I’ve been awaiting it to arrive Miri and it here last month.

OldTown White Coffee, are you familiar with this?

For coffee lover, a cup of white coffee… a very small cup which cost around RM4.50 is really blooody expensive.

But sitting in this nice renovations, I believe a lot of people are still willing to spend here.

Basically the renovations are just similar to any other OldTown concept.

Personally what I like about OldTown are mainly because of the choices of food are rarely to be found in Miri.  Such as Assam Laksa? Although it’s not the best but at least that’s the only “authentic” assam laksa available in Miri.

Disappointingly, whenever I mention of OldTown, a lot of friends will start commenting, “Service Poor la”, “Food S*cks”, “Expensive”, etc etc.  Definitely there’s a reason why people say so.

For instant, our order for HOT beverage, turn out to be “XdaPns”.

Do you know what does it stand for “XdaPns”… it means Tak Ada Air Panas!!! How could a coffee shop runs without hot water? The worst case is, she didn’t inform us immediately, we only get to know there’s no hot water after we asked the waitress why the service so slow!

Somehow I truly understand, it is a new toilet, some maintenance work still in progress. Perhaps the staff still need more time to adapt their ordering system.

I’ve chosen OldTown for my breakfast or brunch.  This offer only valid from Monday to Friday up to 11am.

Definitely, the meals provided are more affordable price as low as RM3.90. Tax are not included yet

RM3.90, you get a Nasi Lemak Biasa and a cup of  beverage up to your choice.

For RM4.90, then you can have toast and egg

Again , the egg yolk always came out to be broken , not in whole egg. I wonder why this happen.

Their toast are special, because its brown color :p
But it is very thin, i won’t feel full taking this.

Our beverage, Chocolote & Xi Mut Milk Tea.

I also tried the Beehoon set RM5.90.

It’s definitely also a good place for you to chill out, bring your tablet, ipad or whatever and start enjoy your day =)

I understand in this very competitive food industries, you need to bring something NEW to the market. And bear in mind, for the everything you did will be very high expectations from the consumers. Just like me!

My friend, William, was telling me that he want to have his chap goh meh dinner at KFC. I was like, HAR? Why? Okay, that’s because his family had celebrated earlier so he says he might want to try out the new Fish Donut.

Okay, to my curiosity, and my “tamjiak-ness” , we had our late dinner last night at KFC. Actually I don’t like to dine at KFC especially in Miri.

Reasons why I don’t like to dine in:
1. It’s not comfy
2. The floors and tables are very oily
3. Most of the old outlets, have some strange odor, I can’t stand it.
4. Aircond not cold. *Bintang Megamall* outlet.

Enough. But I will still eat KFC, cause I can’t deny, their chicken is really finger licking good! Mostly, I tapao-ed.

But last night we dine in.
This is what we ordered :

1 set of Fish Donuts Combo
2 piece of chicken
1 large coleslaw

Total: RM 25.65
And I did not realize of the 6% govt tax. Pain pain pain , eating fast food so expensive!

Okay. So why I badly criticize on the fish donuts.
Again.
1. You look at my combo, compare to diner plates, it took off the buns, and replace with the donuts, but I have to pay more.
2. The donuts are so pity small, it’s one off bite.
3. The donuts taste like ordinary fish nuggets.
4. If by ala carte, the donut cost RM 1.12 not inclusive of TAX

See..

Okay la. I’m “kiamsiap”. I admit.

I’m not a big KFC fans but I will still support for the next new menu. =) Looking forward !

Although the Valentines is just around the corner, but this has never been a special day for me. Somemore it falls on working day, I worry it would end up like any other “ordinary day”.  Alex and I plan to dine out, somehow, the packages offer are all “blood sucking”, not to say the roses price,  RM10 for 1 rose consider being kind to you already!

I think everyday would be my valentines as long as both the lovers could stay together happily, right or not?

Okay.. don’t talk about Valentines first, I’m still hoping to go out for romantic dinner with him =)

Today we went out to Pizza Hut Miri for lunch break. Initially I though of going there for the 3-5 tea break special, but I was told those offers are no longer valid.Okay, since no more offer, then opt for the new menus, which has been heavily broadcast over everywhere..

The RING of Fortune… or I call it Pizza of Fortune.

This is something like prosperity pizza, turning the pizza into the Gold Coin’s look, wait, that’s the tactic, not the real things happen!

As usual, Pizza Hut service in Miri is very slow and poor in everything.

1st,  2 creamy soup served.

Luckily, this time they are willing to give me the Cheese Powder! Hey.. They always cheat saying its out of stock but I’m seeing it around even though they say NO! Argh!

