Midnight Supper Dim Sum

Tonight Supper ＼＼\\ ٩(`(エ)´ )و //／／

I like bacon fishball.

Been playing games past midnight need to refuel my energy.

Hang out at a 24 hours Dim Sum restaurant for meat dumplings and tea.

Star Wars Rebels at Mid Valley

Star Wars Rebels Stormtrooper helmet statue

Hang out at Mid Valley shopping mall, this piece of giant Stormtrooper helmet caught my attention. It's an event to promote the new cartoon Star Wars Rebels in cinema. 

Star Wars Characters Chopper and Inquisitor on the left of the photo

There are several touch screens monitor around the giant helmet statue. Touch to select on any characters on the screen and a brief description and a short movie preview of the character will be displayed on the touch screen monitor.

Master Yoda Plush

Master Yoda from Star Wars in the toy claw machine.. but it was tucked firmly. (~_~メ) 

Local Food in Tawau Sabah

Took a flight to Tawau in Sabah, Malaysia

Tawau is a town by the sea where you could find cheap and fresh seafood. It also has a big fish market (Pasar Ikan Tawau market) at the town.

Things we do in Tawau is cheap seafood, jungle trekking, and swimming at the beach located further away from the town. The sea water at beach near Tawau town is murky if you want clearwater beach you could go island hopping in Semporna (a district located in Tawau). There are boat rides for island hopping at the Semporna Jetty.

I went to one of the reserved forest for jungle trekking which I do not want to double post here. It alrdy been posted before at this link :

http://chockate.blogspot.com/2007/09/tawau-hills-park-taman-bukit-tawau.html 

Rainforest with gigantic trees

There are some plantation estates open for visitors at:

http://chockate.blogspot.com/2007/09/balung-river-eco-resort-tawau-sabah.html http://chockate.blogspot.com/2007/09/view-top-resort-taman-air-tawau-sabah.html

Below, some cheap and good local food we had in Tawau town :

big green plate : Yau Char Kwai / You Tiao 油條 with Kaya fillings

I find the you tiao in Tawau special because at my town, our you tiao has no fillings in it.

The other pastries in the picture are nothing special (from left cake, curry puff, and siew bao)

Crab vermicelli noodles

The seafood here is cheap and fresh. They even have crab noodles

Flower Crab at Semporna, Sabah near the Semporna jetty

Tea Leaf Egg in Tawau

Sweet tea leaf egg dessert. It's my favorite drink in Tawau. The hard boiled chicken egg is brownish color caused by the color of the black tea. 

Ikan Bakar (stingray grilled with spice on banana leaf)

All the seafood in Tawau town is quite fresh. 

We chose the stingray we want for the chef to cook at the Ikan Bakar stall.

Picture above, grilled stingray meat

Heong Dai Mai Fun Noodles 香底米粉 (crispy noodle with gravy)

The crispy noodles sold here is a little different from the ones in my town. I'm not used to the oily gravy it's a little too oily for me. The gravy is different too.

Fish Noodle

Fish with crispy noodles. I like the fish they are cheap and fresh

Huo Tie 鍋貼 (Meat Dumplings) I like the meat dumplings in Tawau. They are generous with the meat and their dumplings are bigger. We dipped the dumplings in vinegar and ginger sauce.

干捞面 Gan Lao Mian (Noodles with fried pork and barbequed pork)

I like this too.

Swiss-Garden Golf Resort & Spa Damai Laut's Beach at Lumut, Perak

 Family trip to a private beach inside Swiss Garden Golf Resort & Spa Damai Laut at Lumut, Perak.  It's a nice clean beach.

 The moment we walk down the steep stairways to the beach , we were repeatedly stung by lots of mosquitoes. It's like in jungle ...Mosquitoes on a beach?! I've been to many beaches in Malaysia and very rare mosquitoes will surround you like this..because of salty sea breeze. But this beach shock us with the mosquitoes...maybe the beach's rain forest jungle is too close.

Beautiful view at one of the seaside balcony. I hardly able to swim because my mom quickly rushed us back to the seaside balcony. We brought sunscreen only we never thought this place would have mosquitoes therefore we didn't bring our mosquitoes repellent body spray. It's the worst ever ruined beach vacation I had because my parents refused to stay at the beach watch me swim..I can't swim alone there's no lifeguard so I had to join my parents at the mosquitoes free zone seaside balcony taking pictures instead of swimming.

Sea view from Swiss Garden Golf Resort & Spa Damai Laut's balcony.

Some local food and snacks we had during our beach vacation below :

On the way to the beach at Swiss-Garden Golf Resort & Spa Damai Laut in Lumut, we dropped by Ipoh town area to have some noodles.

We also had some Yong Tao Foo(bean curd and fish ball dumplings) and Lai Fun noodles for lunch in Ipoh

Cendol (shaved ice with green jelly, beans, palm sugar and coconut milk) with Pulut (glutinous rice/ sticky rice) at James Cendol stall located at Jalan Lumut in Sitiawan, Perak.

It is a popular Cendol stall in Sitiawan. The shaved ice melted very fast in hot weather.

