Sunday, 12 January 2014

The WOW Summer Splash Beach Festival 2014 @Surf Beach Sunway Lagoon ft. Steve Aoki


Over the years we’ve seen EDM (electronic dance music) stepping into the mainstream of pop music industry taking up the role as an uprising heart pounding genre worldwide, in year 2014 there will be no different as the tidal wave continue to escalate with more & more legendary EDM maestros preparing to strikes the beautiful capital of Malaysia, spicing up the night with some of their coolest electrifying beats. ^^  

Just last weekend, The Wow Summer Splash Beach Festival 2014 went down with a blast @Surf Beach Sunway Lagoon featuring some uplifting acts from international and local EDM heroes, and headlining the event is nobody else but the one & only Grammy nominated American electro house superstar Steve Aoki (no. 8 on British club magazine DJ Mag TOP 100 DJs 2013).. Well you probably don’t really care about ranking but here’s something you wouldn’t wanna miss, despite the famous Aoki Jump, Steve Aoki also much known for his ‘crowd rafting’ stunts, drinks ‘sharing’ (spraying) & ‘cake-ing’ the fans.. sounds hard to believe?.. scroll down to see if those really happens XD     

Surf Beach Sunway lagoon before the party started ^^
Party started as early as 5 with DJ Leng Yein & Dj Jekey on deck dropping down the beats ^^  
Beats dropped, hands up, party starts!!~~~ ;)  
Steve Aoki's constant co-collaborator Angger Dimas on stage, crowd went wild as its getting closer to Aoki's set ^^
And the madness escalated as Steve Aoki steps onto the stage.. 0oo0 0oo0

So we have Steve Aoki 'on the deck', literary..


 Asia's best attraction indeed :P


Lets spray some chilling breeze shall we XD
Apparently Aoki love to interact with his fans.. with cakes, drinks, dry ice spray & rafts lol XD
 Crowd surfing with the infamous inflatable rafts, Aoki style! >.<

Cake serves on the house upon request, via Steve Aoki right onto your face.. For the record, 6 20-inch cakes were served at  The Wow Summer Splash Beach Festival 2014 :P    

Time to get 'caked'~ Ready, Aim, FIRE! XD
party textbook 101: ‘hands up>jump, jump, jump> scream out loud’ lol


And there you have it, an Ibiza-like-party experience with beach, splashes, cake, rafts & fun all night long.. As for the after party at Soju, well no pics for that, simply more beats & EDM~ ♩ ♪  ;) 


*Photo credits to JS Concert, Rentak Sejuta & John Gullidge, huge thanks to Manoah fr the vip passes ^^

Friday, 10 January 2014

Plus One Shabu Shabu l 一家利港式火锅 @Bandar Puteri Puchong


周秦两汉时期,古人好把鸡、猪肉等置于沸水中汆烫而食,此法亦称为‘濯’,与今涮肉如出一辙;此方历经三国而至唐宋,待满清而兴盛并朝多样化之方向发展,为如今多元丰盛的火锅文化之始祖,从《清宫膳单》里的御膳“野意火锅”,源于蒙古的涮羊肉锅,四川麻辣锅,流传东洋的涮涮锅,乃至于西方的芝士锅,巧克力锅等,火锅文化在汉族与其他民族的饮食文化里有着其不可或缺的地位,而以各式食材与调料入锅似乎自古以来便一直为人们所偏爱..而回归华族,古人认为吃火锅除展现出豪迈开阔的心胸,亦体现出了兼济天下之儒家美德,故有“五味入口,各有所归;百菜下锅,各取所好”一说流传至今。

对于以上表述感到有趣的童鞋们,你们可真有文化兼高端大气上档次啊,至于感觉有点无聊兼头晕脑胀且稍微迷失的吃货们,这也很正常,毕竟我们现在是要介绍美食,可不是上历史.. 那么,历史文艺范就到此结束,让我们把时间快转,回到21世纪2014年,说白话,谈美食 XD

今天要为大家介绍的是改良版的火锅料理〉〉〉以新鲜食材入锅,‘一人一锅’方式呈现的一家利港式火锅Plus One Shabu Shabu)。近期刚迁至Bandar Puteri Puchong新店面的一家利港式火锅原址位于1 Utama Shopping Centre经营七载有余,可称得上是雪隆一带最初引进港式火锅的店家之一,而早在去年我也曾经介绍过该店家,错过了的吃货们可点击OpenRice MakanVenture @Plus One Shabu Shabu 1 Utama链接阅读。^^

