Fleur-De-Lys Bakeshop, Brunei

October 14th, 2009

Hankering for something other than curry, rendang, lemang and the like, we decided to go to this bakery, or bakeshop as they call themselves for a bite.

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The shop has some interesting items, including designer hampers for the Raya festivities and one of my favourite, macarons.

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We started off with the Mushroom soup in a loaf. It was quite creamy and yummy. And the bread loaf was perfect for tearing off to dip in the soup.

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The Baked potatoes with tomatoes and mushrooms looked promising but didn’t deliver taste wise. I personally felt that the mushrooms were overcooked so it was a tad soggy. Plus the tomatoes gave it a weird, sourish taste.

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The eggs benedict with poached eggs and chicken ham, topped with the yellow, creamy Hollandaise sauce.

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My choice was the eggs florentine, which has the extra spinach. I must admit I didn’t like the chicken roll. Bread was soft and it was quite messy eating this. Haha.

Fleur-De-Lys Bakeshop
C5, Kiarong Complex,
BE 1318, Bandar Seri Begawan,
Brunei.

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Because Time Waits for No One

August 11th, 2009


Friday 7 August 2009

I took out my keys to open the front gate, the corner of the wall was empty. It was an unbearable scene.
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Rewind 9 years

Friday 2 March 2001
“I just bought a dog. You can have it. Yeah, from a client. No choice, a new way of entertaining client. Big business mar…heh heh”

That was from my cousin. I immediately ran to his house, which was a few blocks away from mine.

I was looking around, trying to spot a cute brown puppy. Could it a Golden Retriever? Or a Labrador? Hmmm…it could be a Terrier or a Beagle. I don’t mind. I was already grinning.
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“Where? Where? Where? Where is the dog??
My cousin pointed at a steel cage. Behind the black bars was a fur ball in white…
Which looks nowhere near like a ‘dog’.

 Because Time Waits for No One

I showed my cousin a sepuluh sen face. “Huh? I thought you told me it is a ‘dog’?”
“Yeah. A Pekingese what. It is a dog, you dummy. Oh but it does look like a cat hor? Garfield..hahahah!”
The next thing I know is that something furry landed on my lap. It is her. She came towards my direction and cuddled up herself on my lap comfortably. She was not wary of me at all.

 Because Time Waits for No One

That was the sweetest thing I have ever seen in my life.

I looked at her in her eyes. “We’ll go home together, ok?”
She wagged her furry tail. I think she answered ‘yes’.
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I believe, Marley aside, she is by far the most difficult and fussy dog to keep.
She sworn by heart not to take any dog food. Pedigree premium biscuits, chewy sticks or chicken-in-can. She spat out whatever dog food that we bought.
Her peculiar eating habits will make you wonder if she reincarnated wrongly into a body of a white Pekingese. She really knows how to eat.
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She likes durians. D24. No kampung. No thai.

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Like owner, like dog? I don’t deny that.

My stay with her didn’t last too long. 2 years later when I finished my high school, I left her at home and moved to Subang Jaya to do my A-Levels. And then it was degree in Australia, followed by working in KL. Until now stationed down south.

Wherever I go, she remains the one closest to my heart.
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Until the day when my mum returned home to find her laying on the floor in her usual position, but this time round stone cold.

It hurts me everytime to think about her departure. What really happened to her while no one was around at home, and the things that I would give up just to listen to her barking at the background whenever I call home or to see a running fur ball whenever I open the front gate.

 Because Time Waits for No One

I hope you had a happy life whilst staying with us.

Rest in peace, my girl.

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# 2 The Black Echoes

July 3rd, 2009

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Read the first part of the Tales of Saigon here.

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That irritating sound won’t stop.

It just won’t stop bothering me.

258 was the number of days that I have been counting.

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There it goes … I heard the sound again, echoing in the tunnel.

I moved myself to the adjacent burrow. I can feel that it is coming towards my direction. Wait, something is not right here. From the back of my body.

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Was I dead or did I just pass out in the dark? All I can feel is the numbness in my nerves.

I hate the sound of machine guns.

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I grabbed the handle strongly, so strongly that I almost clutched myself to the seat right in front of me. The bus was rocking a hard way through the terribly uneven muddy path.

‘The absorber is worn out.’

