dinner @ Kensington restaurant, seremban

here is my 3rd post about food in seremban
this time is a western/fusion restaurant my sis introduced to me. we actually decided to eat there to "celebrate" the fact that she got back seremban hospital for the next three years. whoopee, i can disturb her for the next two years ;p

anyway, this is the place..
Kensington Western Restaurant
34, Jalan Era Square 3,
Era Square,70200 Seremban,
N. Sembilan
Tel: 06-768 7288

and click here for a better review, mine is going to be super simple.

first up, the place is super nice. quite high class, i must say. much fancier than most places I've dined in. lavishly decorated but it still feels kinda cozy..

we sat at the table facing the window....there are tables outside too, if you wish to dine al-fresco.

service is pretty good, the people are there are generally nice. but the food takes quite long, especially if there is a huge crowd. so must be patient..

and they serve you plain water which is refillable. i like. hehe.

the menu is very extensive, a whole page of chicken dishes, some seafood dishes, lamb, duck, pasta. etc. seriously there is alot to choose from and prices are quite reasonable.

for starters, we had mushroom soup that was served with garlic bread (rm 5.30) i have always loved mushroom soup..and this was so yummy. very nice! and authentic too. the garlic bread was superb too. crunchy and fragrant. mmmmmm. definitely a must try!!!

here is my main dish, grilled chicken with mushroom sauce (rm10) sadly, it was rather disappointing, the mushroom sauce was SWEET! so it tasted weird :( was expecting it to be better. but the sauce aside, the chicken was pretty good. grilled to perfection all juicy and nice. perhaps i shall avoid the mushroom sauce based dish..

and my sister's main meal. creamy seafood pasta (rm16.90) its served with lots of seafood-mussels, lala, squid and stuff. the sauce is superb. creamy with a hint of spiciness. i would recommend this dish!!

all in all, it was a delightful meal. the atmosphere was nice and classy, felt almost like fine dining. lol.. prices are OK and service is not bad. a good place to celebrate special occasions (in seremban, that is :p) will definitely come back again!!

food&drinks: 7.5/10

price: 7.5/10

ambiance: 9/10
service:7.5/10

overall: 8/10

weekly posts

I think i'm addicted to blogging, eventhough i'm rushing for time, i will still make time to post a couple of stuff up...

mandatory report from seremban.the real teaching sessions has begun! had to do clerking of real patients...it wasn't too bad but i still have room for alot of improvement! there are so many new things to learn everyday. especially learning how to learn cos its not like phase one anymore where they give you notes and all and the questions will be based on that. its more of seeing a wide variety of patients and learning from that...

oh, remember i posted up about my aunt & uncle & lil cousin??
my lil cousin, Ian is so so so ADORABLE. im not the type who like kids very much, most of the time i think they are annoying but he is an exception! he is so lovable, and sweet and inquisitive and cute. his smile just makes you want to melt and his laughter is so infectious!!!

last sunday was mooncake festival, but we celebrated it one day in advance.

lighting up paper lanterns...
so pretty
ah woo woo was not excluded!! here he is posing with a lantern. LOL
this is little Ian with his lantern. he was so fascinated with everything!sunday dinner at telok gong. previously did a review. no time for another one
ooooo. and i bought a new pair of earrings! LOLLIPOP earrings. love it!! hehe

helped mummy make durian jelly mooncake on saturday. lots of work. phew~
a trip to KLCC. and this is the first time taking a photo of KLCC. so malufying. after going there for countless time, we have yet to take a proper photo of KLCC and tourist from all over the world come to see this building!! this gorgeous shot was taken with my sister's "new baby" a pink canon camera.
hanging out at the playground.
yummy hainanese chicken chop from yut kee for breakfast
lam mee!! YUMMY

and today..we went for a day trip to malacca! not too near but yet not too far. a two hours drive form KL. mainly for the food. hehehe

the famous touristy Jonker street..
in front of the stadyius building...at the fountain. little ian does not really like taking photos, he sulks most of the time.
i blend in with the flowers...
yummy ondeh-ondeh in such cute packing. bought it at jonker street.

and below is durian chendol from TAN KIM HOCK. very yummy but quite pricey. 4 ringgit per bowl

super refreshing lime juice.i gulped it down so fast. the whether in malacca is horrid, it was so hot, the sun was scorching!!!

for lunch, we went to this famous chicken rice ball shop. its always packed with ppl, esp being a weekend afternoon. so we had to wait for about 15 minutes to get a seat. but after that the food came pretty fast
yummy "pak jam kai"
hand rolled cute chicken rice ball ^_^
this is the shop!!


well, thats all for now. have to go do reading for research project now before sleeping!!

