Erawan @ Kota Damansara

So I was craving for Thai food recently and then I thought of this Thai restaurant that I went few years back. I remember I had a good time over there whether is the food or with the gang that I hanging with. I remembered the food was awesome. So I invited my All Time Food Hunt Date to visit this restaurant with me.

From what I remembered was that I would need to make early reservation as they only have limited seat as well as the food reservation as they will only buy their ingredients on that day itself. So I Google for their menu and it came out a long list of Thai in different categories. I was so tempted by their menu and I wish that I could try all their food! 

After discuss about the food that we wanted to try, I called up the restaurant to make a reservation two days in advance. The owner was very nice and friendly. During the phone call, He explained to me all the dishes that I ordered whether it will be available on the day we visit and also recommend us some nicer dishes.

And finally the day has come!

Erawan @ Kota Damansara

The exterior of the restaurant itself was so attractive and full of Thai style. 

The interior design of the restaurant are as authentic as if you visited Thai! It is more like a modern style Thai restaurant.

what welcome us was this lovely morning glory with a massage on it.

Since we already made our order two days earlier, We only need to order our drinks and desserts.

The owner was so friendly and polite that he came to us and double confirm with our menu and also some changes of the food as there is one dish that we ordered wasn't serve on that day.

So after confirm with our order, our drink is served.

Lemon grass with honey. 

I knew a lot of people hates the smell of lemon grass, so do I. So when my friend ordered this, I was like Ewww.. how gross is that is like chewing a Lemon grass in your mouth wtf. However, when I give it a try, it totally surprise me. This drink was extremely refreshing and cooling. It is nothing taste like Lemon grass, at least is not that strong taste of lemon grass. With the prefect amount of honey mixed into the drinks, it mixed well with lemon grass and it taste extremely awesome! I would really recommend people give it a try!

Lychee Honey.

It was also a refreshing drink but it was a little sweet. If you like sweet drink, this might be your favor. I always like to have something to bite on while having a cool drink. Lychee definitely is the best to go for.

As I was enjoying the drinks and snapping photos around, even before I realize it, the food is served!

Our Appetizer: Pomelo Salad (RM68)

Pomelo was imported from Thailand. The Pomelo bits was so huge like tear drops! It was covered with crispy condiment, Alaskan crab meat and prawn too. It is so juicy and crispy at the same time! It also come with their special mixed salad sauce. It goes perfectly the Pomelo.

Stir Fried Baby Broccoli with prawn (RM58)

Yea, I know what you gonna say, this is just stir fried baby broccoli (chau kai lan). But NO! THIS IS NOT AN ORDINARY STIR FRIED KAI LAN!! I cheat you not, the broccoli is so delicious that me myself can finish the whole plate of it. Apparently this is also their signature dish. How can a chau kai lan be a signature dish? GO TRY IT NOW THEN YOU WILL KNOW!!! 

Scented Lemon Grass chicken (RM38)

We actually replace this dish on the day we visit when the owner told us that our preorder for clams dish wasn't available. Since is a recommended dish, we decided to give it a try. It smell so nice when it serve to the table. The chicken was marinated with special sauce and lemon grass. It was roasted till golden brown and serve with chili sauce. When you put a small piece of chicken in your mouth, it taste so tender and juice. So so tasty that I started to dance in my heart! Absolutely awesome!

How can you not pair with original Thai Jasmine Rice with all these delicious dishes? the rice was so tasty that i almost ask for second helping but I have to control myself for carbs intake! The rice was nicely cooked, not too sticky nor too dry. OMG I dunno how to describe this rice in english lah! 就粒粒分明！if u wanna know the meaning go google translate please and thank you.

Steam fish with lime (rm78)

I love eating steam fish when it comes to Thai food. That is how I taste whether the restaurant cooked well. hahaha I know it sounds a bit arrogant but when if the steam fish that you order is not properly cooked, or not fresh, or sauces taste weird, that definitely gonna be a big no no! This steam fish was soft and tender. Sauce goes very well with the fish. Nice dish to try out!

Clear Tom Yum Seafood Soup

How can you not have Tom Yum soup when it comes to Thai food right? There is spicy level for you to choose while ordering the soup so for spicy food lover like me, i chose the highers level. It taste definitely fine for me. Not to say it wasn't spicy but it is bearable spicy level for me (For you info, my spicy level is that I could bite chili padi just like that without eating anything else). But my friend was sweating while eating this. LOL. so if you can't take too spicy food, I would recommend you to try lowers level for this.

