Cafe hopping ||.

To Eat.
Another round of cafe hopping with Jaysern this time! Went to three cafés again, which is pretty much the standard. After the second cafe, I could barely walk, so let's not get too greedy now alright? :) 

The first cafe we went to was The Lightbulb Cafe, located on Jalan Zainal Abidin. It has a very pleasant atmosphere, and food was really good! I recommend this cafe!
The cafe was quiet because after all, it is a weekday. Customer service was alright, but the coolest thing is there were lightbulbs everywhere! 
Cool or not? Hehe. 
Cheesy Lightbulb. 
It's basically cheesecake with chocolate filling and Oreo biscuit base. Damn goooooood leh! :D it's reasonably priced, at RM 6.90 per piece. 
Creamy Alfredo. 
Cream based spaghetti served with cooked salmon and asparagus. The texture's really good and even though you can taste the creaminess, it's light enough that it's not gross. Most carbonaras tend to give me that feeling. Only RM 15! XD they also have set lunch that comes with drinks and soup which I feel are really good deals!
I wanted to go back to Roti Bean & Town Bikes, but it was closed! :( I really like the salmon egg Benedict. :/ oh well, we went to Pit Stop Cafe instead, just adjacent to Roti Bean on Chulia Street. 
Really nice atmosphere too. There were cushions and sofas all around for chillin' and hangouts. 
Caramel Latte & 3 Little Pigs. 
Reasonably priced at RM 10 for both the omelette and latte. It is an omelette with bacon and cheese, served with toast, hash brown and a side serving of green salad. It's a breakfast dish, but is available all day. :) the Latte is nice too! And I don't drink coffee so, coffee flavored milk is as far as I go. 
The last stop for us would be La Vanille, on Hutton Lane. It's a bakery/pastry shop but they also serve main courses and toasts. Very cute deco! Makes me feel so bubbly. 
Coooool. :D
Tiramisu & Vanilla Roobois? tea. 
The prices were pretty steep, we didn't try anything else other than their cake which is RM 12.90. Tiramisu was decent and the vanilla tea smells good but otherwise just tastes like normal tea. 
That's all for today! It was a good trip. :D Oh, I'm so full... Save meeee!

Friends.

To Babble.
In our life, there are ups and downs. Everyday, we meet different people. By fate, some of them become our friends no matter if it's through a smile, a friendly gesture or even from a fight. If it's meant to be, it will be. There are so many relationships; lovers, friends, ex-lovers, crushes, husbands, families, and you could never truly understand how all these will workout perfectly as God has planned for us. As I go into this young adult phase, these kind of relationships have become clearer to me. It's not an easy task. But I'd like to keep everything as simple as I can. High school is where you build this foundation of trust into adulthood. It's really funny how things turn out. 

Strangers becoming best friends and best friends becoming strangers. 

But all that really matters is that you hold on tightly to your close circle of friends and raid through the obstacles of life. :) A very last minute plan, seriously, Caryn just wants some sun because she's becoming a pale vampire soon. I'm dark enough as it is, but okay, I just follow through. Really relaxing and full of laughter beach trip. =)




DCOVA cafe.

To Eat.
It's not a usual thing for my family to go all the way to town for dinner on a weekend but my dad was pretty excited about this new place he heard from his colleagues. So all right, we went all the way to Bishop Street which takes about 30 mins roughly (I live near Teluk Kumbar) XD and then we found the place easily. It was located in between The Cruises Steakhouse and Traffic. 
It looked really nice, with the domed-roof and the crawling money plants that just adds to the western feel. Apparently, it's French. I think. Okay I'm not too sure either. Anyhow, we went in and the cafe's pretty small but we managed to get a tiny table for the three of us. We arrived just on time because people started filing in moments later. Prices were reasonable. No dish was above RM 20, which was quite surprising for a cafe. Coffees were priced at about RM 10, per usual. 
We were all wondering how we were gonna eat properly because the table was so small and the plates were pretty huge. Turns out we didn't have to worry about that because they served us so slowly that the dishes came out one by one. As in, the first dish came, and we finished it. Then the second, and the third followed. All after we've finished each dish. I've heard that the cheese baked rice was good but they told us it was sold old. The selections on the menu was limited so we just ordered three different pastas. There were only about 5 tables in the cafe but the service was pretty bad. They took about 40 minutes to serve the first dish. 
The Carbonara. 
Served with a raw egg on top of it. Pretty nice. The cream was just of the right blend so it doesn't taste too sticky. Add in a dash of salt and pepper to taste and it turns out not bad. 
Prawn Aglio Olio. 
As an Aglio olio fan myself, of course I wanna try this! XD I practically try aglio olio anywhere that serves them. It's spicy, which is good. But the prawns were not seasoned thoroughly enough. It could've used a sprinkle of cheddar on top because that's how I would like it better. 
Bacon al Dente. 
Didn't enjoy this dish much. Nothing special about it and we were all quite agitated by the way they served one dish at a time only. We didn't even bother trying the desserts because the surroundings were getting too noisy and my mum wanted to leave already. Not my most pleasant cafe dining experience, I would say. I doubt I'll go back. :/ 

Café hopping.