2nd week and a nice surprise

2nd week of uni has passed. and its getting better bit by bit although i 'm still trying to cope.

monday was bbq orientation night, where some groups had to do performance. yet again M106 (now known as c2/08) came up with lots of talent with performances:
1. Esther (vocals) and Jeremy (guitar)
2. group performance (two songs)
3. accapella performance by Zher lin (teresa teng-*direct translation* the moon represents my heart) quite appropriate since mooncake festival and hari raya is coming up as he said.
4. a very impressive duet by khee chun (cello) and vanessa (piano)
it was a fun night, i enjoyed the performances, made us temporarily forget all our worries...
took some photos with the handphone camera but can't seem to upload the photos via bluetooth :( bear with my "photo-less" entries for now.

lucky me, I'm in family medicine posting, the easiest and most relaxing one, we don't have to go on calls unlike some other batch mates.

have been staying in imu clinical school most of the time and we have yet to meet real patients. monday will be the real thing then. going to klinik kesihatan seremban to clerk patients and do PE. supposed to read up alot this weekend but i forsee that will not happen cos my aunt, uncle and a little cousin (whom i've never met!!) is coming back from the states tonight at 12am! whee~ i'm so excited!! BUT have to read up on clinical skills and some other stuff, don't want to look like a blur case on monday :(

the nice surprise part....

it all started on a thursday evening, class was over so i went home..
then James called me..it went something like this:

James: Dear, i ask kajen to come to your house to pass something to you
me: Whats that?? faster tell me..
James: You wait and see la.
Me: why you ask kajen to come all the way to my house? I'm gonna see him in uni tmr morning anyway.don't trouble him laa
James: ok then..
me: what is it? can use one ar? can keep or not?
james: you can use it for 2-3 hours.
me: then after then how? can i keep the thing or need to throw away?
james: you can keep it but you can't keep it
me: HUH???
James: i need to go down now, dear. maybe i'll call you later, ok?

then i went down to eat my pasta (early dinner)

five minutes later, kajen and david lee appeared at my house and james called me..i was so flustered, looking for the house keys and scolding james over the phone for making kajen come all the way to pass me the "thing" so i open the door to let both of them in and kajen said the thing was in the car and asked me to follow him...so i went out...and
i saw JAMES STANDING OUTSIDE!!! OMG!!!!!
i was so shocked and stunned and speechless...
and i was whacking him non stop after that for all the "stories" he told me...there were some give away signs but i guess i wasn't sharp enough to pick it up and did not ponder much about it....
1. i asked him how he passed it to kajen, he said something about kajen's brother or something...he was actually mumbling some explanation but i didn't question more...
2. he actually told me his plans, the dates that he will be going to HK and when he is coming back. i was surprised he was telling me everything cos he was insistent that it would be a surprise....and then i was wondering if he would come to KL before going to HK. but i thought no further.....
3. and i was too occupied thinking about what that "thing" was (the "thing" was James. LOL)

very amusing indeed. what a pleasant surprise :) just what i needed after 2 weeks in seremban
we went out for dinner at jusco in seremban 2 with kajen, dejun and david..manhatten fish market..took some photos but its in dear's camera. i want the photossss!!!!

the sad part was that he had to leave before 10pm (another long story..) hence being able "to use him for 2-3 hours..."
sigh...happiness short-lived :(
can't wait to see you again, dear....

going to KLIA to pick them up soon. whee~ so excited!! :) :)

my first week in seremban. words words and more words...

Its so good to be home. home as in subang jaya. David said we were like being caged up in seremban, which i think is true :P
Went over to seremban on monday to settle down before classes start on tuesday. Mum stayed over with me for two nights. lots of getting used to. from cold showers to doing everything on my own, such a huge transition for me. Luckily I'm staying with three lovely girls and also my sister.
First week was orientation. basically listening to talks and briefings and all. And even on the first few days, got pretty worked out at times. after listening about what is expected of us and what were are supposed to do. wow. overwhelming.
have to think of so many things at the same time.
1. start thinking about elective/selectives eventhough its one year away and provided we pass sem7 exams.
2. CFCS- choosing a pateint with a chronic illness and doing house visit!!
3. research projects
4. tbl
5. IMS
6.csu sessions
7. ward work..
omg...its all TOO much. i was feeling so down and had the feeling that i can't possibly survive. sigh.
and on the very first day we had an assignment to do, an ethics tutorial and a 400 words comment to be passed up on monday.
i'm having palpitations just thinking about next monday when real classes will start. i feel like I'm not ready. i feel that my skills are not adequate and that i will not be able to cope. yeah, i know i should not think so negatively but i can't help it.
perhaps things will get better.
living away from home for the first time is kinda scary but i'm slowly adapting to it. it will take some time to adapt to all these new changes, phase two is totally different, we are expected to make such a huge transition. and we can't take too much time to adapt. i just hope things will be OK and that i will be able to do well in the next 2 1/2 years.
enough of ranting...now have to go and to stuffs.

tagged!!

A tag from Caryn! will do something fun first before my dreadful post on my first week in seremban >.<

1. At what age do you wish to marry?
i always thought 27-29 is the perfect age.

2. What is your most favourite thing to do?
depending on my mood. either (window)shopping, trying out good food in a nice restaurant or curling up with a really good storybook

3. If you have a close close close friend since childhood who loves to take away whatever youlike, including guys/girls, and he/she always wins, will you still consider him/her your friend?
no. of course not! what kind of Friend is that???

