Category: Food Reviews

Awesomesauce Michael’s awesomesauce BBQ birthday party

In conjunction with his birthday, Michael invited us to Genting last Saturday for his and his brother, Lance’s infamous BBQ party. Seriously, when Michael invites you to a bbq party, there’s absolutely no reason not to appear.

Reasons being:

1. You don’t have to do any cooking.

We just sat around, talking cock and traumatising children while Lance grilled away. It’s the best BBQ scenario ever!

# – Lance is a master BBQ chef. He creates magic with just one can of Skol beer.

# – Dude is in his element, I tell you!

2. Food is awesomesauce. And I mean, AWESOMESAUCE!

I don’t have enough exclamation marks to express just how amazing the foods were. Everything was perfectly marinaded, perfectly grilled and perfectly right at home in the mouth. Mucho respect to Lance.

# – Chicken with stuffing wrapped in bacon (definitely one of my top favourites) and next to it, lamb chop!!!!

# – Pigs in blankets. 70% of my stomach space was filled with this. I’ve never had pigs in blankets that taste like that. This stuff is addictive!!!!

# – Gourmet kebabs!!!! Don’t think you can find anything close to this anywhere.

# – Beautiful lamb rack and more pigs in blankets!!!!

# – Check out the beauty of these racks again!!!! Meat literally melted on my tongue, it’s that good.

If you want these gourmet goodies for your own BBQ parties, please check out this website for information on how to place an order!

3. Dog friendly!! Heheh

Okay, reason number 3 is supposed to be the free-flow drinks of beers, various spirits and moonshines but since I can’t drink to save my life this will not be a main reason :P Anyway, thanks Michael for whipping up the most awesome bucket of non-alcoholic punch for me and the kids.

# – A pony or a dog? Who can tell anymore these days?

# – Ally, Fatty and Senna in her Loch Ness costume.

# – Giving Brandy a shiatsu with the support of yk Jr.

4. Michael‘s 15th anniversary of his 18th Birthday!

Drunk twittering wtf.

Why only one candle??

Awwwwww ;)

Happy birthday Michael and thanks for having us at your awesomesauce to the max BBQ party. Can’t wait for the next round!!

Awesome siu yuk/roasted pork at Hai Lam Chicken Rice, Pudu

Ok, so I’ve been consistently taunted by members of #porkgang for having never tried this supposedly awesome siu yuk (chinese roast pork) in Pudu. Considering I grew up in Cheras and with its proximity to Pudu and all, I admit, it is quite embarrassing that I’d never heard of the place let alone tried the food.

So, after the Gatsby event at Berjaya Times Square, we decided to have the infamous siu yuk for lunch. Besides, the place is located practically behind Berjaya Times Square.

As I caught a glimpse of the unassuming corner kopitiam, ST pointed out the stall called Hai Lam Chicken Rice to me but all I saw was a row of roast chickens – no roast pork in sight. A long queue made up of hungry folks was visible. I tell you, at that moment my heart sank with disappointment. I was so sure that the siu yuks were already sold out. Parking was already a nightmare in that area and it took us a while looking for space. In the end, we decided to double-park. If you prefered peace of mind, you could park at Shaw Parade which is 2-3 minutes walk from the kopitiam.

When I joined the queue, I noticed a row of roasted pork slabs hung majestically at the back and suddenly, everything in my life was good again.

Beautiful slabs of siu yuk.

A lone man was operating the stall with an assistant helping him to take orders from people. After queuing up for a while I realised that the queue was only for takeaway customers. I could have sat down comfortably and waited for someone to take our orders -_-

Chop, chop, chop!

The man really did not skim on quality. My heart ached seeing all the perfectly roasted pork albeit a little charred get discarded. A woman next to me asked if she could bag them, but the man told her that he’s selling them to the Teow Chew porridge operators for cooking “choy kiok”, the delicious tangy stew made with various leftovers and lots of pickled mustard and tamarind.

A pile of roasted pork that didn’t make the cut.

We ordered 10 strips (RM13 each) and 1 whole roast chicken (price not sure). After what seemed like an eternity, the food came.

Check out this glorious sight…

Only a video can describe how much I enjoyed myself so watch this :D

Oh my lard, watching the video brings back so much saliva in my damn mouth!!!!!!

Last picture of heaven.

I know you want it so make it happen! By the way, they only start selling the siu yuk at 12.30pm so adjust your time properly ;)

Hai Lam Chicken Rice Stall
30,Jalan Nyonya,
Off Jalan Pudu,
55100 Kuala Lumpur
Phone: 03-2145 2512

Nice Japanese crepes from Shimino, Ikano

One day while ber-dating with the bf at Ikano Power Centre, we stumbled upon this stall called Shimino. To be honest, I would not have given the stall a second glance but since I had seen a tweet earlier on how good it was, I decided to give it a go.

Shimino

Crossing my fingers, I ordered strawberry & cream. It was very good. The crepe was thin and soft, the strawberries were juicy & tart but best of all, the cream they used was real! I was impressed! The bf tasted it and wanted another bite but I decided to get him another one because I refused to share :P

Unfortunately I did not take pictures of it but here’s a replica of the strawberry and cream Japanese crepe I had…

Fakeplan strawberry & cream Japanese crepe.

Obviously, the real thing did not look as perfect but it does taste as good as the plastic one looks.

The next time we were in Ikano, we couldn’t resist having Shimino’s Japanese crepes again. This time I had the mango & honey.

Mangoes drizzled with honey in cream wrapped in chilled, thin, soft crepes. Hmmmm.

The bf chose chocolate cheesecake with banana. According to him it was awesomesauce. I took a bite and he was right!

It’s got a pretty decent selection of flavours so you won’t get bored that fast. However, like me you’d probably have a firm regular favourite – mine’s the strawberry & cream :)

Wide selection of flavours.

Price starts from RM7.90. I think it’s reasonably priced and is a good deviation from the regular desserts we get in KL/PJ.

I is happy!

Shimino Japanese Crepes
LG Floor, Ikano Power Centre (By the main escalators),
Mutiara Damansara.