Lake Mary, Florida Part III

Awesome Friday...Lunchtime at Hooters



and Dinner at a Vietnamese restaurant in Orlando...

Summer rolls


Vegetables

Tom-yam like noodle called "Bun Thai"

And the fearful drink for most westerners...

The durian drink

After the drink, I tried very hard not to burp or they will detain me for creating a weapon of mass destruction...

"Unusual" rice @ Giant, Senawang

For your information, the hotplate stall in the food court at the Senawang Giant supermarket got an interesting dish...I called it "Boob Rice with chicken mushroom gravy"..(Not trying to be a sexist or what-so-ever here...just sharing some interesting stuff..)

Check it out...

Purple Dessert....

Mum bought some "god knows what" back and prepared a purplish dessert. It has the texture and taste of a combination of sweet potato and yam..

And hence it is known as "sweet potato yam", a name given by my aunt....

After a search on Google, the dessert is made of this...

Peruvian Purple potatoes...

Dinner at Jogoya...

Jogoya is one of my few favourite dining places in KL..reason? The restaurant serves up to 200 types of dishes and desserts (that's what they claimed), nice ambient for dining and most importantly, an endless supply of awesome food, yes endless. It is a buffet restaurant which you can eat all the sushi's, spring rolls, abalones, satays, Häagen-Dazs ice creams..etc to your hearts content ...

Sushi platter

My first stop whenever I go the restaurant is the sushi bar. They have most of the sushis and sashimis found in a typical Japanese restaurant, salmon, tuna, kaviar, maki rolls, you name it....except the big, fat juicy toros (tuna belly, which they won't serve it due to the price of toro...) Too bad for me and lucky for them... otherwise I would have finished all their supplies...(I ended up whacking their raw abalone cubes instead ...can't remember the amount I have taken, maybe half of what they have that night?)

Sukiyaki with scallops, beef, chicken and other stuff

Next, we had sukiyaki (steam boat dish ) with beef, chicken, scallops and some vegetables...and....the meat platter

Meat platter

I love this combination...Lamb chops, satays and loads and loads of abalones, both raw and fried...(since you have no tuna belly... I shall eat all your abalones!!!). I was anticipating the juicy steam cod fish (which i had before) but it wasn't available that night..(maybe they took it off the menu knowing I would be there that night...son of a b***h..therefore I shall continue to whack the abalones....)

As for drinks, we had tea (imagine a scene where 3 teenagers having chinese tea like the elders..), tonnes of coconuts and AK-47 (me only...due to it's violent nature..and I love violence...nice pairing right?)

Fresh coconut and AK-47

I can't get enough of the ever refreshing coconuts...damn. It's nice and soothing after a fiery wasabi in the mouth. AK-47 is an alcoholic drink which I kinda love it and hate it..The taste is somewhat odd...All I can say about the drink is .....Bullet in the mouth!!!

Desserts....

And lastly, the mouth watering desserts. Puddings and cakes...We didn't manage to get some shots of the Haagen-Daaz ice creams as we finished them the moment we got them (It's Haagen-daaz..not Walls)..and we were busy tasting the puddings and cakes too....while enjoying the coconuts and engaging in some I-can't-remember-what-we-talked-about ocnversation..(must be the after effect of AK-47...)...

The work by Yvonne...

Lastly, thanks to Yvonne for the wonderful photos....I had my hands and mouth full...

Lunch @ Sushi King...

Sushi King, a Japanese Restaurant caters for the taste of the local Malaysians. They are different types of sushis available, ranging from the traditional raw salmon sushis to Ayam Brand's tuna sushi and roasted chicken sushis (for those who can't take raw salmons or any other raw stuff).

egg mayo sushi & salmon sushi

maki & sweet tofu skin sushi

sushis & japanese curry pancake

Manpuku desu.......

OMG, I am going to quit Coke...

Redirected from BBC uk....

Excessive cola consumption can lead to anything from mild weakness to profound muscle paralysis, doctors are warning.

This is because the drink can cause blood potassium to drop dangerously low, they report in the International Journal of Clinical Practice.

They tell of the curious case of an Australian ostrich farmer who needed emergency care for lung paralysis after drinking 4-10 litres of cola a day.

He made a full recovery and was advised to curtail his cola drinking.

Another example included a pregnant woman who regularly consumed up to three litres a day for the last six years and complained of tiredness, appetite loss and persistent vomiting.

A heart trace revealed she had an irregular heartbeat, most likely caused by her low blood potassium levels.

Once she stopped drinking so much cola, she made a full and uneventful recovery.

The investigators believe these cases are not atypical and that many people risk problems due to their intake.

Manufacturers insist the products are safe when consumed in moderation.

In a commentary, Dr Clifford Packer from the Louis Stokes Cleveland VA Medical Centre in Ohio said: "We have every reason to think that it is not rare.

"With aggressive mass marketing, super-sizing of soft drinks, and the effects of caffeine tolerance and dependence, there is very little doubt that tens of millions of people in industrialised countries drink at least 2-3 l of cola per day.

"It follows that the serum potassium levels of these heavy cola drinkers are dropping, in some cases, to dangerous low levels."

