Banquet, Bangsar Village II

On 21.07.07, Li and Evie and I met up to have a good chat since we haven't done tat for a long time, and it's so hard to catch Li free on a weekend, and i hvnt seen her tho i'm back from australia for like, 2 weeks?

So Li came and pick me up, we met up with Eve at Bangsar Village 2 since it was raining outside. my original idea was find a shop in telawi and just go inside. We decided to try out Banquet, situated on the 2nd floor since it looked really cool, it was surrounded by small potted bushes around it, fake ones of course. Like, an english garden tea house concept. Eve and Li saw Soong Ai Ling eating here the last time they came too.

Banquet. Got my fav lilies !

Evie looking at the menu.

We were surprised they had Asian food. Evie ordered Mee Jawa.

And I Asam Laksa. Not bad, tho pasar mlm's better :P

Li's mango cheese cake.

altho i don lk cheese, gotta say it was nice!

just look at that smile! :D

This Is It!

Hey y'all. Looks like everyone has been dormant for a while. But it's ok. We are all busy in our very own ways.

But before I become busy again, I've came up with what seems to be the first prototype of the Makan Club logo! Tell me if you guys like it!It's a vintage logo. So like any vintage logo, there will be some kind of meaning behind the images in the logo. I'll try my very best to explain my creation:
The M and the C - Are obviously the initials of Makan Club.
The Crown - symbolises that we will eat like Kings! (and Queens!)
The Shield - symbolises righteousness and integrity.
The Caduceus - which is stuck to the crown, states that we come from a Medical background.
The Arrows - shooting upwards, means that we are aiming higher, and will always seek to improve.
The Curly Ribbons - symbolises our never-ending strength and unity amongst Makan Club members.
The Rays - at the back, symbolises our internationalism, spreading out to every direction and corners of the world.
est. 2006 - is quite obvious, no need for explaination.
The Blueish Purple colour - represents peace and harmony.
The Gold colour - represents the fruitfulness of our outcome.

Did I leave anything unexplained? I hope not. Hmmm, the post sounds quite serious. =P Okay, what do you guys think? If you all like it, leave your email in the comments, I'll send you guys a copy to use!

Adelaide sweet moments

shopping n makan day :) yay!

hehe...i'm supposed to b writing this post long long ago..but then was kinda bz...so this post is a bit belated. ;p

really miss u guys! was so happy to see u guys again that saturday! can u believe it? seyin eve and i went to mng in kl plaza at 10am that day!hehe...it was the MNG sale! :) how come we so kiasu about sales...but when it comes to studies wise, we're not kiasu at all?hehe ;p we looked for clothes inside out in that mng...trying not to miss anything.wah, one time try clothes (in fitting room) only can take in 5 pieces of clothes...stress!but we managed to buy some pieces in kl plaza...the shopaholic of the year is eve. she the most 'keng' one....the nite before that she already booked 8 pieces of baju from mng :)

neways, guess wat?after kl plaza, we went to lot 10's mng...n there...we bought other tops :) hehe...we headed to times square's mng for our last mng trip. yay!so happy i found the top i wanted! thanx girls! u guys are the best! cant believe we took a monorail all the way to times square, bought something n came back to kl plaza again..hehe. so fun! :) havent had so much fun in so long! really gonna miss u guys when u guys go overseas....

after all the shopping..wen hao picked us up for lunch, where we met up with jay on the way. we ate at this yummy yummy shop in jalan alor. the fishball noodles were really good! n plus all the delicious yummy yummy food there.think of it now oso feel like going there to eat again..hehe. the food was good..but i must comment on their toilets. they are very scary la. when i flushed the toilet...wah!omg...the water came pouring down from above it's tank!luckily i managed to run out in time!or not i think i will be wet from head to toe wit dirty toilet water.super scary..haha.

