JJCM at Times Square

We were at Times Square on Christmas Day, recently. Times Square is not my favourite shopping place, though. My daughter insisted on going to the 5th floor which is also NOT my kinda place...huhu. I was thinking of going shopping ONLY..tapi anak2 biasalah, they have their own plans and agenda kat 5th floor tu.. Anyway, I was surprised to see such a big crowd at Times Square. Selalunya lengang je TS ni.

At Times Square on Christmas day

That day, for makan-makan, we stopped for lunch at Vivo American Pizza and Panini which is at the lower ground floor. Vivo AP&P is not something new in Malaysia tapi banyak kat Klang Valley and Johor je. I actually wanted to have pizzas at Papa John's Pizza but PJP was jam packed with people..huhu..

Bila tengok menu kat Vivo, tiba2 tak rasa pulak nak makan pizza sebab banyak choices of food kan...and at very reasonable prices too

We just ordered small pizza sebab nak makan benda2 lain jugak. My daughter wanted pepperoni pizza. As for me, I lebih suka pizza kat Papa John dari pizza Vivo.

My son wanted to have this..

Hubby wanted to have rice...

...and I only wanted this.......Dessert pun banyak choices..

Fries yg gemuk and mengenyangkan..

Kepak ayam yang ready nak terbang

...tak kedekut gula langsung! Choices of drinks pun banyak..

Next, kenyang perut, kami jalan lagi....Jalan2 nampak kiosk PLANET POPCORN but I didn't snap the photo of the kiosk, okay, so no photo to share here..PLANET POPCORNS originates from Taiwan and is still new in Malaysia. There was a long queue at the kiosk..so I thought mesti sedap punye..For Malaysian market, the popcorns come from the factory at Taman Universiti Indah, Seri Kembangan. Ada tulis kat pamphlet...

Sebenarnya TK memang suka sgt popcorns. Jumpa kat mana2 mesti beli tak kiralah cap apa pun. I really loike popcorns a lot!!!!!. Hajat hati nak pegi juga cari Garret Popcorn tapi Garret Popcorn ada kat KLCC and One Utama je. BTW, Planet Popcorns pulak ada kat Sunway Piramid and Times Square je.

Ada free tasting kat kiosk Planet Popcorn. Boleh rasa dulu before beli. Popcornnya is not too sweet dan banyak flavours. Yang dalam bucket gambar di atas is cheese flavour dan dah dimakan sikit. Dalam bucket macam ni isinya banyak dan boleh simpan lama.

Ada tanda halal nampaknya..yang ni dalam vacum packing with re-sealable zipper. Isinya padat tapi gambar atas tu popcorn yg sudah dimakan..tinggal sikit je..

Among the flavours available are original, caramel, seaweed, curry, cheese, wasabi, chocolate and coffee. Harganya lain-lain mengikut flavours. Satu pack original flavour is at RM7.90. That day, flavours yang sedap macam seaweed and chocolate dah SOLD OUT!

Ni dia - bigger and rounder popcorns...

Planet Popcorns can be found at :
Sunway Pyramid (1st floor)
Times Square (LG)


Till then..Thanks for dropping by!

Majlis Khatam Quran My Daughter

Wah ! Pejam celik pejam celik sekejap je dah nak bukak sekolah balik...TK pun dah ready nak masuk keje balik after the long holidays. Mood nak keje pun dah datang balik..Duduk rumah lama2 pun kadang2 bosan juga..

BTW, 2 weeks ago, my mother in law had organised a "majlis khatam quran" (reached the end of Quran) for the grandchildren including my daughter di Kota Bharu. Majlis khatam quran my daughter was totally planned and organised by my MIL. She invited the guests, prepared the gifts, arranged for the preparation of the food and etc. Tok Ma yang arranged semua sekali. TK ke Kota Bharu bawak balik anak je..Timakasih banyak2 to Tok Mama for everything! Actually, ini majlis khatam Quran kedua yg MIL buat untuk cucu2nya. Majlis pertama, about 6 years ago untuk cucu2nya yang sekarang dah pun sekolah menengah.

