Noor Chicken Rice Shop, Plaza Lowyat KL

There's a whole level of eateries at the lower ground floor of the Plaza Lowyat, the definitive IT and tech mall in KL. One of the restaurants is Noor Chicken Rice, where me and Ash have our dinner one day.

Noor Chicken Rice, Cal Big Head

Their TomYam Rice, priced at RM 9.90. Looks simple enough, but actually not bad at all.

One of their special set of toast, boiled eggs and tea, priced at an affordable RM 4.90

The Nespresso, priced at RM 6.90

The Newly-Opened Pizza Hut restaurant, Terminal One

Pizza Hut, Malaysia's favourite pizza place, has recently opened a new outlet in Terminal One, Seremban. The spanky new place was my choice for dinner one evening, and yes, I ordered and finished all these foods you see here.

Their Tandoori Chicken Pizza is quite a delight, I must say...

These chicken chunks, i forgot what are they called are pretty good too..

Revisiting Chocolate Lounge, Pavilion KL

My second visit to the wonderful Chocolate Lounge, but this time, Me and my fellow blogger Ash opted for different meals.

The Iceberg Lady (RM 10.90)

Thai Curry Chicken Pie (RM 9.90)

Chocolate Chip Sultana Pancake (RM 14.90)

Their special brand of pizza (RM 10.90)

Old Town Kopitiam, Pavilion KL

What is it about kopitiam that lures me again and again everytime food comes to mind? Does it have something to do with my upbringing? Where breakfast are usually served and enjoyed in such places? The fresh aroma of hot, steaming coffee, the mouth-watering kaya-butter toasts, the excitable chatter of people as they mingled and exchange gossips and hot news as they savor their first meal of the day? Does the atmosphere plays a role as much as the food do?

Granted, Old Town Kopitiam is not your old-school average kopitiam per se, but the chain has done quite well in presenting and re-imagining the old splendour of such places...at a price.

Now with numerous outlets at almost all cities in the country, you too can experience what it is like to have breakfast like in the good old days...well, except now with air-conditioning systems, rodent-free kitchens and basically more hygienic settings.

Honey Lemon tea (RM 4.50)

Xi Mut Milk Tea (RM 4.30)

Curry Mee (RM 8.50)

This is actually pretty good

Bread served with Blueberry jam (RM 4.90)

Kaya-Butter toast (RM 3.50)

Survive without food..WHAT???

I came across a very interesting story today from Yahoo! News about a man in India who can survive without food!! I was like, WHAT???? How is that even possible? Apparently, the man, who's a yogi, has been able to stay alive for seven decades without eating or drinking. Now this sounds like fiction to me when I read it. And scientists in India are of the same mind when they ehard the claim. So, they decided to put the man under round-the-clock surveillance to determine whether he is telling the truth, or just another kook that make up stories.
Well, it turns out he is telling the truth. He has been put under watch since 22 April 2010, and until today (11 May 2010), he has not eaten and drank and IS STILL SURVIVING!!! How can that be??? I know I won't last a day without food. The human body is truly amazing....
You can read the original article here:



http://sg.news.yahoo.com/afp/20100510/tap-india-science-defence-food-offbeat-5bb9277.html
India studies yogic power for life without food

AHMEDABAD, India (AFP) - – A team of military doctors backed by India's national defence research centre is studying an 83-year-old holy man who claims to have spent seven decades surviving without food or water.

The long-haired and bearded yogi, Prahlad Jani, has been sealed in a hospital in the western city of Ahmedabad where he is under 24-hour observation by 30 doctors and will be subjected to a series of medical tests.

"The observation from this study may throw light on human survival without food and water," doctor G. Ilavazahagan, director of India's Defence Institute of Physiology and Allied Sciences (DIPAS), told AFP.

The DIPAS is part of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, India's state defence and military research institute also behind a grenade packed with chilli powder that recently hit headlines.

"This may help in working out strategies for survival during natural calamities, extreme stressful conditions and extra-terrestrial explorations like future missions to the Moon and Mars by the human race," Ilavazahagan said.

The tests on Jani include magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans, measuring brain and heart activity with electrodes and other neuro-physiological studies, in addition to blood tests.

The experiment started on April 22 and will take 15-20 days. Since the beginning, Jani has neither eaten nor drunk and has not been to the toilet, Ilavazahagan said.

"The exercise of taking this yogi under the medical scanner is to understand what energy supports his existence," he added, explaining that soldiers could benefit from his apparent ability to survive.

"Jani says he meditates to get energy. Our soldiers will not be able to meditate, but we would still like to find out more about the man and his body," he said.

Neurologist Sudhir Shah, who studied Jani in 2003 and is part of the new experiment, said that the extremely skinny but apparently active man faced round-the-clock observation.

"Two stationary 24-hour video cameras have been set up in his room, while a mobile video camera follows him whenever he needs to step outside," he said.

Jani, who dresses in red and wears a nose ring, grew up in Charod village in the Mehsana district in Gujarat and claims to have been blessed by a goddess aged eight, which has enabled him to survive without sustenance.

Shah said that Jani told him the key to his survival was a mystical and unexplained process by which he receives drops of water through a hole in his palate.

Analysis of data, to determine his secret or expose his fraudulence, will take at least two months, the doctors said.

Fasting is a part of Indian culture, made famous by independence leader Mahatma Gandhi, who brought himself to the brink of death on several occasions by refusing food and water to protest against colonial rule.

A monk from India's minority Jain religion -- devout followers of which undertake frequent fasts, sometimes to death -- claims to have deprived himself of food for one year, which is believed to be a record

"If you're busy with something you don't feel hunger, thirst, or the heat and cold," said Sri Sahaj Muni Maharaj, who took daily glasses of warm water during his fast which ended on May 1998.

"I'm busy contemplating the infinite," he told India's Outlook magazine one month before the end of his experiment.

At the Mamak's (Alfaa Maju)

Alfaa Maju is one of my recent discoveries in KL, thanks to my fellow blogger Ash, who directed me to this place one day. The restaurant is located along Jalan Raja Chulan, next to a car park and Wisma MPL.This place is your usual mamak haunt that serves delicious foods at good prices. I highly recommend their tosay sardin and roti pisang, which are quite yummy and satisfying.
These short clips just to show you our recent visit to the restaurant, where we ordered their nasi lemak, roti pisang and tosay sardin.

Pepper Lunch videoblog

AS I've mentioned before, Pepper Lunch in Pavilion KL is one of my favourite restaurants. And so, I've decided to do my very first videoblog there with fellow blogger Ash. As this a first attempt at videoblogging, needless to say, things do not always turned out as you expect them to be.
In the video below, I literally turned upside down because I failed to mentioned to Ash that the video recorder do not reorient itself...(or maybe she did it on purpose, I KNEW IT!)
This time, I had the Curry Beef with Rice, while Ash enjoyed her Chicken Pepper Rice set. The currye beef is delicious, with just the right dash of spiciness. And it doesn't make you feel bloated because the minimal amount of oil used.





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