Buka puasa.... (dubai style)

Mee Bandung nih beli kat Bazaar Ramadan Jumaat lepas... oklah... tak lah tak sedap, dan tak la kow2 sgt pun.... "gitu2" jer...


Bun sardin home made dan kuih bengkang ubi kayu.... perrghhhhh....!!! power tuh... well, bun sardin tuh bukanlah traditional kuih Mesia tapi, rasanya enak ya amaaaatttt...!! very the fresh oneee... dan kuih bengkang ubi kayu tuh, memang power seeeehhhhhh....!!! saper la yg membuatnya... memang "sarap"...!!


sempat gak beli lauk : sambal udang, sambal sotong dan sambal ikan masin.... memang power semuanya....!! sambal usang dan sambal sotong tuh, got petai inside one you know...!!! perrrghhh, memang power kow2 punya....!!!


ketam tuh, tak berapa paham teman apa masaknya... rasa pun ok2 jer somehow, rasa macam terlebih masin ler pulak.... nasi goreng ikan bilis tuh, gua buat sendiri guna rempah seri aji... sebab posa, maka kasi hantam sajalah goreng2, tak letak garam sebab takut rempah seri aji tuh dah memang masin... ok2 jer jadiknya (tak cukup garam... haha...)

Gini laaaa, idup di perantauan... makan, kasi hantam saja... atau mana yang dapat sambar kat mana2 event... haha...

huaaaa...!!! nak balik kampunngggggggg...!!!! huaaaa....!!!

Iftar...., Merdeka.... Friends.... Makan....!!

Sempena 1st week of bulan posa nih... ntah lah... bak kata sedara mara Langkawi, libang libu ujung ati.... :)

lately work sucks... big time... need to find a reason why the past few years, I have been feeling like the work that I am doing is not fulfilling... It started after leaving the company in Malaysia... The work in Singapore, in Dubai, in Saudi, back in Dubai..., they were.... hmmm... ntahlaaaa... ekcelli the 1st work in Dubai was good, but the politics were unbearable... well now, the hunt in ON.... resume updated, and started sending them around... we'll see how it goes...

So fast, today is alrdy the 8th day of Ramadan... spiritually, I don't think that I have achieved what I am supposed to be doing... helas...!!

But fortunately, I have managed to catch up with some good friends during this fasting month...

last Thu, went out to this Restaurant at Atlantis Hotel, in occasion of Singapore & Malaysia National day, they had this Malaysia/ Singapore buffet... ouh my God...!!! saraaaappppp...!!! sedaaaappppp...!!! enak bangeeeettttt...!! menjilat siku & bahu... punyalah sedap sampai bila sampai rumah, rasa macam nak pegi lagi the following day...!! memang naik gila dibuatnya... but then, I would be back home in a few weeks only, let;s not waste money unnecessarily.... but again, the food was really really good...!! authentic Malaysian food, prepared by Malaysian & Singaporean chefs at the restaurant... it was also nice to have met up a Chef who proudly said that he was "Ipoh maliiii....!!!".. huaaa...!! orang kampung tuhhh...!!!!

The following day was Bazaar Ramadan at Consul General's house... smaller number of stalls, but the food.... was again super duperlicious...!! went there with 2 friends of Indian origin (Sadiq & Mateen), who stayed in Singapore for more than 10 years before returning back to India... after beli2 makanan, went home and had Iftar with these friends.... They were like,.... wow...!!! completely taken aback with the food that we have bought... Popia, cucur badak, Nasi lemak, mee mamak, air kelapa dan macam2 lagi... memang authentic Malaysian food... abih tuh nak buat camna, home made food maaa... depa memang suka ya amat, sambil terkenang zaman student depa kat Singapore.... I was relieved & happy that have managed to be a good host that evening.... punyalah kenyang sampai tak buat amende pun after that....

well, 2 days of intensive eating, no more food after this...

it's now Sat evening, esok start kerja balik.... well, I am just counting my days for my trip back home in 20 days...!! can't wait...!!

getting ready to go... lapar2 pun, senyum jugak...:)

Atlantis Hotel... nun sana jauh nun...!!

getting nearer, can smell the food alrdy...? haha



Atlantis Hotel again...



nice building, can't say much about the colour though... Pink huh...?



can smell the food alrdy...

fountains near the entrance

The Singaporean team... Wes, Liza, Imran,..

