Yummy Paprika Prawn Salad

Yes, I had salad for dinner. Hehe.. Once in a while my tummy has to take that much needed break from munching heavy stuff :)

Saw a recipe from somewhere and decided to make this grilled paprika praws. It's supposed to be grilled but I just cooked them in a non stick pan. Easy peasy.

The recipe calls for :
cayenne pepper (which I didn't have)
paprika
garlic (diced)
 salt to taste and 
a bit of olive oil. 
I added diced capsicum just to have that sweet taste in..I love capsicums..hehe..

Clean the prawns and marinate them for let's say a good half an hour. While you clean up the kitchen, keep the prawns in the fridge.

Prepare the salad ( tomatoes, capsicums, roasted almond flakes if you have any, carrots and whatever you like to throw in).  Grill the prawns, once done, arrange them onto the plate of salad. And voila! Dinner is served!

In my opinion, the prawns were yum-my! Hubs thought so too. Hehe. :)

Paprika prawn salad..salivating just by looking at it. 

H&M Setia City Mall

At last, H&M opens at Setia City Mall (SCM). I know there is one more in KL but that is too far from home. H&M reminds me of my tenure in Hong Kong. I went to H&M nearly every weekend and there would always be so many people there. I remember once there was a collaboration with Jimmy Choo or something and people lined up at H&M HK like nobody's business. it was madness!

I feel... happy being in H&M and trying them clothes..over kan? Trying clothes here is therapeutic. The clothes are not that cheap but they are not too expensive either. In total I have purchased 4 pieces within 2 weeks. 2 dresses and 2 jackets. Purchased the 4th piece today at RM149, a bit expensive but I can use this with many of my other dresses. Mix and match is key! But be warned, you may bump into a person that wears the same dress, or top or skirt (that happened to me many times in HK..hehe..but I didn't mind it so much).

So if you guys happen to be at SCM, drop by H&M and have a whale of a time putting on their many many variety of clothes. They have casual wears as well.. leggings, jeggings (ok, I have not seen any jeggings but i think they might have them around, somewhere). 

I am growing to love SCM even more every single day. 

The jacket at RM149 per piece

The Zebra sleeveless dress at RMcannot remember and the jacket with polkadotties on the inside around RM100plus. Love love!

McCafe Malaysia...a cheaper and yummier alternative to Star*****, Coffee **** and the likes

Ahhh...finally McD opens up McCafe in Malaysia. I think they are still in the testing the market stage because the cafe is available at selected stores. The place that I always frequent is the one in McD Kota Damansara.

McCafe reminds me of my stay in Hong Kong. Every morning before going to the office, I would buy a cup of coffee normally a latte. It's more expensive in Hong Kong though, here, a large latte only cost me RM6.xx (can't remember how many cents).

The only difference here is that they don't sell sandwiches like in HK. Here, they only have a small selection of cakes and muffins. I guess that's okay for a start. I still love it though. Tastewise, well for me it beats Starb****' coffee any day. Sebab si Sbux tu is a bit too thin for me and no, I don't ask for extra shots. 

Feel like having a large cup of McCafe's latte as I'm writing this. Oh yum.

Swiss Garden Damai Laut Review

Hello Hello!
Again we went on an impulse getaway. But this time around the impulse was no good. We didn't quite like the place.
Actually, I've been wanting to see this place for quite some time..like since 2,3 years back.  So finally we managed to book a place for 1 night only. Thank goodness for that. (man! I should have just booked a room at Sepang Goldcoast as the room was on offer at RM400 ++ per night..lagi worth it..boo!)

Anyway..haihhh..the journey to this place took forever. Started the journey at 10.15am and only stopped at Tapah for a quick lunch. Only reached the hotel at 3pm! Phew! And of course with the help of our trusted GPS.

In a nutshell, all I can say is. There is nothing there! Nothing. The food places are too far from the hotel and if you go out for dinner, you have to be willing to drive back in the dark (didn't see any street lamps along the way  to the hotel..only trees :p )

Price
For the money we paid, certainly it was not value for money. RM270 per night with breakfast. We also had the buffet dinner at RM55 per head so that was another RM110 burnt. Bummer.
Oh and don't forget about the petrol and toll. In total I think we paid about RM120 for petrol ( a comfortable level as we refuelled as we reached the hotel) and approximately RM44 for toll.

SOOOO in total we spent about RM550 for the trip. Argh, what a waste! Should have just gone to Genting Highlands or Melaka. Well, at least I know now that we will not be going back to this place.

Food
If you're a hungry person like me..make sure you tapau or buy some food before getting to this place. If not you have to wait for dinner time to eat. You can always eat at one of their restos or order room service (room service menu is very limited), but I regretted not buying McD when we passed by the UTP area.
Tastewise - buffet dinner was okay. Spread was limited but the pepper prawns were yummy. I can say the food was okaylah.

