New pillow and bolster for the big day

Last few months bought the bed sheet now is buy pillow and bolster. I think that's about it.

30th May 2010... post about photoshots

Beach side view just off Hard Rock Hotel Penang. Should have removed the branches on top right.

Looking to the left...

Beach side with increased color saturation. I don't have CPL yet at that time.

A shot off my 2nd room window during rainy day. Hand held.

V and I walked around Pavilion food court, we overwhelmed by so many different cuisines and choices. We come down to either Madam Kwan or Tony Roma. Madam Kwan is about asian food specialized in nasi lemak. Tony Roma on the other hand is about western food specialized in beef ribs. 

I am a fan of ribs and V is a fan of nasi lemak. It is a hard choice. Since V satisfied with the hokkien fried noodle yesterday, she followed me to the Tony Roma :)

Several uncle/auntie dip the hands at the reception counter to grab the badge. We thought it is free for all. So we follow suit. We grab a fridge magnet instead since we collect magnets (when come home, only knew it is not a magnet). Later found out it is for kids only but the waiter is kind enough to give it to us anyway..

The view from outside of Tony Roma. 

Tony Roma is full despite it is a wednesday afternoon. I personally felt it is quite pricey too. But KL ppl seems can afford this for lunch on regular basis. Good for them.

I ordered the Bountiful Beef Ribs. Roma Rack since lunch rack only comes with 2 ribs. 

I didn't order this but it does end up on our table. So I guess it is free. It is baguette with garlic butter.

Since we ordered set lunch, it comes with soup of the day. For today, it is beef+vege soup. Served with a small pack of crackers.

Detailed look on the tender soft beef cube, carrots and celery.

Tony Roma's famous bountiful beef ribs served with fries and coleslaw. I would prefer them to serve with mashes potatoes instead of fries if given a choice. The ribs looks small for the price. 

In case you found that the taste is not strong enough, there are some dip sauce for you. Spicy sauce, Tony Roma Original, Smokey and Columbia Honey. Also there are heinz chilli and tomato sauce (not shown).

I tried all except spicy sauce. I don't want to ruin the taste of the beef ribs. After tried all 3, I still can't make up my mind which to go to. Ended up I mixed all 3. :)

Last but not least the beef burger V ordered. It tasted very good as well but I don't really like the patty. It is soft but V loves it. Again come down to personal preference. This is more worth it as it only cost RM24.90 (half the price of ribs).

Tony Roma Restaurant

LG1.15, Level 1, Pavilion Kuala Lumpur,

168, Jalan Bukit Bintang,

55100 Kuala Lumpur.

+603 2143 3378

D90 + Tamron 17-50mm Test Shots @ Home

I recently changed from a Sony user to Nikon user. D90 price dropped substantially recently probably due to new models coming out soon. I grabbed this chance to convert as I am unhappy with Sony's noise performance and sub-standard viewfinder. No doubt Sony lens especially 16-80mm Carl Zeiss that I have is sharp and colour is vibrant, but generally Sony's low light performance is quite poor. A700 was a good one but it has been discontinued and I kept waiting for the replacement since then. It was a long wait. Furthermore, most of my friends are Nikonian prompted me to switch as well.

My D90 + Tamron 17-50mm didn't please me that well. Tamron comes with focusing issue. As you can see from the picture above, the eyes is not sharp. This is with auto focusing. I brought this whole set to Megastar, Alex helped to confirm the case. I scheduled to get a replacement Tamron lens sometime this wednesday. Hopefully everything will be good by then.

Here is another similar shot with manual focusing. I am not that good at manual focusing since Sony's viewfinder which is narrow and small made manual focusing very hard. 

As you can see the eye's is sharper. I shot this at F4.

Another shot with manual focusing. But I do notice the barrel distortion at the corners. I wonder if this happens to all Tamron 17-50mm?

Snacking @ The Loaf, Pavillion, KL

The Loaf gave me a very good impression of its fine food during my visit to their Langkawi's branch. The Loaf in Pavillion is made up of two storey, this is the bakery while the upper storey is the bistro.

Read my previous post here

The famous item sold here is cheezy cup cakes. Namely U hu hu. I have no idea what it means.But after google'd it, it means that is the sound Japanese women makes after they are happy and satisfied.

Here are two U-hu-hu. The top is Oreo and bottom is chocolate. I personally felt the Oreo is the better one but V says chocolate is better. It all comes down to individual I guess. All are good, go grab some. There are so many flavours to choose from.

Complimenting the U-hu-hu, we ordered the iced chocolate. This drink is particularly not recommended as it taste like just Hershey syrup and milk. It is too pricey for this kind of quality.

Craving for more creative food from the loaf, V walk another round and bought this chocolate filled danish. The danish is soft and layered correctly, perfect. Good job. Highly recommended alongside with U-hu-hu.

Seafood & Fried Hokkien Noodle @ Cu-cha, Jalan Alor, KL

Sometime ago, I blogged about the Cu-cha restaurant located at Jalan Alor. 

Read the previous post here 

This trip, V and I are re-visiting this place.

We ordered orange juice and Thailand fresh young coconut respectively. 

Our appetizer is kam heong la-la. Clam cooked with curry leaves. The la-la dish looks small for 2 person but after examining carefully, it is actually quite a lot. The reason is they only serve with one side of the shell. Normal restaurant comes with both sides making it looks more.

V's favourite, Hokkien style KL fried noodle (aka hokkien char or fook kin chao). It is thick yellow noodle fried with pork lard, squid, vege and prawns. This noodle is pretty famous throughout KL. Cu-cha's hokkien fried noodle in my opinion is as good as ultra famous stall such as Jalan 222 and Petaling Street's.

Last but not least we ordered fresh prawns fried with salted egg yoke. Fortunately only 5 prawns else our cholesterol will really shoot up.