Posts Tagged ‘ chocolate

Take Away Dinner

Flying to Paris for romantic dinner, enjoying dessert in Belgium and having coffee in San Francisco. Isn’t that wonderful if we can ever do that? No, I still cannot afford to do that but occasionally, something similar come to my mind. Having Western appetizer, Chinese main course and maybe Italian dessert but it is kind of hard to get all under one roof.

Most of the time, I ended up do a take away instead of dining in the restaurant. Oh yea, I do this all the time if I am unable to decide on which restaurant to go to. Odd? I think as long as I can get my preferred food, why not? This time round, I went to Giraffe To Go for Salad, Spur Steak & Grill for appetizer and Starbucks for my drinks. Awesome dinner isn’t it?

This the the take away paper bag from Giraffe To Go..Guess what is inside?

Grilled Chicken, Tiger Prawn & Mango Salad £ 9.95 .. strongly recommended !

Crunchy Coconut Shrimp £ 5.65 .. nice n unique but slightly pricy

Take away boxes from Spur Steak & Grill

Main course? More like appetizer to me :P hehe.. Peri-peri sauce of Buffalo Wings £ 8.95

N lastly, my drinks.. Starbucks Caramel Frappuccino..bet you are familiar with this?

Hmm… this dinner cost me less than £ 50. Therefore, I would consider a satisfying dinner for me :)

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3 Colors Kit Kat

In 2011, I marked a great personal record that I travelled almost 80% of my time. I boarded the planes more than car and took the most photos “ever” in my life. Thinking back, I also accidently set a record of draining my bank account in the shortest time “ever”.

Not all records are set in easy manner, some has to sacrifice pretty much a lot of my time. I remember I used to spend almost 11 hours transit in airport, luckily the lounge helped at that time.  Airport malls become a regular place for me to hang out but sadly, I did not know any of the pretty air stewardesses at all. 

While transit in Doha recently, I spotted a chocolate haven that sells almost any kind of chocolate. From high end super expensive chocolate to low end super cheap chocolate. Of all the chocolate, I somehow attracted to this 3 colors Kit Kat. Not pricy, just affordable.

Besides the usual brown color Kit Kat, there is white and dark Kit Kat chocolate. I think it is somehow symbolize 1 Malaysia, if you agree with me. If you are familiar with brown color Kit Kat, try with the combination of 3. Meaning with 1 white + 1 brown + 1 black = marvelous taste. 

This product sells at slightly more expensive in Malaysia as compare to Doha. By paying about ~RM40, I get the pleasure for multiple times as this package comes with 9 smaller packets of Kit Kat. So, instead of 1, you get 9 x of fun. You can easily get this in KLIA but I think you have to pay about ~RM20 extra.

For me, this really a good snack while transiting for long hours in airport. It definitely gives me the “Get a Break, Get a Kit Kat” moment every time when I bite this tiny little chocolate. Without realizing it, I completely finished up this pack in just few hours. I guess before I know it, I will become one diabetic patient :P

 

Kit Kat

Web: http://www.kitkat.com/

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Yo.Ba Yogurt Ice-Cream

Cell phone is so common that almost everyone in the world has one.  The convenience of it can almost make you physically and emotionally attached to it at all time, even while you are on vacation, hanging out with friends bla bla bla.

One tip of advice, try to avoid using it while you are in the toilet. It is rude if you talk to someone on the phone while he/she can hears the sound effect of it while you are doing your big business. It becomes really nasty if you accidently dropped the phone in un-flush toilet bowl.

The mess is one thing but try to imagine you are on the other side of the phone?

Maybe this is not a good start especially when I am about to write about Yo.Ba Yogurt Ice-Cream. Don’t get me wrong, I am not trying to relate toilet to ice-cream although both have H2O elements in it.

What I am trying to say is cell phone makes my photo taking possible. You know, sometime, on this one day that that you feel like you do not want to carry you baby with you, u need em? This time, my cell phone saves my day.

When everyone is busy with window shopping, this the times when I snoop around the mall with my dinky phone to keep me company. Spying around what good on the shelf, snapping photos in a no-photos zone and of course, Angry Bird as my stress relievers once in awhile.

