Newsflash : Jay Got Stoned

So we all trotted down to Renaissance last Saturday to celebrate Se Yin's (and her sister's) coming of age. In true MakanClub fashion, we created quite the ruckus in Temptations that night, as I'm sure the many other patrons there who were looking forward to a quiet dinner can attest to. Some of the highlights (among others) of the night were

1) Discovering that I am the QUEEN of de-shelling lobsters.

2) Jay the once-normal-but-obviously-mutated Cow has 8 stomachs as opposed to the 4 we all thought he (and all other normal cows) had.

3) Chocolate fountains are the devil. It makes the girls fat and reduces the guys to giggly 5 year old girls.

Case in point :

Me : Omg, the chocolate fountain looks so tempting. I think I'm gonna get myself more choco goodies. Wanna go?
Steph : I'm full, no thanks. I like salad. (because Steph is the only girl I know who makes a beeline for the salad bar whenever confronted with large scale buffets serving lamb,beef,sashimi and fountains (ok fine, one fountain) of chocolatey goodness. Ok la, she did eat all the other stuff but seriously, I totally ignore salad bars whenever I go for buffets as I'm sure everybody else does. Right?)
Me : Do you think anybody would ever stand by the chocolate fountain, continuously dipping their stuff in until they're satisfied just to save multiple trips to the fountain of chocolatey goodness?
Steph : haha I don't think anybody would wanna embarass themselves that bad.
Me : haha yeah you're probably right. Omg, what would you do if you saw somebody not only hogging the chocolate fountain but dipping his/her stuff in after every bite?
Steph : Ew GROSS!! See, that is why I never eat lok-lok.
Kenn : *comes back to table laughing*
Me and Steph : What's up?
Kenn : Check out the chocolate fountain.
Me and Steph : *looks in that direction to find Wai Ming and Jay giggling by the chocolate fountain doing what we were just discussing *
(In their defense, they weren't dipping their sticks in after every bite for you know, universal precaution. Dr FA would've been so proud. )

After stuffing ourselves silly, we somehow managed to waddle our way (in cars of course) to 7ate9 at the Ascott. Nice place, that. The highlight of our little visit to this place, was as you were probably expecting, the reason for the title of this post. It was a wonderful night all in all. The food was good,

the company awesome, and we all came back with sweet memories of a great night out.

I thus end this post with a picture of my good friend, Jay. Stoned. This, my friends, is the funniest thing since Fatimah came back.




ps. He wasn't really drunk la. This was just an accidental shot he took while attempting to show ChunPeng how the red eye reduction feature in his camera works. And it evidently does, very well indeed. Only thing it makes you look super stoned in the process. :P Don't kill me, Jay! Not that it would matter to you because you're obviously going to take this very well but Steph was the one who brought my attention to this picture so er, if anything you should get back at her too. Sorry girl, I had to bring somebody down with me.

MAKAN CLUB ALERT (An Attempt to Reactivate)

HEllo!!!!

peepps... hahah i wonder if anyone will ever drop by here. and read this. but i just tot of a post CNS chillout session. yes, you read it right. i know abit the fast to think abt that rite.. i am aware that i hv my notes to worry about more. :P

hahah, but just for the sake of anyone like me who DO pop by online every now and then (computers are horrible distractions to me).. this place looks like a really nice place to chillout.. The Ascott KL- 7atenine. mm.. proposed time abt 9pm /after dinner. (opposite Mandarin Oriental KL).

ANYONE up for it? :D

Since the Gobble Gazette has been temporarily inactivated

because nobody's interested in eating anymore (not your fault, ms president. don't worry, my promise of not dethroning you still stands. You know how busy everyone is what with EOS coming up and everything), allow me to bring a little life into our pathetic EOS5-ridden lives by doing what I do best. Telling jokes that are so funny it has a sensory afferent nerve (LaJ nerve) of its own. With conduction speeds of up to 100km/s, it is no wonder that scientists are hailing this as one of their biggest discoveries since peanut butter. What's interesting is that there was found to be genetic variations with regards to the speed of conduction from individual to individual. This explains why certain people take longer to get a joke as is evident by the very hilarious joke I have aptly named "Fatimah Came Back".

"Fatimah Came Back" has recently been named as the most effective confirmatory test for LaJ sensory nerve dysfunction. However, the "Charsiewpaumaggimee Test" is still widely accepted as an adequate screening test. The table below can be used as a means to evaluate patients with suspected LaJ nerve dysfunction. The times listed are with reference to the times taken for patient to respond (with laughter) AFTER successful completion of "Fatimah Came Back".

0-2 minutes Excellent
2-5 minutes Good
5-10 minutes Slow. Repeat test again in 6 months.

