Sakai Cafe, Ipoh

On a whim, we decided to check out this cafe with a funny name in Bandar Baru Medan Ipoh.....Sakai Cafe. Erm....no customers when we walked in. Still too early for dinner, I suppose.......only 6 pm. The spaghetti in tomato sauce (chicken) is quite alright. The sauce is tasty and so are the chicken chunks. Same goes for the spaghetti in tomato sauce (seafood) although the seafood only consist of prawns and crabsticks. The spaghetti in cream sauce (seafood) is a bit too watery. Like eating spaghetti in soup. Flavour wise......not too bad. Meanwhile, the spaghetti in BBQ sauce (chicken) is good with the sauce carrying a hint of black pepper. Their mushroom soup is quite tasty too with pieces of mushroom floating around. The garlic bread.......yum, yum.......crispy and garlicky.
Sakai Cafe is an end lot located at Jalan Medan Ipoh 1, Bandar Baru Medan Ipoh opposite Festival Walk.

Spaghetti in tomato sauce (seafood)

Spaghetti in tomato sauce (chicken)

Spaghetti in cream sauce (seafood)

Spaghetti in BBQ sauce (chicken)

Mushroom soup

Garlic bread

Drinks in gigantic mugs

This place is not half complete.....don't misunderstand

Puppy For Adoption (Free) - An Update

This is an update on my previous blog of the same title dated 22 October 2012. Hazel, the puppy, has found a new home. Yesterday evening, even though it was raining quite hard, a very nice young man came to take her home and now Hazel has a loving family and 2 big sister poodles to keep her company. Here, Hazel's foster family would like to express their utmost gratitude and say a very, very big thank you to him for giving Hazel a good home. May God bless him and his family.

To all the animal rescuers in this world :
You are great people. Angels. Keep up the good work.
To all the people who adopt their pets from animal shelters :
A very big thank you for giving these animals a good home.

May God bless all of you and your families.

To all those who did one or more of the following :
1) abuse defenceless animals
2) abandon your pet for silly reasons like the pet is old or sick or when you are tired of them.
3) kill defenceless animals just because you think they are a nuisance (What if your children are a nuisance?)
Remember : For every cause, there is an effect. When it is payback time (and don't think payback only comes after your lifetime), remember what you did because the beings up there are looking and recording everything. Think of your family and descendants too.

Observations Of a Food Blob (9)

AES.....hmmmm.......lots of questions being asked but.......no clear answers being given. Why so vague???? For example :
1) What will happen if I run a red light because I want to make way for the ambulance/fire engine/police with sirens blaring behind me? How do I prove my innocence in cases like this?
2) What will happen when the moment I cross the line, the light turns orange and there is no way I can get across in 2 seconds? 2 seconds is very short only, you know. 1 2  This is how long 2 seconds is lah.
3) What should I do when I am approaching a set of traffic lights and the light is green?   a) Do I slow down to a crawl even though the light is still green?   b) Do I step on the accelerator in the hope that I can make it before the lights change?   c) Do I go at the normal speed and hit the brakes the moment the light turns orange when I reach the line and risk getting hit by the vehicle behind me?
What's so difficult with installing a countdown timer at the traffic lights together with the AES, hah?  They don't have countdown timer with the AES in Europe, so we also follow woh. Well then, why don't we follow Europe and change our weather to four seasons too? Everything also want to follow. From what I've witnessed so far, now there are a lot more close shaves and actual rear ending when the driver of the car in front hit the brakes because the lights suddenly change. These are not considered as accidents, ............?????? Installing a countdown timer with the AES would reduce this kind of incidences, no.
Somebody, please answer me........pleeeease. I fully support the AES at traffic light junctions if it works together with the countdown timer because it would more effective in preventing the kind of close shaves and rear ending that is happening more frequently these days. And...........I fully support the AES along highways and trunk roads if they can prevent speed maniacs from treating the public roads as race tracks. Why can't somebody listen to what others have to say, hah? Orrr........hmmmmm.........

Lorong 100 Tahun Curry Mee, Penang

On one of our trips to Penang, we decided to try out the famous Lorong 100 Tahun Curry Mee. Erm.....how shall I put it???? Let's just say, the curry mee is just not to any member of our group's taste and put a full stop to it right here. Perhaps we are not used to this kind of curry mee??? Comes as a bit of disappointment to us as we were not expecting something like this. After all.....it is very famous woh. It seems tasteless to us even though we heaped a whole load of the chilli paste onto it buut....one man's meat is another man's poison lor.

The curry mee

Bricks & Barrels Gastrobar & Beer Garden, Ipoh

In conjunction with Father's Day (I know, I know, it's long gone), we headed to Bricks & Barrels Gastrobar & Beer Garden for their Sunday BBQ Buffet Dinner. They use this over sized beer barrel for a table and so I find this quite uncomfortable. Nowhere to tuck my legs lah. Anyway, what's on the BBQ buffet line? Well, there's lamb chop with various kinds of marinate, pork chop, pork satay, kebabs, beef tenderloin, salmon, saba fish, prawns, clams, baby octopus (again, I say, it's not right to eat babies) pormodori clam spaghetti, roast pork fried rice, fried chicken, salad, meatballs, soup, fruits, etc, etc. Have to order drinks separately. Erm.....most of the food in the buffet line got the thumbs down from us. Either they are too chewy, too tough or tasteless. Perhaps, they didn't know how to "process" the food????? Orrr.....perhaps we are being too picky???? Aaand..... the place is dimly lit........could hardly see what I am eating - something which I don't like.
Bricks & Barrels Gastrobar & Beer Garden is located at Jalan Lau Ek Ching, Ipoh.

Part of the buffet line

Raspberry Fizzie and Orange Apple Juice

Meatballs, roast chicken wings, salad, etc

Mushroom Soup

Pormodori clam spaghetti, salmon and kebabs

A very rubbery baby octopus