Prawns with special sauce (rm98)

I represent you the dish of the day! which is also the dish we goes @.@ while it serve. It was so huge that we almost fainted. First of all, We were quite full at this point. The river prawn was so so huge that is bigger than my palm are so fresh, juicy and chewy. Not to mentioned about the sauce, is thick and sweet, not spicy at all. If you think the price is a little pricy, I would say it definitely worth the price for 3 bigger than palm size river prawn.

After the heavy dinner, we take few min rest to continue with the finale of the night

DESSERT!!! WOOHOOQQQ

I am sorry i dunno what does this dessert called but according to the owner, the chef don't really wanna make this dessert as it takes longer time to prepare and it is a complicated process for this. So it sounds so precious and special, we shall give it a try right? 

Oh wait! i found the description from their website 

Erawan's Mini fruits (rm25)

( luk chup)

ลูกชุบ

Hand made fruit-shape desserts made of mung-beans paste with natural coloring.

In the old days, Luk Chup were the sweetmeats made for the king of Siam

To have after meals in the palace, now, you can get in Erawan.

Subject to availability

Served 15 pieces

It actually taste a bit like 'ang ku kuih' (i dunno what you called that in english so please go google image). The skin are made from fruits color, no preservative color is added. it is soft and not too sweet. I think I only fall in love with it for the fourth bite i guess hahaha.

Banana fritters (rm20)

We end our dinner with this banana fritters cause I insisted to try this! I just love friend bananas with ice cream. I think it matches so so well that I can eat tons of it!

If you are looking for nice and authentic Thai restaurant, I would definitely recommend this for the first choice! 

Location:

No.22-1, Jalan PJU 5/16, Dataran Sunway Kota Damansara, 47810 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia
GPS Coordinates: 3.152857, 101.591971
(Click for map)

Reservation: Please, call Tel/Fax: + 603-614-123-93

Business Hours:

LUNCH
Friday - Sunday
12pm - 3pm
DINNER
Tuesday - Sunday
6pm - 10.30pm
Closed on Monday.

 

Last but not leave. A photo of me capture at the entrance of the restaurant.

Thanks for reading!

我，哭了

凌晨一点。窗外的风，凉凉的。我听着范玮琪的“悄悄告诉你”，在回忆着刚刚看过的电影“被偷走的那五年”。心里的悸动，很深，很深。因为悸动很深，我写了这篇文章。

剧情细节我就不多说了，有兴趣的人自己到电影院看吧。

剧情一开始，男女主角的感情爱得很轻松，很自然。能够一起玩一起闹，一起大笑，这么地生活在一起，  让我好羡慕好嫉妒。

我，哭了。

哭，是因为曾几何时，我也拥有过那样简单的快乐。哭，也是因为，我好久好久都没跟一个人那么大声地一起笑，一起闹。每天的生活都像带着一副面具，迎合着每个人对我的期望而扮演着角色。有时候，我想找个人，开开心心的分享喜悦然后可以大声地笑，大声地闹。然而，我才发现，每当我想卸下面具的时候，我以为可以分享喜悦的人，却突然就消失了。是因为害怕接受真实的我吗？还是从来，都没有人愿意成为那个让我变得真实的人？

渐渐的，我不再变得真实。我不敢大声地笑，开心的闹。我害怕。我好怕那些我现在在乎的人就这样不再联络了。虽然我知道那天一定会到来，虽然我一直提醒自己要有准备好的心情迎接这一切，然而失去，是我唯一学不会的。

我哭，是因为，我好想好想有那么一个人可以让我放肆的笑，放肆的闹。我哭，也是因为我知道，不会有那么一个人在我身边出现了。

剧情的一半，男女主角因为身份的悬殊，意见的不合，在加上种种的误会而选择了离婚。

我，又哭了。

哭，是因为那些种种因为身份悬殊，意见不合的争吵，竟像历史一般，一幕幕的重现在我脑海。那些我曾经以为是对的事，像一把槌，在我脑海里重重的敲了一记。很多人到了现实的社会工作，只知道为了能够拥有更好的生活而拼命地努力着。然而有了成就后，也就渐渐的忘了当初怎么跟身边的伴侣在一起，也忘了当初是为了什么而努力。之前的海誓山盟什么的，也都抛诸脑后了。