10 minutes and above : Upper motor neuron lesion
20 minutes and above : Brain dead

Lina, you are my hero.

attention makanclub members! :)

dear makanclub members,

i would like to apologize for not arranging for any makanclub outings. really sorry guys... things hav been really bz in uni. but i really hope we can go on a makan trip next week, n i really hope this time everybody can make it...coz the last few trips (that were very long ago), very lil ppl turned up. i will plan one for the following week k..hehe...but so far, any ideas on wat u guys feel like eating? :) who's up for italian food? :) actually the place always doesnt really matter right, it's the company u guys make matters most...coz hanging out with u guys really makes a difference.it's super fun! everytime we'll hehehaha til our stomach feels funny ;p so that's y i really do hope that everyone can turn up this time.

li yeen :)

MUST.EAT.SOON.

Dear Ms President,

It has come to my attention that the Makan Club which we so zealously created almost half a year ago is currently on the path to becoming a distant memory of the past. It pains me to say this, but I believe some of our members have stopped believing in the cause of our Makan Club and thus chosen to move on to other less important past-times, like studying for EOS 5. Which is most worrying as we have never been known to choose studying over eating.

In all humility, I would like to request that you plan a Makan Club outing within the next 2 weeks. May I also ask that you issue a formal threat to those who choose not to attend said outing. I speak on behalf of Jay and Se Yin when I say that we are sincerely sorry for blaming you for the inactivity of the Makan Club on the 26th of September, 11 am at the Darts Room. I would also like to apologize for threatening to start a riot (recruiting Jay and Se Yin who happened to still be in the Darts Room) outside IMU with the intention of dethroning you as president of the Makan Club. We spoke too soon. We have since realized that the Makan Club would not be what it is today if it wasn't for your able planning and leadership skills.

I end this letter thanking you in advance for your invaluable service to the Makan Club. I promise I won't threaten to start a riot in order to replace you again. However, I will not be responsible for anything Jay and Se Yin might have already planned.

The future of the Makan Club lies in your hands.

Su Chuen
Secretary of the Makan Club

STUDENT CAMP 2006!!!

Hey guys... just came back from jb/spore with chuen and suet may.. it was fun as we eat eat and shop alot.. guys, dont just makan only, come for this camp that my church's organising.. it's for all people and gonna be fun and beneficial and healthy to you all.. come join us on 31st aug... check out www.divein06.blogspot.com

chris, chun peng, steph, jay and i are ready to dive in to this camp! guys, come join us!!!!

makanclub :)

it's been more than 2 months now that the makanclub is 'officially open'....n i'm so happy that we've been to so many places so far.somehow it feels as if it's yesterday that jay n chuen taxed me to tell me that there was a blog on the makanclub.but yea..it's been 2 months already, n we've been to so many places to eat...from mamak stalls to italian food (pizza!) hehe. it's been super fun! so many great memories.... the juicy o jien in that far away restaurant, "eclipse for ellipse" ,the cute jay n darren "couple" in mizi shabu shabu, ribena special at murni's, brave eve for that dare in luna, bad service at madam kwan's, delicious beef n pork ball noodles, jay's b**b theory, CS!!!, the bazooka team!, and the brave christine fighting for our rights in marco's!wow,wat an experience huh?..hehe.

n for all the reports written...good job u guys!*clap*clap* keep it up!hehe..let's continue our search for good food :)

hey,this hols u guys wanna go somewhere out of kl to search for new food? ;)

li yeen

Marco's Pizza

one day, in a faraway land in IMU Bukit Jalil, there were some
8 cheerleaders, who had nothing to do after practice (we ARE in
selectives after all). so guess what.. we decided to go out and
eat! *big surprise*

haha.. initially suggestions were hawker centres, pizza hut, the
more we talked the further the destination became until we finally
decided on Marco's pizza! somemore hau chun said got discount if
got UOB credit card. so we were all excited whenn chun peng had
one!

off we (consists of me, liyeen, seyin, hauchun, chunpeng, steph,
jay and drick) went to tmn megah in search of the famous, & as u
read on, infamous Marco's pizza.

wonderfully enough when we arrived there, 2 parking lots await
us, right in front of the restaurant!! woo hoo.. thank God! we
entered, not bad.. nice decor and all. so we confirmed with the
cashier if the UOB promotion is valid and they said yes. so bla bla
bla. they took our orders.. n then!!!!! the waiter recommended
us to take the promotion **(buy 1 large pizza & get a side dish
for rm3) so of course we said yes right???!!!

so we ate.. n food was ok.. vongole a bit tooo clammish. carbonara
was pretty good. as for the pizzas.. i think i'd only give it a
65% (ngam ngam pass!!!)

and so the moment came, when it was time for us to leave
(because hauchun & hendrick were going out on a date! sounds
wrong -_-" but then they added that there were "chicks" going
along.. we gave them a really hard time on that.. hahaha.. so
u're saying we're not "chicks" la??!! :p) ok ok, so we called for
the bill la. then they didn't give us the 15%!!!! so we asked
laaaa.... n u know what they said?!!

