Antipodean cafe @ Atria Shoppng Gallery

I had my brunch with my sister at the Antipodean cafe @ Atria Shopping Gallery after heard about my friend's comment. She went to Mid Valley Antipodean, however for me, looking for a parking space in Mid Valley during weekend is stressful for me ha! Atria is quite a good choice for food hunting.

The menu is actually written on a big blackboard wall. It's better if you choose the food first, you can get a waitress to attend to your order first before he/she direct you to your seat. If you want to get your seat first, no problem, you can still choose your meal if you are sitting near to the board, if not, then will be a bit difficult. There's another way is you can scan their QR code to get the menu and choose the meal from your mobile.

Look, the menu is far from our set. But we have already ordered before hand :)

Here's my sis's order - Croissant scrambled egg with bacon. The portion is big tho' but yummy! 

I'm a carbonara lover. With the mushroom in it, make it taste so good! However to have this as brunch, its super filling.   

During weekend it may be pack, so do expect to wait if needed :) 

Here's the menu :) There's a lot of variety of food. I will definitely come back again. 

Address: G37 & GK1, Ground Floor, Atria Shopping Gallery, Jalan SS22/23, 
Damansara Jaya, 47400 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. 
Operating hours: 10am – 10pm daily 
Facebook: www.facebook.com/Antipodean-Cafe-193228497372527
Menu image credit: www.zomato.com 

Malaysian Passport Renewal @ Immigration office Kelana Jaya

This is my first experience with the Kelana Jaya Immigration Office to renew mine and my parent's passport. We slept so early yesterday just for the purpose to wake up early this morning as we got to know from others that people will start queuing up from 6am ++ ! Not saying we are "kiasu" but we are trying to go home early so that we still can have some time to prepare our lunch at home. 

We managed to arrive at about 6.40 am and you can easily find a parking space inside the building. Parking rate is RM 2.20/hour. It's about 3mins walk from the indoor parking to the immigration office which is at the corner of the other end.

Here you go (photo), few early birds were queuing up, and more early birds came after and there was already 40+ people before the office is opened at 7.30am. 

Notice board message: There is no special lane for senior citizens/baby during weekends. 

At about 7.20 am, the security guard came out and hand over the form for us to fill up in advance. It is very efficient and time saving! And the guard did a wonderful job as well by arranging the people to go in to the office by batches. (About 10 people at one time). It's very organized. 

Once you are in, you will submit the form & show your MyKad at the reception to get your running number  :) As my parents both are senior citizens, they got a different running number, which starts from 2001 onwards. Mine was 1010. 

It's quite fast that my number was called after 25mins. The officer is very friendly and you just need to tender your old passport and MyKad for processing and verify your thumbprints as well. After that officer will request you to pose for a photo, which the camera is just on your left :) The process just took me few mins, everything done at 8.08am. 

After that, wait for your running number to be called again for payment processing at the counter 3 and a receipt (Resit Rasmi) as below will be given. The officer will advise you to come back for collection after 1 hour. You can see there's a batch number stamped in "RED" (102). 

Here's the fee: (Valid for 5 years) 

RM 200 - Adult 

RM 100 - Senior citizens (60 years old & above), children below 12 years old, and students below 21 years old with proof to study abroad. 

Counter 1 & 2 are allocated for passport collection. The respective officer will call (shout) the batch number (stamped in red on your receipt), eg: 101, 102...just wait for your batch to be called and the officer will collect your receipt and prepare the batch of the new passports for another colleague. Just wait for your name to be called. 

Once you have collected your passport, double check if all your particulars are correct. 

No more queue when we left at about 9.30 am. But inside the office was actually quite crowded, and some went to mamak for drinks/meal to spend their 1hour waiting time. There's a malay restaurant just beside the immigration office, where we had our drinks while waiting, cost us RM 6.70 for a teh tarik, cham, and kopi. 