此次在全新的店面体验熟悉的好滋味,感觉依然不错,虽然隔了一段时间但食材与汤头水准依旧,尤其我个人所爱的澳门猪骨汤依然清甜可口,还是那熟悉的味道 :P 口说无凭,谨此献上美图以供鉴赏 XD

一家利港式火锅(Plus One Shabu Shabu)@ Bandar Puteri Puchong
新店面新氛围,较普通吃到饱火锅店更为精致的设计及摆设给人非常舒适的感觉  :)

宽广适中的用餐空间
熟悉的笑脸,没错是OpenRice Makan Venture啦 :)
一开始当然先点饮料及汤头啦,Plus One 一供提供了十八种特色汤头任君选择,总有一款会是你的心头好。我点的澳门猪骨汤为例,清甜汤头用料诚意十足,每一锅都附上一根超大的猪大骨,据老板说每隔一段时间便会有特邀前来的中港师傅们到店里试食以确保汤头及食材之水准哦 b^^d


澳门猪骨汤
香菜皮蛋汤
东炎汤


油花分布均匀的纽西兰牛肉片及美国羊肉片,厚度刚刚好,在汤里涮个八秒即可食用,千万别涮得太老哦,不然就可惜啦 ^^
纽西兰牛肉片
美国羊肉片
肉片套餐的其他配料(上)与海鲜拼盘套餐(下)
除了shabu shabu套餐,店里的单点菜色也蛮不错的哦,尤其推荐香港溏心皮蛋及香港炸鱼皮 ^^

香港炸鱼皮,看似简单的鱼皮稍微酥炸后便上桌,但厉害的是就算冷了也依然酥脆,不必配沾酱单吃便很好吃了 b^^d
原装进口的香港溏心皮蛋味道浓郁却不呛鼻配上清爽微甜的腌姜片,绝对会唤醒皮蛋爱好者的味蕾 b^^d
石斑鱼片,厚切新鲜石斑在汤头里汆烫后鲜味十足且有嚼劲,赞!
三宝丸,以纯手工打至肉末起胶再搓成丸,老板坚持不加入蛋白以免掩盖肉类本身的味道,Q弹的口感感觉好好 :)

除了单吃品尝食材的原味之外,店里的酱料也各有特色,可依照老板的标示与不同的食材搭配,让口感更有层次
一些我个人喜爱的酱料,诱人吧^^
酱料区
改良版的港式沙茶酱,拌面食用绝对是绝配 ^^

结束以前来个最佳配角:透心凉的龙眼冰,想要不一样的吃货们也可以试试很有特色的蜂蜜水芹(西洋菜),没错在这里一般煮汤的西洋菜可是饮料哦 :P


除了以上的人气单点菜色以外,Plus One也将在春节以后推出全新的特色单品如七彩鱼丸、越南春卷等为menu注入新血。而想揪团到访的吃货们,只要人数十人以上,老板也贴心的应所订的预算供客制化菜单,可致电洽谈哦。^^


Plus One Shabu Shabu 一家利港式火锅

G15 & 17, Jalan Puteri 4/8, Bandar Puteri,
47100 Puchong, Selangor.


Tuesday, 7 January 2014

Marutama Ramen @ Fahrenheit 88, KL


Hey guys can you imagine how quickly time flies, it has been a year now since my last food post (well ‘sort of’ a year technically as we’re in 2014 now right XD). Anyway date doesn’t really matters, what to be focus on here is a piping hot bowl of noodles with exceptional chicken based broth, serves via a cosy little ramen shop hidden deep in a quiet corner of Farenheit 88, KL--- in case you still don't get it, Marutama Ramen is what I mean here ^^

Marutama Ramen @ 1st floor Fahrenheit 88 (Food Hot Spot area), Bukit Bintang, KL.


Simple yet cosy setting. Love the comfy & relaxing atmosphere :) 
a gentle Japanese touch here & there, lovely :)
Once seated a simple menu with nice illustration on the varieties of ramen they serves will be given ^^


 Marutama Ramen - menu


Marutama provide a straight forward choice of soup for the ramen, simply choose either you would like to have a spicy or non-spicy chicken broth plus the combination of topping you prefer. I ordered the Char Siu Tamago Ra-men witseaweed, onion, ajitsuke tamago & char siu slices.. And here comes the most anticipated star of the post>>> huge bowl of mouth-watering ramen, which serves up pretty quick by the way (less than 10 mins) b^^d

Char Siu Tamago Ra-men (RM 27)
Their signature chicken based broth which boiled for over five hours in order to produce the thick savoury flavor is superbly delectable, luscious taste of nutritious chicken essence which you could easily distinguish it from those ordinary soup which utilise synthetic flavour enhancer. b^^d 