"oh, u opted for the promotion** and then the UOB promotion
is N/A!" 8 of us.. "HUH??!!"
ok then.. recomposed ourselves.. and ask, oh then u change the
bill la to the original side dish price, and THEN u minus 15% from
there (more substantial)

u know what they said??? oh.. cannot. cos we print the bill dee..
cannot change! *bish*
8 of us.. "HUH??!! talk to your manager"

he came bck with the bill again and said.. "ok here's what we can
do, we split the bill into 2. we give u discount for the drinks & pasta.
the pizza cannot change" and they printed out 2 bills for us (I
THOUGHT THEY JUST SAID CANNOT CHANGE?? hypocrites)

so i stomped to the cashier.. bangs the table and demands
for my consumer's right (ok that was exaggerated)
i just asked, why didn't u tell us that so-called promotion
MEANS we can't get the 15% discount?! u know what the manager
said..?? (he should be FIRED immediately) ehh, other restaurants
also like that la, u cannot use a promotion with another discount..
it is written in the UOB book. (for crying out loud!! ur rm2.50
discount promotion wanna void me of getting 15% off our rm145
bill??!!) doesn't make sense right.. anyway, in the end, chun peng
said nvm, just pay la.

then i just muttered, nxt time please let your customers know..
i can't exactly remembered what he said but it wasn't pleasant so
on the way out i exclaimed at an audible voice (to the manager) i'm
NOT coming back here AGAIN! and wrote a complaint on their
feedback card.

so we left, and steph asked, so how much was it. u know that
manager!! so sneaky.. he charged us the initial amount!!! argh..
CHEAT! so we went bck in again, n he said.. oh oh it wasn't
intentional but it was written all over his face it WAS~!

ok soo.. to release our "geram-ness" we headed to play... haha..
CS!!! this time not so fun, cos got the other super "geng" ppl who
keeps changing maps AND keeps killing us.. hey, i couldn't even
move a step to pick up a gun & i died -_-" later we had our
own map so it got better hehe! we played till about 11. and jack
was abt to come join us when we left, too bad :P

wanted to go makan durians after that, but there was only one
pathetic stall at sri petaling which didn't really attract us. so
we headed home instead.

after all that's said and done. no more Marco's Pizza.. period.

p/s: KHOO HAU CHUN, u're suppose to take attendance laaaaa...

Of Darts, Pingpong, CS, and more Makan!

Tuesday after patho class, someone suggested.. "Hey, let's go play cs". Somehow the word CS just caught my ear and my hands started to itch again. (hahah, talking like some cs freak now.) Well, after a short while we went on with our own stuffs and christine and liyeen had group discussion, then wenhao called and said "wana play darts anot?". knowing darts and cs are my two newfound hobbies since selectives started (only 1hr class per day!), i couldnt resist. yea, we took the little time we had to sqeeuze in ONE round of darts, while waiting for them we said - wenhao, su chuen, me (deva & christine came just in time to join too!). mm... christine started last, but came in first! :D

While we played darts, some of them played pingpong the 'super trio show style' . where u hv to say sth (eg. apparel brands) everytime u hit the ball. haha, it's really interesting, i should try to pick up pingpong too... but i seriously sucked the last time i played it (secondary... 2?) hhehe.

Then there was a "to-go-cs-or-not" talk for a while..... cos jay had guy netball at 6! well in the end, we decided that just standing there thinking wouldnt get us anywhere, so in the end 6 of us went anyway-- chuen, li, wenhao, christine, deva & cyin(me).

It was fun!!! i joined the BAZOOKA team, and together with li & chuen... won over deva, christine & wenhao's team!! (and we wouldnt call it a last game until we won 100 times :p) hahaha, well, we did tipu abit by killing them while wenhao was teaching christine.. but i bet we still would've won either way :Þ

Of course, after using up all our energy in cs, we had to get some food (wat else).. we went to Steven's Corner at OUG. christine & i had maggi goreng(i also had roti canai), i think suchuen also had maggi goreng?, deva had some tose & garlic naan, liyeen had garlic naan, wenhao had tandoori chicken and few more stuffs. mm, the food were all good! well, one thing we noticed was that their limau ais and teh o ais limau tastes different, somehow :? Haha, i shall not remind u guys about waht the "plaaaap" sound on the table was, and how it missed by roti canai by just a few cms...

The Gobblers of Gobble Gazette proudly present to you our newest obsession..

COUNTERSTRIKE!!!!!!

