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Its been quite a while since I update this blog. I had been to several interesting place to “makan” and its time again to share it with you. During Chinese New Year, most of the shops are closed. Hence I went a day earlier to enjoy this Chilli Pan Mee from Restoran Kin Kin.
Its located at 40 Ground Floor, Jalan Dewan Sultan Sulaiman 1, off Jalan Tunku Abdul Rahman, Chow Kit.

I was introduced to this place by a friend of mine who was working near this area. She told me that this is a must try Pan Mee as it was very different from the normal soup pan mee that we always eat. I went to the shop with a friend of mine and we both ordered 1 bowl each from the uncle.
The shop was crowded with young adults and many had to share tables due to huge crowd. The table next to me was a couple and they had had 4 bowls of pan mee. Hence at that point in time, I wondered whether is the portion too small that they ordered 2 bowls? or the pan mee was superb and you must have 2 bowls.

Chilli is a must for this dish as the name goes “Chilli Pan Mee“, but you may opt for lesser chilli for those who can’t take too spicy. The chilli flakes was very spicy and crunchy at the same time. This goes very well with the owned-made noodles.

The chilli pan mee was served with sweet potato leaves vege soup. It is thought that if you had too much spicy food, you should drink hot soup to cool down the spicyness.

This is the exterior of the shop. If you read the wordings on the walls of the shop, the shop does not have any branches around and this is the only 1 shop that you can get here. However, there are multiple mushrooming competitor shops around. I still prefer Restoran Kin Kin as I prefer their original chilli flakes better.

I’m sure many of you out there are pondering where to bring your love ones for the upcoming Chinese New Year and Valentine’s Day. Here are a list of promotions which I’ve compiled and will continue to add in more from time to time for your reference. Do leave some comments if you have some great promotion or informations to share with the rest. I wish all Chinese, a very Happy Chinese New Year 2010 and to the others a very Happy Holiday and Happy Valentine’s Day.

Malaysia

1. Shang Palace - Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur

Chinese New Year Set Menu Highlights
8-course Great Prosperity Set : MYR 162 per person (minimum 4 persons)
8-course Rich Fortune Set : MYR 298 per person (minimum 4 persons)
9-course Happy Reunion Set : MYR 1,688 (per table of 10 persons)
9-course Wealth Treasures Set : MYR 1,988 (per table of 10 persons)
9-course Immense Wealth Set : MYR 2,988 (per table of 10 persons)

* Price is subject to service charge and tax.
Valid Dates : 18 Jan 2010 - 28 Feb 2010
Tel : (60 3) 2074 3904.

2. G Hotel

Chinese New Year
Saturday, 13th February 2010 - Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner Buffet
RM88++ per person from 6.30pm - 10.00pm
Sunday, 14th & 15th February 2010 - Prosperity Brunch
RM68++ per person from 12.00pm - 3.00pm

Valentine’s Day
Sunday, 14th February 2010 - Celebrate Love
RM88++ per person from 6.30pm - 10.00pm

3. Tenji

Lunch - RM49.90++ (Everyday)
Dinner - RM88.00++ & Every second diner at RM28.80++ (Sunday - Thursday)
Supper - RM49.90++ (Sunday - Friday)

Group package (30 pax and above)

Dinner - RM85 nett
Supper - Rm85 nett

4. Sango ‘ALL YOU CAN EAT’ BUFFET

15th Jan’10 to 31st Mar’10 : Available every Friday dinner (6.30pm-10.30pm)
Sat & Public holiday lunch (12.00pm-3pm) and dinner(6.30pm-10.30pm).

Dinner
Adult RM48++
Child RM25++(for 12yrs old & Below)

Lunch
Adult RM38++
Child RM20++(for 12yrs old & Below)

5. TGI Friday’s Valentine’s Day

Valentine’s Set Menu from RM75++

2-Course Meal (Appetizer & Main Course) at RM29.90.

6. Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC)

7. Hotel Equatorial Penang

Double Valentine and Golden Chanterelles
Chalet
13 - 14 February 2010 and 19 - 28 February 2010

Double Valentine
On 13 February 2010 at RM180 per person
On 14 February 2010 at RM280 per person

Golden Chanterelles
19 - 28 February 2010

“These wild mushrooms are rare as they are grown once a year during spring time in Europe and South America. They are rich with flavours and have a beautiful yellow hue. This speciality is available for lunch and dinner.”

