Merdeka, Merdeka, Merde-snacks!
By Cookies Cream | August 30, 2009
CELEBRATE MERDEKA WITH SOMETHING GOLD!!!
OR YOU PREFER SOMETHING BROWN??
It’s Merdeka’s Eve night…was feeling so relaxed and good tonight after so many busy weekends…I’m home on a Sunday to get a good rest..yays! 
Well, since it’s a relaxing Sunday…it’s pretty difficult to control yourself with lots and lots of goodies…I’m talking about snacks here if you don’t quite get me…hahaha…so let’s talk about some snacks that I’ve accumulated about a month ago til now. Let’s start up with something chocolate-y…
Well, this have been again! so additive again….something that I will not feel jelak..Ferrero!
Ferrero Rondnoir was good too… =)
Then came something from the Middle East…Chocodate with almond~
What I can say is that an almond coated with dates and chocolate are just a perfect match!
Here comes a brand that is really good! Patchi chocs that my aunt brought back….
The chocolate was really smooth and creamy in texture, with almond and nuts filled in the middle of it was absolutely deliciouss!
Pretty in the eye….
And also pretty delicious in the mouth! These choc muffin was quite strong in chocolate.
Cute little Omiyage (souvenir) that my Sensei brought back from Japan.
Maple cake or something…
The filling was really full…it tasted like lotus paste with a sweet scent.
Some snacks from Thailand…called “Krong Krang”. It’s actually a yam snack in sweet and spicy flavor. They’re quite addictive!
John King anyone?? Saw this at Pavillion all the time…couldn’t resist it so gave it a try….
The brand name already speak for itself, Hong Kong’s King of Egg Tart…
They do have 2 base for their egg tarts, one is pastry and the other is cookies version. This pastry version one was not bad, it’s flaky pastry made it a better texture. Except their fillig was really soft and they tends to fall really quickly…
I must say their sweet corn version wasn’t bad either, their biscuit base egg tart was very buttery and aromatic. But again their filling was really really soft. Is this their style or I ate it in a wrong way? There were some instructions on how to eat John King’s egg tart. Basically something about how you should lift up the tart one side from the alluminium-a-like case and eat them.
This is one egg tart that I really really truly in love with, Prince’s (Tai Zhi) mini egg tarts!!! They do have a few brances like Imbi but the best was at “Tai Zi Yuen”. Sorry that I do not know the English name for the “Tai Zi Yuen” place.
Look at the size of the mini tarts, just slightly bigger than a 50 cents coin only. They’re really good, super flaky pastry and a very aromatic filling that’s not too milky with just the right amount of sweetness….totally amazingl!!!!
Well, that’s all on my “Snacks Journey”….Selamat Hari Merdeka to Malaysia and do have a great Monday tomorrow everyone! =)
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Italian Pizza Paradiso,Taman Danau Desa
By Cookies Cream | July 6, 2009
Once upon a time, a girl ventured across oceans of food blogs and came across a post that caught her eyes, heart, and soul. (The link goes here: CUMI & CIKI - Paradiso & the Crazy Wild Eyes).
Fast forward to today, she only wants to blog about this charming lil’ gem. So, here goes…
This is how the interior looks like. Feels a lil’ like home with all the woody decorations..
Orange Juice (RM7.50) and Iced Lemon Tea (RM4).
We, of course ordered the appetizer that I read from Cumi & Ciki’s blog. Bruschette Con Pomodoro E Basilico, priced at RM12. The lady was so kind to give us an extra complimentary piece when she sees we came in a group of 5 as the starter actually comes only with pieces.
I would give this a thumbs up! Loads of tomatoes with herbs and garlic scattered around the homemade toasted bread. The taste was just nice as the herbs does not overpower the entire combination.
The Spaghetti Vongole (RM17) was lovely. What do you get out of this pasta? Simple yet lovely taste from garlics, olive oil, clams, chopped parsley, red pepper flakes..need me to go on any further? The red pepper flakes was added just enough to give your tongue a little spice.