Be afraid, be very afraid, because now not only do we eat like gilababis, but we shoot like them too. That's right. Mess with us and we will not hesitate to ransack your house (gobbling up anything remotely edible. Yes, that includes your kokokrunch.) AND shoot everything we see around us, Counterstrike style. You will never discover our true identities because we will be donned in hoods and shades, Counterstrike style. During our Counterstrike rampages, (which for your sake, I hope you will never have to experience) we will all be dressed as men (because there aren't any female characters in Counterstrike, duh.), making it almost impossible to distinguish between the sexes. I say almost because if you are lucky enough to survive our onslaught of gunfire, you will be able to hear high-pitched squeals of delight just before we stealthily leave your bullet-ridden place of residence, which will obciously come from the males. The photos you have seen of us in the previous posts were not really us. They were merely geeky medical students which we abducted and forced at gunpoint, Counterstrike style, to pose with happy smiles in order to conceal our true identities.

You are horribly mistaken if you think that eating has taken a backseat now that we've discovered this new hobby. Quite the contrary, our appetites have grown by leaps and bounds as running around with bazookas (which only liyeen and I have because we are part of the bazooka team) for hours on end causes us to work up an enormous appetite as you can only imagine.

For those of you who missed shooting practice today, the president herself would like to see you in person. Please prepare a written statement to explain your absence, and bring along a witness in case your written statement sucks. Do not take this lightly as the president is not an easy woman to please and she will not hesitate to blow you to smithereens if you come up with stupid excuses (eg.having lecture) for your absence. Don't forget, she owns a bazooka.

Post-Renal Makan

As you all know, M2/04 recently celebrated our new found freedom from exams/stress/crappy lectures/MM for PBLs etc. on the 7th of July. As most of the makan club members were busy with their own agendas (you traitors!! we took attendance so you have to write a formal letter to Ms. Pres explaning your absence! :p), the remainder of us (liyeen,seyin,jay,me,chunpeng) decided that we would still go and have the time of our lives despite being ditched and ended up in Kim Gary's MV with a whole bunch of our batchmates (too many to name!). Se Yin and I had cheese baked rice (Yum!). Li Yeen had some noodle thingy. Err...sorry Jay, I kinda forgot what you had! :) Poor Chun Peng had to wait ages for his food cuz they somehow didn't see his order. His food only came when everyone had finished eating. He has some spicy noodle thingy which was put in a bowl that looked exactly like a birdbath. Seriously....and he had to eat with a ladle. Weird.
The interesting event that occured during the makan was our topic of conversation. Jay presented a theory about what guys look at first when they see a girl. I think Jay should write a thesis about this....it would make headlines! Anyways, I shall not mention 'the thing' (or should I say things?!) that they look at cuz it would be totally unladylike of me....Ask Jay or CP if you wanna know. But all in all, the conversation was very enlightening and gave us 3 girls some insight on how shallow guys really are!! Hahaha jk jk. And it also gave us some tips on what to wear/do (dunno what word to use cuz it's complicated) if we wanna attract a guy's attention.
After dinner, we went to watch RV. It was hilarious!
For those of you who missed it....TOO BAD! :)

Untill we eat again....

Mi Daging

After CSU today, 8 of us hopped on to Sri Petaling for some beef noodles. There was no air conditioning, no nice plush seats, no cute waitresses (added in for the guys), no psychedelic wall decorations and to sum it all, nothing fancy about the place. Just your usual old, slightly unkept hawker restaurant accompanied by the usual fauna, one of which crawled out of the hole in the middle of the table and freaked the daylights out of me.

Having said that, as much as the Makan Club is concerned, I have always wondered what will happen if we ever stumble upon a Makan place that is not up to par. Then again, I don't think we need to worry because as usual, our instincts were right. Never mind the unfancy place together with Mr. Cock Roach because the noodles were great! As soon as the guy plonked my large beef balls mihun soup in front of me, all the unfanciness evaporated away and we all tucked into our noodles happily.

Be it kon-loh wantan mee, lo shi fun or mi hun soup, I simply loved the way the beef tastes which is just nice and not too strong. The beef balls were a nice chewy texture and Christine even had black pepper in hers which was super! To complement, we also had yong tau foo which was ok-lah. I have no complaints except that they put my LARGE mihun into a MEDIUM bowl which means less soup so to compensate, I ate extra fast to prevent the soup from being absorbed into my noodles.All in all, we had a great time with the beef noodles without the expense of burning more holes in our already holey pockets!

Since I'm bored..

I'm gonna give my two cents worth on what I'd like to call 'The Ultimate Makan Club Day". We had not one, but TWO outings all within a span of 6 hours. Now if that's not a way to release all the pent up repro stress I don't know what is. Hey, I've got an idea, why not take it all the way and go on a Makan Club Weekend after Renal? You think it's a good idea too? I KNEW IT!! You can thank me later. :P

First off, I'd like to echo Evelyn's comments regarding the service at Mid Valley's Madam Kwan's - It was horrible. If the star system was applied to restaurants I'd give Madam Kwan's like, a 1/4 of a star. And the 1/4 is for at least getting our orders right. The waitress taking our orders reminded me alot of Avril Lavigne actually - angry and grumpy, with a look that says "I hate you. Go away." I almost expected her to burst into song, singing "Why do you have to go and make things so complicated?" after Steph asked if she could cancel the coke that she had ordered 3 minutes earlier. I guess she wasn't into singing in front of a crowd that evening, (again, much like Avril whose voice seems to make one question her singing abilities everytime she performs in public) as she answered with a curt "Sorry cannot change, make already."

