Why do we like eating dim sum? One of the many reasons I can think of and my personal opinion is because it allows us to taste and try many different varieties from steamed, baked and fried items. Usually I would have it on a weekend and this time it is no different. Organised by Ken, a few of us gathered together for a dim sum meal. What is different this time round is that it is a buffet dim sum. Timing [...]

It was raining very heavily that day and I couldn’t ask for a better meal than a nice hot bowl of porridge. Seemed very appropriate on a cold rainy day. Reading from some of the articles adorned on their wall, this business was started 30 years ago by the parents of the current owners, the Lee siblings. Restaurant front Known for its popular fresh seafood porridge and also duck stew [...]

In conjunction with the 200th(Bicentennial) anniversary of Mexico’s Independence, Hotel Nikko together with the Embassy of Mexico is having a mexican themed experience throughout the hotel from the Bentley Pub to their Serena Brasserie featuring renowned Chef-Owner Daniel Ovadia from Paxia Restaurants. Hotel Nikko’s message is “To enjoy Daniel Ovadia’s cuisine is to enjoy [...]

Nowadays we are very spoilt with the choices we have of having integrated stuff in our lives such as iPhone that can act as a phone, media player, camera and so much more to simple stuff such as 2-in-1 shampoo and conditioner. So it is no surprise that this concept does not only apply to technology and everyday items but to other things as well such as food.  Neapolitan anyone? Ice cream of 3 different [...]

Just opened a few months back, Mum’s Seafood Noodle House offers food lovers home style cooked food. Tucked away in The Strand, Kota Damansara (a fairly new commercial development) finding this hidden gem isn’t so difficult since it has a rather famous nyonya restaurant (The Wok) neighbour located a few shoplots away. Some of their dishes are pictured on the left of the wall [...]

First off, let me wish a Happy Chinese New Year or Lunar New Year to everyone! GONG XI NIE ! GONG XI NIE ! GONG XI NIE ! May the Year of the Tiger be a roaring year for everyone. Tiger cupcake courtesy from www.bigboysoven.com Group photo of all the models cum bloggers at the House of Tang :p I was fortunate to be invited by an event organised by www.bigboysoven.com with sponsors from the House [...]

Sunway Giza Shopping Mall just opened less than a few weeks ago with its anchor tenant, The Village Grocer and a few other outlets but already the crowd is starting to come in. There are quite a few food outlets already open and I had this urge for Italian today and decided to try out this Italian outlet with my makan buddy, Ken. This is their second outlet as the first one is located in Jaya33, PJ. The [...]

When my buddy, Ken asked me to join him for dinner…naturally I asked what’s for dinner? He then told me…bagels. I went like huh? Bagels for dinner? I’ve always associated bagels as a breakfast item maybe because from watching a character from The O.C.(it was a TV series staring Mischa Barton and Rachel Bilson. I admit, and I’m sure most guys out there too do catch shows [...]

I must say I’m pretty proud of this particular dish that I did. So for those of you out there who is interested in cooking something like this and if someone like me can cook, so can you! It came about when my wife mentioned that the chicken pies we ate always seemed to have next to nothing ingredients. I suppose how can you blame them as people are trying to make a profit.  So this sparked [...]