Leisure: e@Curve Chinese New Year Decorations 2013

Hi All,

Our journey continues today with our 3rd mall visit in 1 day and this time around we have selected e@Curve as our next destination of the Chinese New Year Decorations visit. Since it's so near to The Curve, we've decided to pay a visit. For your information, IPC Shopping Center does not have any Chinese New Year Decorations this year I suppose as we've visited the mall with no decorations being setup there.

Let's go back to e@Curve Chinese New Year Decorations and this year theme would be "Swingin' C.N.Y A Dancevaganza". The theme itself is pretty explosive and attractive as well. Once you enter e@Curve on the concourse area, you are able to see a mini street during the years from 1915 to 1920 and it brings back old memories during Chinese New Year. Also Tanglung's can be seen around the mini street as well. For your information as well, 1 Utama Shopping Centre also sharing the same Chinese New Year concept mini street just like e@Curve. There's not a huge decorations nor a huge street but it's just only the mini street that eventually sells clothings, souvenirs and food there. There's not even a stage there for performance. This event commence from 11th January to 13th February 2013.

If you ask me whether the Chinese New Year feel is there at e@Curve, I can tell you not so but while they are playing Chinese New Year songs around the mini street, I can start to feel a little bit. The sales there are pretty less if compared to those huge malls. If you are around The Curve area, do drop by and take some photos on the old memory buildings and the building setup is pretty good too and you really can feel that you are behind the years. Trust me! Enjoy! MY RATING: 3/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 3/5
 

Leisure: The Curve Chinese New Year Decorations 2013

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of mall marathon and this is the 2nd mall that we've visited in 1 day. After our visit to Tropicana City Mall, our next destination would be The Curve located at Mutiara Damansara. This year Chinese New Year theme for The Curve would be "A Celebration Of Spring" which commenced from 11th January 2013 till 13th February 2013.

There's pretty less crowd at the concourse area and I can see there are less people taking photos this year for Chinese New Year decorations compared to last year. Let's see what decorations that has been installed by The Curve. It's a garden theme decorations where you can actually see a huge garden area which has a mini limestone and a gazebo in between of it. Tanglung's can also be seen around the mall as well. You can even walk on the isle and heading towards the gazebo and the limestone to take photos as well. Well done to The Curve. However, the huge front portion is closed for mall performance only.

Overall, although we do not have much time to walk around due to limited time but I am pretty impressed with the decorations prepared by The Curve this year although I would say it's not the best but it's still acceptable too. Once I step into the concourse area, I can feel the Chinese New Year celebrations already. We've also did take some photos around the decorations and we feel it's one of the best so far that we've visited (if compared to Tropicana City Mall). I would strongly recommend you to come over here to take photos and catch a beautiful glimpse of the Chinese New Year feel over here. Also, there's also a lot of ongoing Chinese New Year promotions going on and this is a great place to shop as well. Enjoy! MY RATING: 3.5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

Leisure: Tropicana City Mall Chinese New Year Decorations 2013

Hi All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of the Mall Marathon and this time in conjunction with the Chinese New Year Celebrations which is around the corner. The Tiong Hua community shall celebrate the year of the Water Snake in a few weeks time. We kicked things off by visiting Tropicana City Mall at Petaling Jaya. The Chinese New Year Theme for Tropicana City Mall this time is "A Grand Oriental New Year" that commenced from 20th January to 10th February 2013.

Their Chinese New Year Mall Decorations is very simple with a small Chinese Concrete Wall in front of the concourse area. I would say there's nothing so special about the decorations over there and it's just normal. It's just a waste of time if you are there to take photos and better not to go there to only take photos and just to go there to shop. There are many ongoing Chinese New Year promotions going on as well. ME & Kimmy had eventually managed to shop and buy lots of stuff at the mall and we did go home happily but pretty dissapointed with the mall decorations which I think they should put more effort to decorate this mall to make it more happening on the Chinese New Year feel.

