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KL Cafe Review: VCR Cafe

Coffee explorers & a shot of creativity. On second thoughts, make that a double. VCR are located in the heart of KL city, in the old neighborhood of Pudu; VCR brings you fresh coffee daily. The café, built in the 1927 is situated near the old Pudu Jail. The story goes that our lil’ black house in Jalan Galloway was where most wardens used to stay (hence the name Galloway).

Where old architecture meets the modern twist, it’s a place where good things never gets old and it always feels like home. Located in an unsuspecting house, they’re the people responsible for the smell of coffee that permeates the neighbourhood. Run by a team that’s dedicated to always giving you the very best coffee and experience, They believe coffee is the catalyst that brings people together.

They’re a bit introverted, but do say hello to their baristas as they say “Hello, welcome to VCR!”.

VGR Big Breakfast -

House made stewed beans, chicken chipolata, grilled tomatoes mushroom friccasse, two free range eggs in any style on sourdough beef bacon or turkey ham. Their big breakfast is so different from other cafes version. I guess non-veggie eater will not like this dish, as I don't eat tomato so I won't judge this food.

Soft shell crab Burger -

Deep fry soft shell crab, home-made tartar sauce, sunny side up, onion jam, quick pickle cucumber. Interesting dish but hope the taste will be good too. The soft shell crab was cooked, it was crispy and savory. But this burger was challenging to eat. I suggest don't bring your date over for first date.

Taste: 2/5

Pretty Cruel -
Valrhona chocolate ice cream, katai banana, fluffy brioche toast, home-made “Mars bar”, raspberry curd. Chocolaty, chocolate lover will like it. Actually I only like the ice cream. The rest is just normal.

Taste: 1.25/5

Potato Waffle -

Russet potato waffle, mushroom friccasse, herb salad, tomato fondue 63 degree celsius free range eggs. Unque dish, however I find their waffles was too soggy and plain. But the egg and other ingredients enhance the over all flavor but I just feel that the waffle should be more crispy and flavorful.

Taste: 1.25/5

Food: 1.25/5
Ambiance: 2/5
Service: 2/5

My Verdict:
The food was average to use but we like the ambiance over here. Sorry for lacking of photo.

VCR Cafe

2 Jalan Galloway 50150 Kuala Lumpur
Contact: 03-2110 2330
Opening Hour: 8:30AM-11:00PM (Daily)
*Kitchen open from 9am-5pm everyday*
Website: http://vcr.my/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pg/vcr.my/about/?ref=page_internal
Instagram: https://instagram.com/vcrlovesyou/

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Tanjong Pagar Railway Station

Last weekend, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station is having a event. And we decided to visit it after our dinner.

Tanjong Pagar railway station also called Singapore railway station or Keppel Road railway station, is a former railway station located at 30 Keppel Road in Singapore. The station was the southern terminus of the network operated by Keretapi Tanah Melayu (KTM), the main railway operator in Malaysia, until 30 June 2011 when the station ceased operations with relocation of the KTM station to Woodlands Train Checkpoint. The land on which the station and the KTM railway tracks stood was originally owned by KTM and over which Malaysia had partial sovereignty. This arrangement lasted until 30 June 2011, when rail service to Tanjong Pagar was ended and the land reverted to Singapore.

The event has:

Old School Arcade
Flea Market
Street food stall
open air movie
Vintage car/bike

Back to secondary school time when we all still young and lost hahaha. The bishi bashi arcade was very famous during the 90s'.

Bought this drink call Unicorn tear from dapper coffee. The drink is too over-rated and pricey. It cost $10 and it tasted like normal lemonade.

Just an very short update!!

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The Refinery Cafe

The Refinery is a brand new concept jointly developed by the crafty folks of The General Co and the space gurus of Architology.

Part casual dining restaurant, part mixology bar and part designer workspace, The Refinery brings a pool of talented individuals from the fields of culinary, mixology, craftsmanship and design together into a 3-storey complex.

Their aim was to redefine casual dining and social drinking, as well as to defunct the notion that good food and quality drinks must be expensive.
It's all about honest food cooked with refined techniques, and classic drinks mixed with a little twist.

And to top it all off, they house a community of aspiring craftsmen and designers who yearn to create new amazing goods and services for everyone.

Modern classic interior design. They serve different menu for lunch and dinner, so check their menu on their website before heading down.

- Their Lunch Menu.

What had we order for our drink?

- Iced Latte - $5.50

A pretty decent latte that every coffee lover will love it. It's strong and flavorful.

- Iced Vanilla Latte - $6.50

Not recommended as this vanilla latte simply just tasted like normal latte.

- Iced Macadamia Latte - $6.50

Nutty coffee, but the coffee body was very strong too, not suitable for non-coffee drinker.

