Porcélene Jazz Night

Was invited to Porcélene Jazz Night launch last week. Little did I know, it was a Asian Fusion restaurant,  wine bar and Malaysia's very first acid jazz live performance. Only found out that the owners are juniors of my secondary school. Congrats!

Congratulations on your opening

Bumped into so many familiar faces that night you have no idea. 

QiQi, who was working on that day. 

Located at Empire Damansara ( not the Empire Subang, do take note) beside DPAC (Damansara Performing Arts Center), Porcélene is a place you wouldn't want to miss. Its modern grunge interior design plus the wall art leaves strong impression in me, just like Porcélene's slogan - Coup de Foudre! (Love at first sight)

Love this wall art the most
So jazzy, so expressive.

This is another one that I like too!

The mother instrument of all jazz maybe?

Bloggers, friends and business partners attended the launch. A good place for chit-chat, gatherings with good food and live band performances. Have I told you that they have more than 5 types of food available in their restaurant? These are the list of food available:

Asian Fusion

Breakfast

Brunch

Burgers

French

Pizza

Seafood

Soul Food

Steakhouses

Tapas Bars

Vegetarian

Porcélene's culinary team is Club BLACK by Spinoza group, and I can assure you that you'll never forget the taste of their food, each and every dish I tried that day are so good, I'm craving for them now. Especially their hahm yoke than sotong, roman salmon roast and signature tiramisu, wonderful!

Have I already told you this signature tiramisu is to die for?

Host of the night

It was a night of casual al-fresco dining with wine pairing session, people were enjoying Porcélene signature dishes while drinking wine, the ambience were relaxing, me and Freda keep eating nonstop and I just couldn't get enough of their Roman Salmon Roast and Signature Tiramisu.




As I mentioned earlier, it was a very casual and relaxing kind of launch, hence the VIPs didn't really intro much of their restaurant because they know, letting us to experience what their restaurant have to offer is going to be their witness of how good their restaurant is. I have no doubt that Porcélene is one of the restaurant with gastronomical satisfaction with live music satisfaction.




After filling our tummy with food, time for some lucky draw. Lucky winners get to bring home three bottles of wine! Me and Freda been eyeing for the Rose wine, too bad none of us are the winner. lol.

Congrats to Audrey for bringing home the rose wine!

That night's event ended with live band performance by Crinkle Cut.
They are good! Enjoyed their performance.

Remember the word Coup de Foudre? Yes, love the ambience, love the food, the sigh of everything that's presence that night. So decided to take a few more snaps with Freda being my model of the night hahaha.

That's all for a wonderful Jazz night by Porcélene. Will visit again soon! :D




Porcélene 

Lot 13, Empire Galeri, Heritage Lane, 

No.2, Jalan PJU 8/8A, Damansara Perdana
47820 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Business Hours: 12:00 pm - 12:00 am

Phone 03-4065 0039
Email: info@porcelene.com.my
Website: http://www.porcelene.com.my

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PorceleneJazz

Bubblegum Waxing Party

Disclaimer: Guys, please don't use your imagination while reading this blog post of mine. 

This event is gotta be one of the boldest blogger party that I've attended. Waxing party, imagine a bunch of people doing waxing together (told ya not to imagine already didn't I??? LOL!) WHAT NONSENSE I'M TELLING YOU! Hahahaha. Forget about this paragraph.

Some time ago, I've attended Bubblegum Waxing Party, a collaboration event by Bubble Gum Wax and Butterfly Project, and all bloggers who attended the event entitled a free Brazilian wax session. There goes my virginity (on Brazilian wax, of course.)

Bubble Gum Wax, The Waxing Expert

Bubble Gum Wax, located at Plaza Damas near Sri Hartamas. It is not hard to find the place, which located just beside a mamak restaurant. Me and Jean went to the party together, and both of us are first timer.

SCARY SIAL!

Who aren't afraid with the word "Brazilian Wax" when it is your first time? Complicated feelings for that day. Mixture of fear, nervous and curiosity. I've heard some girls shared their experience with me before, some say it was bearable pain some say it is very painful. But I cannot imagine the feeling of having my *ahem* waxed. So with the complicated feelings, here we go.

