Food Hunt: Little Dim Sum Place, SS2 Petaling Jaya

Hi All,

It's a lovely Saturday night where my best buddy, Steve Chai came all the way from KL to visit me in Petaling Jaya. Then of course, when he's coming down to PJ, the first thing that is in his mind is about food hunt. Without any hesitation, he wanted to try some dessert and then he had suggested the Little Dim Sum Place is SS2 Petaling Jaya.

Once we arrived there, it's their last day of business in Petaling Jaya and they shall move to Desa Sri Hartamas in August. We still manage to try out their dessert and their food over there. I've ordered Sesame Seed with Peanut Tong Yuan while Chai ordered Ginger water with Sesame Seed Tong Yuan. Both of us ordered the Durian Pancake as our Dessert as well.

Both of our dessert are superbly nice and recommended to all. The taste was great and amazing. You should come over and give it a try but please be informed they are moving to Desa Sri Hartamas soon. The Durian Pancake was just a hit. The taste was so nice and durian lovers will definately love this. It was covered by a layered of durian skin and inside it's like a durian dessert that will watered your mouth in great passion. Once I tried it, I would love to eat more. Can't wait to try again in future.

The price meanwhile was moderate to expensive. It was not cheap through and if the food is nice, it's worth paying for it as well. The dessert that both of us ordered costs about RM2.80 per bowl while the durian pancake costs us about RM8.00 where it contains 4 pieces though. The total bill came and it's about RM13.00++ including tax. A good place to chill out with friends while trying out their Dim Sum as well as their dessert as well. I've tried their Dim Sum before I set up this blog, and I can summarize that the Dim Sum here looks fantastic and nice to eat but of course the price is a bit expensive compared to those normal shops as The Little Dim Sum place is an air-conditioned and high class Dim Sum restaurant. Worth a try! MY RATING: 5/5 ; CHAI RATING: 5/5

* Food rating is based on the food we've ordered and not overall food.

Address:

No.12 Jalan SS2/63

47300 Petaling Jaya

Telephone: 03-78731876

Note: This restaurant will closed on 1st August 2010 and relocate to Sri Hartamas and begins business at 18th August 2010. For more new address details, kindly call 03-2300-0671 for more details.

Food Hunt: Murni Discovery, Aman Suria (Part 2)

On a lovely Monday today, me & Alan had decided to have mamak stuffs where we have chosen Murni Discovery as our destination. This time, we've ordered different food to try out and of course, we did love the food very much over there mainly because of its varieties to choose from.

I've ordered Ice Lemon Tea together with Nasi Lemak Ayam Pandan while Alan ordered Teh Ais followed by Claypot Loh See Fun. I was fascinated with the Nasi Lemak Ayam Pandan where the sambal was terrific. It was so nice where it is not so spicy and with some sweetness into it. The Ayam Pandan meanwhile was great and delicious. Very recommended to try when you are here. Alan's Claypot Loh See Fun was also another hit. He told alexleow-kimmy.com that the taste was delicious and recommended to try. So what are you waiting for? A great place for dining as well as yumcha! :) MY RATING: 5/5 ; ALAN RATING: 5/5

*Food Rating is based on the food we've ordered and not overall food.

Address:

Jalan PJU 1/3B
Sunway Mas Commercial Centre
Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
Business Hours: 11.00am - 2.00am
Telephone: Not Available

Cinema Movie: Flirting Scholars 2 (唐伯虎點秋香2之四大才子)

Release Date: 8 July 2010

Language: Cantonese

Genre: Comedy

Running Time: 1 hour 43 minutes

Director: Lee Lik-Chi

Cast: Huang Xiaoming, Jingchu Zhang, Richie Ren.

Synopsis: The prequel to Stephen Chow's famous scholar spoof from the Tang Dynasty returns to the big screen. This time, Tong Pak Fu was sent to a monastery when he was little. During one of his 'secret' excursions with his friends, he bumps into Qian Qian (Zhang Jing Chu) and immediately falls in love with her. Unfortunately, Qian Qian is accused as a spider spirit. During her escape, she falls into a ravine, loses her memory and is given the name of Chau Heung by Madam Hua.