we headed back to times square after our stomachs were filled. our plans were to watch "surf's up", but no tickets...so no movie. we decided to go borders. after ransacking all their books n magazine, we carried them all to starbucks to read.haha. this is the first time i'm doing this in borders, n it's actually very fun!seyin, after u come back from aus..we go borders together k ;) we made so much noise there, i think the ppl around us could not concentrate on their books.n can u imagine, we even stole somebody's seat. haha...no la..that was an accident, thought he left d..mana tau he actually went to the toilet n came back. ;p

chuen n suetmay came at tea time..sorry u guys...that i couldnt stay for dinner...but glad u guys had good food :)

we all met up for supper in devi's corner that nite. everyone was so tired..especially suet may...but it was very very fun. miss u guys loads.donno where else i can find friends like u guys...everything oso can talk about..everything oso can laugh about.aussie ppl..cant wait til u guys come back again. uk ppl....i'm already missing u guys even thou i can see u guys in the weekends, cant imagine when u guys leave to uk...will miss u guys even more.

to all makanclub members around the world....keep in touch!makanclub rocks!haha.

love,
li yeen

Big Apple, Donuts & Coffee..

Delicious donuts located in The Curve.. as recommended by Li.

Sometime last week Li told me that she found a shop that sold really really good donuts!! From the way she described it and the fact that she asked her brother to get more donuts the very next day tells me that boy, it must be really good. So when I made a visit to the curve on Saturday, I dragged Kenn to Big Apple to sample some. Thanks to it's famous neighbour, The Eden, we didn't have much trouble locating the shop.

It's a pretty new shop (I think) and it doesn't have many choices compared to the famous Dunkin Donuts.. I bought a box of 12 and I took home almost all the flavors available on the counter except the durian flavor, but it tastes really good. The donut have a lighter texture compare to Dunkin's.. in fact my first bite reminded me of the 50cents sugar coated donut I used to eat in Petaling Street during my high school days, and that's the reason I loved it ;p

You should check it out one day ;p I heard there's in outlet in Seremban too..ask Li and Shang for more info!

Some pictures on Thursday!

Unleash The Inner Mongolian...

Do not be frightened by the title. It was just something that struck my mind and was probably inspired by Fung Hang Lit in Lethal Powers of Weapons and Love (correct ah jay?).

Right, on to business. Wen Hao took Jay, Evie and I to Jalan Pudu for steamboat and quite honestly, I wasn't looking forward to it because...er because... of the name... Mongolian... I don't have any prejudice against Mongolians just to make it clear but there's something uneasy about the name of the Restaurant...Inner Mongolian Restaurant... maybe its just me.

The first thing we learnt is if you want to eat there, you should have at least one person that understands/ speaks Mandarin or else be forced to use hand gestures like Wen Hao. Ha ha darn funny but thanks to Evie and Jay, we managed. When the waitress poured the ching tong (clear soup), I was like... oh no... It was white in colour like milk with dates and whatever not floating in it...then we tasted it and then... WOW!

WOW! WOW! It was glorious... The taste of the soup. Its more herby than the normal steamboat we have say in Klang but somehow, it was very wholesome and I actually felt good after drinking it. We had the whole selection of fishballs, meatballs, beefballs, fu chuk, vege, pork slices, beef slices, chicken slices, egg tau foo, mee etc... The best was the fish balls. They don't come in your conventional shape because they have some meat in them. Yummy!

My conclusion is that KL does have something worth the traffic jams and the hustling bustling after all. For 22.80 RM per person, it was more than worth it. I just wished I had a 5th stomach to finish up the left over soup ha ha.

kopitiam and homecooked food

the old coffee shop feel + yummy toast bread. the perfect weekend breakfast feel. i simply love this place and will definitely miss it :D

a. fried yeemee. b. flour vermicelli in soup

so proud of myself! i cooked this 2 dishes !!! (the first fried yee mee is under mommy's supervision tho..):P

Excavated Treasures...

As I was scouring through the photos Evelyn just passed to me, I came across this video. It was taken in the train on our way to Singapore...

