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Although I’ve not tried the Hainan coffee from Sukico Hainan Cafe in Damansara Utama, I can say it should be good since it is quite popular among the residents or frequent visitors of Damansara Utama.

Locating it shouldn’t be difficult, you just have to find the McDonalds here as it is opposite McDonalds and very near to the Standard Chartered Bank, it is SS21/39 to be exact. You can watch out for the yellow colour board and you won’t go wrong. However, parking around Damansara Utama can be a problem especially during working hours.

Chicken Cordon Bleu

I’ve actually been to Sukico Hainan Cafe a few times and quite a fan of their Western food. This may be a Hainan cafe but their Western food is quite good to be honest. This Chicken Cordon Bleu with cheese in it is one of my favourites here. This one is priced at RM13.80.

Hainanese Fried Rice

Well there are a lot of styles if you mention fried rice so it is actually more or less the same. If you feel like eating fried rice, look no further as the Hainanese Fried Rice here in Sukico is really fried to satisfy most people. This Hainanese Fried Rice is priced at RM7.80.

Chicken Chop Rice

Actually it should have been a Hainanese Chicken Chop Rice to be reviewed but didn’t realize there were two chicken chop rice here. This one is the Western style but no worries, it is still that good and so far I have not much if none at all complaints for the food here in Sukico. This one is priced at RM9.00.

Being just a small cafe in an area like Damansara Utama is not easy. The food served here is good enough to have returning customers and regulars to keep this cafe running. Sukico Hainan Cafe has similar concepts with Kluang Station and Old Town White Coffee Cafe but it is just a slightly cheaper version of it minus the air-conditioning. Sukico Hainan Cafe also opens early at 7.30am for those who would like to have breakfast so you might want to try it out too for their breakfast menu. Verdict, Sukico Hainan Cafe offers a good value for their food judging by the taste of it as well as the price.

I’m not too sure if majority of you had heard about this restaurant or not but in my opinion I think quite a lot know about this restaurant especially those living around Petaling Jaya.

King Crab Restaurant is located in Taman Mewah Jaya, easily spotted along the highway and it is opposite the Kelana Jaya LRT station. You won’t have trouble finding it too as their signboard is really huge and “attractive”. On special occasions, you’ll have to either reserve a table or get there early as it will be full around 7.00pm to 7.30pm. What’s good here ? Perhaps the name of this restaurant says it all.

Vegetables with Superior Soup

I suppose nobody comes to this restaurant for their vegetables. However consuming vegetables is good for health and therefore you may just order any vegetables you like. This one here is suitable for those who dislike really dry vegetables, fret not there’s soup for this vegetable. This one here is priced at RM12.00.

Stewed Beancurd with Mushroom and Salted Egg Yolk

Again beancurd isn’t what people are coming here for but it is tasty. Served with vegetables so that if you can’t get enough of vegetables, this beancurd serves for vegetables for you. Taste wise for this is good because the gravy does blend well with the mushroom and salted egg yolk. This one is priced at RM12.00.

Baked Fish Fillet with Crunchy Butter

Butter is now commonly used in many dishes for example butter chickens and butter prawns, so here’s a fish fillet with crunch butter. The fish fillet isn’t anything special but once it is coupled with the crunchy butter, it is that good especially when you can enjoy the crunchy butter. This one is priced at RM15.00.

Braised Noodles with Giant River Prawns

Braised Noodles with Giant River Prawns or rather known as “Sang Ha Mee” is one of the popular noodles in big restaurants, the enjoyment of the giant prawns is something not to be forgotten. I have to say that King Crab’s Braised Noodles with Giant River Prawns is good but the price isn’t cheap, well it isn’t cheap in other restaurants too. This one is priced at RM90.00 for two giant river prawns.

Okay now you must be wondering where are the crabs, well I did tried out their crab but sadly I do not have any photos of it. I can tell you that the crabs tastes good on my visit here and definitely I would recommend it to anyone looking for seafood restaurants and don’t mind paying a slightly higher price tag for good food. Final verdict, excellent and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this restaurant.

King Crab Restaurant
No. 103-107, Jalan SS25/2
Taman Mewah Jaya
47301 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan
Tel : 03-78036999

I was searching through my folder of photos and found some photos taken with my trusty SonyEricsson w810i. Although the photo quality of a camera phone can never match a digital camera, I feel that it is still good enough to take some candid shots and also snapping some moments if you do not have a digital camera with you. Below are two photos which was taken with my camera phone and I did submitted it to an Exabytes photo contest in conjunction with the Merdeka celebration last year.

The above photo was taken in Melaka on a beautiful morning. I was amazed by the quality of it when I got home and transferred it to my computer. Well, to a photographer this photo might not seem very attractive but to me and I believe some others will think that it is amazing for a camera phone to take such photo. There are even better camera phones in the market now, I am only using an old SonyEricsson w810i so I assume the newer models could even take much better photos in terms of the photo quality.

I believe many do know the famous Petronas Twin Tower or rather known as KLCC. Again the above photo was taken with my camera phone and I submitted it to the Exabytes photo contest as mentioned earlier on. I was shocked that this photo made it through to the last round but eventually lost badly in the last round as this photo only received two votes. For a photo taken with a camera phone being able to make it through to the final round is really amazing because it won’t be surprising if it lost considering the other photos were taken with digital camera and some even with prosumer and dSLR cameras.

