Food & Drink, My Personal

All Lovely and Sweet at Romantic Cafe, La Vie De Rêve

💕💕💕 Love is in the air in La Vie De Rêve!

This new Parisian-inspired café in Avenue K, Kuala Lumpur offers an array of pastries and desserts; an irresistible selection that caters to everyone with our winning recipe of taste, presentation and quality using the freshest and finest ingredients.

Satisfy your sweet craving with the variety of desserts, cakes, macarons and buns they offer; and complement it with a cup of aromatic coffee, tea or juice. Also in the menu are their all-day-breakfast options like Smoky Saumon and La Vie Classic.

Among their desserts and pastries they offer are:
Petit Four : Sour Sour, Tresor, Carmen, La Vie, Chouchou, Bisous Bisous, Noix De Coco, Merci Beaucop
Macaron : Yuzu, Vanilla, Passion Fruit, Earl Grey, Raspberry, Brown Chocolate, Lime, Pistachio
Bon Bon : The Arch, Louvre, Eiffel, Jean Paul, Opera, Saint-German
Choco Slap : Valentino, La Fayette

This is indeed the latest spot in town perfect for a lovely date with your significant loved one. The deco and ambiance really made me felt like I am in Paris. Definitely an insta-worthy spot.

La Vie De Rêve also offers a luxury and leisurely afternoon affairs with our signature afternoon tea set. If you are all set for a lovey-dovey afternoon or evening, you won’t want to miss this one.

📍La Vie De Rêve
G06-A, Avenue K Shopping Mall, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur City Centre, 50450 Kuala Lumpur.
⏰ 9am – 10pm (Monday-Sunday)
IG: https://www.instagram.com/laviederevegifts/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/laviederevegifts/

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Food & Drink

Best Place for Authentic Asam Pedas Johor and Melaka at Kantin Asam Pedas

Just discovered this place for makan-makan where it feels so nostalgic and homey. If you are a fan of authentic traditional Malay cuisine, you will definitely like it here.

@kantinasampedas, located at the ground level of Residensi Bistari, Taman Ukay Bistari, serves variety of flavourful asam pedas dishes, specifically the Johor and Melaka styles. ❤️Interesting fact: The owner (husband) is from Johor while the wife (Kak Lin) is from Melaka. Hence, their food is really authentic. Cukup rasa!

You will sure love their mouthwatering Asam Pedas Kepala Ikan, Asam Pedas Ikan Merah, Asam Pedas Telur Mayung, Asam Pedas Tetel, Bawal Goreng dan macam-macam lagi! I love these with white rice. Tambah nasi lagi! Perrgghh!

Oh! Never forget to try their Cekodok too. Crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside. Marvellous! 👌🏼 Makan sahaja tak cukup, tapao lagi!

On Fridays, they give out free dessert too like that day I went, got bubur kacang hijau.

I love the ambience here. Very nostalgic kampung feel. Instantly brought me back to my childhood days. The walls are decorated with so many classical items like old handphones, cigarette boxes, posters and many more.

Do come and try these delicious asam pedas dishes and let me know if you love it!

📍Kantin Asam Pedas
E-G-14 Residensi Bistari,
Taman Ukay Bistari,
68000 Ampang, Selangor
🕛 11AM – 4:30PM (Monday closed)

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Food & Drink, Health & Wellness, Lifestyle

Get Your Healthy Clean Food from Ngam Ngam Neighbourhood in Lalaport BBCC

I always make sure my nutrients are in check, having a healthy & balanced diet with ngam ngam portion. The newly opened, Ngam Ngam Neighbourhood that is located on the 3rd Floor of Lalaport Bukit Bintang City Centre does just that by serving healthy food with a twist of local flavour.

What’s Ngam Ngam?
“Ngam” means “Just right” or “Suitable” in the Cantonese dialect. With this, the founder wishes that everyone can get the right amount of nutrients to fulfill their daily diet necessities to maintain a healthy lifestyle at affordable price. Isn’t this cute?

