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Awesome ribs, a bit pricey tho!

I've been meaning to try out this place for quite some time, will check out the Cineleisure one too.

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Tony Roma’s - Ribs, Seafood & Steak - Pavilion, KL

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Hennessy Artistry is kicking off for 2008!

Hennessy Artistry is a global music campaign to promote the art of mixing various genres and blending the talents of the world’s top artists, it mixes sound, visual innovation and drinking experiences from around the world.The first two of the series are starting in KL and Penang on the 18th and 19th of April respectively. The much anticipated first events of the Hennessy Artistry series will be at Velvet Underground (Zouk) in KL (18th April) and QEII in Penang (19th April).

Hennessy Artistry at Zouk 2007

There will be a range of Hennessy international city cocktails such as Hennessy Miami, Hennessy Shanghai, Hennessy Moscow and Hennessy Paris - they bring these fantastic drinks together with some of the leading live music artists, DJs and visual specialists from around the world. In the US the events are massive with artists like Pharrel Williams, Kanye West, DJ Carl Cox and Fallout Boy!

Hennessy Shanghai Cocktail

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Hmmm definitely still one my favourite places to eat, will make my way down there regularly for some chicken pie and a salad.

Doesn't that just make you hungry?

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Marmalade Kafe - Healthy Eating Cafe - Plaza Mon’t Kiara

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A little while ago a bunch of us took a trip down to Kampung Baru to do a little street photography and take in some of the excitement over the elections in one of the remaining Kampung settlements in KL.

It was Kim's first street photography trip and she did really well! Dree also joined us.

The light wasn't great as it was overcast - meaning fairly flat light giving a natural lack of contrast and saturation. It was ok though, just warming up for many more great street photo journeys into our city of Kuala Lumpur.

Hoping to get to know the city better, and document it to share with others around the world.

BN over PAS

There was two parties dominant in Kampung Baru, BN and PAS - didn't see anything from any of the others.

KLCC Backdrop

This fellas face was plastered everywhere, even this decrepit old table had no escape.

There was some interesting details around Kampung Baru showing the urban decay.

And the lawless motorcyclists with no helmets...nonchalantly driving past police cars.

PAS or Sun? I like the juxtaposition of the symbols in this one.

Time for some delicious Malay food in the middle of the shoot - I kena tourist price of course..

No Go

PAS goodies

There were also some normal shops operating as usual.

And a stark contrast between the old and the new.

Shortly after we finished eating a torrential downpour occurred...which cut our outing short. We then buggered off to Starbucks where we spent the rest of the night pissing in the wind

You can find the others pics here:

KY pictures - Streets of Kampung Baru with Election Colors
Photography trip to Kampung Baru

As you probably read, I'm a big fan of Yo! Sushi at the Pavilion - I headed back there with Kimberly for a Melium event we were invited to.

They were having a lifestyle event to promote the Yo! Sushi brand and introduce people to the concept.

Before anything else - we ate.....we ate plenty! Loads of Salmon yah! They had all of their special dishes out.

One of my favourites, the spicy chicken katsu ISO (Inside Out Roll).

And of course plenty of Sashimi - this is the dill and wasabi style, at the back is sesame seared.

The all time favourite Miso Black Cod (melts in your mouth!).

It was pretty much packed to capacity with people filling the tables and all the way around the bar.

Sushi Panning!

A while later they had a contest where they gave out some prizes, basically you had to lift a dish off the conveyor according to it's name announced by the emcee.

If you lifted the right plate - you won a prize!

Challenger

Following that you had to find a certain dish in the menu - again first one wins.

Over here - it's me!!

Lot's of happy people eating and drinking!

Enjoying the Sushi.

Shaz and Sandra.

Eddie Kong - the Manager hard at work.

People take their own pics too - but still look at me

Preparing the take-out boxes.

A fun event with some great people to chat with and yummy food - all good if you ask me!

Kim's write up here:

Delicious sushi and me.

And also Sandra here:

Yo! Sushi with Melium Group

Quite possible my new favourite Sushi joint, excellent food, good service, nice ambiance and reasonable prices. A lot of people have complained about it, but I can't say it's terribly expensive. It's more than Gunky Sushi or Sushi Kong....but the food you get is worth it. And they have some really unique stuff, where else do you get creamed cheese or avocado?

