Father's Day @ San Frans

We celebrated Father's day earlier this year to escape the over-priced, forced/ compulsory/ 'only have' set meals (which are always bluntly prepared), and packed restaurant at San Francisco Steakhouse, Jaya Square. Attended the 6.00 p.m mass at St. Ignitious Chapel, ended at 7 and off we went to relish our appetite.

Was very fortunate that we made reservations beforehand as it was crowded and the place is kinda small with less than 30 tables or so. Abangku was fashionably late, making us rather hungry and hunger makes me grumpy and grumpy makes me bitchy and bitchy..... (I can go on and on....)

Anyways it was my second time eating in this restaurant, the first was few years back at PJ and if I could remember properly the food was just alright...... so we thought of giving it another try after a couple of years... noble second chance wtf..... Abangku was gonna foot the bill and that gave me the opportunity to really order.... grin.... >:)

We ordered quite a lot actually...... I had a bowl of onion soup as an appetizer and on top of that my bro added a portion of seafood chowder, 2 sets of potato skin and nachos...... I know... it's weird ordering Mexican appetizers in an American restaurant.... and not surprisingly the taste was just alright...... In fact, my parents commented that it couldn't match TGIF's or Chillies'..... well duh' since they are indeed Mexican themed restaurants.....







As for the main course, I had sizzling steak and I couldn't help it but to compare with Victoria Station's one..... the latter prevails..... maybe I'm dumb but I find the sauce to be the most important part of the dish and I found VS' to be more tasty..... my dad had the same steak and agreed with me...... dumb too maybe? Like father like son.... I'm still proud to be his son... and he better be proud to be my dad...

My bros had a cowboy steak and garlic steak which was frankly below par. SY, my bro's gf had some chicken dish which was very dry..... Mum's blackpepper steak sauce was a little too dilute.... so......... nothing much to say......


One superb point I noticed was the service provided. The staff there are friendly and approachable. My dad was trying to trick my younger bro by telling him V.S.O.P in the drink menu stands for "very special old pot" and we were all wtf! So as he giggled he casually asked the staff what does it really stand for but the staff was clueless too. He told my dad he will looked it up in a while... after 10 minutes he came back giving my dad a written napkin..... V.S.O.P means "Very Superior Old Pale". He even 'researched' (in the internet) what X.O stands for (X.O = Extra Old) just in case wtf. Even more wtf was my dad bragging he got 2 out of 4 correct..... we let him reign his 'victory' since it's father's day celebration......













After dinner we decided to hang out in Starbucks and have a family catching-up session.... It was nice sipping coffee and talking crap....so crap until we discussed the story of dumplings (bak zhang). Apparently some emperor/ warrior died and was let to float in the river/sea/lake (so many versions wtf). One version was the villagers purpose to make the dumplings and throwing it into the river/sea/lake as offerings to the warrior. The other version was to throw the dumplings into the river/sea/lake for the fishes to eat (so that they won't eat the warrior.. super wtf). We all then further argued how the fish was going to unwrap the leaves of the dumpling and yada yada... I know... damn pointless but it's fun la. Funny thing we never do this at home since everyone will always be in their respective room or out..... I wonder why? hmm........

Itadakimasu!

The night-out was awesome! June and Ws brought me out for a belated bday dinner and I wanted jap. Therefore June suggested Rakuzen at Hartamas Shopping Center and was it gudddd! haha. It's a change of tradition where usually the bday person spends dinner and the others buy the present.... this time the invitees pay the bill without the hassle to find and buy a present... It was so much better, without the need to crack heads and find something for the bday boy/girl and then worrying if he'll/she'll like it. Why didn't we thought of this before?

We made reservations at 7.30 pm but had to called the manager to reschedule at 8.00 pm since I gotta pick June up at Puchong, the mother of all jam.... and then leave Puchong..... and then turn back to Puchong, the mother of all jam..... because Miss Loh forgot to take her purse out....

So got no choice but to turn back since she's paying the bill..... it wouldn't make a difference anyway since I'm so kind .................... and I don't have sufficient cash with me..... hahha

The food was really good.... along with great company, it made the entire evening just lovely. I was asked to ordered anything I wanted and as much as I wanted... so nice of them but I bet it's their evil plan untuk menggemukkan saya wtf...
All in all, we ordered 4 handrolls (3 with softshell crab and 1 salmon roe), stewed Unagi , 2 sets of cha soba (green tea cold noodles), stewed Cod fish, vegetables tempura and the omg-so-fcking-good wagyu beef!