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My Comments: Today Me & Kimmy had a wonderful time where both of us were in Kepong for the whole afternoon till evening where we visited Kepong Village Mall followed by a movie at Jusco Metro Prima TGV Cinemas. We have chosen Flirting Scholars 2 as our movie of our choice. This movie as you know is a follow up prequel from Stephen Chow's movie back in the 90's. But without Stephen Chow, this movie is lack of something that we normally would laugh. Overall, the movie is average and not so funny throughout the whole movie. There's very few scenes where you can laugh your seats off and the storyline meanwhile is not so impressive. Only Chu Mi Mi and Chan Pak Cheong are pretty impressive in this movie that would make you laugh while other artists doesn't really impress me too. The storyline meanwhile is not logic, just like other movie (Just Another Pandora's Box) and the storyline was too simple and easy to guess. Nothing really impressive and the love story also looks normal and nothing's shocking bout this one. I would say this movie is above average but not at its best and there's still a lot of room of improvement for this one. Do watch this movie only if you feel bored or you have no more movie to watch as I do not recommend you to for this movie. MY RATING: 3.5 /5 ; KIMMY RATING: 3.5 /5

Food Hunt: GCB Burger from McDonald's

Hello Folks,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt after for quite some time, we did not go for some food cravings. But today, we continue our journey as we visited McDonald's Aman Puri to try out the new GCB Burger. Everyone had been talking about this burger where most of the people who have tried said the taste was nice. Today I have a chance to taste it.

The price of the burger is RM11.50 (set which contains a medium drink and a medium french fries). It contains Grilled Whole Chicken Thigh and comes with Gorgeous Iceberg Lettuce as well as Glorious Char-grilled Sauce. The taste as expected is very nice indeed. I tried 2 bites of the bruger courtesy of Kimmy and the taste was great too. It's slightly have the taste of black pepper as well. The juicy taste of the sauce also impressed me. It was a lovely burger to try if you are at McDonalds. Remember to give it a try! :) MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

Lifestyle: Sony Ericsson C510

Hello All,

Today I bought the Sony Ericsson C510 phone exclusively for Kimmy. This is because her birthday is just around the corner and I have decided to gave her this phone as present. This phone is solid and nice in design too. If you want to grab one too, you can do so as I would recommend you to take the phone if you are searching for one.

There's a 3.2 Megapixel Camera attached to this phone with autofocus and flash too. The pictures quality were good in daylight time while a little bit average when at night (although with the flash light as well). Since this is the Cybershot phone, this phone concentrates on the camera's functions as you can set a lot of mode while taking pictures. It comes with 2 colors which is Black and White in colour. This phone also contains 3G connections where you can do video conferencing with your friends as well. Other functions and interface were mostly same among the Sony Ericsson handphones.

The price range is between RM400 - RM500++ depending on what accessories are given to you in AP price. For original handset, you can get around RM500 - RM600++. The price meanwhile was pretty cheap for an above average camera and with the 3G technology given to you. Enjoy the phone! MY OVERALL RATING: 4/5; FEATURES: 3.5/5; CAMERA: 3.5 /5

Malaysia News: Fuel, sugar prices up as subsidy cuts start

Fuel, sugar prices up as subsidy cuts start

UPDATED @ 07:16:07 AM 16-07-2010

July 15, 2010

Consumers filling up tonight in droves before prices go up at midnight. - Bernama pic

KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 — The Najib administration will begin cutting subsidies tomorrow by raising the prices of petrol, diesel, natural gas and sugar in a move which could see the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition vulnerable to political challenges and risks.

The government announced tonight that RON95 petrol and diesel prices will go up by five sen a litre. Tomorrow's pump price will be RM1.85 per litre for RON95 and RM1.75 per litre for diesel. Subsidies for RON97 have been removed completely and its price will be subject to market forces.

Natural gas (LPG) will rise by 10 sen per kilogramme to RM1.85.

The price of sugar will also be increased, by 25 sen per kilogramme to RM1.90.

In a statement tonight, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said the move to cut subsidies on fuel and sugar would save the government RM750 million a year.

"The readjustment of fuel and sugar prices are minimal compared to the proposals submitted because the government wants to balance between maintaining the people's interests and the need to manage the country's deficit," he said.

The Malaysian Insider understands that this is the first stage of subsidy cuts and it is expected to be reviewed every six months.

