Wednesday, April 27, 2011

El cerdo, nose to tail eating!

i always tell Pinky that one day,
i'll bring him to El cerdo.
but that day was never there untill that weekend.

it was actually mr Pinky's post birthday celebration dinner from his parents.
since i was in KL that weekend and
since we have enough crowd
so i suggested to Pinky that may be we can try El cerdo.

i was glad that Pinky's dad actually agreed to it.
thus, we called to make reservation instantly.

parking was never a problem there,
because they have valet parking.
you just need to pay abit extra
and someone will park your car for you,
and bring you car to you when you're done.

the ordering process was hard.
there's 8 of us,
but we never know how big is the portion,
how many dishes should we order
and most importantly,
what should we order despite the few famous ones.

so below are the few dishes recommended by the captain.





before they serve us with the starter,
there's complimentary soup for each of us.

it was asparagus soup.
i love asparagus!
so it just hit at the right spot of mine.
huhuhuhu..

the bread were tasty too!
it somehow taste better than the italiannes one.
i almost couldn't stop myself from taking another piece.
luckily i was concious enough.



cold ham with rock mellon & salads

it's absolutely an unique way of eating.
the ham were sliced into thin slices,
you can wrap it with the rock mellon,
and you'll have the taste of saltiness and sweetness at once!



pork knuckles

the pork knuckles were fried to perfect crunchy.
the meat was tender enough,
the dip sauce was good too.

you can try this if you have more people to go with you.



pork ribs

this is my first time trying their pork ribs.
it taste SUPERB!
it's finger licking good~~
and now it had overtake the piglet in my must-order-dish list.



look at the bones!!
huge bones!!



paella rice with mushroom and chicken

this dish however appeared to be an average dish.
there were 8 of us at the table but we can barely finish the rice.
the taste was mild,
and i hate green peas.
thus, i would not even thinking to order it once again.

and it's expensive.
for a portion of rice like this, it costs us RM80.




roasted suckling piglet

Also known as "Cochinillo Al Estilo Segoviano".
we're told that the piglet on the table was only mere 3 weeks old.

El Cerdo had a special way of eating.
To prove that the piglet was crunchy and crispy,
when the dish was served,
one of the waiters would come over and picked a lucky person from the table
to "perform the plate-breaking show".



look, we're all paying attention to what the waitress says.



First, to prove that the piglet is crunchy and crispy,
you will need to use a plate to chop the piglet at the head,
the center of the body
and somewhere at the 'butt' of the piglet,
each part 3 times with all your might!





Then, the waiter will push a big wooden tub towards the table,
make a wish and then smash the plate into the wooden tub.
This is a Greek tradition which symbolises good luck.




it then got chopped up and it's ready to eat!

trust me,
eat with both your hands.
it taste better that way!



mr Pinky and his wine =)




the complimentary shots from elcerdo.
it contains low % of alcohol, added with lime and salt,
to help for your digestion.

how thoughtful huh?




business hours:

open daily for lunch & dinner
(closed between 3-6pm)
except Saturdays, elcerdo is close for lunch
and open for dinner only

reservation, call: 0321450511

address:
no. 43&45, changkat bukit bintang,
50200 kuala lumpur.



remember to make reservation before you go especially during weekends.

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

post convocation dinner @ Kam Kitchen

since the family was up in kl for my convocation,
of course we have to have a post-convo dinner.

initially we had no idea where to go,
was thought of bringing them for buffet
*dad loves buffet*
but luckily sis's in law's parents came up with this restaurant.

we have never been there before but according to them,
the reviews are good.

Kam Kitchen (甘大厨海鲜酒家)
is located at kampung cheras baru.

they offer quite a varieties of dishes,
since we're 1st time there,
we don't really know what to order.

after some recommendation from the captain,
we had placed our order.

the restaurant was quite full of customers that night,
thus we waited for awhile.
and since it's quite rare that all of us sit together to have dinner,
i took out Piny's NEX5 to take some pictures.






eldest bro & sis in law



with the in laws.



Pinky! =)



dad with his 2 princess, huhu!!



dad & mum



look at rayner's expression.
i think he ate something he don't usually eat.
thus the expression.






basically he's entertaining everybody that night.
so cute!!
huhu...



pumkin beancurd RM20.00

this is their self-made beancurd.
no doubt the beancurd was very smooth, taste good,
but the pumkin taste isn't significant enough,
somehow the taste of the sauce is just so-so.



garlic eel RM36

this taste good. they deep fried the eel slightly before stir frying with the garlic,
thus the eel was not overcook.



soy sauce steamed red talapia RM36.00

the fish is fresh,
but my mum don't like it.
she only likes sea fishes.



chicken RM30.00
couldn't remember the name of the chicken.
but i remember it was stir fried with sliced ginger and oyster sauce.
taste good too.



double taste pork RM30.00

the taste was not bad but i really couldn't recall the taste and the name.
but i think one of them is myonneise and the other one is just normal pork ribs.



soft shell crab RM38.30

the crabs were all chopped into small pieces.
personally, i prefer bigger pieces compare to this.
but the butter was good.
lotsa eggs were used in order to have that fluffy strands of egg&butter.



flower rolled buns MR9.60

surprisingly, the buns were good!
i don't usually eat bun together with rice coz rice alone already took up all the space in my tummy.
but after receiving good comments from the table,
i decided to share half of it with mum.
and it is Nice!



the after math.
we're really bloated as we had ordered a total of 9 dishes.
scary!
so we packed the left over buns for rayner bcoz he loves it.



i like this pic alot.
it's like one of the best family pic we have so far,
with baby rayner grinning stunningly
and baby rexxon still in his mum's tummy.

love my family.
muackkks!



..........................................................................

Kam Kitchen

Address:
no. 2&4 JALAN 18,
KG CHERAS BARU,
56100 KUALA LUMPUR.

tel no:
03-4296 7072

Friday, April 1, 2011

convocation part II

so it's the official day of my convocation.

we're told to be there early in the morning
kononnya to wear our robe properly.

ended up we're stucked in the preparation room for few HOURS!!
they kept delaying the time to start..hurmph!

after hours of waiting, finally they lead us out of the room.
we thought "yeah, finally it's gonna start already."

no, not at all.

we waited for another hour outside the hall.
to wait for all the guests to be seated.
*including my parents who reached there soooo late*

so camwhoring is how we spent our time.
luckily Pinky was still there, so he helped us to took quite some pictures, although all of them were kinda over-exposed.






grabbed a pic with dad while waiting for mum.
he was very happy because this is the first convo he attend.
both my elder brothers graduated oversea, thus only mum went to their convo.




no, no, i'm not that fair nor pale.
it's the camera setting.

i know, it's over exposed! but i still like it alot. =D







we did not bring in our camera into the hall.
thus, no pics in there.

after the ceromony, it's group picture taking time.
sorry, i'm just too lazy to copy the pic from the cd the studio sent me.



everybody was searching for their mortar hat immediately after we had thrown them up the air.

i didn't throw then. coz i'm affraid i couldn't find it back.
coward me. huhu!





thank you for all the flowers and bears, froggy and domokun!









and really appreciate those who came all the way to Putrajaya!
thanks alot!
- zaiyang, puiji, sharon, eugine-







no, no, these are not pictures from the studio.
these are from my camera.
huhu..
the quality was not too bad.




CUCMS first every convocation 2011






really love the flower alot!
thank you Pinky for the thought!!


finally,
the ceremony is over.


xoxo