Afternoon delight@haute food n co. Plaza damaa

Been missin' the scones here for a while.

After being away for a while. Time for a little alone time with The book and haute food's best seller scones.

After trying stockholm's whipped cream.. I salute them as they've got the fluffiest lightest cream ever.

If i can transport the cream here for my scones itd b purrrrrrrrfect.

For those of u who are unfamiliar with haute food n co and plaza damas, try their scones, butter cake, and sticky date pudding.

Since the moment i found this place, i've been promoting about it ever since. Yums!

Waffles@stockholm central station area

Walking aimlessly in this foreign city does bring a liberating yet solemn sombre.

I carried a precious book with me, with a prayer for Him to guide me in giving it to the right person.

Somehow, i carried it out today, somehow i decided to divert my destination, then i stumbled upon this old and big cathedral. Somehow, it was opened for prayers/viewing. Somehow, the choir was practicing their hymns.

I felt sad entering the cathedral. With the choir hymns on the background, it was beautiful even when i didnt understand its language.

The place is absolutely beautiful with amazing paintings on the ceilings, depicting JC.

Yet, it was very empty with several elderly people around. I sat down and gave a silent prayer, and decided to leave the book here. I hope it be according to His will and blessing.

A few steps out of the church, i saw a cafe with a very nice el fresco setting, and the swedish waflos word caught my eye.

Woohoo... When the waffle arrived, i felt like a little girl again, getting excited and thrilled over my new barbie or something. It looked delicious and pretty!

And boy boy.. It was as it looked. Slurps!

This and a cuppa cappucino, 89krones/ 10euros/ rm 40 plus.

Najib needs a wake up call because citizens are suffering in and Out of malaysia.

Rolf binder Veritas bulls blood 2004

Nicely aged by now, the wine exhibit some sweet dark berries and orange peel on the nose.
It was on the heavier side on the palate, but not obstrusive..
The wine glided smoothly over with harmonious tannins.

Pretty good to enjoy it now..a good wine with meat.

CJ, Ong

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Duck Village @ bangsar village

One of the better roast duck speciality restaurant in KL..
This time we ordered crispy duck, which comes with sweet sauce, cucumber, spring onions and soft bread to wrap it all up.

Portion was huge and the crispy duck was quite flavourful, thou abit on the dry side.

The petai spicy taufu was not of my liking. Too sweeet.

CJ, Ong

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Impromptu BKT lunch@jln ipoh.

After a truly inspiring sermon, time to be blessed with physical food.

Aimed to eat the addictive currymee at bulatan pahang, with much much dismay, they were sold out by the time we reached. And it was only 1215pm!

Next plan... Go back home and eat "puimin" ( instant noodles )

Some funny instinct urged me to say out, " how about eating BKT in one of the shops along jln ipoh?" while approaching the junction into that area.

Hence, BKT it was. With no expectations, no aim. Don't even know if the shop is popular or not so. Rain started pouring heavily too.

The corner lot shop, next to a dodgy looking hotel by the tip of jln ipoh end.. Was packed with patrons.

Food was served really fast. Portion was huge. Soup was quite sweet, lack a little on the herbal taste. Meat was quite tender in some parts, but not much so on the ribs.

One of the better BKTs ive tried. Tho the best still belongs to klang.

Would it make me drive all the way here to eat it again?
I think curry mee still wins that spot and unless they are sold out again, i probably will not drive here just for this:)

Leoville Barton 1994

It was such a blessing, that this wine was delivered back to KL for me.

I had purchased this wine together with a ducru 94, just a week before I met Snr Pastor Abraham Park.

The Barton was still very much alive, much tobacco and chocolate on the nose, a hint of spice while on the palate, the tannins were round and silky. However, it wasn't very much complexed on the nose, even after 2hrs of breathing.

A heart warming drink...
CJ, Ong

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Tea dinner@PurpleCane, Gardens Midvalley

A short and quick dinner before winter clothing shopping.

Braised chicken in tea gravy. Pretty value for money, rm18. The chicken was yeah... Superbly tender, but ive noticed that the flavours of tea in PC's dishes are gradually diminishing. If only the taste was stronger in the braised chicken.

The 2nd dish was home made scrambled eggs with tomato slices, rm10. This dish was disappointing. Nothing special about their home made eggs. Anyone can cook this at home. Thumbs down.

The one thing that i like about this place is their refillable rm1 tea rice. Very generous workable marketing idea. One downside: diminishing tea flavours.

Major difference from the time they first opened until today.

This is what i dislike about most proper kl restaurants, through time, cost and expenses and quick profits come to play, the promise to deliver consistent good quality food is down the drain.

Post Gym Session Lonely Dinners

Demona: There are some nights where you feel broke, you have no great dinner parties to attend, you feel lazy, your palate seems off, your body is worn out from a long day at work... these do take a downhill turn on dinner meal choices.

These feelings usually hit me several days in a week, sometimes less, sometimes more. Especially after signing up to FitnessFirst nearby home, Village Grocer has now become one of my dinner sources.