I would not recommend you to come over here if you would expect a great Chinese New Year decorations but I would not object if you come here to shop as they have ongoing promotions on the mall which I think is reasonable and cheap too. Enjoy your shopping. MY RATING: 1/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 2/5
 

Best Of TVB Drama: Inbound Troubles (老表，你好嘢)

Chinese Title: 老表，你好嘢！
English Title: Inbound Troubles
Genre: Modern comedy
Producer: Wong Wai Seng
Production: June - September 2012
RELEASE DATE: (JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 8, 2013)
Cast: Wong Cho Lam, Roger Kwok, Wong Kwong Leung, Joey Meng, Ivana Wong, Louis Cheung
Episodes: 20

Synopsis:

The HK native born SZETO PAK YU (Roger Kwok) works hard running a travel agency. Because he helped his girlfriend (Angela Tong) pay off debts, he goes bankrupt, but still carried a never-give-up spirit and continues striving for to make a better living. His cousin KO YAU LAM (Wong Cho Lam) grew up in China and came to Hong Kong to pursue a singing career. The cousins ends up under one roof and due to the cultural differences, they frequently run into conflicts, which brings laughter along the way. Eventually the cousins learn to mutually support and understand one another. PAK YU and a social worker KA PUI CHOI (Joey Meng) developed a relationship when they collectively helped new immigrants. When PAK YU finds out his girlfriend was unfaithful to him, he suffered great emotional impact, but fortunately CHOI was by his side to support him. The courageous LAM sets off on his singing journey, where he meets a group of sidekicks, whom are difficult to find close friends, and he also meets his biological mother. Whether if they are people from Hong Kong or immigrants from Mainland, they're all just struggling to pursue a happier life. MY RATING: 5/5

Food Hunt: MC Curry Noodles Restaurant, Glenmarie Shah Alam

Hello All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of Food Hunt where ME & my brother Alan Leow had visited a quite famous restaurant located at Glenmarie in Shah Alam. We have a lot to think about on today lunch on where to have any finally I've come out with a suggestion that we were to have curry mee and Glenmarie is the place we should go. We have selected this restaurant called MC Curry and it's quite famous for some time back here in Glenmarie near the Shah Alam Stadium.

We reached the restaurant at around 1.15pm and the crowd is pretty less if compared to weekends. Normally during weekdays, it will be packed as the area is not a housing area but it's an industrial area so you can see a drop of its patrons during weekends. The restaurant is still considered a lot of people and many people came here to try out the curry mee as well as the Claypot Pork Noodle. I guess both also nice but the curry mee is the signature served at the shop.

I've ordered the Chicken Curry Mee Noodles (Large) (RM5.50) while Alan ordered Dry Curry Chicken Mee Noodles (Large) (RM5.00). For drinks, I've ordered the 100 Plus (RM2.00) while Alan ordered Herbal Tea (RM1.50). It does not take very long for our order to reach our tables. The Chicken Curry Mee Noodles is just nice and delicious. The broth is tasty. I would not say it's the best in Glenmarie but it still one of the best over there. The large portion is acceptable and I would say they are generous too. You should try it. Meanwhile, the Dry Curry Chicken Mee Noodles is just average according to Alan Leow. The taste is not as good as the normal curry mee. So you should know what to try over there.

Dry Chicken Curry Noodle (RM5.00) (Large)

Chicken Curry Noodle (RM5.50) (Large)

The price is pretty reasonable and it's not expensive. The portion given matches the price tag charged and I would recommend you to come over here to try out their speciality of Curry Mee. Do also check out their Claypot Pork Noodle as many also claimed that it's nice but I have not tried it just yet. Enjoy your meal. MY RATING: 5/5 ; ALAN RATING: 4/5

* Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 3/5
Cleanliness: 4/5
Value Of Food: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5
Ditanggung Halal: No

Address:

No.7, Jalan Juruaudit U1/37
Section U1, 40150 Shah Alam,
Selangor.
Telephone: 016-2770131
Business Hours: 9.00am - 4.00pm Daily


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Leisure: TGV 1 Utama, Petaling Jaya

Hi All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of the Cinema Review and today I would like to review on the newly renovate TGV Cinemas located at 1 Utama. It had been closed for almost about 22 months or more to cater for a major renovation and they are back once again. It's now located at Level 3 Old Wing of 1 Utama Shopping Centre from the previous 2nd floor.

