Days of Delirium

JW Marriott Kuala Lumpur, located adjacent to the Starhill Gallery has probably one of the best Ramadan buffet around with affordable price. Quite affordable, if you may. With many other five-star hotels vying for buka puasa buffet but at insane prices (Hilton KL doing it at RM109++ per person, Le Meridien at RM89++, Hotel Istana at RM99++), JW Marriott took a wiser road by doing it at much lower price, which is RM54++. Not bad for an international five-star hotel with a long-standing good reputation over the years. Aside from the numerous bombings in Jakarta though. Indonesians seemed to have a unquenchable thirst for actions, I assumed. Waiting for breaking fast time Anyway, here in JW Marriott Ramadan buffet, you won't find any Western or any other types of main dishes other than Malay's. For real kampung-style food lover like me, this is a buffet worth attending. You have over 100 dishes to choose from - from chicken rice, mees, laksa, briyani, rojak, fruits, cakes, bubur, ...

Since this is the last day, I wanted to make it a little special! I wanted to dine somewhere out-of-ordinary or at least, not in the places I had dined gazillion of times before. So, I called Chakri Palace KLCC... and they were fully booked. I went to Novotel (where my pal Kem Salleh used to bring me once, thanks dear!) .... and they were also fully booked. Same goes to Impiana KLCC. No doubt with Secret Recipe KLCC - always fully booked (see how I've lowered my aim to dine in extra-ordinary place to Secret Recipe? How desperate is that? Yet still no vacancy!). Thank God there was only one good place left not fully booked (yet) and I have not had the opportunity to taste their delicacies before. It was Aseana Cafe & Bar, located opposite +IT and beside Aseana boutiques in Melium Galleria, KLCC. To my surprise, the food was worth praised for with mainly made of Malay cuisine. There were also pasta, spaghetti bolognaise with meat-balls, that enough to trigger my saliva streamin...

So, with couple of Ramadan days left for me here in KL, I decided to make full use of it with friends and more friends among other. This is the best time to make excuses to drag out long-lost friends and catch up with each other. Madam Kwan has always been one of the favourite dining places of mine, be it Ramadan or non-Ramadan. As the restaurant proudly declared itself as the epitome of 'True Malaysian Cuisine', this one got the vote from my taste buds. So for those who haven't had any chance to have a taste of Madam Kwan's recipe, I'd say, have a go. You can never really judge if you had never got a lick of it. I've included the rough prices of the items we had - just to give you the picture of the price range. Not so pricey for some really good food. Some entertainment while waiting for the azan. Smash 'em, Hellboy! Abg Ayi's Nasi Bojari - Madam Kwan's specialty (RM22 something). Appetizer, ais kacang (RM12 something) Otak-otak. Sedap! (RM16 somet...

When: September 23, 2008 Who: Khairizan, Faris, Sakina, Hana, Zafirah, Didi, Ali Azri, Firdaus et al. After much delays and postpones, at last, an ifthar between our closest cliques in the faculty finally made it with all the fabulousness and craziness. Oh, minus Ali and Firdaus, whom were not members of same the faculty as the rest of us - they were just 'companions' of Didi and Hana respectively. The food in Charm was nice. It was mainly Vietnamese cuisine with a touch of Thai's. Charm - very charming Clockwise from top left: Zafirah, Didi, Hana, Kye and Faris...oh, and my BlackBerry! The Khairolfaris and the Khairizan Happy bunch! Sakina, Faris and I. My meal for the day - mushroom chicken rice. Nicely, but not exquisitely, done. Sakina with her mee-hoon soup ala Vietnamese. She said it was good. Hana checkin' on the menu while Zafirah checkin' on her 8-megapixel cam. Mine is 12-megapixel (hehe don't hate me Zaf) Tyra would be so proud of ya, girl! Hana's...

Q: What's better than breaking fast with delicious food in a nice, cosy place and decked in your favorite attire? A: Doing it with great friends. On September 19, 2008, eight of us head to Mid Valley Megamall for a small re-union cum breaking fast session. Except for Fa and her (super adorable) baby brother whom had taken the wrong train to get there and arrived late, everyone else was on time. Zafirah made the reservation for the day (thank you dear!) His Royal Highness Promiscuous Kye with His Royal Highness Fanta-bulos Farra Abg Ayi and I with his Karl Lagerfeld tee which became the object of envy among HRHF Farra, Zafirah and Fa. Smell the jealousy! The clan Zafirah with the tow-keh of Charlie V custom-made shoes, Miss Fa Stop snapping and just eat, Rashid! Oh, and that's Fa's baby bro Clearly, Zafirah prefers Charlie V custom-made painted shoes than her own newly-bought Marc Jacobs tote The after party at Saint Cinnamon Ignore us. We were born to behave as such.