Wong Poh Seafood Restaurant, Bukit Mayang Mas in PJ

Dinner with my Dive Buddies
Tuesday, 31st October 2006

Welcome home, Ah Siang!

Location : Near to kampong chempaka but not quite there.
Using the LDP from Sunway to kelana jaya direction, look out for the Catholic Church on the left hand side. Immediately after the church, turn left and you will come to a small roundabout. Keep to your left and turn 9 o'clk (3 o'clk direction will lead u to kampong chempaka).
Go up straight and the road will lead u to turn to the right curve (u should see the signboard 'baywatch' cafe/pub on your right), follow the road and go straight up all the way down . and u should be able to watch out for Wong Poh Restaurant on the right hand side, which is located at an older shoplots (not the new one).

Sampled dishes: Butter Crab with fried man-tou, Salted-egg Crab, Kam-hiong Lah Lah, Marmite (Supposedly Guiness, but sure tasted like Marmite!) Pork Ribs, To-fu, and Vege.

The damage: RM$135 (for 5 of us)

Welcome home, Mikey!

Thanks Aunty Chooi for all the doggy-sitting ...

Diving Posse dinner at Chilli's, BSC

Chilli's, BSC in Bangsar ... 30th October 2006
The diving posse meeting up for dinner after the Lembeh adventure
Bon Voyage, Buddy Simon!
(Diving photos to follow later this week!)

The haze is still here...

Shah Alam's Air Pollution Index indicates that we are at '79' . Where on earth were these guys measuring this? Certainly not at the state mosque ... COVERED IN HAZE! Grrrrr....

Monty

Monty's big day!

Teck Chien visits

Guess who was in town! Wonder why ...

Monty visits Aunt Chooi

Mikey and Monty went to visit their favourite Aunty Chooi this evening ... they had fun! Thank you for being a super aunt ;-)

Sleepy boys...

Early morning, 19th October 2006
M and m were both so sleepy when I got back from Starhill ...
The final photo is of the morning after

Fisherman's Cove @ Starhill, KL

Cuisine: Fusion-styled seafood dishes.
Address: LG10, Feast Village Starhill Gallery 181 Jalan Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur
Phone: 03-2782 3848

The starter was superb, and it included a beautiful prawn sashimi with wasabi, as grilled Barramundi and some good skewered prawns. Mmmmmh... and the large mussels! At nearly RM$200 for this platter it had better be good!
For mains, I had grilled pacific turbot fillet, nice!
And for sweet, oops dessert, I had tiramisu with the most beautiful french chocolate Valholla.
Choice of wine? Andrew picked a beautiful bottle of Meursault (A French white, quite exquisite!), and we had a 2nd one too!

Boys in the evening ...

Wednesday, 18th October 2006 - Here's the boys greeting me when I popped home from work before 7pm this evening ... Immediately dashed off to Starhill (photos to follow!) after bathing Mikey though. He loves his put-put!

Monty sound asleep on 18th Oct

Nite nite Monty ...
(Here's what he looks like before I go to bed, and just as I woke up!)

Claypot Chicken Rice, Restoran Busy Corner @ PJ

Restoran Busy Corner, 83 Jalan SS22/11,Damansara Jaya,
47400 Petaling Jaya,Selangor, Malaysia
Near the Petronas Station which is up the road from Atria Shopping Mall, off KDU (Kolej Damansara Utama)

Tuesday, 17th October - Excellent selection of Claypot Chicken Rice, we had the yam/small dried-shrimps variety, as well as the salted-fish one. Washed down beautifully with homemade chrysanthemum, and tan-tong (Double boiled soup). All for the princely sum of RM$47.

Great selection, Bli and Samantha!

Kogetsu Japanese, Saujana Subang

Monday, 16th October 2006

Kogetsu is an excellent Japanese in the beautiful resort of Saujana Golf and Country Club in Subang ... Good set meals (A bit pricey!), but the ala-carte is reasonably priced for such an authentic, consistent and yummy place. BTW, the Asahi Super Dry was goooooood. My third trip here ... thanks to work!

Good night, Monty ...

