Sunday, July 27, 2014

S.wine: Of pork and red wine

Hello!
Just dropping by to do a quick update since I've been procrastinating lately
Truth is, I was busy reading and before I carry on with my next read, 
I'll blog first :P

Last Tuesday marks a special day for the both of us
as it was our 4th year together 

We've been pacing up and down with our own things in life
and finally made an effort to go out and have a nice dinner for a change
besides, it an annually thing so maybe it's okay to splurge a bit :P


To be honest, 
we had trouble choosing places to eat,
and we didnt want to go somewhere that is overprice and wasnt worth eating
So I did some research and thought, hey, maybe we could try here instead:


Located in the corner of Ben's Independent Grocer right inside Solaris Dutamas,
some people may even call it a hidden gem
The restaurant was literally next to the winery section
so its quite obvious to say it is 
Non-halal.

On a Tuesday night,
I honestly did not expect the place to be so crowded
so we casually went there without making any reservation

It was quite crowded but it didn't took us that long to get a table
while waiting we went browsing for cheap and quality wine
to go with what we're having for dinner
PORK of course :P


Definitely not a wine expert but judging from the price RM35-ish and where its from and the year,
it tasted quite nice la hehe

*So here's a tip I can share with you:
You can buy a bottle of wine from the Grocer and bring it in the restaurant,
the waiter will be more than happy to provide wine glasses for you
(Its cheaper and you have a variety of choices than ordering straight from the menu)



Ordered what we wanted and surprisingly not long after,
our food came !
Table for 2 was quite small for us so it was a little difficult to fit everything in 


First off was the very famous,
Warm Pork Confit, Watermelon and Lychee Salad
Do note that it contains nuts
This dish is quite unique with the combination of ingredients
I'm not a fan of weird combinations but this doesnt taste weird at all, 
it has mint leaves in it which sort of give a refreshing, sweet and sour taste to finish off
Anddd, they are not being stingy when it comes with the pork confit ;) 

We each had a dish of our own and we shared the salad
So I decided to go with what I would always go with:



The Traditional Spaghetti Carbonara
With bits of pork strips and cheese
and to top of with a raw egg topping,
it was personally too heavy and creamy for my liking
But if you love creamy pasta, this might probably be something you might want to try



Ming on the other hand had the
Pan Roasted Pork Chop with Sauerkraut
Basically pork chop with mash in seeded mustard and cream sauce
I was actually eyeing on this but I gave him and go for the boring old pasta,
But he thinks the portion is a tad small so
we ended up exchange dishes and I had the pork chop instead :P
Pork was slightly dry but I guess this is where the sauce comes in
and it also went well with the Shiraz :D 


There were actually a lot more from the menu that I was quite eager to try
but we were both utterly full
and there wasn't even any room for desserts left D:

 

 Definitely a porky experience I must say
even the interior did not fail
to embrace it haha xD





Overall we both enjoyed our share of pork and wine
and it was a rather simple way to celebrate our day together
just the way we like it! :)

To many more years to come



For more,

S.Wine Cafe 
Level UG1, Publika
1 Jalan Dutamas 1
Solaris Dutamas 
Kuala Lumpur
50480






Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Neon Run 2013

Hi!
Trying to keep with the habit of blogging once a week 
and I notice I did not blog last week :P

Thought for a bit to blog and then decided
to browse around my drive to look for topics to blog about


Finally found a folder that draw my attention
Realize I should have blogged about it but totally forgotten :P


So yea, another overdue post
from one of my days in Perth


***

If you know me well, 
 I am very much known as a common couch potato

I dislike getting all sweat and sore 
it's just not my thaanng.

But I remembered looking at pictures of people
that went to the Color Run 
as thought,
"Hey, this run thing actually looks fun"

Gather my guts and asked along my homies and Bryan
if they were interested with the upcoming
Neon Run 


I remember joining the run wasn't cheap,
we each had to fork out around AUD$40? just to participate in that 5km run

Yes, I kept questioning myself if I was crazy to spend that much money just to run
which is something I didnt like at the first place

But after the run,
I TOTALLY CHANGED MY MIND ON EVERYTHING

So after purchasing the tickets online,
we parked in City and took the train over to the location
it was located at Showgrounds where they used to hold the Perth Royal Festival

And obviously,
errbody should know that the theme was 
NEON!



We were a little underdress to be honest because
they were people applying glow in the dark makeup,
dressed in neon tutu skirts
while on the way in the train


But check out our cool Hipster shades!
I think we pulled it off nicely 
*pats shoulder

So basically upon arrival, 
we had to collect our teeshirts, a wristband which lights up!
and our numbers 


Team #orangkampung

The atmosphere was crazy, 
everyone was all in bright neon colors 
and they blasted loud music
which kinda seem like a rave to me 



Also, forgot to mention
when we purchased our tickets,
we get to choose to be either a
 Runner,Jogger or a Walker


Guess what we chose?
We damn kiasu la, dont wanna go for runner cuz we were afraid we couldnt catch up

So we end up being the
Walker


Participants will start the run in groups,
so while waiting we took lots of photos
while getting ourselves 'glowed' up


Made full use of the glowsticks,
by making them into chokers, bangles,
heck we even poked them in our hair ! 


Ys and Vivien, 
two ladies whom I live with on the same floor for a year


And Dafu, who lives in the room downstairs! :D


This is the crowd if you can see it right,
it was actually massive
all prepared to conquer this run!


At the starting point, 
where they blast loud music and we had our moment to start the run
Thank god the run was at night,
so we don't have to worry about the heat!




 Readyyyy?
Lets goo!


See those giant half moons in different color?
Those are the music zones that we had to go through
to complete the 5km run

Oh yea, we met some interesting participants along our way,


Now this is what I call 
'semangat'

 Back to the zones,
each zone represents different genre of music


So there was like a rock zone,
so once you enter you will hear rock songs played
while you carry on with your
run/jog/walk


 This us at the Disco Zone? 
If not mistaken, cuz I remember we had like a disco ball effect 
when we reach haha


Bumped into someone who decided to come in a bear suit wtf
ahahaha

Along the way, we pass through pitstops 
where there were refreshments in little cups too

So 5km went by like a breeze!


 And we finally made it to the Finish Line!!!


*throws confetti
We made ittt!!


The run was not all 
they had an after party for the runners,


There was literally a stage,
with performance,
invited DJs and dancers
so participants could enjoy the night after a good run


Our excited faces because we finish the 5km run


It was like a mini concert,
and everyone was like dancing and singing along
in sportswear some more hahaha




 

Even took photos with strangers,
which I believe these are not the only pictures lol

Overall, it was a good night
spend it by doing something I would probably avoid
in a fun and interesting way!





Okay, 
so I can now mark off
going for a marathon in my bucketlist
(though I didnt actually include it in my bucketlist, but yea :P)



Till my next update!

xx