Speaking of stress relievers, Yo.Ba rightfully disengage my cell phone bond with me that never been separated since the day I own it. With multi topping choices, finally, I can forget about my cell phones for a record of 10 mins.

Someone told me, if you take the courage to make the first step, the second, third, fourth and so on will be a lot easier. I am back to defer because as soon as colorful M&Ms, raisins and cold creamy ice-creams are gone, my phone got magnetize back to me again. That shows how strong our bond is.

BUT I discovered a new hypothesis. RMB 24 (RM 12) can help phone addicts to stay away from their addictions for 10mins. M&Ms and raisins are major contributors here.

So, to summarize, with RM 17280 (RM 12 x 10min x 6 x 24hr), you will be free from phone addiction for a day in return. Well, everything come with a price, right?

 

Yo.Ba Yogurt Ice Cream

Super Brand Mall

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M&M’s WORLD London

Midas, a legendry Greek King who is famous with his touch, the Midas Touch which literally changes everything he touches to gold. On the other hand, Angharad, in The Maiden of the Melting Touch melts everything that she ever touches.

Have you ever wonder, how did Midas wears his clothes? Or worse still when he pee? Does that mean he only wears one set of gold clothes in his entire life? Or having Gold Pe…?

What about Angharad? She is naked all the time? And she never tried solid food? She never tried blow J…? Ouch..

What if Midas hold Angharad hand, will Angharad turns into gold statue or will Midas melts? Reading those fairy tales make me wonder, how can I even believed the stories did exist. Silly “younger” me.

I do not have answer to all the questions but I only know there is one thing that don’t melt in your hand, not even in Angharad hand.. and that is ….

M&M ! They only melt in your mouth, not in your hand! I bet everyone already knows about this and it is nothing new. BUT did you know M&M just setup M&M’s World in London?

Aha.. M&M’s World is located in Leicester Square. This is 35000 square ft store is one of the biggest candy store in the world that sells M&M products and merchandise.

Kids love this place and no exception to girls too. For young people like me, I feel younger the moment when I step in the store. If Angharad touch can melts anything she touches, M&M definitely melts my heart even without touching.

Girl loves cute merchandise and so do I! Kids love bright color and noise and so do I too! Cool souvenirs are available here ranging from t-shirts, mug, bowl, soft toys etc. Tourists definitely love it!

As for me, I found this special M&M in huge cylindrical glass. What so special about it? Normally, you only get few colors but this M&M has 24 colors! You might think it is just coloring but hey, it is really attractive, k?

With only £  15, you get chicken taste, pork taste, shrimp taste and all other taste M&M. Nah.. I am just pulling your leg. All these 24 colors M&M taste the same :P .

However, in this store, you can buy milk chocolate, dark chocolate, crisped rice, mint chocolate, peanuts, almonds, orange chocolate, coconut, pretzel, wild cherry, and peanut butter M&M. Awesome isn’t it? Visit here if you happen to be there one day!

 

M&M’s World London

Located inLeicester Square

1 Swiss Court,London,

United Kingdom

TEL: +44 (0) 207-025-7171

GPS: 51.51124,-0.128231

Web: www.mymms.com

Opening Hours: Mon – Sat: 10am – Midnight, Sun: 12pm – 6pm

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WangFuJing – The Food

Did you know that ancient people secured food through two methods, hunting and gathering and agricultural? Due to civilization and globalization, lands become very limited for agricultural activities, mostly filled with modern buildings.

Hunting is proven working for centuries. Great method should be cultivated to prevent extinction. That is why, TikkoSS always hunt for food to feed his fat.

If you follow my blog, you must have come across Food Hunting in KimChiLand (part 1/2) and Food Hunting in KimChiLand (part 2/2) before. This is another food hunting but in different land, in “Pirate”land.

Not only Wang Fu Jing Famous is a famous shopping street, this place is a heaven of oriental food. If you are a big eater with bottomless stomach like me, you can easily get it filled here with various local and traditional food.

