The proper way to cook 'hokkien mee' is none other than using charcoal and 'Aik Yuen' is famous for just that!!! Add in the right amount of pork lard (sorry my Muslim friends) and the taste is just phenomenal!!! This is definitely one of the best 'hokkien mee' around for sure...

Fried 'Pak Guo'... Not bad but definitely not as good as the 'hokkien mee' above!!!

 Fried squid that I really love... The batter is just awesome and fried to perfection!!! 

Stir fried clam (lala) is also very nice... In fact one of the best that I've ever tried... Definitely a must try item when you visit 'Aik Yuen'...

 Nothing to shout about at this... A bit bland for my liking...

Overall Rating - 3.8/5

Restoran Aik Yuen
Jalan Sarikei, Off Jalan Pahang,
53000 Kuala Lumpur.

At first I don't wish to post about this but they are really getting on my nerves now!!! 'Telekom Malaysia (TM)' you know you sucks BIG time in customer service??? Someone who knows somebody working in 'TM' please let them know about this blog post!!! Thanks...

I'm not going to talk about the connection issue... So far so good for me but sometimes there are some hiccups but I don't mind about that... I've been using 'Streamyx' for more than 10 years but this is the first time it really got me piss... 

So this is what happen... Around 2 years back, I've decided to change my 'Streamyx' plan and they don't let me upgrade the plan so I got no choice but to cancelled the previous one and reapplied a new account... Besides that, I've terminated my phone line and change to another new number as they told me that this will sped up the process... Filled up the 'Consumer Service Termination From' and got them chopped 'RECEIVED' on 4th of August 2010!!! You know what, till now they have not terminated the bloody account!!! 

I've received several letters and SMS telling me to pay up the outstanding which amounted to RM1,311.50!!! And the best part is, I've called them, went to their service centre another 2 times for termination but STILL they did not terminate the fucking account!!! The last time I went to the service centre, they told me that there are some technical problems and this time they will surely terminate the account and I don't have to pay anything (if they told me that I need to settle the outstanding, I swear to God that I'm going to break their fucking neck!!!)... 

Few months later, I received another letter telling me to pay up!!! Can you believe this!!! I've called them and they still have the guts telling me to go to the service centre to terminate it again!!! Bloody hell 'TM'... Can someone tells me what I need to do in order for them to terminate the account and stop this once and for all!!!

I've never that thought this will ever happen to us... Never!!! I still remembered reading a blog post from famous blogger 'proudduck' and laughed at the incident where she and her friend actually missed their flight (http://www.proudduck.com/2011/12/curse-of-4th-floor/)... I was thinking to myself how they managed to miss it and how they felt about it??? 

Fast forward a few months later, I know the feeling... I do... It sucks BIG time... Actually it was not my fault nor my darling... It was my 'FrankenBenz'!!! We are flying to Singapore and our flight is the earliest... We left early and I'm very sure we will make it on time... Just when we were about to reach 'LCCT', 'FrakenBenz' decided to throw tantrum!!! It actually died just 500m shy from 'LCCT'!!! I tried starting it a few times to no avail!!! Nothing much I can do... So I asked my darling to go to the check-in counter first so that we can get our boarding pass...After a while, I managed to start 'FrankenBenz' and quickly drive it to the nearest car park... Called my darling to know her whereabouts an also the situation... I was told by my darling that the counter was close... 

Walked as fast as I could to meet up with her and planned our next step... This was our first time taking 'Tiger Airways' and we didn't know that they actually close their counter one hour before departure and the best part was, not a single soul was found at their counter... Besides, they didn't even have a service counter and we got nobody to talk to... At least 'Air Asia' is better where there are a lot of staffs working around at the counter...

No choice but to wait for the next flight and the penalty was RM125 per pax!!! Damn, wasted RM250 for nothing... But looking at the bright side, we actually board the same plane with three of our friends attending the 'R.O.M' in 'Singapore' as well... Being together with friends... PRICELESS and not forgetting we actually bumped into 'Dato Lee Chong Wei' and he was walking right beside me!!!

I DON'T THINK SO!!!

I don't drink coffee but when I laid my eyes on this beauty, it still didn't change my mind and I'm proud to say it out loud!!! I really dislike coffee... I'm a chocolate drinker... Give me anything with chocolate and I'm fine... Nonetheless, the 'Dolce Gusto' looks really stunning... 

With this machine, making a gourmet coffee is never easier... Just buy the flavour that you like and put the capsule in the machine... Press a button or two and viola, instant gourmet coffee...

Nice huh... Cappuccino in mere seconds... This glass came together with the machine... If you're a die-hard coffee drinker, this is the machine that is worth buying... But for sure you won't find this in my house!!!

'Namewee' which rose to fame with the controversial music video 'Negarakuku' release a very good song (in my opinion) on the 'Lynas' issue... All 'Malaysian' should know about this issue and if you don't, SHAME ON YOU!!! I find this song very catchy and totally agree with him on the lyrics as well... I must give credit to 'Namewee' for having balls to trespass into 'Lynas' processing facility area!!! 