Saffron, here we come...!!

the food...!!! on the screen first... the prelude...

iftar, let's start eating...!! satay, bihun goreng, udang masak merah, sotong, otak2

roti prata/canai... authentic Malaysian style... roti jala... (roti kirai...? iyolah, aper, aper sajalah..)

nasi goreng, lobster, keropok, kari ayam....

noodle station... got mee bandung & assam laksa... assam laksa was OK, mee bandung was not... kuah terlalu cair...

sushi station.... mcm2 seafood ada...!!

Peranakan Nyonya curry

macam2 kuih ada, kuih bom was extra delicious, seri muka/puteri salad was damn delicious too, kuih ketayap, tak sempat rasa...

got ice kacang oso you know......

macam2 benda ada utk ice kacang....!!

satay...!!! satay...!!! satayyyyy....!!!!

nasi goreng & bihun goreng

sayur pecal / gado2

"Penang Hawker treat" - Ketam masak cili...

Kangkong belacan rasanya...

Grill station

satay again...

didn't try this one... too full...!!

berasap2 grill station....

sushi station again

dim sum...!! dim sum...!!!!

Pangkor Treats - Black pepper lobster...

all sorts of keropok - ikan, udang, sayur....

dessert station - chocolate fountain

strawberry eclair...

dunno what this is, but strawberry flavour laaa...

tarts... dunno what kind...

tarts again...

dunno what souffle this is...

jalan2 kat Atlantis Hotel... the "thing" at the lobby...

the aquarium

staircase to heaven...? hehe

yang posa 3 orang jer, tapi yang pegi makan 8 orang, truly Asia, rite...? (Liza & Thiru missing in action, Thiru is taking the photo, Liza had to leave earlier...)

Sahur, iftar... pakaliao...!!

Sempena bulan posa nih, sebab semua geng2 kat Mesia bercerita (kat facebook) pasai Bazaar Ramadan yang depa pegi, dan makanan2 yang enak banget sampai menjilat siku, maka mengikut adat org kampung teman yang teramat kiasu, maka teman pun nak jugak bercerita pasai makanan2 yang teman sental sempena bulan posa nih... (mana boley kalah maaa... :))

bukak posa dgn kurma dulu... somehow, sejak tinggai kat negara arab nih, dah pandai ler pulak memilih kurma2 yang teman suka, bukan main hantam saja ambil mana yang ada macam dulu... errr, dah la jadik cerewet la pulaaaakkkkk.... hmmm...

serunding... hari tuh Azral dtg from Riyadh, dan bawak buah tangan nih...!! tq boss... dia tengah membujang nih (anak bini kat Mesia), merayau sakan ler dia...!! hehe...

goreng sayur kobis dan kwsn2 yang sewaktu dgnnya.... (boley jugak dinamakan "sayur goreng caca marba" haha...!!)

" sambal udang caca marba" yang tak abih2 lagi..., keluar masuk fridge lauk nih... tu laaa... ternampak promosi udang besar murah giler, maka "terbelilah" sekilo... kan ker dah termengah2 nak menghabiskannya.... hehe...

"ayam golek waitrose"... boley...? ayam panggang biasa jer... tapi sebab beli kat waitrose "serupamarket", maka kita namakan "ayam golek waitrose"

combination of all food. Btw, makanan2 di atas telah di"re-cycle" beberapa kali utk sahur, iftar, sahur, iftar... bila laaa nak abis...!! no hal, kita pakaliao semua...!! :) me, no cerewet hal makan. tolak batu & kayu only....!

this week's plan

• Thu : dinner buka posa kat Saffron Restaurant, Atlantis Hotel... (againnnn...??). Sempena promosi bulan kemerdekaan Singapore dan Malaysia, depa buat buffet spesial makanan Singapore & Malaysia... got otak2, seri muka/puteri salad, satay (of course...!!), and everything else lah under the skies of Malaysia & Singapore... hehe...
• Fri afternoon : pegi Malaysia Food Ramadan Bazaar... may be have 2 or 3 friends dtg berbuka kat rumah sekali after that... (no need to cook maaa... beli jer kat Bazaar Ramadan tuh, then makan together2...)
• Fri late evening : may be gi tengok movie midnite... kat Dubai Mall jer... just 10mn walk from home... hehe... bestnyer hai duduk dekat dgn Dubai Mall nih... hehehe...

gambo2 kat ateh nih, teman curik dari website Atlantis Hotel (Saffron Restaurant)... nampak sedapkan...!! eat your heart out with your bazaar ramadan kat sana, k....!! we have better food here...!! :D