 

Once you reached the cinema, you will feel very comfortable and the design is super awesome. It's totally different from its rivals GSC 1 Utama, this cinema is very dark and it has a similiarity to a disco feel. Once you reach there, you feel comfortable and cold as well. The interior of the cinema is great and nice too. Since it's a brand new, it can cater up to about 1696 people with a total of 9 brand new halls. With 8 new digital halls including one IMAX theatre and one Beanieplex hall, TGV 1 Utama plans to open 4 more halls by February 2013 bringing its total to 12 halls. The 13 hall GSC cinemas which is located at the new wing of the shopping centre is a mere 10 minutes’ walk away.

The seats meanwhile are brand new and most importantly it's very spacious and comfortable for seating if compared to GSC 1 Utama. If you have selected the couple seats, you will find the seating space even more spcious and you can even put your handbags or bags or your shopping bags beside you as the space is huge. Love this new cinema as for now.

I would say this cinema is one of the most beautiful and grand cinemas around in the Klang Valley. If you still have not visited this cinema to catch a movie or so, do come over to enjoy the great cinema lobby view and enjot the new and mor spacious seats if compared to before and you will simply love it. Totally big recommendation from me to come over to catch a movie here. Thumbs up! MY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT) ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5 (PERFECT)

TGV Website: http://www.tgv.com.my

Address:

TGV Cinemas Level 3 Old Wing
1 Utama Shopping Centre
1 Lebuh Bandar Utama
Bandar Utama
47800, Petaling Jaya
Tel: 03-23813535


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Food Hunt: Win Soon Cafe (亚顺生虾鱼头米), Pandan Indah

 

Dear All,

Welcome back to our 1st edition of Food Hunt 2003 edition as we kicked off our food hunt of the year 2013 by visiting Win Soon Cafe (亚顺生虾鱼头米) located at Pandan Indah, Kuala Lumpur. This restaurant serves different varieties of Fish Head Noodle and you can choose many types of different fish head noodles and different soups as well such as the normal fish head soup or tom yam fish head soup.

We arrived at the restaurant at around 2.15pm and the restaurant is still crowded but still manage to find a place to sit. Once we sat down, the friendly waitress immediately served us with the menu and it took us about 5 minutes to look at the menu before deciding what to order. I've ordered the Fish Paste Meehoon Soup (RM9.50) while Kimmy ordered Sotong Ball & Fish Head Noodle Soup (RM9.50). For drinks, the shop is doing promotion now until 28th February and for every fish head noodle ordered, you're entitled for a free drink which entitles you for either Winter Melon Tea (Drinho) or Chrysanthemum Tea (Drinho). Both of us ordered 1 different flavour each. Originally, the drinks costs about RM2.50 per bottle.

It does not take very long for the food to arrive and it was superbly fast although there's still large crowds waiting for their food. Their service is great. Now let's go straight to the food review. The Fish Paste Meehoon Soup is above average and nice. Also to mention that the portion is above average with standard meehoon servings but there's a lot of fish paste given to me today about 7-8 pieces and I think they are quite generous too. The soup is above average and just nice to eat and it's not totally the best. The Fish Paste is fresh too. Meanwhile for Kimmy's Sotong Ball & Fish Head Meehoon Soup, the portion is above average with standard meehoon servings but there's a lot of fish & sotong ball as well. Be careful when you order their fish as it contains a lot of bones and eat with care. The fish taste is also above average. The sotong ball is nice and fresh too. The drinks meanwhile is just normal and nothing special since it's a bottle drinks.