Majlis dimulakan dengan tazkirah pendek kepada 3 orang budak yang berkhatam tu dan juga untuk semua yang hadir. Ramai jugak sedara mara dan jiran yang hadir bersama ahli penamat seramai 15 orang. Kita memang sangat2 digalakkan menghadiri majlis khatam quran dan juga sunat bagi kita menjemput semua ahli keluarga, sedara mara, jiran tetangga dan sahabat handai. Majlis yang serba ringkas itu berlangsung selama lebih kurang sejam.

I saw my daughter( duduk kiri sekali) yawning 3 or 4 times macamtu... Nasib baik dia reti nak tutup mulut masa menguap....Lepas majlis, dia mengadu letih dan kebas kaki sebab duduk bersimpuh! Alhamdulillah, everything went well dan bagus juga dapat buat untuk 3 orang sekali..

My daughter and the cousins. Tema baju pun MIL yang decide. Kebetulan dorang semua dah ada jubah hitam. My daughter chose the tudung herself- nak yang byk manik2 gitu!

Gifts pun semua MIL beli dan siapkan.

Antara cenderahati yang MIL prepared adalah towel, some cash, bunga telur and makanan seperti baulu, agar2 and pulut kuning.

Menu of the day was Kelantan traditional dishes - kerutub kambing, gulai darat daging, sira labu, ayam goreng and acar timun. Dulu2 I tak pandai makan sira labu tapi sekarang sangat2 suka..

BTW, untuk memahirkan lagi bacaan Al-quran, my daughter gunakan earphone untuk mendengar bacaan Al-Quran digital. Memang sangat berkesan. Tiap2 hari dia pasang kat telinga. Sekarang bacaan dia bertambah-tambah baik.

Well, that's all for now, selamat mempersiapkan anak2 untuk sessi persekolahan 2012.

Happy New Year 2012 everyone!

Ayam Penyet Ria Sg Wang Plaza

I am back in KT after spending a few days at my mom's place. Sempatlah juga pegi makan ayam penyet, signature dish Jawa Timur yang popular sangat kat Malaysia sekarang ni. Kopitiam pun dah kalah.. Restoran Ayam Penyet AP now dah ada 18 branches. Ayam Penyet Ria pun dah banyak cabangnya (branches). Tu tak termasuk restoran2 yg lainnya. Ramailah toke2 restoran Indonesia yg kaya raya bukak restoran ayam penyet kat Malaysia ye...

At Ayam Penyet Ria's (an authentic Indonesian restaurant) new branch at Concourse level, Sg Wang Plaza, Bukit Bintang. AP Ria ni kat sebelah Subway tu je. My children lebih suka LELE penyet dari Subway sandwiches!! BTW, budak tembam ni is my niece, Qadeja- suruh dia jadi model jap..Dia memang suka bab2 posing ni.

Actually TK dan anak2 memang suka apa2 je yang terpenyet ni..ayam penyet, lele penyet, udang penyet...hehe...First time TK makan ayam goreng Indonesian style ni kat Surabaya in 2003. My brother in law dulu belajar kat Surabaya and when we visited him in Surabaya, dia bawak kami pegi makan ayam goreng Nyonya Suharti yg sangat popular kat Indonesia (ada byk branches all over Indonesia termasuk kat Bandung). Start dari situ TK jadi kemaruk hidangan crispy fried chicken Indonesian style ni especially ayam goreng Nyonya Suharti.

Ayam Goreng Suharti yg sangat sedap- Masa ni TK pegi makan kat Ayam Suharti di Bandung

At Ayam Penyet Ria Sg Wang- Waitresses sekarang semua Philippine ladies who can't speak Malay..susah sikitlah nak berkomunikasi.

Some of penyet dishes in the menu at AP Ria -Ayam Penyet( Fried chicken), Lele Penyet ( fried cat fish), Udang Penyet ( fried prawn) Empal Penyet (Beef)) and etc.

Ayam Penyet literally means smashed chicken and refers to fried chicken that is flattened/smashed, usually with a mallet. The meal here consists of the crispy smashed fried chicken ,some vegetables, fried beancurd and beancake (fermented soybeans) served with white rice , hot chilli sambal and soup.

Lele Penyet (smashed fried catfish) which is my son's favourite.

