Finally ate here. I have been hearing about this place for so long and finally the opportunity came for a meal here.
They now have 7 outlets now in KL and one in JB with plans to open in Singapore.
They are famous for their fish noodles. They have many varieties of fish and different types of soups and noodles.
The food was good. I just had fish with a clear soup and am glad I finally ate here! Also ended up with 2 packets of their famous prawn crackers.
Dinner on Saturday with my ACS group was at this restaurant.
This is a well established restaurant in KL and I am told it originated in Ipoh. Has been around for 50 years.
I recall eating here some 20 years ago with a friend. The location has remained the same.
Well the food was decent but it was just good to get everyone together to have a meal!
More meats than vegetables with a suckling pig for starters!
Yesterday’s lunch was at Upper Palace Restaurant at TRX. This was my recommendation.
We started the day with multiple change of plans.
The initial plan was to meet at 8am and to have breakfast at a place in SS2. Mildred and her husband would join us there.
Then in the morning, Benson said he would not join us for breakfast. Peng Tiam didn’t want chee cheong fun for breakfast and wanted ba ku teh instead.
So we decided to change the venue to Sun Fong at Jalan Imbi for 930 am. Before that Peng Tiam and his wife wanted to walk. So we walked around KLCC for 45 minutes at a super brisk pace!
After bkt we went to TRX where there was some shopping followed by lunch.
Fortunately everyone enjoyed the food at Upper Palace.
So I had my ACS dinner group which also came up to KL for the weekend, to meet at Wong Mei Kee for lunch. The plan was that they would drive up straight here before checking into the hotel.
I arranged this because one of the group members loves char siu and barbequed pork.
A 30 minutes wait to pay and another 30 minutes wait for the food to arrive. And the verdict was unanimous. The food is rather average. We had so much left over. So much for all the hype.
Drove up to KL today. Left home at 6am sharp. Decided to leave a bit later this time.
Managed to clear both the Tuas and the Johor immigration by 625am with a 92% charge remaining.
Arrived at Ayer Keroh Starbucks at about 825am with 48% charge. Had an espresso while charging the car. Charged it to 78% and left at 845am. Arrived in KLCC at 1020am with 50% charge left. Perhaps leaving a bit later does make sense cos its about the same arrival time as when I left earlier!
WeCare Arts exhibition was launched this morning at the National Gallery by Min Edwin Tong and the 5 Mayors.
The idea of this project is to bring art to the various community organisations and beneficiaries.
The event started off with a speech by the Minister and performances by 3 beneficiary groups.
The actual exhibition was not that impressive.
The room was small and the configuration for exhibits was poor. I didn’t think the public would make it a point to come and visit this small room on the 4th floor of the National Gallery. But I am sure they have a plan to get people to come here. Anyway I had a good time chatting the Mayors. I also caught up with Mei Ling!
Today. I was invited to this event which was held at the Pan Pacific Hotel at Claymore.
This is the 3rd time I have been invited to their independence day celebrations. The previous 2 events were at the Sheraton Hotel. But this hotel has a outdoor area as well but as always it was packed with people.
There were the usual formalities and the singing of the national anthems. The Mexican Ambassador, in his usual inimitable style, made a very rousing speech.
MOS Alvin Tan, Poh Li San and Vikram Nair represented Singapore tonight.
I left early just after the speeches and didn’t have any dinner. Just too tired on a Monday.
Yesterday was the performance of Swan Lake by the Georgia State Ballet Company at MBS.
I have never been to a full ballet performance before and it was an interesting experience. The dancers are clearly talented and there was some very good dancing with pretty sets. But I am not sure how much more ballet I can watch. After a while, the steps all look the same to me. I guess it will be interesting for someone with some ballet training or knowledge.
Fortuntely the performance was just 2 hours. The music is by Tchaikovsky but it was piped music for this performance.
And they changed the ending to make it more palatable for the audience. The original ending is a tragic one but who wants to spend 2 hours watching a sad and tragic performance.
Bumped into U-Zyn and his family on the way out. I do hope their kids enjoyed the ballet!
PA had organized a thank you lunch yesterday for some of the CDC councillors who had received the National Day Awards this year.
It was only a small group of 6 and it was at the Shahi Maharani restaurant at Raffles City, a North Indian buffet restaurant.
I have been here before Covid when I was working in Raffles Place as it was a lot easier to get to then. Still it was well patronised and the food was decent.
We talked about some of the new projects that the CDCs would be doing in the future. Lots of ambitious plans. Let’s hope they bear fruit.
And a big thank you to PA for the lunch and the commemorative engraved cup.
Last night was the thank you dinner organised by San and myself to thank the CDC staff and councillors for our National Day Awards.
I managed to get a private room at the Conrad for our group and worked out a nice Chinese dinner menu. Initially we had about 29 people we invited but that number whitled down to 21.
Logistics wise, Conrad did a great job organising the room set up and the food was great.
A number of people we invited could not make it as it was school holidays and some were travelling. But what surprised me was that on the day itself, some people cancelled. And that was only told to me only after I sent out a gentle reminder of the dinner that night. Sigh..
Anyway we had a wonderful time with friends! I will organise another one with my other committees and the ones who could not make it this time.
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