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Thursday, March 3, 2016

#throwback Langkawi Trip (10/10/15 - 13/10/15)

#throwback family trip.

Day 1

Randomly, my parents chose Langkawi to be our short trip during the month of October 2015.



We flew there and not drive. Cause that O-SO-LONG-JOURNEY of driving just isn't worth our time and energy lol. So, once we landed, we rented a decent car (Nissan Almera). Checked in a hotel, which was facing the beach. 


Left our luggage and started to explore Langkawi. I mean it's been awhile since I went to Langkawi. But first and foremost after we left the hotel was to find food cause it was lunch time lol.



The worse part was, there wasn't any shops or restaurant opened near our hotel, we stopped a few places just to find out that they were closed or their kitchen just closed. The time was quite late that moment if I'm not mistaken. Then, we stumbled upon a seafood restaurant which was still open and there were still customers YAY xD. May Hing Seafood Restaurant. Saved our stomach lol. We just had some normal food like eggs, kangkung and sweet and sour chicken. 




After that, we went to the Oriental Village. We planned to take the cable car and also adventure the bridge which is famous there.













Below view is the view half way taking the cable car. We stopped at this station to take pictures and all. There is a stand where you can get drinks and snack. Basically a stop for people to enjoy the view midway. 












TADAAA~ The SkyBridge





In between which walking on the bridge, there were glasses on the ground where you can look down directly what is under the bridge. I'm afraid of heights so the view taken by me was like one second and there I'm off from the glass. LOL.





After we were done sight seeing, my bro take the chance to place the F1 Simulator? I've forgotten what was it called but it was really thrilling. Good experience. Whoever love to race, and haven't tried this yet, give it a go. (if i'm not mistaken, there's one in KLCC).



We sat down in a place to chill awhile before leaving,



 When dinner came along, my parents brought us to a place where they had tried before a LONG time ago. It was nice. Thou I feel bad now since I didn't take any photo of the foods cause I was dead hungry. Everything was just finished and done the second the food touched the table. Haha.


When we were back to our hotel area, we had to park far away because there wasn't really much of a parking space in their parking. We walked pass by a office where they will give a tour to the area shown below. We decided to do 2 activities, by private. So that we can have our own time and didnt have to rush or wait. Decided on, island hopping and visit the geoforest park where they include eagle feeding. 


That was day one of our trip in Langkawi.

Day 2


Morning came and we went for breakfast early. No shops were opened ..yet. lol. Except this shop ~ They have variety of food from meehoons to nasi lemak to french toast to english breakfast. No joke xD. And they were delicious. It says there Local and Western Food hahahha. I even can have english tea lol.




After breakfast, we went to the Jeti and wait for the person in charge or the boatman at least to bring us to the islands and sight seeing places. For a word, it was mighty hot. HOT.





Doesn't this island look like a Gorilla. xD









And my brother, whom is sitting at the front to GoPro our daily activity.



And monkeys hanging around the mangrove trees. I have phobia for monkeys, so I dont really fancy Monkeys when I suddenly see one. Maybe I'll point it out that there's one all of a sudden but no urge to go near them lol.







The boatman brought us into a cave and back out the other way. The entrance was low because the water was rising. Look at how my bro ducked lol.








We got off an island and explore the place. The usual mammals that exist in a cave. Bats. They were sleeping and it stink of bat shit inside there.





The couple that photobombed my parent's photo xD.





Panoramic view of the ...ocean? xD.





We had lunch on a fishing floating village lol. They have all sorts of exortic fish. They even have sharks and rays. They have puffer fish. My god.












First dish came out, prawns, my favourite~ steamed prawns.



Then a crab. A mini crab.
It was delicious thou, I'm not sure if I was hungry or what but that tiny crab was not enough T-T.



Tom Yam soup was not that spicy, just nice. For me lol. Chicken dish. Their food arrived quite long, I'm not sure why cause there weren't that many customers yet and those who came, they got their food earlier than us and they ordered seafood. lol.



