Delicious Thai food @ My Elephant

I've been to My Elephant many times, but never got the chance to blog about it. Why? Because usually I go there around late evening, and hence the pictures came out too dark. So this time we were there at 6pm, lucky the sky is still bright. :)

I would highly recommend this place to those who loves Thai food! This place never disappoints me, am very glad they still keep their standards.

E for Elephant.

Friendly staffs! This place gets busy around 7pm on weekends. So, I suggest that you make reservations if you plan to dine here on weekends.

Kai Jiao Ho Mok RM13
Special egg omelette with fish otak-otak
I could smell the omelette before it arrived at my table. Delicious and aromatic dish!

Goong Tod Gratian Prik Thai RM18
Deep fried prawns with garlic and thai peppercorn.
Crispy golden brown prawns, taste good.

Tom Ka

Our favourite soup we never failed to order each visit. Semi sweet galangal-lemongrass soup with aromatic herbs and coconut milk with chicken! Yummieeelicious! Spot the big bowl of brown rice?? RM6. The fragrant rice definitely works well with Tom Ka, and we usually never get enuff of rice to go with it. :P

Refreshing drinks on a hot day! Ahhhhhh....

Address:

Block C-G4 Happy Mansion
Section 17/13
46400 Petaling Jaya
Business Hours: Tuesday to Sunday (except Sunday lunch)
Lunch: 12.00 p.m. - 2.30 p.m.
Dinner: 6.00 p.m. - 10.00 p.m.
010-2201283
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Vietnamese cuisine -Sao Nam

"While Vietnamese food has long been appreciated in France, the former colonial power, U.S. residents are only beginning to discover its many fine features. Vietnamese chefs like to refer to their cooking as "the nouvelle cuisine of Asia." And indeed, with the heavy reliance on rice, wheat and legumes, abundance of fresh herbs and vegetables, minimal use of oil, and treatment of meat as a condiment rather than a main course, Vietnamese food has to be among the healthiest on the planet. " - History of Vietnamese Food.

Another weekend grocery shopping in Jaya Grocer @ Empire. We ended up trying the newly opened Sao Nam. The first time I tried at the other branch in Hartamas, heard they have closed down and moved here.

Statue of Ho Chi Minh

Lotus fragrant tea, my 2nd favourite tea. Simply love the smell and taste of it.

Red Noodle ( Cao lau pho xua < Hoi An) - RM18

A Hanoi dish, passed down from the Imperial court of Vietnam. Dry flat noodle (hor fun type) topped with mince prawns, chicken and crushed sesame crackers. Yummy... and it comes with a bowl of prawn soup, should be taken after every mouthful of noodles. Quite an interesting dish, and am pretty happie that the ingredients are very fresh that made this a superb dish! Beef salad noodle RM18

Beef with thin rice vermicelli and topped with chopped spring onions. My Mr had this, he is very particular with the texture and taste of the beef. This turns out well for him, as the beef is tender and blends all well together.

Caramel custards in pumpkin (Banh Flan Bi ) RM18

We can't help to order this as our dessert. Actually we were so full in the stomach, but our eyes keep seeing every table has this pumpkin dessert and our greedy minds can't stop telling us to try it. Though is a bit pricey, but worth the try. Silky smooth texture, rich and milky caramel blends well with the pumpkin taste.

Restaurant Sao Nam
Empire Shopping Gallery
Imperial Vietnamese Cuisine
Jalan 16/1, SS16,
47500 Subang Jaya,
Selangor
03-21441225

Herbal Jelly @ SS2

After reading Estica Loves Food blog on this particular herbal jelly shop. I decided to go try their herbal jelly. She was right about this place! Restaurant Choong Kok Wah Tua Guan serves quality herbal jelly and other chinese herb drinks.

A humble-looking shop in SS2, same row as 99 speedmart.

A glimpse of the menu.

Wild Ginseng and Snow Frog RM5
We thought we might not taste the ginseng, but we were wrong. Very worth it for such price, they were not stingy on the snow frogs. Refreshing!

Normal herbal jelly RM5
The texture is smooth, strong taste of herbal jelly compare to the one I've frequented.
Do not worry on the bitterness, they give you a pot of honey on the side. :)

Choong Kok Hua Tua Guan 中国华佗馆
Address: 13, Jalan SS2/55, 47300 Petaling Jaya.

Milwaukee Steak House @ USJ19 City Mall

My 2nd visit to Milwaukee Steak House @ USJ 19 City Mall. I didn't blog about it the first time, so I'll do it now. This steak house usually packed during dinner hour, and its renowned for serving the best steak in town with affordable price. The owner Mr Choo had opened 3 Choo had opened three outlets, in Kepong, KLCC, and the Petaling Jaya Harley Davidson showroom. The headquarters was at Belakong.

