cckhaw’s lair

For all you know, I’m not the most frequent traveller among the group…

It’s been a while since I took an Air New Zealand flight, just found out they have new Boeing 777-300 coming on board this November. I like the Economy Skycouch™, must check it out…

Been seeing the sign board in the satellite terminal but never get a chance to pop in. Since I’m travelling a mid-day flight this time, I decided to give it a try and see what’s in there…

Over the years, I don’t really travel to Bangkok for work, transit couple of times in the airport and been into the city one or twice for holiday. Finally, I have a business trip to Bangkok, staying in Centre Point Saladaeng, very nice service apartment…

Since I’ve done quite a bit of travelling lately, staying in a nice and comfortable hotel is very important as I really hope to get some good sleep so I can catch up with the busy schedule of meetings after meetings as well as the flights!

When I step into office on the first day of work in year 2010 – that’s 4th January, I have the feeling of getting some travel schedule line-up pretty soon. True enough, I pick up 2 trips straight after – Manila and Bangkok. Now, I’m on the first trip, 4 hours flight from KL yet on the same timezone – Manila.

The colourful fabric seats by Malaysia Airlines

You should check out the bed!

It was a long planned gathering postpone from November to December and finally into the new year of 2010. Various places has been proposed and changed and finally Daniel chose this “nose to tail” eating place right in the middle of city center. We have a good turn up except for one couple who can’t make it due to last minute emergency (it’s OK! We had eaten on your behalf! ).

On the side, this is also an event for us to meet the new member of our group – Zhou Hin! Although it’s been a while but it’s good to see him! He is almost 8 months old now. So cute and adorable! Alright, enough of crap, I know you’ve been waiting for some foodies shots…

The restaurant - www.elcerdokl.com	We were sitting below the blue blue sky...
Bottle feeding Zhou Hin	Zhou Hin and Daddy
Starter : Sausages Platter	Main : Goose Liver + Black Pig Steak
Main : Oven Roasted Iberico Spare Ribs	Slow Cook Tender Ribs
Feel the tenderness!	Daniel cutting the pig with a plate!
Half Suckling Pig!	The Aftermath...
Yummy Dessert - ChocFudge!	Rum & Raisin Pancake

We had a few beer during the meal and total damage was RM700.00 (RM100.00 per person). I would say the price is slightly above average but good food!. Finally, a poster view of Elcerdo – nose to tail eating…

After countdown event held is various part of the world last night, we are now officially in the year 2010 and counting down to the biggest event on the planet – FIFA WorldCup 2010. It will be in Africa for the first time ever and South Africa will be the host nation. Let’s start our next countdown…

2010 FIFA WORLD CUP SOUTH AFRICA™

While driving back from Jusco, a flying stone hit my windscreen and here’s the damage! My new ride is barely 3 months old!!! Guess that’s part and parcel of city driving, dents and cracks on your car cannot be avoided. Sigh…

View from outside

View from inside

Looks like I have to call up Dr. Windscreen next week to fix my ride. Someone told me it cost around RM70 to repair the crack (about 2cm long), do you have any experience with them?

A 3D2N trip to my hometown located in the nothern region of Malaysia – Taiping. This trip was planned to happen early December, however due to my busy travel schedule, it got pushed towards the end of the year. Finally, thanks to dad for helping on hotel booking, we make it between 27th ~ 29th Dec 2009. A family of 5 going on my new ride “again” up north…

As the name of this post says, we are really going for food around Taiping as well as some shopping on leisure. Without spending more time explaining where we go and what we eat, let’s jump straight to the photos…

No! She's not the driver!	Dad is enjoying his favourite laksa...
The curry laksa...bit blur	Pokok Assam Pasar Pagi
大千 wan tan mee	Soup Noodle opposite King Edward VII school

After some research on Internet, we decided to drive up to Kuala Sepetang (十八丁) to hunt for seafood. It’s a coastal town feature the first railway in Malaysia (since 1885) between Port Weld (now knows as Kuala Sepetang) and Taiping. The drive took us approximately 30mins and here we go…

A closer shot of Kuala Sepetang	Kuala Sepetang + Blue Blue Sky
辣子蟹 - Sweet and Sour Crab	刺螺 - Murex (Spikey Shell)
濑尿虾 - Giant Mantis Prawn	玻璃虾 - Deep Fried Shrimp
Fisherman's life...	It's called Restoran Tepi Sungai
Newspaper cutting about the restaurant	The entrance - look for this when you drive pass...

There is one place that we kind of going every time we are back in Taiping. Personally, I like this place very much simply because they serve my favourite – Lok Lok. We were here almost right after the lunch in Kuala Sepetang. Everyone arrive with a “pretty” full stomach, hence, we didn’t eat a lot…

Raex!	红豆搅 - Red Bean Mix
Fruit Rojak	The Lok Lok! Only RM0.50 per stick!
球宝雪糕 - Ais Kacang with Ice-cream	Assam Laksa soup and the uncle...

Finally, before we go home…

Some T-shirts for myself...	Look at my car boot! Thanks to mama, she is a real Shopaholic!
The hotel