Bubble Gum Wax manager giving a post-waxing care instructions

Thanks to the generosity of Bubble Gum Wax, all of us get to bring these after-wax session products to take care of our *ahem*

The price list of Bubble Gum Wax services.

When we walked into the Bubble Gum Wax, bloggers are already there. The manage of Bubble Gum Wax is a very friendly and cheerful lady whom can calm us first timer down with the smooth conversation. So it is not really as scary as it seems... This is what I was thinking that time. Plus the place are decorated by AskJoey, everything becomes so lovely, is this a set-up or something? lol.

Keep Calm & Wax On!

Look at all the food and desserts we get to eat as much as we can.
Sweet stuff before the pain eh? Haha.

So, without wasting the thoughtful organizers' preparation....

EAT ALL I CAN!

Drank Happy Skyjuice, ate Little Wonton's charcoal mee in Teriyaki sauce (aren't they look like hair somehow? Hahaha Very funny organizers XD ) and all the ice cream and desserts after meal. When you see me overeating, you know that I'm nervous. Seldom eat this much despite I don't feel hungry at all. Thanks for ice cream, they really soothes me in some way before entering the 'operation room'. LOL.




So while I'm eating, I'm looking at other bloggers doing a shoe box decoration contest.

Each and everyone of them are so creative can.
I forgot to bring my shoe box so I gave up joining. lol.

Then, finally, is my turn after I can push other go into the room than me no more...

The wax heating machine, the bed in pink, towels and wipes. 

I-AM-SO-FREAKING-NERVOUSSSSS

So here's my story as a virgin for Brazilian Wax: 

First, were told by the girl who's gonna do the waxing for me, to take off my undies and wipe my private part clean with the wipes they provide to ensure cleanliness. After wipe, just lie down on the bed and wait for her to come in and take care of the rest for you.

First timer usually will have to get the hairs trimmed as it will be too long to wax. So the girl helped me trimmed the hair, then here comes the waxing part. For longer hair, normally they will use hard wax, which will hardened after apply, instead of soft wax, which are normally used for touch-up purpose or shorter hair. So hard wax it is. The wax are pink in colour and smell quite nice if I'm not mistaken, lol. 

When she apply the hard wax on my skin, it is warm, and then after a few seconds, she tore it out along with the hair that was sticked onto the wax. Voila, first strip of wax peeled. The girl and I keep on chatting and chatting, somehow I know she's trying to calm me down by talking and don't let me feel nervous. You know, when you're nervous, the painful feeling will be kinda intense as well. Although when she peel off the wax again and again, I felt the pain were bearable, until....

There's a spot, the front side, the curve part (for those who have no idea what I'm saying, do experience Brazilian wax once and immediately you'll know which part I'm referring to ahahah) That's the most painful part of the whole waxing session that the tears are rolling in my eyes when the girl tore off the wax apart from my skin. I've asked which part is the most painful, the girl told me when I experience it, I will know, she just wouldn't tell me. lol. But anyway, after that most painful part, everything goes as smooth as breeze, even the back side. When the back side applied wax, the feeling is so... weird. Lol. 

The whole waxing session took about half an hour, it all starts and ends in friendly chitchatting with the girl who did the waxing for me. I'm glad I've braved myself and been through this as bravely as I could. Hahaha. 

I was among the last few bloggers who did the waxing, and after I exit the room, they asked about my experience and I can only utter one word: Pain. lol. Same goes for Jean's experience who said she yelled inside the room because of pain. I'm not ashamed of feeling pain for a brazilian waxing anymore lol. 

So after awhile, here are all the shoe box decoration contest entries:

So creative can!!!

They have a hard time deciding who will walk away with the 3 prizes prepared by Bubble Gum Wax.

Winners of the decoration contest gets hundreds worth of vouchers from Bubble Gum Wax! (I wanttttt!) Congrats to all the creative ladies who won the contest. Sorry didn't take photos of the winners, still a bit blur after step out from the "operation room" hahaha.

Our mamasan Tammy for all the wonderful events she have been organizing for us bloggers.
Thank you~!!!