Their Fettucini Carbonara (RM22) was rich. The taste was oooh-la-la~ First bite makes you wanting for more on this! Careful not to overload your tummy on this though..
Pizza Quatre Stagioni (RM25) was really worth a try! The pizza’s base is more like bready kind of thick base, loaded with lots of oozing cheese while being slapped on with huge slices of meat toppings. It was really nice to munch on it. Not sure how to put it, but it made me feels like I’m eating it in one’s house-kitchen, comfy~ There’s four flavors in this pizza which are pepperoni, chicken, salami, and beef.
Another lovely dish from the restaurant and my favourite was this, Risotto Funghi (RM22). This plate of risotto is simple yet wonderful. The rice were just so aromatic as they’re injected by the aromas of mushrooms, stocks, and cream.
Last but not least, Lasagna Di Manzo (RM23). Don’t get carried away by the looks of it’s presentation. They’re rich, cheesy, saucy yet flavorful.
Empty plates exchanged my smiley-satisfied face. Cool isn’t it? Hahaha, please do pay this place a visit as I do think this restaurant is worth a visit.
Italian Pizza Paradisso
5-0-2, Jalan 3/109F,
Danau Business Centre,
Taman Danau Desa,
58100 Kuala Lumpur.
Tel: +603-7981 9996
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Surfer’s Paradise Day 4 & 5
By Cookies Cream | April 5, 2009
I was very excited when I woke up on the 4th morning in Gold Coast. Why??? Because that’s the day we’ll be visiting Sea World!
So there we were at Sea World, the amount of crowd was absolutely scary but we were greeted with lovely weather! 
After queuing up and purchased ticket, the first stop we visited was the Sea Aquarium.
We passed by this donut shop while wakling…The Donut Factory
Dolphins at the nursery area…I finally get to see dolphins!!!Look at the baby behind the mummy~ =)
We went to watch the dolphin show~
Wondeful dolphin show that actually made me…cried, cause it was touching to see them perform so beautifully!
We saw Mr. Polar…
Shujin loves this polar bear so much that we kept on visit this cutie polar bear…at times it’s resting, then swimming and playing in the water, then eating it’s lunch. It’s very fun!
This penguin is so lazy…napping away while others swam and play.
We went to watch the show in the Sea World….look at this performer, poor thing to have himself smash into the muddy sand!
This funny performer was in the bathtub scrubing away while skating…LOL.
The team doing performance while water skating, great job!
It’s feeding time for the pelicans!!!
This pelican was standing so near us so we took photos of it, then it saw us and wanted to come over to freak us out!
Me and Shujin’s favourite, puffer!!! This pair of puffer fish must be coming out for dating and caught by us.. 
Lovely stingray!
Shark!
I think this is a bump head parrot fish??
After the visit in Sea World, we went to have our late lunch. We actually tried finding the shop that I wanted to go and we’re been talking bus and walking for hours but still could not find it. We ended up in Subway. Shujin bought a sandwich while me feeling upset and depressed for not being able to find the shop.
But after the light lunch Shujin continue to find the shop until we really found it~! Shujin, thank you so much!
So here we are at Sushi Train, it’s another recommendation by Precious Pea. Thanks Missy Pea!
Getting ready while waiting for the food to arrive~
Some of the chefs there were Japanese.
Some pickles to refresh your taste buds.
I forgot what maki is this, but it was super tasty with some teriyalki sauce served at the bottom.
Fried Prawn Sushi was very tasty, especially when it’s topped with the special mayo sauce.
Fried Chicken Avocado Maki Roll, the big and moist avocado was perfect for any maki. I would prefer the chicken to be replaced with some tender pieces instead of the breast which was quite dry.
We also ordered Udon with Vegetable Tempura with prawn bites in it. The soup was rather addictive. The vegetable tempura was aromatic and lovely while the udon was okay.
