Ayam Penyet and Mee Sup at Ani Sup Utara

Last Saturday we decided to have lunch at another restaurant in Seksyen 9, Shah Alam, just at the corner behind the Nasi King. The place is called Ani Sup Utara or can be translated as Ani's Northern Soup... Canggih jugak bunyi nya...

Pasha eating strawberry yogurt while waiting for the food and Mama's Bandung Cincau.

Those were the food that we ordered. Mama took her chance with the Ayam Penyet (top 2 pictures) after huge dissatisfaction with the Ayam Penyet at Ayam Penyet AP. Again, it was not up to her expectation even though, to me, the chicken here was much better than the one at Ayam Penyet AP.

I tried the Mee Sup Daging (bottom left). The Beef Noodle was quite nice but on a whole, there was nothing really special about this dish. It was just another noodles in soup...

Not fully satisfied, I went for the Nasi Lemak Bungkus. Finally, this Nasi Lemak Bungkus (last picture) was something worth trying. It was good. Not too sweet and not too hot. Just nice! No wonder Papa is getting bigger, sideways, eh....

More pictures of us eating and eating and eating and Pasha with another serving of strawberry yogurt...

That's how the restaurant looks like and an out of focus logo of the place. Read the tag line: Ingat Sup... Ingat Ani Sup Utara... Ya la....

There you go, another foodie entry from us. Will there be a third food entry in a row? Just wait and see....

Nasi Padang at Seri Garuda Emas

We were in KL last Friday, June 25, 2010. I had a meeting at Menara Perak while Mama Pasha had to do her driving license verification at the Embassy of Indonesia so that she would be able to convert her Indonesia driving license to Malaysian driving license so that she could legally drive... shhhh...

Our tasks completed by lunch time and we decided to try out the Nasi Padang at Restoran Seri Garuda Emas in Kampung Baru. With the aid of GPS, we managed to find the place located at Jalan Raja Alang, Kampung Baru... right across the street from the 7-11.

Pasha drinking Papa's Teh Botol and RockMama reading the TKI newsletter.

We were hungry so we went and chose whatever we wanted to eat and we ate. As simple as that. I took the Ayam Pop. Prawns with Petai, a hard boiled Egg in yellow gravy and Mama as usual, took the Ayam Panggang and Tempe along with some Soup for Pasha. Teh Botol was available there too. In bottles and not boxes!

Since this is a hungry people blog and not a food blog, the above is as much food details as you can have...

I like the Ayam Pop here. It was better than Sari Ratu's and as good as Pak Datuk's in Melaka. Mama Pasha did not quite like her Ayam Panggang. I think it is a sign that she needs to go back to Jakarta or Dumai...

Pasha attacking the Es Teler and the bunting saying that they are now open 24 hours.

The Es Teler was not quite the same that we used to have. The main ingredient, Jack Fruit, was noticeably missing from this one. It was more something in between ABC and Es Teler...

Mama and Pasha and the Es Teler and Thata and Wewit/WitWit (not sure about the name arr...) that came later...

If you want to add another Nasi Padang place to your list, head over to Jalan Raja Alang in Kampung Baru or if you are using a GPS, look for Garuda. If you can't f ind Garuda on your GPS, yor map is not up to date... Ciao!

Cleaning up and saving Money

Mama caught Pasha singing while putting coins into his camel coin box.



Pasha is busy saving money for his toys. He wanted to buy more trains from the Thomas and Friends as well as the Chuggington TV shows. We told him that he must save some money first before we can buy him another piece to add to his collections. He somehow understood that we need money to buy his toys and therefore, he must make sure that he fills up his coin box as and when Papa gives him coins...

Does he know how much he need to save to buy one train? Yes, he does. One full coin box can buy one train. Lucky for us he is only 3+ thus ringgit and sen have no meaning to him yet... For now, at least...

Wondering what is he singing in that video? Here is the lyric...

Clean up clean up everybody everywhere. Clean up clean up everybody do your share.
Clean up clean up everybody everywhere. Clean up clean up everybody do your share.
Clean up clean up everybody everywhere. Clean up clean up everybody do your share.

If you know Barney, you would know that song...

Enjoy!

World Cup Results first please

Visited Ms/Mr/Madam/Mrs Google to find out what Malaysians are google-ing for the last 7 days again. As expected 2010 World Cup South Africa is in the list. Not at the very top but still in the top 10 list. Want to know what is number 1 for the last 7 days? Will tell you at the end of this entry... sabar...

Many Malaysians were looking for World Cup Results and I guess this is due to the fact that not many people could afford to stay up late and watch all the games. Not to mention those who rely solely on RTM, the so called partner of 2010 World Cup, that only showed a few selected matches... Duh... I am one of those who do not subscribe to the sport channel on ASTRO... Oh well... There were times when I wanted to watch those matches that I like only to find out that RTM was showing something-that-I-wonder-who-would-watch program...

Anyway, I do not have any favorite but I would really love to see South Korea make it past the second round. I believe South Korea is the first Asian team that made it to the second round so far. Correct me if I am wrong ya... So, being truly Asian, I dream that South Korea wins the cup... Dream ya... LOL!