(Photo credit: Vivian thm )

- Coffee Baller (Macadamia) - $8.50
Flavored Espresso Ice Ball served with warm milk! They have three flavor: Vanilla, macadamia, praline. It's interesting and good. Worth the try.

What had we order for our sides?

- Salted Egg Onion Rings - $8

The onion rings was well fried but it was a tad too salty to out liking. We also can't taste much of the salted egg flavor. We all think that this was just a ordinary fried onion rings. It's not worth the price tag.

Taste: 0.7/5

- Seaweed Truffle Fries - $13

Another disappointing side dish!! This dish is call seaweed truffle fries but we only can taste the seaweed flavor and the truffle flavor doesn't even exist in this dish. I suggest they should their dish name to seaweed fries but overall it tasted good.

Taste: 2/5

Main -

- ‘The Epic’ - $25

Beef Gyudon with Foie Gras, 25 Truffle Hon Shimeiji Mushrooms, Thin Sliced Rib-Eye, Spring Onions, Signature 72 degree Onsen Tamago, Pan-seared Foie Gras.

We really love the texture of the rice and the overall taste. The sauce in it was very addictive too. The beef was soft, tender and flavorful. Everything just combined well!!

Taste: 3.5/5

- Refinery Roll - $25

Chunky Slipper Lobster Meat, In-house Japanese Dressing, Slow Grilled Butter Roll, Mesclun Salad, Served With Side Fries.

This lobster roll was good. The dressing wasn't too overpowering and it work perfectly well with the lobster meat. I guess this portion will not be enough for a big eater or for a guy.

Taste: 2.5/5

Food: 2.6/5
Ambiance: 2.5/5
Service: 2/5

My Verdict:

The ambiance was noisy cause it was full house! The food was good, the main dish is worth the try but not for their side dishes! The side dishes was quite disappointing so just give it a pass. Remember they served different menu during lunch and dinner time.

Website: http://www.therefinery.sg/home
Facebook: Refinery
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/therefinerysg/

The Refinery
115 King George's Avenue #01-02, 208561

Contact: 6293 1204

Opening Hours:

Tue - Fri: 12 - 3pm
Tue, Wed, Thu: 6pm - 12am
Fri, Sat: 6pm - 1am

Weekend Brunch: 11am - 4pm

Prices are subject to 10% service charge and 7% GST.

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Media Trip to Legoland Malaysia Star Wars Day

Got a sponsor trip to Lego Land Malaysia star wars day 2016!

LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort brings together a LEGOLAND Park, Water Park and Hotel in one LEGO® themed location. It is a family holiday destination with more than 70 hands-on rides, slides, shows and attractions. Almost everything is hands-on, so you can push, pedal and program, or steer, squirt and splash, your way through a truly interactive experience – and of course there’s building too.

LEGOLAND® Malaysia Resort has seven themed areas of attractions for all ages such as The Beginning, LEGO® Technic, LEGO Kingdoms, Imagination, LEGO City, Land of Adventure and MINILAND. It’s an inspirational land where the children are the heroes. From LEGO experiment centres to rollercoasters, the park is a day-long voyage of discovery for all the family.

The centrepiece is MINILAND, where Asian landmarks have been recreated using more than 30 million LEGO bricks. It’s an interactive world on a scale of 1:20, where people, trains and aeroplanes come to life at the touch of a button.

LEGOLAND Water Park which can be enjoyed seperately or in combination with the theme park has more than 20 slides and water based attractions and boasts 70 LEGO models. Highlights of this unique LEGO themed water park are:

Joker Soaker

A fun interactive play structure in the wade pool where children can aim water cannons at one another. But watch out: The huge bucket will pour 350 gallons upon everyone every few minutes.

Build-A-Raft

A unique concept where children can customize their own raft made from LEGO soft bricks before floating down the lazy river.

LEGO Wave Pool

Families can ride the waves or simply cool off in this wave pool where swimmers of all ages will enjoy making a splash.

We stayed at Somerset Medini Nusajaya hotel for this 3 days 2 night trip to Legoland. Somerset Medini Nusajaya is located in Nusajaya, Johor – a sustainable city planned, designed and intended for the community. Intrinsic needs such as safety and security, transportation, convenience and enriched lifestyle are part of an integrated master plan of the city which mirrors the exact standards practiced by all our properties, in providing its guests the best in hospitality.

Furthermore, as part of the ‘Urban Wellness’ development, Somerset Medini Nusajaya will be connected to a four-storey wellness centre, a five-storey corporate training centre with meetings and conventions facilities as well as retail outlets. The serviced residence is situated next to the Gleneagles Medini Hospital that will have a 300-bed private healthcare complex and a 150-suite medical office block. The Sanctuary features a wellness site where residents can enjoy the ambient positive energy of the surroundings, designed to maximise the wellbeing of the mind, body and spirit. Residents can also experience the warmth of home and a balanced lifestyle through a variety of facilities such as the gymnasium, swimming pool and children’s playroom.