The delightful Ajitsuke Tamago & mouth-watering char siu which literary melt-in-your-mouth is something worth trying as well. The noodles on the other hand isn’t as outstanding as I presume, yes the handmade noodles is firm & smooth which is nice, however personally I would like it to be more springy. Don’t get me wrong now, Marutama serves great ramen which definitely rank up high at my ‘Best ramen in KL’ list, maybe not perfect but still its great ^^      

Ajitsuke Tamago (RM 2)
A good news for garlic lovers, Marutama offers unlimited crispy fried garlic slices & sesame for additional flavor ;)

crispy fried garlic slices & sesame.
some fried garlic to be added into your bowl, & it does taste better :)

So there you have it, one of the best ramen in town, available at Fahrenheit 88, Empire Shopping Gallery & Avenue K.

Marutama Ramen 
F1-27-01, 1st Floor, Fahrenheit 88 
Jalan Bukit Bintang, 
55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 
Tel : +603-21411573 
opening Hours : 11.30am to 10.00pm 





***Marutama Ramen @ Fahrenheit 88 has been relocated to Berjaya Time Square No.13 2nd Floor from 13th February 2015 onwards*** 



Wednesday, 1 January 2014

Top10 Places I’ve Visited 2013 l 13>>>14因为年轻所以流浪ヽ◕ ‿ ◕ノ


2014年的第一天,大家除了忙着在脸书上说黑皮扭耶及上街人挤人之外,另外新年必做的便是许下新年愿望啦。在个人而言,除了每年必许的国泰民安风调雨顺等不痛不痒也没什么营养的愿望之外XD,每一年心里总会有个呐喊:我想去旅行~~啊啊啊啊~~我想有类似呐喊的应该不止我而已吧?(拜托告诉我你也一样,不然一个人喊感觉有点神经病的说 XD

其实每一个人的心里都有个向往自由的自己,但这颗向往自由的心往往却被沉重的枷锁所束缚,最沉的,或许是一种被称为现实的东西..它总不断地提醒着你,世道险恶生活艰难,还是安分守己按部就班的做个平凡的‘自己’,一个按照社会及普罗大众认知所生活的‘自己’..感觉很素?噢 no~ 这一个‘自己’可是非常的个性鲜明且忙碌的,孩提时期匆匆地学习,步入社会后在浮沉的人海里的匆匆的上下班,在时间的狭缝里匆匆的加班,再忙里抽空的谈恋爱,接着时机一到赶紧步入婚姻,然后便happily ever after~ 如果你是生活在童话故事里的话.. 但事实是,你那么匆忙的往前冲,现实它依然不离不弃的追随着你,不停地对你耳提面命提醒着有了家庭子女的你更要努力头工作,身为家庭的栋梁不发奋图强如何为家撑起一片天堂.. 此时艰难的时刻才正式拉开序幕,构筑天堂可是个庞大的工程,它需要无穷的精力与用心..而就在你忙得焦头烂额的当下,时间已在呼吸间犹如白驹过隙般流逝,然后一个不经意的抬头,你赫然发现你已匆匆的老去.. 大家都是这么过来滴,你安慰着自己,虽然一生平凡无功但也无啥差错,和社会同步浮沉让你觉得异常安心.. 但撫心自問,你喜欢这样的自己吗?匆匆地学习、工作、结婚、老去,然后就没有然后了,忽然间人生已趋向谢幕..

若你尚未达而立之年,却已日复一日的做着八十岁老太太都能做的事,那你要青春来干什么?

你为自己那向往自由的心判了终身监禁,年复一年反复的做着一样的事情,直到多年以后你依然是那多年前不变的自己,只是已经年华老去..在夜深人静的时刻你可曾听见心里的一声叹息?

好啦好啦,低气压来袭,气氛越发沉重,再说下去可要越来越低迷了..新年新气象,赶紧回到主题 噢不对,应该是悠闲的飘回主题,为大家送上一些不错的旅游景点,给那向往自由的心来点电击 ,振奋一下士气.. 那么 ~我的2013年旅行必游景点~ 请了 #独家l严选l深情无私献上 XD

台湾篇

阿里山赏神木观樱花,看云海迎日出,大地之母的神奇在阿里山一再让人由衷的发出赞叹。除平时之外特定季节还有更多惊喜,如等四月间的阿里山螢火蟲季,夜间漫步于星光般的螢火蟲中,光用想的就已经浪漫到不行了 ^^