Service
Normal. Nothing to shout about. Quiet fast maybe because there was not many people. And now wer know why there were not many people..right.

Cleanliness
Room looked new, so it was quite clean except for the bedsheet. I shall reserve my comments on that. Erk!
Bathroom - the tub was...it was in need of some cleaning. But the toilet was clean so that was ok.

Activities
They have many activities but I don't see many people participating in any of it. There was an ATV service as well, but I came down with fever and flu so we had to forego that. Was not in the mood.

I think if there were other interesting things at this place and the food places were easily accessible maybe we could have enjoyed our stay.  Then again, to each his own.  Maybe for some it would be an enjoyable stay.  Maybe.

Jalan-jalan by the beach.

The powder room and the bathroom

Our room. 

Grand Lexis Port Dickson fka The Legend International Water Homes

Last weekend we went for a short getaway at Grand Lexis PD. 2 days and 1 night. Very short. Hehe. I didn't take many pictures maybe because I just didn't feel like it.

We paid about RM770 for the stay, with breakfast for 2. Our room was called Garden Pool Villa. Basically it's like a one-storey house with a swimming pool and it's not located near the beach. I still love the place though, love the privacy and the roominess of the room.

Price
Expensive la i think..for 2 days 1 night right? Nevertheless we booked this place because hubs can claim from the company, part of the benefit for the employees. Yeay!

Food
We didn't order room service while we were there so I cannot comment so much. We only had the buffet breakfast which was ok. Not bad for our liking. Good spread and all.
We went out to buy goreng pisang at this makcik - super duper yummy!!! but I only bought RM3 worth of goreng pisang..boleh? Haih...
For dinner we initially wanted to eat at Seri Mesra Ikan Bakar which is our fave spot tapi ramainya manusia. Ended up eating ketam at Nasreen Songkhla Seafood. Hmm..next time.
On another note - don't eat at Bangi Kopitiam which is located near the Petronas (and next to satay kajang hj samuri). Seriously tak sedap langsung. Wasted RM30 on the place, and the lalats..u were fighting to get the food in your mouth without having the fly go in as well.

Service
The checking in and out was quite fast. Is it because it's not the school holidays? Maybe. But all in all they were quite good and the buggy driver was very friendly.

The Pool
Well, if you want a bigger pool, I think you can book the premium rooms that they have, but of course it comes with a higher price. Ours was small but still ok. I mean hey, I get to be in the pool for hours and no one could see me. Love the privacy.

Cleanliness
Very clean. The bathroom, the room, the sheets, towels are all satisfactory.

Parking
They have ample parking at the main tower but we parked near our 'house' because we had many plastic bags of food to carry..hehe..

Activities
I think they have a lot of games for the guests (saw the segway thingy which hubs wanted to try tapi tak sempat), but hey, we had the pool, why would I wanna spend time outside no? Lol.

I would recommend this place just for a short getaway from the city and work. Kat luar PD tu memang nothing much to see la..it's a great lepak place with your partner and/or your family :)

The pool. That guy does not come with the package..hehe :)

Got microwave ok. And a minibar, stock of tea & coffee sachets. Yes, two king-sized beds just for the two of us.

The shower with the toilet next to it.

Tadaa! This is what you see when you brush your teeth...nice eh?





Longchamp Victoire line - RED is My new LOVE

Trying to save enough money to have my new love. (that's why in my previous post I said I rarely say no when he wants to buy gadgets..it's because I have a weakness too!) 

This is under the Victoire line.  Sis in law offered to find one for me (hence I have to make sure I have the $ and can get her help to buy it for me overseas)..when I showed her the picture, she liked it too. Well red is her favourite colour anyway. So yeah, save save save.. must get my hands on this baby soon!

Prefer the long handle..but too lazy to google for the right pic.

Till then, toodles.

The Ipad 2 - time for it to find a new home :)

Well, I have never been a real gadgety person. But whenever he wants to get the latest gadgets/techy stuff..as a supportive spouse (as long as he has the ka-ching for it) then I won't disagree.  Tapi deep down, I knew this relationship of his with the ipad won't last... kekeke.. takat nak surf FB, surf websites, smartphone dah cukup.

But I knew his love for the Ipad won't last long.  It's more of an accessory, something that he wanted at that point of time and not something he needed to have.  After a while, he grew bored ( I think) of the ipad.. download applications banyak-banyak pun boring jugak.  We already have our own laptops so yeah, I don't see a need to have the ipad.  Plus he has S2 so if he wants to surf on the go, I think that it is sufficient enough.

So, we're trying to find a new home for this baby.  It's 64gb, never jailbroken, with wifi and 3G.
Hope it will get its way to a person who needs it more than we do. :)

Ipad cover, the ipad 2 box and the ipad 2. A wholesome package :)