In my personal opinion, I find 'John Carter' kind of old school (since it was based on a book written in 1917 so I guessed you can't really blame them)... Besides, they decide to mix and match a few movies together and the outcome is 'John Carter'... Is it just me or do you guys find a lot of similarities between this particular movie with 'Star Wars', 'Gladiator' and even 'Avatar'??? I do...

Nothing wrong with the movie overall just that it feels boring from time to time... And it feels a little bit confusing at first... What I really like is the ending... A slight twist is what I really like in movies... Another thing that I really like is 'Woola'!!! Suppose to be a hound on Mars I guess... It looks cute in a weird kind of way...

'Woola' with 'John Carter'...

Overall nothing to shout nor complaint about this movie... If your time is really precious then I suggest you skip this movie and save the time and money for some other movie instead (in the future maybe... 'The Avengers', 'Battleship' and etc)...

When one visit 'Singapore', what is the food that's high on the must eat list??? For me, definitely the chilli crab... I know we can get chilli crab here in 'Malaysia' as well but according to my darling (who had tasted it before), it was one of the best crab she ever tasted and not forgetting the size of the claw!!!

So this time round, my wonderful friends in 'Singapore' decided to let me feast my eyes and not forgetting my taste bud as well on this culinary wonder...

 Fried mini squid that is super duper crunchy and flavourful!!!

Very sinful to eat this!!! Guess my cholesterol level will sky-rocket to a new height!!! BIG prawns by the way...

Here comes the cream of the crop!!! 

OMG, notice the super duper BIG crab claw??? According to the waiter, I'm really unfortunate because the supply of crabs that day were a lot smaller... What??? This is BIG enough for me!!! The taste is definitely better than those I've tried in 'Malaysia' and there is no doubt about that... Besides that, the crab is super fresh and the meat is juicy and sweet as well... My God, I totally agree with my darling now...

Just look at the claw and they said this is one of the smallest around!!! Hmm notice anything unusual??? They actually provide apron for their customers!!! That's not all because besides apron, they provide gloves as well!!! All my friends decided to wear it and I go the manly way of dirtying my hands and shirt!!! Frankly speaking, I regretted for not wearing the apron cause my shirt is bloody awful at the end of the day!!!

Gloves that I mention earlier...

One of the side dish that really compliments the chilli crab is none other than deep fried 'mantou'... In 'Malaysia' we only have deep fried version (if I'm not wrong)...

But in 'Jumbo' they serve steamed one as well... As I don't fancy steam stuff, so I did not try it... No comment on how it goes with the chilli crab gravy but what I can say is deep fried 'mantou' with chilli crab gravy rocks!!!

They have a lot of other variants but we opt for chilli and black pepper... Doesn't look promising at first glance but trust me, after sinking my teeth on one, I'm hook... And at the end of the day, black pepper is the one I choose... Surprisingly but yes, it is that good!!!

Bottom line is, 'Jumbo' really knows a thing or two on cooking crabs!!! This is by far the best crab experience I have... Thanks to all my friends in 'Singapore' for this lovely dinner... :) 

Overall Rating - 4.4/5

Jumbo Seafood Restaurant

Blk 1206 East Coast Parkway #01-07/08,

East Coast Seafood Centre,

449883 Singapore. 

I believe I'm really unfortunate when it comes to motoring life as I'm always plagued with different kind of problems... This was definitely not the first time I've experienced a cracked windscreen... In fact, this would be my fourth time since I started driving...

It started with a tiny spot right beside the 'AMD' sticker... My darling don't really remember when she got hit on the windscreen but we decided to get it repair after having breakfast... And you know what happened after our breakfast???

It started to cracked almost half the length of the windscreen!!! We got a shocked of our life when we saw it... So off we go searching for a windscreen repairer urgently... We managed to find one called 'Dr Cermin' located in 'Setapak'... When they saw our windscreen, their first thing they told us was the windscreen need to be replace... No point repairing it as the cracked was way too long...

But we decided to repair anyway as our insurance coverage was not enough to replace a third party one let alone original... Third party one cost around RM1200 and original one cost around RM3000!!! We were going to wait till we renew our windscreen insurance and pay more premium for the windscreen so that we are able to change to a original one... That was the plan...

They obliged to our request but they won't guaranteed that it would work as the cracked was really too long to begin with... We decided to gamble with it and give the go ahead...

They started by drilling a tiny hole at the end of the crack... The reason they did this was because they were going to inject the sealant in through the tiny hole so that the sealant will flow along the crack and seal it... That's the objective...

 Applying sealant...

 The tools for making this work... 

After applying the sealant, the crack area was covered with a thin piece of plastic and drying process began...

 After a while, they started peeling off the plastic cover...

The end result!!! Still managed to see the crack nearer to the 'A pillar' but those nearer to the center was gone!!! Definitely better than before...

This was done before 'Chinese New Year' and you  know what happened two months later??? It begin to crack again... No choice but to replace the whole windscreen as the crack span more than half the length of the windscreen!!! So based on my experience, if your crack is small/short, faster get it done and you can basically forget about repairing those crack which is longer than four inches long!!! Not worth the money spend because most probably it will start cracking again just like what is happening to us!!! And now I know why I usually don't win when I gamble, cause I sucks at it!!!

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.