I know you're all dying to know what Steph, LiYeen and I ordered so let me just tell you so you don't have to beg, alright - we shared a plate of fried rice and mushroom chicken noodles. The fried rice was alright, like any kind you can get off the streets, only 2.5x more expensive. The mushroom chicken noodles is not what I would recommend to people whose stomachs resemble that of a cow's (jay). The 2 big-ass mushrooms were just about the only things that were worth noting.

Moving on, Luna Bar was a blast. I didn't expect so many people to turn up! We had an awesome time playing Pak Ku Chi (since everyone's fighting over it being either Chi Ku Pak or Ku Chi Pak, let me just standardize it once and for all la ok). The game took a more interesting turn when LiYeen suggested that the punishment for whoever loses 3 times in a row would be to go up to any guy, tell him that he's cute, and then take a picture with him. Evelyn was the first loser and was all game to carry out her punishment. To cut a short story even shorter, it didn't quite work out because the waiter said something along the lines of him being married. Having said that, kudos goes to Evie for being bold enough to do it anyway. (Although I'm thinking the alco played a part in it as well :P)

I wish I could tell you that by the end of the night everyone was pissed drunk, with the exception of me because you know, someone had to take up the responsibility of carting all the drunkards back home but alas, everyone was as sober as the noonday sun (Yes, of course I made that phrase up) and we all left for home with nothing but sweet memories of a wonderful night spent.

Post-repro chillout session...

Hello...this is gonna be my first post for the gobble gazette and this is gonna be a report on Madam Kwan's and Luna Bar (Christine's the official reporter, but I feel that someone need to report on Madam Kwan's too...)

On Wednesday...after having a tough time deciding on which restaurant we'll try out in Mid Valley, we finally decided on Madam Kwan's.

Kenn and I have always felt that the reason customers revisit a restaurant is either because:-
a) The food is good (Obviously)
b) The Ambience
c) The service

For the case of Madam Kwan's, they only fulfilled one criteria...that's the ambience...it's creatively furnished (like the tiled mirrors) and stylish. Of course... or else the 'famous' Datin who's face Kenn saw on the newspaper before and her son won't go there to ta-pau dinner?

As for the service...all i can say is the the night shift staff is not as friendly, courteous and helpful... I believe the afternoon shift staff being nicer, if I recall correctly.

Finally the most important thing...the food...Madam Kwan serve typical Malaysian hawker style food...aka Ipoh Kuei Teow Soup, Chao Kuei Teow, Nasi Lemak, Nasi Bonjari, Laksa and so on. The food is all-right, but of course you can't compare it to the 'real' local food where you can only find at hawker centers...like those in Penang and Ipoh for example. The price is also absurdly high, if we compare it to what we can get outside...but again we're paying more for the ambience and service, we're eating in MV for pete's sake!

I ordered a Chao Kuei Teow... SeYin's fav, because she always order that when she visit Madam Kuan's, Kenn ordered a Kuei Teow Soup, LayIn and WoonLee shared a nasi lemak, SeYin took tom yam, SuetMay ordered a nasi bonjari, Wills ordered a cool dish...but kinda forgot what it's called...as for Li, Stef, Su Chuen...they're at the other end of the table, quite hard to see what exactly's the dish ;p Soli!

Later that night...around 10pm, the members of the Makan Club met up at Luna Bar to chillout. The bar...a rather exclusive one, is located on the 34th floor of Menara Pan Global (immediately opposite KL Tower). It provide a romantic view of KL night view and it's open air-ed poolside area allowed us to have a close view of KL Tower.

The service is not bad but they are very concerned about our billing system...all in a single bill or saperate bill? That's the first thing they'll ask after taking your orders.

As for the drinks...it's slightly more pricy than other bars, according to the others and if the drinks are good or not...this is the first bar I've visited, can't comment really. Haha.
Alright, I'm gonna have a bit of a problem in naming all the drinks the members ordered here...cause number one, like what Christine said it was too dark to even see the word on the menu, and secondly there were just too many of us...not to mention they have weird names. I'll try my best though...I had my first shot of tequilla (amazing I tell you, Rachel and Li taught me the proper way to drink it), Rachel had Flaming Lumbourghini, Shang had a 'walk on the beach', the guys had beers (since it's world cup time, they were too busy inside watching football), christine ordred this cool combo with baileys, cookies and creame...as for the others, I'm not really sure.

