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How-To: Like our wedding contest entry

In anime, we’ve what we call; filler episodes, where it’s a storyline which has little or nothing to do with the actual story being told. So, I guess this would be considered that. LOL!

Weirdly enough, I’ve noticed friends liking my Facebook Wall post rather than visiting the actual wedding entry to vote for us. Thus, here’s a visual guide for everyone so your support doesn’t go to waste. 😛

Step 1: Visit our dream wedding entry webpage (Click the text or this link)

Step 2: Look for the Facebook Like button at the bottom of the entry – before the related posts. Notice the red arrows in the image below.

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Look for the Facebook Like button

 Step 3: Click on the Like button to vote for us. 😀

And you have successfully contributed your vote to our cute Japanese-Korean inspired wedding! Thank yousssss!!!!

Me and Ariel are really appreciative of you supporting us and we’re really looking forward to it happening. Though it may not be the best time to share this, 2 other couples have garnered 400-900 votes at this moment. So, please do lend us a hand to visit our wedding entry to like it.

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Domo-arigatougozaimasu~

Pssst…after you liked it, if you want, you can also click on the Send button to post a message on your Facebook Wall to ask some friends to help us out. 😛

Thanks again for supporting the both of us. 🙂

Porking birthday at Cristang Restaurant, 8 Avenue

Yesterday may have been the most historical event in Malaysia this year, but we also had a porking good time celebrating a friend’s birthday during dinner. We paid a visit to Cristang Restaurant in 8 Avenue, Petaling Jaya.

cristang entrance

I didn’t notice a shop signboard so look out for the entrance design like the above – I had too as well. It’s a cozy place where you can expect friends and family to dine. We decided on the place to try out their pork burgers and basically, anything porked.

For appetizers, my fiance wanted to try the orgasmic mash potato – yes, it’s named that. And another friend asked for a dish made with sausages and anchovies (ikan bilis to Malaysians).

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Orgasmic mash potato
sausages with anchovies
Sausages with anchovies

I’m going to be honest. There was nothing orgasmic about the mash potato to me. Yes, it’s texture was good but I’ve tasted similar to it. Maybe what was missing was a touch of cheese to give it that kick. As for the sausages, there was a fair share but not enough to be distributed between 5 of us. Though taste wise, it was a little interesting.

For our mains, me and the birthday girl had pork burgers and another friend had pork steak. My fiance isn’t a big fan of pork so she settled with her favorite carbonara. While my friend’s boyfriend had the nasi lemak goreng.

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P1 pork burger

My burger was a simple one with pork patties and bacon. Once I squashed the burger down a little, my first bite of the burger tasted truly orgasmic. Simply because of the bacon and its fat mashed together with the meaty patty to give it that full taste. The only time I enjoyed a burger with bacon was in Melbourne – Hungry Jacks. And I still miss it.

cristang pork burger
P7 pork burger dubbed The Urban Legend

I’m not sure why the burgers are named P1 to P9 or P10, I think. But this urban legend comes with Chili Con Carne and a dash of what they call; petai sauce. Basically, you can find petai bits mixed in the grind meat.

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Pork steak

The 2 (or 3) pieces of pork steak looked enough to fill your stomach. When my friend cut me a piece, the meat was cooked just nice – not too tough. Though we both agreed it was a little salty. Not sure if the cause was from double seasoning.

Overall, food was satisfying and I wouldn’t mind having another bacon burger to fulfill my cravings. 😛

By the way, it’s recommended you make reservations before heading over. It wasn’t full when we were there, but it’s better to secure a place if you’re planning a visit.

Restaurant details

8 Avenue Business Centre,
Jalan Sungai Jernih 8/1, Seksyen 8,
46050 Petaling Jaya,
Selangor
Phone: 03-7956 7877

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My Frenching Experience in Cafe Cafe

Last weekend, me and my now fiance celebrated a friend’s birthday at a French restaurant hidden in Jalan Maharajalela called Cafe Cafe. To be honest, the only French restaurant I’ve been and know is Lafitte in Shangri-la hotel. That was my birthday with my family several years ago – yes, it was shockingly very expensive.

So anyway, Cafe Cafe looked pretty easy to find based on Google Maps.

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And I wasn’t really wrong. It took me a small circle to find the turn-in to the row where the restaurant was located. However, it was weird having to walk to a certain corner of the building to enter this French restaurant.

I’m not going to describe how beautiful the interior was but just let you have a look around the place for yourself.

It’s a very romantic and quiet dining environment, even when we were there on a weekend. There were only a few couples sitting inside as we walked in – definitely a good place to put on your ‘paktor’ list.

I already knew what to order after browsing the Cafe Cafe website. They have their full menu online which includes the drinks and even sets. So you won’t have to get a heart attack or hide that sad face when you pay later. Lol.

The primary reason we wanted to celebrate at a French restaurant was to try the cuisine called; foie gras. Better known as, duck liver or fat liver as interpreted by Wikipedia. This delicacy is nothing like eating your chicken or beef liver. The outer layer was very soft and crisp to give it a very light crunch while the meat, if you could call it that, was so soft it melts in your mouth. It ain’t like chocolate but the exploding taste and melting feeling in your mouth easily made it my favorite of the night.

Having the set that night, my meal started with the chef’s special which was a slice of salmon, cucumber and carrot wrapped together. Then came my order of escargots – snails, if you didn’t know. In a basic butter with garlic preparation, the escargots were quite satisfying but I still prefer the ones at Lobsterman.

The next course was a mushroom soup which tasted a little diluted to me. Then came my main course – lamb shank.

Truthfully, I didn’t want to put any expectations on the lamb shank once I read VKeong’s experience. But with an open mind, its taste definitely wasn’t the usual preparation of lamb shank. The sauce used isn’t your typical western preparation – brown and a little salty. This was a little sour but had a very full taste.

Being foodies, we cut bite sized pieces of whatever we ordered and barter trade to compare our dishes. Between the group, I had a piece of chicken and cod fish. Again, the fish wasn’t prepared in its usual manner. It had this sea taste but not fishy.

After the mains, I still had a raspberry sherbet to most likely clean the palette. My last dish of the night was the mango mousse dessert which completed my meal rather nicely. I wasn’t overly full but just nice.

So to say the least, it was a good frenching experience and I wouldn’t mind coming back again.