Sources said that subsidies on electricity are also expected to be cut but no decision has been made yet on when that will happen.

By raising prices of fuel and sugar, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is signalling he is prepared to rebuild support for BN and implement economic reforms which could include the eventual introduction of an unpopular Goods and Services Tax (GST) and further market liberalisation.

The government’s reluctance to upset voters had led to reversal of government decisions and reform pullbacks that fuelled talk Najib was readying for a snap election.

Najib’s government was forced to reverse a decision recently to issue a gambling licence to quell mounting public anger.

This came after the GST was called off in February together with a scheduled fuel price hike in May.

The decision to begin spending cuts also suggests Najib has accepted the arguments of Datuk Seri Idris Jala.

Jala, the minister in the prime minister’s department, had controversially predicted Malaysia could be bankrupt by 2019 if it did not begin to cut subsidies for petrol, electricity, food and other staples, which he said cost the country RM74 billion last year.

Najib also recently braced Malaysians for the possibility that the economy could slow down in the second half of the year, in a development which would put his government’s economic growth targets at risk.

The prime minister said the possible slowdown was due to external factors.

Malaysia’s economy grew by an impressive 10.1 per cent in the first quarter of this year, marking two straight quarters of growth and three straight quarters of serious contraction last year.

Malaysia’s FDI rates have fallen faster than other regional players like Singapore and China, and at the same time capital outflows have dampened private domestic investments. Net portfolio and direct investment outflows had reached US$61 billion (RM197 billion) in 2008 and 2009 according to official data.

The government will allocate between RM90 billion and RM91 billion for expenditure in the first two years of the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP) Najib’s government has set among the key challenges of the 10MP the stimulation of the private sector investments to grow at 12.8 per cent annually or RM115 billion.

It was reported that the country may not be able to achieve the six per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth target if the 12.8 per cent growth is not achieved within five years. Source: The Malaysian Insider

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My Comments: This is yet another bad piece of news to be heard over the country. Many people are angry and frusfrated with the latest rise in petrol, LPG and sugar. Although it would be minimal, but still the government plan to cut its subsidies to the people due to poor financial status now. They had spend millions of ringgit in wastage of projects, buying submarines and in fact, the money should have spend on the rakyat instead of the wasteful projects. alexleow-kimmy.com strongly condemns the government decision and criticised thier move on this. As said earlier, the government should have save the money that collected from our people taxes and if they did, this would not happen. Also there's a lot of corruption going on and if this does not stop, the government will definately find their way to dig the people money's. Yes, they did say subsidy cut could save but unfortunately the rakyat did not benefit anything previously as the public transport infrastructure are poor and it did not help us too. WE CONDEMN YOU BARISAN NASIONAL! VOTE FOR CHANGE in PRU-13! Change to Pakatan Rakyat! :)

Best of TVB Drama: The Mysteries Of Love (谈情说案)

Title: The Mysteries of love 谈情说案 (Previously known as Shall we state the case)
Cast: Raymond Lam (林 峯), Tavia Yeung (楊 怡), Kenneth Ma Kwok Ming (馬國明), Bernice Liu (廖碧兒) , Chan Chin Pang (陳展鵬) , Lee Kwok Lun (李國麟) , Mary Hon (韓馬利) , Law Lok Lam (羅樂林), Lisa S
Episodes: 25
Airing date: 24 May 2010
Producer: Lau Ka Ho (producer of Heart of Greed and Moonlight Resonance)
Scriptwriter: Wong Yuk Tak & Leung Man Wah
Themesong : Raymond Lam -直到你不找我 Until you can’t find me (CD Version)

Synopsis:

This is a love story between a professor and a policewoman. Their dating experience is enhanced with sense and sensibility through the application of interesting physics theories on the investigation of various crime cases.

KING POK (Raymond Lam) is regarded as the youngest genius in physics and he is appointed as an associate professor in a Hong Kong university. Invited by his good friend LO TIN-HANG (Kenneth Ma), Senior Inspector of Police at Regional Crime Unit, POK assists in cracking many mysterious crime cases and he also meets the policewoman CHUI SIU-LAI (Tavia Yeung) during the process. The rational POK evaluates that he has fallen in love with LAI because of a love hormone called “phenylalanine”. However, owing to the huge difference in their family background and life value, POK fails to tackle their ever-changing relationship problems with formulas.