The Mini Kitchen -

Bath room -

Sad that they is no bath tub.

Rooftop Garden -

Swimming Pool -

Lobby -

Free internet access.

Gym -

Dining Place -

The dining area look so unpleasant. It look like some ballroom with buffet.

The complementary buffet meal. The only things that was nice is their porridge, the rest was pretty bad! It was so bad still we went to have our second round breakfast at old town coffee restaurant.

Somerset Medini Nusajaya
Lot 5 Jalan Medini Utara 4, Medini Iskandar Malaysia
79200 Nusajaya Johor, Malaysia

Website: http://www.somerset.com/en/malaysia/nusajaya/somerset_medini_nusajaya/location.html

“Celebrating Lego Star Wars Day with guests has always been a huge priority for us,” said Mark Germyn, general manager of Legoland Malaysia Resort. “And this year we decided to go all out with The Lego Group to bring many great activities for Star Wars fans.”

Other activities around that time include an Imperial March by Stormtroopers, led by Darth Vader, along with a variety of other Star War characters, on May 7 and 8. More than 90 Star Wars costumers from the 501st Legion will be taking part.

Visitors can have their photos taken at the Lego Star Wars photo walls, or can also check out the creations of the 99 finalists of the Lego My Own Creation competition, where participants from Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Taiwan submitted their own Star War scenes.

Time to explore the fun playground in Legoland.

Big Shop - Souvenir shop that you buy back for your loves one, family or for your kids.

The MiniLand-
See the world in an amazing new way in MINILAND, the centrepiece of every LEGOLAND®Park. It took three years and more than 30 million LEGO® bricks to recreate some of Asia’s best known landmarks in detailed miniature.Stroll through famous scenes from 17 Asian countries, including the Petronas Twin Towers, the Merlion Statue and the Taj Mahal.The whole of MINILAND is animated, and guests – big and small – can bring the models to life at the touch of a button.

Game and other Activities:

Food Time:

They selling quite limited stuff in this cafe. We tried out their chicken lasagna and baked potato with salsa. The chicken lasagna was disappointing, it was cheesy but overall taste was tasteless! The baked potato was very normal and the salsa sauce wasn't that great too.

Food: 0.2/5
Ambiance: 1.5/5
Service: 1/5

My Verdict:
The food here was pretty bad but it's a good place for kids to have fun in here too. They have lego brick for kids to play while parents can have their meal!

Market Restaurant located inside the Legoland Malaysia Resort has a wide range selection of Asian and Western cuisines. – Introduction continue from here

Market restaurant offer a wide range selection of asian and western cuisine. For asian food choices, you can go for their chicken briyani or chicken rice. They focus more on chicken meat food as they restaurant are halal certified! For western food choices, you can go for their lamb shanks and fish and chips which this two dishes are the popular dish among the western food caterogry.

The indoor seating is perfect on warm days or enjoy the shaded outdoors seating with a great view of the Park Nasi Briyani - The highlight dishes’s Nasi Briyani came with a large chicken thigh portion, achar and a bowl of briyani rice. Likewise, the tender and juicy curry chicken thigh complementary with the sweet spicy sauce that match the briyani rice well.

Next recommended dishes will be the lamb shank stew which came with a huge lamb shank, creamy mashed potato, sauteed mushroom, cherry tomato and vegetables topped up with mushroom sauce. This is the most tender lamb shank dishes that i had ever tried at Legoland Malaysia. Hence, the meat was easily peel off from the bone and was fully absorbed the strong flavor of mushroom sauce. The creamy mashed potato was creamy and savoury.

My Verdict
I enjoyed my experience dining at market restaurant. I highly recommend everyone to try their signature dishes – The Nasi Briyani and Lamb Shank. Trust me, you won't be disappoint. Next thing i like about the market restaurant at Legoland Malaysia was their spacious and artistic interior design.

Water Theme Park:

Food Time:

They sell mostly fried food over here. The kids favourites! The four dishes we had tried was: Fried Chicken, Chicken rice, Chicken chop rice, and chicken chop with fries.

I would recommend the chicken chop dish as the chicken is tender, juicy and flavorful. The fried chicken was the worst dish! Don't ever try it.

Random Shot inside the mall:

That sum up my media trip at Legoland Malaysia. I used more photos to show you how fun it was.

Hey Parents or anyone that have kids should bring your kids here at least once cause it was really fun for the kids. The kids surely will enjoyed it.

Thanks Legoland for the invitation.

http://www.legoland.com.my/

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