pre-wedding in JB...

about a week after the wedding dinner in Kuching, my parents and I went over to JB becos my brader-in-law is a JB-ian...

checked into Dorsett Hotel...

went for dinner at Pekin Restaurant after settling everything in the hotel...

the main course - Pen Cai/Poon Choi, or for those who reads Chinese - 盆菜

that's the first time I tried this dish, and it did not disappoint one bit... in fact, it's seriously teh gooood....

some form of exercise - walking was necessary after the heavy dinner at Pekin Restaurant, so off we went to the biggest mall in JB - Tebrau City...

typical English breakfast at Dorsett - nothing much to brag about... ''-____-

went to have a peek at my sister & brader-in-law's new house in JB...

lunch at this dunno-where-kopitiam eatery place which apparently is famous for it's steam chicken (白斬雞)... something like the Fang Yuan Kopitiam (芳圆茶室) in Kuching lah...

took this family portrait shot before going into the this famous seafood makan place that overlooks our small island neighbour - Singakapoh...

I dunno what is this worm-lookalike thingy called in england *can anyone enlighten me pls??*

we chinese call them "Tek-Tang" in Hokkien though...

fried sotong...

damn big & fresh prawns cooked in some herbs & wine... pretty good lor this one...

and the signature dish - Chilli Crab... *thumbs up*

ok... according to Wiki (a place of information that cannot be 100% trusted), chilli crab is originated from Singakapoh... can someone verify this??

coz I heard that it might not be true...

the aftermath... so full until tummy omos burst can die ok... =.=''''

next up: the JB wedding...

Christmas Eve 2007...

it was about 9.30pm after the Christmas Eve wedding dinner, and everyone else, except me had got themselves pre-planned Christmas countdown events/parties to go to. I gave Jo a call, and to my surprise, she was pretty much free that night, and asked me to meet her up at FIRE, a new pub taking over the previous location of Oregano at Travillion as she was invited there by the owner@friend. I reached Travillion, and manage to find a car park in front of FIRE after what seemed like an eternity of queue up with so many cars wanting to get into that area.


The DJ area up on the wall in FIRE. The pub was entirely jam packed with party people, and it was pretty much difficult to move around. Music was too loud, and it was hard to even speak. The situation was made worst when it rained, and everyone tried squeezed in for shelter. We were there for about an hour plus before deciding to change to a quieter place for a drink as FIRE didn't seem to cut it. FEVER was another option, but then decided against it as when we drove pass Jalan Bukit Mata Kucing, the whole place was full of cars and it would be impossible to get parkings.


YN Cellar at Merdeka Palace was where we ended up at. good atmosphere, nice soft music, and most importantly, not much people there... only 2 table were occupied before we were seated.


ordered a bottle of wine...


RYMILL Coonawarra SHIRAZ was the name... and pretty good it was...


the wine was then poured into a decanter... it wasn't until almost 2am that we managed to finish it and headed back home. the rain was still pouring at that hour... but it didn't really deter them Kuching party goes as traffic was still pretty heavy downtown...

despite spending over RM200 for the wine (we shared the bill), I think it was money well spent rather than opening a bottle of *insert alcoholic drinks* at a noisy club/pub and got drunk in the end. All in all, it was a pretty memorable Christmas Eve nights out, especially with great company...