Dolly Dim Sum – 20 February 2016

I had heard so much about Dolly Dim Sum, I decided to give it a try. This dim sum restaurant is halal and therefore pork-free and the premises is shared with Fresca Mexican Kitchen. Both restaurants are owned by the same owner and the owner decided to divide the place to accommodate 2 restaurants.

If you are expecting the waiter/ waitress to come by your table to serve a selection of dim sum, just like any other Chinese restaurants, you will be disappointed. You will have to place your own order on the provided menu slip by ticking what you want.

The menu cum order chit

Once you are done, you pass it to the waiter/waitress and they will go to the cashier to key in your order. We ordered the following:

Century Egg & Chicken Congee (RM9.70)

The congee also known as porridge was very ordinary. It was just ½ a century egg and a slice of chicken meat, mixed with the porridge together with slices of ginger.

Prawn Chee Cheong Fun (RM11.80)

The price you pay for this Prawn Chee Cheong Fun is on the high end. However, each sliced of the chee cheong fun contains prawn. It’s not like the one you have at the hawker’s store where sometimes there aren’t any prawns to be found. 

Golden Fried Chicken Wings (RM12.50)

This was available only during the festive Chinese New Year and there was nothing to shout about for the fried chicken wings, which came on top of sliced lettuce.  

The service in this restaurant was fast and the price range for the dim sum is on the high side compared to your local dim sum joints.

The ambience of the restaurant is nice with so many bird cages hanging on the ceiling. If you are having lunch, the restaurant’s window allows natural sun light to flow in. Parking is not a problem at Avenue K.

  

The details of the restaurant:

Fresca Mexican Kitchen & Dolly Dim Sum

Lot G9, Ground Floor

Avenue K, 156 Jalan Ampang

50450 Kuala Lumpur  

Tel: 03-2201 2893

Opens daily from 11am to 10pm

* Best to call to make a reservation as the restaurant is small and quite busy

Dinner in the Sky - 6 August 2015

From Dining in the Dark to Dinner in the Sky, I had to do it no matter what. What can I say, MY PASSION AND OBSESSION WITH HEIGHTS. It is not everyday you can eat your dinner by Hilton's finest chef from Germany, Chef Marc Fery, suspended in a platform, 50 metres (150 feet) above KL City skyline.

We were there an hour early and had to register ourselves. We were not allowed to choose our seats. Of course, I would very much like the seats where my back is facing the KLCC tower but we got the seats that are viewing the KLCC tower. Oh well........

We waited for more than an hour for our ride as there was a birthday dinner before ours. Our session was supposed to be 10pm. When the platform landed, they had to clean the place, make preparations and bring the ingredients onto the platform for the next dinner.

We were ushered to our seats based on our seat numbers and the crew fasten our seat belts. Then off we went at 10.45pm. We were given a brief introduction of what to do and not to do during take off.

We were then served a 5 course fine dining menu of:-

House-smoked duck breast with bean sprout salad 

with 'Hoisin' vinaigrette and passionfruit drops

 Tomato soup infused with double-pressed virgin olive oil, 

mini herb focaccia and Irish Kelly Galway oyster 

and homemade Yuzu caviar (my favourite)

 Miso black cod, Thai asparagus with poached Daikon

  Braised Wagyu Beef Cheek, caramelized red onion,

carrot and green pea puree

 Crunchy hazelnut and chocolate cake with exotic gel.

VERDICT: It is certainly worth your $$ to have the dinner and to be at the platform. The experience is breathtaking and amazing and something you will never forget in a lifetime.

Will I do it AGAIN? YES, if somebody is willing to sponsor me a ticket to ride. The ticket was RM599.00 per person.

Check out the pictures below:

All ready to go on board

Our menu for the night

Pay extra for drinks

All getting ready to serve

So high up

Picture with the chef

We enjoyed the night

Malaysia Women Marathon (MWM) Run 2016

• 6 March 2016
• Dataran Kemerdekaan, Shah Alam    
• Flagged off at:-

4.00a.m. for full marathon

5.30a.m. for half marathon

6.30a.m. for 10km

7.30a.m. for 5km.

• Price – RM58.00
• Race Pack – Fluorescent pink t-shirt, race guide booklet and registration bib
• Goodies – Medal, Lucozade isotonic drink, 2 bottles of Dove shampoo, Activ 7 Sculptor Gel and KT Tape

This was my second 10km run and I was given a running chip. If I remembered correctly, the qualifying time was 2 hours 15 minutes for 10 km run. Kim, Grace and I left home at 5.15a.m. (picked up by Kim’s colleague, Connie on the way) and arrived at the Dataran Kemerdekaan Shah Alam at 5.50am. We parked at the housing area near the venue and went straight to the event area and while waiting for the run to start, we did light exercises as a warm-up.  

Rinnie, Anne, Virginie and I were quite near the front at the starting line. After running for 4.5km, we arrived at our 1^st water station. The organiser served mineral water. I started to slow down as I felt  a sudden chill. The more I ran, the colder I got. I then began to walk as I was unable to run any more and was very disappointed in myself.

I continued to walk fast, run a bit and I eventually came to the 2^nd water station at 6.5km. There were portable toilets but I refused to use them as I thought I could still complete the run without going.

I remembered passing by a fire station and I wanted to ask those firemen standing outside to allow me to use their toilet but didn’t dare to do so.

Along, the run, there were guys and girls cheering us, asking us to run. One of the guy in tutu even handed out candy. Even though I was suffering, I decided to pop one into my mouth.

Upon reaching 8km and the 3^rd water station, I really had to go to the toilet. I wasn't sure, which one was clean, so decided to choose the middle toilet and surprisingly it was clean. I was inside the toilet for approximately 10 minutes and I know, I had wasted precious time.

I came out from the toilet and I knew I had to catch up. I was able to run again and finished it. On the way to the finishing line, the firemen that were at the side sprayed water at all the runners to give us a boost. The official time for me was 1 hour 42 minutes and 22 seconds. It wasn’t my personal best and I knew I was able to run better. Later I was informed by Kim that the actual run was 10.5km and not 10 km!!!! Holy S#*t!!!

 Firemen having so much fun spraying water at the runners

Upon arrival, we were given an isotonic drink and  asked to queue for our medals. After collecting our medals we had to queue again to pick up our goody bag. Rinnie and Anne saw me and I told them what happened to me and they saw my goose bumps. I was still shivering a little bit and not feeling that good.

I went to the side of the main stage and I saw my Milo van. I went and queued up for 2 cups of Milo. There were so many stores selling their merchandise but I wasn’t particularly keen to look at them.

My favourite Milo van

I did not see the bananas there.......

The organiser was also distributing roses.

Help yourself to the flowers

Before leaving the place, I went and collect my bread.

Of course there were prizes for the runners (cash prizes for top 3 runners of each categories) and lucky draw prizes. I did not sit around to listen for my number to be called and decided to leave.  

Prize giving ceremony

After drinking, resting and photo sessions, we left at 8.40am.

It was a straight run and I could have run well. Perhaps, better luck next time. I must say, it’s a very well organised run.   

Check out the pictures below:-

The medal. Was it worth it?

For further details, go to https://mwmarathon.socxs.com/Raceinformation