Supermini, Supercar, and Infiniti G

A whole load of different American, Japanese, German and other exotic cars exist in Abu Dhabi ... this is the Infiniti G35 made for the US market, and rather popular here in the desert capital.

My favourite super car of the moment, the Nissan GT-R.

Is it a bird ... Is it a plane?

It's Super Mini!

A tale of curry puffs and more in Abu Dhabi

Want a Chicken Fried Rice and Hokkien Meehoon-mee fix in Abu Dhabi?

Or how about some delicious Loh Sun Mah-lay-chan aka Asparagus and Belacan!

Washed down with some Vitasoy (Country of origin - Hong Kong), perfect!

RM$3.50 for Curry Pup, oops Curry Puff. Perfect pastry, delicious filling, so good!

We couldn't resist ta-powing a pair home too ;-)

Wondering where this is

Reem Island Cafe, Abu Dhabi!

I love home made Nasi Lemak!

Ah ... spoilt at home here :-) Home made nasi lemak!

A lot of effort ... but so worth it, thanks bbG!

Or have it with ... Beef rendang. Drooooool!

Noodle Bowl - Abu Dhabi

There aren't many authentic Malaysian makan places in Abu Dhabi, besides Reem Island and Meena Cafe . But those two favourite makan places of ours can only, in the kindest way possible, be described as "canteens at construction sites (albeit super duper canteens!)", thus we are only left with Noodle Bowl and Al Wahda Mall's Noodle House !


Fried rice or CKT .. the choice is yours ;-)


KCL shared some of her Wantan Noodle soup with her ...



I couldn't resist trying their Nasi Lemak ... Alas it was slightly dissapointing, as the "triangle of taste" just didn't gel:-
1) Nasi - Not lemak-y
2) Sambal - Flavour hardly had any "kick"
3) Chicken - Average, but hardly impressive


The real reason why we got here ... XO Sauce

Steamed cod fish (Good) and Chiu Yim Squid (Really good!) , and stir fried veges too (Pricey!) ...

Hmmm ... more XO sauce!

A nice cincau dessert ... Complimentary :-)

A parting shot as we walked out ... Decent food, hit-and-miss on some dishes (Good char kuay teow, nice wantan, some nice dishes, but stay away from the nasi lemak) but pricey by Malaysian standards (Average by AD standards!) at RM30-40 per dish.

We love the food at Reem Island, Abu Dhabi!

Ah... a lunch treat at Reem Island one weekend ;-)

GPS: 24°29'30.6"N 54°24'6.7"E
(Updated! June 2010 - Thanks to an anonymous Dubai reader!)

Woo Kok, 12 AED, the flakey yam pastry used to be better, hope it improves ... and Lor Mai Kai, 8 AED, I prefer KCL's Precious Pea recipe! Pssst... its halal :-)


Wan Tan Mee, 15 AED or RM$13 ... Good! Served with pickled green chillis, we like!



Ham Yue (Salted fish) Fried Rice, 19 AED or RM$17. Really good! We liked the home-made-tasting sambal belachan it was served with ... Plenty of wok-hey (fire!).

Kaymer wins at Abu Dhabi again!

What a leaderboard ... Here's how the Abu Dhabi Golf Championships ended!
-21 M Kaymer (Ger)
-20 I Poulter (Eng)
-19 R McIlroy (NI)

Selected others:
-12 S Garcia (Sp)
-9 P Casey (Eng)
-2 C Montgomerie (Sco)

Two titles in three years? Kaymer is Mr Abu Dhabi!

Cloudy sunset over Abu Dhabi

One evening I gave a little workout to my Nikon D80 and Tokina 12-24mm lens

There are not many clouds over Abu Dhabi and the desert ... but I captured these, this evening ;-)


Experimenting with shooting in Aperture priority, -1EV


This is ... Abu Dhabi

My new and improved ... Garlic fried rice!

Anyone know why its better to use over-night / fridge-cold rice to fry rice?

Hmm ... thanks to bbG, I have now re-learned how to fry rice :-) Finally!

Har Meen - Prawn Noodles at home, Abu Dhabi

Prawn Mee ala bbG for lunch one day ;-)


Not even sambal was missing ... thanks bbG!

The perfect weekend lunch :-)