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.

Pulau Kukup 2010

Pulau Kukup is a mangroove island located at 1km offshore from the main town of Pulau Kukup in Pontian, Johor. it was kinda spontaneous trip planned during a drinking session few days back. i was sighing that i'm gonna start work soon and hope to have a short and sweet holiday before it. surprisingly most of them supported the idea and there we are, left our foor prints there, at Pulau Kukup =)

group pic before entering the village.

after walking for around 10mins, finally we had reached our chalet.

whose eyes bigger?

upon arrival, we're greeted by the the lady boss, and immediately she told us that she had already prepared our lunch. think we're kinda hungry at that time, we finished off 3 or 4 plates of meehoon, feeling satisfied. then the aunty came again, informing us that there'll be a visiting session to the fish farm later in the afternoon. she asked us to chill out first because the weather was kinda killing.

30min later, while the meehoon was still in my tummy semi digested, aunty came in with a huge pile of fried prawn crackers!! we're full and the tastiness of the crackers just made us eating non-stop! and the chilli tasted so well too along with the crackers.

5pm, aunty came in again, asked us to get ready because it's time to visit to farm.


along the way out, we stopped by a few times to buy drinks, the jelly etc.

they had came up with different types of jelly already, red bean, bobo-chacha, cendol etc.
i find the cendol one nice.

before departing at the jeti.

on the boat heading to the fish farm.

this is our so call the pre-dinner.

this was the 3rd meal the aunty served us after we had checked in. scary~~!

but the food taste so homey =)

we're still full from the pre-dinner and aunty came in again, announced that the BBQ dinner was ready. our reaction was kinda funny, imagine bunch of eaters complaining about eating again!

"huh?? eat again???!!!!"

i think we had used that phrase frequent enough to express how much food they had served us.

this is only 10% of the food! the chicken wings and corns were still rotating at the roaster.

the seafood was fresh and nicely cook.

we really couldn't finish off the food, our tummies were severely bloated!

sw over-eat again, and we're worried that she'll throw up again but luckily she didn't. or we didn't notice???

so nice of the aunty, she kept the food for our supper.

and eventually we did finished the food during our marathon mahjung sessions!

the money handover ceremony witness by all of us.

and that's the lady owner of this house, our caregiver for these 2 days.

thanks alot aunty!

the ladies~~!! and where is SY??? probably busy applying her sunscreen, hee!'

of course, group picture is a must before leaving!!

kz had weird pose there. xD

this is the contact of the owner. they're bunch of nice people, treating us very well and feeding us non-stop! one down side of it is, you cant see the sea from the house but overall, the house condition was good, despite the not so ok sound system of the karaoke.

jelly ang ku kueh!!

but i think the quality had gone down a bit. it don't taste like what i had few years back =(

we did bought some back home as souvenirs though. haha.

nearly roasted Pinky and 90% cook me.

before heading back to melaka, we stopped by Muar for our dinner.

this Ting Ting Restaurant was chose, Kz said their fish noodles was highly recommended by his friend, thus no harm to give it a try since we're a whole bunch of yau-kui.

whole table of food =D

but the service there was kinda disappointing.

1st, the waitress never appologize when she accidentally spilt Jun's tea, luckily it was not boiling hot.

2nd, the waiter mistakenly gave us an extra 1/2 bird, we did asked him to confirm that it's ours because we already had 1/2 bird on our table. he said ya, this is yours, the other 1/2 was not fully cooked just now. ok, we believed him and happily eating it. but the boss charged us extra for it. HELLO, IT'S NOT OUR FAULT K? we did asked and confirmed before landing our forks and spoons on it. real bad.

after that not soooo happy dinner, we're moving around Muar to search for nice otak otak. SY bought quite alot of them. i never try so couldn't comment on its tastiness. so we headed home after that.

so this is the end of our Pulau Kukup eating-non-stop trip.

fun and full!!

really enjoy this short getaway before joining the work force in Hospital.

thanks friends, for all the wonderful moments!!

hugssss!

17 september 2010

the last time he celebrated my birthday with me was 12 years ago,

when i was 12.

and i held a birthday party inviting my primary classmates.

yes, i'm 24 this year, and he's here again,

with a different status all together. =D

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

i was craving for Japanese food awhile ago since it's HARD to get good food in melaka.

No Delicious, TGIF, Chilli's, Italiannes, Zanmai, Rakuzen, Hoitong Steamboat..etc...

but Pinky was so sweet,

he found out that there is one Japanese restaurant in melaka

which had good reviews on their food.

--> WA ZEN <--

Pinky looked so handsome with that shirt. i like!

since it's my birthday, Pinky got us a small bottle of sake.

according to the waitress, this is suitable for ladies

as it has this bubblish sweet taste.

exactly like sparkling water with alcohol.

cheers~~

this is the unagi set that we ordered.

it came with a bowl of rice, fruits, potato salad and soup.

trust me, it tastes good!!!

i'm not a fan of fish skin, but this unagi skin was grilled to perfection,

with a bit of crunchiness yet soft.

and it is not very expensive.

but i couldn't remember how much it is.

we're both fans of sashimi,

of course, we have to order it since it's my birthday celebration.

huhu..

have you noticed how thick the sashimi are?

it may not be the best tuna belly,

but they are fresh and most importantly,

this sashimi set just satisfied both our craves!!

i'll definitely go back again for this.

i miss yaki tori alot,

was kinda surprised that they do serve yaki tori.

each portion comes in 2 sticks,

just nice for me and Pinky.

the chicken was soft and juicy,

the taste was good too.

one more dish that not to be missed is

Dragon rolls.

the special combination of the prawns and some other crunchy ingredients

just made us couldn't stop eating.

thus, the result of finishing the food is

getting both our tummy rounder!!

*Pinky had already starting on his sit-up plans

while i'm still lying on my bed blogging.*

so this is the address of WAZEN:

38, jalan melaka raya 15,

taman melaka raya.

*turn left into lorong 15 when you see classic wedding shop on your right.*

thank you Pinky,

for the flower, food and LOVE!!

xoxo

love,

sinye