Again, my head hit high into ceiling of the bus as it runs over a huge crater on the road.

We joined a day tour to Cu Chi and Cao Dai for less than USD 7. For that price, I certainly didn’t expect a long arse journey on the bus. I think my lungs, kidneys and stomachs sagged by 1.5cm after spending 5 hours travelling on the rocky road.

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Our Bobby Chinn look-alike tour guide was very entertaining.

‘Miss, whe du yeu kam frum?’

‘Malaysia’.

‘Ohhh…de land famous for robbers!’

Astounded by his reply, I found out later that he means ‘rubber’. Certainly one of the most interesting remarks in this journey.

The journey throughout Cu Chi was a remarkable one. I was particularly amazed by their perseverance and determination. Imagine a bunch of Viet Cong soldiers living in the dark, humid and claustrophobia-inducing underground. The American troop described the conditions within the tunnel as ‘black echoes’.

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We did try to explore one of the sections of the tunnel that has been expanded to accommodate taller/ larger sized tourists.

It ain’t fun.

I was a fool to believe that the tunnel has been enlarged to accommodate the big size us. *imagining walking around the tunnel freely like visiting museum liddat*

Half way crawling through the tunnel (I almost laid flat on the floor and creep towards the end), I was sweating and screaming in my heart…the tunnel seems to be never ending. How did the Viet Cong soldiers manage to survive in the tunnel for 20 over years when I find the dark claustrophobic atmosphere unbearable for mere 2 seconds?

I am a true brat spoiled by modernity.

After the exploration, I found something amusing. I really wanted to try that real thing. At least once. The guy recommended M16, so I bought 10 bullets (USD 17) for that.

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It still ain’t fun lorrrrr.

I was a fool to believe that ear muff works. The NRR (Noise Reduction Rating) is close to ‘0’. The impact of the shot was so powerful that every shot leaves my ear drum with a numb (wee wung wung…wee wung wung…) feeling.

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Special thanks to Hairy for capturing all my retarded looking moments.

Food was more or less the same throughout the 3 days. Pho, Pho & more Pho(s) which I enjoyed thoroughly.

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I’m glad that I insisted on trying out Nguyen Trung’s coffee on our last day despite the fact that we were supposed to rush to the airport.

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We ordered “The Legend” which was nothing like the ordinary Starbucks cappuccino. The coffee was really strong and bold, definitely one of the highlights of my trip. *Love*

Later on when we return to SG, we found out that there is actually a branch located at Liang Court, Clark Quay. *Double Love*

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My fave picture of all

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For now, I’m more than happy to return to my comfort zone, happily munching on my routine subway ham and egg, surfing dumb websites, and crossing the road without the fear of being smashed by 58 motorbikes into a slab of tomato paste in the middle of the road.

Bar none, I still love you, Saigon.

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Yellow stars missing in sight …

-The end-

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Graze T

May 26th, 2009

I love brunch. Having breakfast food in an al fresco setting, with natural lighting and warmth, glass of chilled white wine, good friends with endless chat and no busy schedule to follow, would be most brilliant and make me a very happy girl.

Recently, I went to Graze for brunch. The restaurant, set in a colonial bungalow house, made me feel like I was invited to someone’s house – cosy and comfortable. Besides, the service was good and nothing to complain about. Definitely a place to return again and again.

 Graze TBaked omelette with smoked salmon, roasted tomato, mushrooms and fried potato (S$17)

 Graze TWaffles with nutella icecream and strawberries ($13)
If you are not a breakfast fan, there is regular food served as well, starting from 12pm. Where is your favourite place for brunch?

Graze
4 Rochester Park
Tel: 6775-9000

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Yountville – The French Laundry

May 23rd, 2009

 Yountville   The French LaundryAs you know, God is amazing. If you want something bad enough, he will give it to you. That was how I got to have a grand meal at The French Laundry anyway. Leading up to the dinner, I was just really excited, like a teenager going on her first date.

The food was excellent. Most of them I had read so much about, seen so many pictures on other blogs and reviews, that it actually felt so surreal when I saw them presented in front of me. The service was professional yet very warm and friendly. I loved the whole experience and it was nothing short of memorable.

 Yountville   The French Laundry warm cheese puffs
airy and gone in 3 seconds

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salmon conets
cute mini cones crunchy and savoury. perfect complement to the smokey salmon.