Basically it was a cool outing...I finally found out what Chi Ku Pak is and had my chance to try it out. I think i've got no skill or I'm plain unlucky that night, cause I was the first to lose 3 times in the game...in the end I have to carry out a task, that is to ask a chosen person to take a picture with me. But then my mission failed...hehe... luckily they didn't ask me to do something else ;p

That's all I have to report for now...Cheers!

post exam makan/chill-out outing

wait.. that doesn't sound quite correct.. out & outing??!!
but.. haha.. don't care! it's my first post here.. wee........

hehe.. ok so the makan club kinda split for dinner yesterday
after repro exam.. most of them went to mdm kwan's!
yummy.. me chris wen hao & jay had ours @ vietnamese
kitchen in oug plaza. which we "X-ed" because of bad svc..
haha.. the food was so-so. i think the one in 1u is better :D
we had beef noodles & jay had some lemongrass chicken
rice.

later... aha!! we went to LUNA BAR... happening ler...
all of us ordered different cocktail.. then we share-share..
very colourful! haha.. this time!! we had new ppl too..
hamster, woon lee, kenn foong, rachel, manjit & suba.
in attendance: liyeen, suchuen, wenhao (ex-cos were
there), me, layin, chunpeng, steph, jay, suetmay, seyin,
evelyn, shang, anu.. (i hope i named everyone)

since i'm reporting so.. hehe.. of course i say the one
that me & layin ordered is nice! it's a luna specialty.
it's called frozen space cookie.. it's a concoction of
baileys, coffee liquer, oreo, whipped cream and ice!
really really good!! it has got to be! cos after that anu
& suba ordered the same thing.. hehe..

then we played revised chi-ku-pa (since we all don't
know what it's called) hehehe.. evie lost.. 3 times!
or shld i say shang won??!!

luna bar has nice ambience. a wee bit too dark, we had
trouble ordering cos we can't see!!!! n the candle kept
turning off.. (thks to chuen - haha) but seyin came
to the rescue with her giant self-made cigarette...
*clap clap*

oh yeah.. to all makan club members.. here's what
u need to included in your survival kit as an active
member:-

1. money (sorry we're not THAT established as yet
for ppl to recognise our stature and give us free
makan)

2. eno (knowing the amount we all tend to eat, u
might be at risk for indigestion - why did u think
we're a part of this club in the first place eh???)

3. constantly thinking of new places to go to..
one of our objectives is to discover nice & affordable
food. we will go the distance i tell u.. we will..

i guess that's abt all u need (for now) haha.. till
the nxt makan trip.. which i gather shld be shogun
where we will have our eating competition. right
ms president?? ;-)

christine
faithful gobbler

Mamak Season

I'm really sorry that i could not attend yesterday's club meeting. I think we have to make a new policy: WHOEVER ATTENDS A MEETING PLEASE BRING A CAMERA. If not we will be PICTURELESS for meetings i did not attend. Thank you Nana for being the photographer for the night.

Well, although i did not go to Murni at SS2 yesterday, but I as a member of Makan Club would like to report bout the food of the mamak i went to. It is none other than the famous Sri Steven's Corner at OUG. Here's a review of the food I tried yesterday:

Neslo and Nescafe Ais: Basically nothing special, it is available at all mamak. But i must say the neslo here is more 'kau' than usual. Maybe it's because of the amount of condensed milk they put inside but still not bad. Rating: 7/10.

Burug puyuh: In case you were wondering what kind of bird it is (for those BM blind) it is of course none other than pigeon. No, not to worry, you won't get psittacosis. It is actually fried, and i must say the aroma is better than chicken. The texture is like chicken breast but there is not as much flesh. Ultimately, it is a must try. Rating 9/10.

Cheese Naan: Ooh! Steven's Corner is famous for this little delicacy, and it never disappointed me once! Still mouth watering and cheesy! A must try! Rating: 9/10.

Tandoori Chicken: Comparatively, some say Ajimal Razim's( a mamak in Sri Petaling) is better, but to me, both tastes the same. Rating: 5/10.

Nasi Lemak Ayam: The nasi lemak here is often compared to Ajimal's also. But different people prefer different taste in their nasi lemak. The rice here is not as good as Ajimal's but the sambal here is spicier. The chicken offered here is Rendang chicken while Ajimal's is fried chicken. Which do you prefer? You make the choice! Rating: 8/10.