The Unagi tasted alright i guess.... it was basically stewed with their special soup/ broth with eggs and mushrooms. I didn't take the eels but tasted the mushroom,eggs and soup. I found it to be quite delicious but I don't think everyone would like it. It's like miso-soup and honda-city where you'll either like it or hate it (honda city wtf). We however didn't have a problem finishing it.


The handrolls were also very good. So good that it made me finished the entire soft-shell crab by myself! Yes, I don't eat seafood, I don't seafood, I don't eat seafood. But I finished the softshell crab roll. To be frank, it did tasted a little fishy but was covered up by the mass load of wasabi. You must be thinking I've defeated the purpose of just tasting the wasabi but what I enjoyed more was the filling of the roll; orange-colored mayonnaise sauce thingie with the crab and some other stuff. Felt weird of eating something I normally won't. Weird as in going against my anti-seafood principle but I guess it's nice doing things out of our comfort zone once in a while. So what's next? Steamed monkey brain or tiger penis wine?

June had the salmon roe roll but I didn't get to asked her about it. I guess it was ok considering she finished it. I always preferred the smaller fish-roe version. Don't know why salmon roe reminds me of tadpoles and tadpoles remind me of sperms.... 0~.

Knowing myself, how can I not try one true jap dish; Cha Soba, Cold Green tea noodles. The taste was really fresh as it was not those kick-ass striking bring-you-to-heaven-wtf tang but rather a slightly salty, calm, cold relaxing feel. Haha, I'm talking like those exaggerated food critic but that's how I feel la.. It's also very fun eating it! You gotta break a raw quails egg into the tea, add some spring onions and wasabi, stir it really well, dip the noodles into it.... and slurp it right up!









The vege tempura was honestly just so-so. Nothing to shout about since it is coated with some batter and then deep fried. I thought there would be something different about it but nah..... just the same. Only consolation is that they fried my fav golden straw mushrooms!

And for the final dish for the day............................................

THE ULTIMATE OMG-SO-FCKING-GOOD WAGYU BEEF!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is seriously one of the best beef I had ever tasted in my life............. Seriously don't know how to describe it.... there's no seasoning except a little black pepper..... squeeze a slice of lemon on top of it... eat it with some fried shallots... and you're tasting almost heaven. After I came home, I did a little research on wagyu beef. I thought it was a level below the kobe beef but little did I know....

source: wikipedia
Wagyu (和牛, wagyū) refers to several breeds of cattle genetically predisposed to intense marbling and to producing a high percentage of oleaginous unsaturated fat. Also known as Kobe-style beef, the meat from Wagyu cattle is known worldwide for its marbling characteristics, increased eating quality through a naturally enhanced flavor, tenderness and juiciness, and thus a high market value.

No wonder it was so delicious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was indeed KOBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes me smile it makes me smile.................. and very very sad once I finished it all.........


And after eating so much........ we realized that we still have dessert.... a cake the girls got for me. It was blueberry cheesecake from Cakesense..... and the 3 of us finished the entire cake.......still wondering how we did it....really...

camerawoman: Ok... 1.....2......3......

Me and June : Ehh.... wait wait wait wait........
All us 3+1 : Okok.....now can take.....
camerawoman : *click*

Wondering who is it?? How can we miss our dear friend Mr Bin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wahaha Don't come scolding us being 'tai ka lai si'.... I bet you're damn touched with us doing it in 'your memory wtf'......... WE MISS YOU BRO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Faster come home and let's plan for our next trip!



Anyways, after dinner we decided to go for drinks.... KL and Bangsar was too far.... Hartamas and The Curve was too near to WS' house (no fun for her)....... so we ended up in Taman Tun.... never knew they have clubs there but was it wild and fun...... so wild that June unbuttoned my shirt and we contemplated on a potential guy cruising on us (including me wtf) .... wahhahaha..... Bin don't get jealous k.... You'll have your turn.. >:)

-Us @ Bamboo-
so dark also want to take pic... wtf

IN MEMORY OF LOH JUN-YI........

Feel really bad of making the chinese dish comment and neglected to post this pic........... so in memory of her i shall post it with the 'large' version wtf....... Didn't try it...... so can't comment on the fish........ looks good though....... and looks like the steam chinese cod fish dish.. =P...