 Yountville   The French Laundry
oysters and caviar
If I had to choose (reluctantly), this would be my favourite dish. generous amounts of caviar only to be eaten with a mother of pearl spoon of course, paired with the freshest little oysters and a thick, rich, custard. it was orgasmic.

 Yountville   The French Laundry butter roll
Somewhat like a blend between bread and brioche. nonetheless very good and very addictive. no additional butter was required but then I needed something to spread the Vermont Butter and Local Californian butter with.

 Yountville   The French Laundrysalad of French Laundry garden beets
sweet navel orange wedges and fresh greens that were very flavourful despite the lack of dressing or sauces.

 Yountville   The French Laundryhokkaido scallop tartare
the scallops were raw and sweet and the cream sauce went well with them. the vegetables were again, very fresh and tasty.

 Yountville   The French Laundrysweet butter poached maine lobster “mitts”
beautiful dish. the lobster really was fresh and not overcooked. i loved the morels.

 Yountville   The French Laundry
wolfe ranch white quail
that my friends had and claimed was the most tender.

 Yountville   The French Laundryatlantic halibut “confit ala minute”
very tender and went well with the cauliflower puree, which was suprisingly the thing that binded the dish together.

 Yountville   The French Laundrysnake river farms prime beef
the beef looked so good doesn’t it?

 Yountville   The French Laundryking trumpet mushrooms, sweet carrots and tarragon
the pastry crust could have been ‘puffier’. compared to the beef, this was not quite visually appetising so perhaps that was why i didn’t think much of this course.

 Yountville   The French Laundry“beermat”
pickled red endive, medjool dates, pistachios and black truffle
the sheep’s milk cheese was not so strong in smell and had a firmness of gelatine. you experience different tastes when you pair the cheese with the different condiments. it was good but i had enough after two pieces.

 Yountville   The French Laundrypalate cleanser
oatmeal cookie, yogurt sherbet and apricot jam
this dish had the combination that reminded me of breakfast muesli. clever and tasty too.

 Yountville   The French Laundryparfait au citron
candied buddha’s hand, lemon snow, biscotti tuile
a very refreshing and light tasting dessert. but was not overly exciting.

 Yountville   The French Laundrychocolate cake with praline

 Yountville   The French Laundrypetit four

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shortbread cookies to bring home
became supper for me.

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Tales of the Unexpected from Saigon

May 21st, 2009

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#1: Untold Secrets of the Message Room

When darkness falls, everything turns into a picture of dead silence.

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I stepped on the narrow staircase leading to the underground.

‘Shhh…be quiet…you don’t want to wake them up…let me show you the way.’

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I saw this young boy when I stumbled upon this place. In fact, I saw him everywhere. From the main door, the message room to the combat officer room… He was there, everywhere.

I lost him soon after.

‘Tub…tub…tub…’
The floor is so thin that I can feel the tremble. I heard that coming from the back.

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‘Dooom…’

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When darkness falls, everything turns into a picture of silence … a dead silence.

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I didn’t dwell myself too long in that B-grade horror flick as I walk through the underground tunnel of the Reunification Palace.

Oh by the way, I was at Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) for 3 days. Thanks to the free air tickets from the lucky dip.

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The first, second, third and fourth floor didn’t excite me. There were numbers of meeting rooms, conference rooms and dining rooms of different themes, a place previously resided by the presidents.

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We were just wandering around the Palace and stumbled upon one eery staircase that leads to the dark underground. That really intrigued my interest.

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There were secret rooms (or message rooms) with bulky and dusty switchboards, the very 60s phones and the good old typing machines.
Hairy attempted this shot ala Wong Kar Wai mode that inspired the series of dark tales.

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The young boy is definitely not from our hallucination but he was really everywhere. Everywhere that we went. He loves blocking our way, interrupting at the background when we were shooting photos and looking at Hairy with a creepy smile.

‘Sekali you see him in one of the black & white pictures hung on the wall’ said Hairy with a blank look.

How interesting.

