Chimek~ Chi Mac Bistro, Solaris Mont Kiara

A long overdue date with Shu Jin. Two years ago we promised to meet up again after an interview. Two years later finally we made it, before 2018 end. We talk for three hours+ over a meal lol. Two of us shared one whole chicken~ Ganjang Chicken (Soy sauce chicken) with Suntory Gold beers. I've been here few times with family and friends. Love their Korean fried chicken especially the original fried chicken, Yangmyum Chicken, Padak and Ganjang chicken which we are having tonight. Oh and also the pickle radish~ crunchy and tangy! Hopefully next meet up won't be another two years again haha.

Xmas eve stroll after lunch~ The Linc KL, Jalan Tun Razak

Christmas eve. Walk over to the newly open mall next door from my office during lunch time. An artsy mall with a giant old tree in the centre of industrial chic design building. The old tree is the reason that draws me here. 

Good Coffee & Wasabi Mayo Avocado Grilled Chicken Sandwich~ Grizzly, The Intermark

There is this small cafe opened in a corner-lot at the lower ground of The Intermark that I would come over and grab sandwiches and coffee once in a while. The cafe name Grizzly where the brown bear is their ambassador or representative I guess. My favourite is their Avocado Grilled Chicken Sandwich with Wasabi Mayo. They have very good coffee. I would come over for a cup of flat white when I get bored with the Nespresso coffee in office, and take a short break with coffee at the cafe's cozy corner during office hour. 

Taiwanese Braised Pork Rice~ Taipei Taipei, 1 Mont Kiara

Happy to find out that there is Taiwanese food restaurant open in 1 Mont Kiara. Before this, the only Taiwanese food restaurant in the neighbourhood that I know is Fong Lye in Desa Sri Hartamas. We try their signature Braised pork rice and Soy stew pork with rice, and top up a little fee for the side dishes of the day and drink. Food portion is decent and taste is just right! However the price is slightly on the high side. Our meal somehow reminds me of 600cc in Gurney Plaza~ my favourite Taiwanese food Restaurant when I was living in Penang.     

Cookies & Coffee~ C&C, One Utama Shopping Centre

Found this place selling variety of freshly baked cookies when I have coffee date with a good friend in One Utama Shopping Centre. Not just the cookies are addictive, the coffee is nice too! Loves the cookies and decided come here today to get cookies for sis and nephews before starts my journey back to Penang.

Beoseot Bulgolgi Jonggol~ Daorae Plus, Solaris Mont Kiara

It's been a while since we visit Daorae Plus. Today we come to have our favourite Beoseot Bulgogi Jonggol 버섯불고기전골~ Korean beef stew or Bulgogi hot pot made with marinated beef, glass noodles, various mushrooms and veggies~ boiled together with soup broth. If you looking for authentic Korean food with good side dishes, but not sure which Korean restaurant is good with reasonable charges, I would recommend you to try Daorae. So far their food quality and services (from all their different branches that we've visited over a decade) never fail us. Today they serve us an extra dish~ Yangnyeom Gejang (Spicy raw crab) as a "service". In Korean, service 서비스 means freebie from the restaurant. The Bulgogi hotpot is RM85, can serve more than 2 pax actually. But we manage to finish everything just the 2 of us as usual. 

Weekend staycation~ Grand Ion Delemen Hotel, Genting Highlands

Trying to recall my last time staying in a hotel in Genting, think it should be more than a decade ago. Stayed before at Resort World Hotel, Theme Park hotel, First World Hotel, even the Ria apartment that many said it is haunted when I was in my 20s-30s. After relocated to KL, Genting become so near and have been going to Genting frequently with family and friends, or when we feel like wanna chill up there but mostly are day trip. This time a relative of his visit KL for golf tournament, we went for weekend staycation together at Genting together. Chose to stay in this brand new hotel - Grand Ion Delemen which completed not so long ago, somewhere in last year. The view from room is nice, can see the changing of colors and weather of Genting from sunny to misty in short moment when I sitting at the window enjoying the view over a cup of coffee. Breakfast wise variety and choice is equals to hotel standard so nothing to be complaint. Except for, from carpark to our room at Tower 2, and from our room to the breakfast kitchen, needs to change lift twice at level 7 and walk thru a linked bridge, which seems a bit long distance. And, it is not walkable to Genting sky avenue, however there is a hourly shuttle bus provided by the hotel with a small fee. Overall it is quiet and great for staycation.