Do not walk on the main street as you will only find fast food restaurants or high class cafés. Try on back alley. If you are not adventurous enough or have a weak stomach, please bring along your stomachache medication :P

Please stop reading this if you are in diet mode or hungry. The following food hunt evidences will definitely help anorexic to build their desire to eat more! Over here, you get a lot of desserts, drinks, cookies.. more like if you name it, you get it.

If you happen to be here, give it a try on local yogurt. It is sourishly refreshing. If you drink on spot and return the bottle, you save about 1 RMB (~RM0.50) but hey, if you like agriculture, the bottles are just nice as an alternative to vase.

Well, there are plenty of foods here but I can only select few to write. One of the “DO NOT TRY” is the stinky beancurd. From the innocent appearance, I thought it is just a normal fried beancurd with deliciously tempting sauce.

BUT HELL NO.. the smell is awfully disgusting. I tried this stinky stuff before inMalaysiaand I am not a big fan of it although it tastes not too bad when you put in your mouth. Now, is another fear factor moment for me.

DANG..it tastes even worse when you munch it. The feeling is like biting a piece of hard-soft textured S*** in your mouth. YUKS! Make sure you have mouth refresher later..

On the other side of the coins, the BBQ scallops and osyters are a must try. If I remember correctly, I think it is only cost about RMB 5-10 (RM 2.50 – RM 5.00). Cheap and so not the same like the stinky beancurd.

Both are slightly cheesy and spicy but with nice fragrant especially when it is newly barbequed. The seafood here apparently is very fresh although I did not spotted any water source beside the Wang Fu Well .. hehe

If you think that is about it, you are so wrong. The food street does not end here. If you are patient enough to walk around, I bet you will find a lot other interesting delicacies such as china-made meat burger, desserts and pastries. All are equally delicious.

To not shock you, I have removed most of the foods that I ate that day and only show you 1% of food that I tried. :P Some good and some bad .. I mean really bad but hey, it is not the foods but it is the adventure that counts, right?

 

Wang Fu Jing Street

Beijing,China

GPS: 39.909378, 116.410999

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Breakfast in Prince Hotel KL

It is not a crime if you don’t feel like making your own breakfast. It is just a sign of laziness that flow in your bloodstream. Please don’t blame me for having a luxurious breakfast when I know roti canai in mamak stall is just < RM 1

If you read my post on Prince Hotel & Residence KL, you know that I got a complimentary breakfast here. From my hard scouting work, I managed to locate a breakfast spot on ground floor of this hotel. (Duh.. most of the restaurant located at ground floor)

From far, you can smell the fragrant of the typical Asian and Western breakfast. Entering the restaurant is like entering the heaven of food. You might not realize that especially when every local food is within your reach.

Try when you did not come in contact with Malaysian Food for the few months. The feeling is like ant dying for sugar.

Like many restaurant, this place serves Asian cuisines, Western breakfast, cereals, desserts, drinks etc. If you are still fuzzy about it, there are few dedicated chefs cook for you. Name it and normally you won’t get it, except for omelets, scramble eggs or fried eggs.

As many might know, the kitchen crews will freshly prepare the food in the very early in the morning before the arrival of guests. This is to ensure all the hotel guest will be fed when the clock is ticking at 6am.

I got lucky when I reach just about 30 min before 10 am. All the food is still there. It shows that the chefs are constantly re-filling the food. Yes.. it is a buffet style and that makes me like it even more.

Nasi Lemak is a must. It is served with beef and chicken rendang, sambal, anchovies, eggs and my very own mixture with bacons and pancakes. My hungry stomach got better when I finished up my second round of western breakfast.

Burpp.. Asian + Western + fresh fruits = perfect breakfast. If you are in KL and want to try something extraordinary, make sure you drop by here. It is not about the food but it is the ambience that counts!