Milwaukee style of decor and decorated the walls and interior with Harley Davidson pictures and memorabilia.

Colorful stained glass hanging light.

Oriental Chicken Chop, nicely cooked, crispy on the outer part and the side dishes is good too. My frend comented this dish was good and satisfying.

Another frend who ordered this dish. I've forgotten the exact name, think is roasted chicken wing. Her rating for this dish was just so so.

Am having the yummy Chicken Cordon Bleu!! The best dishes out of 3!

Check out the inner fillings with oozing melting cheese and ham!

Very satisfying meal for me!

The best fresh orange juice I've ever had! Worth-your-money fruit juice served here! Only RM6, am sure it takes many oranges to make this one glass.

Milwaukee Steak House
G18, USJ19 City Mall,
Jalan Persiaran Kewajipan,
47620 Subang Jaya
Selangor
03- 80239803

Color lenses

I have been wearing color lenses for almost half a year. So this post is about my experience with color lenses.

Geo 2 Tone Nudy Grey
Code: CH625

Natural grey color with a hint of light blue under the sunlight. Unfortunately, this picture didn't show that. It has enlarging effect on my eyes, and comfortable too. Natural for daily wear.

Princess Nudy Violet

It was uncomfortable, and sting my eyes when first time wearing them. So, I removed them and soak with my solution for a nite before wearing them. After that, no irration occur. This lenses made my eyes super huge, as the diameter is 14.7mm. I reckon that the violet color is too striking under bright daylight. So I prefer wearing them at evening/night, when they don't look so violet but brownish in color.

Honey Wing Series
OL104 - Ash wing

This lenses are grey in color with a thick black outer rim, so it makes the pupil more prominent. Inside the rim, it has a hint of blue greenish color under different daylight. It's pretty fun to wear this lens, as the color differs under different light. This is my most favourite comfy color lense. In this picture, I added falsies to compliments the lenses, top with Coffret D'or shimmer green eye shadows. Oh, isn't my brows pretty and neat? I had them style at Shu Uemura counter! :)

There is one more color lens which is honey color (OL103) from Honey wing series, which I've forgotten to snap picture in it. It didnt make much difference on my eyes, coz it has the same color as my eyes. So my next buy, I will only pick color lens which differs from my original eye color.

I bought my color lenses from these 2 blogs: Miss Lens and Classic Geo Lens

Kao Brand - Liese Bubble Hair Dye

Am sure you have come across this advert on TV. This surely caught my eyes.

DIY hair due now is easy and fun with bubbles!

LIESE (pronounced as “lee-zay”) is the No.1 Styling Brand in Japan!

I just bought another Liese Hair dye color from SASA @ Curve yesterday. They're having promotion now, it's RM37.80, not much different from the normal price which is RM38, but it came with a FREE polka dots cape!!!

Instructions on how to use on the back of the packaging.

Isn't it pretty? It looks like the one in the Liese advert. :)

In the past I have bought 2 Liese hair dye, including Casis Berry and Chestnut Brown color and now the most recent Ash Brown and Liese Juicy Hair Shower. Mind u, the bubble hair dye might not able to cover silver hair.

Juicy hair shower - RM31.80
Smells like berry mist!!

Liese Juicy Shower is a natural berry shower mist that gives hair a quick boost of moisture anytime, anywhere. It is uniquely formulated with raspberry extract to instantly quench dry, rough, and damaged hair and smoothen all frizziness. Hair will become smoother and softer over time with HBT (Hair Beautifying Techonology). The refreshing berry scented water-base spray invigorates senses with every spray while enabling a fuss-free quick fix to the hair.

Louis Vuitton Trunks and Toys

Top luxury brand Louis Vuitton is holding a Trunks and Toys Exhibition with pieces from its musuem in Paris. Rare LV trunks and some antique toys from the Vuitton's personal collection were shipped from Paris to Manila (the last-stop exhibition in July) and now Gardens @ Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur from 2nd - 17th Oct 2010.

The exhibition also brought in several poetic images by Jean Larivière, the legendary French photographer commissioned by Louis Vuitton for brand’s catalogue in 1978.

Bed Trunk circa 1885

Ostrich and Cart circa 1889

1930 Porter

Gentleman’s Leather Courrier circa 1900

Closer look of this beautiful vintage trunk! Lurve!

Monogrammed Cabin Trunk circa 1914

Am in lurve with LV trunks than handbags!! Can I take home these?? :P
Took these pictures after a late nite movie in Mid Valley.
Go catch the exhibition and check out the newly opened LV shop at Ground floor,
Gardens @ Mid Valley, Kuala Lumpur.