0 i-City @ Shah Alam - Lights Wonderland

I have always been intrigued with i-City, ever since photos of the place flooded my Facebook News Feed. Newsworthy it was with abundant eye-catching visuals of man-made trees adorned with colourful lights that graced the dim evening sky. Arriving early has it priviledges - we were not made to pay for parking and we had the opportunity to compare what the place looked like in the day and at night. Quiet, but not without its own charm. There're horse rides and romantic couples sitting in carriages passing by. A BBQ steamboat restaurant in the corner, the famous Gasoline...

0 Baked Chicken Wings in Thai Mango Dipping Sauce

Everything used to be in the kuali. Well...that was until I found convenience in my little oven. Now it's just me and the oven. We go way back, like more than a decade. Anyone would understand why I cannot part with it just like that although the timer has gone cuckoo and I'm not even sure if the temperature is right, but I'm so used to it that I just leave things to bake without really depending on these. If it looks right and it's cooked, the food comes out. Simple. I was rummaging the fridge for something different for my chicken wings the other day. "Honey? Nope... Soy sauce? Boringgg!" "Hah! What's...

2 Snowalk @ i-City, Shah Alam - in 5 minutes!

That's right - that's how long we (the happy family), *sheepishly*  lasted in the RM$20million man-made freezer. Our snow adventure quickly became a rescue mission out after just a minute in, when Mama raised the white flag. Chilled to the bone and caught on slippery path, we had no alternative but to move along slowly to the exit, which we assumed was at the other end. I trekked ahead of the rest to check things out when a suspicion gnawed at me .."Where's the exit sign.." I muttered. I grabbed hold of a passing employee. Imagine our horror, when we found out that OUT was really...

0 The Sultani @ Flamingo Hotel, Ampang (Sultani Musical Buffet)

It was a bargain at RM40++ and we were amused enough to try it because it was a buffet accompanied by live musicians playing Indian Classical music. Amused not for a lack of appreciation, but because our daily music consumption consists of a more modern playlist, which is largely in contrast to this. Who were 'we'? A group of friends I gained from an old job I held as an Accounts Executive in an insurance company. We make it a point to catch up annually and this time we settled on a buffet dinner at The Sultani. We met when our status was still 'single' Some of us are now married with kids The Sultani...

0 A lovely Sunday afternoon no more..

I was sure it was 'just one of those rainy days' accompanied by the usual thunder and lightning streaking across the hazy Kuala Lumpur sky. "It would be over quickly," I prayed, because I had visitors who had just left the building on a bus. A moving double decker under wet weather doesn't fit my ideals of a safe journey home. I worried for their wellbeing though it was unnecessary. I stayed cocooned inside 1Utama for most part of my Sunday, eating, chatting and sifting through Movie Magic's CD/DVD bargains, very much unaware that Mother Nature had let rip a slew of...

0 Veg Fish Farm Thai Restaurant @ Hulu Langat, Ampang

Located just a couple of kilometres past the famous Lookout Point (Ampang), this restaurant promises authentic Thai cuisine at an affordable price. That, it delivers. Signboard from the main road I'm excited about this new try because its obviously different from what we city folks are used to. It involves travelling through a narrow bumpy road into the not-too-deep green jungle.  There are no streetlights in sight. I'm glad we made this a lunch affair. It somewhat eased my worried heart. Travelling in the dark with the sound of thousands of crickets emanating from the trees...