So here's the report on my side. Signing off,

Jay Low
IT Executive

Mamak Season

Gobblers go to Murni SS2

So as it turns out, I was unanimously (and unwillingly) voted secretary of the Makan Club. I was of course distressed as this means I have been put in the superboring position of

1. Taking attendance

2. Writing minutes (eh seriously la,I never paid attention in English class back in high school when we were being taught how to write minutes so if my minutes suck, YOU ALL HAD BETTER NOT COMPLAIN BECAUSE I WILL RESIGN AND YOU WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE THE CLUB BOZO BECOME YOUR NEW SECRETARY AND I WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON ANYONE - EVEN THE SWIMMING CLUB)

The role of the Club Bozo is take on all unwanted and temporarily vacated positions should the situation arise. Example, IF YOU COMPLAIN ABOUT MY MINUTES, I WILL RESIGN AND YOU WILL BE FORCED TO HAVE THE CLUB BOZO BECOME YOUR NEW SECRETARY AND I WOULDN'T WISH THAT ON ANYONE - EVEN THE SWIMMING CLUB.

3. Remembering what everyone ate. (which is darn hard la, firstly, because there are always more plates than there are people - we are not called the makanclub for nothing. If that isn't hard enough, I have to remember what some of you tapau-ed back for the members who couldn't make it for the meeting.) So for the sake of my rudimentary brain space, please order and tapau things which are easy to remember like say, naan or eggs. Please, for crying out loud don't go order something that sounds like wantanmeelailiuha because that would be an obvious burden on me. I believe somewhat in the theory of displacement - meaning everytime I remember something new, something else leaves and lodges itself in some deep-seated, unaccounted for space in what is probably not so important to the rest of you but is to me and my future patients - MY BRAIN. Can you even begin to imagine how many names of food would've accumulated in my brain in place of CVS, respi, haemato, GI and the lot by the end of this year?

"Which hormones are essential in the development of the male and female genital tract and where are they found?"

Tandoori Chicken which is found in the anterior MurniSS2 gland.

You see, the thing about this theory of displacement is that it sneaks up on you and makes you believe that the displacement never happened. Yes my friends, the brain is a very sneaky, cunning organ. It covers up all evidence of the displacement, and you start believing that Testosterone is actually Tandoori Chicken and things like that.

Now that it's all off my chest, I shall proceed to write the minutes of our 3rd meeting.

Members in attendance : Shangari Anu Christine Se Yin Su Chuen William Li Yeen Steph Nana

Venue : Murni SS2

Time of commencement : 8.15 (approximate guess because I obviously didn't check the time the first person started eating)

What was ordered : Tandoori Chicken Tomyam Claypot Loshifun Roti Hawaii Bombay Naan Cheese Naan Nasi Lemak Spaghette Bolognaise Ribena Special Mango Special Ais kosong

What was tapau-ed : Ribena special and don'tknowwhat naan

Time meeting was adjourned : 10 pm (approximate guess)

Camera woman of the night : Nana


On behalf of the president, I would like to thank Suet May for being courteous enough to send a letter of apology stating her reasons for not attending our meeting yesterday night. Her actions are very commended and it would serve well for the rest of you to follow suit in the future.

That is all. This is your secretary signing off. Till next week.

Su Chuen (pretend this is a signature)

CHIAM SU CHUEN
SECRETARY

Murni VS Mummy

As I stepped into my house today, I should have sensed something wrong but I guess my usually tip-top instincts was blunted by whiffs of .... Mummy's Curry Chicken!!! So I tell myself, just one more hour or so and I'll be enjoying myself at Murni's(SS2) with the Makan Club. I kept drumming myself with *Murni's*Makan Club*Murni's*Makan Club (608X)* to better equip myself in withstanding Mummy's Curry Chicken.

That is, until Wati(my maid) starts taking out the cutlery and arranges the plates of hot-steaming-sizzling-make-you-high rice. You know Stomp, The Musical? Exactly! First it starts subtlely, the smell. Then comes the 'thud thud' of the plates on the table. Next, throw in 'Chiang Chiang Chiang' of forks and spoons and it doesn't stop there. The smell of steaming white rice and my Mom's voice "Aiya, eat a bitla...It's not everyday I cook curry chicken. Just a bit then you go makan with your friendsla". 'BOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM'

I find myself strangely unable to resist any longer and my gobbling mechanism kicked in. It was at this moment I was most vulnerable and it was at this moment, unseen hands must have tambah nasi for me. This is the result of not being able to resist the creamy, curry chicken Mummy rarely cooks. You get sucked into a Must-make-daughter-stay-at-home-and-eat-my-food conspiracy."AAAAAHHHHH" Sadly, it was too late when I realised the space designated for garlic naan and that cool nata de coco drink was invaded by curry chicken.

Sigh...Thousand apologies to the girls whom I couldn't join tonight but this is what happens when you have more stomach than brains.

