Sushi Zanmai at 1 Utama

Last Sunday, Yap Can Fly and his personal financial consultant (PFC) had went to 1 Utama for a late dinner. While walking and unable to decide which restaurant to settle down, I purposely we accidentally bump into this Japanese restaurant - Sushi Zanmai.

This restaurant has been in 1 Utama for quite sometime and somehow never cross our mind dines in the restaurant due to the following reasons:

1) Long queue to be seated

2) The food might be expensive

3) No concrete reason for us to celebrate in this fancy restaurant

But this time, we go there to celebrate PFC on passing her exam. It's 8:45PM yet the restaurant is full house, and people still queuing out there waiting for their turn. After waited for about 15 minutes, we finally step in the restaurant.

I know PFC is extremely hungry, after placing our order, immediately I took one sushi plate from the conveyor belt as to fill up our stomach before our order arrive. But before I'm able to setup my camera to take the shot...

California Maki: "Where is my partner?!"

Yes... Cali Maki sushi's partner has been eaten by PFC, but I was able to search the picture from the menu, and this is how it should be looks like

California Maki

After 10 minutes, our food arrived. PFC has ordered this

Egg Poach Ramen (forgot it's real name): "Don't eat me :("

And Yap Can Fly have ordered this

Jo Unajyu: "I think I'll be safe with Yap Can Fly"

The Jo Unajyu tastes not much different from other Japanese restaurant. But what draw our attention most is the Ramen, the Nametake mushrooms are too cute to be eaten :p

For any readers here who would like to dine at Sushi Zanmai, do check out their website for any promotion.

Now come to the Yap Can Fly's Ho Jiak Meter! The overall rating for the foods on above will be...

Not bad at all, 3 Sibeh in total! Omedetou!

Outside view of the restaurant

(went home in a rush, not in time to snap a photo and this is the best drawing Yap Can Fly can come up with)

Address:

SK9a, Second Floor Highstreet,

1 Utama Shopping Center,

No 1, Lebuh Bandar Utama,

Bandar Utama Damansara,

47800 PJ.

GPS Position:

Latitude: 3.151

Longitude: 101.615

Road to Standard Chartered Singapore Marathon 2009 - Part 3

Part 3 - The Battle of Oranges

After my 'extensive' training (3 weeks) since getting the Adidas Shamiso, there is adrenaline rush to participate in the road race to testify my training result... and then I came across this race

But Yap Can Fly can only non-stop focusing here, because that words keep shouting at me

FREE ENTRY: "OMG!!"

BHPetrol's Orange Run has been organized for the past few years, and the best thing of it, it's FREE! No registration fee required, perfectly compliance with Yap Can Fly's budgeted (kiam siap) sport criteria. On this year (2009), the race route has been slightly changed, and extended to 11km, compared with year 2008 where the distance of the race was 9km.

The race start/end point was at Piazza, The Curve shoppping mall, Mutiara Damansara, PJ. Young and old, everyone had gathered there to join the excitement of the run. From the beginning of the race, I have been keeping my pace for the first 2km, enjoying the fun of passing other runners, till then... My ass was being whooped by those secondary school boys, and even girls! And the best part of it, they run with bare foot! I was wondering how on earth these peoples can run for 11km just with bare foot, not even wearing a Kiki Lala shoes...

But in Yap Can Fly's humble opinion, it's a must to wear running shoes during any road race, because you might not aware of what you will be stepping on during the race. For example

With a doggy do here

And a cat poop there

Here a poop, there a poop

Everywhere a poop poop

Old MacDonald had a farm

Ee I Ee I O

I finished the race at 1hour 18minutes 29seconds (based on gun time), which considered ahem... 'OK' I guess... as for a noob runner like Yap Can Fly...

Pork Noodle at Taman Overseas Union Garden (OUG)

What will be your breakfast for the start of the day?

Toast bread? Cereals? Or just skip your breakfast?

Well, Yap Can Fly would like to recommend you one of his favorite breaksfasts of all time, the pork noodle at Taman OUG. Behold... the yummy pork noodle...

Pork Noodle: "Hi everyone, I'm the pork noodle."

Pork noodle soup

The way of the pork noodle presented is deceiving, it's simple and with not much decoration, yet it tastes holy delicious. They served with mee, beehun, kuey tiao, mee sua or combo. And you can have them to prepare it dry (where soup will be served separately) or with soup.

So, what are the ingrediants in the holy delicious soup? Minced pork, thinly sliced pork meat, fried pork fat, pork intestine, prawn, squids, sea clams, china chye sim and fried garlic.

You will also get the perfectly marinated minced pork in dry version of the pork noodle.

Pork noodle with the F&N authentic 3 layer tea

Above is the complete set of breakfast which gives Yap Can Fly a kicking ass start to the day, by lying down on the bed, sleeping on a full stomach...

But you all might be wonder how delicious is this pork noodle right? Ladies and gentlemen, introducing Yap Can Fly's Ho Jiak (meaning: delicious) Meter

Yap Can Fly would like to rate the pork noodle with... ... Tadaa!!!

Congratulation pork noodle, you earn 4 Sibeh (meaning: very) from Yap Can Fly, kiong hee kiong hee (meaning: congratulation)!

And to the readers here, Yap Can Fly would like to say:

"This pork noodle sibeh sibeh sibeh sibeh ho jiak ah!"

(Translate: This pork noodle is very very very very delicious ah!)

Pork Noodle: "Thank you Yap Can Fly!"

Outside view of the restaurant

Address:

Restaurant San Sea

Jalan Hujan Emas 5,

Overseas Union Garden (OUG)

GPS Position:

Latitude: 3.073

Longitude: 101.673