12.50am ... Wednesday, 18th October

Noodle breakfast at Kota Kinabalu

14th October 2006 - Saturday , 7.30am ... Just before our round at Karambunai! Taman Bunga Raya, Ira Manis in KK
Very yummy fishballs, and great tasting noodles. A very satisfying and much needed breakfast, before golf!

Karambunai Nexus Golf Resort, Kota Kinabalu

Saturday, 14th October 2006

Box 271,88450 Menggatal, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Tel: +6088-411215
Designer: Ronald Fream
Description: 18 holes, 5997m, par 72

On Saturday, Uncle Peter took us to our next golf game ... at the beautiful Karambunai Golf Course in the Nexus Resort. On just about every hole, the backdrop of the Borneo rainforest was simply spectacular! Beautifully kept, and a nicely challenging course.










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Taiwanese Restaurant, Kota Kinabalu

Friday, 13th October 2006

On the way back to KK from golf at Borneo in Bongawan, Uncle Peter treated us to dinner at this quaint TAIWANESE RESTAURANT.
Where is it? 15km outside of KK, in Beringgis.
Fish was good, but best of all was the 'fatty pork' first dish ... piece de resistance!

Borneo Golf and Country Club, Sabah

Friday, 13th August 2006

BORNEO GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB
Km 69, Papar-Beaufort Highway,
89700 Bongawan, Sabah
Tel: +6087 861 888
Designer: Jack Nicklaus
Description: 18 holes, 6546m, par 72

We drove an hour and a half out of KK to enjoy the splendour of this golf course ... Can't believe Jack built this course way out in the forests of Sabah :-)

Supertanker Restaurant, Kota Kinabalu

Friday, 13th October 2006 - Here are photos of lunch the day after I arrived ... Supertanker (what a name!) was very good, and we ate with Uncle Steven and Aunty Agnes. Best dish? The pork! Mmmh...

Located at the HSK Industrial Area, near the Kadazan Cultural Centre.

Kota Kinabalu - Revisited

Pam and I-Han were wonderful hosts on my recent trip to Kota Kinabalu ... Here are some of the non-golf and non-makan photos (few opportunties between those moments!!) ...

Selamat Datang, Toto!

Restoran Happy Village, Klang

Dinner with mum and dad at Restoran Happy Village in Klang tonight ...
We had yau-mak with foo-yee, guiness pork ribs, black pepper deer meat, and their signature claypot tau-foo. Food was so-so, but the tau-foo was indeed very good!
39, Jalan Satu, Kawasan 16, Jalan Batu Tiga Lama, Berkeley, 41300 Klang, Selangor
Tel: +603-3343 0933

Mikey and Monty - Playing on a Sunday night

Just got back from dinner after a trip to Kota Kinabalu (photos to follow, but of course!) and found the boys playing ... 8pm @ Sunday, 15th October 2006

Bath Nite for the boys

Here's Monty after Bath Nite!
9pm, 11th October 2006

Ipoh - Minced Pork Noodles

17th September 2006
Belated blog from my trip to Ipoh

This store has the distinction of being nick-named 'Feh Chai Mee' aka Fat Boy Mee, which basically describes the Chef. His minced pork noodles and incredible fish-balls are possibly the best ANYWHERE!

Ipoh - Funny Mountain Soya Bean

17th September 2006
Another delayed post ... but this is a true institution in Ipoh. The best soya bean, bar none!

Ipoh - Old Town White Coffee

17th September 2006
Sorry for the late post ... but this institution in Ipoh just had to be blogged!
Have to say it was a let down though, not as good as 2-3 years back ... Even Uncle Lim beats this!
I am still on the look-out for the BEST kaya-toast in town ... Any tips?

ps . The 1st photo is one of the competitor across the road ... Perhaps they are better!

Nasi goreng Yanna

Home-made special ... Fried Rice Pattaya-style , YUM!
Sunday, 8th October 2006

Bak Kut Teh in Klang

Dinner with me Advanced Dive-Buddies, Sam and Neomi

Teluk Pulai and Port Klang was closed ... Alas, we ended up in the shop BEHIND Teluk Pulai, at Taman Rashna in Klang!