 

Prince Hotel & Residence Kuala Lumpur

No.4 Jalan Conlay,

50450 Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

GPS: 3.15049,101.714221

Web: www.princehotelkl.com

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Chocolate Raisin Cupcake

Chocolate Raisin Cupcake

Ingredients

180 g Butter

100 g Margarine

225 g Brown sugar

5 Eggs

225 g Self-raising flour

1 tbsp instant coffee (Mix with 1 tsp warm water)

30 g Cocoa powder

Raisin

 

Method

1. Well beaten butter, margarine, brown sugar and eggs until creamy. Add the egg one at a time to prevent curdling.

2. Fold in self-raising flour, instant coffee mixture and cocoa powder to creamed mixture

3. Add raisin to creamed mixture. The amount of raisin varies depending on how much individual like to have.

4. Add cupcake paper into each cupcake mould. Pour creamed mixture into each mould until ¾ full.

5. Pre-heat oven to 180 deg. Bake cupcake for 10 minutes at 180 deg. Ready to be served.

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Chocolate Oreo Cupcake

Chocolate Oreo Cupcake

Ingredients

180 g Butter

100 g Margarine

225 g Brown sugar

5 Eggs

225 g Self-raising flour

1 tbsp instant coffee (Mix with 1 tsp warm water)

30 g Cocoa powder

Oreo crumbs

Method

1. Well beaten butter, margarine, brown sugar and eggs until creamy. Add the egg one at a time to prevent curdling.

2. Fold in self-raising flour, instant coffee mixture and cocoa powder to creamed mixture

3. Add cupcake paper into each cupcake mould. Pour creamed mixture into each mould until ¾ full. Sprinkle oreo crumbs on top of the creamed mixture of each mould.

4. Pre-heat oven to 180 deg.

5. Bake cupcake for 10 minutes at 180 deg. Ready to be served.

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Chocolate Muffin Cupcake

Chocolate Muffin Cupcake

Ingredients

180 g Butter

100 g Margarine

225 g Brown sugar

5 Eggs

225 g Self-raising flour

1 tbsp instant coffee (Mix with 1 tsp warm water)

30 g Cocoa powder

Chocolate condensed milk

 

Method

1. Well beaten butter, margarine, brown sugar and eggs until creamy. Add the egg one at a time to prevent curdling.

2. Fold in self-raising flour, instant coffee mixture and cocoa powder to creamed mixture

3. Add cupcake paper into each cupcake mould. Pour creamed mixture into each mould about ½ full. Add condensed milk in the middle. Pour creamed mixture on top of condensed milk until ¾ full.

4. Pre-heat oven to 180 deg.

5. Bake cupcake for 10 minutes at 180 deg. Ready to be served.

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3 Best Known Stress Relievers

Stress is a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense. I am not here to give an English lesson but to give you the solution instead. There are only 3 best known methods to mankind to release it.

SEX, ice-cream and chocolate. Oh yea.. you read the first one right but sadly, this is not a 18sx post! Am I going to write about ice cream? Neh, I hardly find Haagen-Dazs here so I will skip that too.

Let’s talk about guys famous gift, girls favorite confectionary and Belgium famous product … Chocolate & Chocolate and Chocolate! Life is like a box of chocolate? WRONG ! Chocolate is like a box of life! Oh yea..

For some reasons, what I claimed earlier is not accurate. Recently, I received a lot of chocolate as gift from girls, it is my favorite confectionary and the chocolate is not from Belgium. One that I particularly like is Maltesers to be exact!

Everyone likes Maltesers.. who don’t, right? What special about it is the honeycome or I called it golden hokey pokey. Melt in your mouth AND your hand! Lol.. It used to be my all time favorite chocolate until I decided to resist the addiction due to pillow buildup in my belly.

Once it melts in your mouth, the flavor and texture just reform a brand new beginning in your life. Forget about your worries, forget about your sorrow and more importantly, you will crave for more.

BUT if you are a guy and you send chocolate as a gift to a girl especially during valentine, man.. you are so predictable! Try not to impress girls with common chocolate (those like ferera rochie, catbury, swan etc) or they will label you as “just another loser”.

To some extent, some girls like predictable but not so predictable guy. Confuse isn’t it? That is exactly what girls want you to feel so that they can gauge your intelligent. If you get chocolate but not so common chocolate, I am sure you stand a great chance!

IF you are lucky, you might get double stress relievers too! Stress issues? Never a problem anymore!

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