Hokkaido Ramen Santouka @ Tokyo Street, Pavilion KL

Located at Tokyo Street of Pavilion KL (6th floor right section, on top of Harvey Norman), Hokkaido Ramen Santouka a.k.a. 山頭火 which started as a small ramen shop in Asahikawa, northernmost island of Hokkaido Japan back in 1988 has been named as one of the best ramen in KL since its opening years ago.   

Hokkaido Ramen Santouka @ Tokyo Street, Pavilion KL.

After an impressive encounter with MarutamaRamen @Fahrenheit 88 a couple of weeks ago, I’ve decided to give this restaurant which happen to be one of the renowned ramen chains worldwide a try.

The restaurant with a huge noren & Japanese design chandelier is pretty standout & easy to spot among all the other Japanese themed outlets.

a glance at the menu.

cozy interior, full house on Sunday lunch hour ^^

Hokkaido Ramen Santouka @ Pavilion KL

I went straight back to the basic- Char Siu Ramen with Tonkotsu soup. The medium sized noodle ramen comes with menma (bamboo shoot), kikurage (jelly ear), char siu and signature umezuke (pickled plum) toppings which is quite presentable.

Char Siu Shio (salt flavor) Ramen, regular portion, RM 30  

I enjoyed having the luscious Char Siu with heavy distinctive taste of pork. The soup which claim to be quite salty by some who've tried turn out to be just nice for me. The aromatic broth with good sense of sesame was good but not excellent as I was expecting the pork bones based soup to have a more robust flavours since it takes up to 20 hours of simmering time before ready for serving. The tender & soft noodles blend well with the soup which is just nice but it would be even better if it is more springy.. Forgive me if I’m too fussy, just trying to set up a reliable standard :P

Miso (soybean paste flavor) Ramen, small, RM 22.50

Kara- Miso (spicy soybean paste flavor) Ramen, regular, RM 27

Lastly before I forget, here's something most people doesn't know about Hokkaido Santouka Ramen.. The mild, pearl-colored Tonkotsu soup is a rather unique broth as it is never boiled throughout the preparation, this is a purposeful act to ensure its own exceptional taste and flavor, so your ramen will be at an optimum temperature for tasting once it is serves.. no waiting, simply dig in right away~ v^^v *Like*       

Hokkaido Santouka Ramen

Lot 6.24.03, Level 6, Pavilion

168 Jalan Bukit Bintang,

Kuala Lumpur 55100, Malaysia

Website: http://www.santouka.co.jp/en/index.html

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Illuminates Your Festive Season via Heineken [Ads]

What better way to usher in the Chinese New Year festivities and carry forth 2014 New Year celebrations with the world’s no. 1 international premium beer. ^^ This year Heineken gives consumers more reason to revel this festive season with the introduction of three new products, namely the Heineken CLUB Bottle, Heineken DraughtKeg and Heineken Extra Cold, to create the perfect partner for your legendary festive celebrations!

Coming up 1^st is the unique Heineken CLUB Bottle which made its debut appearance in Malaysia about a month ago at the >Heineken Thirst 2013<, a night which Heineken fans & lovers gain a magical overwhelming party experience :)

Heineken CLUB Bottle

Heineken CLUB Bottle 

Unveil the magic of the night as the limited edition Heineken CLUB bottle makes a star appearance in Heineken’s array of offerings this holiday season. Designed by Matt W. Moore and launched recently at last year’s Milan Design Week, the bottle features the designer’s inimitable vector-funk style and is influenced by the mesmerizing origami theme showcased during the Milan Design Week itself.

Under natural light in its understated beauty, the aluminium bottle bears a frosted geometric pattern and signature green star; as you enter the club, the dark indigo glow of the UV light unveils the magic of the bottle that comes to life as it illuminates into a fluorescent blue & green design. Designed for the night, the edgy Heineken CLUB Bottle and its progressive design philosophy is an inspiration for the ultimate in party luxury - the ultra-stylish accessory to complement your legendary moments with Heineken during the year end festivities. The Heineken CLUB Bottle is available for a limited time at selected premium clubs nationwide.

Joining the limited edition and super premium Heineken CLUB bottle in a host of Heineken’s exciting offerings this festive season are the Heineken DraughtKeg and Heineken Extra Cold. Be it at the dance club, your favourite bar, or even at the comfort of your home, with these three amazing products via Heineken which offers a perfect drinking experience, you are all set for a legendary new year celebration with Heineken’s festive collection.

Heineken DraughtKeg

Heineken DraughtKeg

Whether you are throwing a lavish barbeque party in the gorgeous outdoors or doing the mandatory New Year ccelebration with friends at your home, the sexy Heineken DraughtKeg is your perfect drinking partner ‘tis season.

