Sunday, June 29, 2008

Tangyyy Jesty Zest Zinggg !

Absence makes the heart grows fonder.

Just like a little girl who misses the sun; watching the incessant raindrops hitting against her window pane -instead of playing outside her garden during summer time.

Or perhaps like a wife waiting for her other half to return in one piece from the battlefield during World War II.

Maybe an old lady waiting for God to take her soul away; because it's so much more painful to feel her organs malfunctioning; one every year.


As mortals live to wait, those who speaks more tend to loathe, as introverts keep untold tales & secrets to themselves within their own ubiety for as long as their want to. No matter what the situation or circumstance is, human still live and love to wait. Ironic.

When there's waiting, that means there's a goal to reach within a certain time line. & only when there's a goal, we have a reason to live.

Having said all that, I've been absent and waiting these days. Just like the little girl waiting for the sun to paint the sky gold again before evening sets in and concludes a day. In the meantime however, there are these wonderful people around me which makes life worth living while "waiting"... (:


By the Bay

My life has been replenished with fine cuisines and lovely peachy morsels for the past week. Here in By the Bay, we wanderlust to a piquant journey along Silkroad Restaurant at Pavilion for a food review session with Terry (a Red FM DJ).

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Jade Z ornamented in a very picturesque frame.

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Jade Z & Kenex on a mission to savor & favor!

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Silkroad menu is in our HANDS!!! Get ready to conquer the zesty world! lol

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confined lacuna

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sits Kenex, DJ Terry, & Jade Z.

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where fiery magic happens!

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DJ Terry doing his "homework" before the sublime courses~

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Eight Treasure Tea -which is probably the BEST tea i've ever tasted!

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Sliced Pork displayed on Bamboo Rack with Spicy Sauce -an absolutely enduring experience for your taste buds.

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Wasabi Prawns -my FAVVV dish in here!

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baby SiChuan dumplings under a thin layer of membrane

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juicy xiu long pau sss!

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Diced Chicken with Dried Chili Peppers; brought in allll the way from China!

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observe & see how HUGE these chilies are!!! very different from our dried ones used for sambal giling.

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the famous Ma Po tofu -one of SiChuan peep's most favourite dish

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Beef and Lettuce in SiChuan Chili "Elixir" -LOL! it's just too magical this taste; i don't know how to describe it! but Terry says it "Reminds you that you're alive!", which we all find very true.

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a very much better than average Stir-fried French Bean with Minced Pork

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food food and so much more FOODDD!!!!!

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on one side -Siva and his new assistant explaining the origins and how these dishes were created.

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on the other side -listening intensively.

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Terry now becoming the "judge"...

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*hmmm...!* -It's SPYCEHHH!!!!! LOL~~~

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Jade Z now the JUDGE. muahahaha~

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nah~ best things in life are shared. B-)

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Black Sesame Glutinous Rice Ball & Chilled Lemongrass Jelly -our dessert which tasted almost musical~!!!

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me really likey the jelly and tea

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yes, i'm your photographer for the day. ;)

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Terry | Siva | & Assistant

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Kenex | Terry | Jade Z

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The Chef | Miss Assistant | Siva

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our miniature group shot - Kenex | Terry | Chef | Jade Z

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holding on my ethereal hands was this exquisite, inestimable bottle of special SiChuan wine!

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Jade Z and Xi Fu

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Dear darrrlinggg Siva & I

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Siva & Kenex in black & whites

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& lastly, here comes our final picture as a closure By the Bay. ^^

Ops. Before heading back home, i managed to filch some time to take TWO shots nearby COACH. hehehe!

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Pictures taken by Tim Ho.


By the Bay Too

Dear readers, here is another restaurant which i would love to introduce to you guys. It's Johorian, it's asli, it's sensational, it's divine, & the place is so so so cosy!

Restaurant A.J (remember the members of Backstreetboys anyone? lol -Bryan, Nick Carter, Kevin, Howie, A.J) is situated just opposite my office; which is located next to Vistana Hotel. So it is fairly easy to spot. ;)

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Deep-fried Sotong generously coated in Golden Batter

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A.J always plays traditional malay music from the P. Ramlee times, it's just SO nostalgic & i lurrrve it! plus, the cosiness prolly makes me dreamy in here... kekeke~! #^^#

This time around however, instead of pampering my soul listening to aesthetic symphonies or just simply indulge in the tantalizing taste of rempah-ratus, i brought Ruby; one of my bestest friend from college, who just came back from Tasmania for the semester break!

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Ruby Booby, is what they call her.

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when they say don't play play, Don't play play. A.J Restaurant was featured in the Selera section. Well done! :DDD

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Jade Z & Ruby welcoming people at the entrance with literally, "Open Hands"!

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sebelum perasmian

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*huggies!* with the boss of A.J Restaurant

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this place is famous for it's asam pedas. so if you do drop by, please MAKE SURE you order the ASAM PEDAS!!!

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urns and urns of rich gravy

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Ruby & the famous siput

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the juicy Rendang Ayam Johor bursting with erotic daun limau purut flavor

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Rojak Johor nihhh ada UMPH~!

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Ruby's suggestive seductive look with the sweet scent pulut hitam~

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somebody candid-ed me! qqq:

& after dinner, this couldn't be missed! After so many years of only communicating through brittle flimsy MSN connection past two different worlds, my bff deserves a GREAT BIG CAM-WHORE HUG TIME!

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Candy & Ubi.

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with our PINK ipods!! :DD

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Sinful Cindy & Ruby Booby. lolz~

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the meow meow mee @ A.J

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gucci gucci~ (tickle tickle~) but if i have a pet i think i'll name it Gucci for real.


By the TREE Bay

Ruby & i actually made a call to Eri (ALSO my bff... haiyoh!), to teasingly scold her for always not being able to make time for girlie outings. i faked a cry using my "performing arts skills", Ruby gave her the "i just came back from Tassie leh" reason, and summing em all up, i think it worked!!!


Sushi Zanmai at Sunway Pyramid (Old Wing)

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Eri | Ruby | Cindy

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selected fews from the "sushi escalator". LOL! what do we call them actually!?

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my MUST-HAVE cawan mushi; tho this taste is never like absolutelyfuckingreat.

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Ruby's "2 BEST Combination in the WORLD"~ which we all then agree IS the BEST.

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Salmon & a slice of Lemon

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Wasabi Caterpillar Roll

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Avacado Caterpillar Sushi

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Gyozas

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S.O.B.A Mee.

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Macha Green Tea Ice-Cream we all lovvve -again!

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lucky Jade & Rub-a-dub-dub

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Air & H2O

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Eri & i

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we decided to use flash all-the-random

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errr... the chefsssss?! *amusing~*

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so here comes another! ROFL


The 3 solid hours of

  • shopping
  • gossiping
  • laughing &
  • sharing
wasn't enough. NOT after almost 2 YEARS of not seeing each other for real! So we headed down to Coffee Bean and .........................

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I think you'll have to watch the Slide till THE END to see what a (bah) Dreamgirl doesn't, wouldn't, & shouldn't do, in Public.


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till then lovesss... enjoy & have a great week ahead! & i surely am cuz SPAIN scored Germany 1-0! *hurrayyy~* :p