4. What would you give up in return to eat all you want in the world and not get fat?
oh, gosh, that sounds wonderful. but i don't know what to give up!! hehe, im so greedy

5. If you can have 1 dream to come true, what would it be?
To live happily ever after (not possible, i know)

6. Do you believe you can survive without money?
nope. nothing is free :P

7. What are you afraid to lose the most?
my loved ones

8. When was ur latest best moment?
def my taiwan trip!! i wanna go holidayyy

9. If there’s someone that you love, would you confess to him/her?
depends lo...

10. List out 3 good points of the person who tagged you.
1) very artistic
2) sweet
3) caring

11. What are the requirements that you wish from your other half?
must love me and accept me as who i am, flaws and all. must be able to understand me and complete me...

12. What is the thing that will make you think he/she is bad?
i have to agree with caryn on this...

13. What is your ambition?
ambition def: a cherished desire
To pass med school and be a good doctor

14. Is anyone really perfect?
definitely not

15. If you had a choice to be rich or happy, which one would you pick ?
be HAPPY!!

16. If you have a chance, which part of your character you would like to change?
My shyness

17. Who is the person that you can share all your problems with?
James and Bubu chu!!

18. If someone had found a path to immortality to be bestowed upon you in exchange for one ofyour abilities, would you take it, and what would you sacrifice for it?
nope, i don't want to live forever

19. What is the best thing that had happened in your life..
hard to choose the best. the best is yet to come...

jumbled up post-mum's bday,moving in n food...

this is my LAST post before semester six starts, before i go over to seremban...
its not as dramatic as it sounds, but i'm sure going to miss home. my bedroom, popo's cooking, the bunnies, ah-woo-woo..
but i can come back to home sweet home every weekend (initially at first, but we'll see how it goes..)
yesterday was mummy dearest's birthday, had a very nice dinner at a chinese restaurant with yummy fresh water fish and yam basket. yummy~ dinner was on my sister :)
and for dessert, durian cake from la manilla, since it was on promotion (rm51 instead of rm65)

Happy birthday mummy dearest. love youuu

food from the birthday dinner. too lazy to do a food post, no sufficient details

coconut!!
la-la. very yummy, esp the soup with a hint of wine.
the special dish that they had- yummy yam basket. it tastes as good as it looks :)
an assortment of beans stir fried in belacan

breakfast: pan mee in taipan, USJ. miss this pan mee!

then after that we went over to seremban to shift in some stuff and also the stuff from my sister's house. had to make a few trips to carry the BED! table, stockers, clothes, TV and the other stuff that accumulated for a year! so tiring.

so that i won't starve there. plus all the ingredients to make pasta.oatmeal for busy days when i'm rushing for time.
since the room is still kinda messy, i won't put up all the photos yet. just a preview :P


ooo. the stuff from my sis's house. soo many stuff!! o.O
and having nothing to do at one time, i snapped a photo of my pink flip flop with a bright flower. its from Taiwan.

for dinner, our usual haunt. TAIPING LANG! i have already done a food review.

it was so packed so had to wait about 20 minutes plus

the ee-ee. tang yuen. yummy

so...this is it. no more post till the weekend cos there is no Internet connection in the new house. have to get it soon. i'll blog about my first week in seremban and my orientation, till then..good bye..

what i have been doing...

its already Friday, time certainly flies when you're having fun..
what i have been doing over the past few days...

1. shopping for stuff for seremban. mostly small stuff , more formal clothes and groceries, cos my sister has most of the other stuff and my room is furnished

2. reading, ALOT. went to the MPH warehouse sale on thursday (the very first day of the sales) and bought so may books. 6 all together and only for less than 80 ringgit. recently i have been addicted to books written by Jodi Picoult. the very first book (and is the BEST book so far!) i read was nineteen minutes. it was truly a fantastic book. that started off the addiction :p
and so far i have read My sister's keeper, Mercy and I'm currently working on The pact, which is turning out to be really good. but no matter how good a book is, i still need a break from reading. anyway back to the MPH warehouse sale..its still on until september 1st..click here for more details. i got a Jodi picoult book (the tenth circle) for only rm15!! (plus another 30% on the very first day and for being a MPH card member) and a Nicholas spark book (the choice) and two cecelia ahern (love, rosie and a place called here) for the same price. a very good haul!! hehe. so happy.don't miss out on this sales!!

3. lunches and movies with my best buddies from high school, Yiu Ti and Alicia.
went to pyramid yesterday for lunch at Ole-ole bali (brings back fond memories during valentines when i came here with James) and a movie, WALL.E which i so totally LOVED. omg, everything about it was good. right from the opening short animation from PIXAR called PRESTO..well, the main reason was that it featured an adorable white bunny...so don't be late for the movie! even the cockroach (wall.e's pet) was so cute. storyline was Ok too. definitely a must watch movie. I quote The Star's movie review "only a person with a cold, cold heart would remain uncharmed by the adorable antics of the robots in this 3D animated film" and a generous 5 star rating. so there you go!

4. and of course blogging (and also blog-hopping) which explains the sudden influx of entries :P)

that's all for now...until my next post...