Fried prawn Maki. The mini cup of sauce was some kind of mild curry mayo sauce, it’s a nice combination to go with the maki I would say.
Overall I find their sushi and maki were all very fresh and appetizing with all the special mayo sauce. I would definitely love to go back there if I could.
We’re back at Surfer’s Paradise and have a walk before heading back to hotel. I saw this Hong Kong style restaurant with roasted duck hanging there, looked pretty interesting.
We went for a walk outside near Surfer’s Paradise after some rest and shower at the hotel. There seems to have some shows. This man is actually working as a statue entertainer painted in dark grey. Put a coin in front of him in the box and he will move around doing some actions for you.
We decided to have dinner at Billy Baxter’s as this place was fully packed when we passed by the night before.
Glass bottled Lipton Ice Lemon Tea, $4.20 per bottle.
As we were not super hungry after the late lunch at Sushi Train, we decided to share our meal. After long search on the food menu, we ordered the Lamb Shanks, $23.95. It came in a big shank lay on top of garlic mashed and served with boiled vegetables. I love it very much! The lamb was very tender, tasty, and the smell was awesome. The sauce was absolutely great to go with the aromatic and smooth garlic mash, not to say the boiled vegetables too.
Since it’s the last night in Aussie, we walk around after the dinner.
There were actually quite a lot of night clubs around the area.
We actually wanted to enter the club to have a look, but were way too tired and it was getting late.
Of course, we could not resist to have a last treat at…
Cold Rock that rocked our world!!!
We got ourselves a regular cone. I was browsing through the variety of ice cream flavors and could not get my eyes off when I saw they have Bailey’s flavor!!! I love Bailey’s Also chose to mix in 2 ingredients, Macadamia nuts and Oreo Cookies (all were our favourites!) Each mix costed $0.80. A super lovely and nice liquor ice cream mixed with crunchy Oreo’s and Macadamia at $5.50! We never regret the mix in Bailey’s. So lovely to have such a good treat at a windy-chilly night! I missed this the most I would say…still thinking about it now and then. Too bad it’s not available in Malaysia… :’(
There it goes for a full 4 days spent in Surfer’s Paradise. If given a chance, I would wish to stay there!!! The place is just so lovely, clean, and refreshing.
We left the hotel and took a bus to the airport, in an unwilling attitude…and a little sad too of course. This is our flight’s lunch that we ordered during ticket booking.
Their International meal, chicken with roasted potatoes and mixed vegetables. The sauce from the chicken was spiced with peppers and herbs. It’s also a little sourish that came from the tomato makes it appetizing to go with the potatoes.
Well, here it is a full cover of my Australia Gold Coast’s trip. I will definitely love to visit the place again and hope to explore the place more and find more good food. =)
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Surfer’s Paradise Day 3
By Cookies Cream | March 27, 2009
Ah, it’s the 3rd day in Gold Coast but I’m still treating it as my first day there! Lovely and super clean sandy beach!
Surfer’s view in the morning…
Like what Shujin said, we thought we will be able to see some bikini birdies. But we only seen these feather birdies… =P
Our breakfast was at HungryJack’s.
1 set shares 2..Not because the portion is big. But because we wanna save our tummy for a bigger meal later!
Please do pay Hungry Jack’s a visit….because I fell in love with their fries! Seriously, crispy outside soft and tender inside!
Sushi outlet! Didn’t try it though…
We went to Harbour Town for some shopping. Perfumes and some sandals were cheap!
After shopping, we went to a place to makan…recommended by Precious Pea. =)
Here we are…at Charis Seafood!
Just look at how lovely is this place! Seafood in fresh bright red colors! XD
Crabbiess~~~
Fresh scallops!
You sea me…me sea you…You prawn me…me prawn you…
Big pieces of salmon!!! I picked one piece of it for our lunch!
Nice fishie fishie sleeping soundly. I chose one of them as my lunch too…nyek nyek *evil*!