On the other hand, the romantic and uninhibited HANG has been maintaining a sex only relationship with the journalist LING MAN-KA (Bernice Liu) HANG doesn’t believe in eternity and he is only looking for sensual pleasure in a woman. However, his belief is suddenly shattered when he learns that MAN is going to get married.

谈情说案

教授遇上女警展开一段理性与感性角力的浪漫爱情故事，当中穿插多宗以物理学理论拆解的懸疑案件，为观众帶來全新感官刺激。

景博(林峯)被喻为最年轻天才物理学家，受聘回港当大学副教授，並在好友重案组高级督察盧天恒(马国明)的诚邀下，成功协助警方破解多宗奇案，因而结识了探员徐小丽(杨怡)。理性的景博清楚分析自己对小丽产生爱意，全因一种名为「苯氨基丙酸」的爱情激素所致，但由于两人的成长背景及人生价值观南轅北轍，应用哪一条方程式已无法解救这段充满变数的感情..

另一方面，风流不羈的天恒和新闻记者凌敏嘉(廖碧儿)一直维持着纯情慾的关系，天恒自问从不需要天长地久的爱情，只追求快感燃烧的一刻，但当天恒突然得知敏嘉快将与他人結婚时，才发现自己一贯坚持的爱情观原來不堪一击..

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My Comments: This drama is also another great drama to watch. This drama talks about police story as well as love is in the air. Starring Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung, this drama set to be another great police story with love is in the air with both Raymond Lam and Tavia Yeung were in love and about their relationship and related to some police cases as well. A great drama to watch and I would totally recommend to you. MY RATING: 5/5

Best Of TVB Drama: A Pillowcase of Mystery II (施公奇案II )

English Title: A Pillowcase of Mystery II
Chinese Title: 施公奇案II (Si Gung Kei On 2)
Cast: 欧阳震华 Bobby Au Yeung Chun Wah , 宣 萱 Hsuan Jessica Hester , 李思捷 Johnson Lee Sze Chit , 唐 宁 Leila Tong , 陈山聪 Joel Chan Shan Chung , 刘玉翠 Lau Yuk Chui , 刘家辉 Lau Kar Fai , 姚莹莹 Eileen Yeow
Episodes: 21
Airing date: 12 July 2010

Synopsis:

After a radical change in life, SZE SAI-LUN (Bobby Au Yeung) becomes dispirited with the political world and spends most of his time travelling around in search of fun. Along the way, he meets a spirit medium, NG KWAN-YAU (Jessica Hsuan), who somehow gets caught up in a mysterious murder case. It is not LUN’s intention to intervene at first, but with the fortuitous assistance from the pillow spirit NGAU TAI-LIK (Johnson Lee ), he can finally crack the case and prove YAU’s innocence. LUN has his confidence back and pledges to continue his fight for justice. As time progresses, LUN and YAU get to know each other better and gradually fall in love. LUN finally decides to get over the past and marry the girl. He enjoys his married life so much but gets frustrated at work sometimes – LIK’s power turns out not to be as strong as expected, which ends up with a lot of misleading clues being given. Amidst the various challenges of his new life, LUN realizes that YAU seems to have something to hide and that there is a malicious plot behind their marriage. Knowing that the couple have fallen out, LUN’s mother has found him a new wife, LUK SIU-TIP (Leila Tong). Out of the blue, TIP has also come with ill intentions. LUN is plunged into a complex web of intrigue and things seem to be getting on top of him…

施世纶(欧阳震华)经历巨变後对官场意兴阑珊，到处遊山玩水，途中邂逅灵媒吴君柔(宣萱)并捲入了一宗离奇命案，世纶本无心查案，但无意间得一枕仙牛大力 (李思捷)出现相助，终为君柔洗脱罪名，让他重拾意志及信心，继续为民请命。当世纶与君柔日久生情，他决定走出伤痛娶君柔为妻，新婚生活令他得意忘形，差 事却令他啼笑皆非，因为原来枕仙的法力只有半桶水，令世纶查案经常捉错用神，误会好人，闹至笑话连篇。当世纶正享受新生活的种种考验时，却发现君柔行径古 怪，下嫁自己原来另有所图，二人遂反目成仇，母亲大人因而安排世纶再娶陆小蝶(唐宁)为妾，谁料小蝶同样心怀不轨，内情错综複杂，令英明一世的世纶疲於奔 命……。

