During this 1 year, i have blogged on various eateries, some of the must-go list are:

– Sugimoto Japanese Restaurant in Hartamas

– Popeyes Louisina Kitchen

– Ikea Food Court

– Gelatissimo Ice Cream

– Dubrovnik, Mont Kiara Solaris

– Happy Meal Durian Puff near Petaling Street

– Steamboat King, Jalan Ipoh

– Pan Mee, Jinjang

– Crystal Jade Kitche, Pavillion Shopping Mall

– Kin Heng Restaurant, Jalan Ipoh

– Delicious, Bangsar Shopping Centre

My favourite post (other food related and non-food related post)

– Sekeping Serendah Retreat

– How to Make Swiss Roll

– Recipe: Pavlova

– Camera Survey Among Food Bloggers

Food Exhibition Attended

– Epicure Malaysia 2008

– MIFB 2009, Malaysia Internation Food and Beverage Exhibition

During this one year, i am pretty much on a roll, churning out 1 post every other day, averagely, looking back, it is kinda crazy, but i enjoy blogging bout food basically anything food-related 😛 Good thing they is always gym exercise(swimming, elliptical machine) to keep my weight in check, however tummy is starting to show even though my weight is maintained… hahaha… probably from the occasionally over stretching of the stomach wall during some serious buffet chowing.

Photos in this blog have been blurred and over exposed consistently, mainly i am unwilling to spend on camera, and i am still in love with my cute-size camera, Pentax Optio S4 which weight only 115g with battery, hard to beat that when i don’t really want to be recognised as a hard-core foodie with big flashes and more noticeable camera… 😛 Might borrow my mum’s Olympus FE-20 which double the megapixe if i really want to take better photos. Anyway, food blogging can be boring after a while, when you have “review” so much eateries, just feel like you are doing the same thing over and over again, that’s why i tend to try to mess up some recipes without over-following the recipes, just a twit here and there to use up whatever ingredients which is already at home… food is suppose to be fun, creative, experimental, carefree, and not bogged down by feeling of trying to fill up blogs with post after post, however that is also what i hope for… “Variety is the spice of life” definitely applies for me when it comes to food, won’t stress so much about having perfect photos while eating, just so the food don’t get cold/melt etc when it is my turn to enjoy foooood. Also try to chip in a few non-food-related post to give my food-overloaded mind a break… hahaha

Just in case anyone interested in my camera survey, i did some serious documentation(sort of), including what camera food bloggers’ are using for their blog.

At the mean time, thank you for all my “fans/stalkers” etc for follow this humble blog of mine, which i share on everything food(and occasionally non food-related) which tickles my fancy, this is where i share my fun food adventure 🙂

So back to business… hehe, please leave your comment about this 1-year-old-blog of mine, which area you think can be improved? what attracts you to my site? 🙂 How to increase unique visitors, so that this blog will be so popular that i don’t have to work anymore… hahaha… anything you would like to say…

Tien Tien Lai, Pudu, a restaurant situated in one of the backlane in Pudu, customers filled to the brim, business is brisk, and there have 2 place for seating: one with air-conditioner and one without.

Sweet and sour pork, RM10, taste so-so to me partly i don’t fancy pork that much and prefer more simple food(steamed, savoury instead of this “sweet” dish)

superb steamed egg(normal chicken egg, salted egg and century egg), RM8

steamed ginger paste fish, RM15

overall, a so-so place to have dinner, the steamed egg is superbly done, smooth. Have been eating so much outside these few weeks, i still prefer more homey food, not too oily, not deep fried… weight have increased 2-3kg in the last few weeks and it is not even funny when i see the cellulite in thigh/leg… urghhhh… also been pigging so much last few weeks during lunch time too… usually i will do 25 mins of elliptical machine, that’s it(why 25 mins, because i am “lazy” to do 30 mins… haha), but today did another 15 brisk walk on machine… hope it helps… want to lose some topical weight in the mid section, is that possible? read some article before that there is no such things as targetting areas of your body which you want to work on…

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Andana spa is a spa in Holiday Inn Glenmarie hotel, this hotel is quite far off from the city, with its own golf course. They have a per entry deal(RM148++) whereby you can stay in the spa from 10am to midnight for a fixed price. This 148++ includes below