Below are some of my weeknight dinner companions:

Demona: I usually leave the gym around 8 pm, just in time for .... FOODIE PROMO!

The bakery and japanese food section usually have promo deals from 8 pm onwards. As for the Village Grocer bakery, it is totally worth it as the pastries are actually quite delicious and they will sell them at 1+1. In fact, the same exact pastries are being sold with a golden price tag in that posh looking bakery located in the gourmet food area, under Cold Storage in Bangsar Shopping Centre. Bet a lot of people did not notice this. And in fact (num.2), some pastries are being served to us during our free breakfast meals in office. I'm not sure if we are considered lucky to be treated with premium pastries... or in fact, they are seriously cheap and we were donkeys to pay a premium price in BSC/Village Grocer.

Okay, I think I have side tracked. Back to the Jap food. Yeah, the party set is priced at... 50% off! The humongous thing is sold at RM 19.45. Woo hoo hoo. Ate with happiness under my comforter while catching up on my "The Mentalist" series. And then regret for not finishing them and over-carbing myself.

Anyway... I did come back another day, for party set round 2!


Demona: Since several months back, I suddenly developed an addiction towards NZ Sauvignon Blanc. I have this thirsty keenness to try new NZ Sauv Blancs. Hole In The Water was one of my top favourites. I've purchased 2 bottles already, and given another to my girlfriend as a birthday gift. Very strong fruity smell, somewhat lychee and has a smooth finish. Easy to drink, without a need to drink with food. Looking at this picture makes me want to grab another bottle from the wine section in Village Grocer.

RM 54.90.



Demona: For those who know me well.. they know that I'm an insane KokoKrunchKrankyKrazy addict. I can eat them for breakfast, lunch and dinner for a couple of days and still crave for it.
They are dinner saviours for me on some lazy nights when I'm too lazy to cook, I forgotten to defrost my meat, I crave for something sweet.

Wines babies delivered

5 years ago I had 5 plus cases of wines stored in a commercial warehouse in singapore.

5 years later I had them delivered back to KL.

Much has changed these 5 years.

I used to be a wine snob who thought Grand Crus were the norm and sub RM150 wines were herbicides.

Ironically, due to various unexpected turn in events, I am only sipping sub RM50 shopping mall wines on a good day.

Today, I got my good babies back. After stowed away for 5 years.

Wether it is rm500 or rm50, I am thanful for everything.

Praise the Lord!

Cos Estrounel 04
Serrangula barolo 04
Musar 99
Ducru 94
Leoville barton 94
Yarra yerring no 1
Branair ducru 02
Folin arbelet
Malescot 02


CJ, Ong

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Business lunch@Ben's Food Store, Bangsar Village I

Demona: We came with our customer to Plan B for lunch about a month back. This time around, our plan A was to go to Antipodian. As it was the final week of puasa, everyone was busy doing his/her last minute raya shopping and every single road on Bangsar was clogged up with cars.

Being nick of time, plan A was off our lunch list. Plan B food was still fresh in our minds, hence we opted for Plan C, Ben's Food Store.

The decor does somehow builds up an appetite for those who are eating alone or with another person and want to have a quick but good meal. Seats and tables were closely arranged and we had to tap on other patron's shoulders, asking them to make way.

Demona: Smoked salmon pizza with ricotta cheese. Very good combination of ingredients fused with the wooden oven charred aroma locked in the pizza. I only wished that they were more generous with the smoked salmon slices.. you could literally, count them. 4 slices in total to be exact. RM 19.90.

Demona: Nutella milkshake. This.. is the BOMB! Looking at this picture makes me crave for it. Ben's got a range of milkshakes, with names similar to the Ben n Jerry's ice creams. Made me suspect that they might be using BnJ's ice creams as part of the blended ingredients. Some other milkshakes on the menu are: Chunky Monkey, Cherry Garcia, etc.

But the Nutella milkshake... ladies out there, this is worth every single digit of calories. One sip would get you thinking about nutella spread and kinder bueno chocolate. Shivers with joy, brrrrr!

Demona: This is the 3 combi salad, RM 29.90. With corn, bacon, veges. At first, we thought this was 1 of the 3 salads we ordered and were overwhelmed with the size, all praising the generosity of Ben's. It took us awhile to realise that they placed all 3 salads into one plate. Then, we all went, " ohhhhhhh......" RM 29.90 was a little steep for me, even if they had combined 3 into 1. I wondered if I had only ordered 1 salad, how little would it be.

Demona: 3 meat pizza. Not for the vege lovers. The meaty smell was so pungent, with a mixture of meatballs, sausages, ham. They were more sincere with the ingredients here.. at least I got lost halfway counting em' sausages unlike the smoked salmon. RM 19.90.

I would go back to Ben's for the milkshake, and maybe pizza if I've got a group of friends with me. But the sister restaurant, Plan B still serves better food I must say.