Lee Jung-Soo of South Korea beats Vincent Enyeama of Nigeria

What about Australia? The thing is I was taught during my geography classes that Australia is in the Australia Continent but then the soccer people keep on referring Australia as an Asian team. Which is which ha? Not that I have any problem with that but it makes me geographically confused...

How about Malaysia soccer? Quoted from an article in Wikipedia:

The glory days of Malaysian football in the 1970s and 80s, when names like Mokhtar Dahari, Santokh Singh and Soh Chin Aun would strike fear in teams all over Asia and Malaysia used to beat South Korea and Japan are gone. Football in Malaysia is in the doldrums.

There you go...

As promised, Malaysians were searching for Azrinaz Mahzar Hakim more than the World Cup Results. She is the lady that was divorced by the Sultan of Brunei on June 16, 2010. Go google that yourself okay...

What about Luna Maya and Ariel Peterpan? They are no longer in the top 10 list. Good Malaysians...

That's all for now.

Out for Lunch

Posted on the June 21st, 2010 under Family & Friends,Food & Health by papabear

Nasi King Restaurant, Seksyen 9, Shah Alam @ June 19, 2010.

Papa Bear ordered the Nasi Beriyani Gam Kambing – The Nasi Beriyani Gam is a bit gam-less. I had tasted the original Beriyani Gam in Batu Pahat and this one was not even close to that. As for the lamb, it was not the best that I have tasted so far but was still reasonably tender and tasty.

Papa Bear’s ABC! This one was great! One of the best ABC so far. Pasha in the background trying to topple the ice-cream. The serving was good for 2 to 3 people. This could be a good desert…

Pasha attempted to resist the ABC and he actually did! Actually he was coughing a bit thus he decided to forgo the ice-cream. With the ice-cream out of the way, Pasha and Mama waited for their lunch…

Finally, Mama Pasha’s Kailan and Omelette arrived together with the cutely shaped white rice served with some crackers on the side. We wondered what they used to get that shape on the rice…

Pasha’s Fish and Chips was the last to arrive. It came complete with fries, cucumbers, a piece of tomato and tomato+mayonnaise sauce. However, Pasha was busy playing with Mama’s glasses instead of eating his lunch…

Papa immediately put on some weight after finishing that big plate of Nasi Beriyani and the huge ABC. Just look at the picture above. As for Pasha, posing with Mama’s glasses is much better than eating the Fish and Chips…

The End.

My Water Moments

Posted on the June 19th, 2010 under Out and About by papabear

It has been a while since the whole family last went to the swimming pool even though the pool is just right behind our house. So, one fine evening, clad in our wet suits and armed with a digital camera to capture the water moments, the three of us headed to the swimming pool. The weather was great and the pool was clean with not too many people splashing around.

We were looking forward to some free and easy moments for the three of us until…

Papa Bear: “Pasha, let’s go to the big pool. The water is nicer and you have a much bigger space to float around.”

Pasha: “No Papa. Pasha is not going there. Pasha likes it here. Sini aja Papa.”

Well, after some tricking and baiting….

Mama Pasha: “Pasha, look! Papa is taking our photo!”

Pasha: “No Mama. Pasha wants the grey pool…” (That’s what he called the wading pool)

Mama Pasha: “See Pasha, everything is fine. there is nothing to be afraid of…”

Pasha: “No Mama. Pasha is not fine. There are monsters under the water!

These are some of those moments how I wish that my digital camera is waterproof and I can be in the water and take these pictures without having to get out of the pool…

Papa Bear: “Are you happy now Pasha? Let’s go back to the blue pool.”

Pasha: “No Papa, Pasha tak mau! You have to show me no monster under the water…”

Oh boy! Now I really wish that I have a waterproof digital camera so that I could take pictures under the water and prove it to Pasha that there is no monster under the water. Instead, there are just lots of tiles, some coins (where did those come from?) and some legs belonging to people who were swimming as well as pretending to be swimming…

How I wish I have the Sony DSC-TX5 in my hands at that time. I could just dive into the water with it and take pictures of stuffs under the water and show it to Pasha and he would be convinced that there’s no monster there…

The Sony DSC-TX5 is a gorgeous digital camera that comes with 5 different colors. The main feature that I really need is that the camera is waterproof up to 3 meters. Deep enough for me. Not only that it is waterproof, this digital wonder is also temperature, dust and shock-proof! Superb!

Some of the other cool features worth mentioning here are:

The Handheld Twilight mode (picture on the left) and the Anti-motion Blur mode (picture on the right) where your images boast 50% less noise because the high sensitivity “Exmor R” CMOS sensor coupled with BIONZ imaging processor allows the camera to superimpose six visual frames to create a single optimised image. This means you are able to shoot with high ISO settings in low-light environments, reducing noise and subject blur, giving you clear and sharp images.

On top of that, the Intelligent Sweep Panorama feature (the top picture) let you enjoy beautiful panoramic shots by sweeping your camera horizontally to create stunning landscape shots, or vertically to capture tall objects. It also recognises faces or subject movement automatically and cleverly stitches the photos together to create a natural-looking panoramic shot.

Lastly, but not the least of some of the cool features of the Sony DSC-TX5 is its ability to capture fast actions or a moving subject in a sequence of 10 continuous frames per second (the bottom picture). This sequence of continuous shots are also grouped to simplify playback as the camera analyses each group in order to locate and display the best shot automatically.

Go to http://www.sony.com.my/product/dsc-tx5 if you want to find out more about this digital camera that gives you the photographic power to shoot in style whenever, wherever.

“Can I have one DSC-TX5 now?”

Snatched right before my Eyes

Posted on the June 19th, 2010 under Daily Living by papabear

I was like… Oh my God! Astaghfirullah…! What the… ?

It happened so fast that there was nothing much that anybody can do anything about it…

I am talking about a snatch theft that took place right before my eyes earlier this afternoon while I was driving from KLCC to my office…

Jalan Ampang Hilir

For those who are familiar with Jalan Ampang Hilir between the Ampang Hilir Condominium and Lanson Place, you would know this place well. Quite an elite location in KL.

I was driving towards the roundabout and there was a car in front of mine and a motorcycle was in front of that car. Nothing out of the ordinary was noticed until suddenly the motorcyclist revved up his bike. I thought it was just another Mat Rempik in action. Shortly after that a guy came running onto the street and jumped to the back of the bike!

By this time I saw an Arab lady on the curb just next to the condo yelling with her hands flailing and grocery bags all over her feet. Only then I realized that she just got snatched and nobody could do anything. It happened within seconds… 1001, 1002, 1003… the thieves were gone…

I read lots of similar stories in the mass media and usually the first thing that came to mind was how come people were selfish or uncaring and let things just happen? Now that it had happened right before my eyes, I realized that under certain circumstances, there was really nothing much that we can do but feel sorry for the victim…

Even if you wanted to be a hero, you would never know what you are up against. Even if you have a black belt in Karate, you would still not be able to move faster than a bullet… Is the risk still worth it?

So people, especially the ladies, be careful when you are out there. Take extra precautions and be aware of things that go around you. Try not to expose your valuables. We have read a lot about these cases and some even resulted with permanent injuries as well as death…

Take care my friends!

The Last of the Mangosteens

Posted on the June 17th, 2010 under Food & Health by papabear Edit

Mangosteen aka Manggis aka Garcinia Mangostana

Few weeks back bought some mangosteens from Giant in Plaza Masalam. Ate a few of them and left the rest for Mama Pasha who happens to be another mangosteen fan. Last week, I saw the last of the mangosteens sitting on the table. So, before gobbling it up, I took these photos.

Mangosteens is not just another fruit to me. Thanks to it, I had done something that I could never have done in my life.

I climbed a tree. A mangosteen tree to be exact.

So, what’s the big deal about climbing trees? Well, I grew up in a town area where trees were for shades and decoration rather than for climbing. Most of my cousins grew up around fruit trees. While they had gone up some rambutan trees, the best I could do was wait for them to throw some fruits down.

The sweet, tangy and citrusy flesh

Then one fine day, I was introduced to the mangosteen trees. It’s not very tall and have lots of branches all over it. I made my historic tree climbing then. Until now, that was about the only tree that I have ever climbed… Kesian betul…

Later in life I realized that I have a bit of Acrophobia… I am pretty much okay if the place is all covered up such as, standing at the edge of one of the windows of the PETRONAS Twin Tower at level 68 but I would be totally shivering if I were to stand on the edge of an open, tree top, observation platform… Kecut perut….

Unfortunately, mangosteen does not cure Acrophobia… Too bad.

There you go, an entry that is not about the FIFA World Cup 2010. An entry about a fruit that one day would only be available on printed and electronic media.

How many of you have actually seen a mangosteen tree? Will mangosteens become extinct? What do you think?

We wear it the other way around

Posted on the June 14th, 2010 under Parenting & Kids, Pasha by papabear Edit

Pasha wore his shorts by himself tonight. It was one of those nights when he decided to put on his own shorts. It is a trick that he just learned recently. Must be one great achievement for a 3 year old… I could not remember when I started to put on my own shorts as it was not recorded in my history… hehe…

But,… look at what had happened…

Well, he got it the other way around. The back to the front and the front to the back.

So, why the entry title said we? That is due to the fact that Mama Pasha caught me wearing my shorts the other way around too at the same time! LOL!

Oh Boy! Like father like son. Double LOL!

A picture of me wearing it the wrong way? No No No… This entry is rated PG only….

Anyway, I corrected mine but Pasha refused to change his hence that picture above was taken.

Argentina escapes with a slim win over Nigeria

The only goal by Heinze

Just finished watching the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa live telecast of the match between Argentina and Nigeria. Ended up with Argentina beating Nigeria with only a goal. Argentina 1 – Nigeria o.

In my opinion the game deserved a draw… Argentina’s fans surely hate that remark…

And Messi… Well, he was a mess… LOL!

I think Maradona had lost more calories than Messi just now…

On the other hand, Enyeama, the Nigerian goalkeeper was superb! Messi could not beat him.