Seoul Garden @ 1Utama

Seoul Garden @ 1-Utama

Wide selection of seafood and meats for bbq

Different type of sauces

Vegetables and noodles for steamboat

Yong tau fu

Cooked dishes like fried rice, stir-fried chicken and desserts


Salad bar

Ice-creams

Toppings for ice-cream and ice-kacang

2-in-1...Barbeque and kimchi soup steamboat

Clean and quiet ambiance

LKC & LPC at Seoul Garden

Food: 2.5 out of 5
The food served here is more like the Restoran Talipon at Kelana Jaya than the actual Korean barbeque. The kimchi soup tasted like the Chinese preserved vegetable than the kimchi you find in any Korean restaurants. The marinated meats were not bad actually especially the beef, the mutton and the squids. They have a wide selection of food to choose, from beef to mutton, from chicken to fish, from squid to crabs, from vegetables to yong tau fu, from salad to ice-creams and etc.
Drinks: 2 out of 5
They served mostly cordial drinks like mango juice, orange juice, ice-lemon tea and honey green tea. Not a very wide selection of drinks to choose from.
Environment: 3.5 out of 5
Located at opposite the newly opened Pick N Brew, this restaurant is situated quite isolated from any other shops in 1-Utama. It's located nearby the entrance of the One World Hotel...very quiet and clean ambiance.
Service: 2 out of 5
The service was so-so only as the empty plates were not clear-up and it piled up the whole table till we had to stack the plates ourselves.
Price: 2 out of 5
We felt being cheated 'again' after knowing that this restaurant has another branch at the Plaza Pantai. We went to the one at Plaza Pantai few years ago and didn't find it special at all. They claimed that they're one of the most famous Korean BBQ restaurant in Singapore...kononnya. Anyway, they have an opening promotion till end of the month of April, the actual price per person is RM35 + RM5 for free flow of drinks. We received discount of RM5 per person, so turned out it was RM35 per person, excluding 10% service charge and 5% government tax.

Proton - Centre of Excellence

Went to Proton - Centre of Excellence Complex at Shah Alam on last Saturday to send LKC's car for inspection as it was recalled due to some rear bearing problem. Arrived there at around 11.00am and we had to wait for around 30 cars before our turn.

While waiting for our turn, we took a walk around this complex. We were free to move around this complex, even to the entrance of the Director's office. This complex is too huge, most of the places were not fully utilized and everywhere was just too empty and quiet.

They have a show room whereby they displayed most of the cars manufactured by Proton in this 20 years, like the very first Proton Saga which was launched in 1985. Some weird vehicles you have never seen in on-the-road were also displayed here.

Proton Saga

Proton Wira

Proton Perdana

Proton Waja

Proton Savvy

Proton Satria Neo

No steering...how to drive??!!

Design development

After taking all the pictures of these cars in one of the showroom, we walked around their office area then. They have lounges everywhere in the complex but these lounges had been untouched for quite some time I guess. The place was very dim and there was no air-condition around the complex, not even at the cafeteria.

One of the lounge

Another lounge nearby the Director's office

The door was operated by biometric security...wow so canggih!

Meeting room

'Waterless' fountain garden

Apart from the offices and the showrooms, they have a boutique as well selling all the Proton's cloths and souvenirs, a garden which was not well-maintained, a cafeteria which was very warm and not so clean.
Oh yeah, we also found some Lotus sports car and a limited edition of Proton Savvy which looked way better than the normal one.

Limited edition Proton Savvy

Lotus cars

Here are the photos of their service centre...it's huge but not many people working. What's the point?

Service centre

Service centre

We waited for around 3 hours for our turn and turned out that they spent less than 10 minutes to check the car. So stupid...can't they just check the cars first? If they found the cars were faulty, then they should only ask the customers to wait. It was just wasting our time there!!

Bavarian Bierhaus German Restaurant & Bar

Bavarian Bierhaus German Restaurant & Bar @ The Curve

Crispy pork knuckle with smoked bacon and honey - RM54

Grilled streaky bacon with hickory smoked sauce - RM18

The Hefe-Weiβbier Dunkel - RM29




LKC enjoying the beer

LPC posing with the beer

Food: 5 out of 5
Both the dishes that we ordered were superb! The pork knuckle portion was big, good enough to be shared by two persons. The knuckle was served with sour cabbage and sauteed potatoes and of course the smoke bacon.
Drinks: 5 out of 5
We ordered the German beer, which was the best beer we had. Though it was quite costly but the beer was so smooth, not like any other beers that we can find in Malaysia.
Environment: 4 out of 5
Located at an isolated corner, next to the Eden and at the back of TGI's Fridays. The restaurant was very quiet, very nice for a romantic dinner or for a chat with some close friends.
Service: 4 out of 5
The waiter was quite helpful when recommending their menu and explaining the yeast that we found underneath the beer.
Price: 3.5 out of 5
Judging by the quality and the portion of the food, we feel that it is worth giving a try and returning for good food.

