Mari makan2.... Let's celebrate... :)

Baru-baru nih, sebelum balik Mesia, gua pegi ler makan2... ala2 celebrate laaa... celebrate berenti keghojer dari kompeni puaka nih... hehe.... Pegi makan kat Singapore Deli jer kat Karama tuh.... itu ler pun tempat makan yg aslinya sedap....

Popia goreng.... sedap...!!

Sambal tempe goreng... pun sedappppp....!!


Nih gua tak tahu amendenyer.... ala2 tahu sumbat tapi intinya ada rasa ikan.... eh, eh, baru teringat... ada rasa macam... macammmm..., macam satar...! serius...!

Ini gua tak tahu Nasi amende.... Nasi Peleh ker aper ker binatangnya... presentation memang teramat interesting....

dan bila dibuka, begini rupanya... Got style rite...? unfortunately, terlalu masin... tapi gua bedal ajer...

that was the celebration meal.... balik rumah perut macam nak pecah kekenyangan...!! haha.... :)

Toche....!! Toche....!!! :D

A friend went back to Singapore for holiday....!! Sebab ada sorang tuh yg mengidam Kicap Manis Cap Kipas Udang...., so mintak tolonglah belikan sebotol kecil.... Bila kawan nih balik dari SIN, dia belikan 2 botol besar kicap nih....!! ha kau....!! kalo tak puas2 jugak makan nasi berkicapkan kicap manis kelapa udang nih, memang sajer laaaa....!!

anyhow, toche... toche....!! tq for the stuffs bro...!! :)

Bazaar Ramadan di Dubai

Semalam gi Malaysia Ramadan Bazaar , Dubai.... seperti biasa... happening...! And again, like last week, number of vendors tak banyak, tapi yang dtg berkuyun2... camna like that...? It seems that a lot of people are away for summer holiday... aik, towkay2 bazaar ramadan tahun lepas dah untung banyak sgt sampai dpt beli tiket balik cuti kat Mesia ker...? hehe...

anyhow, here are the photos... kita layaaaannnn...!!!

sampai2 dah ramai orang... mee mamak dah abis (depa kata next time kalo nak mee mamak, sila buat booking.... huaaaa,... like that one huh...?)

kau...!!! siao bawak periuk jer teghuih ke Pasar Ramadan... kaut darik dalam periuk jer...

lauk2 yang dijual... I think this is the best stall... lauk2 memang kow2 abis punya...!! and again, sotong masak pedas (sambal sotong...?) dah abis... errr Pasar Ramadan nih kata bukak jam 4ptg... Jam 4h30ptg lauk dah abis...??? kejam sungguh sesapa yang borong abis tuh....! melepas gua this week... tak pa, kita beli sambal udang.... Errr... where the hell did you all get the petai huh...? Ini rahsia satu Dubai kena tahu nih...!!! takkan import specially from Mesia kuutttt...?

eh, eh...!!! MAS dah tukat vocation ker...? MAS jual tapai pulak sekarang...? Kelassss...!!! ini stall MAS, pekerja2 depa juai tapai sambil promote MAS & Malaysia holidays... OKlah... hepi2 menambahkan keriangan Bazaar Ramadan...

Gerai Cik Puteri & the gang (yang mee mamaknya dah abis tuh....). Makanan2 yang dijual adalah home cooked, bukan industrial cooking utk buat juai2... so demmi menjaga quality, quantity yang dimasak memang tak banyak laaa... buat booking kome utk next week...:)

lepat pisang, home made doughnut, murtabak... dan macam2 lagi

ish, ish, ish amoi amoi nihhhhh....!! enter frame sentiasa... auntie2 juai kari ayam (bukan depa masak pun, outsourcing concept... haha...), dan minuman2 berkhasiat... teh krisantenum, leng chee kang... dsb... Amoi Chan (left) baru balik ke Dubai dari kampung... Ipoh mali tuhhh...!! organg kampung beb... MalaysianUAE committee member... sebelah kanan tuh, as usual auntie Zoe.... (org Muo..., Johor)... ex-committee member MalaysianUAE.... bertambah2 sihat makcik Zoe nih....