Super Happy with my soup.. I’m very hungry bebeh…

Then come the breadstick, but they serve garlic bread, that cut into 4. WTH!? No photos cos it will spoil the overall looks of my blog post! Hahaha..

Follow by the drinks, which is suppose to be 2 glass of “Revive” but ended up 1 sprite and 1 Pepsi…. I did not make special request oh!!

Nehmind…. It’s almost 4pm.. I’m veli hungry, where’s my PIZZA?!?!

I asked the waiter politely, and he replied me politely too ..”Tunggu ah….”

Finally Pizza is served. Well.. wat’s more to say, pictures shown are always for illustration purpose. I know… but at least make it looks more like a “GOLD COIN” la… Where got Fortune liao le?

It’s Okay la.. If I never try, I never know, although I always say no next time to Pizza Hut, but there’s always be a NEXT time. Why? Cos that’s the only PIZZA franchise in Miri other than the local brands. Arrgh I hate it!

Bah, don’t worry, although it looks bad, but I love the generosity of Cheese inside th pizza. The special thing about this pizza, the crunchiness is actually came from cornflakes! It smell nice too~

This aint gonna be my Valentines Lunch! Haha, will post up again for what I had on my Valentines.

Happy Weekend! <3

We were there for a short visit which lasted for 5 days. I did google the place before I went there, and I did expect it could be a small town just like Sibu or Miri. Driving from Kuala Lumpur to Temerloh takes about 2 and half hour, and we had our midnite supper at Bukit Tinggi.

Temerloh does have a very strategic location.
Its always a few hours drive, then you could reach to either Kuala Lumpur or Kuantan.

Probably because of the conveniences, it slow down their development. From what I could see, the biggest building available would be The Store Supermarket. Choices of Hotels are quite limited , maybe people would just come here for a day trip.
Although Temerloh is popular of Ikan Patin but maybe I was there during the Puasa Season, hence most of the time the stall was close. I did not have a chance to taste the IKAN PATIN!

Hence I could only try out their local chinese food, which is bowl licking too!

Personally, I love the green noodle. It is actually made of Cabbage.

While the yellowish one is made of Egg.
Taste good in soup or make it dry. I love the fishballs too..
Food prices in Temerloh is more or less then same compare to Miri.
A bowl of kolomee would cost around RM3 – 5 depends on the ingredients you ask.

This is the Chinese Restaurant where its located between Temerloh and Mentakab.  Good food! Good Food!

Hey, hey! Even Temerloh have OLD TOWN why don’t we have one in Miri?

However, I do enjoy with the good food and good people. In this peaceful town, everyone seems to know each other, regardless of races. I will definitely come back again and try out the Ikan Patin!

We asked around for the most recommended one, as advised Restoran Highlands could be the popular among the locals. It is just located behind the busy street, not that obvious, but their business is consider very good. They serve traditional Charcoal Steamboat with the very long funnel to avoid big wind blow off the fire.

The shop was just a simple coffee shop style. They will asked you the portion you want, and just wait to be served.

We ordered for 2 person’s portion. First plate served with Bihun, Veges, Assorted Meat Balls & Eggs.

The second plates come with assorted seafood.

And the final plate comes with meat plates. These are the plates that served for steamboat.

All looks so fresh and delicious! Tender & Juicy!

Alright, both of us are very hungry. Can’t wait any longer for the things to cook. We finished up everything except the plates!

Let me show you the tall funnel. Very cool right? And look, the charcoal are burning inside.

We enjoyed the meal There’s actually lots of other steamboat shop around. Some serve organic foods.

Anyway, we are happy with the food here. It’s only RM16 per person. I don’t think I could get these yummilicious steamboat back in Miri!  Yet another, MUST TRY! =)

In Miri, we do have Pasar Malam selling varieties of things, however, among 20 stalls, i bet 10 stalls are selling the same thing and they aren’t selling things that are extra ordinary than usual. But in Cameron, choices and prices are much more attractive.

This is one of the favourite stop. I bought Cactus for my 2 beloved friends in KL. At the same time, Alex bought me dozens of roses too! Haha, roses here are just too cheap! RM 10 I can get 2 dozens and they give you free some other flowers as well.

Not to forget, if you wanna eat cheap strawberry, then please get all in Pasar Malam. They said the strawberries here might be rejected or those overnight strawberries. So if you really want to buy, please check carefully and don’t bring it home. By the time you get home, its already rotten.

