Company Annual Dinner@Tarik-Orang

I is lazy to write too much... still CNY mood ok... so this is gonna be just an entry with many pictures taken during the 2009 annual dinner of the company that I work in...

Pullman, quite majestic from this angle...

looked so complicated liddat...

the main table...

some appetizers/snacks I think...

sashimis...=D

I typically like this shot... =)

all the food...

played some games...

and of course, lotsa pictures taken...

me with the Frenchman...

with Kelly & Sze Wen at the Royal Oak...

caught it the act... before heading over to Pullman's poolside bar...

Anna was delighted, with a =.=''' Alan looking at JF's haul...

at Liquid... nice environment and setting ehh??

many shots were taken at the pool side, with different poses, patterns and angles...

it was a fun night... =)

The Eatery @ Four Points Sheraton

As-X was back here in Kuching over the last weekend, but despite telling Daniel about it earlier on... the bugger forgot and booked a trip to Miri with his wife for some Jazz Festival... wtf... and will only be back on Sunday night... so As-X and I decided not to wait until then, and went for the BBQ Seafood Buffet on Saturday...

the variety of food on display for the daily buffet is easily the biggest amongst all the top hotel buffets in Kuching, but the quality is still somewhat to be improved. There is an entry by As-X on the details (negative points) of the buffet... so I'm not gonna blog too much on it here... just some pictures and some nice stuff rather...

we were seated beside the swimming pool... and surprisingly, even though it was full house that night, we were the only two person having our dinner outside...

satay, seafood omelette, roasted chicken, steam chicken, roasted duck... all very nice...

went for almost the same serving for the second round, but took some prawn tempuras...

the chicken rice with steamed chicken, roasted chicken and duck is teh good... I had two servings...

two idiots doing the same camwhore post... wtf...

-_____-'

the bill came to RM140.75 for two... not too bad lah...

my opinion: if they up the quality of the fresh oysters, salmon/tuna sashimis and hire enough waiters/waitresses to attend to diners' needs, then I'm sure The Eatery buffet would be pretty hard to beat for the mass array of cuisines served and price paid per person...

for all of you Jap food lovers to drool on... hehehe...

The makan-makan session was for the farewell of a colleague as well as for another colleague's birthday. The almost 4kg salmon was flown in directly from Aussie (I think) or NZ... and 15 of us went to Tomoe Japanese Restaurant for the dinner... btw, the salmon was freshly caught and then flown over, so it's freshness to the max guaranteed... cooked or prepared in different Japanese ways... :)

ordered this Japanese pizza thingy as the starter, but not that recommended...

then came the salmon sashimi... so fresh it's orgasmic...

salmon sushi...

fried salmon...

grilled salmon...

fried squid...

sushi with the salmon skin wrapped in it...

fried salmon skin sushi...

note: the serving was 4 - 5 plates for each picture shown... and we paid just RM30/person... well worth the money ehh...??

you guys hungry yet??

assorted snapshots III

just got back from Sabah... dead tired now... and while I compile the tonnes of photos taken, below are some assorted snapshots prior to the Sabah trip...


view from Mount Singai...


sunlight through the canopy...


went for lunch at this Red Dragon Cafe after the Mount Singai climb...


ordered this frog soup (田雞湯), which was surprisingly good... especially the thick soup...


squirrel meat cooked with soy sauce & dried chili... looked impressive but it was a total let down... we weren't even charged for this dish as it was really lousy...


this huge bowl of laksa cost RM6, but I tell ya, it's worth every penny paid...


salmon sushi, salmon sashimi and caviar... I like!!


assorted seafood @ the Hilton Mediterranean Buffet...


and I bought this Camel Active belt before going to Sabah as my old one is almost spoilt...

Sashimi Hana...

tried out this 3-piece Sashimi Hana set at Rakutei last night, and I'd say it's pretty worthy as each piece came wrapped with two huge slices of salmon sashimis...


the combination of sushi with salmon, tobiko and mayonnaise tasted brilliant...