It involves me, trying very hard (I know I won't make it as an MC, for sure!) . Everyone else, making a lot of noise. Chun Peng acting blur, and Wen Hao shy in front of the camera. Boy, were we a ruckus in the train. I can imagine the looks of the pissed-off uncles and aunties in the same cabin. =P

And some other photos to show that Makan Club in indeed alive, and we, even individually, still keep the Makan Club spirit to take photos of our food before we eat. Kinda like prayer before food... =PDrooling yet? Keep the Makan Spirit up!

Next project - Makan Club logo. Got a few ideas, but how would you guys like it? Modern or Vintage?

My Spaghetti ala Carbonara Seafood

The Sauce

I find this the hardest part of making this meal so I prefer to do this first.

1) Chop 2 large onions into thin rings

2) Slice 3 pieces of ham into strips

3) Defrost/buy some sotong and prawns and cut them up

4) Add some cooking oil into a pot and toss in the onions. Let them fry awhile

5) Throw in the ham, sotong and prawns. Let them fry awhile

6) Add a teaspoon of salt and taste to make sure its not too salty/too bland

7) Pour in one jar of cream sauce mix(you can get this anywhere, I used Leggo brand) and stir

8) Cut one block of Mozarella cheese into half and throw one half in. (Warning!!!If you live with weight conscious people, you can ignore this step or lie to them)

9) Stir, stir and stir until well mixed!

Oh by the way, I think my sister has a weird nail condition on her left big thumb. Its too large to be a splinter haemorrhage. Wonder what it is? Any opinions soon-to-be-docs?

The Pasta

I don't think I need to tell you how to cook pasta because you just boil it. I come from a Spaghetti family so I used spaghetti. You can use any pasta but generally, I think the sauce works well with spaghetti, fettucine and linguini. You can even mix both types.

The Bread

Garlic bread really really tastes good with this so just hop to a shop and pick any type of garlic spread. Apply it to white bread or wholemeal bread, roast/toast it till crispy.

The End Result!

A Heck of a Boost!

This is exactly what the Gobble Gazette needs for revival. Tiramisu with the extra kick of espresso on the top. I had this last night and I couldn't sleep. Happy thoughts just kept racing through my head. Today I woke up at 7 am even though I didn't need to go to UMMC and I still feel happy! Its the magic boost everyone needs. I just wish this came in a virtual, online form I can feed to this blog hmm....

Currylicious!

This has got to be the best curry mee you will ever find!!! Funny thing is everytime I go back to Ipoh, I rarely go to Old Town so thank God my uncle had a sudden craving for curry mee or else I would have forgotten all about this place. We were there at 9am and by 10am, there were no more mee or siew yoke. Absolutely fabulous!

makanclub returns...

hello!wei, makanclub is still around la..hehe..sorry,hav been really busy with uni stuffs,...so didnt get to post up any of our outings. we actually went to quite a few places to eat recently..hehe. thanx to seyin!...who made the efford to post up most of our makanclub outings. n in seremban it's not that bad after all....there are many places to eat there too. seremban is famous for their 'siew hai'...hmmm,i don really know wat's it called in english..is it called roasted crabs?haha...but it's super delicious!hey, when u guys come back in winter from oz land....let's go for a crab eat out in seremban!:)
miss all of u very very much!*hugz*

MakanClub in KL is quite alive after all

hellooooo peeps! yes, makanclub in malaysia isnt dying ... it's just some of them here, despite being on the longest vacation ever, never found the time to upload some pics of our makan outings. and me here, dying to watch "Music&Lyrics" which in fact is already sitting in the DVD-drive, decided i shall take bit time off to post up lots and lotsa pics to make u guys over there in oz js a wee bit jealous, js to counter christine's yummylooking pics, and of course most importantly to clarify that we are still very much alive and kicking!



here's a brief extract of where we've been upto so far..

VDay '07. SouledOut!

LayIn, LiYeen & i met up for dinner! was really a last minute thing... We had pizza and fried calamari and cocktails!

2 March 2007. SKYBar, rooftop of Trader's Hotel..
(cyin,layin,eve,kenn,jay,hauchun,chinhun)


..with breathtaking view of klcc (even better than luna!) but we went on a Friday night and got a really stuffy seat.. didnt stop us from taking lots of pics however.



