Restoran Haji Jailani - Pantai Cenang Langkawi

If you are Thai food lover you can find and try out many places in Langkawi because there are wide spread of Thai restaurants here. As I've seen there were many Thailanders worked in Langkawi especially in the restaurants, eating places, assumed that the Thai dishes should be better than what I could find in KL. Langkawi island just at the border between Malaysia and Thailand sea, in north of Malacca Strait and just couple hours ferry ride you can reach Satun, Thailand. I planned to re-visit the Barn Thai restaurant in mangrove forest reserve, in Mukim Kisap where I tasted their food back in 2002 but really disappointed after was told that the place already closed the business few years ago. 

Beryani Gam Johor – Seri Kembangan

This restaurant located at Seri Kembangan, Jalan BBP 84, resided in commercial shop blocks, nearby the new Giant in Seri Kembangan. It is also not far away from Jusco and Pasar Borong Selangor. I came across this Beryani Gam Johor restaurant when was going to Cyberjaya that day, it is easily to find when coming from Puncak Jalil area.
Their speciality is beriani as the name of the restaurant describes themselves. There were also other hot wok dishes such as fried rice, chicken soup, murtabak and many more as for those who do not want to eat beriani. I tried chicken (RM10.8) and mutton (RM12.8) beriani and their taste just cannot go above the average beriani that I ate at other places. The good things, their hot wok dishes are nice. Pataya fried rice (RM4.5) is great and so on the chicken soup. There are other soups and satay as well but these are sold by separate hawker that attach to the restaurant, at the roadside. I was not sure if this available during the day because I went there at night. Anyway there were variety of food there besides the beriani and they also do catering. For further info you can contact 019 7051715 or 019 2661999. It is a great place to eat since there are variety of choices. I apologize that there are no pictures taken during my visit here and will take some pictures in the next visit.  Let’s look their point:
Overall: 3.9 / 5
Price: 4.5 / 5
Taste: 3 / 5
Environment: 4 / 5
Service: 4 / 5

Nasi Padang / Nasi Minang - new assignments

Minang roof design (picture courtesy
 of Negeri Sembilan official site)

Couple months ago I was thinking to cover some nasi Padang or nasi Minang eating place. It was hardly came to mind when I was drooling for nasi Padang in last Ramadhan. In fact I have had the nasi Padang yesterday and today's lunch at two different places. The nasi or Padang rice refer to the place origin from Padang Sumatra,  is a Minangkabau cuisine. So keep on follow KerahKeng to read about nasi Padang later. I got few places in mind that I will cover this assignment but do drop me some recommend if you knew nasi Padang places.

MeatWorks - Solaris, Mont' Kiara, Kuala Lumpur

Citta Mall MeatWorks

   An update of MeatWorks, they open new outlet in Ara Damansara at Citta Mall. This new place have bigger supermarket, varieties of food and ingredient racks and frozen counter. There is wide seating dining area and verandah area in front of the restaurant. What about the food taste here, same as the Solaris outlet? Check it out!

frozen counter

Solaris MeatWorks

For a meat lover and eater this restaurant is splendid place as it greets, "Welcome to Beeftopia!". The restaurant name itself, MeatWorks as it claims, serves for all your meaty craving, fresh dining and retail concept, inspired by a dedication to meat and great food. It was my first time, dined at the restaurant, all of because my Mem made reservation for our daughter birthday on that Friday. MeatWorks is rated in Malaysia's Best Restaurants 2010 by Malaysia Tatler and was the winner of the KLue best of 2009, in new restaurant of the year. The restaurant is located at Block H, Jalan Solaris 5, Solaris Mont' Kiara and it is easy to find, as you enter the main road of Solaris Mont' Kiara, you will see the restaurant on the left, at the end of the road just before the fountain roundabout.

Hameediyah Restaurant - Campbell Street, Penang (special cover)

At last, I managed to write about this restaurant even though it is my most priority "bizarre" food in Penang but only last weekend I had the chance to get this assignment completed. To me, Hameediyah serves the best nasi briani in Penang and at least I would get my nasi briani here 2 times a month when I was living in Penang. This small restaurant resided at no. 164 of the double-store shops stretch in Campbell Street, heart of Georgetown, Penang.  