After we ate, we went back to the mainland then have a drive around. We stopped at a hot spring place near our hotel. Just walking around.










Next destination was to the Bird Paradise. Our first time after so so so long, going to a place where we can touch and feed animals. Mainly birds here since it says as bird paradise.


















The main attraction, or a place where it represents Langkawi. The Eagle statue.








Then we head to a town, went to the hypermarket and bought drinks and snacks to enjoy the rest of the day in the hotel.



Some Somersby apple cider does the trick after an activity under the hot sun and the heat.



Day 3

A short trip to different islands for snorkeling but if I'm not mistaken, the water was too choppy to see anything that's why we hardly take any picture of us swimming. Me and my bro wanted to see fishes but instead we see ..brown water. lol. 







It seemed like it was about to rain so we quickly hopped on the boat and leave. We went to a lake next. There's a name for it but I forgot. The dept was deep. There was nothing to see, again. Cause it just, dark green view.







Panoramic view of the lake. Me, my bro and dad, swam awhile then we left.



We went to the Aqua World next. Aquatic World. What attracted me most here was the bigger fishes and those exotic and colourful ones.

























And then dinner ~ Normal halal chinese food.



We did walk around near the hotel, take a look at the shops, the mall nearby. But there weren't that much things that was attracting and my phone was almost dead so there weren't that much pictures either.
Sorry if this post is too boring >< There are mostly pictures rather than words. Whomever been to Langkawi or are from there and there are other places that are nice, let me know cause clearly I don't know Langkawi that well.

The next day, we flew back in the morning. And we came back to this ....


Saturday, December 12, 2015

Food foodie with Rakshee

RAKSHEE 
Famous for their beefball. 
Wonderful, comfortable, modern~ 
Enjoy Rakshee in a fashionable way~  Decor & atmosphere is soothing and comfortable not going to lie xD. Good place to hang and take selfies. 

A little information about Rakshee. 
Rakshee has 2 meanings and it is derived from an informal Arabic language means joyful and relaxation. Basically, the concept is to bring joy and relaxation to the customers. Their special or signature dish is the Bakso and Bakso is a kind of meatball made from beef that commonly found in Indonesia street food. 
What makes Bakso different than just a typical beefball? Well, Bakso is actually made from lean meats rather than fats. Hence, you won't feel that much guilty for gobbling down bunch of these deeeelishhh beefball. Oh, and the oil they use is purely olive oil. No worries. XD. 




Seats are not limited to just indoors. There are outdoor seat as well and the decoration outside is nice (sadly my bad for not taking pictures outside, too focus on eating haha). 


These 3 drinks shown in picture above, isn't the only drinks they serve but these are the special drinks on the menu. (Left) Tehbotol is a type of tea drink. It's sweet and fragrant. For those who loves tea smelling drink, recommend to order this drink ;). (Middle) second drink is called fruit tea, as what it is labeled as, taste-like apple juice. And the last bottle, TEBS! I love this drink. I highly recommend whomever felt like drinking some fizzy, carbonated drink, order this. It taste like apple cider. I ordered like 2 bottles of this. Can't get enough. Wanted to order another but save my stomach for the food haha. 



TADAA~~~ first dish, the famous, Bakso. Is a soup noodle dish with 2 beefballs.
The sauces are added in for flavor, that's how this dish is to be eaten basically. First, green chili, then chili sauce. If you want your dish to be a little hint of sourness, add the lime juice, and for soy taste, add the soy sauce but mainly the chili sauces. For me, I added the lime juice only as I'm not really capable of consuming spicy food lol. The taste of the beefball was good. 


The second one, Baked Pasta Marinara.


This pasta, omg, I love the cheese taste mixed with the marinara, who doesn't love cheese am I right? (Unless you're lactose intolerant). Although, I have to admit the sauce was slightly too sweet for my taste. But, it was really good, no joke. And again, there are beefball in the dish. What's a pasta dish without meat right xD. 


