Live, Love, Feel, Grow

My first full weekend in KL, Malaysia continues with a Saturday night dinner at Tenji…food heaven for those who not only love to eat, but love to eat LOTS! It’s an all you can eat buffet with stations of Japanese, Chinese, and Western food. Words can’t even begin to describe the amount and types of food served there. I loved everything from the fresh coconut drinks, to the oysters, sashimi, baked escargots, grilled/steamed/you-name-it fish, herbal soups, fresh crabs, and oodles of desserts…i think just writing all this is making me hungry!

Check out this site for some pics of Tenji:

http://food.malaysiamostwanted.com/venues/tenji-japanese-buffet-sohokl

After a glorious food fest, the night continued on with drinks and entertainment at the Zeta bar located in Hilton Hotel. The bar itself is pretty typical, with 1 bar, a few booths which were all booked out already when we got there, 1 tall ‘island’ table in the middle of the bar,  and an elevated stage with a bit of dance room up front. While the bar itself is typical in my opinion, over priced drinks and the place is filled with your usual expats and local chickees (typical of an expat bar ), I liked the live band that was playing on stage. A mix of 80’s, punk rock, hip hop, ‘ghostbusters’, ACDC, boy george, MJ hits, etc…with each set having the band members go through various costume changes to mimic the actual artists, it was overall entertaining and I had fun. Hey…good peeps, drinks, live band, and a new city for my adventures…what’s not to love?

Friday night – after a long day of work, I headed out to Bhangsa One (just told the taxi driver Bhangsa One, and it was all good), a street lined with a plethora of foreign cuisine restaurants where all the restaurant buildings are bungalows. For dinner, Yen and I ended up at Cungdinh Vietnam restaurant. Sat upstairs on their outside porch and had the best tasting vietnamese food i’ve had in a while! Totally recommend this spot for those of you looking for good eats in this area.

Now for the foodie in me, below is what I can re-call us having and we loved every dish…

Cungdinh Vietnam Restaurant:
1. beef wrapped in betel leaf – we made our own rice paper wraps of mint, lettucde and the beef wrap…YUM!
2. Tiger Prawns grilled with rice wine
3. Grilled Chicken
4. Chicken ‘kabob’ wrapped around sugar cane, grilled

Check out their website: http://www.cungdinh.com/

Love It!!!

Yep, this site needs a serious re-vamp… as usual it’s been a long time since my last entry. Oct 5th, after 2 years and 10 months in Melbourne, Australia…I’ve left a country that I’ve come to know and love and am now in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

First true week of mentally realizing I’ve left Australia and am in a totally new environment and country. My thoughts?…wow, i forgot what working in Asia is like, and how different it can be. And…i now miss both US AND Australia!