Departure Lounge, Solaris - Mont Kiara

One lazy Sunday afternoon, YT suggested we visited Departure Lounge for some brunch.

Add: Departure Lounge - 10 Jalan Solaris 4, Solaris Mont Kiara, KL

Tel: +603 6203 0362

Relaxed, unique, chilled out ... we like this place :-)

DIMW - Do It My Way, All Day Breakfast :-)

RM$10.90 for a 5 item DIMW, or RM$12.90 for my 7 item DIMW ... I love English-style fry-ups, and this one's halal too!

Take your pick from ... Mushrooms, Scrambled 0r fried eggs, Fish fingers, Chicken sausages, Hash browns (Really good!), Pancakes, Turkey Ham, et al.

Grilled chicken sandwich, RM$11.90, looked really good too...

The mushroom soup, RM$3.90, was good value. Coffees, cappucinos, lattes and teas here are decent too.

A and B arrived later, and seemed to enjoy their food too :-)

Superbad (2007) with McLovin!

Source: DVD (Ipoh)

Thanks to NWJ for the loan of this disc, and recommending this hilarious effort...

Written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg, this 2007 film had me in stitches!! It is absolutely rude with vulgar descriptions, language and depictions, watch at your own risk!!

Wonderfully acted by the likes of ...

Jonah Hill ... Seth
Michael Cera ... Evan
Christopher Mintz-Plasse ... Fogell
Bill Hader ... Officer Slater
and the inimitable Seth Rogen ... Officer Michaels.

IMDB.com

Seth and Evan are best friends, inseparable, navigating the last weeks of high school. Usually shunned by the popular kids, Seth and Evan luck into an invitation to a party, and spend a long day, with the help of their nerdy friend Fogell, trying to score enough alcohol to lubricate the party and inebriate two girls, Jules and Becca, so they can kick-start their sex lives and go off to college with a summer full of experience and new skills. Their quest is complicated by Fogell's falling in with two inept cops who both slow and assist the plan. If they do get the liquor to the party, what then? Is sex the only rite of passage at hand?

Memorable quotes (Warning! RUDE!!!)

Evan: I heard she got breast reduction surgery.

Seth: What? That's like slapping God across the face for giving you a beautiful gift.

Evan: She had back problems, man.

And here's a brilliant one from the fake ID scene ...

Fogell: Yo guys! Sup?

Seth: Fogell, where have you been, man? You almost gave me a goddamn heart attack. Let me see it. Did you pussy out or what?

Fogell: No noooo, man. I got it; it is flawless. Check it!

Evan: [examining the fake ID] Hawaii. All right, that's good. That's hard to trace, I guess. Wait... you changed your name to... McLovin?

Fogell: Yeah.

Evan: McLovin? What kind of a stupid name is that, Fogell? What, are you trying to be an Irish R&B singer?

Fogell: Naw, they let you pick any name you want when you get down there.

Seth: And you landed on McLovin...

Fogell: Yeah. It was between that or Muhammed.

Seth: Why the FUCK would it be between THAT or Muhammed? Why don't you just pick a common name like a normal person?

Fogell: Muhammed is the most commonly used name on Earth. Read a fucking book for once.

Evan: Fogell, have you actually ever met anyone named Muhammed?

Fogell: Have YOU actually ever met anyone named McLovin?

Seth: No, that's why you picked a dumb fucking name!

Fogell: Fuck you.

Seth: Gimme that. All right, you look like a future pedophile in this picture, number 1. Number 2: it doesn't even have a first name, it just says "McLovin"!

Evan: What? One name? ONE NAME? Who are you? Seal?

Seth: Fogell, this ID says that you're 25 years old. Why wouldn't you just put 21, man?

Fogell: Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. Pssh, how many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called fucking strategy, all right?

Evan: Stay calm, okay? Let's not lose our heads. It's... it's a fine ID; it'll... it's gonna work. It's passable, okay? This isn't terrible. I mean, it's up to you, Fogell. This guy is either gonna think 'Here's another kid with a fake ID' or 'Here's McLovin, a 25 year-old Hawaiian organ donor'. Okay? So what's it gonna be?

Fogell: [grinning] ... I am McLovin!

Seth: No you're not. No one's McLovin. McLovin's never existed because that's a made up dumb FUCKING FAIRY TALE NAME, YOU FUCK!

A story of pork, vino and cigars - Vintry, Damansara Heights

All the new about landslides in this quiet area of Damansara Hts has not dampened our spirits to visit Vintry once again :-)


Add: Vintry @ Bukit Damansara Heights - 130 Jalan Kasah, Medan Damansara, KL
Located: Behind Jake's / Sri Ayuthaya's / Victoria Station's row in Damansara Heights' OCBC
Tel: +603 2094 8262

Is Rib Shop no more? Looks like its now Ribs by Vintry!


We just spent the perfect late-tea/early dinnertime this year, chilled out, good value, excellent combination of vino + cigar + meats!

Our choice of wine, was a well priced Cab Sauv, RM$66, Stone Cellars by Beringer (2006 Cabernet Sauvignon, from the Napa Valley of California). It went really well with the siew-yoke, ribs AS WELL as the cigar!

Roast meat ... Siew Yoke , its time for "starters", 100g worth. Nice mustard dip alongside!