Getting the blues

From the previous post, I described about the delicious dumpling (Bak Zhang) my aunt made. That wasn't the end of it. Little did I know she made 2 types of dumplings and I only happen to eat one the other day. An impatient glutton I was.

Today I tried a different one, the nyonya version. It distinguishes itself rather well from the stereotyped dumpling. From the looks of the blue taint and the ingredients. Honestly I don't know why my aunt put in the blue blue colouring which isn't good for health. Oh wait, I think it's organic since it's from some flower... not sure. As for the ingredients, it only has minced pork and the blue blue sticky rice wtf. Like most nyonya food, it's sweet... and I didn't fancy it. I like my food to be salty and spicy >:). Sweet are for desserts and pansies. Besides, it only has minced pork.... no fun chewing it..... no mushrooms, no salted egg yolk and most importantly NO CHESTNUTS! And the blue blue colour might not be good for health. .. dunno why I keep obsessing about the blue blue colour... but it's fun saying it... blue blue colour blue blue colour blue blue colour ...................................... fck it might be the side effect of consuming it; the blue blue colouring.... i better get a cup of green green tea to wash it all down...

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JOkes (ii)

A Mother went to visit her son Kumar for dinner and found that Kumar had a girl by the name of Sunita for a housemate ...

During the course of dinner, Kumar's mother couldn't help but notice how pretty Kumar's housemate was and the mother was suspicious of a possible relationship between the two ....

Over the course of the evening while watching Kumar and Sunita interacted, the mother started to wonder if there was more between Kumar and his housemate than met the eyes and this made the mother even more curious ...

Reading his mother's thoughts, Kumar volunteered, "I know what you must be thinking but I assure you, Sunita and I are just housemates".

About a week later, Sunita came to Kumar saying, "Ever since your mother came to dinner that night, I've been unable to find the silver plate. You don't suppose she took it, do you?"

Kumar said ,"Well, I doubt it but I'll email her just to be sure".

So he sat down and wrote to his mother :

Dear Mother,
I'm not saying that you did take the silver plate from my house ...
I'm not saying that you did not take the silver plate ....
But the fact remains that it has been missing ever since you were here for dinner ...

Love,
Kumar

Several days later, Kumar received an email from his Mother which read :

Dear Son,
I'm not saying that you do sleep with Sunita,
and I'm not saying that you do not sleep with Sunita. But the fact remains that if she was sleeping in her OWN bed, she would have found the silver plate by now under her pillow ...

Love,
Mum

I Came, I Saw, I MAKAN!

Went to Malacca for a makan-makan....

-I swear to God it tasted much better than it looks-

Gossips and Appetite

My aunt and cousin from Malacca visited us today. Was kinda fun updating one another with our lives. It was even more interesting listening to the gossips actually...

Aunt : Do you know the owner of the shop we rented from has 4 wives....
Me and Mum : Omg, are u serious???
Aunt : Yeah yea!! And to make it worse, he's like this tiny man... but keep bullying them; beating and slapping them at his will.
Me : All four of them???
Aunt : No no.... only 3 of them now.... the first wife cannot tahan... shifted out and stay with their son in KL already.
Me and Mum : Wah!! Why didn't the wives retaliate and fight back???
Aunt : That's why la!!!!! We all in the area think he used some jampi (black magic).. make them willing to get beaten up and not do anything!
Mum : Yeah!!! That was also my first thought!!! That old man pukau the woman!
Me and Cousin : *Sweats* Cannot be la!!! Where got so terrer!!
Aunt : Got!!! Now even worse!! He's currently trying to tackle this form 6 girl. And she's also quite interested in him..... everyday after school she will come over to the shop and 'chit chat' with him...
Me, Mum and Cousin : Isn't he like 60++ years old and she's probably 18!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Aunt : That's why we say jampi lo!!
Me and Cousin : Then shouldn't you report to the police!! Domestic violence and potential use of
jampi/ hypnosis!!!!!
Aunt : Aiya, won't work one..... *silence*.. *changes topic*...
Me and Cousin : *speechless*


Anyways, my aunt was sweet enough to bring us food which she made from scratch! This included wanton, fuchuk, sambal (chilly paste) and her super yummylicious rice dumpling (a.k.a Bak Zhang!) I didn't even know the festival is reaching near but that didn't stop me from eating it right after my aunt and cousin left!

-It cracked opened by itself after it was heated up! See the chestnut!!-

A warning to everyone not to eat too much of the dumpling at one go. It causes constipation. I learnt that last year. It isn't worth it. Trust me....