Fish Paste Meehoon Soup (RM9.50)

Sotong Ball & Fish Head Meehoon Soup (RM9.50)

The price came and it costs RM20.00 including a 5% service charge. The price is reasonable I guess and the portion is above average and most importantly the food is also above average too. I would recommend this restaurant to you too. Also not only Win Soon Cafe is located in Pandan Indah but it also operates in other locations such as Kota Damansara, SS2, Kuchai Lama, Sri Petaling, Bandar Puteri Puchong, Klang etc. Do come and try out their outlets and do gave me some feedback about it. Apart from that, I think they still can improve to compete with other restaurants as well such as Woo Pin and many more. Enjoy your food. MY RATING: 4/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 4/5

* Food & Drinks Rating are based on the food & drinks we've ordered and not overall food & drinks.

Ambiance: 3/5
Cleanliness: 5/5
Value Of Food: 5/5
Customer Service: 5/5
Ditanggung Halal: No

Address:

63, Jalan Pandan Indah 4/3A,
Pandan Indah,
55100, Ampang.
Telephone: 03-78731088 (Headquarters)
Business Hours: 9.00am - 9.30pm Daily


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Leisure: Petron Blaze Petrol

Dear All,

Welcome back to yet another edition of fuel introduction and today I would like to introduce a petrol that was newly entered the Malaysian Market and has eventually taken over Esso-Mobil brands in Malaysia and which means these Esso & Mobil brands had eventually over and you will never see them again. Never see them again? You will keep asking me this questions and you could still see it? Yes, Esso Mobil had given this new petrol a lifetime of 3 years time to re-brand the petrol stations. So far only 5-6 stations had been re-branded this new name in the Klang Valley and more coming soon.

Introducing Petron Malaysia Corporation Berhad, a giant Philippines Oil & Gas Industry player had entered the Malaysian market special thanks to Mirzan Mahathir, the son of former Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamed. He is one of the substantial shareholders inside Petron Malaysia. Alright, this is a little bit of info regarding Petron Malaysia and below the post, you may check out the website to get more information about this petrol company.

Their petrol station has a very striking colour especially at night with a combination of blue, white and red. It's very tempting to go there and pump because of a very nice color of the petrol station. Their staff is well trained and very friendly and polite as well. They also setup a new mart as well and named as Treats. Previously it was On The Go Mart from Esso. Besides, their points system still follows the old Smiles Points system and for the previous Esso Mobil users, do not worry as the points do not expire and Petron will continue with the point rewards as well. Do not in a hurry or push the emergency button to redeem your points immediately.

I have eventually tried 2 full tanks of Petron Blaze 95 (they are also selling Blaze 97) as Blaze is their brand replacing the Esso Synergy previously and I have experienced that this petrol is powerful too and eager to go. It's much more better than the previous Synergy fuel and I guess this Blaze petrol had a more powerful additives added inside their petrol. Eventually, they are better than Petronas Primax 95 Xtra, Shell Fuelsave and Caltex Techron.I would still say BHPetrol Infiniti Advance 2X has the best petrol around but Petron comes out as 2nd best petrol. For petrol savings, Petron has the lead compared to BHPetrol and other petrol as well. I would recommend to try out the Petron Blaze petrol and feel the difference. The car I used for testing is Proton Saga BLM 1.3L 2008 and the petrol consumption and power may wary from the usage of different cars. Enjoy! MY RATING: 5/5 

Petron Website: http://www.petron.com.my 

Best Petrol Power (1 - Powerful ; 5 - Less Powerful) as of 6th January 2013.

1.) BHPetrol Infiniti Advance 2X
2.) Petron Blaze 
3.) Petronas Primax 95Xtra
4.) Caltex Techron
5.) Shell Fuelsave

Best Petrol Consumption (1 - Most Savings ; 5 - Less Savings) as of 6th January 2013

1.) Petron Blaze
2.) BHPetrol Infiniti Advance 2X
3.) Petronas Primax 95Xtra
4.) Caltex Techron
5.) Shell Fuelsave

* Based on Saga BLM 1.3L 2008 Model. Car models may wary with different results. 

