on 1 July 1997? Don’t tell me young people like you forget this auspicious day? This date marks the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong from UK to China.

Mass migration or better known as migration tide happened even before 1989 as many were pessimistic towards Hong Kong future. That is the time when receiving countries enjoy the exchange of cultures, expertise and FOOD.

Now, you don’t have to travel all the way to Hong Kong but to SS22/19 instead to eat Hong Kong dim sum. Many of you might know this place, Restoran Jin Xuan Hong Kong Dim Sum.

If you go during breakfast, lunch or dinner time, this place is so congested that you might need to queue up. Quite a long queue tho. Normally in any restaurant, the queue is proportionate to the quality of food. The longer it is the better it is.

STOP Drooling! Well, I am not sure about you but my saliva nearly drool out when I look at varieties of pre-made dim sums that are available. Maybe I am too hungry.. hehe.. Since I am so hungry, I have to remind myself not to overly ordered

Only fried food? Nah.. these are just few of the many other choices. I spotted on many that I am craving for even before looking into the menu.

If you know me in person, you know that I am bad with names. I cannot even remember pretty girls’ names sometime. Sad isn’t it? So, please don’t expect me to name what I ate that day. I guess I am good at one thing, FEEDING my FAT!

If you are custard bun lover, please don’t hesitate but order this straight away. As much as I like custard bun in Dragon-i @ Pavillion, KL, I think this is also another example of deliciously yummie custard bun.

Another dim sum that I like most is the bacon meat rolls. I love this straight away as what TikkoSS’s said “Love at first bite!”.

There are few other dim sums that I ordered and I can tell you the dim sums here really have a good standard. I cannot recall how much I spent that day but I managed to capture few of the dim sums price as below:

Century Egg Congee RM3.50

Deep Fried Prawn Roll RM3.50

Cabbage Roll RM 3.50

Deep Fried Radish Cake RM3.50

Char Siu Pastry RM3.50

Chee Cheong Fun RM4.80

Scallop and Prawn Dumpling RM4.00

Marmite Pork Rib RM10.00

I think it is quite reasonable considering the dim sums range from RM 3.50 to RM 10. You don’t have to stuff yourself with quantity but I prefer quality food. I share so that you can try it too!

Jin Xuan Hong Kong Dim Sum

59, 61 & 63, Jalan SS22/19, Damansara Jaya,

47301 Petaling Jaya, Kuala Lumpur.

TEL: +603 – 7729 6866

Business Hour: 7am – 11pm (daily)

GPS: 3.128188,101.616079

Have you ever walk for about 1.5 hour to get a decent breakfast? I have to be clear here. I am not trying to go on diet or wake up “seven early eight early” (direct translation from Cantonese) for an exercise first before breakfast.

All I did was to save RM 15 taxi ride from my hotel to this place, Good Taste Bak Kut Teh Restaurant at Miri Centerpoint. Not trying to be stingy here but I thought that the distance is quite near until I actually experienced it.

Clean Chinese restaurant?  Yea, this is one of it. This restaurant is partially air conditioned. The kitchen is “see through” so you know what is going into ur food (I tried to steal some secret recipe but the mission fail.. too many secret ingredients in it)

Ok, I ordered 3 bowls of Bak Kut Teh for my breakfast. You actually believe it? Nah, I am just pulling your leg. This restaurant not only serves Bak Kut Teh but they serve various types of noodles.

What I like is the pan mee, both the soup and the dry pan mee. Ohh, before I forget, the pan mee only available from 7 am to 10 am. If you miss the window, too bad, you just need to wait for the next day.

Look nice leh. The fried anchovies and mushrooms are my favorite ingredient. The pan mee texture is slightly rubbery (not sure if I use the right expression) and nice to chew. I thought the dry pan mee is just the mixture of soy sauce and pan mee but of coz it is not that simple.

Don’t ask me how they were made but I think the dry pan mee is the perfect combination in term of taste, ingredient, portion and price too. Give it a try and I am sure you will crave for more.

If you are not a fan of dry stuffs, try this soup pan mee. I bet the ingredient is almost similar to dry pan except with soup of course. I don’t know what they include in the soup but it is refreshing and strong taste of stock.  

MSG? I don’t know but I just love it. Normally I will dry the soup till the last drop. Hehe..This soup pan mee is actually comparable with KK Pan Mee @ Taman Usahawan, Kepong.

Oh this is new to me, having Penang Char Kuey Teow in Miri. Hehe. Why is it Penang Char Kuey Teow? I) it stated there Penang Char Kuey Teow in menu… duh (lame) ii) got lap cheong (Chinese sosej) and sea ham (cockles) iii) serve in banana leave.. hehe

I will not compare the taste with Kafe Heng Huat @ Lorong Selamat because on is literally in Penang and one is not. LOL but this is one of the most decent Penang Char Kuey Teow that I can manage to find in Miri.

If you are foreigner or tourist, don’t worry, you will not get slaughter here. All the pricelist is published on the wall. This restaurant not only serves Bak Kut Teh, Pan Mee, Char Kuey Teow but also cook ala carte dishes.

Look! I only pay RM 17.10 for this breakfast including drinks. Not so expensive afterall. That’s why you should try it too!

Good Taste Bak Kut The Restaurant

Lot. 1391 & 1392, Jalan Kubu,

Centre Point Commercial Centre, Phase 2,

98000 Miri, Sarawak.

TEL: +6085 – 42 1392

GPS: 4.389924,113.985064