Vegetables are everywhere, they have sweet corns, cabbage, spinach and many many more. The sellers would claim that they plant at the backyard of their house in Cameron. That is just to assure you that the vege are fresh from Cameron. However, its not 100% true, the fact is lots of plants were import from Ipoh! Don’t believe? Then you go explore around Cameron, you hardly see other plantations other than TEA. Do correct me if I’m wrong.

I found my favorite here, Tomatoes!!!
I take it as tidbits. They are selling 4 boxes for RM10. These are cherry tomatoes, not so sour, just nice.  In Miri I could hardly get such tomatoes, if yes, they are selling like RM10 per box!

The specialties from Cameron would be sweet potatoes, sweet corns and FRIED MUSHROOM! Most of the stalls are selling the tempura style mushrooms, vege and prawns. Price start from RM3. For the first few bites it could be very nice, but the more we eat, I think its a bit too oily.

Kenny Roger’s sister was here too. You check out the way they grilled the chicken. So professional la!

Surprisingly again, I saw lots of replica Crocs here. They are selling for RM20 per pair.  During this trip to KL, I finally realize there’s so much crocs in the market that we could hardly differentiate the replica and the genuine. Food good sake, buy the replica one is enough! Its 5x cheaper than the original!

Of course quality does matter! Please be a smart consumer lo!

We enjoyed the shopping at the pasar malam. We’ve filled up the tummy with many many tempura mushrooms, strawberries and sweetcorns. Other than the flowers Alex bought for me, and I manage to grab some magnets as souvenirs.

Take a look at those fruits magnets, it looks so real especially the Langsat! These are what we call valued for money! Its only RM2.50 for one magnet! Hahaha… I believe after reading my post, you would love to visit the pasar malam too right?

Don’t worry, school holidays is coming, do plan your trip earlier!

The first thing we saw in Cameron, wasn’t the big cactus statue by the road side, but many many shops and stalls selling Strawberry’s product.  And this Strawberry Moments located at Brinchang Town was located strategically  to grab our attention! It was at the back part of Brinchang Town, near to Weekend Pasar Malam.

Before we proceed to take our order, we went to the shop next to it. It runs by the same entrepreneurs. Just that the green one are more into Cameron’s local product. I saw lots of new product that I hardly get it elsewhere. But of course, we are not going to buy as I hate to bring too much things back home. My bag will be very heavy! Ooops!

Proceed to the counter, I saw lots of Strawberry flavoured cakes and dessert. Oh, its my oh my! I love the cakes, they looks so yummilicious. However, we want to keep some space for steamboat dinner. So I ended up order a piece of Strawberry Strudel.

I’ve been seeing lots of blogs recommending Strudel in Cameron. At last, I know how nice is Strawberry Strudel taste like. The puffs are soft, with fresh cream and strawberry topping.  Arrrgh, it is real great!!

As for drinks, of course, the Fresh Strawberry Juice. We couldn’t find this anywhere else in Malaysia. Hello, I know you would tell me, it might be blend from rotten strawberries. I don’t care la, take it as detox lo!

We really enjoyed the afternoon tea, sit by the corridor of the shops, enjoying the cool breeze. It was raining cats and dogs so the temperature were a bit low.  I love this place so much, and I’ve become a Strawberry Freak!! So do Alex!

This is highly recommend, the things sold here are ranging from RM5-8. Price are reasonable! Don’t forget to give them a visit ya!

As I mentioned before, the built up area wasn’t big enough. Hence, during the peak hours we could hardly get a seat.

Desperately, eagerly, we finally got a table for 3 of us! Hurray. Thanks to the boss for helping us the ladies to reserve a table.

It took us sometime to look over the menu.  The green jumbo glass that I’m having is Jumbo Green Tea. Worth for the price, best thirst quencher of the day!

Meanwhile, Yen order Double-Boiled Apple with Red Dates Tea.
It looks much different from the menu.

Pris, she’s been tempting for the 2 balls that I posted in FB the day before. So of course she’s here for the glutinous ball in ginger soup.

Surprisingly, my Shanghai Style Vegetable Rice with Chicken Chop came first. I was really surprised, its totally different from the pictures.

Before I order, I’ve doubt it would  be too costly to have this RM10.90 per bowl. But now the answer is obvious, its overcharged for this dish compare to the portion served. Other than the price, the food are okay.

Yen says that the Macau Pork Chop Burger taste good, RM5.90 I think its worth.

I remember when I was in Macau, I did queue to buy the pork burger which was very popular in Macau. Since then, I swear i would not recommend anyone to eat that as its totally tasteless!  So no need to go Macau, you can get it here in Food & Tea.

