My new Samsung Galaxy Note II

After waiting for 2 millions 3 thousands 500 hundreds 10 years and 20 days, I finally got a new phone to replace my trusty old iPhone 3G!!! It's a Galaxy Note II *confetti in the air* Sorry iPhone, you have been good but iPhone 5, Y U NO big big screen? So this is my main reason of switching to Samsung and I have been very happy with it! :D

But it has been making me very busy though...

What I have been doing with my Note II:

1) Cam-whoring, of course

After all, this is my first phone with a front facing camera.

2) Whatsapp-ing - it's a lot of fun now with meme

 3) Taking photos

4) Editing photos

Adding photo frames

 with Line Camera

My mother-in-law before & after - she loves the after photo!

with Camera360

My Kitty

with PicSay

5) Doing Make-up

with Makeup by Modiface. 

LOL...I know I know. I look hideous here. 

I think this app is just for good fun instead of really making you pretty.

 My 2nd try.
Aaahhh... much better...

6) Talking with my other cat

with Talking Ginger

Cannot tahan..he is sooo.. cute and fluffy

Ohh..last but not least, this camera has amazing battery life. After playing with using it all day, it still can last till I doze off.

Japanese BBQ at Taman Desa

For my mom's birthday, initially I had wanted to bring her to Yuzu at The Garden for a nice Japanese dinner.
As the rain has stopped right before our dinner time, I thought it would be a fantastic idea to go for Japanese BBQ al-fresco style. I asked if she would like to try Japanese BBQ or Yuzu. She chose Japanese BBQ so off we went. It was a good idea too since it was a Friday night and most the places are jam. So going to Japanese BBQ at Taman Desa which is also near our home seems to be perfect (plus it is a lot cheaper for my pocket as compared to Yuzu..hahah)

The Genghis Khan Lamb is cooking on the grill

It comes with a lot of cabbage and it is the only meat dish here which doesn't require barbeque-ing

We ordered mixed vegetables with pork and beef for BBQ-ing.

For BBQ, they only have pork and beef though. So there's no chicken or seafood.
The meat is tender and it's marinated well, not too strong so that it doesn't overshadow the original taste of the meat.

On the bottom right is their special sauce to dip your meat in.

 The birthday girl

Mom seems to be happy with the food. 

Since this place is always crowded, we are lucky to get a place without having to wait.

We had to take the bar table with high stool though.

Since both the table and grill is so tall, we had to stand up in order to grill.

If you look at the bottom right of the picture above, the others will put the grill on a small chair beside the table.

Coming with my mom & hubby is a joy because they will do all the bbq-ing while my job is just to eat and eat. Hahaha..

Slightly charred BBQ pork *drools*

Japanese risotto

 The crowd

Me & mom

For drinks, we ordered green tea and a bottle of Asahi. The price comes to about RM80 plus for the 3 of us. Considering this set up, it wasn't cheap but I would say it's a reasonable price. I will definitely revisit this place especially right after a rainy day.
As for service wise, it's like of a hawker place. So hope you don't expect soft-spoken Japanese girls to be taking your order :P.

Address:
Gerai Makan Japanese BBQ
Center Court, Plaza Faber
Jalan Desa Jaya
Taman Desa Off Jalan Klang Lama
58100 Kuala Lumpur

Direction: Plaza Faber is the row of old shops besides Wisma TM (where TM point is). The stall is in an alley among the shops row somewhere in the middle.

Pork place @ IOI Boulevard, Puchong

It was Eugene's birthday and we threw him a surprise birthday celebration at the Pork Place in Puchong.

The menu with hand drawn cover

We ordered this for sharing

The meat is tender and skin is also crispy but the taste is quite bland.

Price: RM60 plus

I didn't know most of the dish name and the prices are from my rough recollection cause hubby threw away the receipt. :(

Nice presentation right?

Baby ribs - not bad, not excellent either.

Price: RM55

This is one of the dish that we were advised to order in advance as they do not keep a lot in stock.

The friendly supervisor (or maybe owner) told us that they use special pork which has less pork smell.  She said even those who doesn't usually eat pork can give it a try.

Pumpkin soup

Price: RM9.90

French vanilla mille crepe cake from Humble Beginning.
I absolutely love this cake for its very rich egg flavour.
I have tried the ones from Indulge and Food Foundry, and I love this the most!

The two moms, baby Sarah and me

Baby Sarah is not interested in having her photo taken. Lol..

Here's the birthday boy (the one in black)

and the lovely balloons from his wife.

The happy Lau's family

 My deep-in-thought face as I was counting the changes 

The guys

The group
I hope you notice the Hello Kitty balloon on the top left. It's from my birthday last month =)
Since I was assigned to get balloons for the birthday boy, I took the opportunity to refill my balloon and took it along to the restaurant. :P

Overall, the food is not bad, and both the service and ambiance is good. But as the restaurant is quite small, it's just a bit awkward when people (mostly children) were looking at us when we were setting up the birthday decor and taking photos.

The Pork Place

31, IOI Boulevard, Jalan Kenari 7,

Bandar Puchong Jaya,

47100 Puchong,

Selangor, Malaysia.

Contact No.: +603 7729 4600

Close on Mondays.