              Alishan National Scenic Area, Chiayi County, southern Taiwan. 阿里山千年神木

西子湾,激推高雄八大勝景之一的西子灣夕照,我在这里遇见了迄今为止见过的最美的夕阳..那是一种会让人窒息的美啊 b^^d

                     XiZiWan, kaohsiung, Taiwan. 高雄八大勝景之一:西子灣夕照 b^^d
日月潭,这大约是台灣最出名的湖泊了,擁有全台唯一的水陸空3D遊程,CNNGO推荐全球十大最美自行車道,除了漂亮的湖光山色,还有美食及美酒,绝对秀色可餐(必试原住民小米酒,每每想到却喝不到,总让我心里深深地,深深地,真的很深很深滴失落.. 我会再到台湾滴,而小米酒绝对是原因之一 :P)。b^^d

Sun Moon Lake (National Scenic Area), Nantou County of Taiwan. 日月潭
夜市,这实在没什么好多说的了,这里有着台湾的一切缩影,文化,美食,人情味,当然还有正妹:P 夜市已成为游台必到的景点,从台北的士林夜市,台中的蓬甲夜市,高雄的六合夜市...*以下省略100个夜市名称*,每一个都有其独到的美食及风格。真心必游啊,尤其吃货,不去的话,您会后悔,如果您还活着 :P
                                 Feng jia night market, Taichung, Taiwan. 台中蓬甲夜市黄金贼 b^^d
Kelong(Miaokou) Night Market, Taiwan基隆庙口夜市营养三明治 b^^d
中国篇

乌镇,江南水乡之最,拥有中国水乡最美的夜六千二百年历史底蕴,唯有置身其中才能深切体那小桥流水人家的迷人氛围..

Wuzhen,northern Zhejiang Province, China. 乌镇西栅夜景
乌镇,江南水乡

上海外滩,夜上海的美总是在不经意间让你有种惊艳的感觉,步行在1.5公里的风景线上,左有“万国建筑博览群”,右有「上海的母亲河」黄浦江及绚丽的东方明珠塔,那一边更为动人?左右为难的感觉油然而生 :P

The Bund, Shanghai. 上海外滩万国建筑博览群
The Oriental Pearl Radio & TV Tower, Shanghai, China. 上海东方明珠塔
西湖,中国首批国家重点风景名胜区和中国十大风景名胜之一,光是这title就有够吓人的了。北宋文豪苏轼有言:“欲把西湖比西子,淡妆浓抹总相宜。”,一语道尽西湖之美。(Ps:苏轼,字子瞻,又字和仲,号“东坡居士”,就是那个以改良烧猪肉创出东坡肉而闻名于世的大诗人;虽文人多仰慕其诗作,但身为一枚吃货我更为其创出东坡肉而倾倒 XD

West Lake, Hangzhou Xi Hu, Zhejiang China. 西湖雷峰塔(就是白蛇传里压着白娘子的那一座,不过原塔已塌,这是经过重建的,但传说魅力不减^^)

泰国篇

出海浮潜(Phi Phi Island, Maya Bay, Phi Phi Don Island, Khai Nai Island),在清澈见底泛着蒂芬妮蓝的海洋里与鱼群共舞,游入石灰岩洞探险,沙滩上BBQ晚餐配夕阳,绝对让你发出欢乐时光总是过得特别快的感叹 ^^

Khai Nai Island与鱼群共舞
Sunset @Tup Island, Krabi, Tahiland. 夕阳余晖

甲米AoNang beach,一切泰国旅游想做的,泰式美食,泰式按摩,悠闲 享受 阳光 沙滩 比基尼, 这里一应俱全,在甲米住这里就对了啦 ^^
Some mouth-watering delights @Krabi ;P
普吉岛Bang La road,越夜越精彩的夜生活,五光十色的霓虹与钢管酒吧是基本配备,边小酌边看秀是旅客首选。温馨提醒这里的表演可是18SX哦,表演尺度之大可是会让初访者脸红心跳瞠目结舌的 O.o

night life @Bang La road

总结:旅行除了可以搭飞机、血拼、吃美食、看美景、放松、充电之外,偶尔把自己放逐到一个完全陌生的环境,不受到任何的羁绊轻松的游走着,或许就在这不经意间,你会发现一种久违的感动,和一个未知的自已..虽然这样的说法是有点过时(毕竟这可是去年的句子了:P)但我还是想啰嗦一句,多出去走走吧,旅行所能带给你的惊喜,往往会超乎你想像哦 ^^


*延伸阅读,美食与行程规划,请于右手边tags点击〉〉Travel,飞吧,趁着你还年轻

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