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So thrilled to have found halal beef bacon— ahem, breakfast strips, here! 🥓
Did this in an airfryer, 400f (205c) for 9 minutes to achieve that perfect crisp. Also toasted some store-bought flatbreads to go with the beef. Yum!
#halalbeefbacon #beefbacon #beefbreakfaststrips #breakfast
Aug 17 2024: Sara Bareilles with the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra.
What a lovely venue! I only remember seeing the Hollywood Bowl in Bugs Bunny cartoons before, and it was nice to finally be here in person. Apparently it’s always been a thing to have picnics here at the Bowl while enjoying the shows, so we were allowed to bring our own food and drinks. We picked up some sushi on the way there, and parked at the park n’ ride facility in Pasadena. A yellow (school)bus took us to the Bowl 😆 We had quite some time to kill, so we joined the long line to the merch stand. Got a T-shirt for myself, thanks baby😚
Renee Elise Goldberry opened the night, and while I was disappointed I didn’t get to hear “Out Tonight,” we were treated to her brilliant “Satisfied” from Hamilton. Renee also joined Sara Bareilles for a few songs.
Sara Bareilles’ voice was simply magical. She sounds so amazing live, and I loved how the orchestra complemented her music. She performed a mix of her usual hits as well as a few musical numbers. She did a new song called “Hands Off My Body” (given the current political climate here, you may draw your own conclusions on what this song is about). She also shared a beautiful song called “Happy Enough,” a song she wrote for a new musical called “The Interestings,” and I could only cry. Thankfully I can revisit this song on YoTube, because I simply forgot my phone and just listened throughout the entire song. I was a bit annoyed her guest performer for “She Used to Be Mine” sang all the best parts and sang the harmonies too loudly. The concert also felt a little too short, quite a contrast to the super dense Alanis concert.
Really enjoyed myself. Hope to get to see her perform again 🥰
#SaraBareilles #hollywoodbowl #sarabareillesconcert #hollywoodbowlorchestra #reneeelisegoldsberry
Had a lot of fun with this bunch last night!
Haven’t seen them in ages. Went for karaoke at Diva Karaoke in 1 Utama. My voice hasn’t fully recovered yet, so was content singing without a mic in the background. Food was quite nice, I didn’t take photos but the fried noodles, kampung fried rice, and char kway teow were quite tasty. The platter we got was also decent, I particularly liked the grilled chicken chop. Missing @samsulsaim_art in the pics. Until next time!
#groupkaraoke #karaokewithfriends #karaokegang #gengkarok #divakaraoke
Came back here with the fam!
Finally tried their nasi lemak siakap. Fish was so perfectly fried. Sambal was nice, sweet ish but not too sweet. Loved their skewers too, especially the satay and mushrooms. Washed it all down with a horlicks milk tea, but I wished I asked for it to be less sweet. Definitely coming back!
#loklok #833loklokbubbletea #833loklokbubbletea #833loklok #lokloknbubbletea #nasilemaksiakap
My first time having the made to order buffet at Mitasu! (Part 2)
Ordered more sashimi to maximise the value of our buffet 😜 edamame was good snacking, loved the desserts as well, especially the sesame ice cream and konyaku jelly. Definitely wanna come back!
#mitasujapaneserestaurant #mitasukl #sashimi #butterfishsashimi #salmonsashimi #grilledsalmon #edamame #konyaku #icecream #blacksesameicecream #matchaicecream #misosoup
My first time having the made to order buffet at Mitasu! (Part 1)
Came here with Aida, Aidleen and Farrah for lunch today. Everything was so good. Sashimi were fresh, the grilled butteryaki beef and lamb were excellent, so were the scallops. Fried stuff was on point. We ordered so many different things this needs to be done across multiple posts. Highly recommended!
#mitasujapaneserestaurant #mitasukl #tempura #butteryakibeef #scallops #sashimi #udon #chickenkaraage #karaage #tempuramaki #ebitempuraroll #ebitempuramaki #butterfishsashimi #salmonsashimi #babyoctopus #ebigyoza #grilledlamb
The socializing and bingeing begins.
My waistline will *not* be thanking me for this 😂 Met up with @mervlee and @azuanyazdani for dinner last night at Chica Bonita. I had the pescado on soft taco and pato on crispy taco. So darn good. Tried a bit of Merv’s birria quesadilla which were the absolute bomb, even more so when topped with the accompanying sauce 🤤. Ordered calamari, jalapeño poppers, chicken wings and dirty fries for sharing, however they were surprisingly meh. Had a virgin peach frozen margarita, which went so well with all the heaty food (lingering dry cough be darned). Somehow still managed to squeeze in some biscoff cheesecake icecream from Inside Scoop, which was super yummy. Was nice catching up with these two, missing the rest. Until next time!
