Siang Seafood Restoran @ Sogo

The Dim Sum place that highly recommended by Mrs. Chialat...

Siang is located at the 6th floor of Sogo Shopping Mall... Tableware...The interior... spacious and comfy. The menu... price ranged from RM4.00-7.00.

The food that we ordered...

Mango and prawn wrapped in chrispy Vietnamese roulades... RM7.00Butter Yam Custard Bun... RM6.00Crystal dumpling with chicken, duck and prawn filling... RM 6.50Steamed Siu Mai... RM6.50
Steamed Har Gau... RM7.00
Pan-Fried Bean Curd Roulade filled with Chesse... RM7.00 Tasty Minced Yam with diced yam in bowl... RM 6.00
Overall taste was quite OK. They are giving out 30% discounts on weekend and we only had to pay RM39.80 for the above food 2 weekends ago which inclusive tax and drinks.

New York New York Deli @ One Utama

There were few times when we walked pass this restaurant, we saw some tables ordered foods that served in a big plate to share. It indeed looked mouthwatering to me and we decided to check them out last weekend.

Outside view of the restaurant...

The interior...

The menu... quite a comprehensive menu. Pasta, pizza, burger and etc are all available here. Price wise, I would say reasonable.

...and we ordered this. Super Sinful Meat Platter For 2...

Look at the BIG plate compared to the standard size dinner plate on the right hand corner.

The lamb was tender enough... but unfortunately too much fat.

The whole roasted spring chicken... tasted good with the BBQ sauce, albeit it was a bit too thick though.

The chicken cigars... crispy enough. They should have given Wagyu Beef instead of another chicken. Too much chicken!

The potato wedges... tasted quite good. It would be even better if they put some melted cheese on it.

The Large Ice Latte... RM 8.90. It was just latte, nothing more and nothing less but big enough for 2.

The overall experience was positive and I guess we would come back to try their other dishes as well.

Jin Taiwan@Puchong

There was a write-up of Jin Taiwan on Sin Chew Daily a couple of weeks ago. When we saw that article, we immediately paid them a visit on that particular day itself. When we reached there around 2 p.m, the staff there informed us most of the items had been sold out. Damn... we thought that they must be good and decided to try our luck again the following weekend...

This time around we reached there around 12 p.m and it was almost empty.

The only other table besides us...

The menu...

The bubble tea was being served first... RM 3.90

The smelly tofu... RM 4.90. Quite smelly but Mrs. Chialat commented it was not good.

The salted chicken... RM 4.90. Tasted OK but the portion was damn small. Sorry to say but the above picture is quite misleading, it looks big but the actual size of the chicken is no bigger than the 20 cent coin.

The braised pork intestine... RM5.90. Thinly sliced/cut and could hardly fill up the gap between the teeth.

The Taiwan beef noodle... RM8.90. The texture of homemade noodle used was OK but the broth was a bit too sweet. I guess they put too much sugar!

Sliced beef... RM8.90. Small portion and damn expensive. Taste wise... just average.

If you happen to be in Puchong and don't know what else to eat, you may give them a try.

Jin Taiwan

70, Jalan Puteri 5/1

Bandar Puteri

47100 Puchong

Selangor

Tel : 03-8060 1051

Guilin and Yangshuo - Day 6

It was an early flight back to KL. Our flight departed at 11:10 a.m and so we had to check out at 9 a.m. The check-out was fast and the porter helped us flagged down a metered taxi.

The ride to the airport just took about 30 mins. It was a small airport and there was not so many international flight... So we had no problem of locating the AirAsia check-in counter immediately. We were lucky that we arrived a wee bit earlier than a group of Hong Leong's staff, of about 200 of them taking the same flight. Imaging if we were queuing behind them for the check-in... I'm sure it would take forever!

The airport and duty free shop had nothing much to see and most of time we just sat there and waiting for boarding.

When the boarding was called, we were the firsts to board as we purchased the hot seats earlier.

The flight back to KL was uneventful and we touched down at LCCT around 3:15 p.m.

Back To Day 1

Guilin and Yangshuo - Day 5

Today would be an easy going day...

The places in Yangshuo that we wanted to see and go had been covered. So it was time to head back to Guilin.