Fun bloggers who attended the event.
Thanks for cracking all the jokes after sugar high!

Thank you Tammy, Butterfly Project who planned this Dare 2 Wax challenge for some of us "virgin" bloggers, thanks to Bubble Gum Wax who had this wonderful place and service that made me wanna go Brazilian wax again, and AskJoey for the pretty pink vintage party decorations!


And for your information:

Bloggers who would like to join the community:
Butterfly Project Official Facebook Page





For those who love awesome Brazilian or other waxing service:
Bubble Gum Wax - The Waxing Expert
F-1-7, Block F, Plaza Damas

No. 60, Jalan Sri Hartamas 1,

Sri Hartamas,50480 

Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. 

Tel: +603 6211 5038 / +603 6211 5039

SMS: +6012 5420662

Bubble Gum Wax Official Website

Bubble Gum Wax Official Facebook Page





For lovely party decoration:

Ask Joey - The Sweetest Party Official Facebook Page

(And don't mind telling you, I actually love the feeling of being hairless. LOL! Okaystopthenonsensekthxbai!)

Butterfly Project x 1 Utama Wonder Food Adventure

If you followed me in Instagram, you probably drool all over your phone/pc during the 16th of November, because that's the day me and fellow bloggers from the Butterfly Project get to enjoy a gastronomic wonder food adventure, all thanks to 1 Utama and Butterfly Project for this wonderful collaboration.

Food Adventure starts here! *drools*

The main purpose of this event is to let bloggers experienced the restaurants/stalls/kiosks that's located at 1 Utama's LG Floor. If you don't already know, 1 Utama's food street is one of the places in shopping mall that owned wide variety of food. You can get Chinese, Japanese, Fast Food, desserts, fusion, snacks, western etc at 1 Utama's food street!




The event started at 11am, so yea, of course, I go there with an empty stomach, and wanted to try everything I could.

But I think too highly of myself.
How to try all 15 places!????

The highlighted 5 places are the ones that we compulsory have to go, but little did I know that only visiting these 5 places can make my tummy full until burst! The merchants are so generous that some of them let us order whatever we could! Feels so wasted that we have to let some of the unfinished food go wasted just like that because it's only me and Jean as a team. (Don't scold me, I already feel so bad for it!)

So, these are the outlets that me and Jean visited during the Wonder Food Adventure. Thank God that I found Jean and we both in the same team, so that we can share food or order different food so we can share.

So, our first stop is:

I Love Yoo!

When I reach I Love Yoo!, Jean already found a place and eating her 1st meal of the day dy. So I quickly went into the outlet and order a cup of soya bean. The male and female owner of I Love Yoo! (I think they are la, both of them have the boss look hahaha) are so friendly I can't get used to it out of sudden lololol. They keep asking me is it enough for me to have only a cup of soya bean, I keep on assure them that it'll be more than enough, I'm not a morning breakfast kinda person. lol. 

I love their Yoo Tiao!
Super nice if  eat along with I Love Yoo!'s porridge!
I Love Yoo! Yoo Tiao + Porridge is my favourite combination

Kick start my day with a very oriental kinda brunch.

After eat and chit-chat awhile with Jean, we decided to walk over to the outlet opposite I Love Yoo! which sells Yong Tau Foo!

Eat & Happy Yong Tau Foo

Me and Jean just wanna visit the place and collect the stamp, because we think Yong Tau Foo is a bit heavy for us! Eat & Happy Yong Tau Foo do have combo when you dine there:

Satisfy your Yong Tau Foo cravings at Eat & Happy Yong Tau Foo!

Next stop, which me and Jean are anticipating is this:

Oyster King
Look at the crowd

I heard about Oyster King few years back when they first opened their outlet but never try their food before, maybe it's because that none of me and my friends like oyster. Thanks to 1 Utama and Butterfly Project, that I get to try Oyster King's dishes and they are so good!

Everything with oyster is seriously nice!

I ordered O-Chien
Look at them big fat oysters on top!

Jean's Garlic Oysters

Look at how pretty Jean is even eating oysters. 