剧情的最后，我再一次地哭了。

兜兜转转，那些曾经身份的悬殊，意见的不合，与种种的误会竟在与死神交汇的时候，都变得不再重要。那些曾以为严重得不得了的问题，竟然会变得如此渺小。我哭，是因为感动。感动是因为相信，世上还是有真爱，可以携手一起努力面对种种的考验，不离不弃。这份感动是对于男女主角对彼此的心疼与不舍，珍惜着彼此的存在。我哭也是因为，我从没经历过那么勇敢，懂得珍惜的感情。我惭愧，因为我不会。

套一句老掉牙的话：人总在要失去后才懂得珍惜。

如果，你身边有个对你好的人。请珍惜他/她，因为一旦错过了，你可能要再等八百年才会遇到了。（也可能没那么久啦！）




2点45分。我也带着这份悸动睡去。

Relationship, this f**k up shit

It actually took me sometime to start off with this post as I need some courage to write out the truth about my relationship. From the title itself, you should know that this would be a negative post.

"Yes, I am 28 this year, and I am still single." To be honest, it is not easy to say this sentence you see. Especially when my friends around me are all married at this age (when I say all, means all my closest best friends around my age or slightly younger than me). At this age, all I see on my Facebook timeline is about who is getting marry. Some are having baby or babies etc. People around me starts mumbling about me being so picky in relationship, why am I not having bf at such age, if I don't get marry at this age I will not get marry in the future etc (stop cursing me for being a lou ku po (singled old lady) in the future ok wtf!). Come on, there is no genie around me that I could just make a wish and say 'Dear Genie, please send me a lovely bf' and then the bf just gonna drop from somewhere wtf. So anyway, the stress starts from here.

I come from a 'not so traditional kinda traditional family'. I know what are you thinking. What is 'not so traditional kinda traditional family'? Which means I can just simply hangout or travel any time any where, there is no curfew at night or limitation on who I should hang out with. I have a very open minded family that allow me to do whatever I want as long as it doesn't involve crime wtf. But when it comes to these age, this 'not so traditional kinda traditional family' will start to show the traditional side by worrying over me not having a relationship, for not choosing the right one, for not trying harder to go for a better one. Match making started to involved, and if they think the guy is a possible candidate, they will start to have a very high expectation on you for dating that guy. If you take it easy, they will say you are not putting effort, if you try a little more, they will comment that don't push so hard or else you will scare the guys away. And then the stress level is added up from here. 

I used to thought that I am terrible in a relationship after my four years fuck up relationship that I once thought it would be like a Disney Princess with a Happily Ever After ending. (Mr R if you are reading this, I guess I have to agree with you for Disney Cartoons are creating fantasy for children *tears* *chuckle*). I was very controlling and demanding back then. Then I thought is me that make things goes wrong during my previous relationship, so I change myself for being a nice, gentle, sweet and understanding girl when I was in another relationship. But guess what? I met and dated the weirdest guy on earth that I will never ever want to see him again. People says that you learned the mistake from your relationship and grow up a little, so don't complaint about having a bad relationship cause it helps you to grow. SHUT UP!! this relationship is the relationship I regretted and hated the most (no further description shall be analyse from here, thank you). So I just start to live my life like a lifeless girl with very normal routine -- wake up, go to work, come back, sleep, or being a nerdy with the best companion -- Youtube all day and night. I hardly hang out and only stayed in my room until the point that my parents have to constantly open my room door to check if I am still alive wtf. And then the stress level is topped up when people started to say you are not socializing with anyone, you are being so lansi for not meeting up with friends, you are not trying harder for making friends and etc.

So I start to follow the flow and arrangement by making friends as they wish. I am actually more than willing to make friend thou but some how when you thought there is some sparks going on in the friendship, it will just gone suddenly. There is one thing I realize about guys nowadays. If they have interest in you, they will keep contacting you and grab your attention, if you don't give a shit, they will try harder on approaching you. When you give respond or show some interest on them, they will start to feel hesitate and slowly pulling off. and then that makes you think that oh maybe you are not trying harder to show your feeling towards him. The moment you confess, you are gone! they will just decided to disappear without giving any reason. Like seriously? why does guys nowadays so fuck up? (I do not mean all the guys but most of the guys I met) or might be just me who had a fuck up relationship? Who cares la haiya, guys nowadays are just so afraid of commitment. As if like if they commit they will be in the hell (I know a lot guys will agree with this, right?). I have met guys like that and I thought, hmm, is it my problem again? so I started to look for articles and books about how to be a good girlfriend, what kinda girls attracts guys etc. FML I feel so embarrass when I bought these books as if like I am so desperate to be in a relationship etc (for god sake I just wanna know what's wrong with me for keep meeting shitty guys okay!)