Gado-gado (Indonesian salad and dressing combination) - I must say that Gado-gado at Nyonya Suharti tastes much better..huhu. Rindunya nak makan kat Nyonya Suharti!!!

Milo Dinosour drink

Happy Soda and Ice Cendol. Terlupa nak order Teh Botol Sorso

Indonesian meatball served in a bowl of beef broth with rice vermicilli. Hubby saya hanya bole makan bakso je. Dia tak pandai makan menu Penyet Jawa.

Orang yang pertama habeskan nasi ialah anak sedara TK yg montok ni but she only had plain rice. Dia tak makan lauk2 semua..Seronok bawak Qadeja jalan2. Meriah sangat dengan mulutnya yang pok pek pok pek tu...

Habis licin I makan..berasap telinga makan sambal tu! The sambal is really super hot!!!Pedas sangat weii!!

Well, itu je la cerita JJCM Ayam Penyet kali ni. Thanks for dropping by, dear friends!!

Banjir Warning Red Stage

Long time no see, here..... No story to share lah....

It has been a week since the school holidays. Here in KT, it's raining cats and dogs..hujan memanjang wei! This morning , the Malaysian meteorological department issued heavy rain warning (red stage) until tomorrow- 25th of November .

Really, there's nothing much to do here, during the monsoon season.

Outdoor activity is definitely a NO..NO..Memang tak sesuai langsung.......We are stucked here at home....It rains all the time. Sometimes dah boring sgt, I main game "BURUNG MARAH" tau!!!

Anak2 pun tak kemana. So, most of the time they would play games or watch TV...Bila dah boring main game, they would pick a fight... Lepas gaduh..mengadu laparlah pulak. So, makanan kena sentiasa prepare..So, basically keje mama sepanjang cuti ni ialah memasak dan meleraikan pergaduhan!

BTW, petang semalam, I went to UMT (Univ Malaysia Tganu) kejap..ada hal sikit. Belakang UMT tu ada beach kan......dah terhakis habis dah....such terrible beach erosion...dek kerana laut yg ditambak tu. I stopped at the beach for a while to snap some photos. Ramai gak students UMT lepak2 tgok ombak yg kuat tu!

say goodbye to the wakaf..

Tengok laut sahaja dan menghayati kebesaran Allah kita dah dapat pahala kan?

....hmmm.. not sure whether the tree will still be there the next monsoon season..

Petang ni, insyaallah nak turun KL... Lepak rumah my MAK kejap..Jap agi nak packing2...Happy Holidays to all teachers!

Game Burung Marah- Sakit hati tau bila tinggal sekor lagi....terkebil2...

Breakfast In Marang

Hari tu, in one of my previous posts entitled "Cheese Tart" , I mentioned about a pregnant friend of mine who craved for cheese tarts. Kawan I yg mengidam tu dah pun melahirkan anaknya through a C-section ...The c-section was performed 3 days ago but unfortunately there were some complications..Now, this friend of mine is in the ICU and she has been there for 3 days now. Yesterday I visited her for the first time and her situation really worries me. My friend is still unconcious and looking at her condition, I menangis tersedu-sedan dalam bilik ICU tu semalam. It must be very hard for the husband. Dia dan saya sama2 takde sedara mara di sini. Her family is on their way here from KL . Hopefully she'll be better soon...Kesian baby dia tak dapat dipeluk dan disusukan ibunya lagi....She gave birth to a healthy baby boy weighing 4.25 kg. Begitulah pengorbanan ibu bertarung nyawa nak melahirkan anak. Bole tahan jugak besar baby dia...Semoga my friend tu cepat sembuh..I nak sgt tgok semalam baby dia tapi tak dibenarkan. Only the parents are allowed to see the baby..

Cerita hari ni pulak..., this morning, we had breakfast at Marang. Jarang2 kami ke sana sebab jauh..tapi anak2 mintak nak makan nasi berlauk kat tempat favourite dorang kat Gerai Mak Uda ni. Kedai ni mengadap laut kat Marang tu.

Best makan breakfast mengadap laut...Walaupun laut tak berapa tenang di musim tengkujuh ni....jiwa ni rasa tenang melihat kebesaran Allah...