I am actually trying to say that camera phones are still good if you aren’t taking photos seriously as a profession, minus the focusing ability, zooming ability and the photo quality would make camera phones a close competitor to digital cameras. For those who thinks that camera phones can’t take good photos, never underestimate camera phones again alright ?

In Malaysia, we have two big players of the blog advertising scene which are Advertlets and Nuffnang. Both Advertlets and Nuffnang launched their company/service at about the same time and as far as I know based on my experience, Advertlets had a flying start capturing many bloggers’ attention to use display their ads while Nuffnang didn’t have as many users as Advertlets did. I was a previous member of Advertlets displaying their ads and I was pretty happy with their service as well as their payouts. After that it was just a pretty bad experience for me.

Many have been searching or asking “Why Advertlerts Suck ?”. Recently many bloggers displaying Advertlets ads were so furious that they had to let out their anger on their blogs as well as some forums. One big problem that bloggers on the Advertlets network mostly complained about their pending payouts, we’re talking about months of earnings still pending. I’ve read many blogs that complained about Advertlets and those who have months of pending payouts usually will be held because of a suspected click fraud or illegal activities such as getting involved in a traffic driving activity so eventually the earnings will then be forfeited. I am shocked that many blogs on the Advertlets network are usually suspected to be involved in either click frauds or illegal activities which doesn’t make sense. If there were a few cases then it is probably acceptable but just look at the amount of blogs suspected, it is unbelievable. It is as though that this is a standard procedure to suspect blogs for click frauds or illegal activities, this is just my assumption and I have no solid proof to back this statement, well if you did read about the complaints in many of the blogs currently under the Advertlets network then you can judge it yourself.

Now some of the complaints on Advertlets, one of them is by 5xmom and another is by jayceooi. SlowCatchUpKuan has posted an interesting entry on click frauds here. I was also previously suspected to be involved in a click fraud, some of the bloggers argued that it might be a sabotage issue and I thought so too considering the amount of blogs being suspected. However, sabotage or not the main point here is that there are so many blogs that were suspected and even if a person is trying to sabotage I don’t think he is able to sabotage that many blogs. Of course there are people having no bad experience with Advertlets but those bloggers are usually either celebrity, famous or high profile bloggers. Now I begin to wonder why bloggers like Kenny Sia and Jeff Ooi chose Nuffnang instead ?

As a conclusion, if you are a happy blogger under the Advertlets network then I am really happy for you. If you aren’t then don’t worry as you are not alone. Want to share your stories as well ? Perhaps you could leave a comment with a link to your blog post on this matter. Don’t be afraid to share your thoughts if it is a fact.

If you’re looking for a change because you are just bored of Asian food, perhaps you should try Backofen which serves their food in Austrian style. Although the food may not look that much different of a Western delight, it is still good.

Backofen is located in Desa Sri Hartamas. For those regulars who always hang around this area would be able to locate this restaurant quickly but for those who aren’t regulars, it might take quite some time unless you have a good sense of direction, however with the address of the lot then it shouldn’t be much of a problem.

Spaghetti Carbonara

This Spaghetti Carbonara is served with turkey ham and obviously in white sauce. Simple it may look but it is good and the white sauce is really rich so you might get bloated if you aren’t a big eater. The Spaghetti Carbonara here is priced at RM11.00.

Chicken Chop

Their Chicken Chop or rather known as “Huhner Schnitzel” uses a skinless boneless chicken fried in breadcrumbs and served with potato salad. Chicken chop might be simple but it is much better than any ordinary chicken chop plus the breadcrumbs do add a little boost in it. This Chicken Chop is priced at RM13.00.

Grilled Chicken

Chicken lover but do not want it dry like the previous Chicken Chop ? Then this Grilled Chicken might be for you since it is served over mushroom sauce and crumbed potatoes. The mushroom sauce tastes good and is a good pairing with the boneless grilled chicken, what more can I ask for ? The Grilled Chicken here is priced at RM13.00.

When the food is good, it is no surprise that there will be no leftovers on the plate (well maybe a little). I find this restaurant to be quite a good place to dine especially if you want a quiet atmosphere. Price wise is not too bad ranging from around RM10.00 to RM15.00, there isn’t many restaurants around this area that have this kind of price tag. Moreover the food is good so the price shouldn’t be considered expensive for a satisfying meal.

Backofen
34, Jalan 24/70A
Desa Sri Hartamas
Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03-23006676

Well I am quite a big fan of Marié Digby after I first listened to her acoustic cover version of Rihanna’s “Umbrella”. She is just so talented and gifted that she deserves every bit of success she’s having at the moment. Now GAP presents Marié Digby live in Kuala Lumpur, a really good opportunity to catch her live for the fans here in Malaysia.

Don’t know who Marié Digby is ? Marié Digby is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist and pianist. She is best known for her acoustic cover version of Rihanna’s number one hit “Umbrella” which was originally posted on YouTube and it was then spread across the Internet. Well I think many have heard of her after her first official single “Say It Again” was aired on radio stations. Her debut album titled Unfold was released on April 8, 2008. Never listened to her songs before ? If you would like to listen to some of her songs then you may listen to it at her official YouTube channel.

Now as stated in the poster she will be in One Utama on the 14th of May 2008 which is a Wednesday at 8pm and the admission is free. The event will be held at the new wing, ground floor, near the GAP outlet. Also, you can get a copy of her album “Unfold” on that day which will be sold there and you stand a chance to get that album autographed by Marié Digby herself. Since it is free, there will be no excuse like “the ticket is too expensive”. This event is brought to you by GAP.