Or miso black cod!

I want to try the one in Gardens too, plus people keep mentioning Zanmai..I tried the Salmon Sashimi there tho and it was gross.

Anywhere else with good Salmon Sashimi?

More here:

Yo! Sushi - Japanese Lifestyle Food - Pavilion, KL

You might remember I went to M-IFW a while ago, I posted one set TIAMO (Sylvia Lim) Presents Jonathan Cheng at M-IFW 2007 and promptly forgot I had stayed for another show after that.

The favourite of photographers, Triumph presents Justin Yap, Jimmy Lin & Ken Wong.

Somehow Triumph shows always tend to be the most heavily popular by photographers, I wonder why that is..perhaps it's indicative of the quality of their models? Or it's just something else. Due to that there's always a lot of heads, lenses and flashes popping into your frame, which makes it even harder.

This show was even harder technically speaking than the previous as the main lights were off and it was pretty dim, I had to bust out the flash for some fill. I tried shooting with the 85mm f/1.8 without flash, but it just wasn't happening.

I would have loved to catch Carven Ong a couple over the weekend, but I was busy on that day.

They started out with minimal clothing right away - always a good sign

I blame the cropped foot on using a prime lens..

Shooting with the 85mm did give fantastic depth of field though.

The models were definitely a class above what I've seen in Malaysia normally.

After that was some stuff from Sloggi, which you couldn't see as all the models were wearing boxes..no not boxers - BOXES!

Following on was some kinda sporty, casual theme with the lingerie integrated somehow.

There were all kinds of accessories like inflatable rubber ducks, raincoats, balloons and vinyl umbrellas.

Big hats were definitely in too.

The last set was a bit more kinky, black and red, lacy and more dressy.

Accidental Strobist

And that was the end of Triumph at M-IFW 2007, that's all I shot - maybe I'll do more next year if I win the lottery and get a 70-200mm f/2.8 VR!

Goodbye!

You can see the full set here:

M-IFW Triumph - Nov 2007

Yum Yum! One of my favourites.

Mungo Jerry at Jalan Raja Laut - especially the Lou G Yuk (Braised Pork).

Mungo Jerry - Bak Kut Teh - Jalan Raja Laut

So yeah as I mentioned I've been having a generally bad week last week.....my chair broke - which buggers up a lot of things (lot's of pictures to process, blog posts to write, We Ate This needs updating and so on).

Then I mashed up my car bumper in Plaza Damas looking for somewhere to validate my freaking parking ticket.

THEN my computer starting playing up and randomly displaying a bunch of nonsense on the screen rendering it useless...I suspected it might be the power supply. Will try the new one out tonight, I think I'll have time.

New chair arrived this afternoon though, which is good - can get back on top of things finally.

So anyway lot's of things to do this weekend...but I decided I need some beer, what better than some cold Guinness Draught on a hot day!

I headed down to Blackhole in Hartamas as they are having some promotions and they are completely decked out with a Xmas/Guinness Draught theme, which is really neat.

Buy 3 pints of Guinness Draught (RM23.80 per pint) and get 1 free Guinness Draught gym towel.

The Guinness Draught was good and fresh, nice and cold and poured well.

Nothing like a big glass of cold Guinness Draught on a warm relaxing Sunday.

Have a smooth and Joyous Christmas with Guinness Draught!

Cheers from me!

Guinness Draught itself is also doing some give-aways - more at http://www.guinness.com.my

So after James Taylor Quartet at Live and Loud 2007 came Hannah Tan!

Thanks so much Hannah for getting me access to the stage, backstage and the chance to mingle with the stars. It was an awesome experience!

To all the detractors Hannah CAN sing, even Suanie said so and she's brutally honest (mentioning Whitney's belly).

The setup was good, nice choreography, some piano work and some up-beat songs.It was a shame it was still daylight though as the light was rather flat and she had some good AV stuff and lighting.

She came on initially amongst a flurry of dancers decked in Blue and White.

Working the small but enthusiastic crowd (Plenty of shouts "Hannah we love you").

After that she got a bit warm and took her coat off - much to the crowds delight.

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