Gawai Holiday Food & Drink Spree...

it was a long Gawai holiday (over the weekend till Tuesday) for us Sarawakians and Sabahans... and apart from going visiting (which I failed miserably on locating Niny's place despite being there before)... sleeping late, go swimming, eating out and having drinks at nights were pretty much the routine for the 4 days...

Suzuki Sashimi...


the Salmon Don I ordered... very generous amount of Salmon slices given...

ordered Nama Kani Karaage (soft shell crab), Yasai Salad as well as Komochi Shishamo (Grilled Smelt Fish), which I totally forgot to take a few snapshots of due to me busily digging into my Salmon Don... -_____-"


went to this place called MyHouse Steamboat & BBQ Seaffood along the road towards Pending on the weekend... the open garden concept was really soothing and relaxing... plus with the constant breeze... you won't even feel the heat from the steamboat...


waiting for the stuff to be cooked... and again I forgot to take a snapshot of the fried chicken wings served, which were seriously to-die-for...


opened up a Glenmorangie at Ipanema on Gawai night... and surprisingly, business was quite slow for the night, cos probably everyone got themselves hangovers on the Gawai Eve booze parties and having too much tuak during the day...

V-Card from Rakutei (楽亭)

we had a light dinner at Rakutei (楽亭), Crown Square the other night...


apart from ordering sushis, sashimis, makis and japanese salad, I added this generous piece of unagi to the lot...


raked up a bill of about RM90, and were given a V-Card each. the card allows the holder to enjoy 10% off the bill for future dinings, and according to the staff, there're gonna be Japanese Buffets offered soon, which the card holders will enjoy certain discounts when dining there...
hehehehe... we're so looking forward to it now...

buffet overdose...

The past 10 days had been filled with quite some happenings, and out of the 10 days, I went for 4 different buffet dinners... and frankly I'm tired of buffets, despite them being prepared by 5-star hotels...


Hilton's Japanese Buffet...


the salad bar... mix the stuff of your choice...


chocolate fountain... for those with sweet tooth...


the friendly chef who actually pose for the photo... should try his grilled lobsters... dem good... :)


mussels, typical sashimis, teriyaki chicken, smoked salmon... they were all good...


chawanmushi, fried Japanese chicken, grilled fish, unagi, and octopus cocktails...


this shot was taken at the Majestic Cafe, Crown Plaza when celebrating Hedo's birthday...
the queue at the sushi bar was agonizingly long for the entire buffet period... I bet the chef went home with cramped fingers...

I had enough of sashimis at Hilton already, so I didn't bother to wait it out at the queue, which was somewhat pathetic seeing so many kiasu ppl queuing up (at least 20 minutes before it's your turn) just for some sashimis, or sushis, or those California rolls... imagine a high-class school canteen serving Jap food...

our dining experience was somewhat a disappointment too as the table of 5 that I reserved more than a week ago was taken by some other diners, and the managers on duty directed us to a table that only seats 4 people, ask us to wait till our tables were cleared, sommore at the non-smoking area despite me telling the bugger that I have booked a table at the smoking area... wtf?!!? helo~~ you call yourself a 5-star hotel with this kindda fucked-up service kahh??

I was pissed, and after more than half an hour waiting for the table that I reserved, I just lighted up there and then, followed by Hedo & Hing... 15 minutes later, they promptly set-up an extra table of 4 to accommodate the 5 of us at the smoking area... haihh...

I think the management purposely overbook the place and still they accept walk-in diners , thus causing many diners who have made reservations to wait or seated at non-smoking area instead of their preferred smoking area (or vice versa).


this picture of assorted Sashimi was the one served at Hilton's Northern Indian Buffet on Wednesday night when I went there for dinner with Jo... as good if not better than the ones served at the Jap Buffet of Crown Plaza on Saturday...


Hilton's Mediterranean Buffet on Monday night (my Dad's birthday)... also got serve Japanese food wad... and the variety & quality of the dishes served at Hilton out-shown those of Crown Plaza's...


the different types of cheese cakes I took last night...


one of the many comical shots of Niny on Saturday night...
verdict: she enjoys being tortured/bullied.... -_____-''