I was invited to attend its grand opening on 10 July 2022 and boy did I enjoy the party! We started off with a meal. I chose the Salmon Set and Shrimp Set. Delicious healthy meals, great to replenish energy and protein especially after working out. They have other sets too like Chicken Set and Unagi Set. Vegetarian options are available too.

I like the idea of having us to pick our own sauce and condiments at its special counter. There are healthy options like sesame, chia seeds, seaweed, sunflower seeds and special sauces like leicha sauce, garlic sauce and many more to choose from.

It was also my first experience working out on Lalaport’s Central Rooftop Garden. The HIIT exercise session was led by fitness trainer, Joey Tng. It was very nice to get an opportunity to meet some other fellow influencers like Cherish, Ailyne, Cindy, Vernis and Agnes. (Do checkout their IG)

Here I congratulate Ngam Ngam Neighbourhood on their grand opening and wish them good business all year round! For more information about Ngam Ngam Neighbourhood, check out their social media.

📍Ngam Ngam Neighbourhood
Lot L3-15, Mitsui Shopping Park LaLaport Bukit Bintang City Centre,
No.2, Jalan Hang Tuah, 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
IG: https://www.instagram.com/ngamngammalaysia/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/ngamngammalaysia
Website: https://www.ngamngam.com/

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Food & Drink

Pak John Steamboat, BBQ & Dim Sum Serves Wide Variety of HALAL Food, Soup Base & Sauce

I have found my new favourite HALAL steamboat place! It’s Pak John Steamboat, BBQ & Dim Sum.

The new outlet in 📍Great Eastern Mall just opened. Currently there are 4 outlets in Malaysia (other three are in 📍IOI City Mall, 📍Tropicana Gardens Mall & 📍Aeon Kota Bharu).

🎉 SPECIAL PROMOTION in conjunction with the opening of Great Eastern Mall outlet – Buy 3 Free 1 (for limited time only).

We can choose 2 soup base from 6 choices – 🍲tom yum, 🍲chicken, 🍲fish, 🍲prawn, 🍲kimchi and 🍲curry.

All the ingredients like seafood, marinated meat, chicken are really fresh. Got so many homemade sauce to pick too. They also serve cooked food like rice, noodles, spaghetti, fried nuggets, wedges, dim sum, pao, mantao and many more. Got 🍨dessert, 🍧ABC and 🧇waffles too! Exclusive in this Great Eastern Mall outlet, they serve homemade sushi!🍣

That day we ordered the premium sliced meat too, comes with chicken, premium beef, lamb, smoked duck and abalone. Memang berbaloi!

There are two VIP rooms that can fit groups for private events like birthday party and corporate dinner, with no extra charges. Just need to make reservation earlier. The VIP 1 can fit up to 30 pax and a karaoke system while the VIP 2 fits up to 20 pax.

Tunggu apa lagi? Check out @pakjohnsteamboatbbq for more information or booking hotline now.

⭐ Special price for students / elderly / OKU.
⭐ Birthday Promo – birthday boy / girl gets to eat FREE and a free waffle cake!
⭐ Children below 6 years old get to eat FREE.

📍Pak John Steamboat, BBQ & Dim Sum
Lots 9, Level 3, Great Eastern Mall,
Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur

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Entertainment, Food & Drink, Lifestyle

Resipi Berani MAGGI® is Back with Season 2

 12 Finalists of Resipi Berani MAGGI S2

MAGGI® is back with its six-episode reality show, Resipi Berani MAGGI® Season 2. From a pool of 2,000 women, 12 mentees made the cut to take on a series of culinary and entrepreneurial challenges for the grand champion title. 