– 40 mins Shiatsu or aromatheraphy massage

– usage of hot and cold water theraphy spa pools

– usage of sauna and steam room

– reading and movie lounges

– Wifi and internet access service

– complimentary food from Andana Daily menu(free flow buffet style with ala-carte options)

Above is their menu for the previous day, didn’t take photo of menu for the day we went which is a monday(national holiday). They have buffet line, and also few items that you can order ala-carte(fish and chips available from 4pm onwards ala carte) Unlimited haagen daz ice cream!!!, only 1 flavor available every day, we had belgian chocolate that day, my favourite ice cream from haagen daz, slightly bitter and oh so chocolatey… yumm… had 4 to 5 servings of it)

Hand & Foot Spa pricing: Pedicure at RM48++, Manicure RM35++

rooms like these are available for reservation.

nice comfy chair for your to hang around eating, watching movies, chatting, the environment is really nice, with cooling aircon, and if you are cold, there are thick towels for you to cover your feet(available between the chairs)

with koi pond if you want some sun

dim sum/siew mai available on the buffet line for breakfast, we are famished at 10:30am, being the first 4 customers to reach Andana spa at 9:55am, they are open from 10am till midnight

salad with cherry tomatoes, capsicums, japanese cucumber etc

fruits and sandwiches(ham and egg)

curry puff, fish balls, fried bean curd sheet with fish paste

other food on the buffet line, items are constantly stocked, even between meals(breakfast/lunch/dinner)

free flow fruit juice(orange, watermelon, sour lime etc), their orange juice is pure without added water and sugar, so nice. we had soup too(some cucumber vegetable soup)

belgian chocolate haagen daz ice cream for breakfast 🙂 while watchin twilight, a chick flick(if i could call it, but it is something relaxing about watching good looking young actor and actresses, the romance etc). I think Ashley Greene is really pretty, although first impression i find her looking old, but the baseball scene change my perception…

ala-carte porridge, just so-so, lime and sour plum juice does stimulate appetite for more food 🙂

longan jelly(so-so) and more haagen daaz ice cream. yum

pie ti, fish and chips taste great(only available 4pm onwards)

locker room(each person entitle to a locker with key)

changing room

dressing table: cotton bud, styling products

rubber bands in the white container and more styling products available for your usage

looking towards hot and cold spa pool from dressing table area

hot pool with reclining chair in it. really warm(40 degree Celcius) and nice having water pressure shooting at your back, stay here for 15-20mins, then you have to jump to a really cool small pool to tighen your pores(as instructed by person there). Purpose of hot pool is to help body blood circulation.

there is the cold pool(14 degree Celcius) left of above photo, take a quick dip to close the pores on your skin (1 or 2 second is enough) After this, you can proceed to sauna and steam room just next to the pool

after sauna/steam room(5-10 minutes), you can proceed to shower and they will give you new robes and even disposable underwear 😉

manicure/pedicure area, they is only 1 person here :(, 4 of us spent about 4 hours just for having pedicure and manicure…

blueish bath salt to clean your feet

dry your nails in front of mini fan

look black with hints of purple, RM48++ for pedicure

light purple

my red with hints of orange from one of OPI latest range: espana

manicure: RM35++

A nice and worth the money trip to Andana, for limited time(i think until end of the year), they have 20% discount for creditcard: Maybank and Citibank, 20% discount off the RM148++, so it will add up to only RM136 nett for whole day of relaxation, haagen daaz whole day is pure indulgence 🙂

Website: Andana Spa

Address: Andana Spa

Holiday Inn Glenmarie,

No.1, Jalan Usahawan U1/8,

Seksyen U1,

41050, Shah Alam,

Selangor

Telephone: 03-7803 2328

A restaurant in boulevard of mid valley shopping mall, quite a new establishment, open few months ago. There have dinner set for only RM16.95++(soup+main+refillable soft drinks), this restaurant is under Chilli’s

soups of the day: disappointing onion soup, and acceptable chicken mushroom soup served with jacob’s crackers, wish they were bread though

nice caesar salad with loads of parmesan shavings, and delicious pepperoni pizza(they use tortilla as pizza base, which surprisingly is quite good)

the set is value for money if you want to eat western food in mid valley mall.

Telephone: 03-2287 2220

Price: 10% Service Charge + 5% government tax

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