HKFDC New Action Initiative
The Kong Kong Film Development Council launched the Hong Kong Film NEW ACTION in December 3rd, 2008. HKFDC then followed it up with a large scale promotion plan to develop the Hong Kong film market in mainland China, Taiwan, Singapore and lastly in Malaysia.
I am glad that I got the chance to be part of this initiative when HKFDC came to Malaysia this week. It’s not often we get to talk to the Hong Kong directors, Producers as well as Industry Veterans all within the same platform. On Thursday, the HKFDC organized a dinner at The Boulevard Hotel to bring together fellow counterparts from the Malaysian Film and Broadcasting industry. A time when peers from both country could sit down and talk over a nice casual dinner. (more…)
Photos from Gardens Mall 1st Anniversary Fashion Showcase
Just sharing some photos from the 1st Anniversary Fashion Showcase of Gardens Mall. For more about the event, you could read from here.
Ajisai Bento @ Kiku Zakura
Some of the japanese food I love could be found in Kiku Zakura, after a night’s shoot recently, I was treated to a hearty set of Bento from Kiku Zakura. The exact name for this dish is Ajisai Bento.
The Bento consist aside from the usual side dishes of salad, rice and soup, it also has a huge serving of tempura prawn which is quite filling, imagine you have 2 huge prawns waiting to be eaten. What more can you ask for right? (more…)
Unagu @ Kiku Zakura
Decide to have lunch at Kiku Zakura in Midvalley yesterday and ordered the Unagu after browsing through the extensive list of food available on the menu.
My aim isn’t to try as much food as I can but just to fill up my stomach for lunch.
This dish might look simple with just rice, some sauce and 2 pieces of Unagi in it but boy o boy. It was really filling after you wash it all down with a cup of japanese tea. I do fancy unagi alot so it didn’t took me long to pick this dish out above all the other juicy looking dishes on the menu.
The restaurant is located in Midvalley, at the same floor as the GSC so it’s not hard to miss. If you love to watch midnight movies, it’s the only other restaurant apart from McD’s that’s still open late at night. Especially towards weekends, they are open up to 1am, as long as there’s customers wanting to eat, they are open. Not many restaurants would do that these ways.
Kiku Zakura
Lot T025, Third Floor, Midvalley
Midvalley City Megamall
Tel: 03 2284 0173
Opening hours: 11am – 12.00am
Ratings:
Food – 5/5
Service – 5/5
Cleaniness/Ambience – 5/5
Value for Money – 4/5
| 3.0 |
Amuleto by Crystal Jade
Was invited to dinner at Crystal Jade last Thursday at Midvalley and boy, it was a great dinner indeed. The food was fantastic and the hospitality and wine of Crystal Jade was superb.
Ain’t going to talk about what we talk at the dinner but here’s the food we ate. This is in the order of the food that was served to us.
Boxing Chicken – Very tasty appetizer, easy to the bite and just sweet enough that even the people who doesn’t like sweet stuff would like it.
Sex and The City Cocktail Party & Preview Screening
There I was, at Midvalley’s Golden Screen Cinema standing around between cinema 10 and 11 wondering what am I doing there. Then it came unto me when I saw the buntings that was surrounding the venue. Ah yes, I was there to watch the Sex and the City Preview Screening.
Here’s the who’s who at the Cocktail party.
with StrippedSteph
Valentine’s Day Dinner
Guess where I went for Valentine’s Day Dinner? Where you able to guess? It’s written all over my previous food post!
Anyway, since no one answers me (how could you right? You’re reading my blog, not chatting with me…). The answer’s Ninja Jones @ Northpoint.
Making an early reservation was a good thing as there were practically crowd lining up waiting for their seats at the entrance from 7.30pm onwards… Now, the best bit I overheard from the manager was that, by 8.30pm, those without reservation, they have to be turned away. There just isn’t enough space to accomodate walk in customers for that day. Inside my heart was like, phew, Thank God I made reservations for us.
On to the food that we ate…
Gyu Karubi Sumini-Yaki: Wagyu Beef or Kobe Beef, your choice. The beef do taste different compared to those you get in other places. All those massaging and alcohol DO give the cows better meat! How long it takes for you to cook the beef is also up to you, so you can choose to have some as rare, medium raw or cooked.
Salmon Carpaccio: Raw salmon prepared with some italian touch. To tell you the truth, I don’t really like those salmon that was served at Sushi Kings and all those fast food Sushi restaurants cause I feel that the fish ain’t fresh enough. But This plate of raw fish, I can tell you this, the one plate we ordered isn’t enough for both of us!