Photos from Mizi Shabu Shabu!

makan makan....FOOD!!!!!!!!:)

hello hello
hehe...actually i'm supposed to be writing the first post here...but then i came home late la last nite...so a bit tired...hehe.eh,watched x-men last nite.it's damn nice la.who said it wasn't nice?hehe....ooopppssss...supposed to b writing about makan makan stuff...

ok..let's see...this is the first time i'm writing a post...so dont laugh ar if not nice...hehe.wah,our makan club...damn fun!every wed we'll go eat somewhere in malaysia,most prob kl la.the first time we went to this steamboat place.everyone had their own pot o...hehe...so can put anything u want inside!then we ordered lots n lots of food :) we had 3 cars going to this place in puchong to eat.all in 12 of us..christine chris seyin evelyn suchuen wenhao jay darren layin reika david n i.the food was good...but the smoke...my face felt as if i was doing a facial(u know those hot steams to open up ur pores)...haha...yea...wenhao's pot la,all the steam from there float to my face..hehe.jay n darren damn cute..both of them ordered the couple set..then summore for the pic,both pose like couple...hehe ;p then eh,we must la elect a photographer...everytime must take pic of our makan makan trip :) hmmm...did we agree that jay should b the 1? :)

makan makan in town...wah,this place very far..it took us i think half an hour to reach there o...this time 9 of us went...chuen,wenhao,seyin,christine,chris,suetmay,cp,stef n i..but it paid off coz the food was good!we ordered a whole table full of food coz we damn hungry..hehe.hokkien mee,'wat tan hor',vege,'pai kuat',....n the most famous dish...the 'o jien'.wah,damn nice the o jien here...so big o...then when u bite in...so juicy...yum yum :) we loved it so much that we had to order a second plate..hehe.suet may is the best when it comes to food...n especially RICE!!!she loves rice.cant live without it.still remember the time in genting where the guys ordered a small bowl of rice for her...then she says later that she wants to change it to a big bowl n summore she doesnt need to share wit anyone...she can finish herself o..i salute wei!
the most fun part about our makan trip is when we all hehe haha about everything.i'll never forget the part where wenhao thought an ellipse was an eclipse...summore he had the hand movements for it..haha.that day we all bomb wenhao like crazy...hehehe...but lucliky he damn sporting,nvr get angry ;) then stories about csu damn funny...the part where yen wi's patient says to him.."eh,y u so ham sap one?" hehehe.if feel stress rite...must come join our makan club la...hehe haha with these ppl from stress levels of 100000 oso can become zero o :) after the food,at first we planned to go for beef noodles,but then everyone i think very full d...so we ended up going for desert in the frutti stall :) wah,the parking there very the wat lor...carpark wit meter...but the old man still collect money...sigh...nvm la...old man ma...summore better than later the car kena scratch.the tong sui's were good...but i must say,next time must remember not to order the peanut butter tong sui.i love peanut butter...but then this one damn not nice... ;p we had to end the makan makan n hehehaha early that day coz some of us had to rush home to watch american idol :)

k la,i think i should stop here...sorry my english very broken...hehe...

liyeen

Welcome to the very first edition of the Gobble Gazette!

Greetings, my fellow gobblers. It brings me great joy to be typing the very first post in our virtual newsletter (THAT YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO CREATE, MS PRESIDENT!!) as I sit here in the comforts of my own home, in my pyjamas, no less. The creation of the Gobble Gazette signifies the beginning of a great future (food-wise) and I certainly look forward to our next Makan Club outing. Having said all that, the Makan Club is still esentially a club and what is a club without a set of stringent rules and regulations that nobody will adhere to? The swimming club, that's what we would be - which we are not. (No offense to the swimming club. That was only directed towards Steph because she doesn't want to have kids.)

Back to my point. This is a rough draft of the Makan Club rules and regulations. (the main commitee reserve the right to change, retract and break any rule we want to because we are the main committee. Deal with it.)

1. Must love food.

That pretty much sums up the rules and regulations set by the committee at this point of time.

For the time being only 2 posts have been created. At our next general meeting, we will be having an eating competition to determine the people who will be holding all the other positions. Just to brief all of you on the way we handle our biannual General meetings - positions of power are NOT, I repeat NOT, created by democratic votes, but by the amount of food which you can consume. The person who can consume the most will naturally get the highest post (president) and so on and so forth. For all intents and purposes, the rules of election will not apply to Suet May because let's face it, she would be president forever and ever if we follow the current system of election which is based on the person who can consume the largest amount of food.

As was mentioned earlier, we have only agreed on 2 positions so far and they are

Club President : Li Yeen
Club Bozo : Wen Hao

*clap clap*

These people will serve the Makan Club for a duration of 1 semester afterwhich another general election (ie. eating competition) will be held to choose the new committee.

A quick update on the places we have deemed worthy of our presence so far :

Week 1 : Steamboat place in Puchong (I forget the name.)
Week 2 : Backalley coffeeshop in Jalan Raja Laut (it has no name)

Week 3 : Currently in debate (between Murni in SS2 and some naan place in KL)

Till our next Makan Outing.

Su Chuen