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

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