lobster overdose... again... -____-'

another member of the boh-liaw clan - Kari, came back for the weekend, so together with Daniel and I, the three of us went to the Hilton Waterfront Cafe for dinner before heading for some alchohol intoxication session (4th day in a row)... ;)

food was great, but our main focus for the night is the lobsters... yea babeh!!

lobsters + grilled fish...

octopus, sushi, lemon chicken and duck...

and of course... more lobsters... 

I think we took in more lobsters that the last time we were there on Anna's birthday...

goodbye health..... -______-'

it's my 5th year in the company...

It started off at the Holiday Inn poolside.

The food was great, with me stuffing myself with quite a lot of BBQ lobsters again, after the fest at Hilton a week ago. My cholesterol level must be off the chart now... 

-_____-'


It's a mix of band performances by colleagues as well as professional band hired for the after party at Tribes.


The partayy lasted throughout the night until around 3am, but I left at around 1.30am, and something happened after I left Holiday Inn. UNLUCKY....

I'll blog about what happened in the next post as I dun wanna mix happy stuff with depressing stuff.... -_____-''

lobster fest...

Daniel and I went to Hilton for dinner 2 weeks ago to celebrate Dan's soon-to-be-wife's birthday, and full compliments to the restaurant captain as after some conversation with the birthday girl, and then without us making any request, brought over a little tiramisu birthday cake for the lady later in the evening.


HOWEVER, the spotlight of the night was actually not that much of the birthday cake, nor the birthday girl, but the massive amount of grilled lobsters that we ordered and stuffed into our tummies.


With a market price tag of around RM80+ per kilogram, I think we ordered more than what we've paid for the buffet on lobsters alone, and eaten a colony of lobsters.

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Sabah trip [Part 1]

we reached Kota Kinabalu in the evening, and after checking into the hotel, off we went for dinner at this seafood restaurant (forgot name) next to Promenade...

all seafood served at this restaurant is fresh from the aquarium located beside it, and the range of live sea creatures is huge...


ranging from the typical more eye-soothing huge-ass lobsters...


fresh oysters...


weird looking prawns (yea, I remember the waiter telling me that those were some prawn species)...


to one hell of an ugly fish, which according to the waiter, it's poisonous, but quite tasty... -___-


we ordered this belacan fried authentic Sabah vege... yummy stuff!


err... I forgot what were these called... you need to use toothpicks to dig out the meat inside, then dip it with some chili sauce...


fresh oysters... but it was a total let down... they were pathetically small and juice-less... I've had better ones even back here in Kuching...
apparently, for big fat juicy oysters, another seafood restaurant at the other end would be a better choice instead of this one...


abalone... now these were good stuff, and cheap too... only RM40...


after racking up a bill of about RM180, we headed over to the waterfront, ordered a couple of beers, sat there and enjoyed the cool sea breeze...

next post: the Mount Kinabalu climb... I almost died... -_____-

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.... -_____-''