Things to bring: 

1) Old Passport 
2) MyKad 
3) Pen
4) Cash  
5) Water / reading material 

Attire: Dark color blouse / shirt / dress... (You need to wear their coat if your shirt color is too bright because the background is white) 

Address: Blok A, Plaza Glomac, Jalan SS 7/19, Kelana Jaya, SS7, 47301 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. 
Contact Number: +603-78830975
Opening Hours: 
Mon-Fri 7.30am - 5.30pm (*Friday closed between 12.15 - 2.45pm) 
Sat-Sun 8am - 1pm 
Parking Rate: RM 2.20/hr 

Note: Process / procedure may change from time to time. Above was just a sharing of my experience renewing my passport at Kelana Jaya Immigration Office dated 11th May 2016.  

House Renovation Part 2

Wood Flooring

Here comes another update of our house's renovation. My hubs has been quite interested to have wood flooring for our rooms. So we went on to get contacts and research about it. We came across a few company but this particular company is what most people recommended - Jia Yee Corporation. In short JYC.

We went to their shop and we are interested in their INOVAR Floor wood, 8mm. After much consideration, we have decided to let them do our business. During that time, HomeDec Penang is around the corner. So they advise us to lock down during the fair to get better and cheaper deal. For the time being, they can go and take the measurement of our home first. So we agreed.

These are some of the option and one of the price range from the shop. It could varies from time to time.

Other than the price of the wood, there's other charges as well, which include profile end, profile adaptation and altering the door.

At first we would like to do it for all the rooms, but at last we have decided to only do for our master bedroom. The price quoted before the fair is RM 2k+ for the master bedroom. During fair, the price is RM 1k+.

Putting foam below the wood flooring

It took them about half a day to fix up one room. Here's the end product.

Indeed they have special price during fairs. I would encourage you who are interested to grab them during fairs. And as far as I know, they will only participate in HomeDec in Penang, which only held twice a year.

We are happy with what we get. You could drop by yourself to know more.

JYC Group 傢艺
76-D, Jln Tan Sri Teh Ewe Lim
Jelutong, Pulau Pinang 11600
Malaysia
Tel: 04-2836363
Email: info@jiayee.com.my

Fall in love with Mille Crêpe

I remember the first time I tried Mille Crêpe cake back in year 2009. It was in Malacca, few of us were celebrating a friend's birthday and she insisted to have Mille Crêpe birthday cake. 

Well it didn't really impressed me and I can't even remember the taste. Until I have a date with Mille Crêpe by Vanilla Cakes in SS 15 Subang, it totally captured my heart! The cake is proportionately sweet and I can finish 1 or 1 1/2 cake on my own, just can't resist! 

The creaminess of the crepe cake combines well with the flavors. Normally they have most of the flavors available, and if you order their main course (Chicken chop, spaghetti...etc), you can get 20% discount for the cakes! Isn't it fantastic?  

Try it and you will love it! 

 
Chocolate Peanut Butter 
    
Mango Peach

    
Tiramisu Green Tea

Lemon Cheese

Mushroom Chicken Chop

Vanilla Cakes
Address: No. 17-G, SS 15/4, 47500 Subang Jaya, Selangor. 
Phone: +6010-4642835
Website: www.vanillamillecrepe.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/vanillacakes

The Journey Ahead

Flipping through my notes, I found this lyric. It was written by my sister. I asked a favor from her to write this out. Initially was to make a song out of it, as during that time, it was my graduation. However, I didn't manage to compose a song. Instead, I call it a poem.

Sky bright, rocky road;

I see birds soar, flower bloom;

Where will this road take me?

Some might find gold,

Some an empty cart,

Or should I find and old dragon,

Puffing out smoke?

Mind clear, throat quenched;

The weather by my side.

Bid a goodbye I shall;

To a child once I held dear.

Foot stepped firm yet uncertain;

Until I reach a certain part of the road;

Where there are many paths ahead.

Will the clouds cover the sun tomorrow?

Or will there be bread tomorrow?

Dark shadows from the abyss poisons’ my mind.