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My Comments: If you love the first episode, then you will definately love the second episode. This drama is a very interesting drama which stars Bobby Au and he is back in action as he acts the famous Sze master who are great in solving court cases that involves various cases of death, theft etc. Besides, this drama is also pretty funny and I bet you will love it very much as it's the combination of emotions, comedy, adventure and some fairy tale story in there. I would recommend you to watch this drama. Enjoy this drama! :) MY RATING: 5/5

Cinema Movie: Despicable Me

Release Date: 8 July 2010

Language: English

Subtitle: Malay, Chinese

Genre: Animation

Running Time: 1 hour 40 minutes

Director: Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin

Cast: Steve Carell, Dana Gaier, Elsie Fisher, Jason Segel, Ken Jeong, Miranda Cosgrove.

Synopsis: In a happy suburban neighbourhood surrounded by white picket fences with flowering rose bushes, sits a black house with a dead lawn. Hidden beneath this home is a vast secret hideout. Surrounded by a small army of minions, Gru (Steve Carell) is planning the biggest heist in the history of the world. He is going to steal the moon! Until, he encounters the immense will of three little orphaned girls who see something that no one else has ever seen: a potential Dad. The world's greatest villain has just met his greatest challenge: three little girls named Margo (Miranda Cosgrove), Edith (Dana Gaier) and Agnes (Elsie Fisher).

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My Comments: Today, it was a beautiful Sunday as ME & Kimmy had decided to go for yet another shopping spree. So, 1 Utama is our destination for today and of course, besides shopping, we've also go for a movie. We have chosen an animation movie called Despicable Me. This movie is eventually a kids movie and of course it's very fun when you watch it. Dubbed as the most interesting animation movie this summer, I was laughing all the way in the cinema together with Kimmy. Although this movie does not make sense, still it has its storyline and you can see different technology being used in this movie. Invention is the main point in this movie where the good will fight with the bad once again. A lot of jokes can be found on this movie and you will definately laugh off at your seat. It was a great animation to watch and it was fun, entertaining and emotional as well. With all of these elements, this movie is a must watch movie for all including the whole family. You will not regret by watching this movie and Kimmy rated this movie higher than expected 6/5 but unfortunately the full marks is only 5. MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

DVD Movie: IP Man 2 ( 叶问2:宗师传奇)

Release Date: 29 April 2010

Language: Cantonese

Genre: Action, Drama

Running Time: 1 hour 49 minutes

Director: Wilson Yip

Cast: Donnie Yen, Sammo Hung, Lynn Hung, Huang Xiao Ming, Louis Fan .

Synopsis: After his victory over the Japanese General in Foshan, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) moves to Hong Kong. He sets up a martial arts school to teach Wing Chun. Here, he is challenged by other kung fu masters, including Sifu Hung (Sammo Hung) who masters in Hung Quan. Sifu Hung and Ip Man draw a tie in their challenge and the latter is adored as a recognized master in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, Twister, the powerful but cruel boxer champion who despised Chinese kung fu destroyed the fruit market and harassed the kung fu institutes. Twister, who also resulted in Sifu Hung’s death, then challenged the Chinese kung fu masters for a public combat. Ip was filled with grief and indignation and he decided to take up the challenge. He swore to claim back the dignity of Chinese kung fu and the Chinese people. A furious fight is about to begin...

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My Comments: Truly, I miss this movie in cinema and I regret that I did not watch it. But I manage to watch at my DVD set. This movie is truly a wonderful and perfect movie in the chinese movie industry. Again, Ip Man is back again with its beautiful and wonderful martial arts and also in combination of sorrow, happiness and a great storyline between the Chinese and the Western people. It was almost same like Ip Man 1, Ip Man 2 story continues from Ip Man 1 and the sequence of this movie was perfectly made too and almost same as Ip Man 1 style. If you love Ip Man 1, then you will definately love this movie as I would say the director had successfully made this movie. If you haven't watch, then you better get yourself a DVD to watch it as you will love it. Definately no regret!!! MY RATING: 5/5