17 March 07. Hard Rock Cafe

Jay's 22nd bday celebration! Few of us actually went and surprise him at his doorstep on d real day.. but tat was a weekday so we waited til the wkend for every1 to be here. we got him a winterjacket all d way fr taiwan (tks to evie)! with a chillout session at leckalecka afterwards.. ;D
The grp pic fr my camera was blur. but letme js say that besides d birthday boy himself, there were only 2 other guys.. for more pics, click here.


24 March 07. Chilis,1U
HauChun's 22nd bday surprise. Up until his cake was brought out, he thought it was gonna be 'just another outing'... ;P

28 March 07. Bond @AvenueK.


We decided to give 'Wednesdays salsa night' at Bond a try. It read "free unlimited cocktail (sangria) for ladies", we thought they were joking!




Phew! alright... my connection wasnt at its best today. plus uploads took so freaking long. it's already halftwelve now. time to sleep, gota work tmr. sobsobs, my music&lyrics will hav to wait.
stay tuned for more.
Up next ... (April) WaiMeng's bday celeb, and Lunch wit d Gals! ;D

food glorious food!!!

seafood risotto @ cafe primo (lip-smackingly delicious at a very affordable price)

Beer-battered Fish & Chips after church @ Astor's

Slow Cooked Lamb Curry with Rice @ Astor's too. The portions here are HUMONGOUS!!!! only AUD 10 (can share and still feel like you've just eaten a horse. coming from Christine, you should know how BIG it is..)

My first attempt at baking (wait wait) in Adelaide :P
Tadaaa... Soft & Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies.. The kind of satisfaction I get putting these into the oven.. Oh how I miss my kitchen back home.

Chris can cook! LOOK :) He made these for pot bless @ aunty chiew har's place!

we made sushi too at some point in time. but forgot to take pictures..

u must be wondering, why all my pictures no human beings one??!! haha.. my camera is filled with pictures of food!! i wonder why..............

What is this

I think it's been pretty much established that our makanclub has become defunct based on the miserable number of posts dedicated to the one thing we promised to uphold on that fateful day at shobu shobu (or whatever that steamboat place we had our first makanclub outing in is called. I know it starts with an s, ends with a u and has a b somewhere in between) - food. It's like we've all turned anorexic.

As always, I will attempt to bring life into our once vibrant newsletter with whatever crap I can muster over the next few minutes. I quite honestly have no idea what the point of this post is going to be as yet. Hmm..it's coming, don't worry.

I suppose I could talk about our slow decline from cooking daily to not more than 4 times a week. Bear in mind we started out with good intentions. Heck, we even had a menu stuck to our refrigerator complete with the teams involved in cooking and washing everyday.

These days we just buy what we think we'll be cooking over the week with no menu in mind and randomly assign teams to cook and clean. Which obviously didn't work too well because it's a Thursday and we have nothing in our refrigerator save for some nectarines, fresh milk, 1 cookie which Steph bought like 2 months ago but has refused to eat because it sucks and my 3/4 full box of cereal which if memory serves me right will be expiring sometime this weekend.

So basically we've gone from planning a menu for everyday of the week save for Saturdays and Sundays to cooking 3 nights a week. First we were like "oh, let's scrap cooking on Fridays because we DESERVE to eat out after a long week." Now it's "We can't possibly cook on Thursday nights! Thursdays are such long days for us and we come back so tired!" (our last lecture ends at 5, followed by extra sessions for IMU students from 5.15 to 6.15pm which is seriously TORTURE I TELL YOU TORTURE. It's almost as bad as having to eat pork.) Simple arithmetic will tell you that we now only cook 3 nights a week and that I believe will soon change as Shiau Cern and I have decided to start attending bible study in church on Wednesday nights leaving us with little time to eat, let alone prepare dinner.

Now we know why companies like maggi mee, indomee and Yun Nam Hair Regeneration Centres are thriving.


Special message from Steph : I love bananas.