Other than reading books, I was also stress out by the pressure around me. So I started to go for fortune teller and tarot cards reader. All the result I get was almost the same as they 'predicted' that I would meet that someone by this year and then I would get married next year. F**K U! where is that someone who I was suppose to meet this year? it is freaking end of the year already, I mean, Almost end of the year. Man leh? wtf... -.-"

I have a lot of nice friends around me who always tell me that I would meet someone better in the future. but seriously, it doesn't makes me feel any better by saying that cause all I met is only weird guys *roll eyes*. I am totally fine with myself now, finally get to work in a big company and enjoy my life. There is something that I love being single is that I can do whatever I want without reporting to anyone. I hate controlling ego man that's why. I have a bunch of lovely friends that I can hang out any time. To be honest, I am grateful to have my jimuis around who always support me all the time, and all the terrible relationship that teaches me to grow (not the one that I hated the most thou). So why crying over having sucky relationship all the time? I am happy now and I am so ready to be single for the rest of my life (or getting marry immediately if that is possible wtf)

till then.

Early Birthday Celebration @ Maison Francaise KL

Ok I have to admit that I am seriously a lazy person to blogged. 

I promise myself that I would blogged about my Korea Trip but end up I only did one post wtf.

Anyways, I just thought of posting up my pre-birthday celebration photos over here instead of uploading it in facebook. Don't ask me why, I just don't feel like uploading any photo album in FB anymore and I don't want to spam my Instagram as well. So here goes my pre-birthday celebration.

Last Saturday, It was actually just a day trip to KL to collect my shipment. I dunno how it ends up with Jervenne babe is able to joined me down KL and she is allowed to stayed over in KL for one night and Xuemei also suggested that we should celebrate my birthday since three of us are gathered together. 

So we search through eat.drink.kl for nice environment restaurant and we found Maison Francaise. 

 When we choose a restaurant for celebration, we normally look at the environment first, followed by the food presentation, then only the menu and price! hahaha.. so that we could take nice photos of ourself and the food right? 

the first things that catches my eyes is definitely the white, cozy, comfortable environment like this:

(photo taken from google image)

Then i scroll throw their food menu and the price are quite reasonable and affordable, so i suggested to my babes why not we tried this restaurant then. 

Three of us were quite excited for the gathering since it has been a while that we have our girls night out with some girls talk (without my wife sigh)

(my girls are all married so that their husband is always tagged along hahahahah)

The restaurant located in the center of KL. It is a Bungalow that got renovated into a restaurant. If you are not familiar with KL you will definitely need to 'Waze' there. 

(photo from google image)

view from our table.

my lovely babes got me a bouquet of white roses (is been a while since i got roses). It is so pretty and I love it so so much!!

They also got me a Swarovski butterfly necklace as birthday present!! love it so so much!

While we are still having out girls talk, the waiters serve us with their complimentary bread 

and this!

It was medium well cooked and it taste so tender and soft that I almost ask for more! 

We ordered a jug of cocktail as our drinks while having our girls talk instead of wine!

Our warm appertizer came with Mushroom soup finishing with truffle oil and whipping cream 

and Home-made smoked  salmon platter with mixed green salad as our cold appetizer

 

This Smoked salmon platter is definitely a good start! the raw fish are so so fresh and the mixed salads is so so matching and it is definitely a refreshing start!

and then, our main dish is serve!

Xue mei ordered a Grilled beef tenderloin with green peppercorn sauce

Jervenne had Roasted lamb

And I too prefer having beef tenderloin in porcini mushroom sauce

Not to forget about our photo session in the restaurant too

And here comes the finale of the night ---- dessert!

Lemon Soufflé

This Soufflé is so so so so nice!!! it is crispy from the outside and soft on the inside. It is probably the best Soufflé i ever had (for now i mean, lol)

and a 'surprise' from my babes too!

making a wish of health and wealth and safety for people who loved me and whom i loved too. and also, please let me marry the right person wtf or i will be the leftover lady on earth FML! hahaha 

a closer look for the presentation of the dessert

So our night ends with these two super awesome dessert and our lovely girls talks too!

oh! not to forget about our silly camwhore session too before leaving the restaurant!

And also my OOTN

We will definitely have another girls session again when my wife is back! 

till then, love u girls so so much!