The reality show returns with its three prominent MAGGI® Mentors – Food Enthusiast and Brand Ambassador of MAGGI® CukupRasa, Datin Paduka Eina Azman; Director, Producer, Actress and Owner of The Dim Sum Place, Sheila Rusly; and Entrepreneur Icon and Owner of My Mum’s Bakery, Anne Idris – who will nurture the 12 mentees throughout the reality series in various Feedback Mentorship Sessions. For Season 2 which is hosted by Nana Mahazan (also the host for Season 1), the series will feature four celebrity guest judges – Stacy Anam, Betty Rahmad, Aisya J, and Chef Sherson Lian.

“We are excited to showcase the second season of the reality show to help further upskill and empower more women in terms of enhancing their business acumen, whilst providing them with a platform to both shine and achieve their dreams. Watch how the mentees step outside their comfort zones, undergo hurdles, build their self-confidence, and grow guided by MAGGI’s experienced Mentors and our new line-up of celebrity guest judges!”

“The MAGGI reality show aims to showcase and celebrate the mentees’ transformational journey in growing a food business to inspire women to take the leap of faith and embark on something new, ushering in positive change and improvement into their lives. We have witnessed discernible transformation in the mentees who won in the first season, and how they have truly inspired and impacted the lives of many others too,”

said Geetha Balakrishna, Business Executive Officer of MAGGI®, Nestlé (Malaysia) Berhad.

Besides receiving a seed capital of RM8,000, the grand winner of the Resipi Berani MAGGI® Season 2 will undergo an intensive 8-week mentorship programme with entrepreneur icon, Anne Idris, focusing on upscaling a food business, managing branding strategies and cost efficiencies.

The Second and Third place winners will receive a seed capital of RM5,000 each.

Resipi Berani MAGGI® is a culmination of the Program Mentor Wanita Cukup Berani MAGGI®, which aims to inspire more women to step out of their comfort zones, embracing the ‘Tak Kenal, Tak Cinta’ (‘Never Try, Never Know’) spirit. The programme is hosted in partnership between MAGGI® and Google Malaysia, featuring a series of Bengkel Online Wanita Cukup Berani MAGGI® focusing on building self-confidence, improving business skills through digital upskilling and enhancing cooking skills. The 12 finalists of Resipi Berani MAGGI® were selected from a pool of over 2,000 women who participated in the series of upskilling workshops in 2021.

The 12 finalists in the Resipi Berani MAGGI® Season 2 are:

  • Anastasia Maigi (Sabah)
  • Kalarani D/O Subramaniam (Putrajaya)
  • Mellony Anak Stephen (Sarawak)
  • Nazrina binti Zamani (Selangor)
  • Noraslinda binti Rusli (Selangor)
  • Norli binti Mohd Azmi (Selangor)
  • Kentila D/O Veerayah (Selangor)
  • Nur Syahidah Aimullah binti Abdul Rahim (Kedah)
  • Nurul ‘Syaza Shahirah binti A. Samsuddin (Malacca)
  • Nurul Hajar Ismail (Johor)
  • Rozana Sari binti Roslan (Pahang)
  • Suzaimi binti Zahari (Terengganu)

I am very honoured to be invited to attend the Resipi Berani MAGGI® Season 2 – Exclusive Watch Party last Wednesday and I must say I had fun watching Episode 1 with my fellow bloggers. I still remember the hall had a good laugh from the reactions of the mentors especially the witty Sheila Rusly and also some finalists who gave spontaneous and unexpected answers to the questions asked by the mentors. There was one saying that she loves menembak (shooting) and everyone in the watch party laughed so hard at her impetuous answer. Eventually she used to be a military reserve force. Bang! Bang!

Catch the episode for more excitement and see how these ladies learn to build their cooking hobby into a profitable business.

The upcoming Resipi Berani MAGGI® Season 2 reality show will be aired at 4.30 pm on TV3 every Friday for 6 weeks beginning 8 July, with a repeat at 11.30 am on Saturday. Viewers can also stream the episodes through MAGGI®’s YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/maggimalaysia) from 5.00 pm every Friday, 8 July onwards.  

For more info, check out MAGGI® website: https://www.maggi.my/

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