The broth was so-so at this place, but the choice of meat was good ... Sai-Kuat (Small bone), we left little behind! Well ... I left little behind!

Hazey Shah Alam & Port Klang

The haze is back...















And, here is the scene from Port Klang last week ...

Farewell Penang

Goodbye Penang ...
It won't be 20 years before I am next back again, what an island of culinary delights! We couldn't say goodbye to Penang, before having the BEST EVER GORENG PISANG ... en route to the waterfront (Golden Sands / Rasa Sayang hotels). Yum!

Penang Road Chendol, Penang

Kim's favourite Chendol was very good ....

MacAllister Road, Penang

Home of the SECOND best Char Kuay Teow ... but EXCELLENT mee jawa, FANTASTIC loh-bak (ngor-hiang), and good prawn mee too!

Gurney Drive, Penang

Straight after Jos and Richard's wedding dinner, Ye and myself put on our tourist-hats and went to Gurney Drive ... good Assam Laksa, and average Rojak.
Lesson learnt : Stick to the little lanes of Penang for better makan, Gurney Drive is for the tourists!

Swatow Lane, Penang

World's best Char Kuay Teow!
And excellent Oyster Omellette (Hoh Chien), as well as fantastic Ice Kachang and Penang Rojak too! Yummy! Kim was a wonderful tour, oops food-guide, thanx!

The Penang Bridge

Our road-trip to Penang ... and arrival in Penang
Saturday, 7th October 2006

The road to Penang ... via Ipoh

Our road-trip to Penang ... via a breakfast stop in Ipoh at Kong Heng - Thean Chun , mmmmmmmh ....

Kim, Ye, Dau, Jared and myself had the Julian-Ipoh-Buffet-Special i.e. Shredded Chicken Kuay Teow in soup with Beansprouts on the side, Pohpiah, Chee Cheong Fun in sweet sauce, Fish-balls/Pork-balls/Sah-Kok/Foo-Peh in soup, Curry Laksa, Pork Satay and their famous custard to wash it all down. Yum!

Mikey visits Aunt Chooi

Hi Bentley and Duchess!

Monty getting ready for zzzz...

9pm on 8th October ...

Congratulations Jos and Richard!

Wedding of Jocelyn and Richard
Traders Hotel (Shangri-La), Penang
7th October 2006

Mooncake Festival Party @ Divers Den

7th October 2006
Thanks for the invite Sharon!

THE DIVER'S DEN
No. 4 Jalan Universiti, 46200 Petaling Jaya
Tel: +603-7960 7163
Website: http://www.diversden.com.my/
Email: ddenmsia@tm.net.my

Monty is sleepy...

Good nite Monty...

Pam and I-Han ... Farewell KL

Monday, 2nd October 2006
Journey to KLIA ...

Pam and I-Han ... Arrival in KL

Park Royal, KL ... 27th September 2006

Mikey & Monty ... 4th October 2006

M & m ... Welcoming me home from work ... play-time ... Walkies ... Nature calls ... and sleepy-time ...

Pam and I-Han in KL ... Family Photo

Welcome home guys!

Pam and Jonno - Welcome Home!

Section 17 & SS2, Petaling Jaya
27th September 2006

Redang Kalong - Under The Sea

Captured with an Olympus 720 SW enclosed in an Olympus 40m-rated underwater housing, with lighting provided by the built-in flash

Redang Kalong - The arrival

Return to Redang Kalong for Project AWARE with our hosts Sharon and AB ...

Redang Kalong - Our Drama & Tug-Of-War!

Welcome to Darkside's (and Bright-Side!) Production of Puteri-Puteri Pulau Redang ...
This is a tale of 2 girl-turtles (Neomi and Sam) and 1 boy-turtle (Andre!) enjoying their courtship in the beautiful waters of Pulau Redang, when they are entrapped by a stray fisherman's net (as played by the Darkside and Bright-side crew). To their rescue ... 2 divers on Project AWARE! Co-stars include the seafans (Bli and Rose), Benny the Parrot-fish and Ju the Clown-fish. And narration by Chris.

Redang Kalong - Games we play

Games we play and food we eat at Redang Kalong resort in Pulau Redang ... Scrabble, Photography, Jinga