VIDEO – A Day Out in the Honda Freed with Paul Tan & Advertlets Bloggers!

September 9th, 2010 • Advertlets, Events, FUN stuffs I do, General, MAIN

Advertlets bloggers enjoyed a fun day out test driving the Honda Freed at the end of July. The video is finally ready – ENJOY!

More writeups:

My team won Best Team for our Polaroid pictures : Pictures HERE!

And my review of the Honda Freed HERE!

Selamat Hari Raya & have a good holiday!

Crocs Malaysia – Fall Holiday Collection 2010

September 7th, 2010 • 10 comments Events, General, MAIN
Tags: crocs malaysia, Events

The Crocs Fall Holiday 2010 Collection was unveiled recently.
Personally, I was looking forward to more fashionable Crocs for ladies, better still if they come in elevated inches (aka HEELS pleaseeeee!!). For this collection, the Casey (Mary Janes, with a wedge heel below) – (RM239) offers the elevation I wanted.

As per the norm, Crocs promises the legendary comfort by its propriety Croslite material as well as style, function & fun, such as the flowery & bright coloured Lily Holiday (RM169) & the McCall Big Floral (RM129).

The guys got it good. These preppy Santa Cruz Classic Plaid (RM229) are downright smart & so is the Santa Cruz Argyle (RM229)  (left bottom of the collage below). Below bottom right is the “Classy-fied” version of the original Crocs – the Crocsband Leather (189), where the material is buffed with suede.

Being an avid runner, I’m most envious of the Crocsband Sneaker (RM309) that is only available for men now. Very lightweight, made of breathable material & good both for gym & casual wear.

Well, that’s the new Crocs Fall Holiday Collection 2010!

So, who went for the recent Crocs Warehouse Sale? I heard that the crowds was massive! What did you buy??

Note:
I’m a Crocs Official Blogger.
This is not a paid advertorial.

Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio, Solaris Dutamas, KL – SEPT 2010 Menu

September 5th, 2010 • 8 comments Expensive eats, Food, General, MAIN
Tags: cafe, french, fusion, solaris dutamas

The Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio September 2010 Menu is out!

I dropped in for a quick lunch today as my friend wanted to try Chef Nathalie’s creations after reading numerous blog posts about it. Truth to be told, I only partook a bite of each dish as I’m still nursing a “stomach flu”, whatever that’s supposed to mean. All I know is that it’s blardy annoying to puke everything you eat.

Anyways..

We started with the Crab & Spinach Charlotte, Salmon roe, Creamy Mustard Sauce, ( RM27).  This dish/dome is like a work of art! So prettyyy!

But to consume, it has to be “torned” apart..

..and it does taste as good as it looks! Plentiful of crab meat & spinach tightly encased in that little dome & all coupled nicely with the creamy sauce.

I gave a yelp of joy upon seeing “duck confit” on the mains menu. I was expecting the duck confit to be somewhat like the one I had previously (pic in the post HERE) . But the Duck Confit & Porcini Hachis Parmentier, Porcini Sauce,  (RM50) turned out to be this. . .

My friend Kevin gave it thumbs up, while I sulked that it wasn’t the duck confit that I envisioned it to be. It was a very well prepared duck confit nonetheless, bold in flavours & moist in texture. I personally find it to be a tad salty, but that’s coming from a low- tolerance- of- sodium person so it’s best for you to judge it yourself.

We moved on to desserts, and I finally found something on Nathalie’s dessert menu that caught my fancy, the Revised Rum Baba, Orange Soup with Rum, Apricot Sorbet & Orange Espuma, (RM22).

A rum baba is actually a cylindrical yeast cake, supposedly originated from Poland/France (I’m not going to go into details of the argument of the originating country) & it is soaked in rum after baking, hence the name. Here at Nathalies’, I barely tasted any rum and upon enquiry, was told that it has indeed been soaked in rum for 24 hours prior to serving.

Well, the yeast cake itself wasn’t great, but its accompanying sides of Orange Soup with Rum, Apricot Sorbet & Orange Espuma certainly made up for it.

Kevin’s choice of Raspberry Frozen Souffle, Pistachio Dacquoise, Pistachio & Raspberry Coulis RM20, showcased  the best of Nathalie’s skills in the desserts department. One can’t go wrong with ordering sorbets here.

Below: Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio Sept 2010 menu. We peeked at the other diners’ choice of dishes and we agreed that for starters, the tuna bites with the Arugula Sorbet (it was really presented as a scoop of sorbet!) looked intriguing while for the mains, the Cod looks positively lovely; a big slab of translucent white meat, almost glowing in its paleness. Yup, that shall be my choice for my next visit!

* Check out June & July’s menu HERE.

** August Menu HERE..

Note: Solaris Dutamas is NOT Solaris, where the Cold Storage is.
To get here, go PASS Solaris on your left, head on straight till you are at a T-junction. Turn RIGHT. Drive along the road which will eventually curve left.
After about a minute, you will see a block of commercial building on your left. There are a lot of F&B outlets, etc here. You can’t miss it.

GPS:  N03 10.25′    E101 39.91′

Nathalie’s Gourmet Studio
A-4-1-5 Dutamas Solaris,
Jalan Dutamas, 50490 Kuala Lumpur.
T: 6 03 62079572
W: www.nathaliegourmetstudio.com

Close on Sun.

Opens Mon to Sat: 9am – 6pm.

Teh Kim Tek Restaurant, Kepong – Bak Kut Teh at 630am!

September 1st, 2010 • 32 comments Food, General, Hawker eats, MAIN
Tags: bak kut teh, breakfast, chinese, Kepong, Non Halal, pork, Selayang

Fancy your Bak Kut Teh fix at 630am?
For this place, the phrase “the early bird catches the worm” rings true. According to some reliable sources & die hard fans, Teh Kim Tek opens at 5 am and you will be scraping the pot if you arrive any later than 9am.

(pic below: See?? The skies were still dark when we arrived!)

The restaurant boasts of 2 shoplots & for those who wish to breathe the “chi” of the morning, feel free to settle yourself under the trees right outside .

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The Crocs Warehouse Sales is here again! 2nd to 5th Sept @ Ikano Power Centre

August 24th, 2010 • 8 comments Events, General, MAIN
Tags: crocs malaysia, Events

These coming weeks will be an exciting one for CROCS Malaysia!

Firstly, the crazy Crocs sale is on again! Mark your calendars for 2nd to 5th Sept 2010, from 10am onwards. It will be @ Ikano Power Centre, on the 2nd floor.

Come one come all! On top of the low prices, there will be additional vouchers for certain amount spent.

I bought my Crocs Cabana at the last warehouse sale (April 2010) for RM90 (usual price RM189). My other half got his Crocs Prepair SLIDE blue at RM80 (usual price RM209, I think).  It’s a steal, hence the Crocs warehouse is a MUST VISIT!

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