Moderation

The author of the research paper, Dr Moses Elisaf from the University of Ioannina in Greece, said it appeared that hypokalaemia can be caused by excessive consumption of three of the most common ingredients in cola drinks - glucose, fructose and caffeine.

"The individual role of each of these ingredients in the pathophysiology of cola-induced hypokalaemia has not been determined and may vary in different patients.

"However in most of the cases we looked at for our review, caffeine intoxication was thought to play the most important role.

"This has been borne out by case studies that focus on other products that contain high levels of caffeine but no glucose or fructose."

Despite this, he warned that caffeine free cola products could also cause hypokalaemia because the fructose they contain can cause diarrhoea.

"We believe that further studies are needed to establish how much is too much when it comes to the daily consumption of cola drinks."

Excessive consumption has already been linked with obesity, diabetes and tooth and bone problems.

A spokeswoman from the British Soft Drinks Association said: "The examples used in this paper by the IJCP are all very extreme cases - moderate consumption of cola drinks is completely safe and people can continue to enjoy such drinks as part of a balanced diet and active lifestyle.

"The soft drinks industry is committed to encouraging responsible consumption of all its products. Nutrition labelling is included on pack so people can make an informed choice about the products they are drinking."

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source: bbc uk

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Yuzu @ The Gardens

It's been a while since I had any Japanese food, and the Japanese show on Youtube made me craved for them even more...So i decided to travel around The Gardens Mall to check out the Japanese restaurants there, hoping to find a new, decent restaurant...(I always like to try out new places...)

Though there are a number of Japanese restaurants /bars/stalls around the place, most of them (the usual/chain Sushi Sanmai, Sushi Zen..etc) are so crowded that customers have to queue to get a table...and the queue was long!

I wandered for a while to find a quieter place to enjoy my meal, and I stumbled upon Yuzu on the 3rd floor. I looked around the restaurant, (settings and environment) it was dark, quiet and cozy, just the way i like it...so I thought, why not give this one a try....

I walked inside and was greeted by Indonesian workers who speak poor Nihongo...One of them then gave me the menu and served me with green tea...

Dark and cozy environment

Here's a list of what I've ordered:

chawan mushi n "special" raw salmon sushi

chawan mushi...the texture is just nice..too bad not much stuff is inside...one small piece of chicken, a slice of scallop, a slice of carrot and a small prawn...(Where is my citrus??)

"special" raw salmon sushi

"special" raw salmon sushi close up

The salmon sushi was decent. I like the fried seaweed that comes along with the sushi.

toro sushi

Toro (fat tuna belly) sushi, an item not on the menu, i specifically asked for it....(they only have the "chopped toro" sushi..). I call it, the "Hidden Sushi"....

This is one thing I was looking forward to.... the tuna belly..but as the saying goes, "the higher hopes you have, the higher disappoinment you'll get" (Don't know if i am using the correct one..oh well..)... The stingy chef gave me the toro thinner than the popiah skin.....

toro sushi close up

king tiger prawn maki...

Name is impressive but not the prawn ....the prawn is smaller than a new born baby's d**k...I was really disappointed with that...Thankfully, the prawn is really good..and that gave me some comfort...

Last note about the meal: One thing that I wasn't really satisfied with the sushis served is that the sushis were poorly made..(though the taste is decent)..And how do i know that? Well, the sushis crumble into pieces the moment i pick them up...what kind of sushi is that??????

Author's recommendation: There are other places that serve better sushi than this one, but for those who want to try Sukiyaki (Japanese Steamboat), or Japanese steak/beef dishes you can give it a try....

Dinner at Tarbush...Dessert at Baskin Robbins....

Last month, me and my 2 friends (all 3 of us had our birthday April but could not celebrate due to the Dissertation submission) decided to treat ourselves a nice dinner in Starhill. Our initial choice was Jogoya, the japanese buffet restaurant but for some reason the restaurant is packed..damn..I want those unagis and sashimis...We had no choice but to look for another place for dinner...and we got into Tarbush...

Tarbush, an arabic themed restaurant

The restaurant features a cozy environment for a fine dinner. I enjoy the dark atmosphere as it really made me feel like home..The service in the restaurant are decent, the waiters are polite and are always seen smiling...public servants behind the counter should learn from them..seriously. The weird thing that i noticed is there were many waiters/waitress walking pass our tables every minute...why? Because i am too good looking and they want to get a glimpse of me?? And we were served by 3-4 different waiters...hehehe

And no...i don't feel quilty of what i said about my appearance...

Ahmed, who visited the restaurant before, recommeded some food for us..which includes:

some very sour thingy...

samosa...

shish kebab

meat platter

The food are nice, just that it's not satisfying as the portion are relatively small....well..for me. We had to stuff ouselves with the lebanese bread to get oursleves...ok..me...full..

After that, we went from Starhill (where Tarbush is located) to Pavillion for a stroll and ended up at Baskin Robbins...

Chocolate chips and waffle double scoop ice-cream

Banana Boat


2 crazy guys....

Note: Me not posting much lately due to exam period...will post more stuff and redesign the layout of me blog soon....in the summer....