Price: Starts from RM88 per portion

Available: Daily

8. Italiannies

Singapore

1. The Manhattan Fish Market

Lob-Xi Fatt Cai Meal - 1 for 1 at $28.80
Note : Walk - in, no reservation required
Location : City Square Mall
Start from : 25 January - 7 March 2010

Singapore Flyer - Chinese New Year Lo Hei Capsule

2. Singapore Flyer

Note : Lunch-Time Party of 4 Lo Hei Package: $288++ per 4 persons*

Contact : 67348829
Start from : 1st to 28th February 2010
Time : Daily 11:00am to 2:00pm only
Private Capsule Lo Hei Package: $2188nett per capsule (up to 26 guests)

Private Capsule Package Includes:

Express Boarding Flights
1 Rotation (approx 30 minutes)
Complimentary VIP Lounge Access*
2 In-flight Host’s Prosperity Yu Sheng
A selection of oriental canapés
Free Flow of Wines, Beers, Juices, Soft Drinks and water
CNY Decorated Private Capsule
Red Packets and Mandarin Oranges for each guest

They also offers some optional items :

M&C Champagne per bottle at additional cost.
Feng Shui Audio Guide (Free of Charge)
Additional rotation available at additional cost

3. Moi Lum Restaurant

Offers Chinese New Year’s Eve Set and also during the Chinese New Year
Location : 38 Maxwell Road, Airview Building #01-01/02 Singapore 069116
Contact : 62262283
Start from : 1 February to 28 February 2010

4. Raffles Hotel Singapore

Note : Advance reservation recommended
Location : 1 Beach Road Singapore 189673
Contact :+65 6337 1886, +65 6337 1886
Available on : 13 February 2010
There are several selection to dine in Raffles for the Valentine’s evening.
One of the interesting dining experience will only be for 5 privileged couples
for one evening served with a seven-course French menu by and personal butler for the evening.
The romance is complete with a glass of Champagne Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé each.
This romance under the stars experience is available at $680++ per couple.
Other more affordable dinner is the Valentine’s Set Dinners which are also presented at Long Bar Steakhouse,
$118++ (with a glass of Champagne Laurent Perrier Cuvée Rosé),
and Doc Cheng’s, $188++ or $248++ (for a cosy booth seat) over the weekend, on 13 and 14 February 2010.

5. The Fullerton Hotel - Lunar New Year Celebrations

Location : Jade, The Fullerton Hotel
Contact : 6877 8188

Gold Rush Salmon or Tuna Yu Sheng with Champagne Jelly,
Olive Oil and Apple Plum Dressing
Start from : 8 to 28 February 2010
Package includes : $48 for two to three persons (dine-in only)
$78 for four to six persons (dine-in and takeaway)
$118 for seven to ten persons (dine-in and takeaway)

Lunar New Year Lunch and Dinner Set Menus
13 to 28 February
11.30am to 12.30pm & 6.30pm to 10.30pm
From $68 per person

6. The Fullerton Hotel - Valentine’s Day Romance

Location : The Lighthouse, The Fullerton Hotel
5-Course Dinner Set Menu
Time : 6.30pm to 10.30pm
$140 per person (includes a flute of Prosecco each)

Nasi Lemak is one of the favourite food of any Malaysian and there is no doubt about that. The star of the dish is the sambal aka chili paste plus some secret ingredients. It is not easy to find nasi lemak in England. The only cheapest place that serves nasi lemak is at our very own Malaysian Hall in London. It is priced at £4.00 which comes up to about RM24.00 for a normal nasi lemak. Well, of course it does comes with a side dish.

Being Malaysians staying in England now, we challenged ourselves by making our very own nasi lemak. It is not too difficult to get all the ingredients here. Just go to the nearest Chinese store, and you will have all of it there.

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Since my younger days, I’ve always patronised the duck rice in Kepong Baru. However, after I’ve been introduced to Wing Heong’s roasted duck rice, my perception towards my old favourite duck rice changed. They are not my number 1 duck rice restaurant anymore. Wing Heong’s duck rice is not only delicious, the prices here are reasonable too. Well, it all depends on the portion that you are ordering of course. My lunch that day costs about RM12.00 only. So what did we have here?

We ordered a meal for two which includes roasted duck and BBQ pork or “Char Siew“. The pork was beautifully marinated and barbequed until there was a slight charred at the end. Complimenting with it were some sticky sweet sauce which will definitely tickle your taste buds. It was absolutely delicious.

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William’s Mamak is the most expensive mamak that I’ve ever come across. What is more shocking to us is that William’s is situated at a filthy road-side stall near the old Lim Kok Wing’s building. If it wasn’t the crowd, I would avoid this place entirely. And despite the expensive price, William’s were filled with customers when we arrive. We had a hard time getting a table and had to actually arrange our own table and chairs as the waiter were too busy.

William’s menu were scribbled on a blackboard. There are abundant choices of food ranging from the normal mamak style to Italian and Western styles. As there was a huge crowd with many still waiting for their food to be served, we decided to have our dinner somewhere else. Will I come back to actually try their food? Well, most probably not. Reasons being, you know lah!

Note that, these menus were taken last year during the Ramadhan month.