Jogoya Japanese Buffet, Starhill Gallery

I am sure those of you who is into Japanese Buffet is familiar with the name Jogoya… It cost about RM68++ to RM88++ per pax. If you ask me is it worth it? At that price, the food still need improvement.

I went there for 1/2 price. So for me the food is ok for the price I am paying. Generally the food quality is mediocre. The cuisine aren’t Japanese enough. The sashimi, well apart from them being generous by slicing it in bigger pieces than Shogun, practically all other dishes are grill, steam, deep fried and so on.

Mini steamboat which shogun also has…

 

Grill eel was good. But when the crowd is packed during offer period like now, where the 2nd guest only has to pay RM9.90. Don’t expect to have it there and then.

The grill salmon head was awfully dry and overcooked…

The only consolation is the yummy coconut drink which Shogun doesn’t have and you can have it as much as you want…

Very nice sashimi compared to Shogun, as Shogun tend to slice into thinner slices then it becomes very messy.

The sushi….

Heck, they even have dim sum. Please tell me why would anyone wanna have dim sum in Jogoya?

You can choose the seafood for them to grill or steam for you… The specialty is it is freshly grill / steam instead of Shogun’s ready made dishes. But some of Shogun’s dishes are quite special, unlike the Jogoya’s steam / grill dishes.

 

You drop the clips into the bowl to make your order, as your clips has your table number engraved into it, they know where to send it.

For those who love ice-cream, they provide Haagen-Dazs ice cream unlimited. But if you love some popular flavour, be there early as it could run out.

 

 

 

Red wine and white wine also free flow… But it is some lousy table wine la…

Different alcohol cocktails also free flow. So if you wana make your money worth, you can always bank on the booze.

They have the double boil chinese herbal soup like you go to the tai chau and order one… Jogoya…

 

But there’s one thing, I’ve gotta give it to Jogoya, the desserts are really wonderful and it is really sinfully delicious.

I believe the pictures though not very professionally taken are enough to make you salivate like the wolves.

Again…and again….

The clip for placing the order.

They have tea for those elderly who must have tea to go with their food.

The mini burner for the mini steamboat.

 

Lousy red wine…

That’s all… Anyway I still prefer Shogun over Jogoya. :P

Snowflake Dessert SS15, Subang Jaya

I visited the place with M sometime ago but never find time to blog about it.

It is situated opposite Asia Cafe, opens till 11.00pm daily. A bestseller would cost RM5.50 where other items cost about RM4.90 and drinks for RM3.00.

RM5.50 can be quite expensive for a  dessert but the thing is, the portion is very large and can be shared amongst two people.

Hence the crowd when it is still early…

The crowd later on….see below… *sweat

 

The procedure? You pay when you order. Then you’ll be given this.

which will light and vibrate itself like this when you food is ready for collection…

 

then voila… you go to the collection area for this…

this is the best seller, then you mix it with the creamer and it becomes like this…

Anyway it taste good… And this portion can be shared by 2. Every 5 visit, free 1 drink. Every 10 visit, free 1 dessert.

Trip to Pulau Ketam

Welcome back to my blog, after being on a hiatus for so long. Its time to come back again… after having a connection in my room

Couple months ago I went to Pulau Ketam with R after she said she wanted to go and have a look. Its funny when she say have a look. I told her I don’t think there’s anything there. So I was like,

“Alright, we’ll go all the way for you to have a look, ok?” –_-

Well anyway, it was wrong not to trust my instinct cos there is nothing there. IMHO.

The seafood aren’t particularly good. I’ll prefer Tambun anytime any day. But seafood is dirt cheap according to KL standards there. So if you guys are looking for cheap seafood, you know where to head.

We had “O  Chien”  (Fried Oyster) and “La la Chien” (Fried Lala)

then we went to some restaurant (Lok Hian) there to have more seafood.

We ordered a fish and a deep fried sotong and the bill comes up to less than RM40. Very cheap indeed considering the size of the fish.