Birthday present wish list

[UPDATES]
Thanks Sabrina for the offer of your iTouch. I've got myself a pink rose PSP. RM50 cheaper than your iTouch...hehehe. Will update soon on my PSP. Busy playing with the games now. Btw, if anyone knows any websites I can download free PSP games, do drop me the links. Thanks a lot!

I'm gonna make some wishes since my birthday is just around the corner now. Hopefully my wishes will be granted by someone *pray hard hard*

Wish no. 1

I need a device whereby I can use for listening to mp3, watching videos, playing games and also wifi enabled. I thought of getting Apple iTouch for quite some time already but very reluctant in getting it because of the price. The price for an 8GB iTouch costs RM1339, 16GB is RM1739 and 32GB priced at RM1939. RM1339 just to buy a device is way too expensive. What if they launch iPhone few months after I purchase the iTouch?

I found an alternative for iTouch, though I can't do so much with this device but it suits my requirements. Yes...I'm eyeing on Sony PSP now. It's almost half the price of an iTouch. I can listen to the mp3 while taking train to work. I can play some games when I'm bored. I can go online whenever there's wi-fi connection. I can watch some movies/ videos when I don't have time to watch TV.

Pink rose

Ceramic White

So which colour is nicer? Pink rose or ceramic white?

Wish no.2
Airplane ticket + tour package + all expenses paid trip to Krabi. After visiting Bali last month, I really love beach holiday whereby I can really relax myself throughout the whole trip. Been reading a lot of blogs and sites featuring Krabi recently, the place seems to be very nice and beautiful. Clear water and white sand. Where can you find such places in Malaysia?
Wanted to go to Krabi on my birthday but due to last minute plan I couldn't plan much on this. The airplane ticket itself can cost a big hole on my pocket. Later on, I planned to go to Pulau Langkawi instead, which we thought might be cheaper. After doing all the calculation, airplane ticket + accomodation + yacth day cruise (this is expensive, RM290 per pax), we'll have to fork out RM2000 for a 3D2N trip to Langkawi which is toooo expensive.

Wish no.3
Yes I know I bought my digi cam not so long ago, but it is not really what I want. I always want to have a Digital SLR camera to take nice photos. Would also like to take some short photography course to brush up my photography skill. I don't need a very high-end DSLR camera right now, something for novice users will be good enough at the moment.

So, please make my wishes come true! I know I should only make wish on my birthday, but I'm hoping to get all these on my birthday. Just pretend that these wishes were made on my last year's birthday...hehehe.

Happy birthday to myself...!!

Indulgence Restaurant and Living

Indulgence Restaurant and Living

Indulgence Restaurant and Living is one of the finest dining place you can find in the small town of Ipoh. Previously located at Canning Garden, this award winning restaurant serves exceptional modern European food. This wasn't my first visit to this fine dining restaurant. Celebrated my 25th birthday with LKC last year where we only had the desserts.

On my last weekend trip back to Ipoh, we visited this restaurant again for brunch. This time, we ordered a main course and a dessert. We had Blizzard as the main course and fudge on fudge brownie for dessert.

Blizzard

We had this Blizzard pasta, which was served with creamy fish roe (ebikko) sauce. Topped with beef bacon and scallops, this pasta tasted really yummy. It was worthy paying RM38 for this pasta. The scallops were wrapped around something tasted like noodles and deep fried till brownish. The sauce was really creamy but it's better to be shared with someone as you'll feel too cheesy after a while.

Fudge on fudge

Priced at RM6, this chocolate brownie tasted nothing much special. It wasn't too sweet, just nice for the taste buds. The strawberry that was topped on the brownie reminds me of the sweet juicy strawberries that I had when I was studying in Australia.

Clean, quiet and peaceful


Wines corner

Desserts corner

Indulgence Restaurant & Living
14, Jalan Raja Dihilir,
30350 Ipoh, Perak.
05-2557051
http://www.indulgencerestaurant.com/