Old Town

Went to Old Town during the 1st day of CNY to have a tea break with my uncle & aunt & cousins.

Wow, the Old Town in KL got a very very long list of dishes not like the Old Town in Jusco TC.

Anyway, I wasn't hungry, so I ordered a Chinese Red Tea and a BlueBerry Icecream.

The read tea was normal, nothing much to say about it.

The ice cream, hmm.... The blueberry topping taste normal too, but the good thing is it is not too sour, but I've a feeling that it's just those ordinary already-made type of blueberry in a can that you can get from supermarket. The vanilla ice cream does taste nice. The only down part of it is you can actually feel ice crystal within the ice cream. The freezer temperature must be very low to cause ice crystal formation within the icecream. I think they should increase the temperature of the freezer a bit, so that the ice cream is smoother.Ratings: Out of 10 marks

Food: 8 marks

Customer service: 7 marks

Price: 8 marks

Ambience: 8

Decoration: 7 marks

Overall: 7.5 marks

Anyway, Old Town is rather a good place for rather reasonably priced food (depends on what you order) and for catching up with family and friends. Not suitable for dating though, coz there are lots of people, just like the old fashion Kopitiam with a little class to it... People talk loud loud, laugh loud loud.. hehe...

Yee Sang

Yee Sang.. The Chinese style of serving raw fish... hehehe....

Nippon Yataimura Restaurant at CS

*Hope I got the name right.. Hehe..

Went there to have a lunch on Valentine's Day with Jeah Loong, Han Ley, Shi Jian and Wei Heng.

The lighting was rather dim making the atmosphere quite soothing and romantic in someway for couples. For the same reason, my handphone cam won't work well in dim areas. So, didn't take much pics.

Anyway, I ordered a Teppan Chicken Ika. It consist of:
- a bowl of rice,
- miso soup,
- small plate of salad,
- one serving watermelon and
- grilled chicken and beansprout

Cost: RM20

The combination was nice to me. The little sour taste in the salad is rather appetizing, preparing your tastebuds for the main dish.

The chicken was nicely grilled. When you introduce a small piece into your mouth, your tongue can feel the crispyness of outer layer of the chicken. Chewing the chicken, you can feel the tenderness of the meat and its juiciness. The gravy wasn't too salty, so it went well with the chicken.

The miso soup was a good way to wash everything down, rather refreshing.

Even though the price is a tad bit high, but the servings was very generous and you will really be able to fill up your tummy while tasting rather delicious food.

Oh yea, one thing, you need to be quite well-skilled in using chopsticks. The reason being that not all dishes come with spoons, like my dish, even though it comes with a bowl of miso soup. The bowl is small enough for you to drink the soup as though from a cup. So, well-developed chopsticks skill will allow you to pick up every single grain of rice from the bowl. Hehe... Do note that the Malaysian style of putting the bowl to the lips and sweeping all the rice into the mouth is not the proper way in dining with chopsticks.

The restaurant runs on basic Japanese language. So, if you have someone who is able to converse in a certain amount of Japanese, the dining would be rather interesting. We had the pleasure of having Jeah Loong-kun's presence with us and he knows Japanese!!! Haha...

Ratings: Out of 10 marks
Food: 8 marks
Customer service: 7.5 marks
Price: 7 marks
Ambience: 8.5 marks
Decoration: 7 marks
Overall: 7.5 marks

北海道之旅

在二月三号那天,我们踏上了为期一星期的旅程.虽说是一个星期,真正玩的时间只有五天,其他时间都花在飞机和转机上…由于北海道没有国际机场,所以我们先从新加坡樟宜机场飞去日本成田空港(Narita Airport).对成田机场并不陌生.因为我们早已拜访过这机场好几次了.以前在这儿买的纪念品还好好地趟在我家咧.

到了东京后已经是隔天早上了…我们还得乘搭ANA日本航空飞往北海道.很不巧的是东京前一天下大雪,导致交通瘫痪…原本半个小时的路程据说会变成五个小时!

麻烦来了,我们必须赶搭中午十二点的飞机!!经过商议,导游和司机决定放手一博..

我们采用海底隧道,在登机前十五分钟赶到供国内航班使用的机场.有惊无险..