A lot of my friends and even relatives ask why 'Lynas' chose to setup the rare earth processing facility here in 'Malaysia'... My only answer to them is "You should ask why 'Malaysian' government allow 'Lynas' to operate here in 'Malaysia'"!!! Is very obvious that no other country in the world wants to be a part of this but why our government do??? This is the BIG question here... 

In terms of land size, 'Australia' is way bigger than 'Malaysia' which looks tiny in comparison... Besides that, the population in 'Australia' is in fact less than what we have in 'Malaysia'... So with more land and less people to expose the threat to, why don't 'Lynas' setup the processing facility in their own country???

In terms of business, it doesn't make any sense as well because they need to ship the rare earth to 'Malaysia' for processing and reship it back to 'Australia' once process... Why all the hassle??? Isn't it more convenient for them to follow their initial plan of mining the ore from 'Mt Weld' and sending them to 'Meenaar Industrial Park' for final processing which is around 800++km away from 'Mt Weld'... After processing, the radioactive waste will be transported back to 'Mt Weld' for burial and only around 1,500 people living within 35km radius of 'Mt Weld'!!! This was their initial plan...

There are around 700,000 people living within the 35km radius of the 'Gebeng' plant and the risk of human exposing to radioactive waste is 466 times more likely than in 'Australia'!!! Aren't we 'Malaysian' human as well??? I don't know why our government wanted 'Lynas' so badly but I for sure will not support this... This is our land and we have the right to voice out... But you know what is the best part??? Our government is actually giving 'Lynas' a whopping 12 years tax exemption!!! Talking about desperate...

Today is a very good day, very good die, very good day to die!!!

Is time to change the brake pad for my 'Peugeot 308 Turbo' again!!! Front brake pad can last only around 40,000++km and the rear pad can last up till around 80,000++km!!! This is the fastest wearing brake pad car that I've ever drove... Not forgetting the disc rotor!!! The front need replacement real soon...

This time round, I didn't opt to use back original brake pad from 'Peugeot'... Since the original one wears out easily, I decided to give some other brand a try and not forgetting saving some hard earned cash as well... 'Valeo' is one of the biggest OE manufacturer around so I presume that the quality is on par with the original one... 

After bedding in the brake pad, I'm amaze with the stopping power from the new 'Valeo' brake pad... The brake quality is actually on par with the original one and the best part is both front and back 'Valeo' brake pad cost less than the front original brake pad alone!!! Crazy right but is true... The only drawback is the spongy feel of the brake pedal... But this occur even when I use the original brake pad... The only thing I can do to eliminate this is change to steel braided hose... But let's just wait till the warranty period is over!!! 

Frankly speaking, I don't have good impression for 'Singapore' (continue reading if you're feeling piss off right now!!!) as a lot of my friends complaint about it... But most of them are still working there... I know the main reason for this is because of the conversion rate from 'Singapore Dollar' to 'Ringgit Malaysia'... So no matter how bad the country is, you will still need to tolerate... 

Is been a long time since I last step into 'Singapore' as a tourist... I went there a couple of times last year but it was purely business and the only place that I went was my customer place situated in 'Woodlands' and 'Marina Bay Sands' which was also one of our customer... That's it... Nothing more and nothing less...

We were really excited when we had the opportunity to travel to 'Singapore' and pretend to be a tourist for a day a fortnight ago... Actually we were attending a friend's 'ROM' and in the meantime, we took the opportunity presented at us and decided to go sight seeing the very next day...

After spending a day in 'Singapore', it changed my perception totally!!! It is a beautiful country and the living expenses is way lower compare to 'Kuala Lumpur'!!! (please don't convert the currency... what I'm talking about is earning the same amount of money in both country and try buying something similar... for example, an 'Apple iMac' cost around RM3600++ in 'Malaysia' whereas in 'Singapore', you can get one for around $1600++!!! RM3000 a month can't get you an 'iMac' in 'Malaysia' but $3000 a month can get you at least one and a half 'iMac' in 'Singapore'... see the difference???)...

Don't really have enough time to shop around as we got a flight to catch... Don't want to miss my flight again!!! (will blog about this in my coming blog!!! our first time missing a flight)... Brother-in-law took us to the famous 'Orchard Road' and some other shopping complexes around that area as we need to meet up with some other friends that are currently residing in 'Singapore'... 

The famous durian roof of 'Esplanade'!!!

Inside 'Esplanade'...

Going around 'Singapore' is really easy... You don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure it out as their 'MRT' is really user friendly something like our very own 'LRT'... 

'Orchard Road'!!! Finally have the chance to get up-close and personal with it!!! In my opinion, there's nothing special about this road... But for the ladies, this is a very different story... 

This is so very cool!!! Walking advertisement... I know we have this in 'Malaysia' as well... But the ladies are not as hot as these!!! Very beautiful looking girls (not sure about the guys though)... The way they place the ad is ingenious but I wonder what will happen if there's a strong gust of wind blowing either from the front or back??? Will these ladies be blown away??? I doubt so looking at how skinny there are!!! 

Below are some random pics of the shopping complexes that we have visited... Unfortunately, I can't remember their name... Not even a single one!!!