Best of TVB Drama: Friendly Fire (法網狙擊)

English Title: Friendly Fire
Cantonese Title: 法網狙擊 (faat mong jui gik)
Cast: Michael Tse 謝天華，Tavia Yeung 楊怡，Sammy Leung 森美，Sharon Chan 陳敏之，Louis Yuen阮兆祥，Vincent Wong 王浩信，Benz Hui 許紹雄，Mary Hon 韓馬利
Episodes: 26
Airing date: December 2012 
Themesong: 法網狙擊: Michael Tse & Tavia Yeung

Synopsis:

Lawyer KAM JO-JAN (Michael Tse) and Director of Public Prosecutions FONG TIN-LAM (Tavia Yeung) used to be cohabiting lovers, but ended up separating due to a failed marriage proposal. Fate has it when JO-JAN makes a job transition to take a position of Prosecutor, resulting in the two working under the same roof once again. With their distinctly different approaches in handling cases, plus the interference of a new secretary CHUK SHEUNG-YUET (Grace Wong), the already severe crisis in their relationship has been pushed to the edge to an unredeemable state. Though JO-JAN is still perturbed by the refusal of his marriage proposal, TIN-LAM actually has something rarely known to the others.

On the other hand, an orphan KAM PO-TI (Sammy Leung), who was adopted by JO-JAN’s father KAM PO-CHEUNG (Benz Hui), and JO-JAN are as close as biological brothers. As a detective of the Criminal Investigation Department, PO-TI frequently cooperates with JO-JAN. During an operation, he gets to know an undercover detective NGAI MEI-SUN (Sharon Chan). Though the pair are completely incompatible with each other, they do acquire the other’s strengths to offset their own deficiencies. Furthermore, PO-TI initiates to pursue MEI-SUN regardless of his own lot or the fact she has already a fiancé. As each of them is hesitating over their future, a murder case involving a wealthy businesswoman PONG TIT-SUM (Alice Chan) makes them go through an arduous and fierce journey all together. MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5
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律師甘祖贊(謝天華)與刑事檢控官況天藍(楊怡)本是同居情侶，但一次求婚不遂令兩人分手收場，不過命運弄人，祖贊剛轉職成為刑事檢控官，再度與天 藍共處，但二人辦案手法截然不同，加上新秘書祝雙悅(王君馨)的介入，令惡劣的關係到了無可挽救的地步，但祖贊為拒婚一事一直耿耿於懷，孰知天藍真的另有 隱情……
另方面，父親甘保祥(許紹雄)收養的孤兒甘波地(森美)與祖贊情同手足，波地身為重案組探員經常與祖贊有合作機會，在一次行動中更認識了臥底探員艾 美辰(陳敏之)，兩人水火不融但互補長短，波地決定不理身世向已有未婚夫的美辰展開追求，正當各人為前路躊躇之際，一宗女富商龐鐵心(陳煒)牽涉的謀殺案 讓他們共同經歷了艱鉅和凶險的一役…… MY RATING: 5/5 ; KIMMY RATING: 5/5

Festival: Happy New Year 2013

Hello folks,

"Should auld acquaintance be forgot, And auld lang syne!". I kicked off my wishes to all of you with this wonderful lyrics taken from the song Auld Lang Syne. It was a meaningful song as we say goodbye to the year 2012 in bizarre fashion. Of course, many good or bad things happened this year as we should look forward and hoping for a more better fortune during the year of 2013.

alexleow-kimmy.com would like to take this golden opportunity to wishes its readers a Happy New Year 2013. In 2012, where good memories shall be kept and bad memories shall be thrown away. In our resolution for the new year, we hope that we would continue to blog actively without fail and sharing the best things to you readers out there. We would also change our motto from "We Honour You" to "We Appreciate Your View" to show our concern and our appreciation of your visit towards my blog. I would also like to remind you while party all night long while counting down to the new year, please drive safely on the road and don't turn the happiness into tragedy. Good Luck folks in the new year ahead! :)

Enjoy the song Auld Lang Syne below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxnmaVTlZA