Carnauba Autospa, the great place to wash your car

I think it's quite common that many of us who sent our car to those normal car wash center, only to notice that sometimes it end up with some minor scratches on our car. Besides, if you always sent your car to wash at these place, you will also notice that your car will have loads of swirl marks, which will surely made your car unable to be as shine as other car enthusiast who detail their car properly.

Therefore, most people who want to protect their car more but do not have the time to wash their own car, they will prefer to sent their car to professional car wash center (like those at Sunway area) to wash their car. Not only these center will use premium car wash products such as Sonax or Meguairs, but the chances of your car getting more swirl marks or scratches is greatly reduced. However, while waiting for your car to be wash, you will have to find someone to bring you to another place to lepak. If you are unlucky, you will just have to wait at the car wash center and die of boredom there. To make things worse, most of the car wash center are hot as they don't provide air corn.

Therefore, here I introduce you guys a great place to wash your car, Carnauba Autospa at Glenmarie!



Look at the waiting lounge! It's fully air conditioned, with a LCD TV for you to watch some movie. Besides that, light snacks such as curry puff, sandwich and even nasi lemak is served. Drinks wise such as coffee, tea, soft drinks are served too! Oh, and did I mentioned, those are all for free if you wash your car there, and there's a waiter to served you too!!!



Free wifi service are available too so you can online with your laptop or PDA. There also a music player there as you can listen to your favorite songs while waiting. Besides, you can also see how your car was being detailed while waiting at the lounge.



The area that your car wash wipe dry, vacuum and being detailed. It's cleaner than most of the other professional car wash center as the place to wash and detailed is clearly separate. Besides, if you are lucky, you will saw Lamborghini, Ferrari and Porsche here.



All in all, I really love to sent my car to be detailed here. They even had a theater system at the 2nd floor where you can watch movie on a 100" projector screen! With all the facilities given, it's not that expansive compare to their competitor, as a normal car wash(include vacuum) for a compact car is only RM15, and a basic wax is RM90 only, while a basic 3 step polish cost around RM300++.

I am very satisfy with their job when I sent my car there for detailed, better than the other few car wash center in Sunway that I went before. With that price and the quality of service you get there, I will recommend everyone to go to Carnauba Autospa, Glenmarie if you wish to detailed your car!

Review: Kedai Kopi Keng Nam

Ipoh is like Penang, you can simply enter any restaurant and the food won't fail you. Therefore, although I hate the weather of Ipoh, but I still like to go there occasionally to eat there.

Kedai Kopi Keng Nam is one of my favorite place to have breakfast when I am there. I love the "Chee Cheong Fun" there, but to my disappointment, the stall selling it was not opened that day.

Therefore I decided to have something which Ipoh is not famous of, "Curry Mee". The "Curry Mee' is good, although some of the best in Penang do taste better, but it has it's own style.

My rating "Curry Mee": 7/10



The only reason the "Curry Mee" is getting such a high score is due to the pork skin in it. Oh my...it's super awesome. This tiny piece of pork skin had turn a just average "Curry Mee" into somethinng really good!! I should had ask them to add in few more piece the next time I eat it!



Another food that must try at this restaurant is the "Kaya Sticky Rice". The "kaya" itself is really nice, and the sticky rice is good too. Oh yummy yummy.

My rating "Kaya Sticky Rice": 7.5/10



Overall, this restaurant is on rotation mode for my place to have breakfast in Ipoh. So once it's their time, I will go and visit them again!

Total damge:
Less than RM10 include drinks for 2

How to get there:
Just oposite UOB bank Ipoh

OH fuckkkkkk.....H1N1??????

Well, I think most of you guys know the symptoms if you got caught in H1N1, which include ever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. A significant number of people who have been infected with novel H1N1 flu virus also have reported diarrhea and vomiting.

Well well well, as you guys know I just come back from China last Thursday, and now my colleague that fly with me had diarrhea since Monday, and last night he was caught in a fever!!!!!

For myself, seems no fever till now, but i do have runny nose for the past few days although runny nose is a normal thing for me.

So........


UPDATED at 5.16pm: My colleague had went to hospital, and the doctor ask him to self quarantined for 2 days. Now I guess is my turn :s

Review: La Loyuex Bistro

One of my friend is a German food lover, and whenever she went to some place that serves nice German food, she will tell us and bring us to there, and so I had the chance to visit La Loyuex Bistro at Taipan USJ.



The first food that came is the "German Pork Belly". It's sweet, and the belly itself is really nice as it's not too fat and therefore won't give you the "muak" feeling. It's simply the best dish served at that night!.

My rating "German Pork Belly": 7/10



The next dish is the "Texas BBQ ribs". The ribs are nice and not hard. The meat is quite sweet itself. However, I will prefer Tony Roma's rib to it anytime although the price at Tony Roma's is almost double of it.

My rating "Texas BBQ ribs": 6/10



"Assorted sausage plate" is the upcoming dish. However, the sausages are a disappointment. Most of the sausage is just normal, nothing special.

My rating "Assorted sausage plate": 5/10



And finally, the "German Pork Knuckle". I myself actually don't really like the way the Germans cook the pork knuckle this way. I prefer Chinese style more. However, it's actually not bad, and better than other restaurant that serves "German Pork Knuckle". Although I prefer the gravy at Bavarian Bierhaus at the Curve more. Another thing is, the knuckle here is smaller than the one served at Bavarian Bierhaus, which makes a normal Malaysian with normal appetite can finish this dish himself easier.

My rating "German Pork Knuckle": 5/10



Overall, I won't come back to this shop anytime soon as I find that the dish here are nothing spectacular. However, I will still recommend this place to anyone who wish to try some German food at Malaysia as the price are affordable. Besides, for beer lovers, they do serve German beer although the choice are not much.

Total damage:
"German Pork Belly" - RM25.90
"Texas BBQ ribs" - RM25.90
"Assorted sausage plate" - RM25.90
"German Pork Knuckle" - RM31.90

How to get there:
It's located at Taipan, USJ, or also known as the Golden Triangle of USJ.

Address: 37, Jalan USJ 10/10, Taipan Triangle, Subang.

Review: Bosphorus Turkish Fine Cuisine

Turkish food are considered as one of the three most renowned food in the world, just behind the French and the Chinese. I always wanted to try them, but it's a bit hard to find authentic Turkish food in Malaysia. I straight away enter Bosphorus when I saw they served Turkish Fine Cuisine.

The atmosphere is good, but for a place that served fine cuisine, I expect more.



Due to my lack of experience, I really don't know what to order and can just stare at the menu. Therefore, I decided that I will let the waiter to help us on choosing what to order.

The first thing that came is the free nan with some garlic (or whatever it is). Although it's free, but seriously I find that those nan selling at mamak stalls are better.

My rating "Nan": 2/10



For the appetizer, we had "Imam Bayildi", also knowned as the Imam's favorite dish, making it one of the most famous dish from Turkey. It's basically braised eggplant stuffed with onion, garlic and tomatoes. Although the taste are not bad, and is actually the best dish served at that night, but I am fairly disappointed with it. The taste is quite blend, nothing amazing, and seriously, nothing worth to shout about, especially being the most famous dish in Turkey.

My rating "Imam Bayildi": 4/10



The next food that being served are "Dag Kekikli Tavuk Sote". It's chicken marinated with mountain oregano, and then cooked with spring onions, green chillies, tomatoes and mushrooms. Well, I am totally not impressed when the dish came. It just look so normal, and same goes to the taste.

My rating "Dag Kekikli Tavuk Sote": 3/10



The next dish was the "Iskender Doner". It's actually kebab topped with tomato sauce, lemon butter, and fresh home made yoghurt. Again, this dish failed badly. The meat itself is a bit hard although it was sliced thinly. I won't say the sauce taste bad, cause it seems to be too dull.

My rating "Iskender Doner": 2/10



Overall, I won't step in into Bosphorus Turkish Fine Cuisine at Pavillion again. It totally not worth the price at all. I pay a total of RM163.30 for the dishes above, but even if the price are slashed to RM50, I still won't come back again. I however, still won't give up on Turkish food. So anyone know where I can eat nice Turkish food, please tell me.

Total damage:

"Imam Bayildi" - RM16.80
"Dag Kekikli Tavuk Sote" - RM50.80
"Iskender Doner" - RM58.80

How to get there:
Level 6, Pavilion KL

Review: Yap Eng Bah Kut Teh Klang

I once rated "Yap Eng Bah Kut Teh" as the best "Bah Kut Teh". It's seriously nice. It was my wonderful colleague who bring me here back when I am working at Rawang. Before this, I never had the chance to eat such good "Bah Kut Teh", as those at my hometown are bad and I never like them. The two restaurant at SS14 that serves "Bah Kut Teh" taste better than my hometown one, but if compare to this, they are consider as FAIL!



The shop is normally quite full especially in the noon time, but since we reach there quite late, so it's rather empty.



There are only one choice of tea to choose from I guess, as when we say we want Chinese tea, the waiter just give us this.



The "Yao Char Koay" is consider OKOK only as it's not crunchy at all.

My rating "Yao Char Koay": 3/10



The main dish, the "Dry Bah Kut Teh". Its nice. It's taste something like "Gong Bou". Although the gravy is less, but the taste is there. I forget to ask them for extra fatty meat, but it still turn out good as the meat is not hard.

My rating "Dry Bah Kut Teh":7/10



I decided not to order the soup version one as it might be too much for two person. However, I end up ordering the "Vinegar Pork Leg", which is not really nice. The taste is blend, and not sour enough. I also find that the pork leg should had cooked longer to make it softer.

My rating "Vinegar Pork Leg": 3/10



Although we did not order the soup version of "Bah Kut Teh", but we do ask them to give each of us a bowl of soup. The soup is really nice, and no way those shop at my hometown can win it. I really love the soup a lot, and regretting not ordering the soup version one.

Besides, look at the rice properly, it's not plain rice but rather some oil rice, which goes really nice with the "bah kut teh".

My rating "Bah Kut Teh Soup Version": 7.5/10



Overall, I will come back to this restaurant whenever I got the chance. I will seriously miss the "Bah Kut Teh" here, both the soup and dry version, especially when I am eating "bah kut teh" at my hometown, I will curse them for cooking so poorly!

Total Damage: RM31.70 for 2 person

How to go there:
If you come from Jalan Bukit Kemuning, when you reach the roundabout, take the 12 o' clock turn, and then just follow the road and go straight. After around 5minutes of driving, you will see a Petronas petrol station on your right. After you saw the petrol station, make a U-Turn at the traffic light ahead, take the 2nd or 3rd turn on your left. "Yap Eng Bah Kut Teh" is on the shop lots on your left.

Off to China soon

Hei guys and girls, I am at the airport now, flying off to Macau in less than two hour time :D

Wish me luck, and Venetian Four Seasons, here I comeeee!!!!

AUX Cable

I am not a fan of burning my collection of songs into CD, as I find that it's very troublesome, especially since all of my songs have a bit rate of higher than 200 kbps. This means that the size of each song is around 8mb or higher, which also means a CD can only hold less than 100 songs.

Therefore, I decided to get myself a AUX cable to connect it to my iPhone since my car support it. I get it from machines at Sunway Pyramid for RM98. Since Griffin is the only brand they have, I just scoop it up.



The AUX cable is really easy to use, just plug and play like an earphone. I just need to connect one side of it to my iPhone earphone jack, and the other to my car AUX port.



After that I just need to open the iPod application in my iPhone, and press the Media button on my car, and there you go, musics are coming out from my car BOSE 9 speaker system.



One thing troublesome is when I am enjoying the music while cruising, and a call or sms came in, I need to unplug the AUX cable before I can listen as the cable is not long enough. Therefore, I am planning to s**** my dad's iPod and use it mainly for music only~~!

Review: Restaurant Fatty Crab Taman Megah

Fatty Crab....wooot I love it!! Although eating crab at Petaling Jaya/Kuala Lumpur area is a bit pricey, but I still visit it whenever I found the kaki to go with me. It's been almost one year since I last visit here, and in my last trip to Kuala Lumpur, I had the chance to revisit it again.



The first dish that came is the "fried chicken wing". In my opinion, the chicken wing is only good if you ate it before the other dish came, especially when it's still hot. This is most likely that the taste of the other dish is too heavy, and make the chicken wing a bit tasteless. Besides, all "fried chicken wing" won't taste nice if they are not hot.

My rating "Fried Chicken Wing": 5.5/10



The second dish that came is the "Sweet Sour Prawn". It's taste quite nice, and the prawns itself is quite sweet too, besides they are fresh enough! I enjoy this dish very much before the crabs came.

My rating "Sweet Sour Prawn": 7.5/10



The next dish is one of my favorite style of cooking crab of all time, the "Sweet and Sour Crab". I really like the way this restaurant cook it, it's sweet and sour enough,and I use it on all the dishes that appear next. With this gravy, I cant really finish up two big bowl of rice! Until now, I can't find any other restaurant that able to cook the "Sweet and Sour Crab" as nice as this!

My rating "Spicy Sour Crab": 9/10



Due to the awesomeness of the "Sweet and Sour Crab", I almost forget to take the picture of the "Steamed Crab", until I remembered, it only left half plate. I do not really able to enjoy this, as the taste of the "Sweet and Sour Crab" is really too heavy, leading to I find that the "steamed crab" is a bit tasteless without the sweet and sour gravy. Besides, I find that many other restaurant are able to prepare this dish as good as it. My friend however find that the "steamed crab" is nice as the crab itself is fresh and sweet enough.

My rating "Steamed Crab": 6.5/10



Again, sorry guys for taking the picture late. I am still enjoying the "Sweet and Sour Crab" while my friend already divide the "Fried Rice" to everyone. The "Fried Rice" is superb if you eat it with the gravy of the "Sweet and Sour Crab", but even if you eat it plain itself, it's still nice enough.

My rating"Fried Rice": 6/10



Overall, I love this place very much, mainly due to it's "Sweet and Sour Crab". However, the choice of food is not much, as such for crab, they only got two type, which are "Sweet and Sour Crab" and "Steamed Crab". The same goes to prawn, only "Sweet Sour Prawn" and "Steamed Prawn". Therefore, don't expect you have a wide range of cooking style of the food you want.
I will always go back to "Restaurant Fatty Crab" whenever I feel like eating crab when I am at Kuala Lumpur area.

Total Damage:
RM191.50 for 5 person (Crab: RM84, Prawn: RM56, Chicken Wing: RM18, Fried Rice: RM10)

How to go there:
Once you pass by the big food court "Ming Tian", you will eventually saw "Restaurant Fatty Crab".

Address:
Taman Megah, Petaling Jaya.

New wallet and key chain....

Finally, I manage to get one of these.....



Ever since I saw this wallet at FHM, I always wanted to get it, just that I never got the chance to see the real thing before. However, I seriously fall in love with it when I saw it at KLCC, but since they only have the one with a coin pouch, I get it at Pavillion instead.



Besides, I also get one of their limited edition hand phone strap, but I will use it as a key chain :D

Review: Madam Kwan's KLCC, FAILED!

I always love to eat at Madam Kwans's when I shop at KLCC, most likely is due to the food is nice, and the price is on the low side compare to other restaurants there (besides fast food). However, my last experience at Madam Kwan's at KLCC seriously failed me in terms of their service.

When we reached Madam Kwans's and were directed to our table, we waited around 10minutes before our orders were taken. I will accept it if the restaurant is full house, but it's not as there are still quite a number of empty tables.

We do able to enjoy our food peacefully until we finished it. Then here come this wonderful waiter, who is still a trainee. As some of us are able to finish their food earlier than the rest, this wonderful waiter just come and took off our plates without even asking did we finished our food already. It's still OK for me although one of my friend is already very unhappy with this.