I picked 1 of the salads that were available from the order counter.
Freshly sliced fish meat for sale.
Freshly sliced sashimi, recommended by Precious Pea. Gosh, it’s so damn nice lo! Shujin and I so so happy..I was like flying when eating it. =)
Another recommendation by Precious Pea. Freshly fried fish. I love it so much! A few squueze of the lemon wedges to it, definitely tasted more fresh and appetizing! Delish!
The potato salad was simply irresitable too!
What a nice place to sit down, relax, and enjoy your food with the windy weather. Loads of birdies were there to wait for their food to be served. Most of the customers there will feed the birdies with their leftover bones from the seafood they ate.
Such a nice place to start your makan session eh…I really enjoyed it so much cause it was just so damn relaxing!
Another photo from Shujin…ahh I love clear blue sky and beach~
When we reached the place I saw a group of pelicans! Sadly after our meal I went back and pelicans were not seen anymore… 
After our meal we went back to Surfers Paradise. It was already quite late so we didn’t really have any place that we can go…then we did the most stupid decision by going to the “Was Museum”. Ok la..not most stupid but it’s such a waste of money…why??
Because all of the wax celebrities were lockup up! We can only see them…cannot take photos with them…Oh my sexay Kylie… :’(
Michael Jackson! *You are not alone…I am here with youuu* hum dee dum…
Professor!!!
Whitey Houston with a “Huhh??” expression.
Ooolala..
Some of the photos that were taken which we think they looked interesting~
Bunches of tomatoes…sedappp
Aqua Duck ride..
Hard Rock!
Oh yes! I told that I am going to introduce the ice cream that rocks right??? Here it is…Cold Rock!
With the concept of choose it, mix it, cash it!
We didn’t add mix in though…well we can still have it the next time, which is tomorrow! Here’s a large cup of White Choc, Rum & Raision, and Coffee at $6.80. Their ice cream were smooth and not too sweet, very delish ~!
While walking, we bumped into a shop that sells beers, liquors and what not. We got ourselves a XXXX Gold and Corona Extra~ I tell you, XXXX Gold was one of the best beer I’ve every had! It has a very nice flowery-scent/soothing aftertaste. Too bad it’s not available in M’sia.
Stay tune for more of Aussie trip~!
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Surfer’s Paradise Day 2
By Cookies Cream | March 25, 2009
I’ve been eying on this seafood place since yesterday morning when we were on the way to the hotel. So away a bit too much of walking, we decided to try out at this place. Can you spot Shujin in this photo? I know he must be very hungry already while I’m taking my own sweet time snapping photos of the place.
Their opening hours…
This is how inside looked like.
I ordered their Breakfast Special ($7.95) which sounded so tempting! There’s 2 sunny side up, hashbrown, toast, grilled tomato, and 2 bacons.
I loved their grilled tomato and hashbrown!
Look at the bacons (with crispy sides), would you??? Top it on top of the toast + egg yolk..mama mia! =)
Shujin ordered the Snack Pack No.2, $8.50. There’s fried fish fillets, calamari, crabsitck, with fries. The fish were tasteless and the crabsticks were way too soft. The batter for the food were not so nice. Shujin claimed that the calamari were soft as wel. I guess the only thing that’s ok were the fries.
SERIOUSLY, the portions were way too huge for us! We should have just order 1 instead of 2! @.@ I felt guilty when I left the table with quite alot of leftovers from our plates. Those guai lous were so good in eating! The were 2 construction young men that sat beside us. One of them ate 1 BIG meat burger within minutes. After that, he took out a choc bar to munch on. I looked at our plates and felt sad because we were such losers…well maybe I should not think that way. =P
After the breakfast we went for a walk…and I saw this lovely pink hibiscus.
Here we are at Currumbin Sanctuary. Entry ticket is at $39 per person.
