Crustacean Dinner at Restaurant Vong Fatt for Merdeka Day!

Crab-bies. Yeah! Sounded happy? Still, I am not the number one fans of the crab-bies. Baby Cheng is.

Baby Cheng is a food fanatic whom really love eating to the max! Me? Second. Lolz. She doesn't seem to be able to reject good food. Haha..

She wanted to have the crustacean on the Merdeka Day. Her day was rather unpleasant because she was spending her whole day being at home, on a very important project, i.e. studying for final. I wonder if she really did study well with full concentration since the whole family was on an outing to Mid Valley without her. Bet NOT!!

So, the story goes on with us having dinner at a seafood restaurant in Seri Kembangan. I've forgotten to get the name card, so no details this time. But..but..but..the restaurant is located very near to Chan Yew Kee (previously know as Starlight), in Pusat Perdagangan Seri Kembangan.

The restaurant that we went to is - Restoran Vong Fatt. It started its business since quite awhile ago, and was recommended by my dad's friend.

Restoran Vong Fatt located near to Chan Yew Kee

Inside the restaurant, we saw their menu was stick on the wall.

Plenty of choices to choose from!

And, some publishing about the restaurant. Perhaps it was recommended in the newspaper. And well, one in Japanese (I wondered if it was recommended in the Japanese newspaper? Internet maybe?).

Ads sticking on the side wall of the restaurant

Here are the dishes that we had ordered:

• Sweet and Sour Crab with fried Mantou
  
• Kangkung Belacan
• Sweet and Sour Pork a.k.a. "Gu Lou Yoke"
• Dragon And Tiger Reunion a.k.a. "Lung Fu Wui" (This is their special dish which I bet you will not be able to try that at any other places!)

Sweet and Sour Crab (with Mantou)

Top: Kangkung Belacan
Bottom: Sweet and Sour Pork

And here comes the main dish of the day!

Dragon And Tiger Reunion

I bet I do not need to say more about the other norm dishes, because, well, they do taste normal. Nothing spectacular, except that the Sweet and Sour Pork was a little soft (not crunchy at all). I will only give an average rating to those dishes.

So, for the Dragon and Tiger Reunion (this was directly translated from Cantonese "Lung Fu Wui", lolz..), I've to say that this dish is very special. It was spicy and moderately milky, with some seafood taste. I can find crab, prawns, squid, "Lala", "Tin Kai", and some Chinese herbs.

The whole pot was served on a portable burner, to heat up the pot and to keep warm.

The first few sips was a little strange though the taste was acceptable. Soon after, you will taste the sweetness of the seafood. I will definitely recommend this!

However, during our visit, we had an encounter with the not-so-fresh prawns. But the shop is kind enough to replace all our prawns with fresh fish slice. Not bad hor? And the service is quite good. They keep apologizing for the non-fresh prawns, which made us felt a little "pai seh" for the complaint. And a little drawback for this dish is that it is quite pricey, at RM48 per pot.

All the dishes were quite small in portion. Nevertheless, give it a try! It is worth to try something new.

Till the next post, tschus~

-Shookie-

A New Experiment with Ettusais

Ettusais, it shall be read/pronouns as "et-tu-seh". Ettusais is well known for their medicated acne skin care, target mainly on adult acne!

A little curious on the reason of this new exploration into a totally brand new skin care? Well, my skin is getting bad lately, as well as Baby Cheng. Hers is at a much more worsen condition than mine, probably due to stress from exams and lack of sleep.

The newly repacked balancing Artistry essentials were too oily for my preference. Oil control does not work very well on my skin. Pimples keep resurfacing even though I do apply plenty of Artistry Blemish Gel. I preferred the old balancing Artistry essentials, sadly, it's not in production anymore. Yet, I've to admit that some Artistry products are awesome! I'm into their Blemish Gel and Time Defiance Skin Refinishing Lotion.

So, to start off, I google-d around for details. Some netizens said that Ettusais is a Japanese brand name under the name of Shiseido. It might be true. Reading from the packaging, it was written in Japanese.

