The only one…

Other than the bloggers that I met for the first time on my first night in KL, I also got to meet another one the following day. He said that he had never gone out of his way to meet his fellow-bloggers before, so I was the first…and the only one.

I got in touch with him via Facebook and he smsed me saying that he would be in the city, so we agreed to meet for lunch. It certainly was a privilege and my pleasure to meet Ken…

He did not want anything fancy, so we went to Jalan Alor and I ordered from an old man, a fellow-Foochow originally from Sitiawan, Perak. I had the pork soup noodles (RM5.00)…

…and it was really very nice! So far, I have not had anything really great at Jalan Alor but this one’s worth dropping by for.

I also had the fried kway teow (flat rice noodles) with prawns and clams (RM5.00) from the man’s other stall at that same shop…

…and it was good too. The servings were quite huge though, so I was not able to finish (…and I had a heavy breakfast as well – watch out for the post)…and besides, I didn’t want to shock Ken, definitely not at our first meeting. Muahahahaha!!!!

Ken had the chap fan (mixed rice)

…and he seemed to like those Chinese sausages a lot. LOL!!!

We…or at least, I had a good time chatting and getting to know one another, so thanks so much, Ken, for taking the trouble and the time off to see me. Hope to see you again sometime…

Home for the holidays…

She’s home for the holidays…

My, my little girl has grown, hasn’t she? When we looked at the photo, I commented that she was beginning to look like a teacher.

Well, she arrived on schedule on Saturday night and we put up at one of the airport hotels so that she could have a really good sleep and rest after the very long day from Wellington to Auckland and Auckland to KLIA. She slept through breakfast, so she did not get to go for the buffet at the hotel that morning – I did, but that will be in another post. Hehehehehe…!!!

Instead, for her first meal back home in Malaysia, I took her to relish the sumptuous weekend hi-tea buffet at the hotel. There were so many items to choose from and it is virtually impossible to include everything in one post. The mee mamak certainly looked alluring…

…and if I’m not mistaken, the chicken cordon bleu is the chef’s specialty as there is a promotion going on right now at the hotel…

I did give it a try…and found that it was really good, so I had seconds. My daughter loved the potato croquettes…

…but it did not really turn me on. I wished there was something inside.

The satay was really good and there was a choice of beef…

…or chicken…

…and I’ve always loved ketupat…

My daughter had the gado-gado and she said it was very nice…

…but I went for the cakes instead. For that, I’m afraid, you will have to wait till another post as well.

Now, if anyone’s interested, the buffet is only RM30++ per head which is extremely cheap by KL standard…and in NZ currency, it is around NZ$15.00 only. There is no way one can get anything decent at that price there, considering that that’s the price they will have to pay for just one plate of chicken rice.

This was what I had for my first helping…

…but please don’t ask how many helpings  I had. Ask no questions and I’ll tell no lies… Muahahahahaha!!!!