 

Last but not least, you can observe and appreciate what simple life the villagers have there… nice experience…

My University Malaya Graduation 2009

Hey, sorry for the long absenteeism from the Blogospace. You know la, limited time no connection is one of the reason. However in view that this post relates to an important chapter of my life. I felt the urge to post it. 

Beware of tons of photos. But if you're using broadband, i think it won't take a toll on your bandwidth, unless you're using a sucky P1 Wimax connection earlier. 

I've thought about subscribing to P1, but the connection is damn sucky that at some point it was even worse than a dial-up. Luckily for me, they have the 7 days cooling off period. So what i did was return them all the shit stuffs they gave me and ask for my RM100 back. 

Well anyway, I am back without Internet and I think I am terrified of sucky connection unless they've got some cooling off period.

So now, I am blogging from some cafe in SS2. I don't wanna mention the name cos the food and drinks aren't that great. 

Now the photos of my graduation:

Me and Melissa Loh

Norman aka "Rocky". I made it...

My two supportive sisters.

My wonderful parents who made me who I am today

Me and Chia Huei...

Me and Rachael aka Theng, Ivan and GF

Me and Rachael, and the flowers, my sister made it. Sweet~!

Me and Chee Leong with Wan Yung in between. Hehe.

Me and Chen Seng....

Me and Rose aka Siow Li. Thanks for coming esp to take pic with me. Notice the different colour of the scarf thingy. So honored to take pic with 1st class honours graduate.

Me and Mun Yee

Me and Ivan

Me and Heng Yee...

Me and Tiong Soon

Me and Azhar

These picturesque and scenic photos not taken in UM are taken in Desa Parkcity and Mutiara Damansara

That's about all. Now's nearly 12.00am. Tomorrow somemore gotta work. Oh yes, I am now working in MAA, KL. Gaji tak seberapa, can survive loh. Anyhow I miss Penang a lot. The only consolation I have is Rachael, Chen Seng, and Jason (You'll be back soon right?) is here with me in KL.

Car accidents again~!

It seems that there's been a lot of car accidents around this year. Well at least, from my observation. I saw quite a number of accidents. Damn lawak ones also.

Have you ever seen a Merc SLK vs. Proton Waja battle? Well, despite all the safety features and superior body chassis that Merc has, guess who won? Ans: The Proton Waja. Surprising but not unbelievable as the Proton Waja shared the same chassis as the old Volvo S40 and V40. I witness this when travelling back to Penang on PLUS expressway one rainy day. The Merc typically had to be written off already, poor Merc (hehe) but to be fair, the Proton had the whole door panel fell off. Nonetheless the side impact bar is still intact.

Well, this is what happen when you speed during rainy seasons? How many really know that despite all the performance tire those SLK, 330i, 350z, GT-R has, it has a main weak point. Those wide performance tires actually performed worse than the normal tires in rain, assuming that the tires are of the same type but just of different width. This is because, wide tires have the tendency to aquaplane compared to normal ones in a similar condition. I once read from the papers that a ferrari owner got himself skidded during and had a 'makeover' his ferrari just by doing 80 kmph on PLUS. Funny? I was always doing 115 kmph yet nothing happen.

Speaking of which, I saw 3 different accidents over a period of 2 months in a danger zone. The area is the flyover of Jalan University, both directions (the slope nearer to KFC). That area tend to be flooded with water after rain. Sometimes up to more than 1/2 feet. Mostly people who pass the area will be doing about 80kmph. But in water as deep as this, all tires would aquaplane easily.

Just yesterday I saw a black Proton Saga BLM got into accident, the same spot. That fella skidded and all. The rear part of the car was hitched onto the left barricade of the flyover, must have been 'gliding' like a speedboat on the water. I snapped some pictures which will be posted in due time.

So remember, slow down when approaching the slope (both directions) on the Jalan Universiti flyover during heavy rain. The area is flooded and your car will aquaplane and skid no matter what car it is.