Nasi Arab (Part 5) - Ariana Food Persian, Cyberjaya

I brought my brother to try out nasi Arab and my wife insisted to go to Al Sabaq but it was full house when we reached there. We then went to this restaurant, Ariana just at the back of Al Sabaq, also located at the CBD Perdana shop lots in Cyberjaya. This restaurant has 2 lots which next to each other and one serves pastry and pasta food.

Co Do Vietnamese Cuisine - Midvalley Megamall, KL

Entrance to upstair dining

  I always blur when thinking what to eat if go to Midvalley Megamall or The Garden since both places are our stores to buy dry grocery from hypermarts there. That day, my Mem insisted me to try out this Vietnamese cuisine restaurant that she already dined in before. Co Do (Imperial City) Restaurant located at 3rd floor in the mall have 2 dining floors. 

Restoran Leha Kelfood - Setapak, KL

I stopped by at this restaurant for breakfast when on my way to Genting Highlands that day. Actually it has been really awhile that I wanted to test the food here because I always pass by this restaurant when going back to my home town Kuala Terengganu. It is just located opposite of MRR2, at Taman Melati Utama. I believe the name of this restaurant Leha Kelfood assembled of Leha Kelantan Food which Leha might be the owner and Kelfood is Kelantan food. My assumption was quite correct when listened to the 2 of the workers chat at the counter with Germany's speak or Kelantanese accent.

Nasi Arab (Part 4) - D'Arab Cafe

Bangi Outlet

Here is another sequel of Nasi Arab but this one is operated and managed by our Malay owner. D'Arab Cafe have 3 outlets which 2 of them I have had visited. One located at food court of University Tenaga Nasional (UNITEN) Bangi, second one in TTDI Jaya and if I am not mistaken the third one, the main outlet in Shah Alam Section 7 where I yet have not been there. The outlet in TTDI Jaya operates like usual restaurant concept and the outlet in Bangi operates as the food court concept.

Achtung! Euro-English / Germany?

I vas not sur if zis is tru or som kind flying arund of joks after reading a post from a frind abut a nevs. May b som of yu kan giv koments or validat zis and perhaps som of yu alrady read abut ze post earlier. 

Ze nevs from Ze Hagu vhish EU Komision anunsed an agrement of English as ze oficial languag of ze European Union razer zan ze ozer posibility, German. Generaly, ze form of vords sund interestingly to me and zinking if it is tru a German languag sins I am not a German's speaker. It is not so difikult to learn German if zis is tru, zugh. In fakt I did ze translation as ze abov paragraf. Vel, read yurselvs abut ze nevs post belov and fel fre to koment abut it later. Zanks to Zizi Azida for forvarding it to me resently.

Coconut Drink, Anyone? ..

    It was really hot sunny afternoon that Saturday when driving back home from IOI Mall Puchong and I was drooling of coconut drink. I remembered that area have coconut drink stall and I once used to drink there. So turned left into Jalan Bandar 14 after Tesco Puchong then turned right on the first junction and went to the end until "T" junction and the stall just on left at the junction. I felt lucky enough to see the hang coconuts at the stall from afar, meaning that it was opened for business that day. The stall was just assembled of few tables and chairs shaded from the nature roof of big trees in front of small road opposite and infront of the furniture shops. It was really resfreshing when sipping cold coconut drink from kole or big tin mug that usually used by Indian or mamak shop for teh tarik. The water freshly poured out from the cut coconut and put in the mug with some ice and mixed of fresh coconut flesh. I took 2 kole of coconut drink that day and it was so refreshing until I am drooling when writing this post.

Nasi Arab (Part 3) - Al Sabaq

Another sequel of nasi Arab and this one is Al Sabaq restaurant which located at CBD Perdana, Persiaran Perdana, Cyberjaya same place with the Al Jazeerah. I can say it is one of the best nasi Arab to my test and might be the reason why the place always get huge diners. You even have to wait for a table if come during lunch or dinner hour especially on the weekdays. 