To Eat.
Our first stop was at Love Bites along Nagore Road. It was pretty easy to find but I think we were a little too blind! XD if you've been to Piknik, it's just two doors away from it. The signboard is pretty big, but we somehow missed it and had to go around the place a few times. 

We arrived around 12 pm, which is pretty early for lunch time. The cafe was empty, and we were greeted warmly by the waiter. He speaks good English and has good manners and we were really satisfied with the service. :) 
Apple Yogurt. 
It has a really creamy base to it, and I like it that the yogurt taste is finished with the apple flavor. 
Pasta Al Fungi. 
It smells like Hokkien Char initially, but actually tastes pretty good. There are a few types of mushroom; button, oyster, enoki. 
Choco Toast. 
The bread is crispy even on the inside, and the ice cream makes the bread smooth to the throat. The black thing by the side is a sesame-coated marshmallow. 
Next stop was the Haven Harbor in the Chime Heritage building. :) it's the corner lot! The interior is pretty simple with a bar for drinks and the kitchen is located further at the back. A few tables are laid out but the cafe is pretty small. 
We only had desserts here, because we were aiming to go for more cafés! XD clockwise from top left; Penang Island (egg white with milk? With avocado, honeydew, kiwi & strawberries), Cafe Affogato (the white thing is actually vanilla ice cream), hot Belgium Chocolate and last but not least, Chime Brûlée. I personally love creme brûlées, this one is pretty nice but nothing special about it. 
Our last stop is Roti Bean which is at Chulia Street. :D it's a small cosy cafe with reasonable prices which I'm really happy about. You have to go upstairs for more tables and the tables have this really cute checkered picnic table cloths. Prepare for more mouth-watering foods! 
Smoked salmon egg's Benedict. 
Holy crap! It tastes abit funky and I don't even really know what it is, but it's good! Funky-good. :D the hollandaise sauce blankets the salmon and bread nicely while the mashed potatoes are cooked just nice. :)
Garlic toast with half-boiled egg, which is pretty nice as well.
The garlic flavor is prominent so that's good. :D
We had a little bit of everything and it was  really satisfying! Nyammmm! 

Maleficent

To Babble.
Here it is! The prettiest villain ever created. It was really a good movie. Perfect for those Disney fans out there. Ahem, SPOILER ALERT k! Angelina Jolie as Sleeping Beauty's Maleficent. :D She had green speckled with blue eyes, high cheekbones, elven ears and surreal porcelain skin that just perfected her whole look. During her make up process, they were really trying their best to make her look evil, because somehow she's always turning out to be too pretty. XD Adorned in her black suit, her two evil horns completed her fairy look. Anyway, I enjoyed the movie more than I thought I would. =)

Hari Gawai

To Travel.
This year, I managed to snab a chance to celebrate Hari Gawai in Sarawak! Not bad eh? My first year here and I'm already visiting kampungs around! :D This is actually Joshua's uncle's kampung in Serian, and they were super hospitable, preparing food for us and lending us the comfort of their homes for us to rest. The significance of Hari Gawai is actually to celebrate their harvest from their plantations. In this modern day, not many of these kampungs have plantations anymore. But they still celebrate Hari Gawai every year as a symbolic tradition of their culture. 

I'm back.

To Babble.

Hello, peeps. Guess who's back? :D I don't know what drove me to resurrect my blog again, but I guess I miss writing a lot and it's one of my passions in life. Plus, I'm driven by the global issues that I've studied in class and I figured I'd like to share what I know with people. Though, I know nobody would really stumble upon my blog what with the change of URL and my last post is... one year ago! Weeee. :P Note the change in layout, of course, I stole it. Credits to whoever-that-guy is. But, I love it a lot. So thank you! Hope I'd be updating this often enough. =) Anyhow, there's still many things I'd like to add to my blog, so, wait up!

For the love of writing, :)

And we are all stories, in the end.