We woke up around 9 a.m and it was raining. The weather for the last few days was just fantastic- not a single drop of rain experienced. The rain here would be troublesome as it could rain days and nights non stop. So we did not intend to go out but just wait inside our room until the "auspicious" time to check out and leave Yangshuo.

At the stroke of 10:30 a.m we checked out. The check out was fast and at no time we were already outside the hotel waiting for a "taxi"(non metered private taxi). There were a few "taxi" waiting opposite the hotel and the bellboy helped us signaled one of them to come over. It was a small MPV and asked for RMB 25 for a 3-min-ride to the bus station. "WTF!"- but of course I didn't say out. Though pain was graciously felt below my belt ( being squeezed la), but with our heavy luggages and rain, I had no choice but to agree.

I had asked the receptionist earlier as how much would it cost for a taxi to Guilin. I was told that it cost RMB250 to RM300 for a private taxi.

Though I intend to take a taxi back to Guilin as it was raining at that moment. But somehow I would rather wait for the taxi driver to make the first move instead of me asking him first. This way I could definitely squeeze him back.

When we reached the bus station and about to get out from the car, the driver asked why not we used his service. He could give us a better price as his mini MPV was about time to do the routine service in Guilin. Instead of empty car to Guilin in another day or 2, he as well gave us a ride just to cover his petrol cost. He asked for RMB250 but finally we agreed on RMB190. If we were to take bus, the total cost would be around RMB100. Well, actually the difference was insignificant for an 1.5 hour comfort ride to Guilin.

Sheraton Guilin

This time around I didn't go back to Bravo Hotel but wanted to try out the Sheraton. It was nothing wrong with Bravo Hotel but I got a better rate to redeem the Starwood Points for Sheraton Guilin.

Sheraton Guilin was located at Binjiang Road and it was not difficult for us to find. We reached the hotel about 12 p.m. After paying the taxi driver we headed straight to the check-in counter while our luggages were taken care off by the porter.

I was informed the room was ready and as a member of SPG, we were assigned to SPG floor and given a king-bed room. The receptionist also brought out 3 items, a doll in local native costume, a piggy bank and a can of tea leaves. I thought all of them were for us but unfortunately she asked us to choose one and I chose tea leaves. Anyway it was a good gesture, don't you think so?

The washbasin and bathtub...

The shower...

The amenities...

The comfy pillows...

The comfy bed...

The coffee/tea maker and 2 complimentary bottles of mineral water...

The working desk...

The large LCD...

The hallway to our room...

The spacious interior...

The lobby...

The small garden in the middle of the hotel...

The shopping street behind the hotel... The location of the hotel was superb! It was a 2-mins walk to this shopping street where shops and foods aplenty.

The duck tongue... Mrs. Chialat's favorite. Sorry I had no idea how it tasted like as I didn't try it. We had our lunch at one of the restaurants at this shopping street. It was raining during lunch time and everybody was waiting in the restaurant and we had to share table. It was so crowded and I didn't want to take out my camera to shoot on my food like a stupid nerd, though the food was quite good. So no photo of our lunch!

After our lunch we just headed back to our room to check out the bed as it was drizzling non stop where we were not able to explore anymore. While we tried to take a nap, unfortunately we could here the noise from the construction site next to the hotel where it was quite annoying as they kept throwing steel rods from the top of the building. I made a call down to the receptionist to complain. The receptionist apologized profusely and asked us to wait for a while when she tried to assign another room for us. After 15 mins or so, the bellboy came with our new room card. The room was now located at the other end of the building. The room was same in size and design but came with a balcony. Sigh... it was raining non stop so the balcony was no use to us. Nevertheless it was now quieter than before and we managed to have our nap.

At dinner time we went back to the shopping street for our dinner. We ordered a farm chicken(frog) porridge 田鸡粥 and noodle. It was nothing extraordinary and I didn't bother to take any photo except this one - farm chicken porridge. Not that it tasted good but the way it was prepared... unlike our 田鸡粥 in Malaysia where the frog is skinned before cooking. Here they cook together with the skin!

The frog skin... how disgusting!

After the dinner we wandered around for a while at the shopping street. Since it was nothing much, we therefore headed to the night market. We spent a couple of hours there before going back to our hotel to pack for our early departure.

To Be Continued...