Obviously we didn’t spot him in any of the pictures, in fact the pictures shown were depressing and disheartening. Nuclear bombs, massacre and concentration camps. I just want to get out of that place.
Back to reality, we were caught in the middle of the junction with motorbikes coming from all 4 directions and with 58 bikes honking at us at the same time, as if we were blocking their ways *sweat*

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Funny mode of transport in Vietnam
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I was literally distressed, I think a bowl of piping hot noodles would be a good cure.

We dropped by Ben Thanh Market (we call it the ‘Beh Tahan Market’) and zoomed straight into the food section.

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Tell me about pracitising food hygiene, there were a few dead cockroaches lying under my seat.

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To eat or not to eat? Gulp…There goes my first bowl of pork knuckle noodles in Vietnam and L-S (diarrhea) on the very next day.

At night, we strolled along the night market street and the dai chow stalls came into sight. Born to be gluttons, we settled for another round of food.

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The return of the alcoholic.
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Can you believe that a bottle of Saigon beer costs only 90 cents (10,000 dong)?

But that 90 cents can only give you a taste of gassy plain water. I stopped at one bottle.

Oh well, the journey didn’t end here. In fact it only started the next day – a five hours helluva extreme journey that can only be found in Vietnam.
To be continued.
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Photo credit to the legendary Hairy from Black Tie White Lie.

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Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

April 29th, 2009

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

- The Shop-

Cuisine: Chinese
Non Halal
Location: Level 4, Gurney Plaza, Penang
RM15-20 per person

Rou Gu Cha is better known as Bak Kut Teh” in Penang. We were having lunch in Queensbay GP since we are kinda bored by those fast food .. and we decided to try something new.

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

- the menu -

The restaurant offers a variety of Bak Kut Teh from pork to chicken and even vegetarian (Yes, you heard me right – a vegetarian “Bak Kut” teh with a touch of spice). And from Bak Kut Teh with soup to dry ones.

We found something different and we ordered a dry Bak Kut Teh (Gan Rou Gu Cha) @RM12.90+ per set and a soup variety one which is the normal Bak Kut Teh @13.90+

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

-Ginger and the chilly paddy -

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

- Fried dim su- fishball -

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

- the set of ro ku cha -

Sets comes with steam rice, seasonal bean sprouts, dim sum, herbal jelly and chinese tea. Gan Rou Gu Cha has pork ribs, streaky pork, cartilage, meat ball, mushroom, beancurd stick, cuttlefish, lady finger, dried chili, vegetables. Hong Jiu Rou Gu Cha has pork ribs, streaky pork, cartilage, hock, meat ball, mushroom, beancurd stick, traditional beancurd and vegetables.

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

- the soup style ru ku cha-

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

- Mee Style Bak Kut Teh-

Other than that, Anna ordered the Mee Ro Gu Cha.. which is kinda special . According to her, the mee is reall nice as well is yummy

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

-Dry Style Bak Kut Teh-

 Bak Kut Teh @ Gurney Plaza ( RO KU CHA WANG)

-The shop ( front view) -

Taste:4/5
Price: RM 48 for 3

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California – COI Restaurant (San Francisco)

April 28th, 2009

The concept of Coi sounds all righteous and good.

“best ingredients we can find in our area: cultivated plants grown from heirloom seeds; wild-harvested leaves, flowers, barks and roots; local fish, seaweeds and coastal grasses; pastured meat, poultry and eggs from small farmers. These are the flavors of place.

I was sold and went all out to make a reservation on Opentable.com until I got a confirmation and heaved a sigh of relief.

Maybe it was a combination of factors – the recommendation and the anticipation, that made this meal a major disappointment.

I won’t go into details too much, but in general, I thought the food might have appeared interest and pleasant to the eye, some of them did taste pretty decent while some of them just don’t make sense. Above all, I could not stand the pretentious wait staff, with their no-smiles-i’m-better-than-you attitude. There was no need to seem so high-handed. I know they are probably nice people outside the restaurant. So the friend and I tried to loosen them up a bit by going a couple notches up the decibel scale.

The restaurant was in a low-ceiling room that made me feel like I was in a upscale cave. All the tables were full (about 24 pax in total) and more than 50% were Asians. Just a note, I don’t want to imply anything. So anyway, we got the tasting menu, which was the only menu, at US$125 per pax (excluding tax and tip) without wine pairing. What did we eat?