The state-of-the-art DraughtKeg is a signature of Heineken’s innovation. Containing 5 litres of Heineken beer that enables you to serve and enjoy fresh quality draught beer poured by yourself, the beer can be kept for 30 days after opening. So there is no excuse not to carry on the party throughout the festive month of January 2014!

*Together with the DraughtKeg, Heineken is also introducing The Heineken Tap Challenge; the world’s first virtual draught experience where lovers of freshly tapped beer are now able to train themselves in the art of serving the perfect pint of beer. This revolutionary virtual tap display based on innovative, multisensory kinetic technology plus a glass with integrated sensors will be introduced in a number of supermarkets throughout Klang Valley starting 20 December 2013 till 26 January 2014, where consumers will be able to take the test themselves as per the following schedule:

20-22 Dec’13	28-29 Dec’13	3-5 Jan’14	10-12 Jan’14	17-19 Jan’14	24-26 Jan’14
CS  Mont Kiara	BIG	Village Grocer (Bangsar)	CS Subang Parade	Mercato Pavilion	CS Mutiara D’sara
CS KLCC	Mercato Damas	CS Sunway Pyramid	CS BU	CS Mont Kiara	TMC Bangsar

Heineken Extra Cold

Heineken Extra Cold

There’s nothing more satisfying than the golden brew of the perfectly chilled Heineken. With Heineken Extra Cold, they are taking you to a refreshing, icy, new level. Chilled between 0 °C – 3 °C, Heineken Extra Cold is colder from the first sip to the last, giving you a smoother and more intense drinking experience. 

Just pop by a bar and ask for a refreshing pint of draught Heineken Extra Cold for when your night heats up and you’re in need of an even more invigorating brew. Heineken Extra Cold is available on draught at selected bars nationwide.

Equipped with these amazing Heineken festive offerings for every occasion, you are sorted for that incredible celebration in legendary fashion!

To inspire the festivities, download the Heineken Legendary Celebration guide for fresh and innovative party ideas at >Heineken’s website< or >Heineken Facebook page< today. ^^

*Content source: G2 PR 

Nuffnang Premiere Screening: Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit

Being the 1^st movie of 2014 I did pray hard for Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit to be a nice one as I wouldn’t wanna start my 2014 premiere series with a sour note, and thanks to director Kenneth Branagh for not disappointing me :)  

Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit, in cinemas 16 Jan 2014

Blending together 75% of action violence flicks, 15% of sex & 10% of humour & miscellaneous (fancy car, hi-tech gears, luxury setting etc..) , you get a lovely cocktail of standard Hollywood action thriller movie, in this case – we have Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit.. the recipe with slight modification here & there works like a charm almost every time & I bet it will continue to stay that way as it does cover all the audience's favourite elements. ^^  

The actions & humour :)

The charms: Keira Knightley ;)

Story line: ‘Based on the character created by bestselling author Tom Clancy, "Jack Ryan" is a global action thriller set in the present day. The story centred around Jack Ryan (Chris Pine [Star Trek]) who appears to be an ordinary New York executive to his friends and loved ones, but his enlistment into the CIA secretly goes back years. He was brought in as a brainy Ph.D. who crunches global data – but when Ryan ferrets out a meticulously planned scheme to collapse the U.S. economy and spark global chaos, he becomes the only man with the skills to stop it. Now, he’s gone fully operational, thrust into a world of mounting suspicion, deception and deadly force. Caught between his tight-lipped handler Harper (Kevin Costner), his in-the-dark fiancée Cathy (Keira Knightley) and a brilliant Russian oligarch, Jack must confront a new reality where no one can seem to be trusted, yet the fate of millions rests on his finding the truth. With the urgency of a lit fuse, he’s in a race to stay one step ahead of everyone around him.’

Come back to the review, despite a rather predictable plot development and a typical happy ending where hero save the day, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit still makes a nice bright spot in the early 2014. With its smooth story line, nicely arranged action scenes, staring by some of the talented actors Chris Pine & Keira Knightley, even though the brand new Hollywood action thriller doesn’t really standout due to the fact that there were so many impressive movies of similar genre (007, Mission Impossible etc..), nevertheless this is for sure a good company to be consider if you’re looking for an entertaining popcorn night out. :)  

Thanks to NuffnangMY for the invites :)

Rating: 7.2/10~ ^^

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 ^^

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，你们可真是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。以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提供客制化菜单，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.

Website: http://www.plusoneshabushabu.com.my/

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 with seaweed, 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 

FB: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Marutama-Ra-men-Malaysia/241069715937360

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