I myself had a fair experience on the particular stretch also. The aquaplane I experience was very strong, unlike what I've experience previously. It is like a current sweeping your car away. I had like 50% of thread left on my tires but under those conditions (I was going about 95kmph), new tires would have failed you.

Luckily my Proton Saga LMST is equipped with best safety features in the world, namely ABS (Aku Brek Sendiri), EBD (Expert Braking Dynamics), and two SRS plastic bags. Hehe. No, the plastic bags didn't help. Oh, to recap, the best safety features in the world is the driver. The driver controls the car, not the other way round. That determines what will happen in situations like this. My car and I am lucky to survive without a scratch. I've seen better cars like Honda Civic (the latest version with VSA) skidded and bang. Well thank God~!

Truth is, my Saga LMST does not come with any modern safety features. So how the driver handles during times like this is more crucial than other cars. The thing is I did not brake when it aquaplanes, I just release the gas pedal. It was scary, the car gliding on the water and all that. I've read somewhere that when the car aquaplanes, it will normally follows the dynamics of the car which was heading before the aquaplane occurs (means even though it aquaplanes, it will continue to head the intended direction albeit gliding across), unless there's strong current in the water which is rare. So I restrained myself from braking. At least one tire will have different amount of grip compared to the others (different depth of water, different treadwear etc), braking will disrupt the dynamics and send the car into a different direction. 100% of inexperience driver will brake hard during times like this and send the car to God knows where. So it is important not to brake during aquaplane and erm, drive cautiously during rain. I said cautiously as I've observed drivers crawling like snails during rain and cause massive jams. Come on guys, that's not the way. Just drive cautiously ok?

Chinese New Year 2009

Photo taken by Olympus Mju 1200

This year's Chinese New Year 'chuin ka fook' took a welcome change from the usual photo spot that is my grandma's house to Gold Coast Resort. Notice the welcome addition of a new member Brian (the toddler) in the picture...

3 yee and family couldn't make it on time as their car ran into some problems so LK had to pick them up somewhere. That explains why they are not in the picture. Nonetheless they manage to make it to my grandma's birthday dinner...



Photo updates on dinner later.

Heya...Sorry guys

Hey, sorry for leaving my blog to rot for these few months. This is because I've been busying with my exams and all. Moreover, I don't have internet access in my room.

I am now working as an intern in Pearson Malaysia. In case you don't know, Pearson is an international publishing house and currently the largest book publisher in the world.

I'll keep you posted on my intern with photos everything later on. For now, you'll be getting only my apologies. Yup, Sorry....

hahaha~!

The Power Of The Rakyat.....

March 8 will be marked in Malaysia's history forever. BN never being defeated so jia-lat for as long as I can recall. This election marked the departure of the ignorant (jahiliah) era of Malaysia as people, regardless of ethnicity choose what they feel represents them best in the federal gahmen and the state gahmen.

Ever since 'ee lai', everything oso 'ki'. Petrol 'ki', milo 'ki', tepung 'ki', inflasi 'ki' becos wana send roket 'ki.' I can't see the point of sending a rocket to space loh. Its not like we are so 'ho giak', everyone is earning US$1000 per capita. C'mon la, we have those people in kampung living in kandang still. 1 minute say 'beh' subsidise 'lu lang' petrol liao, da next minute 'oo lui' to buy a taxi ticket to space liao.

Let this be a lesson to 'ee lang' that the rakyat is not 'che meh' 1. If they continue 'luan luan kai lui' or 'luan luan chiak lui' you see lah.... Next election, since 'ee eh neh' suka send rocket ma, next election 'wa lang ka liao' kasi hantar rocket 'hor ee'.

If 'wa kong chia uar' oso kena ISA, u guys make sure u ask Jeff Ooi, Lim Kit Siang and Karpal Singh to 'kiu wa' ok?