Soft Shell Crab Temaki: This California Roll with Soft Shell Crab in it looks good, but I didn’t eat any of it. Didn’t really like Seaweeds.
King Prawn Roll: I’ve commented about this dish before in my previous Ninja Jones post and I will still say it again. It was good! Too bad they didn’t have any Caterpillar Roll that night or we’d have ordered that again.
Volcano Roll: Again, a dish that we can never get bored of, no matter how many times we orders it.
Eringi Ninniku Shoyu Grill: Mushrooms on a grill, best eaten as soon as it arrived as the mushroom will tend to have a tougher bite to it as it starts to dry up from the heat of the stove.
Ti-Ra-Mi-Su: The Tiramisu Cake with a scope of green tea and some fruits in it. A nice dessert to end the night.
So, How was your Valentine’s Dinner? Do come and comment a bit.
| 2.9 |
Ninja Jones Japanese Restaurant
Beautiful dishes from Ninja Jones that’s excellent as subjects for photography. These was the food I ate. Thanks to David Lai the Magician for introducing me to this place.
King Prawn Roll
Volcano Roll
Caterpillar Roll
Toro Salmon
Shallow Fried Soft Shell Crab
Definitely a place worth revisiting. This Restaurant is located at the Northpoint opposite Midvalley Mega Mall.
| 2.9 |
Ninja Jones Japanese Restaurant
Was wondering where to go for Valentine’s Day dinner and David Lai the Magician was nice enough to introduce me to this Japanese Restaurant located at Northpoint, Midvalley.
Check out the food that was served!
King Prawn Roll: The details to the dish was excellent, it’s so beautiful that we dont’ dare to bite into it.
Volcano Roll: Coated with a layer of burnt cheese, it’s quite nice if only I could take cheese.
Caterpillar Roll: This is a cute no. that looks like a overgrown Caterpillar waiting to be eaten.
Toro Salmon: This is Ninja Jone’s Specialty and it cost RM30 just for this small dish.
Shallow Fried Soft Shell Crab: Fried to perfection in my opinion, crunchy to the bite and well portioned for the price.
Will I go back to this restaurant? Definitely! In fact, I’ve made reservations for this Valentine’s Day! I have a strong feeling MissMynx would love this place.
| 2.9 |
Carl’s Jr. Midvalley
A few weeks back, after so much chatters from friends about Carl’s Jr., I decide to go give it a try and so, over to midvalley to give it a go.
Now, before reaching there, I was telling her how so many people say that the burgers was huge! That even for a person such as myself, will have problem finishing it and the other important aspect is, the price is doubled of what McD’s and Burger Kings are.
As long as the portion served is as everyone claimed it to be. Paying over RM20 for a set is worth it. So, off we went, parked the car (does anyone feel that it’s getting harder and harder to find a parking space in Midvalley?) and head off to the 3rd floor.
When it came to my turn to place the order, I placed the orders for big mac lookalike (with bacon) for and the Double Chicken sandwich set (both of these are supposed to be HUGE! judging from the displays) and after paying for it and waited for it, when it arrived. I had to double confirm with the waiters that the two burgers (see photo above) is what I ordered. Now why would I do that? Cause… the two burgers looked PATHETIC They are so… PUNY for the price I pay
Anyway, after complaining about the pathetic size of the burgers, sat down, gobbled it all up in less than 5 bites and sat there for a good half hour discussing over the pathetic-ness of the burgers. The only consolation is, the fries were better than McD’s (which I’ve not tasted anything good from for all these years except Coca Cola).
Now, I’ve come to this conclusion that not all would agree with me. Carl’s Jr. will eventually run out of business after all that hype dies down for the simple fact that… The Burgers does not justify the price we pay. For a single set meal we order at Carl’s Jr., I could have ordered 2 meal sets + an extra fries at Burger King (which also offered FREE FLOW OF DRINKS). With that same amount of money, I could have brought 8 Ramly Burger Specials and the burger chef would be ever so nice to give us extra tissues to go too!
I’ve read in some blogs that they say the Carl’s Jr.’s burgers are huge! I’d have to say that they have puny mouths, that’s all. Would I go and eat there again? Don’t think so, if I’d want to pay RM20++ for a burger set, I’d have just gone to TGIF and ordered a Jack Daniel’s burger and I get to watch LIVE sports on their TV too!
| 2.9 |