This easy puffing RM$48 Romeo and Julieta No.2 was from the friendly folk at Embershoppe

Add: Lot G39B, Ground Floor, The Curve,Jln PJU 7/3, Mutiara Damansara, PJ

Tel: +603 7725 3525


Finally, at 6pm the kitchen opened, and soon after ... we were served our "mains" ... BBQ Pork Ribs, enough for 2, served on a REALLY delicious bed of mashed potatoes. Succulent, tasty, and perfectly to be eaten with our fingers!

The total for all the above was RM$160 ... bargain!

Beware of parking attendant and jockey thugs, near TTDI Plaza

BEWARE! Jockey / Parking Attendant thugs are operating all around the vicinity of TTDI Plaza, even in this quiet front street ... Disgusting!



How could anyone collect parking fees of RM$10 for parking in a proper parking space on a public road at night? GRRRRrrrrr!

Is every Proton Juara ever built here in Klang?

Who in Proton would have thought of producing the Juara? Oh boy...

Wikipedia ... The Proton Juara was a microvan produced by Malaysian carmaker Proton between 2001 and 2003. The design and production of the Juara marked a notable departure from Proton's traditional preference towards saloons and hatchbacks, making the Juara the first van to be manufactured by Proton.
In its marketing campaign, PROTON decided that the JUARA is essentially a Mini-MPV (Multi-Purpose Vehicle) and became the platform in its advertising and promotional campaign
The van's name was derived from the Malay language, meaning "champion".

Check out the number of Juaras in this used car dealer in Klang, heh heh! Must be a "Juara specialist dealership"!


What really transpired ...
The Juara's market performance was generally poor, with production stopped a few months after its introduction in 2001.
However, the production for a small number (around 1,000 units) was resumed in mid-2002. The sales figures remained so disappointing that in 2003, Proton discontinued the production of the Juara altogether. When it was first introduced in 2001, the price tag of the Proton Juara was around RM42,000 to RM52,000. Less than a year later, the price was reduced to RM35,000 but it still failed to attract the consumers in Malaysia.
The Juara has, however, found a niche market among small traders who found that the Juara was suitable for transporting medium loads.The Juara has also generated much interest among select enthusiast groups who view "THE BOX" as a technological marvel.

Wanna see some Knobs in Klang!?

Heh heh ... for the UK-experienced blokes in us :-) KNOBS!



Hmm, perhaps some may find this shop even funnier?

Wanna see for yourself? Head on over to...
Add: 1532, Jln Batu Tiga Kaw 16, Kaw Perindustrian Sungai Rasa, Klang
Tel: +603 3342 4114

ps - These guys at Taman Rashna, near the mecca of BKT, are actually Electric Supplies Wholesale Distributors.

Carbon Fibre and Volcano Red E60 BMW 5-series

I had to do a double-take on this BMW E60 when I was at Hartamas recently ...


Hot or Funny, you decide!

Hailam Kopitiam, Damansara Perdana - Bad food & worse customer service!

We had an incredibly dissapointing visit to Hailam Kopitiam at Damansara Perdana over the weekend, not only was the food bad (Check out eggs below!) but the customer service was so frustrating (Long wait, nasi lemak never arrived, staff who had no clue what we were talking about, the list goes on!).

Add: 32-1, PJU 8/5G, Bandar Damansara Perdana, PJ
Tel: +6017 693 3357



The disaster started soon after we placed our order, and got a carrot juice instead of the dragonfruit juice we ordered, but I thought things would get better. Boy was I wrong!

Wanna wait half an hour for your nasi lemak, which would then never arrive, when the store is only reasonably full with people on a Sunday morning? Come on over to Damansara Perdana's Hailam Kopitiam!


And here was the last straw!
Half Boiled Eggs!? Looks more like hard boiled ... Pathetic. I should have stayed home to have this!


ps - Looks like I'm not the only one who has such a bad experience at this place!
ds41ntx.blogspot.com ... dWife and I stubbled across a branch of New Hailam Kopitiam when were out shopping for a bed for Lil Saint near Tesco Ampang. I was a bit enthusiastic about it coz I thought it would be like the famous hainan coffee at the Imbi wet market.
To my dismay, it sucks!!!!!! The coffee sucks!!!! The toast is over toasted. The butter was just slapped right into the centre of the toast making the first few bites as dry as the dessert. The combination of kaya and butter is so not balanced that dW didn't even finish hers.
The only thing that was nice was the properly timed half boiled eggs. But that too when combined with the over-toasted toasts makes the whole experience the once in a lifetime thing. Try it once and never want to go back.
The menu is pretty much like that of Old Town Kopitiam. Price is about the same too. Bottom line, I'll never go back again.

Time to tee off at The Club, Bandar Utama's 9 hole golf course

We had a round at Bandar Utama's 9 hole golf course, The Club, recently ...

Was OK ... then not OK off the tee box. Grrrr!

Bang!

The conditions here have improved, and where else can you have a leisurely pressure-free 9-hole round for two persons at under RM$100?

One more time :-)

Tennis serve - Captured with our Canon G10

It has been a while since I played tennis, but here I go! L captured this with her Canon Powershot G10 on "burst" sports-mode.

A mini collage...