However, since we sat at a corner table, and when the waiter had finish collected the plates from the outer side of the table, the waiter just come and ORDER us to help him pass the plate. Well, I think order is a huge word as he do not speak as he is deaf. He just point here point there and expect we to pass the plate ourself to him, without a single word of PLEASE and HELP. Besides, the waiter actually able to go behind us and collect the plates, but he is just lazy to move his arse.

At this time, I am furious with his attitude, and ask him is it possible to wait for us left before he collect the plates, and he just answer me in a very rude manner and say it's their policy to collect the plate once we finish our food. Then since he replied in such a manner, I say if you want collect can, but collect yourself, what the thing with point here and point there? He just replied "yala, but tolong la..tolong", and my friend pass the plate to him, and he left. If it's me, I won't bothered to do so and will see what he will do.

I really wanted to complained to the manager of the restaurant, but in the end just forget it. The attitude that this wonderful trainee Madam Kwan's KLCC had is really bad as I find that even if I dine at normal hawker stall, most of them will have better manners than him. Luckily the food we ate are still nice, but this experience will make me think twice the next time if I were to dine at Madam Kwan's or not. Okay, enough for the rantzzz, back to the review of the food.

The "Assam Laksa", I never try it but my friend say it's nice:



The "nasi lemak", which is quite nice. I love the rendang.

My rating "Nasi Lemak": 6/10



One of my all time favourite at Madam Kwan's, "Nasi Bojari". It's the three color rice originated from Indonesia. The rice itself is already very nice, and with the asam prawns and the rendang really makes it better. I will prefer though if it comes with rendang ayam instead of fried chicken.

My rating "Nasi Bojari": 8/10 (If it were to come with rendang ayam, I will give a higher score)



The "Sago Gula Melaka" tastes nice, but it just don't worth the price at RM5.80.

My rating "Sago Gula Melaka": 4/10



Same like the "Sago Gula Melaka", the "Ice Campur" is good, but again the price tag does not justify it.

My rating "Ice Campur": 4/10



Another my all time favorite here, "Cendol". It's nicer than most "Cendol" I ate before, but the "kacang merah" is not as sweet as it should.

My rating for "Cendol": 2/10 (It will gain a way higher score if not because of the.....)



The cendol is nice until......

Oh MY GOSH!!! What the hell is this??!!!



Overall, although I still loves the "Nasi Bojari", but due to the bad experience, I guess I will give Madam Kwan's a few pass before I dine at there again.

Total damage:

"Assam Laksa" - RM12.90
"Nasi Lemak" - RM14.90
"Nasi Bojari" - RM21.50

"Sago Gula Melaka" - RM5.80
"Ice Campur" - RM6.80

"Cendol" - RM6

How to go there:
Top floor of KLCC, you won't miss it if you were to dine at peak hours as normally there will be a huge crowd waiting outside of the restaurant.

My car is finally here!!!

Woot...after paying the deposit and waited for two weeks, my beloved RX8 is finally here! However, since I went down to Kuala Lumpur one day after I got my car, I don't have time to post it until today, and since today is Saturday, I decided to get in touch more with my car by helping her to bath before sent her for some long awaited photography session.

The mirror finish:



Front view:



Rear:



and rear again after out from Carnauba Autospa:




Driver view and my leg:



Look at the electronic rev limiter. The RX8 auto can rev up to 7,500rpm, but if the engine is not hot enough, it will limit your rev in order to protect the engine. There are actually three level or limit, and if you start the engine from a cold start, there will be another level of rev limiter which limits the rev up to 5,000 rpm only.

Besides, I only get my car less than 2 weeks, but already travel more than 2000km.



The radio, gear and handbrake:



And finally the roaring rotary engine:



The RX8 is really a fun car to drive. It's nice for cruising, and it got the power when you need it. When you are up for spirited driving, the handling won't failed you although I haven really tested it yet.

However, the RX8 is not a fast car on straights. I tried a 0 to 100kmh run before, and it takes almost 9 seconds to reach the century. Although this is faster than my E46 355i (takes almost 10seconds), but in my opinion, the E46 will be the one faster to reach 200kmh. Therefore, I still can't really play with other car on speedway :p