Gong Piang (traditional chinese salty pastry or biscuit) with onion fillings
We keep snacking on the way to Lumut. After having cendol, we dropped by the town in Sitiawan for this popular local snacks called Gong Pian / Gong Piang sold at Sitiawan Cheong Cia Gong Pian stall. It's a popular stall selling gong piang in Sitiawan.

By the time we reach this stall, all the Gong Piang with Char Siew (barbecued pork) fillings were sold out we can only order Gong Piang with onion fillings. All their gong piang are freshly made and hot because they sold out very fast.

The onion gong piang has a nice aroma... a little crunchy when it's still hot and tough in texture, it's best to eat when it's hot. Gong piang looks like pastries from village in the olden days.

Swiss-Court Holiday Apartments (dining area and swimming pool)
Because the private beach at Swiss Garden Golf Resort & Spa Damai Laut has too many mosquitoes..I had to swim in this swimming pool (picture above) near our accommodation at Swiss-Court Holiday Apartments. We stayed for a night there.

Swiss-Court Holiday Apartments lobby

The lobby is located near the swimming pool

Lumut Jetty terminal (It's a jetty terminal for ferry rides to Pangkor Island) near the Waterfront Promenade market in Lumut town

The next day after we check out from the apartment, my dad brought us to the Lumut Jetty Terminal and Waterfront Promenade in Lumut town to enjoy the sea view. The street markets and shops in Lumut town is a place to look for cheap marine products, local confectioneries, souvenirs and seafood. My mom bought some dried anchovies, dried seaweeds, dried salted fish and other seafood snacks like spicy roasted squid and fish snack , etc....

Steamed fish & Crab with salted egg
On the way home, we went to Restoran Hai Tien Ti at Kampung Cina, in Sitiawan, Perak for lunch.

Fresh oyster

Raw oyster dipped in lime.

Prawn noodles at a stall in Perak before we go home.

Dave's Deli - Braised Beef Ribs

Dave's Deli Braised Beef Ribs at Subang Parade mall

(beef ribs with mild spicy tomato gravy, mash potatoes, salad & coleslaw)

Went for shopping at Subang Parade. There's lunch promotion at Dave's Deli restaurant. 30% discounts on all the meals except drinks for weekdays only from 12pm to 3pm. =D

Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant - Mozarella Pork Fillet

Mozarella Pork Fillet at Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant in Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia.
( Boiled ham, pork fillets, bread topped with mozarella cheese and tomatoes)

So tempted to have cheese ... my food of the day is cheese ʕ̡̢̡*✪௰✪ૢʔ̢̡̢

Pizza Hut lunch set too big portion so I go to Brotzeit again and ordered this mozarella pork fillet lunch set  Like to have lunch here because the restaurant serve free ice lemon tea during special lunch hours from 11a.m. to 3p.m. weekdays.

Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant in Sunway Pyramid, Malaysia.

Singapore Malls

Cool stuffs at the mall during my visit to Singapore.

 Star Wars Lego - Millennium Falcon

Star Wars Lego - Imperial Shuttle

Star Wars Lego - AT-AT Walker (This one looks like robotic dog)

Star Wars Lego Stormtrooper & Darth Vader minifigure keychains 

(Stormtrooper without it's rifle and Darth Vader without his lightsaber)

There are many Lego shops at the malls in Singapore. So tempted to get myself a souvenir. Bought these two lego minifigure keychains without a weapon at a lego shop to hang on my sling bag. At first ,I bought Darth Vader only because the cape looks cool but both the Darth Vader and my bag are black =/.. I hardly see the black Darth Vader on the black bag so I went to another shop and get this white Stormtrooper to match.

Malaysia Boleh food court at Jurong Point mall. It's a food court.with hawker stalls selling various type of Malaysia's local street food. Since I came all the way from Malaysia to Singapore I prefer to try some Singapore local food stalls rather than Malaysian food.

Garena Stadium

Surprised to see this at Bugis+ mall. Never notice this during my previous visits to Singapore. Just played a game from Garena recently recommended by an online game friend. The Garena Stadium quite spacious with a cyber cafe, a room for theater size screen with seats and game souvenirs at the entrance.

Osaka Ohsho 大阪王将 - Fuwatoro Tenshin Han Set

Osaka Ohsho restaurant's Fuwatoro Tenshin Han for SGD9.90 (Japanese rice covered with omelette blanket and thick gravy) at Westgate shopping mall in Singapore.

 I was strolling at Westgate shopping mall and pass by this cute looking omelette rice displayed at the entrance of the Osaka Ohsho restaurant. I was quite full snacking on street food in Chinatown again but we went in there to have a light meal.

This is the menu at the entrance that lured me to try out the golden color omelette rice in gravy.

Osaka Ohsho restaurant's Fuwatoro Tenshin Han set SGD 12.90

The set included Fuwatoro Tenshin Han (omelette rice), a bowl of soup and a plate of 6 gyoza.

A plate of 6 Gyoza (japanese pan fried meat dumplings) that comes with the Fuwatoro Tenshin Han set. I ate 2 before the picture was taken.

Osaka Ohsho Gyoza set menu

It's the Japanese style of smooth and fluffy omelette and rice. The gravy quite thick too remind me of the texture of Chinese restaurant's shark fin soup's gravy. The gravy taste close to that but not same. The taste is egg?! everything taste good when it's hot.