Look at that cheese streeeeetchhhhh~~~ 


The Mini burger, with the beefball as the meat burger. I love how this taste because of their black pepper sauce which suits the taste of the beefball with the cheese and mini buns. YUMMM~  and the French fries, never go wrong with French fries as sides. 


The next dish, toasted French bread with their special sauce, one was Baked Beefball Marinara (there's cheese) and the other is Swedish Beefball~ (hope I didn't mistaken the dish name). Toasted French bread, crunchy, buttery, dipping in marinara or Swedish beefball sauce (don't forget the beefball)? 😍 *drooool* deeeliciousssss. You can choose either a salty sauce or the sweet sauce. For me, both tasted great. 


Spicy Thai linguine (of course there's beefball in there). Not criticizing the dish, is just not my cup of tea because it was spicy. But, if you guys love spicy food, try it~ no harm in trying food ~ 


I've been waiting to introduce this dish and I can tell you, out of all the dish, this is my favvvv. Bakso Nugget! I know it's beefball but because of the crust has nice crunchy breaking to it, plus the sauce, I love the cheese sauce of course, awesomeness. If you want to just hang out, have some snacks, chit chat, recommend to order this dish. For your information, this dish is still new. Will be place into the menu really soon! Make sure to try some ;). 


I'm sure some of you could guess what dish is that ...
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Nope, not steak or beef. 
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Yeap, laaaamb. 
Another new menu~ Rakshee Grill Lamb~ the lamb portion is huge. If you are not those big eater type, better share this lamb lamb haha. I love lamb, but the only set back on this dish is to marinate in a less sweeter sauce or improve the sauce. I believe they can do it. It is still new, there is always room for improvement. I'll definitely will order that when I visit Rakshee again. 


New Menu~ 
Rakshee Frittata ~ 
I can honestly tell you that this is my first time trying Frittata. And it's definitely in my list of food whenever I see that in any menu XD. Hahaha. Sorry for exaggerating, but for a new menu, it's not bad. Give it a try ~


New Menu~ 
Rakshee Soto Bakso. 



This dish shown above is a lagsania (or lagsana?) lol. First time having lagsana with beefball inside. Usually the lagsana I eat is those with layers of pasta dough with chicken and sauce and cheese. So this is something new that I've tasted. It's not bad really. I'll definitely order this again. The sauce is like those marinara sauce. But because the cheese had masked the sweetness of the sauce, it was good ~ 


The last dish above is different one. It's a breakfast dish apparently. Is an aglio olio pasta dish with beefballs. I don't really like aglio olio, but this dish, no rejecting from me. Surprisingly, I don't mind eating this again. :D 


And lastly, the person in charge, the manager of Rakshee. Mr. Syed Hassan Alhabshee aka Mr. Hassan. He is really friendly, easy to chat with, always smiles and care about his customers. He explain how Rakshee been operating close to a year by young entrepreneurs of different background. One of the founders owns a Bakso factory in Penang for more than 13 years then decided to bring this Indonesian street food to another level. The cafe has been attracting different kind of patrons from the west Malaysia, Indonesia and even Singapore. Rakshee mission is to educate people about the new way of eating Bakso. 
Interesting isn't it? To show the modern world new ways to eat a traditional food called Bakso. 
Lastly, we asked, what is Mr. Hassan's favourite dish and he chose, of course, Bakso, and the new menu, Rakshee Grill Lamb. So don't forget to try them XD. 

More exciting menu will be added along the way with promotion! Do follow their Instagram for more Bakso greatness~ ;) 

Address: No. 13G, Jalan 5/20A, The Strand Kota Damansara, Petaling Jaya, 46350 Selangor. 
Contact: 012-2474673
Business Hours: Tue-Sun 9.00am - 11.30pm, Monday: closed.