Plenty of positive feedback from bloggers on Ettusais products. Hence, I decided to give it a try. By the way, this is the link to their website: http://www.ettusais.sg. They have a wide range of anti-acne products. Note that the price in S$ is higher (after conversion to RM).

Here are my damages:

• A 3-step skin care consists of Acne Gentle Wash, Skin Version Up Extra (serum with collagen), and Aqua Shooter Extra (toner). First, rub the soap until foamy, gather the foam and apply it to the face. Wash as usual (gently, of course!). 2nd step, immediately apply the Skin Version Up Extra. This will enhance the skin to absorp better. Lastly, apply the Aqua Shooter Extra. The combination of this 3 steps shall give a moist skin. If not, apply the moisturizer.

A 3-step skin care.

• Pore minimizer set. Zero Pore Coat for day use (can be used as a base), and Zero Pore Mask for night (A few drops on the face will do. No need to wash.).

Pore Minimizer Set

• Acne Nighttime Defense. Apply this at night as the last step. It helps to regulate the oil production hence the skin will be less oily.

As a token for purchasing these stuff, the kind product assistant gave me some samples. She was not stingy though. She gave me plenty of samples on the products that I did not purchase. Love it till the max!

Medicated Acne Gentle Make Off (make-up remover), and Medicated Acne Daytime Defense (powdery foundation)

Medicated Acne Real Fit Concealer (concealer), Medicated Acne Clear Spots Superior (acne gel),

Medicated Acne Whitening Essence (scars lightener) and Medicated Acne Whittening UV EX (oil block, can be used as pre make-up base)

My real damages:

Huge damages!

• Acne Gentle Wash - RM39
• Skin Version Up Extra - RM72
• Aqua Shooter Extra - RM88

Good news was that I managed to get these at a promotional price - RM139!

• Zero Pore Coat - RM57
• Zero Pore Mask - RM76

Another promotional package at - RM89!

However the Acne Nighttime Defense wasn't in the promotional item list. It is retailing at RM90. My total damage, RM319!

This time I really need to stay grounded. No money shall be spent anymore!

-Shookie-

Betty Crocker's Chocolate Brownies D.I.Y

Argh..it's been quite some time since I last bake. I was really lazy though. Me, on a peaceful Sunday, just wanted to laze around the house doing nothing. NOTHING AT ALL.

I was convinced by Mummy to bake since there will be no breakfast for Monday. She wanted carrot cake, but I find it too tedious. After all, I'm just lazy to shred the carrots.

Hence, I made brownies. To be exact, Betty Crocker's Chocolate Brownies. My ex-colleague, Erizna, introduced this to me. She is a wonderful cook. She can bake very well, really! I wondered if she still does bake in Australia.

Let's get the ingredients ready:

• Betty Crocker's Chocolate Brownies prepacked mix. (I only managed to find this in Cold Storage)
• As stated on the back of the box, prepared 1/2 cup of vegetable oil, 3 tbsp of water, 2 or 3 eggs.
• Extra ingredients as you desired. I put in walnuts and extra chocolate chips.

The Main Ingredients


Walnuts and Chocolate Chips (ooppss..it's blurred)

Follow the steps below:

Step 1. Place the eggs into a mixing bowl and beat them until fluffy.



Step 2. Add in Betty Crocker's Chocolate Brownies Mix.

Step 3. Add in oil and water.



Step 4. Lastly, add in your desired ingredients.



Step 5. Grease the pan. I used a 8x8" pan. Soon after, transfer the mixture into the pan.



Step 6. Put in to bake. Adjust the setting to be plus minus 160C, for about 30-50 minutes. These settings actually depends on your oven's condition. The best of all is to observe the baking condition from time to time and re-adjust your setting.



And tadaa..this is the final product!



Hope you've enjoy today's baking session. Lolz. I'm boosting myself and made myself cheeky. Haha..

Anyway, hope you will try to make this one day. Add in more chocolate chips if you want it to be chocolaty.

Tschus~

-Shookie-

Wish Upon A Heart

Stumbled upon a lovely cup cake on one of the weekend's morning. I wasn't really paying attention to this as I just wanted to have something for breakfast, until Baby Cheng said "Jie, look at this. It's a love shape raisin."