'H&M' is very cheap in 'Singapore'... All the clothes and pants selling in double digit... Only coats retailing over a hundred dollar... Hopefully 'H&M Malaysia' will price their clothes as low as in 'Singapore'!!! But I really doubt so...

After spending almost a full day in 'Singapore', I'm starting to fall in love with it!!! I guess my friends in 'Singapore' will agree with me on this... Exchange rate is only one of the reason and there are a lot of  other good reasons for them to be staying there (cheap food/electronics/clothing and etc)!!! But good times tend to pass really fast and is time for us to come back to reality and start working my ass off again!!! 

I used to love going to this particular restaurant for their lovely seafood noodles... I'm very sure those living in 'Klang Valley' will know about this establishment... There are a few reason why I stop going to this restaurant for their famous seafood noodles... Firstly, it is not as good as it used to be... Secondly, is getting more and more expensive!!! Imagine a big bowl of seafood noodle will cost you RM17!!! Too expensive for my liking... 

So what do you get for your hard earned RM17??? Two or three big prawns, some fish, clam, oyster and cuttlefish... That's about it... So I don't think is feasible to splurge on a bowl of seafood noodle where I can get better food for my RM17!!! Once in a blue moon is still okay...

You have a choice of curry, tom yam and clear broth... And my choice will always be clear as I don't really fancy curry or tom yam... So I can't comment much on those two... As for the clear broth, it is definitely not as good as before... The broth used to be very sweet and flavourful but this is not the case now... Slightly better than those normal seafood noodle stalls found scattering around but not much better but the price gap between them are huge!!! 

Normally this is where we sat... I don't like to sit in their restaurant as it is stuffy and hot... Just like sitting in an oven or sauna...

Overall Rating - 3/5

Restoran Yu Ai

No.42, Jalan Segambut Utara,

51200 Kuala Lumpur.

012-335 5563

Ever since I had a very bad dinner experience during 'Valentine's Day', I've decided to stop going out for dinner during this supposedly romantic day!!! Nothing can ruin a romantic day faster than a bad dinner!!! Food quality were downright lousy and we have to wait for more than an hour before we were being served... And the best part was the portioned of the food being served... It was a joke and not forgetting it was super duper expensive!!! 

So this year, I've decided to cook for my darling (more like a guinea pig to me!!!) and I will be cooking salmon this time... I spent a few days thinking on the recipe and this was the outcome!!! Actually I'm very proud of myself for cooking all this without any help!!! Not forgetting this was my first time attempting to cook salmon!!! 

Grilled salmon with caramelized onion mashed potatoes and sautéed asparagus top with my home made sauce... Not bad huh!!!

Okay now I will go through the process of cooking this dish (bear with me please as this was my first time attempting to cook salmon and I'm damn excited to be able to pull this off!!!)... 

First, cut the potatoes into small cube and throw it into a pot with water covering all the potatoes... Add some salt in for flavouring... Bring it to boil and lower down the heat... You're done when the potatoes turn soft and mash able...

Take one asparagus and cut it around 2 inches long... Use it as a guide and cut the remaining bunch to the exact specification... You don't want your asparagus to be in different length as this will not look nice when serve!!!

Next is the onion... Peel off the skin and slice it up...

Very minimal marinate for my salmon... I marinated it with a little bit of soy sauce and black pepper... 

Add lots of butter and black pepper for flavouring and you're ready to mash!!! I've added a little bit of fresh milk in it as well...

Besides that, I've added some oregano to enhance the taste of it... 

Viola... Mash potatoes done... 

Now is time to caramelize the onions... Heat the pan up with some butter and put your onions in when the pan is hot...

Remember to stir frequently and reduce your heat so that your onions will not get burn easily... Add some salt for flavouring...

Add the caramelized onions into the same pot where you mashed your potatoes earlier...

Stir and mix it around and you're done with your caramelized onions and mashed potatoes...

Heat up the pan with some oil and we are ready for the asparagus... Chop some garlic and sautéed it with the asparagus...

Add some oyster sauce for flavouring and your asparagus is ready to serve...

Before putting the salmon into the grilling pan, lightly oil the salmon (remember to oil both side) instead of the pan... Skin side down and cook it for around 3-4 minutes and you're ready to flip it over and let it cook for around 3 minutes on the other side and your salmon is ready!!!

Nice??? I like how the diamond charred mark turn out... Crispy on the outside, tender and juicy on the inside!!!

Now for my self made sauce... I heat up some butter and squeeze half a lime in and add a dash of fresh milk... Throw some dried rosemary in and finally some sugar and reduce the sauce... Once it thickens, turn off the fire and you're done!!!

Plating time... It is up to you on how you wanna plate it... But I like mine this way!!!

Caramelized onions and mashed potatoes on the bottom, grilled salmon in the middle with some home made sauce on it and top it off with the sautéed asparagus!!! 

Total cost = Less than RM100.00

Satisfaction = Priceless!!!

That's all for the recipe of my 'Valentine's Dinner 2012'... Prepared and cooked specially for my beloved darling!!!