Really love the O-Chien when it is hot and fresh out of the wok. The succulent oysters, the starch and eggs are equally, and I love the chewy and crunchy bits of the texture. Totally satisfy for my O-Chien craving. Oyster King is definitely one of the place that I will head to again and again for delicious and fresh O-Chien!

After had two savoury meals, we craved for something dessert-like sweetness, so we decided to stop by here:

Pisang Goreng time!

Just in case if you don't already know, SS2 Goreng Pisang has just open their outlet at the LG Floor of 1 Utama, beside Oyster King. I was really wrong when I think they won't be as nice as the original stall at SS2, but after I took the first bite, now I know where I will head to when I want to have local pisang goreng and other gorengs now in 1 Utama!

it's a valid and pretty website, check it out
HERE!

Both me and Jean om noms noms and agreed that these are so crunchy and delicious!
Taste just as same as the one at SS2!

Well, well, I think I know what to sneak into the cinema next time.
Shhhh~!!!

Sometimes I wonder, how do I stuff all the food that day into my tummy. This Wonder Food adventure is really one of the rare days that I keep eating and eating and eating, nonstop. lol. After we rested a while from the previous soya bean, oysters meal and pisang gorengs, is time for some burger:

Ninja Joe (non-halal)

Yes, freshly grilled pork burger
And they have lunch and dinner value set!

And we had:

Hikkori Burger!
with Pork fillet and baconnn!!!!

This newly refurbished Ninja Joe has this modern look and you can find surprises at each and every corner. Witty slogans, chic design, and the big ninja head which is the logo for Ninja Joe is one very attractive logo to me. The logo itself looks like a burger to me already. 

Cute Jean savouring the Hikkori burger.

It is no doubt that Ninja Joe's grilled pork burger and juicy and delicious. There was a period that I eat Ninja Joe almost every time I visit a shopping mall with Ninja Joe located in it, but I never tried Hikkori burger before, and I love it. Aside of its juicy pork filler, there are bacon strips layer. Everything taste good with bacon, don't you think so?






After chit-chat for awhile at Ninja Joe, me and Jean move on to the last assigned spot for our Wonder Food Adventure, which is Jean's all-time-favourite kinda dish too, guess what.

Korean food at Ko-Hyang.

Guess what I ordered.

I have this very bad habit: I tend to stick to my choice-of-all-time whenever I visit a restaurant/place. I tend to order the same kind of food and drinks. Some people asked me whether I will feel wasted for not trying something new, but I felt it is my own way of self-protection for not making a wrong choice. Lol. So here is what I ordered at EVERY SINGLE KOREAN RESTAURANT I VISITED, including this time at Ko-Hyang too:

Soon Dobu Chige. Yums!

Jean's bibimbap.

This is my first time trying Ko-Hyang at 1 Utama, and I really love their dishes taste. Fresh and lotsa ingredients in my Soon Dobu Chige. One of the best Soon Dobu Chige in town I would say. Eating Korean makes me feel so full everytime, and this time is the fullest of all seeing that I've already ate at 4 places before. Still, their dishes leave very good impression, I keep drinking the soup of my dish until it finishes. lol. That's how tasty it is.

After we went to the restaurants that we're assigned, we can roam around the food street freely and choose places we wanna chill at. So after such a full meal, me and Jean decided to go some shops and get some take away dishes. The first stop is Bisou bake shop.

Lovely place

I can smell their cakes and cupcakes from far away!

Yummilicious cupcake!

Each of us get a cupcake of the month.

Then we head to Seaweed Club, which located just beside Bisou bake shop.

You're wondering what Seaweed Club sells?

Popiah-ala-seaweed style!

Crispy seaweed wrapped the vegetables and crunchy bits in them.
My family loves this!

Since I have to rush for my best friend's wedding, so I have stop my Wonder Food adventure at Seaweed Club. Such a pleasure to be invited as one of the blogger to enjoy this gastronomic 1 Utama Food Street's Wonder Food Adventure. Eat drink walk talk with Jean on a rainy Saturday is purely enjoyable. Thanks for the wonderful experience Butterfly Project Malaysia and 1 Utama.

Last photo of this blog post.
Featuring the lovely Jean.

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