Kissaten @ IOI Boulevard

Kissaten which means "cafe" in Japanese first started in 2008 in Jaya One with the one in IOI Boulevard as the second outlet a year later.

 

 

Kissaten serves creative fusion of Japanese, Western and local culinary. It has a neat dining place. Those claypot cooking pots on display are actually for sale.

 

This is the bar counter where drinks are prepared. They also serve a few brands of draught beer namely Tiger, Guinness and Paulaner.

Japanese liquors are also available.Otherwise, it would be odd having Japanese food without it.

 

I really like their tagline " Good People Drink Good Beer". Paulaner is definitely on top of my list when I browsed through their beer list.

They serve Paulaner (5 pints) for RM 100.What I like about the staffs here are they will always try to maintain the beer cold by regularly changing the glass with another chilled glass.

Kissaten has a few very decent food here and one of it is Tonkatsu (RM 18.90) which a Japanese deep fried pork cutlet. It is served with a slice of lemon and a thick tonkatsu sauce.

 

The salted pork belly (RM 11.90) is something new for me. This sinful meal has a rich meat flavour and nice texture.

 

I will probably be back in the near future to taste the other food it has to offer.

Kissaten
D-G-57&58, Block D, IOI Boulevard,
Jalan Kenari 5, Bandar Puchong.  

Cavenagh Bridge

One of the oldest bridge along the Singapore River, Cavenagh Bridge was built in 1869 to link the Civic District on the North Bank to the Commercial District on the South Bank. This also happen to be the first steel suspension bridge in Singapore.

Before the bridge was constructed, access between the two districts was only possible by a detour to Elgin Bridge or by paying one cent for a boat ride.

The bridge was named after Major General Orfeur Cavanagh, the Governor of the Straits Settlement (1859-1869).

 

It was manufactured by P & W MacLellan in Scotland where the parts were then shipped here and assembled by Indian convict labour.

 

According to the original design by the Public Works Department, the bridge was to be raised during high tide to facilitate the passage of barges. However, this proved to be technically impossible and it became a fixed suspension bridge.

By the late 1800s, the bridge could not withstand the growing volume of vehicular traffic and Anderson Bridge was opened in 1910 to resolve the traffic woes. A police notice was put up to regulate the use of the bridge, banning heavy vehicular traffic exceeding 3cwt or 152kg still stands today at either end of the bridge.

Sibu Christmas Trees 2012

Today is the last day of 2012 and after sharing all those X'mas decoration in KL, Selangor and Putrajaya, it is timely to showcase the annual X'mas trees at Sibu Town Square.

 

 

 

 

This year, secondary schools were given to express their creativity and although it is a pale shadow compare to previous years, the students still able to put up a respectable trees, considering the financial constraint faced by the schools.

 

Most of the materials used are from recyclable items such as plastic bottles. There are even some creative minds which try to use shuttlecocks and files to construct the trees.

The best part is I am able to spend my first Christmas and valuable time with my 6 months ++ son. Without a doubt, the best moment for me in 2012.

X'mas Decoration @ The Curve 2012

Fairy tale is the main theme for the X'mas decoration at The Curve this year with the magical Whimsie Forest as the centre stage.

With an enchanting setting, it set up an ideal backdrop for the fairies of Whimsie Forest to come out to dance, sing and celebrate.

 

The path leading to the Street Market is also beautifully decorated with lighted trees and wreaths.

 

A gigantic Christmas tree decorated with colourful trinkets can be spotted between the Street Market and e Curve

Merry X'mas and a Happy New Year!

X'mas Decoration @ 1 Utama 2012

What I always like about 1 Utama's decoration is the management ability to "think outside the box". This is the only place I came across so far this year which do not use Christmas tree as part of their decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

They incorporate a lot of fun items such as snowman, cookies, candies, cakes, ice cream and even polar bear in their decoration located at the new wing.

 

 

The decoration at the old wing is a mirror image of those in the new wing except a slight variation and a more tone down version.

X'mas Decoration @ Alamanda 2012

After been blogging about the X'mas decoration around the Klang Valley, it is time to showcase the decoration at my "home" for the last 3 years.

This year, Alamanda did a much better job in term of X'mas decoration compare to the previous year. I still remember the decoration was set up very late last year. This year, it is completely a different story as it was already been set up by end of November.

In term of its design, I really like the huge decoration hanging at the main concourse. It somehow amplify the festivity mood in the area where Christian is a minority here.

There is a huge stage been set up with a leather chair at the centre which is surrounded with packed gifts. I reckon that chair is meant for Santa.

This is probably the best X'mas decoration by the management since I came to Putrajaya in 2010.