Nasi Arab (Part 2) - Al Jazeerah

Well listen to this restaurant name might think of the Arab News station but this is nasi Arab restaurant located in Cyberjaya, same building with the Al Saba at CBD Perdana, Persiaran Perdana, Cyberjaya. Al Jazeera located little bit hidden, behind the building. 

My Oh My...TV - The Happy Ending

Mr Ong the technician that I contacted last night, came to my house this morning to check my tv. He opened up the huge tv box at the back and then used his multimeter to test the set. It took him about 15 minutes then he suspected the IC problem. He then took out the whole mainboard, detached it from the CRT and the tv box and brought it back to his home. He said it would take one day to get the part and install it. So the tv box and the screen were left at the rack like a cleaned fish without its inner organ. 

My Oh My...TV

Pic from the net

 This is not the sequel of my recent post Oh My Oh My BDQ.., just in case if you have read that but it is about my 9 years Sony Wega Trinitron 29". It served me and the family pretty well until last night out of sudden it just pop'd!! the screen slowly went blank and the sound was totally mute. I tried turn it OFF and ON but neither shinning stars or thunder storm appeared nor tiny sound at all. Only the power indicator kept blinking. So I think is not the power issue but  CRT leak, instead.

fiG & oLiVe - Sunway Pyramid

      After watched Iron Man with kids and Mem couple weeks ago, we strolled around and came across this restaurant Fig & Olive. It's located at Lower Ground 2, Marrakesh corridor in Sunway Pyramid. I was caught by its really nice entrance with colorful pictures and a Vespa as backdrop. The interior deco, the wallpaper and color made my mood comfy and relax. I was told that this restaurant just opened a week old and they gave 10% off total bill, specially for their opening. The staffs and service were good and hoped the food would be better. 

Nasi Arab (Part 1)- Al Rawhsa Restaurant

I believe when talking about Nasi Arab (middle east rice cuisine) we will hear several places from friend's stories. Nowadays there is quite number of this restaurant opened in KL or Selangor, especially when you go to Jalan Bukit Bintang there is stretch of such restaurants along the road. I experienced some of Nasi Arab at Cyberjaya, TTDI Jaya, Bukit Jelutong and nearby my home, Aked Esplanad Bukit Jalil. I will try to share those experience in Kerah Keng in different parts later.

Oh My Oh My BDQ1000

 I was actually speechless when starting this writing about my beloved BDQ1000. Yes it is a car, Iswara Aeroback 1.5A. Like its registration number keeps seribu satu cerita, I got the car as second hand back in 2003 when started to work in Kulim Hi-Tech park. So I have to travel back and forth from Penang island to Kulim Hi-Tech, everyday to work. Heard that the original owner was a doctor and it has been almost 7 years with me now and currently trailing along KL and Selangor traffics. 

Expired New Toy

I am clueless on how excited you would be if you just got a thing that you love or got a hold of long-awaited wish list item. I was little bitchy after got my new toy couple weeks ago. It should not be really bad since the toy was courtesy gift from one of my financial institution. I was lucky, I guess, after was picked by them to be given a Dell Mini 10 Netbook.

Super Powers of Spider Silk

What surprised me this morning was the breaking news that came across of my screen from Yahoo News UK and Ireland edition posted Super Power found in spider silk. The headlines made my attention until I read further and it claims that scientist had unravelled the secrets of spider silk which stronger and less brittle than steel.

Right, It's 2010, Time to Change?

Yes, we are in the year of 2010, in fact that it is now middle of February 2010. My new year started with hectic schedule consequences of runaway housemaid in the end of last year. My daughter just enterred standard 2 and the hero was first time going to be away from home for daycares and kindergarten. Normally they just hang around at home during the days since we had the maid at home, previously.  Initially when coming to the new year, my wife and me was frantically looking for a kindergarten and daycares to place our children during the day when we off to work. We went to 5 kindergartens and daycares around the area,