#tacos #chicabonitamy #chicabonitapublika #pescado #pato #burrito #quesadilla #jalapenopoppers #dirtyfries #chickenwings #friedcalamari #virginfrozenmargarita
Drinks and snacks with my bandmates.
Missing @azliaw and @alongborneo. Was really nice seeing the boys again. A few hours passed by so quickly. Took a smiley photo and one serious one in case we need it for some music video 😆
My first time checking out this place. They have a huge assortment of skewers (MYR 1.19 each!), which they will deep fry for you either with regular or spicy seasoning. Choose from I think 10, 12 different types of sauces and dips. Gomeh also ordered their nasi lemak ikan siakap, which not only looked amazing, but at MYR14.90 a set is insanely good value. Unfortunately I already had dinner before coming here, else I would have ordered one for myself. In restrospect I should’ve ordered a couple of sets to go 😆 Definitely wanna come back!
#833loklokbubbletea #loklokbubbletea833 #833lokloknbubbletea #nasilemakikansiakap #nasilemakikansiakapgoreng #loklok
Post dimsum dinner dessert!
Six of us shared 3 bingsu, all of which were great. Mango was my favorite, but the blueberry cheesecake and smores nutella were super strong contenders.
I so missed our makan sessions!
#hanbing #bingsu #mangobingsu #blueberrycheesecakebingsu #smoresnutellabingsu
So rare for us to come out to this side of town. Nelayan Kitchen was so yum!
Came here with Faizal and mama. We ordered a set for 3 people. Sambal sotong, ulam and sambal belacan, pappadom, fried lamb, fried chicken, kailan ikan masin, patin masak tempoyak, with sago gula melaka for dessert. Everything was so good. If I were to nitpick, the lamb was slightly tough, but flavor was good. Everything else was so well executed, down to the humble sambal belacan. Yum!
#nelayankitchen #nelayankitchenputrajaya #patintempoyak #kambinggoreng #ayamgoreng #ulam #sambalbelacan #pappadam #sagugulamelaka #kailanikanmasin #sambalsotong
Went to Ayame Ramen for lunch last Friday!
Really loving the Ladies’ Set they offer on weekdays, great if you want variety but don’t wanna overstuff yourself. A mini bowl of ramen of your choice, karaage, and gyoza. Drinks not included.
I always get their foam rich ramen, so darn tasty. Karaage was crispy, flavourful and juicy (I’m drooling as I type this). Gyoza was so-so, unfortunately they didn’t sear the bottom to give it the crispy contrast to the soft steamed top. Overall a wonderful meal!
#ayameramen #ayameramenkl #foamrichramen #ramen #halalramen #halalramenkl
Another small painting for the Doraemon fan 🥰
This one will most likely go on our kitchen island. The blue paint was a little dried up, but thankfully could still be saved by rehydrating with water. The first coat turned out patchy as a result, but with a second layer it looked fine. Faizal felt the background looked a little plain and old school, so since I had a lot of paint left over, I mixed up the pink background paint with the red paint and used the new color to enhance the background. Done in less than 2 hours with loads of breaks in between 😊
Back in February, we built a thing 🥰. [Final part]
We now have a nice new closet, but the light switch looks ratty, so off it went. Doing your own electrical work is one of the Dumb Ways to Die, but thankfully Faizal knows how to replace the switch while taking all the necessary safety measures 😅
And that’s a wrap. We turned an idea envisioned on paper into reality. We were exhausted by the end of it, but we’re very happy with the result. 🥰
Back in February, we built a thing. 🥰 [Part 5]
We decided to upgrade our bedroom closet. Our final touches:
1) Added cleats, which were recommended by the closet system manufacturer for added support.
2) Added covers for the rails.
3) Using spacers, we made sure all the side panels are properly vertical before anchoring to the walls.
4) Rounded off the corners, in case we bump into them😅
5) Touched up black screwheads/blemishes
Back in February, we built a thing 🥰 [Part 3]
We decided to upgrade our bedroom closet. We used an off-the-shelf closet system, but opted to make our own shelves. We went to the lumberyard to grab a couple of melamine boards, and Faizal cut them down to size. We saved about 70% vs the cost of buying ready-made shelves by doing this.
In this video, we were making the shelves. After cutting, we added the edge banding, and drilled pocket holes into a few of them where needed.
We also didn’t want the shelves to slide around, so Faizal added notches to the bottom of the shelves using his router.
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