首个目的地是函馆(Hakodate). 函馆对我而言应该是 “寒馆”..因为什么?其实呢,这儿的气温平均在零下十度以下,所以冷度可想而知了.隔天的有珠火山更是惊人..这大概是我到过最寒冷的地方吧..我们坐缆车上山后,就步行去山上的景点.梯级都被厚厚的雪覆盖,连梯级的扶手都被完全覆盖..在湿滑的冰上走路是什么感觉??暴风+雪=暴风雪.当时的气温竟然达到接近零下二十度!上山还好,下山时我就辛苦了..脚底的鞋早已没了花纹,所以连在倾斜的冰道上站立都不可能!好几次都差点摔跤.最后我决定用蹲的慢慢滑下山坡.这真是痛苦的经历.脸上无光….

接下来直接提Rusutsu Resort吧.这是很大的一个滑雪+温泉旅馆.很大哦.有多大呢?和云顶的第一世界大酒店茶不多吧.分成四大门..我们住宿在北门..由每个门都可以通到外面的雪场..旅馆里面也有很多商店,游乐设施和小音乐喷泉.我们获得团员陈夫人的贷款来玩雪上滑板.这比滑雪难太多了!结果让自己再次出丑了.吃晚饭时,我们3个误闯一间全是日本学生的餐厅..哈哈..我们也不小心排到她们中间.她们其中一位还主动帮我们三个盛水咧.

日本的北海道和东京应该是两个极端…北还道的人都很纯朴,但纯朴中却不失现代感,就好比一个女孩可爱之余又不失高贵.北海道的人都很热情,即使知道你不会说日语还是会跟你叽哩咕噜说一大堆,即使你应英文他们还是会用日文回你.其实日本人英文语法不错,只是他们没有信心说英文,即使是空姐和海关人员.

日本人好像都不戴眼镜…全程不到十个日本人戴眼镜..而且现在日本人很少痴肥的问题,因为食物健康嘛.好几年前可以看到很多人抽烟.,现在我几乎没看到他们抽烟了.很好的现象.日本所有厕所都超干净!!而且都有先进的功能!从大酒店到小餐厅所有厕所都很干净.日本人超有礼貌超有纪律!比如说早上你去逛小店或高级商店.所有工作人员一看到你一定会说:ohaiyo gozaimas.早安!而且会90度鞠躬,让人误以为自己是VIP.在酒店他们都会和你双手掰掰.

值得一提的是北海道的店员大多是年轻漂亮的小姐,而且她们的服务态度比这里好上几百倍…一般来说你都可以和她们合照,只要她们不忙.她们都会很乐意.男店员就比较少见了.哈.其实热情真的可以使一个人在严寒中发烫.

在北海道天天都吃海鲜大餐,我并不是很喜欢海鲜.但海鲜之外其实还有很多选择.而且那边的螃蟹是超大的咯.喜欢海鲜的朋友去北海道有口福了,保证吃到你怕.北海道天天飘大雪…在行程的每一天都有下雪.在大坂逗留的一天内也突然飘雪,不过气温不够低,飘了一阵就变雨了.

喜欢逛街的朋友可以去北海道主要城市—札幌(sapporo)购物. 那里的繁荣程度也很高,毕竟是日本第三大城市.那里的地下街和狸小路都很好逛..这个季节的冬装都很便宜,因为春天要到了嘛,所以冬装开始贱卖了.日本的东西很贵,虽然说三块钱=一百円

但实际上一百円的可用度等于RM1而已.晚上也有冰雕~~~在地下街和狸小路都有好多日本学生出没..他们不怕冷吗..就只穿短短一件校服校裙..还有所谓的一百円店,所有物品都是一百円,最适合学生消费了.

日本另一特色是犯罪率很低.导游说,日本人并没有偷窃的习惯,他们真的做到了路不拾遗.而且即使只是一件小小的罪案当地新闻都会反复探讨好几天,还会请调查人员在电视上公开讨论有关问题.最近日本的发生了几起偷窃案.很讽刺的是干案的不是当地人,而是到当地工作的华人.不过日本的治安还是比我国好很多.

5天里有2天是睡和式的房间,也就是塌塌米了.还蛮享受的,而且不用自己亲自铺床单,因为酒店内穿着和服的工作人员都会替你代劳.还记得第一天是两个漂亮姐姐为我们铺床呢.哈哈.

以后的下次再说吧~