Pemandangan dari gerai Mak Uda di Marang
Pulau Kapas dari jauh...Cuaca sekarang muram je...mendung memanjang

Kat Gerai Mak Uda, lauknya...ikan merah dan ikan keringnya ikan talang. Jarang ada kedai guna ikan merah untuk nasi berlauk. Biasanya ikan tongkol (ikan ayer). Sayurnya pulak ada nenas, bendi dan timun. Kat kedai lain bisanya ada timun je.. BTW, nasi berlauk ni makanan breakfast orang Kelantan tapi kat Terengganu pun senang jumpa. Yg susah jumpa ialah yang betul2 sedap cam kat Gerai Mak Uda ni..

Nasi Berlauk kat sini walaupun mahal sikit tapi puas hati sebab sedap sangat!!!

OKlah gotta go..Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha semua! Enjoy your holidays. Enjoy your raya. I beraya di KB. Esok baru nak bertolak ke KB.

Musim Buah and JJCM di KB

Hi everyone..sejuknya lately. It's wet and cold here... Seems like the monsoon season is here as we have been getting lots of rain lately. Hujan mencurah2 membasahi bumi....

Well, I think now is also the fruit season here in the east coast. In the villages (in Kelantan), you can find lots of fruits- rambutan, dokong, duku or salak (snake fruit). Kat rumah my MIL ada jugak beberapa batang pokok buah2 - salak, rambutan, dokong kat belakang rumah dia..So last week, my MIL asked us to come home to KB - suruh kami balik amek buah2an tu. Kalau tak , takde sape nak makan...

Snake Fruit (salak) tree belakang rumah MIL

Banyak sangat MIL bawakan buah salak ni. Memang saya tak termakan so saya bagi kawan2. Tiap2 kali musim buah salak, kawan2 pun memang dah tunggu sebab salak ni memang special. The snake fruit is sooo sweeet...manis and sangat sedap! Tak kelat langsung!

Rambutan dah masak sgt and dah nak abes musim..

Dokong

Dokong baru nak mula masak....Timakasihlah to Ma dan Abah yang susah2 bawakkan kami buah2an-rambutan, dokong, salak... Saya tau makan je...hehe... Nak kutip buah punyalah malas...

Next, as usual, bila balik KB, teringinlah nak JJCM sana sini and as usual I would stop at my favourite eateries........Usually I would be the one who decide where to stop and what to eat (macamlah balik kampung saya!). Hubby saya ikut saya je..sedia memenuhi permintaan... Petang tu sebelum balik KT, we stopped at Yati Nasi Kerabu at Jalan Long Yunus.

Kuih muih at Yati Nasi Kerabu byk sgt................rambang mata.... I was so greedy....semua saya nak...hehe. Amek itu amek ini..I bought about 10 items- kuih, pulut and etc. Then baru saya teringat..anak saya tinggal sorang je kat rumah..ish..ish..Siapa yang nak habeskan byk2 kuih tu..?

Lompat tikam

Hubby kata ini Putu Mayam. I memang tak tau apa namanya..

Sira Pisang -my favourite

Next, we stopped at MakSu Nab Nasi Air kat Berek 12, Kota Bharu sebab saya teringin nak makan Colek Ayam and Nasi Air. Lama dah kami tak singgah Mak Su Nab Nasi Air.

Roasted chicken with the dipping sauce
Colek Ayam at Mak Su Nab Nasi Air memang sedap sgt..

Mee Celup (Noodle Soup Thai style) Mee sup yang letak kacang tumbuk tu .. I loike mee celup so much. Sejuk2 ni sedapnya makan mee celup panas2..

The popular Malaysian dessert called ABC.
Memang sedap sgt ABC ni..Lupa mintak ABC special..


Nasi Air Special (Rice porridge).

Mak Su Nab Nasi Air restaurant was actually opened in 1983. Saya sukalah nasi air kat sini walaupun ramai orang complained tak sedap macam dulu.


Tu je la cerita saya kali ni..... Happy holidays to all Malaysians! To those who are celebrating Deepavali, Happy Deepavali! Tiba2 rasa mengidam nak makan maruku....