Buttered Chicken Diced Rice. The picture shows good, the real dish looks even better. However, Pris says, the taste wasn’t that great!

This is the carrot cake, take away for Pris’s Ah Ma. RM 3.20.
Have to ask Ah Ma how does it taste lo..

Food Wise, need lots of improvement.
Drinks Wise, quite good.
Service & Attitude: Very friendly, but maybe they are busy, so some ladies over here look so stressed and fierce.
Environment: Hopefully they can expand bigger room.

Overall for this second review, everything is in my expectations.
Total expenses: RM46.55

A few things to share and compare here.

• The Air tickets to International sometimes are cheaper than to KL.
• Lots of places like in Peninsular needed to access by car, if you don’t have a car, then anything else would be expensive.
• Hotels and tour packages for domestic are usually very expensive. Compare to those travel packages that offered for our neighborhood country, everything in Malaysia seems more expensive.
• Travel information are hard to get online

Anyhow, there’s actually lots of great places to explore within Malaysia. Cameron Highlands is one of the place that I wish to go but always ended up to other places. I’ve been study online for the information for the highlands, with the helps of friend who always travel up and down, only then I manage to get ourselves the free and easy trip!

Taking Bus Unititi to Cameron from Pudu

Maybe some of you might be thinking, drive from KL to Cameron easy only la, why make its sounds like you are going oversea? Excuse me, I’m really going over the SEA. To go Cameron Highlands, we need to travel from Miri to KL over the sea. Then only we could take BUS up to the highlands. Journey seems long to us, but its worthy for our never ending honey moon.

Arriving Cameron , Tanah Rata Tourist Centre

The very first important thing  we need to take note for the free and easy trip is you need to get a a simple local tour from Cameron. The one get from here seems good. I don’t need a luxury tour, but just bus transfer from KL, pick up, accommodation and simple country side tour.

Note: They charge extra RM50 during the weekends, same things goes to Hotel rate.

The Hotel that is provided is Hotel Chua Gin in Brinchang Town, a family run hotel. Its just above the shop lot, but the rooms are just nice. With LCD tv with Astro channels. Only thing that I don’t like is the toilet which is pretty small and the shower isn’t hot enough. Oh ya, Hotels in Cameron are all non-aircond. Its pretty cool, at night the temperature will go lower.

Then the 2nd thing is google it, see where are the best food located. The thing that we worry most is being slaughtered at a new place. People might raise the price just because we are tourist. So search for the most recommended restaurant , at least not a blacklisted one would be fine. Thanks to the Tour Agent remind us which are the shops that we shouldn’t try.

As we were there around 2pm, Alex and I were pretty hungry.

So just below the hotels, there’s lot of restaurant. Of course, not the one blacklisted. We choose to go those with lots of customers. But it was late noon, its already off lunch hour. We saw this shop who the owner were very keen to get customers and show us menu with price. Although its consider slightly expensive but at least I don’t feel being cheated and will be wise to order according to menu.

I can’t recall the name of this vege, but they claimed its from Cameron. But I confirm its from Ipoh la~

Fried Mushroom, taste like Chicken!

Guiness Pork Rib, very nice..

Total sum up around RM40. Phewwwit, but the food are special, and I like it! =)

3rd thing, other than the places that included by the tour, we should see is there any other entertainment available around. So indirectly, it relates to the location of your hotel. If you stay far away from town, you might need a taxi to travel around the town.

We just have a walk around Brinchang town area. Its just a few rows of  shops and further up its the country side.

Suddenly, I feel that I’m not in Malaysia!

There’s more activities to come in the next post. Till Here! Tata!

Pizza Hut at Sing Kwong , Sibu

However, its really disappointed that we found out Pizza Hut at Sing Kwong, Sibu does not serve Cheese Powder. Not only that, the cheese which is suppose to be on the Pizza also seen lessen compare to before.

So who steal the cheese? The worker itself? The management wanted to cut cost? Or Cheese being stolen by the rat?

We tried the new Chunky  Loaded Pizza, its crispy, lots of ingredients. You get 30% off if you have maybankard.

There were 6 of us, I’ve requested Deli Wings, my favorite.

Joseph had the lasagna.

While we shared the spaghetti and the cheese baked rice.

You must be thinking, we were really big eaters. Actually it was Will’s treat after getting his final allowance. $$$. Thank’s for the treat. And it’s my pleasure to join in the lunch together with Will’s ex-colleague.

Nice meeting you guys, Ah Kiong, Joseph & William.

The next time before you take your order, please remember to ask , “Do you have cheese powder?”