all Malaysians came to support the event.... this time around, for the first time, I saw an Emirati lady dtg membeli makanan (dgn boyfren Malaysia dia ker...? atau husband...? nampak macam boyfren jerr... hehe...). Mat Saleh yg tersangkut paut dgn Malaysia, usah ceghita ler,.. memang selalu nampak depa dtg jugak.... kena buat promosi menambahkan penjual lerrr...

overview of the Bazaar Ramadan... another successful event by MalaysianUAE... congrats...!! well, one of those things yang korang buat betul... instead of merapu tak tentu pasal kat Yahoo group tuh... yang itu, memang ku tak suka dan dah tak join...!! hehe... anti sosial...? eh tak ada lah...!!! haha...

hasil2 rompakan... bingka ubi kayu (kdeai Puteri...)... memang sedap...!! home made maaa...

cucur badak... power sedap, but last week punya was better, this week, somehow kembik sket cucur badak nih.... tu la, gua cakap sama lu orang, ini semua home made, bukan industrial cooking, so kengkadang, measurement kurang kena... dah kurang enak...

popiah goreng, cucur badah, tapai MAS, sambal udang berpetai... bingka ubi kayu, home made doughnut

Going Dutch...

kat opis, sebelum pegi iftar

Sempena bulan posa nih, adalah menjadik tradisi kompeni2 kat UAE nih (macam kat Mesia jugaklah), membawa pekerja2 mereka ke majlis iftar together2... at least sekali ler di dalam bulan Ramadan nih...

the whole gang, Tariq, Jessica, Philippe, yours truly, Momo, Dina, Jovitha, Radha... semua senyum paksa tuh... haha... muka value AED89...:)

Maka pekerja2 pun memang hepi2 ler... alaaa... sebab dpt makan sedap2 free... buffet buka posa... "melantak sampai muntah balik", something like that laaa... majoritinya, bukan posa pun... kat opis yang ada 8 orang nih, 3 org jer yang posa, yang lain tuh tak pun... Majlis nih dibuat ala2 macam nak merapatkan silaturrahim antara pekerja dan bos lah kononnya...

the Indian team

Petang kang we will have our Iftar dinner.... mengenangkan boss gua yang memang kedekut ya amat, gua pun menyeybok menjaga tepi kain org... gi tanya kat secretary... berepa sen cost of the buffet per person kat restoran yang nak pegi nih... di tengah2 kota Dubai, dimana buffet iftar dijaja merata2 dgn penuh kemewahan, dgn rege average about AED150 per person (kat restoran2 kat hotel2 4 atau 5 bintang), kita orang akan ke buffet iftar yg regenya hanya AED89...

sambut belated birthday Radha sekali

perghhh...!!!! kedekut ya amat boss gua nih... bak kata kawan cek kat Penang, hangat2 taik ayam sungguh aih...!!!

gua bukan apa, kesian kat depa2 lain kat opis nih... bebudak tuh gaji bukan tinggi mana, kat luar, semua orang bercerita yang kompeni depa belanja buka posa kat tempat2 yg happening... tapi kompeni nih...? hmmm...

Radha potong kek... dah 51 makcik nih....

The idea is simple, either you do it good, or you don't do it at all.... (especially bila tiba hai belanja orang makan nih...). Pantang mak datuk gua kalo orang dtg rumah tapi tak dijamu makan habis2an...

Nak buat camna...? don't wanna story long2 oso... sebab aku pun sebenarnya anti buffet2 buka posa nih...! banyak membazir.... tapi sebab belanja bebudak makan sekali sekala nih, biar buat betoi2...

ouh ya... do you know where the expression "to go dutch" comes from...? Dari orang Belanda lah...!! memang terkenal kedekut nak mampuih...!!

tak baik kan...? orang dah belanja pun nak ngungkit2 lagi... haha...!!

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...)