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Coi homemade bread roll
Scented with Coi essential oils (sage, pepper, and some flowers)

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)
Honeymilk in a gel
 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Pink Grapefruit
ginger, tarragon, black pepper
 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Asparagus, Raw and Cooked
early season asparagus, flowers and herbs

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Inverted Andante Dairy Goat Cheese and Black Olive Tart
Vadovan gastrique, preserved lemon, wild arugula

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Abalone/Oyster
fennel in different forms

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Sweet, Sour, Salty Bitter
glazed, young carrots, burnt breadcrumbs, almonds, wood sorrel

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Earth and Sea
steamed tofu mousseline, yuba, fresh seaweeds, mushroom dashi

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Nettle-Ricotta Cannelloni
wild mushrooms, oxalis flowers
 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Slow Cooked Farm Egg
slow roasted farro, erbette chard, brown butter parmesan sauce

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Trio (Soyoung Scanlan)
toast, spring lettuces
 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)Caramelized Jasmine Custard
Hazalnut and cocoa textures

 California   COI Restaurant (San Francisco)
Olive Oil Shortcake
strawberry rhubarb, lemon balm, long pepper

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Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

April 28th, 2009

Is it quite sometimes we went there.. we had our dinner at the Thai Express.
I still prefer siam express then Thai Express. Thai Express is one of the places served Thai food.. as u can see from the name.. As for that, they have all sorts of Thai Spicy food to yummy local Thai desserts which is cooling.

This is the first place I went with dear .. as both of us love spicy food that’s was the choices. The shop we had our dinner is the Thai Express located at The Curve .. and the streets dere is fullof many shops of MAKAN.-famous, expensive one.. and is our first time having our dinner dere after a movie.

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

The thai dessert we ordered is kinda nice .. but it served in cup.. is look like kinda weirdo.. haha.. but the taste is not bad la. It has the chesnut and the chendol inside together with the coconut water.

thai dessert

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

Next come the Thai tomyam.. mine is the chicken one while dear one is seafood. The tomyam wasn’t spicy at all for both of us.. haha.. cause we ordered the wrong one supposedly.. not the extreme spicy one kua…

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

- thai tom yam -

That’s mine tomyam.. all is chicken, fishballs and mushrooms and not much seafood lol.. while dear one is kinda same jus add a bit of extras seafood only

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

-dear taking thai tom yam-

 Dinner @ Thai Express, The Curve, Selangor

- seafood tom yam-

Overall lets see wat we rate

Food: 3/5
Service: 1/5
Environment 2/5

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Las Vegas – Bouchon Bistro

April 27th, 2009

 Las Vegas   Bouchon BistroIt was not by chance that our second restaurant in the Sin City was also a French bistro. Because I could not get a reservation to The French Laundry and I was really keen to try Thomas Keller’s food, I made a reservation at the Bouchon Bistro at the Venetian. This is much more casual than Daniel Boulud as in they line the table with white paper and the menu is made of paper as well.
 Las Vegas   Bouchon Bistro
The restaurant, located in an unusual lobby on the 9th floor, was welcoming with its warm tungsten lighting through wrought iron wrapped ceiling lights and

 Las Vegas   Bouchon Bistro beautiful, rustic blue tiles.

We were served a beautiful loaf of bread and butter very shortly. Oh my, the bread was such a joy to eat. I haven’t had such a good baguette since Paris and we chomped through another helping, which explained why we could not finish our food later.

 Las Vegas   Bouchon Bistro
We had ordered mussels and frites as our main course and a couple of appetizers and sides to share. Unfortunately all the food came at just about the same time.

The mushroom soup was unfortunately not up my alley. The soup was one-dimensional in taste and texture and the use of sour cream made it excessively sour for a soup. I did not like it one bit. The macaroni gratin on the other hand was really good. The cheese was generous, the pasta still had bite and I totally grabbed all the broiled parts. C-o-m-f-o-r-t food.

 Las Vegas   Bouchon BistroThe mussels were alright. Sauce was pretty good and I remembered the portion was super huge. Both of us ate and ate and ate and still had left overs. I wanted to lay off mussels for the rest of my life after that meal.

Definitely no room for dessert. Oh well.

Venetian Resort, Venezia Tower Ste 10101
3355 Las Vegas Blvd S
Las Vegas, NV 89109

(702) 414-6200

www.bouchonbistro.com
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