Love Shape Cup Cake. It is my current wallpaper.

Wow..that really cute. Mommy bought cup cakes from Baker's Cottage as one of our snack-y bites. Never had we come across a lovely one.

Hmm. I wondered - It's the beginning of a wonderful day.

-Shookie-

An Outing With Riddick

An outing again. This time, Baby Cheng is diligently studying at home. Bro just came back from Vietnam on Friday (which means he is earning a lot of money to spend! ..hehehe..), so both of us went out for a movie and some shopping in KLCC.

Discussing about movie, do you think "G.I. Joe" is good? I did not receive really good comments about the movie. First, CatFish said he watched it for the action. Second, MengYee said the storyline is silly a.k.a. childish, nothing much by the way. She recommended "District 9" instead. Alien? Hmm..she sure has a certain taste in movie, and since the movie is new, so both of us decided to go for it.

District 9 Movie Poster

"District 9" was indeed quite different from my liking. Science fiction, thriller, action. A little bit bored in the beginning, but until the end, it is action packed. Quite interesting for me! Check out IMDB for the review and ratings.

Okay. It's confession time. I did some shopping today. However, the money was spent wisely, a good investment, i would say. BOOKS.

There is an advertisement on today's The Star newspaper about the Malaysia's Bookfest in KLCC Convention Centre. So I thought, it's a good time for me to get the rest of the Twilight Saga series, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. Eventhough I've already completed reading them, I do think it's worthwhile to collect a complete series. Nonetheless, Stephenie Meyer is good.

Here's my complete Twilight Saga series.

Twilight Saga Series - Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn.

Besides getting those, we bought these as well. OF COURSE, at a discounted price.

From top left - The Innocent Man, The Six Sacred Stones for Riddick, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, The Memory Keeper's Daughter, The Wind-up Bird Chronicle for Shookie and cook books for Mommy.

I've yet to complete the two books which I had bought from Kinokuniya a few weeks back. Guess all these books are going to keep me occupied and grounded at home. No more shopping. It's time to stay at home and be a good girl.

-Shookie-

p/s: A co-incidence bump with Pierre Martin (and he was with his GF)

McD Ramadhan Feast!

Selamat Menyambut Bulan Ramadhan!

and

Selamat Berbuka Puasa!

McValue Lunch has extended to dinner! That's rite! My all time favourite fast food restaurant is having a promotion! That means, for the month of Ramadhan, we can enjoy a superbly cheap McValue meals day and night!

Check out the leaflet!

Great selection for McValue Buka Puasa

Guess you guys must be wondering that, for sure I'll patronize McD as frequent as I can in the month of Ramadhan. Ah hem..though it sounded tempting, but I have my determination too.

Don't worry about me. You guys have to take care of your calories too yeah! Keep healthy!

-Shookie-

Totally Shock!!

OH MY GOD! I did not believe my eyes when I see them!

After withdrawing money from Maybank's ATM, I quickly hold the newly withdraw money and my purse; not wasting any time, I walked across to a shoe shop where Mommy was in. I tried to fold the money so that I would be able to slot them into zipper compartment of my handbag.

WTF! The stack of money was so hard to fold. Feeling weird, and a little nervous too, I took a good look of the money. Gosh~ I do not know it for real. The RM50 notes look so much different!

The first question that came to my fickle mind was "ARE THEY FAKE? DAMN, I HAVE A WHOLE STACK! WTH!"

I tried to calm down myself or else Mommy will be more nervous than me. I tried hard to convince myself. Believing it, for God's sake, I think they are real. By the way, I've just withdraw them from a proper ATM machine. There's no reason anyone, anyhow was able to swap the fake money into the ATM machine. No conspiracy here. I told myself.

Back home, I google-d for the new RM50 notes. Huh~. Truly, they are the new notes. *smile*

Take a glance of the new RM50 notes!

What a insensitive citizen am I! I did not know anything about the new RM50 notes. Lolz. Baby Cheng had already known about it a few weeks back. Shame on me!

For those who have yet to own the new RM50 notes, go to your nearest ATM machine!

*big grin*

-Shookie-