The first thing we went to visit was the koala bears!!! Most of them were sleeping soundly. We went inside and saw another batch of koalas! This time, where were 1 big koala mummy with a few babies together and they’re awake!Don’t they just looked lovely!!!
This is the first time seeing the koalas, most of them were sleeping. Look at how adorable this cutie little baby koala is… We decided to take photos with the koala. 2 individual photos and 1 group photo were priced at $39.
Here’s a bigger koala =)
I’m quite disappointed because can’t meet up with Mr./Ms./Mrs. Tasmanian…
Don’t know what bird is this called, something like family of owl? I’m not sure but it looked very unique.
Look at this gold possum!!!! Absolutely gorgeous! Hope I can carry it!
Chubby little wombat! It’s their feeding time when we visited them~
Kangaroos!!! Omigosh, I was so freakin’ scared of them cause they were so tall and huge. But when they start to approach you, they were actually very tame and friendly. They’re so lovely especially when you have food for them.
I was amazed by this lady. She took up the tong filled of meat and walked into this croc’s house…throw and play with the crocs! Bravo and good job~!
On our way out of the kangaroo place, I spotted this kangaroo with a very funny pose…funny right?? I bet it’s having a nice dream…LOL
Lorikeet feeding time! Gosh, there were sooo many of them! It’s very fun to see them up close during the feeding session~!
All in all, I had a super great and fun time in Currumbin Sanctuary getting to meet up so many different kinds of animals up close is just so wonderful. =)
It was already evening, by the time we reach Surfers it was getting dark. We were quite tired and don’t know where to eat.
So we ended up at a convenient store….
And bought these to make dinner. You know why??? Because I simply could not resist those super cheap sausages…7 fresh long sausages at only $2.99!!! Spaghetti, sliced ham, and a can of spaghetti with sauce. I saw the can wrongly…was supposed to buy a can of sauce… ;P
Tadaaa, proudly present to you our dinner! Okok, not so proud la… I’m happy because it was quite tasty. I saved up the oil that oozed out from the sausages, then toast it with the pasta. Cannot throw the oil away you know cause they’re rich in taste..LOL.
After the dinner, we then went out for a walk outside as there will be a night market going on…
Look at the lovely scenery, I just love the moon that night…and all the people..cooling weather…ahh so nice!
Need a ride???
It’s cool to see their night market there~ Very different from our night market here I would say as most of them sells potraits, photo frames, and lots of art-y stuffs.
Of course, what’s a night market without some snacks?? Me who could not resist seeing such pretty snacks..these muffins were selling 3 for $10!
Also, fresh and lovely strawberries! $2 for a box…or $5 for 3 boxes! How I wish M’sia have such cheap price for strawberries!! Being a strawberries lover I could not resist but bought 1 box!
Here’s something that I have not seen in M’sia. Saw those colorful rainbow-look-alike being wrapped up and hung there? They’re some sort of pressed fruit candy…
I found that Aussies love Kebabs too as they’re seen everywhere.
Hungry Jack’s! M’sia’s Burger King…
There were also this pizza outlet that sells sliced pizza at quite reasonable price…next to it was Gelato shop!!
This Royal Copenhagen Ice Cream outlet is super duper crowded! I’ve passed by this place a couple of times and they’re always surrounded with people. Too bad I did not try it…was only busy looking at their hot chicks pretty workers making those fresh waffles on the spot. I must try it out the next time if I have the chance to visit there again!
Vegas…their food was quite cheap eh…
Strawberries that I bought from the night market~~! Only $2!!!! @.@
Shujin wanted to buy this…because he said he never try it before..
Muffins….far from left as Peanut Butter, Cookies n Cream, and Chocolate Heaven. They were all not bad, the muffin is quite doughy though. I love the peanut butter as they have chopped nuts in it.
Chips here is super cheap too!!! Super big packets, 2 for $5.99. @.@
That’s all for second day of the trip~
Stay tune for Day 3 of Aussie trip~!
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