Blessed Christmas to one and all, from Abu Dhabi!

MERRY CHRISTMAS :-)

I had the privilege of being invited to a friend's family Christmas party here in Abu Dhabi last night, on Christmas eve ...

Home cooked with love, roast chicken, sausages with pork bacon and all the trimmings ... It was wonderful!

Christmas cake sugi-style :-) and a Watermelon-inspired jelly too!

There was even home-made cookies :-) BLISS!

This was a wonderful treat, and I gave thanks and thought of all those of us who are away from our families this Christmas ... it reminded me of, Luke 2. So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

Merry Christmas - Corniche by night

Merry Christmas from Abu Dhabi!!

SLR: Nikon D7000

Accessories: MC-DC2 Nikon remote-release

Glass 1: Nikkor 12-24mm f/4 DX

Glass 2: Nikkor 50mm f/1.8D

Tripod: Manfrotto 190DB

Ballhead: Manfrotto 496RC2

ADCO building ...

Etihad Towers in the distance ... Just opened! On the right, Emirates Palace.

One of many underpasses :-)

And ... my favourite building in Abu Dhabi, surpassing Aldar HQ and ADNEC ... Its the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA).


Good night ... Merry Christmas to everyone, near and a-far :-)

Noodle Bowl - Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi

Located: Zayed Sports City, above the bowling centre (Follow signs for the bowling alley)
Tel: +971 2 447 2405
Previous reviews: Noodle Bowl at Zayed Sports City

Weekend makan with OK and his family one Friday :-) He suggested Noodle Bowl, and I said yes immediately!

Tofu with minced chicken is extraordinarily good here, the tofu is delicate and perfectly battered and fried. The curry fish head which is popular amongst the Abu Dhabi Malaysians went down well too!


Oooh ... thanks for introducing me to Marmite Chicken here, really good and packed full of flavour :-)


OK knew I had gone back to Malaysia to purchase a Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G, but ended up coming back with a more versatile (and newer) Nikkor 40mm f/2.8G Micro instead! Here are his test shots ... XO Sauce and chopped chillies!

Cantina Laredo - Khalidiyah Mall, Abu Dhabi

Add: Cantina Laredo, Khalidiyah Mall, Al Khalidiyah, Abu Dhabi
Tel: +971 2 635 4877
Opening hours: 11am - 1am
Review: Restaurant that serves the best chips in Abu Dhabi!

Glorious hot and fresh corn-chips, with a spicy and a not-so spicy sauce, chunky bits and full of punch ... Yummy! I think we shared two portions between the three of us :-)


DS and MD's choices :-) Thats a vegetarian fajita sizzling on the plate, on the right!


My virgin (Yes, no alcohol is served here - Cantina Laredo is in the middle of Khalidiyah Mall) cocktail - Thought I'd have a Margerita as I was about to have my trio of Mexican dish :-) There was rice, salad, chicken and spinach on my platter. Yummmz!

Golden Lounge, KLIA - Kuala Lumpur Airport

The Golden Lounge at KLIA is pretty nice :-)

Tiger beer and Sup Ekor ... great combo! Adieu Malaysia for 2011 ... see you in 2012!

You can now enjoy Old Town Kopi at KLIA, Malaysia

Here was my last meal in KL as I was recently leaving KLIA (KUL International Airport) ... Old Town is now open next to the Aerotrain station / Harrods. Yay!


I really enjoyed the Kai See Hor Fun (Chicken noodles in broth - An Ipoh favourite!), with some "White" coffee. Ahh ... bliss.

RM$15 or USD$5 ... Great value :-) especially by AIRPORT standards!

Busaba - Fantastic Thai food at BSC, KL

Add: F15, 1st Floor, Bangsar Shopping Centre, Bangsar, KL
Tel: +603 2093 7708
Located: Next to Alexis, BSC
Review: First visit to Busaba at BSC


Good service, beautiful decor, and wonderful food ... this is Busaba at Bangsar Shopping Centre :-) Careful with the tom-yam though, can be VERY spicy, but full of flavour! Our fave dish? The pomelo salad!


Tofu on sizzling plate is really good here, the otak-otak is acceptable (but only because its being compared with other first class dishes here!), the omelette was to die for ... and the kangkung belacan was good too.

The curries here are delicious too! There was even some ham-yue (salted fish) served along side ... slurps.