Day time I feel alone;

My voice can’t reach the world;

At night I isolate myself;

Fear creep up from my covers,

And haunt me during the day.

At time I may feel old;

Appearance may not tell so;

But I feel it inside.

Like butter spread over too much bread.

Stray not my heart;

The journey that I have chosen will not end easily.

As long as these stubborn legs continue to walk;

I shall guide it!

Shake off the insecurity.

None shall tell you how to walk,

Nor to breathe the air.

Unfortunate events may occur;

But too little time to mourn!

But at last, this all I have to say:

Starry night shall not put my heart to sleep

Wind of my home town will not carry me

At dusk I shall mourn for bed

At dawn with foreign bread

But fear not my heart, for this is not the first

The world ahead through many shadows and linger hearts

All shall past, all shall fade.

"Fried coleslaw"

Last week, I suddenly recall of a finger food which I love very much during my secondary school year. I still remember one of my best buddy she made this finger food and let me try it. Such awesome bites and I almost forgotten about it. So immediately I drop my bestie a message and ask her for the recipe. This was my mission for the past weekend. Bringing back my memory!

I don't know the actual name of this finger food, neither my friend did as this was passed down to her by her "Kakak" (maid) last time. So I have decided to call it Fried Coleslaw since it has the same main ingredient as Coleslaw Salad. Let's get started!

Ingredients:
1/4 of medium size cabbage (shredded)
1 1/2 of medium size carrot (shredded)
1 cup of all purpose flour
1 cup of water
Salt and pepper (season according to own preferences)

Steps:
1. Prepare all the ingredients as picture above.
2. Prepare the flour base. Pour the water slowly, stages by stages into the flour and stir well. Mix the flour until it feels thick and not too watery.

3. Next, add in the shredded cabbage and carrot. Then season with salt and pepper according to own preferences.

4. Pre-heat the pan with some oil on medium fire. After the oil is hot enough, you could take a spoonful of the "coleslaw" and lay it flat in the oil. Remember, not too thick. (But also, it is very much depending on personal liking. You could experiment with think and thin ones, see which one you like the most!)

After the bottom has turn golden, flip to fry the top of the "coleslaw". Be sure to keep an eye on it, so that it won't over fried. The taste will become quite bitter.

5. After done frying, cool it off awhile on kitchen towel. Then it is done to be served. You could just have it like that, or dip in ketchup or chili sauce.

Happy trying, enjoy! Let me know whether you like it or not. :)

Favourite Kuey Teow Th'ng!

To begin with, I'm never really a big fan of Kuey Teow Th'ng. The main reason is because generally it's just some really plain soup with Kuey Teow and most of the time its tasteless. It just doesn't appeal to me much. So usually, I won't order Kuey Teow Th'ng for my lunch or dinner.

Till one day, I came to this coffee shop in Butterworth named Kedai Kopi Kean Huat. I was working around that area and decided to have a quick lunch. I saw that they have Kuey Teow Th'ng and out of nowhere, I ordered it. To my surprised, it tastes really good and I loved it very much! It looked just like an ordinary bowl of Kuey Teow Th'ng, but when I ate it, it has this taste which could bring me back to some memory. Very nostalgic. Apart from that, the Kuey Teow was smooth and 'Q' enough; the minced meat blends in very well with the soup and the Kuey Teow. Slurp!

Small RM 3.50; Large RM 4.50

Now whenever I work around Butterworth area, I will be sure to drop by this coffee shop. They also have other food choices available like fried rice, fried noodles, etc and are very nice too! I tried their claypot yee mee, and it was delicious!

This coffee shop runs by Chow family and they are all very lovely people. I recommend to come by and experience the food yourself. Their location:

Kedai Kopi Kean Huat

Jalan New Ferry, 12000 Mukim 15, Butterworth,

Pulau Pinang.

Operation Hours: Monday to Saturday 7am - 4pm
(Closed on Sunday)

Good things are meant to be shared! Cheers!

*thumbs up*